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Add GPS to laptop jmkinsfbay at 11:25pm 04.17.15 Ask All Sailors 15/6785 My Beneteau has great electronics including GPS. I want to be able to use my Windows 8.1 laptop (not
Antal v grip rope clutch NYSail at 6:00pm 04.17.15 Ask All Sailors 2/1009 Hello all...... Replacing clutches this season. Antal v grip look nice and are the perfect foot pri
Removing Windlass on Hunter 36 daddygo at 5:50pm 04.17.15 Big Boats 3/882 My 2006 Hunter 36 has a Sprint Atlantic Gipsy/Drum that has locked up. I can remove the drum and gip
Voltmeter Wiring Question Ward H at 5:03pm 04.17.15 Musings With Maine Sail 9/2622 I am finally going to install the Blue Sea 8 Position DC Breaker panel, replacing the stock O'day pa
H34 mainsheet phitos? a65sailor at 4:36pm 04.17.15 Big Boats 9/1350 I am finally getting to the point on my boat that it will launch this spring. So I got out the boom
Leaking Heat exchanger cap Westerbeke 30B3 Pinch at 3:58pm 04.17.15 Engines and Propulsion 8/5518 Hi all My 2000 Ben361 has a Westerbeke 30B3 with about 1200 hrs. All running great but have persi
Site change ALERT -- please read Phil Herring at 3:18pm 04.17.15 Ask All Sailors 12/2186 Over the next 72 hours we will be installing some significant changes to the sites. These changes (
Volvo Ocean Race.... I just lost all respect Scott B at 2:47pm 04.17.15 Ask All Sailors 18/2614 Ok, I am willing to be corrected here, but, the all-female team SCA blew out their Code 0 in the las
Too big a motor? costange at 2:33pm 04.17.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/819 I'm considering buying a Tohatsu 6 hp long shaft (25 inches, Sailpro model) for my O'day 192. Is it
stanchions on S2 11.0A scottr at 1:50pm 04.17.15 S2 6/1570 I've looked at a S2 11.0A to purchase and was wondering if it is possible to remove the stanchions a
Best outboard for O'day 192? costange at 1:28pm 04.17.15 Day Sailers 7/4075 I'm shopping for a new (used) outboard for my O'Day 192. I have a chance to get a very nice Tohatsu
How many H376 hulls made 1996-1998? mlpayne at 12:55pm 04.17.15 Big Boats 0/645 Anyone know how many H376 hulls were produced? I have #445.
Beneteau Owners Consider Fun Race To Nantucket on 5-23-15! b2solomon at 12:17pm 04.17.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/748 Beneteau owners should consider half day race to Nantucket on 5/23/15 on Memorial Day weekend! Regi
373 mast tuning Newport Bob at 11:36am 04.17.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 14/3577 Anyone have the procedure for tuning the Charleston spars roller furling mast? Bob 2004 Beneteau 37
micron vs micron dehler25 at 9:40am 04.17.15 Big Boats 15/5875 I am looking at a Racor dual turbine filter separator. They are available in 2, 10, and 30 micron fi
Hatch noise squarepeg at 8:14am 04.17.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1070 We are new to this adventure, and eager...! The hatch cover on our 2002 Mac 26X makes a very loud s
What is this? (1) DannyS at 5:34am 04.17.15 Ask All Sailors 24/2397 Long story that I won't go into, but I'm looking for a fitting like the one pictured. I need two of
Stern tube lubricating system. Onelife at 3:33am 04.17.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 30/8949 Hi All Beneteau 411 Celebration 2003 I have a problem with the stern tube lubricating hose. It has
H 30 Cable locations newage1461 at 8:16pm 04.16.15 The Cherubini Hunters 13/1684 I have a 81 H30 that evidently never had a compression release cable or a kill cable. Where are thes
Short of some kind in the electrical system PM in TO at 7:12pm 04.16.15 Catalina 310 16/3557 Has any one had any issues with some kind of an electrical short in there 310? The other day I was

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Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed Scott T-Bird at 3:29pm 11.07.23 Lynn and the late Larry Pardey would disagree, but I would not. They did two circumnavigations with
Odd Yanmar issue jdrutten at 2:59pm 11.07.23 Was it cold? Did you warm up the glow plugs first? On my 2gm20f with no glow plugs, I have to open t
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed dLj at 2:35pm 11.07.23 There's a funny story about the Pardies coming into a port on the East Coast of Africa. It was up a
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed Davidasailor26 at 2:10pm 11.07.23 I'll suggest you can't go without auxiliary power of some sort. Lynn and the late Larry Pardey wou
26 vs 260 weight? Crazy Dave Condon at 1:57pm 11.07.23 Look at again as I see the word, single
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed dLj at 1:35pm 11.07.23 Regardless of what name we give the corrosion, the cause of crevice corrosion and this shaft corros
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed dlochner at 1:23pm 11.07.23 With all due respect, it does not look like crevice corrosion, it looks like general corrosion. It'
Coolant flush (2) sailcapt340 at 12:50pm 11.07.23 Do you have one (maybe 2) of this type of fitting anywhere along the heater water lines? My 3GM30F
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed dLj at 12:46pm 11.07.23 That is serious crevice corrosion. Time for a new shaft and wings. With all due respect, it does n
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed Scott T-Bird at 12:39pm 11.07.23 I was curious ... how are you going to go engineless? I don't blame you for disposing a diesel that
26 vs 260 weight? (1) rgranger at 12:36pm 11.07.23 @h2o_snow Never accepted a sing cent ...
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed dlochner at 12:36pm 11.07.23 I've attached some close up photos of the shaft. The part never inside the rudder looks great, but
Its funny Friday! rgranger at 12:33pm 11.07.23
26 vs 260 weight? Crazy Dave Condon at 12:09pm 11.07.23 @h2o_snow The 260 wheel steering was an option that I recommended to Hunter when it was being desi
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed dLj at 12:07pm 11.07.23 I've attached some close up photos of the shaft. The part never inside the rudder looks great, but
Skeg Wobble - Advice Needed Davidasailor26 at 11:52am 11.07.23 We were it in the Pacific on a fishing boat when one our group headed for the head. He was down for
Coolant flush Apex at 11:39am 11.07.23 Delos has a video....barnacle buster
Its funny Friday! Kermit at 11:09am 11.07.23
Odd Yanmar issue ggrizzard at 10:52am 11.07.23 If the engine turns over but will not start, it's not an electrical issue. Compression, Fuel and air
Odd Yanmar issue George Braun at 9:56am 11.07.23 Check the archives. Yanmars are notorious for having conductivity / wiring problems because of lig

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