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Happy Pi Day! LakeShark at 12:32pm 03.14.17 Sails Call Lounge 25/2654 Just noticed the date today and found out its Pi Day! So with all the insanely smart engineers and
Surveyor says?... (2) IH82BL8 at 12:21pm 03.14.17 Mid-Size Boats 2/882 Actually it was five years ago when we bought the boat that the surveyor pointed out that anchor hat
Best Manual toilet....... NYSail at 10:00am 03.14.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 18/5335 Just got a new boat (to me) that has two electric toilets. While this is neat and everything, there
Changing Transducers lehighsail at 7:56am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 21/2477 I was reading the thread about painting the thru hull transducers and stopped at KappyKaplan's post.
Thru Hull Repair Paint billjoye at 7:53am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 5/471 I have a question which I've been unable to resolve. How to you properly finish a thru hull repair?
Macgregor 22 keel cable (2) pulsewave at 6:49am 03.14.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1760 Hi all, The keel cable on my Macgregor 22 looks like it's getting a little frayed (see pics). Any
Pulpit + Piling + Tornado = (1) PGIJon at 6:31am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 23/1636 Result of a tornado last night here in Punta Gorda. Not a lot of damage around us other then trees
Questions on buying a new used boat Bob S at 4:59am 03.14.17 Ask All Sailors 5/391 We've been looking to move up to a bigger boat and had some questions. Yachtworld has some interesti
Beneteau461 Polar Diagram gunsiray at 4:10am 03.14.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/462 Dear Friends, does anybody has the polar diagram of Beneteau 461 ( year 1997 ) ? Or else could you
Wiring Harness Upgrade (3) gypseywannabe at 10:19pm 03.13.17 Catalina 30 14/5698 Hi All, In the process of updating my wiring harness from the original, dangerous trailer plugs. Th
Cabin Sole Teak Questions... (1) Jtcf78911 at 9:57pm 03.13.17 Ask All Sailors 2/415 Hi everyone. Well. Mother winter just couldn't let us go without one more big dose of snow. We had
Hunter 33 2QM15 sinister_me at 9:57pm 03.13.17 The Cherubini Hunters 21/1897 Recently acquired a hunter 33 with a bad engine. PO had rebuilt, but said the alarms kept going off.
Foggy Notions in Southern California (1) Kings Gambit at 9:11pm 03.13.17 Destinations 14/2518 I was more than a little surprised on Saturday to hear NWS forecasting severe fog conditions along t
Albemarle Sound Cruise - North Carolina (1) GL-WindPower at 7:55pm 03.13.17 Ask All Sailors 5/2607 Hi everyone, from Michigan here. Hard to think of sailing when the temp for the day is only 24 degre
Sun Gypsy 2017 cruise Michael Davis at 7:35pm 03.13.17 Pacific North West Cruisers 47/4533 Into Sydney this last weekend to take our Gwaii Haanas orientation. Stopped at Tanners to order char
Yamnar Engine mount rubber parts (2) Tally Ho at 5:41pm 03.13.17 Ask All Sailors 15/2435 Does anyone know if the rubber parts of one of these Yanmar engine mounts can be purchased? or is a
B361 Holding Tank Flush Procedure 361BenGary at 4:44pm 03.13.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/3709 We did not capture the procedure for flushing the holding tank with seawater for our 2003 Beneteau 3
Electricity replacement Richard Bayle at 1:23pm 03.13.17 Big Boats 13/1259 OK, moving away from snubbers and rodes to another topic. How to put back the electricity. I have
Do you paint the depth transduceer? markwbird at 1:15pm 03.13.17 Ask All Sailors 34/5581 I am doing a bottom job and I also replaced the depth transducer. This is a through hull transducer
Vinyl Striping Applied Over Vinyl Striping? rardiH36 at 9:52am 03.13.17 Ask All Sailors 25/7712 I know that vinyl striping can be successfully removed. Either by careful and very time consuming

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Catalina 320 (1994) Mystery Water in bilge compartments rgranger at 7:24pm 06.24.24
Flickering House Lights dlochner at 6:53pm 06.24.24 YES - Corrosion was on light in the head---- It seems that it fried the wires between the head and
Flickering House Lights Davidasailor26 at 6:30pm 06.24.24 YES - Corrosion was on light in the head---- It seems that it fried the wires between the head and
Okd J24 traveler repair (1) JRacer at 6:20pm 06.24.24 That's a Harken windward sheeting car. Contact Harken. Here is a pic. Not sure if they can provide p
Catalina 320 (1994) Mystery Water in bilge compartments JoeWhite at 6:09pm 06.24.24 On my c36, I found leaky windlass shaft seals were the source of the water reaching the bilge locati
Removing ceiling light Rich Stidger at 5:15pm 06.24.24 IIRC, you give a CCW twist to remove.
Flickering House Lights BAD ORCA at 5:14pm 06.24.24 Yeah thats really messed up when they do crap like that. I have found a few Friday at 5:00 construc
Catalina 320 (1994) Mystery Water in bilge compartments Scott T-Bird at 4:53pm 06.24.24 You'll have to describe in more detail the circumstances under which you find water. After rain eve
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project SailingCal21 at 4:52pm 06.24.24 Not threaded. You're right, that explains why there were only nuts and washers with no backing plat
Flickering House Lights jssailem at 4:49pm 06.24.24 Man that is a bugger. :banghead:What were they thinking.
Looking for used bow pulpit for a 1983 CAL 35 MKII jssailem at 4:46pm 06.24.24
Looking for used bow pulpit for a 1983 CAL 35 MKII (2) jssailem at 4:44pm 06.24.24 While the manufacturing group differed the hull specs and the bow pulpit look remarkably similar. I
Okd J24 traveler repair Sailor Sue at 4:30pm 06.24.24 After being docked over a particularly windy period, the shackle on my traveler seems to have poppe
Looking for source for used roller furling and jib. KCofKC at 4:08pm 06.24.24 Things to consider, a new CDI is about $700, you will give up some pointing ability the larger the h
ABYC wire identification question? shemandr at 3:48pm 06.24.24 For a change they may praise that PO!
Push button switch for starter (1) Ralph Johnstone at 3:02pm 06.24.24 I see your 25amp fuse between the relay and the alternator. is that a blade fuse? Just a glass fu
ABYC wire identification question? dlochner at 2:55pm 06.24.24 Cool! Saves the "Is the breaker the 4th from the top or bottom" questions when working on the back o
Deb-it Tape Vs Silicone for Teak Seat Replacement dlochner at 2:53pm 06.24.24 Stay with Bed-It. Silicone is a poor choice of sealant as it has low adhesion properties and may cau
ABYC wire identification question? (1) OS2Dude at 2:44pm 06.24.24 I made a custom electrical panel for my boat. It has the names of each HOT/POS cable engraved on bo
Looking for used bow pulpit for a 1983 CAL 35 MKII CAL35_RockHallMD at 2:40pm 06.24.24

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