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Marine toilet paper s2fast4u at 8:48am 01.19.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/979 Hi Peggy, welcome back, happy to see that we will have access to a good expert! Good question on the
LPG Generator geek_guy at 9:50am 01.19.16 Big Boats 9/1111 I've toyed with adding a generator. But always insisted that I would only accept a diesel and the c
Case of 5-foot-itus Brian M H23 at 8:39am 01.19.16 Mid-Size Boats 13/2186 Hey all! It'll be going on 3 years since I sold my 85 H23 that I owned for 6, and while it was the
Reefing Main 30 TR JohnVTX at 7:31am 01.19.16 Catalina 30 19/4417 What wind speed would you reef?
Oil filter on yanmar 2GM20f Rays at 5:25am 01.19.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/6362 hi everyone I will be doing my first oil change on my yanmar in the spring. I purchased the oil filt
C22 transom ladder Ellwebs at 10:38pm 01.18.16 Parts Search 8/1466 What specific ladder does anyone recommend? I think one that can be deployd from the water would be
The Head Mistress Returns Phil Herring at 8:02pm 01.18.16 Ask All Sailors 51/11566 We're very excited to welcome back our own Head Mistress, Peggie Hall, to the Marine Sanitation foru
Catalina 250 MK II WB A/C size e714753 at 6:13pm 01.18.16 Smaller Boats 1/1521 I want to add an A/C unit under the v birth inside the storage compartment in my WB 250 MK II boat.
When to adjust valves Rick at 4:54pm 01.18.16 Ask All Sailors 4/899 Hi gents and ladies. I have two thousand hours on my trusty little 3GM30F. Just was musing this we
New (to me) 1975 ODay 22 jason.ambrose at 2:30pm 01.18.16 Day Sailers 7/2103 Hello! After finally convincing my wife to let me buy a sailboat, I recently purchased a Oday 22 on
Plastic "Groove Guard" on furling mainsail slot rghayesky at 10:53am 01.18.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2246 US Spars (Z-Spar) mast with Neil Pryde furling mainsail on 2002 B473. The plastic along edge of slo
OK calling on all 12 volt geniuses (2) tkwhalen at 9:53am 01.18.16 Big Boats 19/4025 I recently purchased from this fine site a replacement light fixture. The new fixture is LED and the
Best Brand: Fresh Water Pump Bad Obsession at 9:12am 01.18.16 Ask All Sailors 15/7781 I am going to add pressurized water into my boat. I posted a thread a while back and I didn't get m
Need Trim Replacement For 1972 Irwin 37CC wdkester at 7:44am 01.18.16 Irwin 1/1210 I'm restoring an old Irwin. Between bulkheads and the F/G liner they used a sort of piping which wa
Gauerhauer Rigid Boom Vang JohnVTX at 7:38am 01.18.16 Catalina 30 9/2001 When I got my boat rigid vang was already there. I cannot find anywhere any instructions for spring
Oday 25 Bimini? sailer74 at 6:47am 01.18.16 Day Sailers 22/6405 Any Oday 25 Skipper put a Bimini on their boat? If so, I'd love pictures and measurements, etc. Jim
Anchor handling techniques Ginger Baker at 5:46am 01.18.16 Ask All Sailors 16/6221 We have an O'Day 26 with a good anchor locker. I find that manually deploying and retrieving the an
Keel made of? Paula at 4:06am 01.18.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/4163 When did Hunter stop using lead keels and what is the replacement made of and how is it holding up?
Lake Erie Grim Reaper (1) 25yearslater at 3:12am 01.18.16 Sails Call Lounge 5/1356 118896 Am I hallucinating or does anyone else see what appears to be the Grim Reaper in this particu
cleaning window over companion way hatch (1) Elie at 10:31pm 01.17.16 Mid-Size Boats 3/821 hey guys - one more question! there is a window over the companion way hatch that I can't figure out

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The Show Must Go On (1) Project_Mayhem at 9:02pm 01.28.24 I went to the Chicago boat show the first year after the pandemic. There were no sailboats. It was a
What the heck is this? Project_Mayhem at 8:55pm 01.28.24 That is what I was going to say.... I see red mold around spigouts (faucets and shower heads) often
Keel bolts obxjeff at 6:59pm 01.28.24 The picture looks a lot worse than just a smile which a piece of paper can fit in, my thumb could fi
Keel bolts Best of Times at 6:58pm 01.28.24 Prior owner just contacted me and said it was just a seam with sloppy caulking that makes it look ba
Gear Ratio dlochner at 6:46pm 01.28.24 For every one ton (2000lbs) the rule of thumb is 4 hp. This is how marine engineers get a rough est
The Show Must Go On dlochner at 6:37pm 01.28.24 Over the past few years I've been going to the Annapolis Boat Show. The first time with a shopping l
Keel bolts dlochner at 6:26pm 01.28.24 Wondering if I should torque at 90vs 132#? I would unless someone can find documentation from Hun
AC CONTROLLER dlochner at 6:24pm 01.28.24 hi thanks for the tip but i cannot find it on the Marvair page Click on the International Sales b
Remote oil filter for M25XP Mark Maulden at 6:14pm 01.28.24
Keel bolts Best of Times at 5:59pm 01.28.24
AC CONTROLLER Valerio at 4:47pm 01.28.24 Any idea were i can buy a Polar Bay head controller for my Marvair air? It would help to know whe
AC CONTROLLER Crazy Dave Condon at 4:13pm 01.28.24
Hunter 34 no 12 volt power after winter haul and rgranger at 3:36pm 01.28.24
What the heck is this? rgranger at 3:34pm 01.28.24 I've seem mold that was red in a boat that had flooded with rain water. I think dLj has the right i
Remote oil filter for M25XP Stu Jackson at 3:20pm 01.28.24 Hayden, I've had my M25 engine for 25+ years and have never had that problem. Put some rags down.
Gear Ratio twodzusfittings at 2:35pm 01.28.24
Hunter 41 DS Fwd Head Sani Hose Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:05pm 01.28.24 12-14' is about double the distance that most marine toilets, manual or electric can move bowl conte
Looking to buy a Catalina 310 Tom J at 1:06pm 01.28.24 Good luck on your search. I, too, had checked out the C310's at boat shows, and, after checking out
Catalina 310 Air Conditioner Installation Deleted member 117556 at 12:53pm 01.28.24 Thanks for the photo. Seems like a waste of valuable space in the salon which is already undersized.
Windshield H430 Leaking ivieto at 12:43pm 01.28.24

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