Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Sediment bowls dehler25 at 7:11am 05.11.15 Big Boats 9/1548 I have a sediment bowl immediately after the seacock for both the engine and the Generator, I presum
Rigging Help Needed Charitybull at 7:09am 05.11.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/655 Ok, this might be a bit self serving but then I figured there are probably more people like me that
Access to Racor filter on 9.2A indimini at 5:46am 05.11.15 S2 4/1149 Hi all - I am curious how people get to their Racor filter. On our 9.2A, the filter is mounted at t
Galley water faucet replacement. Do I need marine grade? Bob4203 at 5:44am 05.11.15 Catalina 30 11/7798 "when it rains it pours"!!!!!!!!!!!! Aside from my issues with the water heater wiring, something el
C&C 41 Rig Tuning dptrain at 5:11am 05.11.15 C&C 1/2100 I am looking for rig tuning information for a 1987 C'C 41. I have owners manual but it has no rig t
water in oil burnswelds at 2:36am 05.11.15 Catalina 30 7/997 Good morning All, yesterday I started up my 5411 for the first time this season. I replaced my wate
Propane solenoid very hot to touch - normal? TropicalSeattle at 10:34pm 05.10.15 Ask All Sailors 9/9762 Noticed today when I went to refill my propane tank that the metal part of the solenoid used to turn
Bottom paint. Willemvan at 10:23pm 05.10.15 Smaller Boats 4/808 Do any of you leave your hunters in the water all year and if so, what do you do to avoid blisters.
Cabin power / wiring Macboy at 9:57pm 05.10.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1928 Adding some creature comforts and interior LED lighting. I'm wondering how deep into the wiring I sh
Looking for Hunter Owner Captain Al Miller Jimongee at 8:55pm 05.10.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/997 I have so many purchase and install questions regarding my 2002 356 and a new windlass I need to acq
Bronze Engine fittings Albanach at 8:43pm 05.10.15 Ask All Sailors 1/853 Would you paint engine bronze fittings, such as the Oberdorfer Raw Water pump, or just let it go gre
ST60 Wind Sun Cover John T1594 at 8:19pm 05.10.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1089 I need to replace the sun cover on the Raymarine ST60 Wind display on my 2000 H340. The available co
first time in the water next sunday piedpiperIII at 7:20pm 05.10.15 Catalina 22 16/1525 Next sunday my son is off work, he and I plan to take the cat out for my first time. I plan to do it
Shake and Break, part 9 Skip Gundlach at 6:55pm 05.10.15 Ask All Sailors 0/615 Shake and Break, part 9 - May 10, 2015 We left you wondering whether we'd see wind and sun, and,
Water Heater wire to breaker fried/breaker trips Bob4203 at 5:55pm 05.10.15 Catalina 30 13/3246 I hope someone can give me some sound advice here. My Catalina is the 1988 Mark II model. My hot wat
Tough landing... Doug/Karen at 5:38pm 05.10.15 Big Boats 14/2609 Recently, in the process of making a windy entrance into our slip, I managed to drag the starboard p
20 oday mast part? 10th street YC at 5:33pm 05.10.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1010 I am entering my 1st season owning a sail boat - my 20' oday main mast has a part missing (I am gu
What size for a smaller headsail? Indysailor at 4:33pm 05.10.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/592 Currently I just have one headsail for my ODay 23, a 135% genoa. It works quite well much of the tim
Universal Glow plug rewire issue Sefuller at 4:03pm 05.10.15 Ask All Sailors 2/2430 I did the rewire of the trailer harness connectors on our boat two seasons ago, and installed an Ech
Dimensions of stove top for B361 bshock at 3:47pm 05.10.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/779 Hi All, does anyone have the dimensions of the stock two-burner stove top that comes with the B361?

Recent Replies

Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Terry Cox at 4:29am 12.12.23 It's always in the back of my mind; I'd be more comfortable knowing. Intuition has worked pretty
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Terry Cox at 4:14am 12.12.23 If all is good, I will take the boat out for a few hours spin to churn up the waters in Possession
Volvo V Vetus Muffler dlochner at 4:03am 12.12.23 If indeed the links are a result of copying and pasting a post from CF, then my apologies. If you re
2GM20F engine issue dlochner at 3:47am 12.12.23 Saturate the raw balsa with neat epoxy. Then it will probably be necessary to replace the fiberglass
Volvo V Vetus Muffler Davidasailor26 at 2:38am 12.12.23 Well, it just seems odd to have all those links to pages in CF, especially since they are not speci
Volvo V Vetus Muffler Mike Topaze at 2:15am 12.12.23 I have no idea what you are talking about I have never posted before so I put this post under Engine
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 11:04pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 11:01pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
2GM20F engine issue Ken13559 at 10:34pm 12.11.23 Mechanic took away my gearbox for repair 2 days ago. Had to chip away the engine bay fibreglass ridg
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? (1) Ted10028 at 9:12pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source,
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! marcham at 8:44pm 12.11.23 I had the port list on my 380. Removed 160 lbs of batteries from the port settee and relocated about
Re-installing the shaft coupling Ralph Johnstone at 8:35pm 12.11.23 You want that coupling to seize together with the shaft. If you're relying on the parts to seize
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 8:30pm 12.11.23 I have a daysailer (Chrysler Mutineer 15) and Catalina 22, and I've thought about re-rigging each wi
Furano connection dlochner at 6:51pm 12.11.23 Is the mast deck stepped? If so, it may be inside the mast. There may be an access port on the mast,
Re-installing the shaft coupling dlochner at 6:46pm 12.11.23 Friction between the coupling and the shaft is important, it takes the stress off the key and makes
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! CAVU at 6:45pm 12.11.23 I own a 2001 380 and also have the port list you mentioned. I think the lack of the genset may be a
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:42pm 12.11.23 Terminators / Connectors Good terminators purpose-built for this task aren't cheap. Usually a littl
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:36pm 12.11.23 Types of Dyneema From Marlow SK60 : Older formulation (I think original Amsteel was SK60?) SK75 :
Synthetic Rigging AaronD at 6:27pm 12.11.23 @Tedd. Thanks for posting this. I've been thinking occasionally about synthetic rigging for a few ye
Re-installing the shaft coupling rgranger at 6:15pm 12.11.23 Teflon tape???

Contact
About
Terms of Use