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Coolant Leak buddybear at 3:05pm 08.23.15 Catalina 310 5/1791 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 1/2072 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 2/717 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 3/766 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 10/5032 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 44/11897 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 6/1619 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 3/1486 Recently, we were sailing with the engine (Yanmar 2GM) OFF and no key in the ignition, when the engi
theft from boat trainmanjess at 5:11am 08.23.15 Ask All Sailors 60/12005 hello all I live along way from my 45ft sailboat... at present I have my boat at a dock behind a
Bypass hose for a Seaward Waterheater sailcapt340 at 5:00am 08.23.15 Big Boats 11/2262 How do you by pass the Seaward 600 Water-heater when you winterize? I am currently in the process
Cabin Lights Gerald Tibbo at 4:01am 08.23.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1554 I'm looking to change the bulbs in the cabin of my 2007 Beneteau 343. Before doing this, can someon
Fuel spill Manureva at 9:31pm 08.22.15 Ask All Sailors 10/1477 The kid at the marina was more interested in girl then fuelling this evening, the result being a few
Catalina 30 fuel tank Socalsurfer at 7:28pm 08.22.15 Catalina 30 5/4990 Hi everyone. I bought a '78 C30 MkI TRBS a few months ago and have been having a blast sailing her.
Emergency tillers cookcwayne at 3:37pm 08.22.15 Bigger Boats 5/930 anyone know what size the O'Day 27 takes and where to locate one Previous owner replaced steering a
Sun Cat water in the hull hensonrick5 at 2:55pm 08.22.15 Com-Pac 14/11356 I'm brand new to sailing and got a free Sun Cat that has been swamped. I have it cleaned up and sai
Starting Issue - Universal M3=20 plorette at 1:33pm 08.22.15 Engines and Propulsion 7/1370 I have had two instances where I have motored out to sail, and when I attempt to restart after a sho
Minor Blistering in Gelcoat of Hunter 380 sandiegosailor99 at 9:53am 08.22.15 Big Boats 4/1229 Does anyone have any experience with minor blistering in the gelcoat of a large Hunter? I believe
Battery terminal fuses nctxia at 8:35am 08.22.15 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1890 I am installing MRBF fuse blocks on my battery. Does anyone know what size fuse (they come from 30

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Water in Engine Oil of Raw Water Cooled Universal Atomic Diesel 5411 Media again at 8:52am 01.19.24 Status Update: Removed Head Gasket to find that it was intact but someone had applied a sealant on t
Is separation for the best? dmax at 8:41am 01.19.24 Thanks for the confirmation. I've never seen it separate like this before. It's always emulsified,
California King Tide Fail Timm R Oday25 at 8:30am 01.19.24 Dave very clearly a foe ..A good bottom paint keeps them off . They tend to clog inlet strainers on
California King Tide Fail (1) Crazy Dave Condon at 8:26am 01.19.24 @Tally Ho If my pea brain can recall, you have zebra mussels in the Great Lakes. Are they friends
Replace Radar Hello Below at 8:02am 01.19.24 A little disappointing review of 3 radars but worth a read. Enclosed radars compared, including Garm
Replace Radar buddybear at 7:46am 01.19.24 GMR 18. Mast mounted above spreader, the cable should be long enough to go into bilge area easily,
California King Tide Fail fstbttms at 7:38am 01.19.24 Wow. What marina is that? (Our moorage would sand in worse than that if we stopped annual dredging,
Bent rudder gudgeons on a c18 Project_Mayhem at 7:32am 01.19.24 On my O'Day you can by removing a panel to access the stern. Hopefully someone with the same boat as
Is separation for the best? Project_Mayhem at 7:29am 01.19.24 Thanks for the confirmation. I've never seen it separate like this before. It's always emulsified, e
Odd Yanmar issue George Braun at 7:03am 01.19.24 When the system detects a heat event the fire suppression agent is dispensed, and a relay engages to
Odd Yanmar issue Scott T-Bird at 6:45am 01.19.24 How do these fire suppression systems actually work? We know that when triggered it doesn't disenga
Replace Radar BC Bernie at 6:24am 01.19.24 Is it the 24 and was the cable long enough it says 49' I measured around 50' with adding several fe
Raritan Superflush dlochner at 5:40am 01.19.24 WHY WOULD YOU ASSUME I'D CLEAN WITH SOMETHING THAT STUPID? AND YOU ALSO "ASSUME" I REPLACED A JABSC
O'Day 25 Drop Canopy JBP-PA at 5:25am 01.19.24 In British English, spray hood.
Weather at your location currently and photo? (1) JBP-PA at 5:16am 01.19.24 It's kind of sad that kids no longer get snow days. It was practically an order to go outside and pl
O'Day 25 Drop Canopy shemandr at 5:14am 01.19.24 Dodgers, or crash hoods, are usually custom made. What might be right for one sailer may not work f
Weather at your location currently and photo? dLj at 5:04am 01.19.24 C'mon, we rarely get that hot in the summer up here. I will admit, my sweat glands have had a seri
Is separation for the best? SailingLoto at 4:45am 01.19.24 It will separate as it sits, especially in cold weather. It should never have water in it to begin
Weather at your location currently and photo? LaDonaMina at 4:13am 01.19.24 Seems like El Ni?o is moving further south each year. I remember when it was further north the Santa
Acoustic guitar and boats. jibes138 at 2:56am 01.19.24 I met a guy carrying a guitar case through the marina parking lot. When he cruises he buys a 50$ aco

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