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Best method for preserving/restoring cabinet woods cbarnhart53 at 4:32am 08.24.15 Ask All Sailors 7/1146 I recently had a minor disaster when a combination of events lead to the sinking of my Catalina 27 i
Boom angle? LittleCreek at 1:33am 08.24.15 Ask All Sailors 8/4149 Hello everyone, I just spent some time replacing the internal rigging inside my boom and reattach
Steping the Mast IAMCCF at 9:09pm 08.23.15 Bigger Boats 3/1363 My 1980 Oday 28 will need to have the mast stepped each Fall and then the boat ' mast will need to b
leave it open or closed! Karyon at 8:32pm 08.23.15 Smaller Boats 3/766 So today we took our new H23.5 for its second sail, the previous owner says when he fills the ballas
LED cabin lighting Uno Mast at 8:31pm 08.23.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/6112 Seems like I read somewhere that it's a good idea to change something besides the fixture when upgra
Yanmar 4jh heat exchanger eianm at 8:25pm 08.23.15 Big Boats 1/1809 I have just had to go through the process of changing my heat exchanger and found the cost of genuin
Ordering new Main Sail. Couple of questions Ward H at 6:49pm 08.23.15 Ask All Sailors 10/1471 I am finally replacing my 35 yr old main sail. I got a couple of last minute questions which of cour
WYC Woman's Cup (5) Jackdaw at 5:58pm 08.23.15 Racing 1/1176 WYC has the largest number of woman racers of any club in the USA, and we actively promote ladies to
Main water pump Fredthedriver at 4:14pm 08.23.15 Catalina 30 4/887 Has anyone changed a main water pump un a universal m25xp diesel, mine has siezed and broke fan belt
Adequate towing vehicle? spitfire1967 at 3:30pm 08.23.15 Trailer Sailors 17/10374 I have a c/b ODay Mariner which weighs 1300 lbs. The question is: What vehicle can I purchase whi
Coolant Leak buddybear at 3:05pm 08.23.15 Catalina 310 5/1792 Have been doing multiple jobs on the boat. Disconnected the discharge hose from the raw water pump t
Roller fuller problems and the weekend scottmellloyditude at 2:53pm 08.23.15 Mid-Size Boats 0/865 Roller fuller... Harken and it looks to be in good shape. However we have tried to use it twice and
House bank battery location drkmcdaniel at 11:25am 08.23.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/2073 I have a 1994 35.5 legend, The house bank batteries are located in the port side lazarette, I would
Fuel tank Location drkmcdaniel at 11:20am 08.23.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/719 I have a 1994 Hunter 35.5 legend, the original owner removed the fuel tank, could someone possibly p
Vent Cowling White hcolvin1 at 9:21am 08.23.15 Parts Search 3/767 I dropped my cowl vent overboard. Anyone know where I can find a replacement?
Empty Holdibg Tanks on Beneteau 473 rbelau at 9:18am 08.23.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/5037 We are planning an offshore trip. It it possible to empty our (waste) holding tanks overboard (once
Mercury 9.9 Hurting my Season: Advice Needed (2) Sock Puppet at 8:42am 08.23.15 Engines and Propulsion 44/11904 I've been chasing an issue with my 2009 Mercury 9.9 4 Stroke since last year. Sometimes it will run
Isolation in ground circuit? (2) BobT at 7:52am 08.23.15 Musings With Maine Sail 9/2914 Electrical guys please enlighten. This little gizmo was between the ground wire and the negative bus
Leading lines aft on an O'Day 22 PamC at 7:30am 08.23.15 Day Sailers 6/1620 Hello all, I haven't posted here in quite a while. So by way of introduction, my husband and I r
Engine Alarms haebby at 6:50am 08.23.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1487 Recently, we were sailing with the engine (Yanmar 2GM) OFF and no key in the ignition, when the engi

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H50. No power at front cabin fan or CO monitors. (1) Laid-back at 6:38am 01.21.24 222661 Here is the panel with the CO circuit. The main cabin CO monitor is still on and the white b
1981 sabre 30 mkI anchor roller jssailem at 11:00pm 01.20.24 First gather the required data about the boat. Displacement Power type (ie. 12V, or 24V) Water dept
Weather at your location currently and photo? (1) Tally Ho at 10:32pm 01.20.24
Replace Radar BC Bernie at 10:09pm 01.20.24 Thanks for the reply I will check into it sounds like it will work for me. By the way, I kept the
Shaft Packing Gland tube/hose Ralph Johnstone at 9:17pm 01.20.24 If you have hauled out, loosen the straps on the stuffing box I think @Ken13559 is still in the w
Replace Radar buddybear at 8:44pm 01.20.24 I upgraded from a Furuno gray monochrome screen to a Raymarine digital color Chartplotter with ra
H50. No power at front cabin fan or CO monitors. Ralph Johnstone at 8:42pm 01.20.24 OK. Glad to see you're right and I'm wrong. Multimeter is out, wiring diagram is out and you're re
H50. No power at front cabin fan or CO monitors. (1) Hello Below at 8:29pm 01.20.24 I expect that the problem circuit runs from here and I I will be looking at this again tomorrow. I
Acoustic guitar and boats. (2) DArcy at 8:07pm 01.20.24 I met a guy carrying a guitar case through the marina parking lot. When he cruises he buys a 50$ ac
H50. No power at front cabin fan or CO monitors. Laid-back at 7:08pm 01.20.24 Yes there is a second panel with windlass, electric winches, start battery relay, oil change pump an
H50. No power at front cabin fan or CO monitors. quadrille38 at 6:20pm 01.20.24 Been away from the Hunter 50 for 7 months now so may be missing something obvious. There is no powe
H50. No power at front cabin fan or CO monitors. Laid-back at 6:14pm 01.20.24 Well John, you will have to ask Hunter why the fans and CO monitors run when all breakers on the DC
Odd Yanmar issue quadrille38 at 6:14pm 01.20.24 If your engine has an electric stop button, it would be a simple matter for your fire suppression s
Shaft Packing Gland tube/hose JoeWhite at 6:13pm 01.20.24 The hose fits on the outside of the shaft log and outside of the stuffing box, they should be the sa
Shaft Packing Gland tube/hose (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:39pm 01.20.24 I don't know if this is going to be a problem : ou currently have this hose in hand :
Shaft Packing Gland tube/hose (2) Ralph Johnstone at 5:30pm 01.20.24 Would the 2"ID x4" length Buck Algonquin Shaft Log Hose fits my 1" shaft? Never worked on this en
Acoustic guitar and boats. justsomeguy at 5:29pm 01.20.24 Come on ic9qN3g6ybA
H50. No power at front cabin fan or CO monitors. (1) Ralph Johnstone at 4:50pm 01.20.24 I believe this circuit, like the main cabin fans and CO monitors, bypass the circuit panel so there
'83 Oday 28' Keelbolt Torque and... Davidasailor26 at 4:43pm 01.20.24 Glad I didn't bet on it. I thought the same thing when I learned there were ones without bolts. I
Shaft Packing Gland tube/hose Ken13559 at 4:37pm 01.20.24 Would the 2"ID x4" length Buck Algonquin Shaft Log Hose fits my 1" shaft? I believe it's standardize

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