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Yanmar 2gm20FW GreginVancouver at 6:35pm 08.28.15 Mid-Size Boats 5/1983 HI All, I'm trying diagnose a running issue with my 2GM20FW in my 84 hunter 31. At idle, I can
Paint for 170 rudder mark2 at 6:28pm 08.28.15 Day Sailers 2/1602 Hi all, The rudder on our 170 has several places where the finish has blistered a bit or chipped aw
Anchoring Etiquette Clashes with Local Culture Kings Gambit at 6:27pm 08.28.15 Ask All Sailors 136/21155 So, my wife and I sail into an anchorage at the eastern end of Santa Cruz Island, which is a Nationa
Replacement H22 Traveler (1981) newsailor130 at 4:36pm 08.28.15 Smaller Boats 11/1985 Rig-rite seems to sell a replacement traveler system for the 1981 H22. Has anyone tried it? Which pa
Battery Charger fusing buddybear at 4:36pm 08.28.15 Catalina 310 2/947 Preparing to install Pro mariner Pronautic 40 amp battery charger. Went to purchase a 50 amp fuse fo
New Comprehensive and Positive Catalina 22 Review sethpool at 4:08pm 08.28.15 Catalina 22 2/899 http://whichsailboat.com/2015/08/22/catalina-22-review
compass cylinder on steering pedestal replcement j.r.brown at 3:00pm 08.28.15 Mid-Size Boats 2/879 The cylinder that mounts the compass on my steering pedestal is self-destructing and needs replaceme
Storm haul outs CapnGrumpyBreeches at 2:27pm 08.28.15 Catalina 22 3/774 With T.S.Erika approaching the east coast, it made me wonder: Those of you that keep your 22s in t
Cabin Top Instrument Box (1) Ameseys at 11:21am 08.28.15 Yamaha 2/1903 I would like to get an instrument box forward of the companionway on my Yamaha 30, but I think it's
What percentage of sailors can't think ahead? Zed at 10:52am 08.28.15 Ask All Sailors 33/3617 My experience of sailing is admittedly minimal. And I am retired, and many of the experienced sailo
Boat Name Letter Size? jonjbfx at 10:22am 08.28.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/861 I am about to jump online to buy my letters.. Suggestions for how tall? Unfortunately away from bo
Volvo MD2B - Cooling Issue SailMaster at 10:02am 08.28.15 Engines and Propulsion 8/3672 Hello again, Well we were almost off of the dock until I found our next gremlin to work through.
rudder of a 380 fabrik at 9:58am 08.28.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1715 Would Like if i can have the plan of how the rudder is built on hunter 380 1999 or if i can see a
Sea Hawk Paint Execs Go To Prison For Selling TBT Paint fstbttms at 9:43am 08.28.15 Ask All Sailors 12/1810 Although this story apparently broke last December, I only heard about it recently. A marine coat
Need the measurements on companion way vulcan at 9:26am 08.28.15 Ericson 0/1343 My boat a 32-200, 1988 is down is Mexico and I want to take, a bug screen for the companion way, dow
Pelican hook replacement ppm411 at 9:24am 08.28.15 Catalina 22 14/5249 I need to replace one of my lifeline pelican hooks (ker-plunk) on my 1974 Catalina 22. I ordered a
Wanting to add a windlass to 1994 Legend 40.5 gertonw at 8:07am 08.28.15 Big Boats 19/3088 although there some posts addressing this topic, I am interested in which windlass would work specif
Scary Situation DannyS at 7:56am 08.28.15 Ask All Sailors 21/2508 I recently had a very scary situation develop. We were in the middle of a two week cruise of the Can
Catalina 30 engine stop "T" handle Al17265 at 7:13am 08.28.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1285 Where can I get a replacement for the engine stop pull ("T") handle for my 1988 Catalina 30?
Pre-purchase inspection - 1996 H26 CHSN WND at 6:51am 08.28.15 Smaller Boats 11/1143 Hi, I recently sold my first boat and am considering buying a 1996 H26. I'm wondering if I can tap i

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Leaking Chain Plates Calif. Ted at 10:29am 01.30.24 I once heard Gerry Douglas tell a bunch of owners at a rendezvous that "You should just plan to rebe
Rub rail leak Ed.S at 10:11am 01.30.24 Thank You Ralph Johnstone for the reply. That's what I expected. I think I will try to isolate the
Android phone app connection issue DArcy at 10:02am 01.30.24 I don't use the app on my android devices. I find it much better to use the web browser. Try just un
Adding a solent sail or staysail to a B&R rig (2) kloudie1 at 10:02am 01.30.24 My PO installed a spinnaker pole downhaul point just forward of the front hatch. He also had a ligh
Android phone app connection issue Davidasailor26 at 9:53am 01.30.24 Try uninstalling the app and reinstalling it? Other than that my next suggestion would be to just us
Engine Vent Fan tfox2069 at 9:39am 01.30.24 Sounds like the fan is hard wired to the ignition circuit. There is no safety issue with putting i
Engine Vent Fan Calif. Ted at 9:38am 01.30.24 Most are on the ignition circuit so run while switch is on, Catalinas have a switch on bottom of eng
Engine Vent Fan ggrizzard at 9:28am 01.30.24 Sounds like the fan is hard wired to the ignition circuit. There is no safety issue with putting i
320 dink Scott T-Bird at 9:28am 01.30.24 We have a Zodiac 270 aero floor. It is 8'10" and fits on the bow, but I can't say that I've ever go
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 Jacktar at 9:24am 01.30.24 Pretty lucky with my solar day nite vent running it keeps the interior around 95 max and locations o
Android phone app connection issue Rich Stidger at 9:23am 01.30.24 No VPN, and I'm using the same wifi network. And it failed to connect on a different wifi network a
321 prop anodw/nut and 2 25mm shaft anodes kappykaplan at 9:23am 01.30.24 Wesleymi, you should post this in Digital Dumpster Dive -- Free Gear: https://forums.sailboatowners.
Mast Support Bracket "Event" kloudie1 at 9:16am 01.30.24 I agree that a rigger or someone who is familiar with that mast support structure should be consulte
Remote oil filter for M25XP Hello Below at 8:39am 01.30.24 Then let's give this a try. From my research on this forum, Fred Ficarra (R.I.P.) on Epitome was a
Leaking Chain Plates dmax at 7:48am 01.30.24 Once you get a moisture reading you'll know what your up against - where it shows greater than 20% m
Remote oil filter for M25XP Hayden Watson at 7:09am 01.30.24 The best answer might be to either do some carpentry on your model to enlarge engine access, or to
Remote oil filter for M25XP FastOlson at 7:07am 01.30.24 The best answer might be to either do some carpentry on your model to enlarge engine access, or to g
Mast Support Bracket "Event" dlochner at 7:04am 01.30.24 Looking at the photos I was struck by several anomalies. All of the hardware is different, there is
Funny Friday!!! (1) Will Gilmore at 6:35am 01.30.24 It's certain that the investment in the wedding was a lot more than Super Bowl tickets. Still, we h
Remote oil filter for M25XP (1) Hayden Watson at 6:34am 01.30.24 Hayden, this is kind of like reverse engineering and maybe a bit convoluted but what the heck . . .

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