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New Heat Exchanger c130king at 12:36pm 07.04.15 Catalina 310 4/1466 Full coolant loss Thursday evening. Looking things over on Friday discovered "weak" spot and crack
Stepping The Mast Manually FlimFlamII at 12:21pm 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1225 The other day I helped another sailor step his mast using a gin pole he had built. I'm wondering wha
looking for a good gas engine mechanic in Annapolis/Baltimor stx203 at 10:44am 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 4/829 Hope everyone is out enjoying the 4th.....my 1977 Oday 25 with VIRE 7 inboard is sitting in the slip
gas engine mechanic in Annapolis/Baltimore area stx203 at 10:40am 07.04.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/797 Hope everyone is out enjoying the 4th.....my 1977 Oday 25 with VIRE 7 inboard is sitting in the slip
Delivery Captain Wmbrewer at 10:28am 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 4/851 Sailing Lake Michigan I just purchased a 1994 27' Catalina in Waukegan IL and need to sail it acros
Heads-up: server change this weekend Phil Herring at 10:05am 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 25/1996 Happy 4th, everybody! This weekend we're migrating the sites to new server hardware. We do this
Cutlass Bearing Set Screws Tucson Sailor at 9:42am 07.04.15 Catalina 30 6/3110 In preparing to change the cutlass bearing on 1996 C30, we discovered the set scews on the prop str
Sailing Lake Superior KenG at 9:17am 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1581 I plan on sailing for a couple of weeks this August on Lake Superior on the North West part of the l
Facet Fuel Pump Filter DannyS at 6:29am 07.04.15 Musings With Maine Sail 5/2611 Simple question: I read your tutorial on replacing the filter in the Facet fuel pump with the NAPA f
Edson Throttle lehigh375 at 5:25am 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 1/701 At the center of my throttle is a black cap with the neutral lockout button inside. It keeps coming
Rigging tension Clydo at 10:44pm 07.03.15 Catalina 310 9/4214 Does anyone have Loos Gauge numbers for our rigging? Clyde Thorington C310 # 245 ILEAN TOO
Red letter day Jacomo Sailor at 10:01pm 07.03.15 Catalina 22 7/992 Well tomorrow is the red letter day! I finally got a chance to put in some work on my C22 over the
Aqua Signal Toronto Conversion to LED (1) Andrew A at 6:26pm 07.03.15 Ask All Sailors 2/936 Hi all Has anyone successfully converted the Toronto from halogen to LED (Toronto shown below). T
Raymarine Wheel Pilot fix (2) PGIJon at 5:30pm 07.03.15 Ask All Sailors 18/6482
trailer height delema sugestions? piedpiperIII at 4:40pm 07.03.15 Catalina 22 13/1055 As I stated in another post "axle above the springs" I am trying to lower the trailer for ease of la
Ais boatbeacon wifi issues yorammelnik at 1:12pm 07.03.15 Ask All Sailors 0/637 Hi, I hooked up an ais receiver to a wifi transmitter and I get ais info through the wifi to my and
Jib Furling dificult TFlight at 1:04pm 07.03.15 Big Boats 29/4696 Hi All, I'm new to the "Big Boat" division. I just bought a 2007 Hunter 41DS.:) I was in a 20k
1985 Hunter 23 Lee Helm when Close Hauled DanFleig at 11:33am 07.03.15 Smaller Boats 10/2578 Today was a beautiful day for sailing on the Chesapeake Bay. Winds were gentle, blowing 5-10 (max)
Lewmar Portal screens Ted Pinelli at 7:42am 07.03.15 Catalina 310 9/2295 Just bought a 2003 310. Is there a secret to putting in the plastic window screens? Cant seem to mak
C-22 JULY MainBrace Issue is out! CaptDon01 at 7:32am 07.03.15 Catalina 22 2/731 The July/August issue of the C-22 National Association's magazine the "MainBrace" is now available.

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Shaft Packing Gland tube/hose Tally Ho at 3:57pm 12.15.23 https://www.amazon.com/Buck-Algonquin-Packing-Hose-80HO175/dp/B002IZDO9E Buck-Algonquin should be a
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Tally Ho at 3:54pm 12.15.23 Progress Report.. Mechanic showed up at 13:20. Took a look at the fuel lines.. Yep they are leakin
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't SoSound at 3:54pm 12.15.23 :plus: Hooray! What a great Christmas present to get!
Pneumatic Nail/Staple Guns Tally Ho at 3:49pm 12.15.23 I'm looking into various methods for creating new cushions. One of them utilizes a plywood backing.
Ceiling light issue on Beneteau 323 TimFromLI at 3:39pm 12.15.23 Maybe someone with another 323 can weigh in. If not , use a multimeter or tester to see if the switc
Clog in sanitation outlet dlochner at 3:24pm 12.15.23 Use a multitool saw to cut the old wire reinforced hose ends where they fit the barbs, being carefu
Clog in sanitation outlet Captain Larry-DH at 3:15pm 12.15.23
Yanmar question sailcapt340 at 2:52pm 12.15.23 A little confused by your question. You seem to indicate you understand there's two fluid reservoi
Clog in sanitation outlet SEMPERAVANTI41 at 2:42pm 12.15.23 I have forgotten about using pressure!
Ceiling light issue on Beneteau 323 kappykaplan at 2:36pm 12.15.23 Any chance the bulbs in the galley fixtures are burned out?
Pneumatic Nail/Staple Guns (1) JamesG161 at 2:15pm 12.15.23 Hand Staplers work fine, but not the paper type.
How's my hull? LakeShark at 1:57pm 12.15.23 1. areas requiring attention 2. areas where attention would be advisable 3. areas where your eyebr
Clog in sanitation outlet Ralph Johnstone at 1:20pm 12.15.23 Thinking of plugging up the air vent and pressurizing the deck pump out fitting. Don't even dream
Yanmar question Stu Jackson at 1:18pm 12.15.23 To the best of my knowledge, no engine and transmission share the same oil supply. Doesn't matter i
Clog in sanitation outlet kloudie1 at 1:13pm 12.15.23 A diver with a fish tape could probably get it out from under the boat Wouldn't pressurize it unless
Yanmar question dlochner at 1:07pm 12.15.23 To the best of my knowledge, no engine and transmission share the same oil supply. Doesn't matter if
Clog in sanitation outlet dlochner at 12:57pm 12.15.23 You might try Sew Clean. https://www.trac-online.com/products/descalers/sew-clean
Yanmar question kloudie1 at 12:50pm 12.15.23 some of the "above 30 HP" Yanmars did take ATF the ticket is to look on the side of the transmissio
Pneumatic Nail/Staple Guns dlochner at 12:50pm 12.15.23 Higher quality tools generally yield better results. Our old buddy Issac Newton said, "For every act
The Sewing Machine Thread Rich Stidger at 12:46pm 12.15.23 Thanks for posting this. It lists Tex 70-138 for a sailcover. Which size is larger - 70 or 138? Do

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