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Fresh Water tank leak NiceBeny at 9:53am 09.04.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/880 Hi everyone, I found a almost pin hole leak near the top of one of my plastic fresh water tanks, i n
Y-25 PARTS gobluemich290 at 8:50am 09.04.16 Yamaha 11/3130 Hi All, I have a Y-25 and am need of a few parts. I emailed Mr. Suzuki per the YamahaSailboats.org
No vhf fred1diver at 6:11am 09.04.16 Ask All Sailors 8/742 hey everyone, I Was has having problem with my vhf, no reception no transmition, I found the problem
Original Sales Brochure for MacGregor 21/22/23/25/36 (2) jmce1587 at 12:53am 09.04.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1693 Came across the original sales brochure for the older Macgregors from a former crew. Wanted to shar
Removing Washer/Dryer from 426DS Airborneheel at 10:44pm 09.03.16 Big Boats 3/744 I'd like to free up that space. I'm wondering if anyone here has done the same thing. It appears I'l
1984 Hunter 31 - Persistent leak near fuel tank (1) Glenn2002 at 9:56pm 09.03.16 Mid-Size Boats 59/11154 Just bought a 1984 Hunter 31. Spent a week now throwing 8 garbage bags of junk from the boat, two da
Life according to Snoopy (1) Kermit at 8:06pm 09.03.16 Ask All Sailors 2/434 127727
Throwing Dock Lines (1) Allan12210 at 6:35pm 09.03.16 Ask All Sailors 32/3386 I almost hijacked the thread on making your own eye splices when I saw something that was posted. In
Any Webasto experts here? mz4wheeler at 6:13pm 09.03.16 Ask All Sailors 12/4031 My Webasto gave out a couple of months ago and since it was summer I figured it could wait, but it w
Stanchion - Life Line Guides (2) FlimFlamII at 4:44pm 09.03.16 Ask All Sailors 3/547 Anyone have any idea where I might find replacement guides. It's for the top life line.
Water in bilge area (1) shank at 3:54pm 09.03.16 Catalina 22 4/1800 Hello, I have a 1987 C22 that I purchased in May of this year. I've always noticed some water in t
Thoughts on a rig to raise mast easier gimpy117 at 3:43pm 09.03.16 Trailer Sailors 13/3728 I'm wondering if anyone had made a rig so a mast can be raised single handed. I have a 16 foot luger
Replacing Old Instruments Randall Schmidt at 3:39pm 09.03.16 Ask All Sailors 15/5190
Replacing Old Instruments (2) Randall Schmidt at 3:38pm 09.03.16 Ask All Sailors 0/870
More newbie questions (2) Kommy000 at 3:05pm 09.03.16 The Cherubini Hunters 10/1217 Ok... I know , I know more questions. 1. Im trying to fix the rat nest of electrical wiring and also
How to disassemble a Raymarine Autopilot mport at 11:45am 09.03.16 Ask All Sailors 4/998 I need to disengage the Raymarine Autopilot from the steering quadrant. The starboard side has a la
Need luff slugs/slides for O'Day 222 (2) Steve Willis at 11:39am 09.03.16 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1399 127699 127700 127699 I've broken several of the luff slugs or luff slides on my O'Day 222. The loca
Lexan for Dodger Windows Charlie98117 at 11:21am 09.03.16 Ask All Sailors 13/7849 It's time to replace the dodger so I've been talking to some shops. I'm looking at one proposal tha
What kind of boat do I have? Help!! (2) Gearoid at 11:13am 09.03.16 Ask All Sailors 27/1772 127696 127697 Hi new to the forum and to sailing but done some work for a guy and my payment was alt
Water not running smooth. clausjepsen at 9:21am 09.03.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1770 From all my taps on my 2001 B361 the water is coming out in bursts as if there is trapped air somewh

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Entering Canade with children. Calif. Ted at 3:23pm 04.11.24 Both Canada and the US will require passports and if only one parent they may require birth certific
3GM30F Service Issue kappykaplan at 3:13pm 04.11.24 Would the engine still run as well as it has when cruising if air is entering the system? No.
Entering Canade with children. Don Crowther at 3:10pm 04.11.24 I know as a canadian everyone including infants require a passport. Might be worth a call to customs
Alternator charging JamesG161 at 2:44pm 04.11.24 It was done in my Engine Compartment, but the "Solenoid" broke when Engine Key starts. I talked to
3GM30F Service Issue skunther at 2:44pm 04.11.24 The engine would only after a very light burst of Thrust in the air intake, but then ran well yester
Alternator charging AKlight at 2:08pm 04.11.24 Ah. Ok, thanks Jim! So I need to figure out if I have an ACR then and i could isolate the house bank
Alternator charging JamesG161 at 2:00pm 04.11.24 Yes i understood. It depends on your Selector switches near your Engine. Our Genset Alternator cha
Keel JamesG161 at 1:53pm 04.11.24 im still out to court on which bedding compound to use lots of opinions out there, 5200, 4200, Sika
Alternator charging AKlight at 1:51pm 04.11.24 Thanks Jim, I think I wasn't clear. I am trying to determine if the alternator on my 4jh2 is going
Alternator charging JamesG161 at 1:47pm 04.11.24 I have an 9kw Kohler genset. I have the manuals for my old one too. Let me know how I can help you.
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: DArcy at 1:39pm 04.11.24 You can also use a boat hook to get the loop over the cleat, I've done that. I'm not sure what you m
A fresh old gelcoat reveal FastOlson at 1:38pm 04.11.24 It's routine for a yard to sand (rough up) the factory gel coat. Then solvent wash it. Then apply a
A fresh old gelcoat reveal BarryL at 1:21pm 04.11.24 Hi, For me personally, the soda blast guy finished. i spent about a week fairing the keel. Then I p
PNW Summer Cruise 2023 Terry Cox at 12:45pm 04.11.24 Hi John. One of my favorites was our 2006 cruise. That one included the Lasqueti marching band with
Keel Terry Cox at 12:37pm 04.11.24 The yard here estimated $7500.00 put the boat on the hard, pull the mast, pull the keel & reassembl
Electric Windlass Terry Cox at 12:17pm 04.11.24
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Ted10028 at 11:32am 04.11.24 My slip is challenging to get in to. Fairly narrow, down wind (blowing off the dock in prevailing w
Electric Windlass capta at 11:04am 04.11.24 From my experience, Lofranz makes very durable and reliable small boat windlasses.
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass capta at 10:48am 04.11.24 We must have different models. Mine was new in 2007 - so "only" 17 years old. It uses both up and d
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: DArcy at 10:39am 04.11.24 Have you seen the stern bridle technique? It worked for me once or twice. Stern bridle (link is to

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