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Rubber Fatigue, Keel Rollers (1) Spence at 7:13pm 05.11.15 Trailer Sailors 11/4687 The 8" rubber keel rollers on my trailer are starting to show their fatigue of having the boat rest
radar cable splicing TommmD at 7:10pm 05.11.15 Ask All Sailors 7/5619 Raytheon says don't do it, but acknowledge it s done frequently by installers. I can't get the conne
S2 9.2A cracked window film solution? (1) Michal at 1:27pm 05.11.15 S2 13/3247 Windows on my S2 9.2A are cracked in several places (photo attached.) After reading other posts I go
Cleaning Deck with Electric Power washer Guan at 12:57pm 05.11.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/4377 Doing my dirtiest first deck wash of the year with Kracher Electric Power washer was easy and quick
Regular vs. Synthetic Yellowjeepman at 12:51pm 05.11.15 Bigger Boats 6/1235 I have bought a 1984 O'Day 34 with a 1996 Universal 25XPA. The owner I bought it from was using Shel
Removing a mast step...help.... (1) ArkadiyS at 12:49pm 05.11.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1474 After discovering a leak in the cabin coming THROUGH the compression post, we took off the mast and
Fresh water bottom question Cest La Vie at 12:37pm 05.11.15 Ask All Sailors 2/745 Oat was pulled this past week for a bottom job. Bottom appeared to be in excellent condition after
Yanmar Won't Start lehigh375 at 11:59am 05.11.15 Ask All Sailors 12/3267 Finally got to the boat to commission for spring. My engine won't start (Yanmar 3YM30). The starte
davits or towing tyeshack at 11:48am 05.11.15 Mid-Size Boats 8/2956 We purchased a 8' dingy for our 27'. Just wondering, I have set of davits that I can easily retro f
Mast support bulkhead distortion on HR 94 Lynwood at 11:28am 05.11.15 Hallberg-Rassy 0/3904 Has anyone had problems with the mast support bulkhead compressing ? I am considering the purchase
Opinions on adding halyard winches w/ lines led aft CloudDiver at 11:04am 05.11.15 Catalina 22 22/5218 For those of you who have run your lines aft and installed cams or rope clutches on the cabin top;
Replace Galley Faucet in Catalina 400 DannoHeimann at 10:58am 05.11.15 Big Boats 8/4489 Has anyone tried replacing their galley faucet in their Catalina 400? There is absolutely NO access
Hunter 42P Anchor Wash Down Art Dennis at 10:16am 05.11.15 Big Boats 9/1796 Has anyone installed an anchor wash down on a Hunter 42 Passage? Looking for tips and ideas. Than
Selling Scams Mike H. at 9:33am 05.11.15 Big Boats 3/1179 We have our 94 Hunter Vision 36 for sale. We have it advertised in Latitude 38, Hunter Owners and s
Thru-hull length Windtherapy at 8:58am 05.11.15 Day Sailers 0/824 1985 O'Day 26'. Changing out thru-hulls. I am assuming a 2 1/2" length and a 3" length are long enou
Made a few changes last winter (3) heart of gold at 8:41am 05.11.15 Big Boats 8/1242 Always had issues with space and had some time last winter to do some alterations on my 34. Turned o
Rub Rail rubbing me wrong way!! SenecaDaze at 8:27am 05.11.15 Ask All Sailors 2/843 is there any way to treat the rubrail so white chalky smears on clothes or arms can be eliminated? N
Replacement of Yanmar Engine Mounts ITMaster at 7:57am 05.11.15 Ask All Sailors 17/11654 After doing the forum search I didn't come across one specific to my question. Has anyone replaced
Interesting New Battery Monitor Gordon Taylor at 7:43am 05.11.15 Musings With Maine Sail 4/2236 I came across this on the Marinebeam website when ordering some LED bulbs. Looks very interesting an
Sediment bowls dehler25 at 7:11am 05.11.15 Big Boats 9/1543 I have a sediment bowl immediately after the seacock for both the engine and the Generator, I presum

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Electrical issues West Wight Potter 19 dlochner at 7:31am 11.29.23 It is a small boat with minimal wiring that is decades old. Consider just ripping all the old stuff
Bonding Cable rbroad9 at 7:26am 11.29.23 Thank you both for your responses. Pacer Group is a great suggestion and has what I am looking for.
Electrical issues West Wight Potter 19 LloydB at 7:25am 11.29.23 Or secret master power switch by the way.
Groco raw water strainer winterization hack dlochner at 7:22am 11.29.23 Plastic on plastic threads are a pain. Try lubricating the threads with some Super Lube. It prevents
Electrical issues West Wight Potter 19 LloydB at 7:22am 11.29.23 Just off hand it sounds like you do not have a short circuit causing no voltage at the fuse bus beca
Electrical issues West Wight Potter 19 JBP-PA at 6:49am 11.29.23 Some of the wiring passes into channels and becomes difficult to reach, and some of the items it po
Electrical issues West Wight Potter 19 kloudie1 at 6:47am 11.29.23 just thinking... if nothing works, then the problem is probably between the battery post (neg or pos
Electrical issues West Wight Potter 19 CrispyCringle at 6:29am 11.29.23 Is there a circuit breaker panel anywhere? A battery cut off switch? Bus bar? What electrical compon
Bronze rudder part GarEi at 6:11am 11.29.23 Unfortunately the boat is two hours away and water and electricity are shut off for the winter. This
When does a screw become a bolt? Will Gilmore at 4:11am 11.29.23 :laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: We are now at post #62 of a 7-month old thread discussing the definit
Water tank syphoning? Davidasailor26 at 12:51am 11.29.23 When the pump is on does it periodically cycle? 70 liters per day is a remarkable about of loss for
Electrical issues West Wight Potter 19 Steve LD at 10:57pm 11.28.23 Thanks for the input. It was a new & fully charged 12v battery, voltage on the battery over 13v, ter
Water tank syphoning? serenisea at 9:01pm 11.28.23 OK-Here is what I found tonight. The water pump was shut down over night again as usual, with the f
Electrical issues West Wight Potter 19 Stu Jackson at 8:26pm 11.28.23 I traced and tested as many of the circuits as I could, including some continuity testing with my m
Bonding Cable marcham at 8:13pm 11.28.23 I buy green marine cable, then use yellow tape wrapped with 2 inch spacing.... if chandlery only has
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib NYSail at 8:07pm 11.28.23
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib dlochner at 7:51pm 11.28.23 just trying to figure options for possibly using a sail that is just sitting here doing nothing.
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib NYSail at 7:31pm 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 NYSail at 7:28pm 11.28.23 The question was simple: do you have a "spinnaker halyard or spare jib halyard.?" I saw the ques
Manual Bilge motosail_SD at 7:28pm 11.28.23 I've got the same thing at the top of my companionway :

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