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Beneteau First 33.7 Polar diagram mamanterola at 4:57pm 05.12.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2720 Anyone have a polar diagram for the Beneteau First 33.7...? I recently bought a year 2000 model and
Dogonit! (1) Ken Cross at 4:55pm 05.12.17 Ask All Sailors 29/1793 Irritating, but I've had them a few years. Now what would you choose for a replacement? Ken
35.5 Legend Table shavdog at 2:37pm 05.12.17 Big Boats 4/586 Is there a special way to move the table up and down....I know theres a counterweight inside the pos
Completely restoring those old cabin lights with switch, socket, and bulb Hunter A at 2:31pm 05.12.17 Smaller Boats 7/2721 So I've had my 1987 Catalina 25 for about 8 months now and have done a few small clean up projects a
Can A/C be installed on a Beneteau 35s5? Captain Robin at 2:06pm 05.12.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/736 In order to sell my 1991 Beneteau 35s5 I want to install the thru-hull for an A/C system and need to
First race of the season! (4) Jackdaw at 10:50am 05.12.17 Racing 16/1808 80 boats out for the first G-series race of the WYC 2017 season. An iffy first upwind leg keeps us i
Attitude! (2) LakeShark at 8:44am 05.12.17 Catalina 22 20/1372 It used to be the motto of the magazine Latitudes and Attitudes that the difference between an adven
Hunter 49 boom furling system claugerbaum at 8:21am 05.12.17 Big Boats 0/305 Furl Boom is the manufacturer of system currently on the boat and the goose neck where the boom join
Standing rigging connectors (7) George in AK at 9:55pm 05.11.17 Catalina 22 13/2483 Appologies for the total newbie question, but the standing rigging on our 1976 Catalina 22 has me sc
O'Day 272 Gudgeon (2) cbourne200 at 5:12pm 05.11.17 Bigger Boats 7/1328 5 yrs ago when I was considering purchasing an '87 O'Day 272, the most often complaint I read was th
Shout out for boat stands in the Indiana region Hoosier Kevin at 1:07pm 05.11.17 Ask All Sailors 2/474 I must lift up my '78 O'Day 25 to pull off the Centerboard and figure out how and/or why my pendant
Where can I find a copy of the current Mariner 19 Class Rules? DrJudyB at 12:16pm 05.11.17 Day Sailers 6/1615 Could somebody please give me a link to the current Class Rules for the Mariner 19? I seem to have
Replacing Portlights Oceanis 321 Jason Wheatley at 11:09am 05.11.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2758 Does anyone have any recommendations or ones I should not get. Plan on getting some this week leani
What does this mean? "*Not for sale to US citizens while in US waters" rgranger at 10:35am 05.11.17 Ask All Sailors 9/724 So... sometimes when I'm bored I go look at boat ads.... (I know I'm not the only one) and I found t
New batteries and charging plans irwin37 at 8:39am 05.11.17 Ask All Sailors 3/1207 Would appreciate advice on my plan to replace my batteries and add a charging device to keep them to
Pearson 39-2 Emergency Tiller Cover inprin at 8:39am 05.11.17 Pearson 3/1150 My plastic, pry out deckplate over the emergency tiller on stern seat is about done and has started
changing blocks on jib sheet willsnow at 12:52am 05.11.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/1984 Hey guys, One of my last spring projects is a little deck clean up, involving some new clutches and
Bombardier 4.8 4.8 newbie at 8:49pm 05.10.17 Ask All Sailors 6/3402 Looking for manual for Bombardier 4.8. Any copies or original. New to this boat and sailing and need
Engine Control Panel Issues Scott2 at 8:09pm 05.10.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/2594 Hi All, I posted this on the C270 Yahoo group also.... Just looking for a little guidance: Since I
Question about raw water pump on 3QM30 (2) sailnc at 8:06pm 05.10.17 The Cherubini Hunters 16/4375 Pump has had a slow leak for the past year, gradually worsening -- I need to bite the bullet and eit

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Anti seize on coupler set screws? dlochner at 3:53pm 05.11.24
Anti seize on coupler set screws? Tally Ho at 3:36pm 05.11.24
Refrigerator/Solar Tally Ho at 3:34pm 05.11.24
Anti seize on coupler set screws? rgranger at 3:21pm 05.11.24 Is there a reason you cannot put a key in the key way?. Greg From the photos it looks like the Ke
Winch placement (3) Tally Ho at 3:19pm 05.11.24 I have a different boat, so I cannot comment on mounting specifics, but on Tally Ho, my primaries a
Refrigerator/Solar rgranger at 3:17pm 05.11.24 Expensive inverters can get to 90+ efficiency but they are $pendy https://www.e-education.psu.edu/e
Whale Manual Bilge Pump jssailem at 3:12pm 05.11.24 You have good unit, now that you have found the O -ring.. A former owner installed a manual pump o
Major Sun Storm Alert ! kappykaplan at 3:05pm 05.11.24 Dammit Jim... Tks, Dammit Jim! Appreciate the heads up. :beer:
Major Sun Storm Alert ! (1) JamesG161 at 2:17pm 05.11.24 This is a SECOND Solar Alert. d and took 5 minutes to download. :yikes: Dammit Jim...
Anti seize on coupler set screws? Tally Ho at 1:51pm 05.11.24 Is there a reason you cannot put a key in the key way? Do you plan to replace the shaft at the end o
Removing Paint from PVC Pipe. Rick Webb at 1:01pm 05.11.24 Bet plain old gasoline would work as well probably whatever can of anything flammable that is sitti
Anti seize on coupler set screws? jssailem at 12:17pm 05.11.24 I notice a slight jiggling of the coupler and shaft when idling (resonant frequencies?) It is a ma
Anti seize on coupler set screws? jssailem at 12:08pm 05.11.24 there has got to be a law against that sort of thing One can hope for KARMA.
Anti seize on coupler set screws? dlochner at 11:17am 05.11.24 The deep scarring from the set screw is a concern, however, not visible to the naked eye is the wear
Can't find the fresh water leak ... artboas at 10:57am 05.11.24 Little late now, but I find that using antifreeze is much safer than blowing out lines. There are lo
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 artboas at 10:47am 05.11.24
Hap[py 15th Birthday to my LiFePo4 Battery jssailem at 10:22am 05.11.24 An exceptional video.... It is terrific to see you active in your brilliant life and sharing your k
34.1: Code 0 or Spinnaker? jssailem at 9:34am 05.11.24 Would you say that is because of the ease of deployment and dowse if it is a furler? I would say,
Refrigerator/Solar kappykaplan at 9:32am 05.11.24 As others have pointed out, use of an inverter adds inefficiencies by converting DC to AC. More inv
Anti seize on coupler set screws? Ralph Johnstone at 9:27am 05.11.24 Turns out that the previous owner had removed the key between the coupler and the shaft 8 years ago

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