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Understanding 12V system on 2008 Oceanis 40 Captpete12 at 5:48pm 08.01.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1993 Does anyone know where I can get a schematic drawing for the 12V system on my 2008 Beneteau Oceanis
Zipper Care jmce1587 at 5:41pm 08.01.16 Ask All Sailors 10/925 have zippers on both Bimini and dodger. Can you advise what is a good product to maintain them for
Solent stay AaronD at 5:11pm 08.01.16 Catalina 22 24/4067 So, I'm hoping someone can tell me just how crazy I am (ideally, by providing a simpler solution). W
Mixed or pure gas? Tsam at 3:53pm 08.01.16 Ask All Sailors 7/784 Is there a way to tell whether gas has 1:50 2cycle oil mixed in or is just gas? I tried a test compa
Shaft Packing replacement /in water Sandy Feet at 3:32pm 08.01.16 Big Boats 6/2270 I would like to replace the shaft packing on a 36 2002 MK2 . 1.Can the packing be replaced while th
1993-2000 39' to 46' boats in CA Edhavana at 3:31pm 08.01.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/830 Any owners or brokers with a 1993 to 2000 vintage boat looking to sell in California? Please contac
Thre hull sea cock hunter healer at 3:05pm 08.01.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/629 Hi there, I'm getting ready to re bed my thru hull valves it seems the boat sat for some time with w
Biobor All U Get at 2:43pm 08.01.16 Ask All Sailors 10/613 Following another post about diesel fuel and wondered if Biobor had a shelf life? I have an unopene
If act fast venture 224 keel/ mast sailnewbie at 2:25pm 08.01.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/957 Craigslist Cincinnati ohio the guy is saling a venture 224, I went down to look at it to buy just fo
Re: outboard power on 28'- darryl receveur at 1:41pm 08.01.16 Ask An Oday Owner 0/390 On a thread I saw someone was asking about 28' Oday and of course got a lot of good response. He als
Tenax Meriachee at 12:09pm 08.01.16 Ask All Sailors 0/243 Has anybody used the Tenax fasteners, and is there any real difference between the plated ones and t
Runaway Yanmar Apex at 10:10am 08.01.16 Ask All Sailors 28/6911 Like a small child, it started to "run away" but then came to its own senses, came back and seems to
7.7 bilge access in head (1) chris mac at 9:04am 08.01.16 San Juan Sailboats 2/1678 126463 Hello all, I'm new here. I've owned my 7.7 for just over a year now and of course an doing ma
Mississippi 110, September 13-18, 2016 FlyboyTR at 8:12am 08.01.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/885 We recently found a boating event that is near us. I wanted to post it here on the Mac Forum. It app
Suzuki DF-6 Carburator Mario Kuttnig at 8:10am 08.01.16 Engines and Propulsion 4/5667 Hi All, I am having problems with my brand new Suzuki DF-6. It starts fine, it runs fine for about
Straightening a Cdi furler peterbud at 7:41am 08.01.16 Ask All Sailors 11/1249 Ihave a CDI furler with a bend in it. Has anyone ever had any success in straightening one out and o
1979 H30 YSE12 Exhaust ggooch at 5:16am 08.01.16 The Cherubini Hunters 15/3052 I have an exhaust leak on my YSE12. In my very brief look, it appears to be coming from either the
McLube Sailkote Ken13559 at 9:06pm 07.31.16 Ask All Sailors 6/1681 Anyone knows what is McLube Sailkote made off? It is Silicone or PTFE ....? I'm curious as there's a
Survived one hell of a storm DannyS at 8:29pm 07.31.16 Ask All Sailors 32/3984 Last week, I endured one of the worst storms on Lake Superior I ever hope to encounter. Someone on F
Boat Share Dalton762 at 8:20pm 07.31.16 Ask All Sailors 0/383 I am thinking of doing a boat share with my 2006 Catalina 250. Did a share a long time ago with a 2

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Weekend Login Difficulties dLj at 6:51pm 02.26.24 Funny thing for me was i had just made a post jokingly suggesting I needed to stop or potentially ge
Lewmar V700 windlass Hayden Watson at 6:34pm 02.26.24 I see that Lewmar has a newer model line VX series. Anyone have any experience with them? I am see
dual voltage water heater element jssailem at 6:27pm 02.26.24 The heater element will be powered from the excess power from the solar panels, not the batteries.
Lewmar V700 windlass Hayden Watson at 6:20pm 02.26.24 It:s a Rocna 10kg with 40' of 1/4" chain. Thanks. That is about 1/3 the weight of my gear with a
This could have Merit (or: look what followed me home) texasptb at 5:48pm 02.26.24 Progress report ;) Hull paint, stripe, new logo, that part is ready to go now. I did the common upg
Weekend Login Difficulties ggrizzard at 5:05pm 02.26.24 Me three. Thanks again to Phil and Dave and the cyber elves.
Lewmar V700 windlass heritage at 4:59pm 02.26.24 It:s a Rocna 10kg with 40' of 1/4" chain.
Repowering with a Volvo D1-30 FastOlson at 4:52pm 02.26.24 Given the parts premium $ for Volvo, I would suggest you change to a new Betamarine. I did that chan
Busbar Ampacity Confusion heritage at 4:49pm 02.26.24 This might be an ignorant question (not my first ;) ) but isn't 400 amps a LOT:yikes: The typical
GOB Gone? FastOlson at 4:46pm 02.26.24 I got that email today, too. A huge loss. :frown: My last two "real" sailing and DIY boating magazi
Repowering with a Volvo D1-30 Tom J at 4:46pm 02.26.24 You don't say which engine you have in the C310. If it is a Universal M25xpb, I'd think you would l
Marathon Florida anchorage ? hardinvoyager at 4:37pm 02.26.24 Thanks for the tip I guess when I get back up there I will put my name on the list and hope for
GOB Gone? heritage at 4:32pm 02.26.24 That's a bummer. Not sure it will be the same experience reading on a laptop.
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Login issue - You are not allowed twalker H260 at 3:41pm 02.26.24 I had the same issue as well - now resolved. Logging out and viewing as a guest was a work around
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Weekend Login Difficulties Tally Ho at 3:15pm 02.26.24 I was one who reported not being able to access the forums on Sunday. it was hard to communicate si
Weekend Login Difficulties Ringydingydo at 3:13pm 02.26.24 Thanks for fixing it. We all needed to go outside and play anyway. No self-flagulation, okay?
Busbar Ampacity Confusion BAD ORCA at 3:12pm 02.26.24 By the way, the Link bars only work with BEP bus bars and the bus bars are shorter than Blue Seas b
V berth leak from electric windlass Neil Spooner at 3:00pm 02.26.24 I am just overhauling my windlass on our Legend 356. It has a Sprint Atlantic make, and the top seal

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