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Oil Pressure Buzzer Steve k at 4:24am 02.07.17 Catalina 30 7/980 When I turn my ignition key on my oil pressure buzzer stopped working. Is there a fuse for that? I'm
Catalina 310 overheating JimHartnett at 2:36am 02.07.17 Catalina 310 22/3929 2006 with M-25XPB universal. Raw water circuit is fine but the closed water circuit doesn't seem to
Electronic package ground wire kimelmore at 7:01pm 02.06.17 Musings With Maine Sail 7/1317 Hi Maine Sail I recently decided to upgrade my autopilot from a wheel pilot to a linear drive unit.
Has anyone installed a fuel or water level gauge on h34 Capt Robbie at 4:26pm 02.06.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/557 I have noticed newer boats have fuel and water gauges and was looking into adding one. I can't find
Air conditioner raw water Coil flush Capt Robbie at 4:13pm 02.06.17 Big Boats 12/4326 I have noticed in the area I sail, that alot of my fellow boaters have to flush there Ac unit coils
The danger of not returning everthing where it belongs (1) PGIJon at 2:54pm 02.06.17 Ask All Sailors 20/1395 132512 Good thing I opened my eyes before I brushed this morning! -Jon
mast electrical connector question Lafayette Mike at 2:11pm 02.06.17 Catalina 22 5/2010 I have a (new to me) 1987 C-22. The previous owner indicated the various mast lights no longer work
Mast Foot T (2) joelbus at 1:41pm 02.06.17 The Cherubini Hunters 8/1376 On a 1979 30' Hunter Cherubini, The mast rests on a "T" located in front of the bilge area. When I b
Toe Rail rebedding Ned Ludd at 11:30am 02.06.17 Newport 2/836 I know there is not a lot of traffic here but here goes... The toe rail on my N28 is a real leaker.
Raymarne ST60+ Instruments Miles Hutchinson at 10:52am 02.06.17 Parts Search 7/908 I would like to purchase a replacement for my wind instrument. Mine has two very small components o
BVI's to St.Pete Florida Southpaw at 10:05am 02.06.17 Destinations 22/2792 My wife and I will be going down soon to get our boat and bring it home. We have never done a long
What are these holes? (1) Roy 845 at 9:38am 02.06.17 Ask An Oday Owner 31/2974 I'm new to this boat and I'm not sure what these holes are for. This compartment is in the port side
Keel Weldments (1) little breeze at 7:39am 02.06.17 Catalina 22 13/1077 Hello all , I have just finished cutting away to take out keel weldment that the bolt broke off . th
Stay sail traveler car specs zached1 at 7:02am 02.06.17 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1080 I just bought a 1979 Hunter 37-cutter. It is currently rigged as a sloop but I have all the parts t
Lead Acid vs Dual purpose Batteries for Solar? McIntoshUSA at 6:54am 02.06.17 Ask All Sailors 5/1697 I have 300 watts of Solar and a MPPT controller. It is time to replace my house batteries. I current
Cleaning plastic fuel tank IH82BL8 at 4:02am 02.06.17 Ask All Sailors 10/1735 I have the fuel tank out of my Hunter 31. I want to clean the inside before reinstalling it. Is th
sea water seacock water pump blunt at 8:56pm 02.05.17 The Cherubini Hunters 23/3280 well was down working on our motor today,(currently in a refit) went to change out the water pump ho
Cabin Trunk Re-core lyricpekka at 8:28pm 02.05.17 Ask An Oday Owner 8/737 Hi, all, this spring I need to re-core a portion of the cabin trunk on my 1980 Oday 28. Can someone
C50 chainplates - Anyone tackled these? (1) SVBOB at 8:14pm 02.05.17 Big Boats 10/1902 Hi all. Mine is a 1992 Catalina Morgan 50. Two of the six chainplates are in need of replacement. B
Help Identifying Yacht Cordage by Flecking Pattern? (1) Kings Gambit at 7:31pm 02.05.17 Ask All Sailors 5/1040 Can anyone here tell me the manufacturer of this cordage? It's 3/8" or 10 mm polyester yacht braid

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Re-installing the shaft coupling NYSail at 5:35am 12.12.23 I have always added an anti-seize to shaft / coupling as well as prop. As was said, the bolts and ke
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Ted10028 at 5:06am 12.12.23 Did it work? no did not work. at one point I had the indicator light going from dull to bright ins
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? 4arch at 4:48am 12.12.23 thanks for the effort pal. If you're interested great if not of course I would understand. Thanks a
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Terry Cox at 4:29am 12.12.23 It's always in the back of my mind; I'd be more comfortable knowing. Intuition has worked pretty
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Terry Cox at 4:14am 12.12.23 If all is good, I will take the boat out for a few hours spin to churn up the waters in Possession
Volvo V Vetus Muffler dlochner at 4:03am 12.12.23 If indeed the links are a result of copying and pasting a post from CF, then my apologies. If you re
2GM20F engine issue dlochner at 3:47am 12.12.23 Saturate the raw balsa with neat epoxy. Then it will probably be necessary to replace the fiberglass
Volvo V Vetus Muffler Davidasailor26 at 2:38am 12.12.23 Well, it just seems odd to have all those links to pages in CF, especially since they are not speci
Volvo V Vetus Muffler Mike Topaze at 2:15am 12.12.23 I have no idea what you are talking about I have never posted before so I put this post under Engine
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 11:04pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 11:01pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
2GM20F engine issue Ken13559 at 10:34pm 12.11.23 Mechanic took away my gearbox for repair 2 days ago. Had to chip away the engine bay fibreglass ridg
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 9:12pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source,
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! marcham at 8:44pm 12.11.23 I had the port list on my 380. Removed 160 lbs of batteries from the port settee and relocated about
Re-installing the shaft coupling Ralph Johnstone at 8:35pm 12.11.23 You want that coupling to seize together with the shaft. If you're relying on the parts to seize
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 8:30pm 12.11.23 I have a daysailer (Chrysler Mutineer 15) and Catalina 22, and I've thought about re-rigging each wi
Furano connection dlochner at 6:51pm 12.11.23 Is the mast deck stepped? If so, it may be inside the mast. There may be an access port on the mast,
Re-installing the shaft coupling dlochner at 6:46pm 12.11.23 Friction between the coupling and the shaft is important, it takes the stress off the key and makes
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! CAVU at 6:45pm 12.11.23 I own a 2001 380 and also have the port list you mentioned. I think the lack of the genset may be a
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:42pm 12.11.23 Terminators / Connectors Good terminators purpose-built for this task aren't cheap. Usually a littl

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