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Old age problems Knuttle at 5:28am 01.12.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1231 I picked up my Venture 21 in December 1970 at the factory in Costa Mesa Ca. and took it home to Mich
Oceanis 473 Diesel tank replacement amandla at 6:37pm 01.11.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/610 Hello, I need to replace the Polypropylene diesel tank in my Oceanis 473 built in 2002. Does anyone
Oday 322 solar vents DLB at 6:24pm 01.11.17 Bigger Boats 19/2320 On my list of repairs are the solar vents in the head and aft cabin. One works anemically on occasio
Replacing engine Gratitude Palm Beach at 6:05pm 01.11.17 Engines and Propulsion 3/715 Mine is a 1979 Cherubini 27. I am installing a 9.9 Suzuki to replace my old Yanmar. Should I mount i
Offset for Raymarine Depth finder George Arthur at 2:58pm 01.11.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/4796 Hi All, New member and first post. I'm sure there will be many more! I just bought my first sail
West Marine anchor by Manson? (1) Jackdaw at 12:40pm 01.11.17 Ask All Sailors 11/1547 I didn't want to hijack the other anchor thread so.... Looks like WM has contracted with Manson to
Electrical Connector (1) Brian D at 11:21am 01.11.17 Ask All Sailors 28/2472 I am looking for this connector. It is the 12v connector found on Standard Horizon radios but might
Hunter 28 Anchor Roller xianbarnard at 9:48am 01.11.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/758 Hi, I'm looking to mount an anchor holder/roller on my 1992 hunter 28. I'd prefer to have it out of
modified 2-bank topology & switches layouts John61CT at 9:42am 01.11.17 Musings With Maine Sail 36/5776 Rather than polluting MS's fine "optimal switches" thread http://forums.sailboatowners.com/index.php
Zinc eroding / bond inquiry Islanderwannabe at 8:27am 01.11.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/2520 Hey everyone, I have a 1997 336. It has a 1" shaft and I put one zinc on it. Should I put more than
Locktite 567? catalanc at 6:41am 01.11.17 Ask All Sailors 8/1366 I am rebuilding the water pump on a Yamaha 4 HP outboard and the specs call for using Locktite "567"
Any good electrical diagramming programs? Justin_NSA at 6:27am 01.11.17 Ask All Sailors 24/4464 I'm looking for a decent CAD program to diagram my boat's electrical system. Preferably with a short
Penzoil vs. Mercruiser Oil for Outboard? catalanc at 6:21am 01.11.17 Ask All Sailors 9/651 I am changing the oil in my Yamaha 4 HP outboard. I have a bottle of Penzoil 10-30W oil in hand but
Cleaning Old Sails SailMaster at 5:18am 01.11.17 Ask All Sailors 15/3510 I have a few sails that came with our boat that have not been used in many years. We actually had th
Why Primary/Reserve vs House/Starter John61CT at 1:14am 01.11.17 Musings With Maine Sail 11/2772 Branched off MS's thread here http://forums.sailboatowners.com/index.php?threads/1-both-2-off-switch
Lighting mystery Tanner S at 7:08pm 01.10.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/1631 Hi everyone, has anyone had all exterior lighting issues on their Cat? I recently purchased my first
H40.5 ledgend Mtn Marriah at 1:36pm 01.10.17 Big Boats 8/773 Have a crack in the main window over the dnnet and behind the mast. this is port/window that is as w
Wash Down Pump Install Shagdance at 10:06am 01.10.17 Catalina 310 12/3021 Thinking about installing anchor chain wash down system. Hoping somebody has done this on a 310 and
Options for electric windlass gettinthere at 9:54am 01.10.17 Musings With Maine Sail 9/1200 If I were to add an electric windlass to the bow, should I run heavy cable back to the engine/house
1985 Hunter 34 Reupholstery Questions Mike Kegley at 9:38am 01.10.17 Big Boats 8/850 I'm getting ready to take on reupholstering all the cushions in my 1985 Hunter 34. The boat came wi

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Halyard mast clutch question dlochner at 9:19am 10.21.23 An alternative to a clutch on the mast would be a cam cleat. The cleat can secure the halyard while
Halyard mast clutch question Davidasailor26 at 9:09am 10.21.23 I could think of reasons to have a clutch on the mast rather than at the winch. For one thing it wou
Serial numbers/year built. dlochner at 9:01am 10.21.23 Hi. Does anyone know how C&C tracked their model year in relation to the year of construction on th
Halyard mast clutch question Joe at 8:36am 10.21.23 I have a '99 Beneteau 411 with roller furling genoa and main. Both Halyards are Samson MLX3, 10mm
Halyard mast clutch question stickinthemud57 at 8:34am 10.21.23 I agree that the more convenient location for rope clutches are at or near the cockpit. On my boat,
Interesting to me eherlihy at 7:23am 10.21.23 FWIW: Per the HIN the HULL of my 1987 MODEL year O'day 35 was built in June of 1986: XDY Z nnnn F 6
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup ice breaker at 6:46am 10.21.23 I will put a meter on the individual glow plugs today. Maybe one is failed and I am only starting o
Fisher panda / Kabota smoking on startup ice breaker at 6:43am 10.21.23 Most unusual. If the engine starts instantly, I've got to wonder where the extra fuel comes from t
Perkins M30 Heat Exchanger salt water intrusion into sealed side of system jibes138 at 6:35am 10.21.23 Regarding mounting of a heat exchanger: while motors have the mounting integrated onto the motor, on
Invest 94L (1) JamesG161 at 6:31am 10.21.23 The Storm is mainly on the NE quadrant, minimizing Winds near the Islands
Catalina Capri (Catalina 18) in high winds? bzano at 6:29am 10.21.23 Yes capsizing is. rare event however you have think about high winds beating up on your boat. The r
Interesting to me dlochner at 6:25am 10.21.23 Regardless of how you describe it, the MY is 12 months, not 14. But if you use a 14 month year, y
Interesting to me Clutch Cargo at 6:24am 10.21.23 Regardless of how you describe it, the MY is 12 months, not 14.
Air is not welcome here! jibes138 at 6:14am 10.21.23 Make sure your priming bulb is mounted vertically with the flow direction pointing up!
Interesting to me dlochner at 5:59am 10.21.23 I don't know what builders you work with, but my customers are a who's who (including the nice folk
sailing Lake of the Ozarks (2) SailingLoto at 5:54am 10.21.23 A couple pics
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try kbgunn at 5:54am 10.21.23 I wrote a post here about using a Dell ruggedized tablet PC running Ubuntu as a chart plotter at the
1984 c25 sits bow down SailingLoto at 5:53am 10.21.23 My previous boat was a C-25. It sat vrey slightly bow up because of the outboard (Honda 50). Bow
Interesting to me Clutch Cargo at 5:52am 10.21.23 Model years are also 14 months long. So a boat started in June 2000 may be built along side of a 200
sailing Lake of the Ozarks (2) SailingLoto at 5:38am 10.21.23 So that was you! Not sure where I got the Mike part. Lol. I live in Rolla so won't be back for a bi

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