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Shaft alignment jibes138 at 4:56am 05.27.17 Ask All Sailors 7/712 How come boat shafts aren't connected by a universal joint like in a car? Seems like the automotive
Weekend Sail motivation pics...... ilance at 10:07pm 05.26.17 Catalina 22 34/4127 It's killing me already.......I know that I'll enjoy the refurb process......but it's going to take
Sailed to CAT Island (1) JamesG161 at 6:42pm 05.26.17 Sails Call Lounge 15/3030
California Meriachee at 3:15pm 05.26.17 Destinations 41/3893 With no disrespect to anybody who has a boat there, its shocking that in and around Monterey, how ma
Atomic 4 engine swap to diesel K Day at 1:47pm 05.26.17 Catalina 30 14/7604 Has anyone swapped out an A4 gas engine for diesel? What kind did you get? Can you get recondition
Oil light won't go completely out + tone rblevens at 12:48pm 05.26.17 The Cherubini Hunters 12/1174 My Yanmar oil idiot light just won't completely go out... (say 98% out) and the tone almost can't be
Aurora Sure-Step mcrow33 at 12:38pm 05.26.17 Ask All Sailors 3/2016 Hi, Has anybody used Aurora Sure-step? I have a 2000 Beneteau 361 with beat up deck. The previous o
Testing the new Horizon True leveling camera mount (1) Jackdaw at 12:30pm 05.26.17 Sails Call Lounge 6/1290 I'm testing out the new Horizon True DAL1000 self-leveling camera mount. Its not a fluid as the $400
Battens for 23 chuter at 11:57am 05.26.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/459 Need to replace the remaining battens in the Neil Pryde main on our '86 Hunter 23. Anyone have the
Battery charger connections jibes138 at 10:39am 05.26.17 Ask All Sailors 4/389 Is it acceptable to connect the battery charger hot wire leads to the battery terminals at the "Off
New Battery Charger Location O'35/34 jibes138 at 10:31am 05.26.17 Bigger Boats 7/956 Anyone with a 34 or 35 installed a new battery charger and where did you locate it? My old charger
Rainman Watermaker install in 45cc carefree at 10:06am 05.26.17 Big Boats 0/592 RAINMAN WATERMAKER Hard wired our Rainman Watermaker to our 2006 45cc. Great product for a fractio
Hunter 29.5 sl Coastin at 9:12am 05.26.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/479 What does the sl stand for?
Diagnose and fix marine diesel engine problems Jackdaw at 6:51am 05.26.17 Engines and Propulsion 6/1153 From our friends in the UK at Yachting Monthly, comes this great illustrated on-line document on how
Boom Attaches to Mast Hunter 31 at 6:07am 05.26.17 Ask All Sailors 2/456 I have a 1985 Hunter 31. It just went in the water and I am looking for some parts. There is a set o
MarineAir Heat Pumps Terry Cox at 7:04pm 05.25.17 Big Boats 7/3813 Amazing devices these reverse cycle heat pumps, how they can extract heat from 40-45 degree water in
MarineAir Heat Pumps Terry Cox at 7:01pm 05.25.17 Pacific North West Cruisers 4/735 Amazing devices these reverse cycle heat pumps, how they can extract heat from 40-45 degree water in
mac 26d rigging Captaindon1991 at 4:34pm 05.25.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/814 alright so i finally took the boat out for the first time. but i dont think i had the lines that con
Trying out a new toy ( for us) (1) DAVA390 at 4:25pm 05.25.17 Ask All Sailors 46/2570 136983 We don't overnight much at all,in fact not at all last summer. So I am way over charged up ab
Trying to post new,nothing happens DAVA390 at 4:24pm 05.25.17 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/422 On ask all sailors. Fill out message,add photo, hit post new topic button at bottom ,nothing happen

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Yanmar Throttle Not Holding colb218 at 1:24pm 11.28.23 Good news everyone! I did an oil change this last weekend and noticed that my throttle cable had a c
Water tank syphoning? serenisea at 1:15pm 11.28.23 With regard to James, he missed it in my original post that this all happened after I shut off the w
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib BarryL at 11:38am 11.28.23 Hi, My boat came with the ATN Gale Sail https://atninc.com/atn-gale-sail-sailing-equipment.shtml
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib Stu Jackson at 11:03am 11.28.23
Keel Trunk Removal 2006 Catalina 22 Sport JBP-PA at 10:21am 11.28.23 Right. I appreciate you documenting your discoveries. While I don't really have anything to add, I d
Replacing Yanmar exhaust hose jssailem at 9:40am 11.28.23
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib jssailem at 9:33am 11.28.23 As an addendum to my post, the more bulk you add to the forestay the less performance you receive fr
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib jssailem at 9:22am 11.28.23
Water tank syphoning? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:17am 11.28.23 I hope Peggie Hall still has her ears on for this one... I do...but fresh water plumbing isn't in m
Seeking a precise pattern for a Hunter 260 jib (1) caverun at 9:08am 11.28.23 The extra 6" on your new luff should be OK. Here's a shot of my jib under sail and there is some ext
V32 Halyard Lead Blocks Belzoni at 9:05am 11.28.23 Yes, easily removed. I'll check with Vela and Garhauer once I've pulled one an gone at it with micro
Manual Bilge kloudie1 at 8:26am 11.28.23 Welcome to the group! That bilge pump sounds like a strange misdirected thing installed by a previou
V32 Halyard Lead Blocks kloudie1 at 8:17am 11.28.23 Vela has a good selection of sheaves.. Remove one and measure carefully.. [URL='https://www.velasail
The Sewing Machine Thread Rich Stidger at 8:17am 11.28.23 I retro-fitted the WorkerB motor on my LSZ and the control is nothing short of amazing. I believe t
When does a screw become a bolt? WayneH at 8:09am 11.28.23 A brace and bit was the name we knew for that tool. Very powerful tool. And a timeless classic.
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Hello Below at 7:38am 11.28.23 The owners manual actually shows the house battery in the aft berth, but I don't think there is eno
Raymarine GPS antenna sensor Lee Hadjiosif at 7:29am 11.28.23 The pricing is interesting. Here in Ozy the Raystar 150 (seatalk) is about $350aud while the Digita
Key issues with C275. PMK at 7:24am 11.28.23 Two years ago I had my boat bottom soda (sodium bicarbonate) blasted, for two reasons. First, the p
V32 Halyard Lead Blocks dlochner at 7:20am 11.28.23 It looks like the sheaves can be easily removed and replaced. Try searching for replacement sheaves.
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib dlochner at 7:16am 11.28.23 What about adding a Solent stay? http://www.svsarah.com/Sarah/ewUpgradeSolentStay.htm There is a

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