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My Flooring Idea - I Love It! Snowbird One at 6:58pm 04.02.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1447 Here is another thing I've done to make my boat a little more comfortable. The benefits are many:
HDPE Hatch Panel DIY Snowbird One at 6:54pm 04.02.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/2425 So, I figured it's time to payback the online community by providing info on making hatch panels for
wet locker PotentialOwner at 6:44pm 04.02.15 Ask All Sailors 2/1242 What ideas are there for hanging foul weather clothes?
catalina direct mastup? piedpiperIII at 6:39pm 04.02.15 Catalina 22 16/4503 Does anyone here use the mastup from catalina direct? I am at odds with making one because I am not
Newbie; Changed all 3 of my Fuel Filters. McIntoshUSA at 5:40pm 04.02.15 Ask All Sailors 3/978 Thank you Mainsail For your links/information. (A lot of great Information) As a newbie I could see
Increase voltage of a remote sense alternator darylat8750ft at 5:03pm 04.02.15 Musings With Maine Sail 12/4747 Hello, First thanks MaineSail for your time and expertise on these forums.. I picked up a Delcor
UofW SeaGrant Marine Corrosion Workshop Charles Erwin at 4:58pm 04.02.15 Ask All Sailors 0/553 If you have any appetite for this kind of stuff and you are located proximate to the conference site
Shower in head. (1) Mike Mc at 2:30pm 04.02.15 Catalina 310 5/1680 Has anybody replaced Grohe shower behind head? Very hard to reach underside of faucets behind head.
Proper deck mounting of Perko "Flush Ring Pull" (1) Ziggler at 1:59pm 04.02.15 Ask All Sailors 16/5663 After months of redoing the deck, trying to re-install a small, square based 1 3/8" x 1 3/4 inch "Pe
Hunter owners, our job just got harder Hello Below at 1:18pm 04.02.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1524 Several times a year, I will come across a question pertinent to my Hunter that no matter how much s
Universal M35B vibration at less than 1000 rpm Sandy Feet at 12:21pm 04.02.15 Big Boats 16/6783 I have a 2002 Universal M35B diesel engine on my Catalina36 MK11. when the engine is in neutral and
Do you care about the hydrodynamic shape of your keel? $tingy Sailor at 11:36am 04.02.15 Catalina 22 22/3347 I need your input. I've written a blog article about the C-22 Swing Keel Refinishing DVD and its
2007 H31 Wema water gauge Jerry21707 at 11:01am 04.02.15 Mid-Size Boats 8/1735 Wema water gauge not working. There is power to the gauge as it lights up when the breaker is on.
Is this black box keeping my head sump from working? (2) pmartson at 10:29am 04.02.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/925 The wash basin drains into the shower sump, and a float switch should activate the pump. Right? Th
curtain magnets??? Ken Cross at 9:10am 04.02.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1153 Our new to us 1989 Hunter 30 needs port light coverings. At night with lights inside everyone and ev
Hunter 33 leaking behind the packing nut Dannotti at 8:43am 04.02.15 Mid-Size Boats 20/3556 I have some extra water coming in a bolts just behind the packing nut. I had a bot mechanic in our y
New Owner needs help with Johnson Sailmaster please Domorox at 8:24am 04.02.15 Engines and Propulsion 6/2430 Hey folks. I hope everyone is doing well! I bought a 78' Oday 25 back in October and it has a mid
O'day 25 - Shore Power autocad at 8:17am 04.02.15 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2955 Hi, I'm updating the "shorepower" currently installed on my 75 O'day 25. The current setup looks lik
temp. rain/sun shade for sides/rear of bimini? iSailor at 6:44am 04.02.15 Catalina 310 5/5594 Has anyone rigged up some sort of temporary rain or sun shade for the sides or rear of a bimini? My
Davits Larry D Calander at 6:24am 04.02.15 Smaller Boats 8/1157 Has anybody installed davits on their h26?

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Universal M-18 not starting Better_Angel at 2:08pm 09.22.23 Then there's always this if he thinks it's fuel: Fuel Starvation and The Obscure Check Ball Valve F
Catalina Capri Forum? Monsterfish at 2:02pm 09.22.23 In fact, we just returned from the trip on Lake Champlain. We did stay overnight and slept in a cabi
Catalina Capri Forum? Monsterfish at 1:54pm 09.22.23 Awesome! Thank you so much! I appreciate all the info and your time.
Deck paint recommendations jviss at 1:51pm 09.22.23 Well, Little Harbor, now owned by Hinckley, paints the decks on their very expensive yachts. I thin
Sewing Cushions and Bimini jviss at 1:50pm 09.22.23 Here's my post war Singer clone: That looks just like my mom's 1951 Singer 66-16. Great machine!
Sewing Cushions and Bimini jviss at 1:49pm 09.22.23 With this setup I can move the needle a quarter of a stitch at a time. Wow, that's awesome!
Universal M-18 not starting Better_Angel at 1:47pm 09.22.23 Not necessarily. Our M25 NEVER needs to crack an injector, there is a handy dandy separate fuel bl
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Ralph Johnstone at 1:42pm 09.22.23 D. Their recommendation was not to hook it to the engine, but to hook it to the engine's thru hull
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Blitz at 12:57pm 09.22.23 Interesting, I spoke to Tides Marine about their Sure Seal; my concern over cooling water, and my Ya
Deck paint recommendations shemandr at 12:36pm 09.22.23 I don't regard painting a deck as a regular maintenance item. If it's really bad ... then maybe. Y
Spider web cracks. How to fix them? shemandr at 12:19pm 09.22.23 Or get gel coat crack filtering eyeglasses...
Just a bit too much heel and helm shemandr at 12:15pm 09.22.23 Do you have crew hiking out? I don't know the J 88 but many of the J line are designed to be sailed
Just a bit too much heel and helm danstanford at 12:09pm 09.22.23 Or, keep the main sheeted in to your upwind setting and play the traveller. Ease it to leeward in t
Yanmar Diesel stalls when underway Ralph Johnstone at 12:07pm 09.22.23 I noticed that there is not a loop between my muffler and the transom My exhaust hose has a loop
In hull transducer Ralph Johnstone at 11:55am 09.22.23 Thick. Real thick. Good to know. I think we can then toss the idea of using one form of slop or
Spider web cracks. How to fix them? ggrizzard at 11:43am 09.22.23 Look up "Repairing Spider Cracks" on Youtube. Boatworks Today's channel has the A to Z, step by ste
Just a bit too much heel and helm JRacer at 11:41am 09.22.23 Or, keep the main sheeted in to your upwind setting and play the traveller. Ease it to leeward in th
Universal M-18 not starting kloudie1 at 11:33am 09.22.23 The engine stop will stop the high pressure pump from pumping to the injectors.. Your injector pump
Spider web cracks. How to fix them? dlochner at 11:21am 09.22.23 Those are gelcoat cracks which are cosmetic and not structural. The cure is clean out the crack and
Sewing Cushions and Bimini (3) Ward H at 11:12am 09.22.23 I'm interested in speed control, a better foot pedal, and so forth for mine. I am seriously conside

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