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microwave on oday 28 shozbot at 6:18pm 06.12.15 Bigger Boats 6/1682 For those who have a microwave on their boats, can you please recommend a place to install/place suc
Getting killed on the course! Midnightoil at 5:20pm 06.12.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/1506 Hi everybody I recently salvaged a Catalina 27 tall rig. She is my baby, but I am short a decent 1
12v Fan w4swk at 5:19pm 06.12.15 Catalina 22 45/7302 I was wondering what type of fan anyone is using for cooling the cabin at night. My experience with
Anchor light and Raising the Boom OdayGeorge at 4:48pm 06.12.15 Bigger Boats 0/1241 I'm thinking of raising the boom up to 9 inches to better accommodate a new bimini. I'd have the to
Replacing Keel Cable on Venture 21 TomTerw at 4:22pm 06.12.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2437 I have a 1971 Venture 21 and the Keel Cable broke. By hook and crook I managed to get it off the la
h34 antifreeze leak - hose run help (4) dcalif at 4:06pm 06.12.15 Big Boats 7/1265 On my '85 Hunter 34: Antifreeze/h2o mix is draining into the small bilge at the bottom of the com
1986 sabre 36 sailboat saloon table support Markraymond at 3:30pm 06.12.15 Sabre Sailboats 0/2437 Recently purchases sabre 36 and the support post for the main saloon table is missing parts. Curren
What do you do for a helmseat? rortega46 at 2:52pm 06.12.15 Big Boats 6/1982
Transmission in gear or not? a65sailor at 2:30pm 06.12.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/934 When sailing should I keep my transmission in gear or let the prop rotate? Yanmar with a Kanzaki tra
vent hose Don Crowther at 2:22pm 06.12.15 Big Boats 9/1325 I need some help with the vent hose off the septic tank. When I was installing the tank i found the
Yanmar YSB12 Issue johnstreatfeild at 2:15pm 06.12.15 Mid-Size Boats 1/832 A spring that connects a lever on the high pressure pump to the throttle keeps coming off. I can't
Macerator won't stop running Gdindy at 1:49pm 06.12.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/3253 Have a Hunter 410 front head macerator keeps running. Worked fine until visitor who swears they did
What size fresh water pump? Bad Obsession at 1:22pm 06.12.15 Ask All Sailors 12/5429 Here are my system details: Compac 23 with a 13.5 gallon fresh water tank. Outlets are going to be
Input on site changes? Phil Herring at 10:38am 06.12.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 33/2357 It's been a couple days now since the new navigation was installed, and the new home page went up ju
Flotation foam now ballast foam?! (3) KrustyKrab at 10:14am 06.12.15 Smaller Boats 9/1868 Hello Everyone. While working on my bow eye recently (I'll post that repair in another post) I noti
Input on site changes? Phil Herring at 10:09am 06.12.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/1277 How's the new nav and home page working out? Anything not working, or any unintended problems on ot
Motor mount lag bolts RAD88 at 9:06am 06.12.15 Ask All Sailors 5/2442 So here's the deal _ I'm having the motor mounts replaced and was asked which lag bolt I wanted to b
Diesel Fuel Tank Replacement shoemelbch at 8:08am 06.12.15 Bigger Boats 18/5646 Has anyone found a company that manufacturers replacement fuel tank for 272 LE O'Day? Our 1986 fuel
Free Practical Sailor Magazines 2004-2014 John T1594 at 8:03am 06.12.15 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/3768 I have been cleaning out my old files and found almost complete sets of Practical Sailor magazines f
Link 10 always showing neg amp draw ddegange at 8:00am 06.12.15 Big Boats 3/670 I have a 1999 Hunter 410 and it has a Link 10 which has been working really good until about a day a

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Water Leak C320 Driveshaft Scott T-Bird at 8:22am 10.24.23 Contrarian view. I owned 3 sailboats over 38 years with traditional shaft seals composed of a bronz
Max prop for a Catalina 315 Scott T-Bird at 8:19am 10.24.23 Max prop experience on a Catalina 315 Not sure what you want to know. Mine is at least 20 years o
Water Leak C320 Driveshaft Rick486 at 8:19am 10.24.23 Contrarian view. I owned 3 sailboats over 38 years with traditional shaft seals composed of a bronze
Water Leak C320 Driveshaft Scott T-Bird at 7:29am 10.24.23 Usually, they say not to re-use the set screws. Once positioned, they are good for only one use and
Water Leak C320 Driveshaft jssailem at 7:27am 10.24.23 All of what is said above are possibly factors to your spray issue. Shaft alignment. Looking at the
Hunter Passage 420 Salon Table Sailgunner at 6:18am 10.24.23 Thanks Dennis, Did you find the original table too big for the space? I made a smaller table for ou
Lantern Advice dLj at 5:47am 10.24.23 Mantle lamps - Aladdin, Coleman or Tilley - are too bright for a small boat cabin IMHO. If you like
Rough night - storm surge dLj at 5:43am 10.24.23 The worst night I ever spent on a boat was in the municipal marina in New London. A strong souther
Lantern Advice Jim Legere at 5:32am 10.24.23 Mantle lamps - Aladdin, Coleman or Tilley - are too bright for a small boat cabin IMHO. If you like
Rough night - storm surge shemandr at 5:25am 10.24.23 The worst night I ever spent on a boat was in the municipal marina in New London. A strong southerl
Lantern Advice dLj at 5:09am 10.24.23 If you've ever experienced the light and heat from a Coleman lantern, you'll know the difference. T
Lantern Advice Terry Cox at 4:39am 10.24.23 OK, I don't know the models being discussed, but having grown up with kerosene lamps, it doesn't lo
House Battery Condition Nodak7 at 4:09am 10.24.23 A load tester like that probably works OK for testing your batteries for golf cart use, but is less
Lantern Advice (1) Jim Legere at 4:04am 10.24.23 I second what Terry Cox says above. In order to get decent light for reading (and the consequent inc
House Battery Condition Nodak7 at 4:03am 10.24.23 All the batteries in one bank do not degrade at the same rate. I run a 36V Golf Cart with six 6V
House Battery Condition Davidasailor26 at 3:39am 10.24.23 I run a 36V Golf Cart with six 6V batteries and whenever it feels a sluggish I conduct an individua
Rough night - storm surge kappykaplan at 2:27am 10.24.23 Wow. Looks very gnarly! Glad to hear that you, your crew and your boat are safe.
Water Leak C320 Driveshaft Witbooi at 10:19pm 10.23.23
Diesel shut off pull Benny17441 at 9:17pm 10.23.23 Whenever you stop the boat you should let the engine cool down to normal idling temperature before s
House Battery Condition Benny17441 at 8:54pm 10.23.23 All the batteries in one bank do not degrade at the same rate. I run a 36V Golf Cart with six 6V b

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