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Prop shaft (3) PM in TO at 9:15am 05.05.15 Catalina 310 5/1390 1) On my 2005 310 the diagram (see attachment) in the manual for the stuffing box shows the pa
Flattening The Main Sail Gudenuph at 8:36am 05.05.15 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 10/8245 Just wondering about how to quickly and easily, really flatten the main on a non-bending mast to de-
Interior Liner in the way whichislandnext at 8:21am 05.05.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1074 I am wondering if anyone else has addressed this issue. I have a starwind 27 with an interior liner
Rudder Sensor Installation on Hunter 33.5 mz4wheeler at 8:09am 05.05.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1868 I just bought a new Raymarine rudder reference sensor for my (almost installed) ST4000+ autopilot.
H-34 Bilge Pump Outlet (4) kloudie1 at 7:56am 05.05.15 Big Boats 18/1721 Original bilge pump outlet (30 years old) broke this past weekend. Hose sagged down and bilge water
Restoring sun faded teak cam at 7:52am 05.05.15 Catalina 310 8/1475 Hi all, I own a 2005 310 based in sunny Western Australia. Although I take precautions to protect my
O'Day 26 Sink drain mlindberg1 at 7:26am 05.05.15 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1207 Can anyone tell me how to access the seacock that is for the galley sink drain? I need to inspect
2006 393 Transmission Jimbo357 at 5:53am 05.05.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1465 I have some questions on my 2006 393 , with a Yanmar 55HP 1/ What is the opinion with putting the t
first time in the water (1) spartacus99 at 5:51am 05.05.15 Catalina 22 14/1352 This last weekend I finally was able to put the boat on the water. She didn't sink! A couple of sma
First 211 water ingress TonyH at 1:04am 05.05.15 Ask All Sailors 9/3592 Hi Chaps, We bought a 13 year old Bene 211 in August last year. She was in a rather sad state hav
Black Smoke- explanation sought nick at 9:43pm 05.04.15 Ask All Sailors 11/1672 First basic facts: -Yanmar 3YM30 -10 years, 1300 hrs - Hunter 33 2004 - Had been running perfect
Attempt to restore gelcoat sail_MN at 8:20pm 05.04.15 Ask All Sailors 15/4684 Last week I went up to the boat with hopes of restoring my chalky white gelcoat. I have read Mainsa
Quick type of hose question. (1) Ward H at 7:09pm 05.04.15 Ask All Sailors 1/671 The attached photo shows the hose connecting the molded in fiberglass pendant tube to the next secti
Mystery loss of battery fluid Rich Stidger at 6:47pm 05.04.15 Musings With Maine Sail 8/1829 MS- Maybe you or someone else can explain why 7 of 12 cells in my US Battery 2200 6V flooded lead a
Ten seconds to live. emergpa1 at 6:24pm 05.04.15 Ask All Sailors 21/2813 In ten seconds I would be required to make a decision that decided if we lived or died and I had no
Running engine blower. Wdmcp at 6:17pm 05.04.15 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1577 I have oday 32 and have always run my blower when running engine. Someone was telling me that they
Morgan 28 hatch cover dianawtyler at 6:01pm 05.04.15 Morgan 4/3032 We have a 1970 Morgan 28 sloop, and are looking to replace the forward hatch cover. Anyone have any
The Hydrovane. Any tips? Chris Patterson at 5:37pm 05.04.15 Ask All Sailors 12/2448 Got Hydrovane troubles, people. This is a wonderful piece of equipment by the way. It appears to fun
Credit to sailboat owners .com store rtmccue at 5:01pm 05.04.15 Big Boats 1/773 I replaced my overhead lights with LED , what a difference at night I can read a book with out a fla
McGregor 26 sail for a Catalina 25 krowe512 at 4:51pm 05.04.15 Smaller Boats 5/1568 Just bought our boat last week and the sails were in terrible shape. We took her out yesterday and t

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Small, easy soloing daysailing sailboat choice? jssailem at 7:49am 07.03.23 I enjoyed the Lido 14 in my youth. It was not too tippy as @Joe shares... I have tipped them over ma
Yanmar 2gm fuel lift pump leak mermike at 7:18am 07.03.23 Probably misaligned the gasket under the pump. Darn near impossible to line them up when you have li
Possible SmartPlug problem thinwater at 7:00am 07.03.23 Thanks for the report back! Yup, saltwater and electricity make a poor mix. I've had two boats wit
Beneteau Grey Water system kappykaplan at 6:53am 07.03.23 Cheers and Happy Independence Day to all! Same to you and yours! :beer:
Beneteau Grey Water system (3) Captedward at 6:49am 07.03.23 here's my update, first thanks for the referral to the jeanneau site, unfortunately I can't access t
st 4000 and rudder position Ward H at 6:40am 07.03.23 Or a guy with a lot of time on his hands in the winter. :cool: :beer: This!:biggrin:
Possible SmartPlug problem Sailm8 at 6:33am 07.03.23 The promised followup. The electrician replaced the wiring from the socket to the AC breaker in the
st 4000 and rudder position dlochner at 6:28am 07.03.23 I guess I'd be in the super hi-tech category. :biggrin:
st 4000 and rudder position (1) Ward H at 6:20am 07.03.23 If you want to go really super hi-tech, put a wrap of red tape on the port side of the spoke and a
Fresh water leak dlochner at 5:55am 07.03.23
Yanmar 2gm fuel lift pump leak dandelang at 5:52am 07.03.23 I had a stubborn fuel leak from the lift pump. I purchased a new pump but did not want to tackle the
Identifying switch under nav station??? shemandr at 5:46am 07.03.23 My H356 had a switch/reset under the Nav Station. I believe it was for the windless. I never under
Fresh water leak danb2k at 5:46am 07.03.23
Small, easy soloing daysailing sailboat choice? rgranger at 5:36am 07.03.23
Appropriate amount of headsay sag? (1) Davidasailor26 at 5:31am 07.03.23 Your mention of the sail's age/use and three pictures showing the luff pretty eased brings to mind
VHF Antenna installation 2 OLD PIRATES at 5:15am 07.03.23 No connection ..... New aerial ..... Been replaced .....No brainer! ?
Appropriate amount of headsay sag? danstanford at 5:07am 07.03.23
ampacity of disconnects (1) JamesG161 at 4:38am 07.03.23 And I suppose heat shrinking could wait until I was back at a dock. or use this.
Bimini and Dodger replacement smokey73 at 4:21am 07.03.23 Thanks for the input. That is the kind of perspective I was looking for and I appreciate the experi
ampacity of disconnects dlochner at 3:56am 07.03.23 I don't understand the scenario, I think. You have a spare pump with a matching connector on it (y

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