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Dry Dock steved2 at 11:30am 03.11.15 Smaller Boats 2/804 When removing 260 from trailer on land, where would be the best structural places for jacks or stand
Mainsheet Traveler Cowpokee at 10:56am 03.11.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/765 Where would be a source for an inexpensive traveler for my 26S? I would prefer the convienence of ge
Deck Caps bobcat30 at 8:38am 03.11.15 Catalina 30 3/1795 Well we survived the winter form hell in Massachusetts. Now that boating season is upon us, I plan
No Genny BudGates at 6:18am 03.11.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 19/2546 As I look at other boats in less than 15 knots of wind I usually see them flying a big deck sweeper.
Spinnaker sheet around prop hewebb at 5:53am 03.11.15 Engines and Propulsion 6/1975 I finally did it-got the spinnaker sheet in the prop while dousing the sail. I have a diver coming
Anti-Fouling Lil Smokie at 5:30am 03.11.15 Tattoo Owners 3/3126 My boat is a new Tattoo 26 and I will be storing it in a marina year round. How often do you have t
feathering prop shawanaga at 4:41am 03.11.15 Big Boats 8/1393 Hi I am looking to replace the prop on a 1990 Hunter 35.5 that I just purchased and I saw an add i
Weather Routing JeffThompson at 4:39am 03.11.15 Ask All Sailors 11/2202 Planning on an east coast trip to Bermuda and back late spring and was wondering if anyone had exper
Electrical & Plumbing Diagrams Hunter 34 SabreToothedEngineer at 9:59pm 03.10.15 Big Boats 4/4586 Does anyone have good copies of the wiring and plumbing diagrams for a Hunter 34? I recently bought
Interior fabric coming apart NiceBeny at 9:37pm 03.10.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/895 Hello I have a few areas around the boat where the walls and under deck fabric is coming off, reglue
Lip Seals FlimFlamII at 6:07pm 03.10.15 Engines and Propulsion 5/2133 Any suggestions for finding replacement seals for the prop shaft. I'm looking for a replacements fo
Merriman steering System Bearings HMT2 at 5:16pm 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 7/1278 Does any one know if the bearings in the shaft of the Meriiman steering system circa 1983 are nylon
Attention Alameda sailors sfgary at 2:57pm 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 23/3306 I just left my boat where I found the dock lines on my bow broken. Someone (I found out later was th
Acrylic Cabin Window Replacement (1) Coyote at 2:42pm 03.10.15 Bigger Boats 19/4223 On my 85 Oday 28 --- I was horrified to find a top to bottom crack in my cabin window a few days ago
Replacement taps / pullout shower redunculous at 12:11pm 03.10.15 Big Boats 4/1043 I'm looking to replace the taps in my bathroom as well as add a salt water faucet to the galley. No
Another Dinghy Floor Question RIVERCRUISER at 11:43am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 1/1087 Have a Mercury dinghy w/inflated floor. Looking to protect floor from dog claws. Has anyone inst
1970/80's Round DataMarine Corinthian Displays (2) rardiH36 at 10:36am 03.10.15 Parts Search 4/2274 I'm looking for the 1980's incarnation of the DataMarine Corinthian speed and depth displays. There
GPS swingarm mount (1) Hydro Therapy at 10:33am 03.10.15 Day Sailers 11/1953 I bought a small GPS/finder unit for my 240. I was feeling cheap so I made this wooden swingarm. It
Galley plans? (1) PSR at 9:48am 03.10.15 Mid-Size Boats 6/3132 My 27 has the traditional layout, and the POs removed the galley and replace it with a custom cabine
Leaking hatch on Beneteau 36.7 lulabelle at 9:01am 03.10.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1255 I have a Beneteau 36.7 that when the hatch is closed the seal it sits on needs replacing. if the boa

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7.3 Gooseneck assembly replacement mtb369 at 3:21pm 09.16.23 According to that "S2 History & Referral Information" letter I've found online, it looks like the S2
Sewing Cushions and Bimini BigEasy at 3:12pm 09.16.23 Purchased a Sailrite machine many years ago. Made new sail cover, binnacle cover, hatch covers, etc
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Rich Stidger at 3:04pm 09.16.23 It seems to me that I read somewhere that the bulk of the heat generated in the alternator was from
Rigging diagram for Boston Whaler Harpoon 4.6 Crazy Dave Condon at 3:00pm 09.16.23 Try a 33 second video on you tube. There is some information on Harbormoor.com too which you can s
Sewing Cushions and Bimini jviss at 2:54pm 09.16.23 The small Singer sewing machine you have will struggle I don't think he said his singer was small,
Macerator "stalling out" Sailor Sue at 2:29pm 09.16.23 Look for a big slotted screw on the ends of your macerator. If you find one stick a big screwdriver
Third Reefing Point Crazy Dave Condon at 2:28pm 09.16.23 @patbratton Do you have a solid boom kicker that works as a boom vang and holds the boom up in l
Sewing Cushions and Bimini fred1diver at 2:05pm 09.16.23
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? jviss at 2:02pm 09.16.23 There are liquid cooled alternators on eBay. Here's a 150A one for $265: Alternator Bo 12v 150 Amp
Sewing Cushions and Bimini Ward H at 1:56pm 09.16.23 I started with a 50s Singer machine making simple covers to see if I had any sewing skills. I enjoye
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Ralph Johnstone at 1:50pm 09.16.23 The biggest problem is the temperature inside your engine compartment. Technically speaking, I'd say
Replacing the Switch Panel on an 88 boat ...3TacksontheWater at 1:43pm 09.16.23 Thank you both LakeShark and morbidfollower. I've inserted the picture of the new switch panel benea
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? dlochner at 1:33pm 09.16.23 When the alternator is off, it will cool down to about 160-170 which is about the engine space temp
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Hayden Watson at 1:16pm 09.16.23 The engine compartment should be about the same temperature as the engines operating temperature. T
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Hayden Watson at 1:14pm 09.16.23 The biggest problem is the temperature inside your engine compartment. Technically speaking, I'd s
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Hayden Watson at 1:04pm 09.16.23 Modern high output alternators like the Balmar AT 170 have more cooling slots and have fans at the
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Hayden Watson at 12:59pm 09.16.23 Aha, now we know you have LFPs. You simply cannot do what you want with the size of your alternator
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? (1) Hayden Watson at 12:51pm 09.16.23 ...or an excessive LOAD. Small case alternators are not designed for full rated capacity for long
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? dlochner at 12:11pm 09.16.23 The engine compartment should be about the same temperature as the engines operating temperature. Th
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Ralph Johnstone at 12:06pm 09.16.23 The biggest problem is the temperature inside your engine compartment. Technically speaking, I'd sa

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