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Wind Instrument Troubleshooting SailingErrant at 6:46am 09.06.15 Ask All Sailors 7/2062 The wind instrument and gauge on my Catalina 310 have stopped talking to each other! They have been
Missing pages from Cat 22, 1992 owners manual vietvet68 at 5:34am 09.06.15 Catalina 22 9/1054 Just purchased a 1992 Cat 22. The owners manual is missing pages 21 thru 24. If anyone has this ow
Temp gage jibes138 at 4:26am 09.06.15 Bigger Boats 3/823 I posted this on the ask all sailors forum but am copying it here for you guys with the same boats.
Temp gage, sender, or ?? jibes138 at 4:24am 09.06.15 Ask All Sailors 20/2346 I've recently upgraded my heat exchanger in my Universal M25 engine to the recommended 3" diameter.
need urgent m25-xpb help njlarry at 9:38pm 09.05.15 Engines and Propulsion 0/980 As I have mentioned before on this site, I have been having trouble with v belts shredding. I had th
Help with wiring upgrades. C400 (5) dhays at 9:29pm 09.05.15 Musings With Maine Sail 17/9921 I am a general idiot and not qualified to own a boat with an engine or anything electric. Despite t
H216 or 22 daysailer Mainsheet Traveller Joetul at 2:44pm 09.05.15 Smaller Boats 1/659 Can anyone help me as to how a cross-cockpit mainsheet traveler should be rigged? I'm missing this
Oday 28 cushion replacement RSDean at 1:34pm 09.05.15 Ask An Oday Owner 1/761 I have an '86 O'Day that I want to replace the cushion cloth material with something that closely ma
H-42 1995 Air Conditioning relay for pump joelvannorsdel at 10:39am 09.05.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1919 The AC in Alter'Tudes both fore and aft has stopped working, the pump is not running. There is volt
Motion sickness device Picflight at 10:38am 09.05.15 Ask All Sailors 19/2425 There seems to be a device in the works for folks you get severe motion sickness. Perhaps not the on
Jerry jugs Mark Maulden at 9:12am 09.05.15 Ask All Sailors 16/2569 Thinking of going to Glacier Bay next year and will have to carry some fuel/water on deck. So, what
Holding Tank Air Vent Location blueboat at 8:24am 09.05.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2506 I cannot figure out where the location of the holding tank air vent is on the outside of my 1993 42'
Drop keel mechanism layout Windtherapy at 8:06am 09.05.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/712 OK so I bought a 26' about 3 months ago. I also bought a 36 foot slip on Lake Huron but decided to
Has anyone done an energy budget for a Beneteau 343? Davefromoregon at 7:36am 09.05.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/2927 I have a reasonable how to do this, but if some else has already done it I'd appreciate making use
Advice for buying first sail boat icemanx193 at 7:00am 09.05.15 Day Sailers 9/3379 I am looking to buy my first sail boat and looking for some advice. I want something small that I ca
1990 hunter 35.5 Electrical 30amp to 15amp problem shawanaga at 6:21am 09.05.15 Big Boats 8/1423 I just joined a new club and the power at the slip is only 15 amp I went out and bought a 15amp pigt
Bimini? (1) scottmellloyditude at 5:28am 09.05.15 Mid-Size Boats 4/1305 I this is how I have the Bimini installed. Does anyone know if the frame is backwards. Pretty sure t
Coolant System shermanb at 4:16am 09.05.15 Engines and Propulsion 1/849 I have a Catalina 27 with a Universal M-18, 14 horsepower diesel engine with antifreeze coolant comi
Racor filter gauge (1) eianm at 12:50am 09.05.15 Big Boats 4/1312 I have a question- i simply want to confirm that the Racor vacuum gauge connects to the output side
H240 new owner sailmaster39 at 9:58pm 09.04.15 Smaller Boats 1/666 Just bought a 2002 H 240 located in Apex,NC. Downsizing from a Hunter 356 which we loved.Looking for

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Thru Hull Replacement? Randall Schmidt at 2:40pm 12.04.23
Thru Hull Replacement? Randall Schmidt at 2:36pm 12.04.23 He talks about the valve, identified as "MARELON" that is "stuck". If that is the case, I would thi
Thru Hull Replacement? Randall Schmidt at 2:36pm 12.04.23 Can you provide a picture of the thru hull for the engine ? Given my druthers, I'd rather not leav
Thru Hull Replacement? Randall Schmidt at 2:33pm 12.04.23
Thru Hull Replacement? Randall Schmidt at 2:30pm 12.04.23 Mild confusion in your post. You say the valve is frozen open, but you're talking about trying to
Is the mast on a 1978 Cape Dory 25 slotted or through bolted to the deck plate? (3) ekmar1991 at 2:03pm 12.04.23 Hope these pictures illustrate my question a bit better. I cannot find any images online that show t
Solar power systems dlochner at 1:25pm 12.04.23 As a general rule of thumb, count on an average of 3 times the nominal size for solar panel output.
MacGregor 27 trailer douglaskjensen@gmail.com at 1:02pm 12.04.23 Never heard of a MacGreger 27.
Hunter 36 Shower drain sump pump...keeps tripping its breaker tfox2069 at 12:21pm 12.04.23 On my 2009 H36 I'd turn on the pump as I turned on the shower, and ran it continuously until I was d
Coolant flush Sutric at 12:11pm 12.04.23 Thank you all for your responses. After some searching, I decided to just drain, refill, run and rep
The Sewing Machine Thread Mikem at 11:46am 12.04.23 I sent our old LSZ to Sailrite after many viewed videos and correspondence with them after I could n
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Justin_NSA at 11:34am 12.04.23 I don't see any no contact fluid sensors on Amazon? Amazon isn't always the best or cheapest place
Catalina 310 battery wiring question (2) marchem at 11:23am 12.04.23
CONFIRMATION PLEASE dlochner at 11:08am 12.04.23 Keel stepped masts almost always leak to some extent. One of the variables is the kind of rain, hard
CONFIRMATION PLEASE (3) eherlihy at 11:00am 12.04.23 I always had a little water that managed to find its way into the bilge after a rain storm. Little m
CONFIRMATION PLEASE Richard19068 at 10:41am 12.04.23 I am assuming that due to the mast being keel stepped that water will always enter into the bilge,
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? 4arch at 10:11am 12.04.23 I don't see any no contact fluid sensors on Amazon? Try this link.
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Ted10028 at 9:50am 12.04.23 if it works well can you give me the brand name please.
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? sailme88 at 9:39am 12.04.23 I bought a 3 tank external monitoring system from an RV website. Each tank has a HIGH, MEDIUM and L
CONFIRMATION PLEASE sailme88 at 9:33am 12.04.23 The bilge will also collect water from the stuffing box and condensate from the: hull, icebox, heat

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