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Top lid refridgerator seal Rick J B at 9:29am 03.01.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1022 Dear Friends. I have a year 2000 Catalina 42Mk2 and seeking advise on US suppliers for the high dens
ASymetrical Spinnaker Attachment shanker at 8:39am 03.01.15 Smaller Boats 11/1480 I'm doing some learning on flying my Asym Spinnaker this summer and I'd like to get some real world
Leak source? (2) Richandhelen at 8:02am 03.01.15 Big Boats 22/2461 We have a leak that is at the headboard in our aft cabin. This occurs after a heavy rain. Our pillow
O'Day 23 -- Single-Line Reefing System? Earendil at 6:31am 03.01.15 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2808 Hi Folks. This will be my second season in my O'Day 23, which I sail (mostly single-handing) on Buzz
headsail size vs balance Bob Meyer at 5:27am 03.01.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1149 Am ready to purchase new sails for Mac26S and am wondering what headsail size will do to boat's bala
Running lights, mast head lights, decklights Curiousgeorge206 at 9:29pm 02.28.15 C&C 2/2865 1981-30' C'C- Mark 1, I have replaced the running lights at the bow of the boat due to 30 years of n
Solar/Sun tracking system DIY? McIntoshUSA at 4:56pm 02.28.15 Ask All Sailors 15/2745 This at first glance looks ingenious. I guess it would work. I wonder how it could be setup on a Sai
Daysailor II foam in the seat and bow tanks falling apart JPM01100 at 3:06pm 02.28.15 Day Sailers 9/2414 After a sail I open the two cockpit inspection/bailing ports, the positive foam flotation is disinte
securing the genoa tack to the furler drum... woodster at 2:55pm 02.28.15 Ask All Sailors 11/2442 ...what are you guys using to attach the genoa tack to the furler drum...are you just lashing it or
Anyone using a camping generator? JHoward at 2:51pm 02.28.15 Ask All Sailors 22/3333 Or... why not use one at anchor, of course. It could be supplemented with solar of wind. Suggestion
Type of Battery smoothsailing at 2:20pm 02.28.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1416 Reading the forums on batterys, some use 12 volt and some use 6 volt (golf cart) battery banks.
Reserve judgement (try to) (1) Meriachee at 1:40pm 02.28.15 Ask All Sailors 11/2190 This is English Bay, in Vancouver about 1:30pm, Saturday the 28th. Normally, those of us in the fro
"Open fuses in charger" gettinthere at 1:31pm 02.28.15 Musings With Maine Sail 3/1126 Seems that one of my zantrax truecharge 40+ chargers has decided to take a break. Manual troublesho
O'Day 32 Ketch Mythical boat. Chorniak1 at 1:04pm 02.28.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1821 Has anyone actually ever seen one of these? Sailboatdata.com lists the # of hulls as 0. O"Day/Ban
Racing shawanaga at 9:28am 02.28.15 Big Boats 2/679 Hi Just bought a Hunter 1990 35.5 I previously had a 27' Aloha did a lot of racing for the past 20
Spreader pole cap.... DannySonja at 9:15am 02.28.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1641 I am trying to find the little plastic piece that holds the mast stay to the spreader pole. Anyone
Do jib tracks make sense? bigkat22 at 8:17am 02.28.15 The Cherubini Hunters 17/4463 Hello, I am updating a 1975 Hunter 30 (#006), that my father recently gave me. We have been cont
More San Diego fun, went sailing ( charter) - engine died... (1) holdech at 7:45am 02.28.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1180 Had a great afternoon on a Catalina 40 with SailSanDiego.com (whale watching). Didn't see any whale
Radar mount on Beneteau 47.7 First evgencafuta at 3:01am 02.28.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/993 Hello, I am about to install radar on a sailboat Beneteau 47.7 First and I am asking you how to
Mooring line chain broke sailboat crashed into rocks Rinconhg at 2:57am 02.28.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1760 There was a 3 day storm and our mooring chain broke. In the morning we checked out sailboat and she

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Location of ELCI on 2003 Beneteau 393 BigEasy at 8:27pm 06.18.23 Thanks again for the info! One additional note. On two occasions, I had an amber ground fault ind
Do you trailer with the motor attached? Tedd at 8:20pm 06.18.23 When I first got my boat the tongue weight was far too low. I found that it was actually quite easy
Do you trailer with the motor attached? BigEasy at 8:19pm 06.18.23 Most trailerable sailboats overhang the back end of the trailer by quite a bit. So, unlike with pow
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? FastOlson at 8:08pm 06.18.23 If the PVC tank does not leak, look at it as a way to have a little added water storage. In general
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? ricksoth at 7:59pm 06.18.23
Diagnosing engine issues - Universal M25 jssailem at 7:56pm 06.18.23 bleed fuel lines, confirm starter is receiving charge. I unscrewed the injectors and did not obs
Do you trailer with the motor attached? Hayden Watson at 7:54pm 06.18.23 Back when I had a Clipper 26 on a trailer, I removed the engine and attached it to a mount on the st
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? obxjeff at 7:32pm 06.18.23 Keep, without an accumulator when you run the faucet the pump runs to keep the set pressure, once
ZF Hurth transmission slipping (1) Hayden Watson at 7:31pm 06.18.23 Thank you for the response and for the valuable info. You mean to tell me it's not as easy as just
Do you trailer with the motor attached? HEINZIR at 6:41pm 06.18.23 Most trailerable sailboats overhang the back end of the trailer by quite a bit. So, unlike with powe
Home Built Stack Pack Hayden Watson at 6:34pm 06.18.23
Diagnosing engine issues - Universal M25 jviss at 6:33pm 06.18.23 Opening or closing the raw water seacock will have no effect on starting your engine.
Gear box not engaging Hayden Watson at 6:32pm 06.18.23 If you look at the schematics for the HBW 10 gearbox, the clamping pressure is created by a set of 3
Water Heater - Heat Exchanger Problems rgranger at 6:26pm 06.18.23 - please don;t tell me I need to replace the coolant pump.... :(
Gloucester 22 (1) rgranger at 6:23pm 06.18.23 @LloydB makes a goof point about the PO You never know on a 30 yo boat. There may be nothing orig
3D printing fun (1) Davidasailor26 at 6:14pm 06.18.23 Over the winter I got some anchor rode labels to more easily tell how much line is out. Unfortunatel
Replacing stringers/bulkheads on my South Coast 22 with XPS foam? rgranger at 6:05pm 06.18.23
Location of ELCI on 2003 Beneteau 393 Bscott515 at 5:49pm 06.18.23 Thanks again for the info!
Location of ELCI on 2003 Beneteau 393 Bscott515 at 5:48pm 06.18.23 OK. On my boat (Beneteau) there is only one breaker on the AC power distribution panel for all AC
Diagnosing engine issues - Universal M25 Dave96734 at 5:43pm 06.18.23 Well, I may have celebrated too early. Back at the boat ready to change the oil but again the engine

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