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Larger head for B 343? hardwareman at 7:10pm 09.13.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/713 I'd like to replace the compact Jabsco head with something a little larger. I've considered the sta
Engine starve of fuel (2) Ken13559 at 6:58pm 09.13.15 Engines and Propulsion 7/1647 Last weekend, while warming up the engine for an oil change, the engine stalled on what seems like l
Jabsco and Garhauer on top bugsboat at 6:43pm 09.13.15 Big Boats 3/1152 I purchased an electric head conversion kit from Defender on May 27, 2015. My daughter and finance s
Engine room fan/ hot air exhaust donvanv at 5:25pm 09.13.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 17/6267 Does anyone know when exhaust fan is suppose to come on? Temp activated? Previous owner said it shou
sail questions jmczzz at 5:15pm 09.13.15 Catalina 22 4/819 Our 1972 C-22 had a puzzeling set up main sail when we purchased. Now I am thinking it was a loose f
heat exchanger servicing / Yanmar 4JH2TE eianm at 4:53pm 09.13.15 Big Boats 9/5842 I thought I would do this post in the hope that it may save someone else the trouble I have just had
Brown Bilge Blues Ilanortho at 4:25pm 09.13.15 Ask All Sailors 3/2031 A new Jabsco head pump was placed 3 weeks ago with new waste pipe to the holding tank A week ago
Genoa Track Removal Zoom767 at 1:16pm 09.13.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1813 Good Day Everyone, I own a 1990 Hunter 35.5 Legend and I am experiencing a leak in my head behind
Raymarine auto on a 23.5 SFKjeld at 8:31am 09.13.15 Smaller Boats 3/747 Raymarine auto tiller on a 23.5 Found a thread from a few years back about this upgrade. Evidently,
centreboard up haul line! Karyon at 8:06am 09.13.15 Smaller Boats 11/1328 I ordered all new Halyards and a new centreboard up haul line, I'm trying to look it up on how to re
Sailboat Cushions? ToppDogg at 7:20am 09.13.15 Ask All Sailors 0/618 Hello, I'm looking at a 77 Catalina 27 that needs all new cushions in the interior, the current o
Rear stay question gitpicker2007 at 7:11am 09.13.15 Catalina 22 27/2975 A possibly ignorant question: On the rear stay ( I hope I have that right- the steel cable from the
prop spins even when engine is off and in gear JensJaunt at 5:14am 09.13.15 Ask All Sailors 27/10493 I have a CS36 sailboat with a Yanmar 3Jh4E with Campbell a sailor prop. Yesterday the lazy sheet
Boat was broken into yesterday... kito at 4:16am 09.13.15 Ask All Sailors 15/2747 Get this.....it's my H30 project boat that's sitting in my backyard. It was locked with just the sta
Spinnaker lines go where fgraham at 9:59pm 09.12.15 Mid-Size Boats 11/4780 My spinnaker has two lines attached at the clew, Looks like the 2 sheets on the clew of my jib. Th
Miscellaneous Water Leaks - Hunter 356 Knotallthere at 8:18pm 09.12.15 Big Boats 7/2254 Hi, I'm new to this forum and just bought a 2002 Hunter 356 in need of TLC. The previous owner le
Installation of Electroscan MSD u0958901 at 7:20pm 09.12.15 Catalina 310 1/1205 Has anyone installed an Electro scan MSD on their 310? If so, please provide details.
Strange stuffing box behaviour.. Kopite at 7:04pm 09.12.15 Engines and Propulsion 7/2031 Hi, My boat is new to me, but I do know the box was re packed with normal flax 3 years ago. T
What happens to red dye in marine diesel? cbourne200 at 6:33pm 09.12.15 Engines and Propulsion 19/6575 Just curious... Bought 5 gal of marine diesel in Spring. Had it in diesel Jerry can (yellow). Pou
272LE shift cable replacement Mickstr6 at 5:31pm 09.12.15 Bigger Boats 9/1772 I have to replace my shifter cable. Any advice? I've searched the archives and haven't found anythin

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Weather at your location currently and photo? Ralph Johnstone at 7:46pm 01.18.24 It's chilly tonight down here, it's about 78F...... C'mon, we rarely get that hot in the summer u
Raritan Superflush (1) Guido at 6:45pm 01.18.24 By the way, here are some photos to show you the difference in the hardware used by Raritan vs. Jab
Recommended, reasonably low-cost upgrades? rgranger at 6:20pm 01.18.24
Recommended, reasonably low-cost upgrades? SailingLoto at 6:10pm 01.18.24 I highly support the idea of running halyards to the cockpit. It's super easy to fall off a little
Bent rudder gudgeons on a c18 Chuck Powell at 5:47pm 01.18.24 I'm a new owner of a Catalina C18. I noticed the rudder gudgeons are both bent. How do I replace o
Weather at your location currently and photo? dLj at 5:28pm 01.18.24
Replace Radar buddybear at 5:23pm 01.18.24 Thanks for the reply I will check into it sounds like it will work for me. Is it the 24 and was th
Replace Radar buddybear at 5:11pm 01.18.24 Hi Mark, I bought the Garmin Fantom radome for my 2004 310. Installed a Garmin 942 XS Chartplotter,
Recommended, reasonably low-cost upgrades? Project_Mayhem at 4:42pm 01.18.24 Former owner of a dearly missed Starwind 19 here. My favorite upgrades over the past two boats have
Weather at your location currently and photo? shemandr at 4:40pm 01.18.24 John ... Play nice. Stuart Newspaper had a below the fold article about how the El Nino, which I gue
Weather at your location currently and photo? LaDonaMina at 4:33pm 01.18.24 My weather picture
Is separation for the best? Project_Mayhem at 4:30pm 01.18.24 46yo OMC Saildrive. Very high risk to take it apart as the plastic is brittle and parts are unavaila
Weather at your location currently and photo? ggrizzard at 4:27pm 01.18.24 jssailem I've anchored off that island. Wish I were there now!
Weather at your location currently and photo? Project_Mayhem at 4:26pm 01.18.24 In the teens F and sunny today. These were from a couple of days ago, the temperature was shared w
Is separation for the best? ggrizzard at 4:24pm 01.18.24 What kind of outboard? How old?
'83 Oday 28' Keelbolt Torque and... Bob_S at 3:31pm 01.18.24 Yeah ugh! Over the last 40 years, racing on a friends boats, I've been there for a few "sudden stop
'83 Oday 28' Keelbolt Torque and... dlochner at 3:22pm 01.18.24 My neighbor many years ago rented his C&C 34 to someone. They smashed it into the rocks near Watch
Weather at your location currently and photo? (2) SoSound at 3:09pm 01.18.24 In the teens F and sunny today. These were from a couple of days ago, the temperature was shared wi
'83 Oday 28' Keelbolt Torque and... jibes138 at 3:07pm 01.18.24 My neighbor many years ago rented his C&C 34 to someone. They smashed it into the rocks near Watch H
O'Day 25 Drop Canopy Project_Mayhem at 2:58pm 01.18.24 Are you referring to a bimini, dodger or something else? If you have a pic from another boat with wh

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