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Calculus professor who has clearly never been sailing (1) Phil Herring at 5:43pm 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 58/3067 119752
Losing oil swank at 5:30pm 02.16.16 Engines and Propulsion 7/1066 I have a Yanmar 2gm20f recently rebuilt. I am losing about 1/3 cup of oil every few hours of operati
Cockpit Lights Jeff Jellick at 5:27pm 02.16.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/2507 We have a 2005 Hunter 45 CC, and are looking for some LED cockpit lights. Since the boat is a Cente
Pedestal guard replacement (1) stevemitchell at 5:10pm 02.16.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/6470 Has anyone found a replacement to the rather weird/small integrated pedestal "guard" that's on the 3
Kudos to West Marine atrometer at 4:26pm 02.16.16 Catalina 22 10/1444 I bought a WM handheld VHF radio 3/4 years ago and never used it. The "snap latch" on the bottom wa
Anchor locker--how to stop rollout Windtherapy at 12:11pm 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 18/2030 Being new to sailing and only owning speed boats in the past, how does one stop the anchor from roll
What size / shape zinc for keel? Inspection suggestions? Ellwebs at 12:04pm 02.16.16 Catalina 22 28/7688 1973 Catalina 22, Hull 2556. When I have my bottom cleaned, what zinc should I send down with the d
Replacing Gel Cell Batteries edwardc at 11:56am 02.16.16 Musings With Maine Sail 4/1170 Well, I'm finally having to replace the Gel Cell batteries of my house bank. Last season, the began
Anybody on here sail in Saginaw Bay, MI or Lake Huron? Windtherapy at 11:28am 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 4/893 Trying to get a feel for how many on here might sail in or near Saginaw Bay or Lake Huron? Being new
Anybody on here sail in or near Saginaw Bay, MI or Lake Huron? Windtherapy at 11:21am 02.16.16 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2641 Trying to get a feel for how many on here might sail in or near Saginaw Bay or Lake Huron? Being new
SeaPearl vs Bay Hen JJMc at 11:05am 02.16.16 Trailer Sailors 6/5694 Both about 21', the SeaPearl has no cabin, an open boat but tent cabin available. The Bay Hen has a
My sailing stats PotomacDaysailer at 9:31am 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 5/574 Looked back through my sailing log today and tabulated all my outings, time and distance under sail,
Wanted Mac trailer Blinkie at 8:56am 02.16.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/972 Hello, Im new to your forum thanks for letting me in. Anyone have or know where I might find an old
Sailing with keel UP atrometer at 8:52am 02.16.16 Catalina 22 20/5230 Has anyone sailed with the keel up say with just a reefed main or just a foresail?
Sound system upgrade. Advice? Justin_NSA at 8:11am 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 14/1523 What systems have worked for you? Any good reads on this? I have a Sony Unilink system on my '91 Hun
VHF with GPS Damifudo at 7:52am 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 10/1053 Its time to upgrade the old VHF radio with the new type DSC and since my helm and radio are in two d
SEAWATER. FILTER (3) ELMAX at 6:39am 02.16.16 Big Boats 10/1790 I cleaned the engine seawater filter. What material they are made these seals? They are on sale? wha
Boathook All U Get at 4:50am 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 12/1915 Hi all, I did a search for boathooks and didn't find much, probably they way I search. What I was
Little help on 340 salon lite Rick Templeton at 6:39pm 02.15.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/699 Lookin for some guidance on the large skylite glazing in the bow side of the salon of a 340. It appe
Sailboat learn/ride near summerville S.C. sailnewbie at 6:17pm 02.15.16 Ask All Sailors 17/1008 I'll be in summerville S.C. for a few days march 5-8, and as you can tell by my name I'm a complete

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YANMAR replacement Blitz at 6:41pm 02.19.24 BTW, There are probably plenty of owners of raw water cooled Yanmar En gines that haven't had a pro
2004 Catalina 320 (1) Calif. Ted at 6:38pm 02.19.24 If the white breaker on left of panel labeled charger/inverter is on, and it's plugged into shorepow
Western L.I. Sound marina shemandr at 6:17pm 02.19.24 My 8th grade science teacher considered the World's Fair Marina the ideal place to live (Aboard).
Bang! Bang! What would you have done? JRacer at 6:07pm 02.19.24 Black Hawk Down: Pilla : Colonel, they're shooting at us! Colonel, they're shooting at us! Sgt Dann
2004 Catalina 320 Don S/V ILLusion at 6:07pm 02.19.24 Does anybody know if this boat automatically charges while on shore power? probably. One simply w
2004 Catalina 320 shemandr at 6:05pm 02.19.24 Hoo Boy!
Bang! Bang! What would you have done? Project_Mayhem at 4:50pm 02.19.24 Someone might find their drain plug missing in the near future...
Western L.I. Sound marina JCH4 at 4:42pm 02.19.24 OP here. I live in Queens, very close to the Worlds Fair Marina, close to the Whitestone Bridge, so
Western L.I. Sound marina shemandr at 4:11pm 02.19.24 The OP is short on details but doesn't say he's located on L.I. I would say crossing from LI to Ct
37c hose size for stuffing box Tally Ho at 3:41pm 02.19.24 @Cocoa Beach Sailor, I sent you a PM. I think you will need to measure (or someone with this spec
1987 Catalina 27 rigging upgrades Any Sea at 3:21pm 02.19.24 jssailem: Thanks for your toughts. You're correct in that I am stepping up to this boat from a C-2
YANMAR replacement shemandr at 3:19pm 02.19.24 I really liked my "Fresh Water Cooled" Yammie. With my previous raw water cooled A4 I was obsessive
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? kappykaplan at 2:53pm 02.19.24 Radio provides AIS info to My Chart plotter, and CP provides GPS coordinates to the radio Same her
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? Tally Ho at 2:51pm 02.19.24 :plus: I use the B&G version, with a wireless remote at the helm. Radio provides AIS info to My C
YANMAR replacement Tally Ho at 2:26pm 02.19.24 As always yiyr knowledge /advice is highly appreciated... That been said, here's the situation. A r
YANMAR replacement Scott T-Bird at 2:02pm 02.19.24 I had a Yanmar 3YM20 installed. Yes, 7K was a bitter pill to swallow along with all the other ex
Paddlewheel suggestions? shemandr at 1:58pm 02.19.24 I used to keep a toothbrush and scraper in the compartment where the thru hull was on my H356. Also
Hunter 240 Broken Mast Struts dlochner at 1:40pm 02.19.24 Glad you figured it out. You now have one more thing to check on your annual maintenance list. Just
YANMAR replacement ggrizzard at 12:40pm 02.19.24 While I can't address the longevity of either engine you mentioned, I can tell you that 10 years ago
Bang! Bang! What would you have done? Siamese at 12:40pm 02.19.24 Generally, the OP is going to be looking for your opinion. Not necessarily your opinion on someone

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