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I messed up with the teak oil ... SirMichael at 7:35pm 08.17.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/3463 I'm wondering if somebody can help me. On Monday of this week I found some Teak Oil that was left ov
What is the current recommendation on synthetic engine oil? (1) Rich Stidger at 6:15pm 08.17.16 Engines and Propulsion 26/5098 I have a 1998 Volvo Penta MD22L and the owners and service manuals say to use Diesel oil rated at CC
5 minute hero (me) DAVA390 at 5:49pm 08.17.16 Ask All Sailors 0/413 So, after dinner, puttering around in the kitchen, The Admiral disappears downstairs. A few minutes
Going gigging for the Frog Crazy Dave Condon at 5:11pm 08.17.16 Smaller Boats 9/621 Kermit advised he had not put in chorox in the water ballast tank and oh did he get a wiff when gues
Roller Furler Identification (1) mrudman850 at 5:00pm 08.17.16 Ask All Sailors 2/590 Hi All This furler is installed on my 1977 Catalina 22. Having trouble with it and want to add a l
Big Mistakes are meant to be Made (5) JacksOffSailing at 4:59pm 08.17.16 Catalina 22 20/3437 I just joined the site yesterday and went right to the Catalina 22 section. Ironically, for the past
Attn Raymarine Raystar 125 GPS owners artboas at 4:46pm 08.17.16 Big Boats 20/6311 So, we started our cruise about 10 days ago with an overnight sail to the 1000 islands. Navigating i
Catalina 22 possible purchase (4) DRMark at 4:35pm 08.17.16 Catalina 22 9/1130 Sorry for the long post, but any helpful info or advice would be appreciated. I'm a complete newbie,
almost time for my trip fred1diver at 3:27pm 08.17.16 Ask All Sailors 3/450 I'd like to thank everyone who answered all my questions for my trip planning, I'm leaving friday ea
Ballast Weight Soldier at 3:13pm 08.17.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/510 Does anyone know the ballast weight for the Beneteau 343, 2005 year built. Need it for a PHRF rating
On The Rocks...Need Bourbon! Jtcf78911 at 2:54pm 08.17.16 Ask All Sailors 28/1978 I wasn't so naive to think that my inaugural sailing season would be one without a few sailing surpr
Floor Matting Dana Shields at 12:25pm 08.17.16 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1072 Folks, is the attached link good stuff for floor matting (for both the inside as well as cockpit of
What happened here? (2) shemandr at 11:20am 08.17.16 Musings With Maine Sail 15/2641 I put this fuse holder in at the beginning of the season. It was placed to replace one that suffere
Lewmar 42 inch folding wheel Alice A. at 10:55am 08.17.16 Big Boats 2/1668 We have a problem with our 42 inch Lewmar folding wheel. The 2 halves of the hub don't fit together
Long term test on Jabsco head flapper valve alexco38 at 10:26am 08.17.16 Ask All Sailors 16/1894 In 2007, I replaced the flapper valve with a home built part. I use a piece of roof flashing rubber
Wiring Connectors... SailFysh at 10:22am 08.17.16 Ask All Sailors 28/1935 I'm sure this is old hat to most of you but I have never replaced a raw water pump. It is pretty str
Kentucky Lake Pam at 10:09am 08.17.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/935 Does anyone sail a macgregor on Kentucky Lake?
1993 macgregor. Pam at 9:47am 08.17.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/478 Can someone please tell me where the battery compartment is. And how the motor wires are ran to it.
What is your ratio--greater than 1? Kings Gambit at 9:16am 08.17.16 Ask All Sailors 44/2249 Reading through the posts on this forum over the past few years, plus what I see around me and see e
Hunter 39 Shower Sump Knotty Dog at 7:13am 08.17.16 Big Boats 10/1630 Good morning, Does the shower sump drain to the holding tank or does it drain to the bilge in this m

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Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Dismal Swamp Canal (1) dlochner at 4:22am 01.10.24 From what I've seen, the Dismal Canal is barely navigable in the first place. I wouldn't want to d
Hunter 34 Stern railing height ? kloudie1 at 3:19am 01.10.24 Apologies, I did not get out there yet.. early next week is next opportunity.. I do not have davits.
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Dismal Swamp Canal Davidasailor26 at 3:16am 01.10.24 From what I've seen, the Dismal Canal is barely navigable in the first place. I wouldn't want to d
airhorn install Ralph Johnstone at 8:47pm 01.09.24 No, no, no. You can't do that. Too power boatish. HOWEVER, if you must insist on mounting an airh
So long 2023... Baja bash at 8:41pm 01.09.24 Always wanted to do the Baja Haha on my own boat , starts in San Diego and ends in Cabo. So spent la
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Dismal Swamp Canal Crusty Ol Salt at 8:12pm 01.09.24 From what I've seen, the Dismal Canal is barely navigable in the first place. I wouldn't want to do
So long 2023... FDL S2 at 8:11pm 01.09.24 Sailed 58 times in 2024, 53 on my boat. Raced 22 times on my boat-Won some races and was DFL in othe
2GM20F engine issue Ralph Johnstone at 8:08pm 01.09.24 1. Done that, no issue. You have your answer, it's the prop. It couldn't be the cutlass bearing
Discouraging article on older Jenneau Sun Odyssey fixed port replacements dlochner at 7:17pm 01.09.24 Any boat with a large curved port light is subject to this issue. If the acrylic is not properly hea
Engine gateway data from Yanmar 3GM30(f) to chartplotter. marcham at 7:15pm 01.09.24 What model yanmar? Does it have a flywheel tach sensor or alternator sensor?
Engine gateway data from Yanmar 3GM30(f) to chartplotter. andreshs1 at 7:06pm 01.09.24 That device gots lots of bad reviews on Amazon. I hope it works for you. let us know. Greg Sure
Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway - Dismal Swamp Canal shemandr at 7:01pm 01.09.24 From what I've seen, the Dismal Canal is barely navigable in the first place. I wouldn't want to do
150 genoa vs 135 Tally Ho at 6:26pm 01.09.24
Discouraging article on older Jenneau Sun Odyssey fixed port replacements rgranger at 5:51pm 01.09.24 I saw that podcast, and the article I posted here is the first thing in print that I've seen that f
Engine gateway data from Yanmar 3GM30(f) to chartplotter. Tally Ho at 5:40pm 01.09.24 That device gots lots of bad reviews on Amazon. I hope it works for you. let us know. Greg
Discouraging article on older Jenneau Sun Odyssey fixed port replacements tfox2069 at 5:40pm 01.09.24 The podcast lady K sailing made a comment about this exact same thing when he was comparing several
Seaward 32RK and 26RK Ocean-Going Capabilities Skipper J at 5:32pm 01.09.24 Ok, thank you sesmith and all who have replied. Don't want to risk having a rig that isn't designed
iPad/tablet mounting WayneH at 5:11pm 01.09.24 We started using RAM mounts on our motorcycles to hold the smart phones for maps. So when we needed
New Electronics - Is this about right? rpwillia at 4:39pm 01.09.24 Scott, JSSailem, Good points all. I did see the instruments that came in and I recall they had the o
Shore Power ggrizzard at 4:32pm 01.09.24 There were minor changes in the later 1980 H30 Cherubini's compared to the early runs. But, to my

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