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my primary and inexpensive anchor, rode, chain solution TortugasRoyal at 6:20am 04.02.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1469 my primary and inexpensive anchor, rode, chain solution anchor is clone of a newish design, 35ft cha
trailer tire update, Nankang CW-25 Radial Tire - 205R14C 109/107R, 16 months later TortugasRoyal at 6:05am 04.02.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/937 Nankang CW-25 Radial Tire - 205R14C 109/107R After 16 months and over 6 thousand miles of trailerin
Spare halyards.... 423 NYSail at 5:39am 04.02.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/849 Hello all..... My new to me 423 has no spare halyards and I find this to be a problem if I ever nee
79 H30 Starboard Cabin Locker Drain tomgrigsby at 4:19am 04.02.17 The Cherubini Hunters 3/657 The speed log is in the aft end of my starboard locker, and I ship about a gallon of water every tim
PNW - I want to tour your Hunter Legend, 376, 380 Borg at 1:00am 04.02.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/863 I've never owned a sailboat and am looking to purchase one this year. I've gravitated towards the H
Westerbeke paint Meriachee at 12:47am 04.02.17 Engines and Propulsion 2/2015 Has anybody found a match for the red used on a Westerbeke?
motor hoist for o'day 34 njlarry at 9:09pm 04.01.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/582 As anyone mounted an outboard motor hoist on their 34/35 stern pulpit? Curious where you found the
Thruster battery switch tbilyeu at 7:08pm 04.01.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/810 i have a 2014 Oceanis 45 which is now on a cradle. I am getting ready to launch and was reconnecting
What's a quick and easy way to... MaryEllaRose at 5:18pm 04.01.17 Ask All Sailors 34/4905 ...remove masking tape that was left on the hull for years? It's the blue stuff... The PO left it on
How much of the boat's weight... MaryEllaRose at 5:12pm 04.01.17 Ask All Sailors 13/2837 ... should rest on the keel and how much should be on the jack stands when putting the boat on the h
Changing Batteries Scott2 at 4:45pm 04.01.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 23/3920 Greetings Fellow Sailors, I bought a 1994 Catalina C270LE last year and would like to change the ba
Painting my Hull Hunter 31 at 1:08pm 04.01.17 Ask All Sailors 18/3659 I know this has gone around the block many times but I never seem to get it clear. I have a 31Hunter
Doubt That Any Of Us Will Be Splashing a Boat This Big This Spring rardiH36 at 11:56am 04.01.17 Ask All Sailors 4/543 After quite a few years in the planning stages -- And then 1.5 years of actual dry-land construction
Buying a new Windlass mcrow33 at 10:18am 04.01.17 Ask All Sailors 6/781 I am looking to replace my manual windlass for an electric windlass. I have 5/16 BBB all chain rode.
Compression post Jacomo Sailor at 9:36am 04.01.17 Catalina 22 11/3247 Has anyone removed the compression post from a pre-85 C22? Just wondering how it is attached. I kn
Alternator connection to batteries (3) PAC3142 at 9:29am 04.01.17 Musings With Maine Sail 18/16739 I'm moving my batteries from the stern locker to under the aft berth to get more locker space, be ab
New Owner of 2013 Oceanis 41 DPCman69 at 9:12am 04.01.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/2616 Hi, Just purchased a 3 cabin layout Oceanis 41. I would appreciate any help form other owners with
Marine how to, great new site njlarry at 8:42am 04.01.17 Ask All Sailors 3/644 I haven't seen this discussed here but I just noticed that Maine Sails www.marinehowto.com web blog
Bilge hoses, check valves, and smell marchem at 7:21am 04.01.17 Catalina 310 12/2126 Our C310 has a 3/4" bilge hose on an electric pump with a check valve and strainer (no idea who inst
Fresh Pow! Maine Sail at 5:52am 04.01.17 Ask All Sailors 5/673 Unfortunately, for the boating season, this is not an April fools pic... While we are extending our

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Help with seized fresh water pump JoeWhite at 8:39am 05.29.24 Afraal, if you have battery monitor, there is a shunt that is connected to the negative terminal of
Merit 22 owners jefstr at 8:39am 05.29.24 Thanks for the quick answer.
Damned generator dlochner at 8:30am 05.29.24 Also with main battery switch on I have 13VDC to the main engine starter only 0 VDC at the gen moto
Damned generator JamesG161 at 8:29am 05.29.24 Ok Clay, check your private messages and Call me , please.
Damned generator Clay Smith at 8:27am 05.29.24 Calm down. Take it easy. Relax and let's work this through methodically. To start with Clay, we do
Parts for West Wight Potter 15 SSP at 8:24am 05.29.24 Thanks! I'll check them out.
Parts for West Wight Potter 15 Calif. Ted at 8:22am 05.29.24 Railmakers of Costa Mesa used to be the supplier to many of the southern California boatbuilders, if
Damned generator Clay Smith at 8:12am 05.29.24 So with the start battery switched on I show 13 VDC at boat engine and zero at gen engine. At the st
Rigid boom vang on Catalina 310 MikeToronto at 7:50am 05.29.24
Rigid boom vang on Catalina 310 LloydB at 7:47am 05.29.24 Have you double checked to see if you're Bimini frame has been warped up higher 1/2 inch by an unkno
I just bought an American Fiberglass Daysailer 16...gonna have questions for y'all! stickinthemud57 at 7:33am 05.29.24 Well, I don't think it qualifies as "The Lord's Work", but I think you are amassing lots of sailing
Winch placement Guystapo at 7:28am 05.29.24 How much room do you have? Is there enough space for the winch, the winch handle's turning, and a
Winch placement Guystapo at 7:26am 05.29.24 Everything is a compromise, including the position of the winches. If the set of primaries are set
Looking for a used Seaward Fox 19 LloydB at 6:52am 05.29.24 This thread reminds me of that gimmick "what happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas", and why time
macerator hose removal advice jdrutten at 6:40am 05.29.24 I took two wrenches, permatex, disposable coveralls, and diapers to the boat last night. Things went
Catalina 22 mk-2 1996 is there wiring in the hull near the mast? LloydB at 6:25am 05.29.24 It looks to me like you found a good place to drill through the deck so that the waterproof outlet c
Prop Shaft runout Hamish_s at 6:19am 05.29.24 Decided that what I know to be true is true. There is really only one way to do things properly, so
Huge oil leak on a 3GM30F (1) Seahawk25167 at 6:04am 05.29.24 Great thread, my turn to remove and replace the oil line.
Damned generator garymalmgren at 6:04am 05.29.24 Calm down. Take it easy. Relax and let's work this through methodically. To start with Clay, we don
new engine? Rebuild? Make do? David in Sandusky at 5:55am 05.29.24 When we bought our '77 h27 in 2000, the Yanmar SB8 engine was working fine, and moved us well when t

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