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Jabco 36600 fresh water pump burnswelds at 4:03am 08.12.15 Catalina 30 1/627 My fresh water pump switch failed on my accumlator pump. Any ideas where i can get a new pressure sw
Go Fund Me, please pass around Akapeterc at 10:59pm 08.11.15 Ask All Sailors 1/714 I am hoping that every one could cut and paste my web site address and send it out into the world fo
Yanmar 2QM15 Water Hoses 1864sailor at 7:34pm 08.11.15 Engines and Propulsion 5/1791 My Hunter has the original 1980 Yanmar 2qm15. She works like an amazing charm, but I'm in need of wa
Smashed rukidn at 7:16pm 08.11.15 Catalina 310 10/2190 Our Brio was hit in the stern while in slip by a wayward Doral. A dockmate had a mechanical failure
Drilling a hole in my mast (Gasp) Lzed at 6:08pm 08.11.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/3401 I am installing a new anchor/mast head light and a new VHF antenna and radio. I need to drill two
Javelin Interior Paint clanijos at 5:34pm 08.11.15 Day Sailers 1/1017 I'm currently in the process of restoring a 1970 O'Day Javelin. I'm nearing the end of the long proc
Hatch Gasket Material Hale Meakipe at 4:45pm 08.11.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/878 Any suggestions on where to purchase replacement gasket material for v-berth hatch? The shape of th
Fuses Required for Battery Monitor Wires? (1) rardiH36 at 4:41pm 08.11.15 Ask All Sailors 43/12107 A new-in-box vintage ProMariner analog battery monitor recently came into my possession. Photo atta
choosing antenna cable 1oldbuzzard at 2:00pm 08.11.15 Ask All Sailors 3/886 I am going to replace a vhf antenna on top of the mast. 43' above deck and probably 75' of cable ove
Battery Charger confusion redunculous at 1:57pm 08.11.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/614 I'm changing out some fuses that run inline from my DC out ports to the batteries I am charging.
looking for Islander and Gemini owners 1oldbuzzard at 1:52pm 08.11.15 Ask All Sailors 1/665 I have an Islander 32 but buying a Gemini 3200 and looking for groups to learn about my Gemini. It's
Catalina Waste Holiding Tank Pump out Matt_Summer Wind at 1:39pm 08.11.15 Mid-Size Boats 4/1455 I am a new owner of a 1986 Catalina 27 and am just getting familiar. Can someone help me to underst
Starboard Stanchion Fasteners (1) KZW at 1:29pm 08.11.15 Catalina 310 28/4859 I managed to break the forward most stanchion on the starboard side. Please don't ask - it was real
Deck Light Bulb SEMPERAVANTI41 at 1:08pm 08.11.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/734 Hi All, My decklight is out. Checked wiring on mast inside boat which indicates burned out bulb. Be
Head faucet leaks Clydo at 11:55am 08.11.15 Catalina 310 3/871 Tried search but no luck. Anyone had problem with head faucet leaking? Just noticed small drips on
Where to mount stereo and speakers on H23 isaksp00 at 11:13am 08.11.15 Smaller Boats 7/1771 I got a good deal on a Polyplanar unit that has a base and separate control panel/pad. I also bough
Raw water pump leaking (3) heritage at 11:06am 08.11.15 Engines and Propulsion 6/1918 Engine is a Yanmar 2gm20f, marinized in Japan. I believe the pump is an Oberdorfer, but can't find
Rudder issue (1) Armyaviation at 11:02am 08.11.15 Ask All Sailors 11/1366 I have an American fiberglass 21 foot sailboat and the rudder for the boat is a lot bigger and thick
Best Bird Deterent yet: Flying a Flag (2) McIntoshUSA at 9:46am 08.11.15 Ask All Sailors 11/6423 Bird Deterrent! It seems that having a flag waving at the top of the mast really helps to keep the
Bunk boards and bottom paint Bladeswell at 8:16am 08.11.15 Smaller Boats 6/2265 Hello Again, I'm going to need to bottom paint before she goes back into the

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Trouble keeping the rain out! HeelBoy at 4:14am 10.04.23 water accumulation along the centerline beneath the head floor. After a moderate rain, about a gall
Traveler maker info sought kappykaplan at 4:02am 10.04.23 Who made them? Don't know, but that's a nice lookin' boat cat! :beer:
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition kappykaplan at 4:01am 10.04.23 The Harriers were in NC near Moorehead City. Likely out of MCAS Cherry Point.
Starter switch sporadically engages starter dlochner at 3:40am 10.04.23 This is a known issue with Yanmar diesels. The root of the problem is voltage drop due to undersized
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition dlochner at 3:36am 10.04.23 I am wondering where the Navy jets were. There are a number of Naval Air Stations and Marine Corp
H49/50 battery replacement Georgedoyle at 10:35pm 10.03.23 Did you get the Dakota DL+ 60 ah starting battery? I was it advertised for $599.
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment skunther at 10:28pm 10.03.23 air accumulator screw Is that what that screw is? What is its purpose? I have pretty much the same
Trouble keeping the rain out! Seadoc at 10:09pm 10.03.23
Cockpit Speaker Locations Project_Mayhem at 8:36pm 10.03.23 I was given a nice pair of JL marine speakers. I was leaning towards some rail mounted enclosures bu
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition Skipper J at 7:36pm 10.03.23 True. I am wondering where the Navy jets were. Good at least that the right-wing militia weren't s
Replace Maxwell 500 windlass circuit breaker Ralph Johnstone at 6:18pm 10.03.23 Seems to have served the old wiring quite well so it should continue to do the job.
My solution for winch override. Yours? jssailem at 6:10pm 10.03.23 Yes captain. That does look like an improvement.
Cockpit Speaker Locations FDL S2 at 4:57pm 10.03.23 Before you start cutting holes in your boat for conventional speakers, check out this discussion ab
My solution for winch override. Yours? (1) stickinthemud57 at 4:06pm 10.03.23 OK, I think I have this little issue with the swivelling cleats sorted out. The lighting was a littl
H49/50 battery replacement tkwhalen at 3:39pm 10.03.23 I have 3 400amp hour Chins so 1200 Amp hours. Th e Chins were the same size as the old 8Ds I had the
Replace Maxwell 500 windlass circuit breaker sorcererdog at 3:31pm 10.03.23 The old one was also 80A. Just went with what appears to be a more recent version of the same unit,
Funny Friday!!! (1) Ward H at 2:58pm 10.03.23 220406
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition Don S/V ILLusion at 1:36pm 10.03.23 Have any of you heard of cruisers being shot at? Maybe from shore by someone who didn't like wher
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition dlochner at 12:58pm 10.03.23 Us mere mortals are a little more fearful :yikes: ! I could see the targets and they were shootin
Cruising Safety - Amazon Expedition Ralph Johnstone at 12:31pm 10.03.23 at no time did I fear for my safety from the gunfire. Us mere mortals are a little more fearful :

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