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Nyloc brass prop nut or not ?? Brahmany at 3:46am 05.23.17 Ask All Sailors 15/2903 Currently undertaking an opportunistic antifoul and am changing the cutlass bearing while on the har
Outboard stand (3) kimelmore at 10:29pm 05.22.17 Engines and Propulsion 2/618 I used some scrap lumber I had around the garage to make this outboard stand. I thought I would shar
Hunter 29.5 SL Coastin at 9:00pm 05.22.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/464 Looking at a 29.5. I have a few questions regarding the boat. What are the trouble spots to look fo
Attempted Shaft Sleeve Remedy For Leaking Jabsco 2760-003 Seawater Pump (2) rardiH36 at 8:55pm 05.22.17 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1001 In a recent thread, Kloudie1 shared that SKF makes a product called Speedi-Sleeve. It is a very thin
Fresh Water Pump on O'day 28 tlv1231 at 7:17pm 05.22.17 Bigger Boats 10/2518 Doing some research and figured I'd reach out to see if anyone here had any knowledge about this...
Already to go cruise... then FOG... Then (3) jssailem at 7:10pm 05.22.17 Pacific North West Cruisers 5/902 It started out simple and got very complicated... I am attaching my story of a fateful event as I wa
Free to a good home BAT SAVER 8 Charger (2) bawlmer at 4:17pm 05.22.17 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/513 This is an 8 amp 2 bank charger that came with my Catalina 270. I am sure it is original equipment (
Webasto hydronic issue Tricky at 4:05pm 05.22.17 Ask All Sailors 1/424 Hi there! So we have a Webasto S90 hydronic heater onboard that hasn't really work since we bought
Sail Trim Forum Don Guillette at 3:58pm 05.22.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 13/2070 Today I received a phone call from a FL sailor. Normally, it's about a sail trim question but this c
Tach quits when battery full gettinthere at 3:27pm 05.22.17 Ask All Sailors 3/338 When the battery bank is totally charged up full, my tach gets a bit wonky and then quits. I believe
S2 6.8 PrairieSailor21 at 2:55pm 05.22.17 S2 8/2356 Hoping to connect with other 6.8 owners or those that have sailed on them. I picked up the shoal dra
Changing keel cable and lifting boat. pulsewave at 2:41pm 05.22.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/986 Hi, I have a macgregor 22 and will be changing out the keel cable soon. A friend has a way to lift
Upgrade Origo 3000 to heater? (3) Jackdaw at 1:32pm 05.22.17 Ask All Sailors 10/3799 Last weekend was COLD here in Minnesota, windy, rain and in the upper 40s. And we sailed. It starte
Has anyone replaced a rub rail? Leatherneck at 12:30pm 05.22.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/938 Had to do some fiberglass repair on a 10 inch section under the rub rail. That portion of the rail w
Has anyone repaired Cross beam crack On Hunter 34 (2) Capt Robbie at 11:39am 05.22.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/2669 136849 I have had what I thought was just a delaminated gelcote section on the forward fiberglass cr
Why Those Troublesome "Rubber" Impeller Type Pumps? rardiH36 at 11:25am 05.22.17 Ask All Sailors 10/1134 I've often wondered but haven't been able rationalize an answer why the seawater pumps for our small
Yoga on land is hard enough... (1) Brian D at 10:54am 05.22.17 Sails Call Lounge 18/1366 I was at the Agua Hedionda Lagoon in Carlsbad, Ca., on Saturday and saw this lady doing Yoga on a p
Irwin 25 - boom vang and bilge pump seansports at 10:53am 05.22.17 Irwin 0/1246 Does anyone have experience with an Irwin 25? I have two main questions (and 100,000,000 other quest
Vision 36 Solar Panel Replacement Donald6433 at 9:44am 05.22.17 Big Boats 15/1486 Has anyone replaced the solar panel on the Vision 36? The wiring has to be upgraded for the new pan
Stern rail cushions wflowe2 at 9:31am 05.22.17 Ask All Sailors 1/332 I have vinyl (formerly BottomSider) cockpit cushions on my 2008 Catalina 320. The straps that hold t

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Mystery Diesel Fuel Odor weisbrof at 3:01pm 07.09.24 Exactly. The leak is not apparent. :) I had an aluminum fuel tank that had become porous underne
Mystery Diesel Fuel Odor weisbrof at 2:59pm 07.09.24
Mystery Diesel Fuel Odor weisbrof at 2:57pm 07.09.24 Look for a previous spill under the inlet or discharge fitting on the tank. And also put some pape
Wiring for a 3 wire bilge with built in float, from a 4 wire bilge pump with separate float switch jviss at 2:35pm 07.09.24 You described the wires on the devices, I think, but not the wires that come to the bilge from the p
Mystery Diesel Fuel Odor jviss at 2:06pm 07.09.24 There are no apparent leaks or fuel in bilge. Exactly. The leak is not apparent. :) I had an al
Installing a EV-100 Cable question jviss at 2:00pm 07.09.24 Not that people necessarily have a choice, given their choice of equipment, but a couple of things I
What are these tracks used for? stickinthemud57 at 1:58pm 07.09.24 Fun discussion! It's my impression, based on no research whatsoever, that there are more terms used
Best non toxic anti-fouling for PNW? Alan Gomes at 1:51pm 07.09.24 And that is ok if you are happy scrubbing and scraping your boat bottom on a regular basis. Or stor
Mystery Diesel Fuel Odor Don S/V ILLusion at 1:51pm 07.09.24
Mystery Diesel Fuel Odor JoeWhite at 1:43pm 07.09.24 Is thevent hoseblocked partially?
Mystery Diesel Fuel Odor Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:41pm 07.09.24 Look for a previous spill under the inlet or discharge fitting on the tank. And also put some paper
Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? odaydokay at 1:35pm 07.09.24 Good tips. Thanks!
Installing a EV-100 Cable question jviss at 1:24pm 07.09.24 Yes, @Don Crowther , that looks good, as long as there's a terminator on the rightmost port of the 5
Stuck seacock question jviss at 1:21pm 07.09.24 This thread wouldn't be complete without a reference to @Maine Sail 's excellent website. Here's th
Installing a EV-100 Cable question Ward H at 1:19pm 07.09.24 So I need to put a terminator at the end of the 5 way bar Yes, you do. Your diagram is correct.
Installing a EV-100 Cable question Don Crowther at 1:15pm 07.09.24 So I need to put a terminator at the end of the 5 way bar
Installing a EV-100 Cable question (1) Don Crowther at 1:14pm 07.09.24 225905
FEEDBACK - Thoughts on refinishing sole on 1997 Beneteau dmdiehl64 at 1:13pm 07.09.24
Wiring for a 3 wire bilge with built in float, from a 4 wire bilge pump with separate float switch Caboteur at 1:04pm 07.09.24
What are these tracks used for? jssailem at 12:55pm 07.09.24 term block for a sailboat pulley :clap: I think it is just word conservation in action. :laugh:

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