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My view this morning - exactly why do i live in Canada? (1) holdech at 7:15am 02.27.15 Ask All Sailors 29/3505 And this is winter - nobody wearing coat - can't hear a single snow blower... Shelter Island, San D
Survey or NOT?! rgranger at 7:09am 02.27.15 Ask All Sailors 24/3323 I didn't want to hijack the "Survey Botch?" thread so I posted this new one.... With one exception,
smart plug testing (1) dparilla at 6:43am 02.27.15 Ask All Sailors 5/856 My daughter Cecilia testing the durability of the smart plug set
Radar Yes Sailgunner at 6:27am 02.27.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/672 I have now sailed the waters around Florida for a few years and went up/down the east coast a couple
Thermal Runaway or what?? Nodak7 at 5:02am 02.27.15 Big Boats 23/3461 Interesting thing happened yesterday. Our 41DS has a house bank consisting of 2 4D batteries. I moni
deck core on venture 25 (1) Kevin_B at 4:59am 02.27.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/3392 Has anyone else had this problem? The mast support at the bow of my '74Macgregor Venture 25 punched
Pearson 303 : 2GMF Elbow Modification that saves you $$$ (4) StargazerP303 at 9:53pm 02.26.15 Pearson 2/1322 Hello Yanmar owners! The one thing I hate is when the engine doesn't start but it does turn-over gr
Westerbeke M-25XPB damper plate and transmission failures DFish at 9:10pm 02.26.15 Engines and Propulsion 2/1556 Hello. We are interested to hear from anyone with a Westerbeke M-25XPB Diesel engine, who may have
Radome mast installation TommmD at 6:45pm 02.26.15 Big Boats 2/737 Looking to see how high folks have installed their radome on the mast. Spreader high for instance? T
Hunter 340 Walter59 at 6:32pm 02.26.15 Big Boats 8/3308 I am looking at buying a Hunter 340 and I need some advise; Some of the 340s have solid supports
Best Place to Buy a New Motor Doug J at 4:58pm 02.26.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 24/2794 I'm finally ready to buy a new motor. I want to get a Honda 8hp 20" long shaft. Can anyone recomme
Replacement Portlights Sailorjack at 4:23pm 02.26.15 The Cherubini Hunters 16/3948 Hi Everyone I am replacing the portlights of my 37c and I have decided to go with Beckson "raindrai
Water cooling pump for AB Fridge rfrye1 at 3:51pm 02.26.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/558 The little salt water water cooling pump for my AB Refridge unit died last year on my '98 H376. I ra
Oberdorfer N202M-15 or -16? VF84Sluggo at 10:55am 02.26.15 Ask All Sailors 9/4315 On Catalina Direct, they list the Oberdorfer N202M-16 for a Universal M25XP, yet on other sites I se
1994 23.5 trailer tire size mmsailor at 10:20am 02.26.15 Smaller Boats 8/1036 My boat and trailer are about an hour away in storage . I need to replace the tires on the trailer .
Would you paint your rubrail aluminum? CloudDiver at 9:48am 02.26.15 Catalina 22 5/1311 I have my rub rail off the boat. I have the older style narrow channel and I will be ordering the n
Wipes macerator (1) med2463 at 9:04am 02.26.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/4236 Before ' after pics of our clog From wipes flushed down toilet
Keel older or new style Carolina 22 at 9:00am 02.26.15 Catalina 22 2/610 my catalina22 keel is trash, I am reworking the hull and should I return to the present one or go to
I Ruined my Dinghy By Using a Cover (3) drjjlloyd at 7:56am 02.26.15 Ask All Sailors 13/2860 Beautiful! I exclaimed after seeing the dinghy cover for the first time. It was a hassle to put on,
Installing reef points on main sail. jjsbiggs at 6:32am 02.26.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 29/12944 I'm going to be mooring my 25 this summer for the first time so I'm starting to think about adding l

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Water Heater - Heat Exchanger Problems Ralph Johnstone at 9:44pm 06.18.23 If the coolant pump doesn't work, your engine overheats. Is there anything like a thermostatic val
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? Ralph Johnstone at 9:39pm 06.18.23 Deep six it. The PVC tank does not have a bladder and so the water is in contact with the air. Wat
2gm20f will not start (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:32pm 06.18.23 As I am waiting for fuel filters I decided to pull the injectors and inspect and clean them. If I
Diagnosing engine issues - Universal M25 Ralph Johnstone at 8:31pm 06.18.23 To bleed the injector pump of air, you must have someone crank the engine while you crack an inject
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

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