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Happy Pi Day! LakeShark at 12:32pm 03.14.17 Sails Call Lounge 25/2242 Just noticed the date today and found out its Pi Day! So with all the insanely smart engineers and
Surveyor says?... (2) IH82BL8 at 12:21pm 03.14.17 Mid-Size Boats 2/821 Actually it was five years ago when we bought the boat that the surveyor pointed out that anchor hat
Best Manual toilet....... NYSail at 10:00am 03.14.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 18/4166 Just got a new boat (to me) that has two electric toilets. While this is neat and everything, there
Changing Transducers lehighsail at 7:56am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 21/2049 I was reading the thread about painting the thru hull transducers and stopped at KappyKaplan's post.
Thru Hull Repair Paint billjoye at 7:53am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 5/408 I have a question which I've been unable to resolve. How to you properly finish a thru hull repair?
Macgregor 22 keel cable (2) pulsewave at 6:49am 03.14.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1530 Hi all, The keel cable on my Macgregor 22 looks like it's getting a little frayed (see pics). Any
Pulpit + Piling + Tornado = (1) PGIJon at 6:31am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 23/1391 Result of a tornado last night here in Punta Gorda. Not a lot of damage around us other then trees
Questions on buying a new used boat Bob S at 4:59am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 5/341 We've been looking to move up to a bigger boat and had some questions. Yachtworld has some interesti
Beneteau461 Polar Diagram gunsiray at 4:10am 03.14.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/404 Dear Friends, does anybody has the polar diagram of Beneteau 461 ( year 1997 ) ? Or else could you
Wiring Harness Upgrade (3) gypseywannabe at 10:19pm 03.13.17 Catalina 30 14/4748 Hi All, In the process of updating my wiring harness from the original, dangerous trailer plugs. Th
Cabin Sole Teak Questions... (1) Jtcf78911 at 9:57pm 03.13.17 Ask All Sailors 2/334 Hi everyone. Well. Mother winter just couldn't let us go without one more big dose of snow. We had
Hunter 33 2QM15 sinister_me at 9:57pm 03.13.17 The Cherubini Hunters 21/1748 Recently acquired a hunter 33 with a bad engine. PO had rebuilt, but said the alarms kept going off.
Foggy Notions in Southern California (1) Kings Gambit at 9:11pm 03.13.17 Destinations 14/1980 I was more than a little surprised on Saturday to hear NWS forecasting severe fog conditions along t
Albemarle Sound Cruise - North Carolina (1) GL-WindPower at 7:55pm 03.13.17 Ask All Sailors 5/2134 Hi everyone, from Michigan here. Hard to think of sailing when the temp for the day is only 24 degre
Sun Gypsy 2017 cruise Michael Davis at 7:35pm 03.13.17 Pacific North West Cruisers 47/3385 Into Sydney this last weekend to take our Gwaii Haanas orientation. Stopped at Tanners to order char
Yamnar Engine mount rubber parts (2) Tally Ho at 5:41pm 03.13.17 Ask All Sailors 15/2211 Does anyone know if the rubber parts of one of these Yanmar engine mounts can be purchased? or is a
B361 Holding Tank Flush Procedure 361BenGary at 4:44pm 03.13.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/3270 We did not capture the procedure for flushing the holding tank with seawater for our 2003 Beneteau 3
Electricity replacement Richard Bayle at 1:23pm 03.13.17 Big Boats 13/991 OK, moving away from snubbers and rodes to another topic. How to put back the electricity. I have
Do you paint the depth transduceer? markwbird at 1:15pm 03.13.17 Ask All Sailors 34/4399 I am doing a bottom job and I also replaced the depth transducer. This is a through hull transducer
Vinyl Striping Applied Over Vinyl Striping? rardiH36 at 9:52am 03.13.17 Ask All Sailors 25/6825 I know that vinyl striping can be successfully removed. Either by careful and very time consuming

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Pro/con of high capacity alternator for Yanmar 3JH2E (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:42am 11.23.23 It currently has the original 55A alternator, which is working fine. Before even brushing your te
Pro/con of high capacity alternator for Yanmar 3JH2E CrispyCringle at 10:40am 11.23.23 Hard to recommend course of action without knowing what you intend to charge, capacity and type. But
Pro/con of high capacity alternator for Yanmar 3JH2E dlochner at 10:25am 11.23.23 Just buying a high capacity internally regulated alternator doesn't make much sense. To get the bene
Convert partial battens to full battens Tally Ho at 10:24am 11.23.23
Need hard vang 1987 c & c mk III (1) Tally Ho at 10:22am 11.23.23 Nothing particularly OEM about a rigid vang. Seldon and Gaurhauer both make them. Seldon is more
Black Fri Deals SoSound at 10:16am 11.23.23 I have been getting Black Friday promo emails from Mauripro Sailing since Halloween. They seem to b
replacement for Kenyon Marine alcohol stove in h260? (9) Davenport at 10:00am 11.23.23 Thanks for all advice. I got Flame King propane stovetop, expanded counter hole a bit by tracing pen
Water /humidity? Ralph Johnstone at 8:52am 11.23.23 im working 14 hrs a day get 2 hrs a day to prep a meal, cook it, do the dishes, take a shower(somet
Happy Thanksgiving! dLj at 8:42am 11.23.23 Happy Thanksgiving all! dj
Convert partial battens to full battens shemandr at 8:30am 11.23.23
Black Fri Deals shemandr at 8:27am 11.23.23 West Marine has been sending Black Friday e mail promotions for at least a week. Check the website
what make engine? khodgesj90 at 7:39am 11.23.23 And while you are there check the other belt for wear and glazing. Thank you. Yes I will check tha
what make engine? khodgesj90 at 7:39am 11.23.23 Belt off the engine driven refrig compressor in the bottom right of your picture.. Ok yeah so I di
Starting a yanmar 4jh2e after 3 years? khodgesj90 at 7:38am 11.23.23 The engine does not have compression release so it is not easily hand crankable (?).. Check oil and
what make engine? dlochner at 7:31am 11.23.23 Belt off the engine driven refrig compressor in the bottom right of your picture.. And while you
what make engine? kloudie1 at 7:25am 11.23.23 Belt off the engine driven refrig compressor in the bottom right of your picture..
Starting a yanmar 4jh2e after 3 years? kloudie1 at 7:22am 11.23.23 The engine does not have compression release so it is not easily hand crankable (?).. Check oil and
Listed Displacement vs. Max Displacement Crazy Dave Condon at 7:10am 11.23.23 Is there a specific boat in the mix?
what make engine? khodgesj90 at 7:05am 11.23.23 Check the oil and change the fuel filters. Also check the impeller, they can develop a set in the v
Survey/Inspection when purchasing used sailboat dmax at 6:59am 11.23.23 Progressive didn't require a survey for me either - but I had one done and wouldn't buy a significan

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