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Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger john6206 at 7:25am 10.15.23 Ask All Sailors 75/8482 Hey everyone - I've been sailing about 25 years, almost all trailer boats. I've owned three - sold
Invest 94L --> TS Tammy --> Hurricane Tammy (1) JamesG161 at 6:08am 10.15.23 Weather and Forecasting 18/2294 over the East USA should stop the normal tracking into the Caribbean . Jim...
how to fix this? 1975 oday 22 (1) Anomymous 163294 at 7:11pm 10.14.23 Ask An Oday Owner 22/2193 is this a major job or is it minor? it came to me this way. and i just noticed it today as i was loo
New Portable Battery Charger for Winter Storage Nichole340 at 2:45pm 10.14.23 Ask All Sailors 17/1408 I want to buy a new battery charger for the garage and use it maintain my boat batteries over the wi
Running lines aft on Oday 25 tcbailey67 at 8:27am 10.14.23 Ask An Oday Owner 15/1734 Hi, I've seen many posts on this, but still not quite settled in one particular part of the plan. I
C&C 25 cabin/cockpit table CliffA at 6:37am 10.14.23 C&C 1/985
Engineering Help Needed Tater at 10:11am 10.13.23 Sails Call Lounge 33/4084 I haven't been on in a while. I retired and don't have much time lately. I'll never do that again. ;
Man the Boats... jssailem at 9:21am 10.13.23 Pacific North West Cruisers 11/1559 It is time for that last cruise. The weather patterns are aligning for a chance as an Indian Summer
Wilcox Crittenden Replacement for Catalina 27 (5) shank at 8:14am 10.13.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/746 Hi Peggy (and others) I have an old WC Headmate on my Catalina 27. I'm looking at the Raritan PH Su
Best clear vinyl plastic window cleaner? Captain Larry-DH at 4:08am 10.13.23 Ask All Sailors 4/2254
Need help to identify spare part - Transom Helm Seat support (1) argentum at 8:37pm 10.12.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/740 Hello, I am looking for a part that is missing from my Beneteau 331 2004. It's a plastic thing that
Tiller cover for clutch tailboom at 8:22am 10.12.23 Catalina 22 3/822
Water tank leak (1) Bogart at 11:45pm 10.11.23 Big Boats 14/1138 Hi All Bogart is a 45CC 2007 model. We have discovered a slight crack in the top of the aft starboa
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try SoSound at 10:24pm 10.11.23 Ask All Sailors 31/7233 After the flurry of posts in the thread about Navionics Price Increasing, relaying positive experien
Catalina 30 Survey jofro at 5:01pm 10.11.23 Catalina 30 7/2041 I have an offer accepted on an 1985 30' Catalina pending Survey and Inspection in 2 weeks. After to
Topping Lift suggestions for trailerable sailboats (3) Crazy Dave Condon at 10:10am 10.11.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/643 @FreedomCrawler @Monsterfish @patbratton This application applies to trailerable sailboat topping l
yanmar ysm 12 engine and transmission seperation 142 riverview at 9:10am 10.11.23 Ask All Sailors 2/454 looking for any information on how to remove the engine block from the transmission housing on a Yan
Columbia keel question James River Sailor at 8:40am 10.11.23 Ask All Sailors 5/769 Would anyone happen to know what Columbia used for their keel material; lead or cast iron? Specifi
Simrad/Navico WP 100 Wheelpilot (1) ESampsel at 7:13am 10.11.23 Parts Search 2/940 Hi, Does anyone know where I can purchase spare parts for an old Navico WP 100 Autopilot? Specifical
Simrad/Navico WP 100 Wheelpilot Parts (1) ESampsel at 6:38am 10.11.23 Ask All Sailors 1/400 Hi, Does anyone know where I can purchase spare parts for an old Navico WP 100 Autopilot? Specifica

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R.O. water filter install question colemj at 4:52am 06.17.25 thought we clarified that. The 25% figure might apply to particularly dirty sea water but the waste
Inboard engine questions john6206 at 4:50am 06.17.25
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Inboard engine questions john6206 at 4:44am 06.17.25
2025 O'Day Rendezvous / Canceled kappykaplan at 4:20am 06.17.25 I decided that it would be a much happier future life if I went to the celebration :what:. What wou
2025 O'Day Rendezvous / Canceled twodzusfittings at 4:07am 06.17.25 I am one that had to back out, after getting excited about the Rendezvous. A family event (my oldest
Inboard engine questions sailme88 at 4:05am 06.17.25 Sounds like you have done most of the basic PM activities. How about inspecting and or changing out
P42 paralleling the buses on batteries sailme88 at 3:46am 06.17.25 There are AC and DC heat pumps. The AC's need a steadied reliable power source. Under and over volta
P42 paralleling the buses on batteries HoosierSailor at 3:26am 06.17.25 So I guess no one has looked at this before. I was hoping someone had tried to parallel the buses wi
Anchor roller fred1diver at 2:56am 06.17.25 Thank you for your reply Jssailem. Can you elaborate more please What do you mean by rework my an
Inboard engine questions Foswick at 11:13pm 06.16.25 Catalina 320, Westerbeke 30B (27 hp If i remember) I have several questions about my 30 year old di
1984 Hunter - Tide Launch Trailer/Cart Plans Hunter Enthusiast at 10:04pm 06.16.25 In answer to your response: I live on a rather remote island in the Bay of Fundy (BoF); the BoF is
Yanmar motor mounts (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:36pm 06.16.25 Definitely Yanmar mounts. And the stringer at that point is very solid wood encased in FG. f wat
R.O. water filter install question dLj at 8:56pm 06.16.25 Thats my thinking as well. I think i would need to have the water quality of the waste water checke
Inboard engine questions Tally Ho at 8:55pm 06.16.25 @Tally Ho 75 miles is the distance between two ports that have diesel. total trip is about 400nm.
Inboard engine questions jssailem at 8:53pm 06.16.25 Your Westerbeke engine performance chart is identified here at 3600 rpm https://www.westerbeke.com
Inboard engine questions john6206 at 8:22pm 06.16.25 @Tally Ho 75 miles is the distance between two ports that have diesel. total trip is about 400nm.
Yanmar motor mounts (1) Rjm st.petersburg at 8:03pm 06.16.25 This is how I replaced stripped out lag screws on my motor mount. Welded on an extension, and used a
Inboard engine questions Tally Ho at 7:49pm 06.16.25
Inboard engine questions (1) Tally Ho at 7:36pm 06.16.25 An engine should have a max RPM. My Yanmar 2GM20F is rated at 3600 rpms max and 3400 rpms continuou

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