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Leave Well Enough Alone? Marc14857 at 6:16pm 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 17/1150 The alternator belt on my Yanmar 4JH4AE is going on its 8th season ~600 hours. The belt looks virtua
Birth of a new mainsail (2) Jackdaw at 4:19pm 06.27.16 Racing 44/7279 BlueJ gets a new carbon main... 225 sqr feet worth. The current sail is still in very good shape/con
beneteau oceanis 40 (2008) transmission question Captpete12 at 3:44pm 06.27.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1226 I cannot seem to find the literature for the transmission on my Oceanis 40 so do not know what trans
Upgrading Raymarine e80--do I have STng or ST? Tips? tmatzzie at 3:10pm 06.27.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2242 Hello, I have a 2008 Beneteau 40 with Raymarine 80 chartplotter and instruments. I am planning an up
Delorme Inreach SE altairishgirl at 3:04pm 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 1/415 Does anyone have first hand knowledge of the marine weather forecasting from this product, specifica
Coolant Ronald Roman at 2:38pm 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 7/989 I need the add coolant to my motor and I have read on this site not mix colors of different coolants
Silva Nexus (1) Boomvang at 12:39pm 06.27.16 Parts Search 1/2031 125181 One of the blades on my very old Silva Nexus wind transducer broke off. Does anyone out ther
Water System Installation (4) Scott T-Bird at 12:20pm 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 8/838 Well, I'm finally getting "A Round Tuit" ... pressurized hot ' cold water system install. Instructi
Flying pigs MattObjects at 11:28am 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 18/3564 We keep our boat on a mooring in the Upper Chesapeake. The osprey and bald eagle populations here a
Rudder pin hook at 10:59am 06.27.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2327 I've never sailed in my life, and this is probably a real stupid question, but I just bought an 86 M
Canadian Charts SUCK!!! druid at 10:46am 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 35/6226 OK, RANT time! Getting Digital Charts for Canadian waters SUCK!!!! There's ONE company (basically Go
Speed of a Hunter 25 Plymouth Sailor at 9:31am 06.27.16 The Cherubini Hunters 7/935 Given wind of 10 knts sailing close haul of beam reach, can anyone tell me the average speed of a 25
Hunter 140 - Boom "bumper"? usererror at 8:10am 06.27.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/495 Was there supposed to be a plastic cap or other protector at the end of the boom for the Hunter 140?
Capri 30 rehab for grand prix winner Tom Barry at 8:01am 06.27.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1283 Hello A year and a half ago I was "gifted" an old Capri 30. The boat had certainly showed some good
Bilge Pump Hose Replacement DaveJ at 7:32am 06.27.16 Catalina 310 2/1273 I have been having water in my bilge for a while and could not figure out where it was coming from.
power outlets xianbarnard at 6:56am 06.27.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/773 Hi, the outlets on my boat worked fine when I arrived yesterday. I took my Hunter 28 out for a few h
Oh those "previous owners" (1) chrisings at 6:36am 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 21/1452 As a precautionary alert, and okay, a little bit of a rant, you never know what previous owners may
engine shifter problem GWG at 6:35am 06.27.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1192 I have the standard Teleflex single lever shifter. Last week, all of a sudden, shifting out of neut
Asymmetrical sail cut Charlie98117 at 6:35am 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 2/569 I am looking at a used North Sails asymmetrical with a leech dimension that seems much shorter than
Green Harbor, Marshfield, MA Plymouth Sailor at 5:19am 06.27.16 Ask All Sailors 4/733 To anyone who has navigated this harbor, I have a mooring in Plymouth, MA however the boat ramp ther

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Favorite roller for hard ablative? Davidasailor26 at 9:16pm 04.06.24
Favorite roller for hard ablative? Drinky Crow at 9:12pm 04.06.24 Yeah the one linked is 3/16 or 5mm up here in Canuckistan.
lovely boat ---about to be crushed in FL, due to incompetence. . PaulK at 8:50pm 04.06.24 I doubt that revenue flow incoming would be a consideration here. From reading the OP, we, at least
Favorite roller for hard ablative? Blitz at 8:39pm 04.06.24 I believe Micron CSC is an ablative. Either way, years ago I stopped using the recommended 3/8" nap
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:53pm 04.06.24 OMG no. My eyes. MY EYES. I CAN'T STOP SEEING IT ! ! ! Maybe if I rinse my eyes with "Holy Water".
Favorite roller for hard ablative? dlochner at 7:48pm 04.06.24 This one gets good reviews. Comes in several sizes. https://defender.com/en_us/arroworthy-mohair-bl
Topping lift dlochner at 7:46pm 04.06.24 Uhm, I'll say again that the topping lift should be slack to allow the mail sail acquire its desig
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Tally Ho at 7:43pm 04.06.24 :yikes: I cannot un-see that.
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION (1) twodzusfittings at 7:33pm 04.06.24 As per Request
Selden Boom - Excess Play in Gooseneck Clevis Pin? dkinzer at 7:03pm 04.06.24 Looking at the exploded diagram, there is a washer ( number 3) that must be in the indented circula
Selden Boom - Excess Play in Gooseneck Clevis Pin? JoeWhite at 6:39pm 04.06.24 Looking at the exploded diagram, there is a washer ( number 3) that must be in the indented circular
Genoa sheets Gene Neill at 6:12pm 04.06.24 Outside. Otherwise tacking gets complicated. I'm an idiot. I should have said inside. I really h
Genoa sheets mashmaster at 5:44pm 04.06.24 Totally fair. No need to be quiet. I have so much to do on the boat and a lot of stupid questions
Topping lift shemandr at 5:34pm 04.06.24 Uhm, I'll say again that the topping lift should be slack to allow the mail sail acquire its design
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Ralph Johnstone at 5:24pm 04.06.24 can you say "Hernia Operation"? Can you post a picture ?
Yanmar 3JH2-TBE with apparently a 4JH heat exchanger core. kloudie1 at 5:12pm 04.06.24 I have no experience with that heat exchanger but I think you may be on to something. The 3JH drawin
Selden Boom - Excess Play in Gooseneck Clevis Pin? dLj at 3:57pm 04.06.24 The inboard end of the boom has two tabs, one goes on either side of the gooseneck piece shown in t
3GM30F Service Issue jssailem at 3:54pm 04.06.24 I had my high pressure pump and injectors serviced at. https://www.seattleinjector.com
Selden Boom - Excess Play in Gooseneck Clevis Pin? shemandr at 3:27pm 04.06.24 I think OP is way ahead of me on this (And maybe a lot of other topics) but I don't know if a little
Selden Boom - Excess Play in Gooseneck Clevis Pin? (1) dkinzer at 3:25pm 04.06.24 Question, how does the boom attach The inboard end of the boom has two tabs, one goes on either sid

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