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Temp gage, sender, or ?? jibes138 at 4:24am 09.06.15 Ask All Sailors 20/2355 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 0/983 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 17/9931 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 10/1922 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 19/2434 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 16/2578 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 9/2510 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 13/2932 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 9/3401 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 4/1307 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 1/851 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 4/1320 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 1/668 Just bought a 2002 H 240 located in Apex,NC. Downsizing from a Hunter 356 which we loved.Looking for
O'Day sood locations Windtherapy at 7:02pm 09.04.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/870 Can somebody tell me exactly where wood is on an O'Day? How far does the balsa go on the deck top an
Engine Flush Ken13559 at 6:38pm 09.04.15 Engines and Propulsion 15/2797 I came across the STP Engine Flush and was wondering if this would positively impact my 13yr old 140
Want to put winches on top of a pop top sunsailor12000 at 3:57pm 09.04.15 Catalina 22 11/1947 Does anyone have an idea of how to secure a pop top Catalina 22 so that winches can be mounted on to

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2GM20F engine issue dlochner at 3:47am 12.12.23 Saturate the raw balsa with neat epoxy. Then it will probably be necessary to replace the fiberglass
Volvo V Vetus Muffler Davidasailor26 at 2:38am 12.12.23 Well, it just seems odd to have all those links to pages in CF, especially since they are not speci
Volvo V Vetus Muffler Mike Topaze at 2:15am 12.12.23 I have no idea what you are talking about I have never posted before so I put this post under Engine
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 11:04pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 11:01pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
2GM20F engine issue Ken13559 at 10:34pm 12.11.23 Mechanic took away my gearbox for repair 2 days ago. Had to chip away the engine bay fibreglass ridg
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 9:12pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source,
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! marcham at 8:44pm 12.11.23 I had the port list on my 380. Removed 160 lbs of batteries from the port settee and relocated about
Re-installing the shaft coupling Ralph Johnstone at 8:35pm 12.11.23 You want that coupling to seize together with the shaft. If you're relying on the parts to seize
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 8:30pm 12.11.23 I have a daysailer (Chrysler Mutineer 15) and Catalina 22, and I've thought about re-rigging each wi
Furano connection dlochner at 6:51pm 12.11.23 Is the mast deck stepped? If so, it may be inside the mast. There may be an access port on the mast,
Re-installing the shaft coupling dlochner at 6:46pm 12.11.23 Friction between the coupling and the shaft is important, it takes the stress off the key and makes
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! CAVU at 6:45pm 12.11.23 I own a 2001 380 and also have the port list you mentioned. I think the lack of the genset may be a
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:42pm 12.11.23 Terminators / Connectors Good terminators purpose-built for this task aren't cheap. Usually a littl
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:36pm 12.11.23 Types of Dyneema From Marlow SK60 : Older formulation (I think original Amsteel was SK60?) SK75 :
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:27pm 12.11.23 @Tedd. Thanks for posting this. I've been thinking occasionally about synthetic rigging for a few ye
Re-installing the shaft coupling rgranger at 6:15pm 12.11.23 Teflon tape???
Re-installing the shaft coupling American_Mainsail at 5:59pm 12.11.23 You do not want to apply any anti-seize, lubricant, etc. to your shaft coupling. You want that coupl
Re-installing the shaft coupling Michael Davis at 5:53pm 12.11.23 So nice to have some Ai to blame! I love it.
Swim platform question PaulK at 5:24pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder

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