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Fuel additive Dee-Zol / Off road diesel TFlight at 6:55am 09.29.16 Engines and Propulsion 6/2337 Anyone have any experience with Dee-Zol diesel marine fuel additive to combat effects of water in t
Winter project planning (2) flynhi4u at 6:26am 09.29.16 Trailer Sailors 1/741 Now that we have our girl home and tucked away in the garage for a 7 month nap my mind turns to skii
Perkins Perama M30 Fiddler's Green at 9:00pm 09.28.16 Mid-Size Boats 1/2176 Hello! I just bought a 1993 Catalina 320 and have some questions about the Perama M30 engine; I hav
Best weekend ever (2) RussC at 8:30pm 09.28.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/888 And it wasn't even a weekend ;) Jennifer and I are just back from a 3 day/2 night trip to our local
Need a source for cabin table support dblakey at 5:28pm 09.28.16 S2 2/821 Turns out my new-to-me 9.2A only has one of the tubular steel supports, of which two are needed to s
4JH4E Yanmar NYSail at 4:41pm 09.28.16 Engines and Propulsion 12/3814 engine is a 2005...... opinions and is this self bleeding.
To Trailer or not to... agprice22 at 1:01pm 09.28.16 Ask All Sailors 51/3089 I have a line on an older J/30 for very little money. It is 4 hours away from my house. I have a dua
Relocated Battery Charger (2) Bill19233 at 11:17am 09.28.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/469 I just replaced and relocated the battery charger on my Hunter 340. I put it on the shelf under the
Copper bottom (1) Windtherapy at 9:20am 09.28.16 Ask All Sailors 28/4267 So I still have my 26' but bought an O'Day Daysailer a few weeks ago and have been having fun with t
Universal M25 transmission leak? patrickkidd at 9:15am 09.28.16 Ask All Sailors 9/2811 hi there! I have a Universal M25 in my Catalina 30 and the transmission is leaking into the bilge. A
Cheap Ebay SLA batteries (1) PropellerHead at 8:43am 09.28.16 Ask All Sailors 17/1830 I would like to install a trolling motor on my Hunter 23.5 for the purpose of navigating in/out of d
Mast for C250 Jacob Herman at 8:40am 09.28.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/615 Hello everyone, First time post, and first time sailboat owner. I purchased a 2002 C250 WK. It needs
Understanding Weather Forecasts? Kings Gambit at 8:32am 09.28.16 Ask All Sailors 44/3062 It's not uncommon to hear from sailors about how NOAA's weather forecasts are often wrong and cannot
Cal 22 Swing Keel GrumpyPawPaw at 7:06am 09.28.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1530 I haven't decided if I want to keep the boat in a slip or haul it out on the trailer. Does anyone ha
Keel backing plates behill at 6:26am 09.28.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2677 I have a Beneteau 310. The backing plates have rusted and need to be replaced. I want to replace the
Stand-up blocks or deck organizers? kito at 5:41am 09.28.16 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1469 I am about to rewire the mast and change out the halyards on my H30 project boat. I am upgrading all
Ah yes the Catalina table paulj at 10:17pm 09.27.16 Catalina 310 1/832 This will be my next project lOZsFMOU8Pg The elimination of the table scooting. paulj :
Navionics Question Stu Jackson at 8:31pm 09.27.16 Ask All Sailors 28/7235 I downloaded Navionics the other day. It took so much memory that I got warnings on my Android phon
I just love sailing t-shirts (1) Kermit at 6:55pm 09.27.16 Sails Call Lounge 45/9369 128563
Traveler mount bracket on 280 (1) Tata duende at 5:23pm 09.27.16 Mid-Size Boats 0/500 128562 Have a 280 and noticed last week that the rectangular stainless starboard mount for the cabin

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Grand Traverse Bay - destinations/anchorage recommendations? higgs at 12:25pm 04.19.24 I found Northport and Leland to be two of my favorite spots near Traverse Bay, but I have not been t
If H260 is suspended in air, or frozen, what happens? Davenport at 12:01pm 04.19.24 Never use lines to lift a h26 or h260? What if dont have trailer????????????? Have the marina SUP
Companion way H26 Davenport at 11:53am 04.19.24 A normal adult can slide thru the hole left if you leave the bottom h260 panel out. or use front ha
Lifting strap blocking (3) Ralph Johnstone at 11:41am 04.19.24 224246 224247 I'm pretty sure they will be able to accommodate you. I would be EXTREMELY cautious
Lifting strap blocking PaulK at 11:04am 04.19.24 It could be a precaution, but it would depend on how wide the lifting slings are. Most yards aroun
Blower Vent Hose Ralph Johnstone at 10:49am 04.19.24
Hunter 23.5 new windows (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:45am 04.19.24 This is the original Hunter factory install from 1998 : removed and filled with black 795.
Is a reinforced exhaust hose really necessary? Ralph Johnstone at 10:36am 04.19.24 I think a heated water bath would work well without damaging the material I've tried the hot wate
Grand Traverse Bay - destinations/anchorage recommendations? pgandw at 9:42am 04.19.24 You will probably want to limit any day's sail to less than 20 miles. If you go for a full day of s
Hunter Combination Steaming/Anchor Masthead Light Replacement jdrutten at 9:24am 04.19.24 It looks like the Aqua Signal 34 as well as the 40 tri-color lights may have been discontinued. I ha
Blower Vent Hose Fred at 9:19am 04.19.24
Blower Vent Hose jssailem at 8:54am 04.19.24
Catalina 28 steering problem (1) jssailem at 8:34am 04.19.24 William, while not good news at least you have identified what could be the issue. Nearly all rudd
Is a reinforced exhaust hose really necessary? Project_Mayhem at 7:52am 04.19.24 The rubber material either compressed or shrunk over time. One other assist I always use when fitt
Hunter 23.5 new windows Crazy Dave Condon at 7:22am 04.19.24 The question are there any screw holes needs to be answered first and then I will respond as I was i
Catalina 28 steering problem Siamese at 6:55am 04.19.24 Some of the Catalina 28's steered that way straight from the factory. No bend in the rudder shaft.
Disassemble Older Morse Shifter Indysailor at 6:10am 04.19.24 Try the forum for atomic 4 engines. There are a lot of old A4 engines out there with this same shift
Fort Pierce inlet dlochner at 5:44am 04.19.24 Keep in mind that slack tide and high tide aren't necessarily at the same time. The time differenc
Blower Vent Hose Fred at 5:43am 04.19.24
Blower Vent Hose Fred at 5:39am 04.19.24 Thanks Ralph. Interesting project write-up.

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