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5 year old Dolphin Charger Issue Snotter at 5:11am 07.14.15 Ask All Sailors 0/586 I am seeking advice on what to do about an issue that recently cropped up with my Dolphin 60 amp, 12
Installing vhf antenna thru deck and connectors? jmczzz at 4:11am 07.14.15 Catalina 22 47/11034 What is the best way to get the coax thru the cabin top? I am using rg8x coax. I need to go from m
Bulkhead Door? rritter2000 at 9:11pm 07.13.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1126 I have a 1989 Hunter 33.5 sailboat. There is a curved entrance-way in the bulkhead between the salon
Trailerable Catalina Richie50 at 6:40pm 07.13.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 17/4866 What is the largest Catalina that is able to be towed short distances for launching once a year and
should there be water coming in the boat? jefbme at 5:10pm 07.13.15 Smaller Boats 4/721 1983 hunter 20 / water coming in where keel lock slot
What? Another engine smoke question? Skipper at 4:21pm 07.13.15 Ask All Sailors 7/992 Yep. But I've never seen this one asked before. Universal M18. When I'm motoring during the day, n
replace foam in engine compartment Dream Weaver at 3:04pm 07.13.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1207 I have a 1987 272LE with a Westerbeke 10/2 diesel. There is a lot of foam insulation attached to th
Integrated Stern Rail Seat for Catalina 30 OS2Dude at 3:01pm 07.13.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/808 On another site I saw an article about someone who had custom made stern rails for an older Catalina
Halyard lengths Crystal_RPAYC at 2:36pm 07.13.15 Catalina 309 Group Forum 4/1934 Does anyone know the lengths of the halyards on a 309?
Tacho intermittent open circuit Crystal_RPAYC at 2:32pm 07.13.15 Catalina 309 Group Forum 7/2164 The Tacho on my 2007 309 has just started to intermittently drop to zero whilst the motor is running
Editing Mod Articles heart of gold at 1:33pm 07.13.15 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/802 I would like to do some editing and add a few more pictures in the mods section of one of my article
No Upper End RPMs kenvail at 12:35pm 07.13.15 Engines and Propulsion 10/2186 I was on a two-week trip around Long Island recently and developed an engine problem with my Yanmar
Yanmar 4JH5E Impeller replacement Gerard Betsch at 12:29pm 07.13.15 Engines and Propulsion 7/6997 My Yanmar Series 4JH5E Engine has reached 900 operating hours. I feel it is overdue for a sea water
Stop Lever difficult odaydokay at 12:22pm 07.13.15 Ask All Sailors 16/1638 The engine is a Universal M12 in an O'Day 28. It almost takes two hands to pull the stop lever. Gre
What a GREAT six days on the boat (1) Jim Seamans at 12:21pm 07.13.15 Ask All Sailors 3/934 First good sail since we got home from the Keys.. We are home... What a great six days on the boa
Stainless sink stain help (1) mtenzer at 11:31am 07.13.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/644 In a bozo move :doh: , I topped my batteries off and rested the turkey baster that I used in my sink
Yanmar ignition switch part jmkinsfbay at 11:03am 07.13.15 Parts Search 8/5088 I have a Yanmar ignition panel with ignition switch 127412-91250. The ignition switch got kicked whi
New Cabin Grab Rails (1) PGIJon at 10:48am 07.13.15 Big Boats 7/1070 The grab rails on my cabin top needed replacing. At first I purchased a pair of railing that didn'
Installed Bimini 272 (1) MaritimeTees at 9:21am 07.13.15 Bigger Boats 10/1944 Recently I got a quote for a custom bimini which would have cost me 1100. I thought to myself why do
Ice Box Drain 30Hunter 1980 wtaylor at 9:18am 07.13.15 Mid-Size Boats 0/761 Will not drain have looked for drain line in bilge but not see one. To get to box wood have to take

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Water tank syphoning? serenisea at 1:15pm 11.28.23 With regard to James, he missed it in my original post that this all happened after I shut off the w
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib BarryL at 11:38am 11.28.23 Hi, My boat came with the ATN Gale Sail https://atninc.com/atn-gale-sail-sailing-equipment.shtml
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib Stu Jackson at 11:03am 11.28.23
Keel Trunk Removal 2006 Catalina 22 Sport JBP-PA at 10:21am 11.28.23 Right. I appreciate you documenting your discoveries. While I don't really have anything to add, I d
Replacing Yanmar exhaust hose jssailem at 9:40am 11.28.23
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib jssailem at 9:33am 11.28.23 As an addendum to my post, the more bulk you add to the forestay the less performance you receive fr
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib jssailem at 9:22am 11.28.23
Water tank syphoning? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:17am 11.28.23 I hope Peggie Hall still has her ears on for this one... I do...but fresh water plumbing isn't in m
Seeking a precise pattern for a Hunter 260 jib (1) caverun at 9:08am 11.28.23 The extra 6" on your new luff should be OK. Here's a shot of my jib under sail and there is some ext
V32 Halyard Lead Blocks Belzoni at 9:05am 11.28.23 Yes, easily removed. I'll check with Vela and Garhauer once I've pulled one an gone at it with micro
Manual Bilge kloudie1 at 8:26am 11.28.23 Welcome to the group! That bilge pump sounds like a strange misdirected thing installed by a previou
V32 Halyard Lead Blocks kloudie1 at 8:17am 11.28.23 Vela has a good selection of sheaves.. Remove one and measure carefully.. [URL='https://www.velasail
The Sewing Machine Thread Rich Stidger at 8:17am 11.28.23 I retro-fitted the WorkerB motor on my LSZ and the control is nothing short of amazing. I believe t
When does a screw become a bolt? WayneH at 8:09am 11.28.23 A brace and bit was the name we knew for that tool. Very powerful tool. And a timeless classic.
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Hello Below at 7:38am 11.28.23 The owners manual actually shows the house battery in the aft berth, but I don't think there is eno
Raymarine GPS antenna sensor Lee Hadjiosif at 7:29am 11.28.23 The pricing is interesting. Here in Ozy the Raystar 150 (seatalk) is about $350aud while the Digita
Key issues with C275. PMK at 7:24am 11.28.23 Two years ago I had my boat bottom soda (sodium bicarbonate) blasted, for two reasons. First, the p
V32 Halyard Lead Blocks dlochner at 7:20am 11.28.23 It looks like the sheaves can be easily removed and replaced. Try searching for replacement sheaves.
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib dlochner at 7:16am 11.28.23 What about adding a Solent stay? http://www.svsarah.com/Sarah/ewUpgradeSolentStay.htm There is a
When does a screw become a bolt? sailme88 at 7:11am 11.28.23 215532 Therefore a bolt and a screw can be almost the same thing. Don't sweat it. Or just screw it.

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