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Microburst on Granby Dave@Granby at 3:55pm 08.30.17 Smaller Boats 13/1279 Beautiful day of sailing on Lake Granby, Co. Light, 5 kt wind until about 1 PM. I had been watching
Engine room blower fuse? Newport Bob at 3:33pm 08.30.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/855 Need help locating fuse. the inline blower on our 2004 373 needs to be replaced- Jabsco model no lon
Edson Pedestal Guard jviss at 11:30am 08.30.17 Ask All Sailors 17/2554 I'm posting here because this is a bit odd for the "gear wanted" section. I am reverting an Edson p
Engine Noise Reduction Material FlimFlamII at 10:39am 08.30.17 Ask All Sailors 13/3665 Any suggestions on who makes good thin engine noise reduction material? Thanks! Joe
Belt Size Roland5048 at 10:17am 08.30.17 Ask All Sailors 15/2088 Have a Yanmar 3ym20 in my boat. Last Sunday, about 200yds from my slip, the belt to the raw water
Finger Lakes of NY -or- Kermit and agprice22 (1) Kermit at 7:33am 08.30.17 Sails Call Lounge 2/489 What a treat it was to meet @agprice22! He and his wife welcomed me aboard yesterday at his slip on
Looking at a '85 Pearson 385 BobHorn at 7:24am 08.30.17 Pearson 2/1250 Are there any issues specific to that boat that I need to look at? Thanks, Bob
Reattaching Swim Step MarkR at 7:01am 08.30.17 Catalina 310 6/1311 One of the white plastic steps fell off our swim ladder (stock Catalina 310, 2004). Luckily, it fell
1987/8 oceanis 430 3berth robby squire at 6:22am 08.30.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/424 hi would anyone know what the right size prop and shaft is ,shes running a perkins 4108 50 hp
Tell Tales on Fully Battened Main (1) DinoKanuck at 4:52am 08.30.17 Ask All Sailors 16/2563 140374 Thoughts in Tell Tale Locations? Here is my plan for 4 leech and 18 sail body tell tales on
Max Prop reconditioning All U Get at 4:39am 08.30.17 Ask All Sailors 7/1418 Hi all, Has anyone sent their Max Prop out to be re-conditioned? What would be a good indicator th
Anyone have any comments on the new hunter 18 Mel Steinlicht at 11:22pm 08.29.17 Day Sailers 7/2000 Antone have any comments on the new hunter 18
alternative charging options? Justin_NSA at 8:38pm 08.29.17 Ask All Sailors 71/3529 I have a Xantrex Freedom 20 combi inverter/charger. It's probably almost 20 years old. When it works
1977 Hunter 33 Pedestal Backing Plate replacement Douglas Ronne at 6:35pm 08.29.17 The Cherubini Hunters 13/2557 I recently ran into some trouble at sea when one of the idler pulleys ripped out of the backing plat
Reviving old engine dLj at 6:21pm 08.29.17 Engines and Propulsion 25/2452 So I'm just going to put this out there. Everybody here has given me so much really good advice and
Switchable alternator? 50/150 amp Skipper at 5:49pm 08.29.17 Ask All Sailors 6/676 Is there a switchable alternator? Would be nice to have (example) 150 amp capacity to quickly rechar
Glassline G22 Sailboats (1) David Reeves at 2:38pm 08.29.17 Ask All Sailors 4/2161 I have a Glassline G22 sailboat which I believe is a Yngling clone. I am refreshing myself to saili
New boat to me Jumpstart at 2:30pm 08.29.17 Ask All Sailors 5/575 Well, I've done it. Sealed the deal and picked up a new boat over the weekend. Something I said I
Adler Barbour Freezer Compressor Replacement Cest La Vie at 2:25pm 08.29.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/972 Just checking to see if anyone in the group has replaced their Adler Barbour freezer compressor. I
Reverse polarity light on Mity at 1:46pm 08.29.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/4285 hi, I own a Hunter H320 2001. I have the reverse polarity light going on only when I turn my water h

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Should prop spin in Reverse? Tally Ho at 5:36am 05.06.24 I usually shut the engine off in forward, then shift to reverse briefly and then leave it in neutra
Window unit AC install Ward H at 5:26am 05.06.24
Halyard Restrainer on Catalina 27 dlochner at 4:47am 05.06.24 Aluminum rivets are the best choice. SS and aluminum masts don't get along due to corrosion.
Deck Hardware Neddimg Terry Cox at 4:00am 05.06.24 Good morning, Mark. Please clarify what you mean by deck hardware seams. If you have hardware that n
Deck Hardware Neddimg dlochner at 3:58am 05.06.24 Sealing hardware from the outside never works for long. Two products that work least poorly are Capt
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION twodzusfittings at 3:20am 05.06.24 See 14 April post, item 5. I read it the first time. I hear you. But I ran it more than one minute
Should prop spin in Reverse? arf145 at 9:19pm 05.05.24 I usually shut the engine off in forward, then shift to reverse briefly and then leave it in neutral
Compasses don't agree Mark Maulden at 9:07pm 05.05.24
Compasses don't agree thinwater at 8:38pm 05.05.24 I was cruising along on autopilot, easy going, easy weather. I started futzing around the deck, work
Want to replace my toe rails on my ODay 28 Project_Mayhem at 8:32pm 05.05.24 I think this was the post If you take your toe rails off, they will try to straighten themselves ou
Outboard Bracket Mounting Project_Mayhem at 8:27pm 05.05.24 For a quick and dirty short term solution you could use rubber washers. I've sway bar link bushings
Window unit AC install Project_Mayhem at 8:18pm 05.05.24 Portable AC units come in a number of different flavors with varying degrees of efficiency. The unit
Should prop spin in Reverse? Calif. Ted at 6:49pm 05.05.24 Should a mechanical transmission allow the shaft to turn in FWD? when the engine is shut down? It
Locking yourself from the inside zinahewitt at 5:58pm 05.05.24
Should prop spin in Reverse? Tally Ho at 5:42pm 05.05.24 I used a very similar feathering prop from Martec. Two blades. It needed 4 or 5 knots of speed when
Should prop spin in Reverse? Tally Ho at 5:41pm 05.05.24 The instructions from Max Prop say to shut engine off while still in forward at idle speed. The bl
Should prop spin in Reverse? Tally Ho at 5:37pm 05.05.24
Should prop spin in Reverse? Tally Ho at 5:37pm 05.05.24 I put the transmission in neutral, shut down the engine, then shift into reverse to feather the pro
Compasses don't agree jssailem at 5:33pm 05.05.24 I know that trick. I set a portable radio on top of the cabinet with the EV100 sensor. Immediately t
Replacement sealing ring for Hurth HBW 50 transmission dipstick or alternative fix? Monheganlover at 5:13pm 05.05.24 I use these for my Hurth HBW 50 . Not sure of the size. I think they are maybe M10 but you can meas

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