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Legal Question Raymus at 3:38am 10.11.23 Ask All Sailors 21/2613 Does the United States Coast Guard, Navy, etc. have any authority to board or detain a foreign perso
Cannot get genoa down. Gaps in profurl furler extrusions. JohnnyP at 9:00pm 10.10.23 Ask All Sailors 7/1342 I cannot get my genoa sail down. It looks like I have good size gap between a couple of profurl furl
110 volt pulgs reset fuse location Beneteau40sailor at 7:01pm 10.10.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1615 Preforming winterization of the water system on my 2011 Beneteau 40, had the electric heater and hai
Comparing Beneteau First 27 to J88 (1) JohnK Austin TX at 2:36pm 10.10.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1624 Hello all, I have compiled my test-sail results on sailboats I short listed for my next boat that in
Yanmar 2GM20F Expansion Tank Drip (1) Panera at 2:18pm 10.10.23 Engines and Propulsion 18/2894 I've been chasing a coolant drip associated with the expansion tank. After each cruise, there is co
Hurricane Lidia (1) JamesG161 at 12:25pm 10.10.23 Weather and Forecasting 0/555 Hitting Mexico's West Coast Mountains will kill Hurricane Lidia, before entering the Gulf. Jim...
Beneteau First 21 Classic officebob at 10:33am 10.10.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/667 Just wondering how much slower the Beneteau First 21 Classic is, versus the Beneteau First 21 swing
Fuel gauge Hunter 34 1985 Phips at 9:55am 10.10.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 21/2067 Hi all, New owner, new to forum, so apologies if this was answered already 20 time... but can't find
Florida Marlow Hunter 37 help needed Juice6576 at 7:10am 10.10.23 Big Boats 3/808 So I am going down the Seadek rabbit hole for my Marlow Hunter 37. I made the cockpit templates befo
Invest 93L (1) JamesG161 at 6:51am 10.10.23 Weather and Forecasting 9/1218 Small Disturbance in Gulf.
Just how big is British Columbia? (1) jssailem at 6:38am 10.10.23 Pacific North West Cruisers 19/2085 I had this map pop up on my Computer today. I thought it would be fun to share. There is a lot of wa
Precision 23 dock size Scubagirl62 at 5:46am 10.10.23 Trailer Sailors 20/2317 May sound like a dumb question, but can a P-23 fit in a 101 inch dock? I know the beam is 8'6" but t
Remote shifting of outboard rettop at 7:44pm 10.09.23 Ask All Sailors 2/399
Is metal bar with loops 3 ft long the H260 gin pole? (2) Davenport at 4:35pm 10.09.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/474 Just got a Hunter 260 which I always wants with some welded on loops. It's too big to fit in mast g
Dual Tracks on Hunter 33 (1) McPhee at 12:16pm 10.09.23 Mid-Size Boats 7/1892 I have two sets of tracks for my 2005 Hunter 33. It looks like the jib should typically be routed on
Lines for Hunter 33 (1) McPhee at 12:13pm 10.09.23 Mid-Size Boats 5/969 I'm looking to upgrade my lines and rigging for my 2005 Hunter 33. I found the appropriate lengths i
Help with Honda 5 HP 1990 motor "BF5A" (2) Monsterfish at 11:17am 10.09.23 Ask All Sailors 5/491 Does anyone know where would it be best to look for this part? I attached two pics. Sorry, I am not
Hunter 30 Hull number location (2) AlainC at 10:14am 10.09.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/875 Where would I find the hull number of my Hunter 30? I have a 1989 Hunter 30 but wonder if it is a 30
1975 oday 22 (10) Anomymous 163294 at 8:51am 10.09.23 Day Sailers 29/2971 alright my soon to be , became my now to be. lol got it home yesterday afternoon. as i was doing a h
Is gas UV sensitive? Project_Mayhem at 7:44am 10.09.23 Engines and Propulsion 6/610 I installed an inline filter made from clear plastic on my outboard to help diagnose a fuel issue. T

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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
Inboard engine questions john6206 at 7:19pm 06.16.25
Anchor roller jssailem at 6:48pm 06.16.25 The pictures confirmed what I suspected. You have an awful lot going on for that narrow bow. Unles
Anchor roller fred1diver at 6:38pm 06.16.25 By angled I just mean by a few degrees, just to the port of the furler and ending close to or before
Inboard engine questions Davidasailor26 at 6:32pm 06.16.25 o I just go full throttle and watch the rpm? Yep, that will tell you the maximum output the engine
2025 O'Day Rendezvous / Canceled jssailem at 6:28pm 06.16.25 Let me know if you get one setup. Maybe I can come be car.
Inboard engine questions john6206 at 6:27pm 06.16.25 Ok, dumbest of dumb questions . . . run at 80% of max RPM how do I know what max rpm is? the needl
Where does the sink drain?? Davidasailor26 at 6:27pm 06.16.25
Anchor roller Captain Larry-DH at 6:20pm 06.16.25
Anchor roller PaulK at 6:07pm 06.16.25 Angling the anchor roller to the side is going to put it under a lot of side forces. Most rollers a
Inboard engine questions Steve_Catalina at 5:56pm 06.16.25 Check out your c320 international site, catalina320.com the usually suggestion for the universal eng
P42 paralleling the buses on batteries Terry Cox at 5:13pm 06.16.25 Why won't it work with the inverter powering A? The heat pump system is designed to run off of eit
P42 paralleling the buses on batteries mermike at 4:59pm 06.16.25 Whatever you do, don't connect the inverter AC output to shore power. You'll let the magic smoke out
Anchor roller (7) fred1diver at 4:45pm 06.16.25 Ok, finally had time to get pics, what I am thinking is moving the chocks back installing them on a
Inboard engine questions Don S/V ILLusion at 4:33pm 06.16.25 . What else should we do before we pull out? Seems like they did pretty food maintenance a year ag

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