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Engine Trouble Poppa Mikie at 6:30am 02.19.15 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1206 We have an 1989 O'Day 302 which we purchased 3 years ago. Recently, while motoring at 2200 rpm'
What?!...New survey every two or three years?! VF84Sluggo at 6:10am 02.19.15 Ask All Sailors 17/1576 Newb here.... Reading again, came across a recent thread (Nov 14) regarding insurance, surveys, a
Water Ballast pump out jhastie at 5:03am 02.19.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 34/7250 Has anyone set up a rig to pump out the 150 gallons of water ballast in the event of an unwanted gro
Cleaning bronze fittings FlightRisk1 at 3:47am 02.19.15 Musings With Maine Sail 8/7690 What is the best thing to use to remove the green corrosion that forms on bronze fittings? I'd like
Racor Filter Install CYQK at 3:31am 02.19.15 Ask All Sailors 12/1923 Mornin Installing a 75500 primary filter setup and a 110 for the secondary downstream of the lift pu
Broken Lewmar Hinge Rivets FastOlson at 4:27pm 02.18.15 Ask All Sailors 1/2708 I have to repair the center hinge on our size 70 "ocean" Lewmar. This is the forward hatch that I re
automatic steering hunter 23.5 morrownr at 3:31pm 02.18.15 Smaller Boats 13/3011 What is the most suitable automatic steering available for a 1994 Hunter 23.5?
If this were your condenser coils??? (1) Ken Cross at 3:20pm 02.18.15 Ask All Sailors 19/4384 What would you do if this were your condenser coils. I'm thinking of just squirting Boeshield T9 on
It Finally Happened (1) Roger Long at 2:35pm 02.18.15 Roger Long - The further adventures of Strider 13/3818 I should have saved the title of my previous post for this one. Or, maybe it was prescient. Anyway
Battery Bank Capacity KeithP at 1:28pm 02.18.15 Ask All Sailors 6/1371 I have been a Link-10 user for quite a number of years now and have found it a huge aid in maintaini
Comments wanted on New Elect Schematic (1) PGIJon at 11:35am 02.18.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/1134 I have uploaded a PDF document and am looking for comments on my 12v wiring layout... Please note th
Alessandro Volta's Birthday Allan12210 at 11:07am 02.18.15 Ask All Sailors 20/2023 The Google logo today is commemorating "the father of the battery". Only 270 years old. I wonder if
Degree of deadrise gatrnoles2 at 10:54am 02.18.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1912 I am looking to replace my depth sounder with a Garmin Inteliducer which will connect directly into
1979 Hunter 30 Quarterberth Hatch (2) wheatfieldcrows at 10:04am 02.18.15 The Cherubini Hunters 2/959 I'm starting to re-wire my H30 and am wondering if anyone has experience in adding a hatch aft of th
Zinc nut size yanmar 2gm 80's model steveinusa at 9:16am 02.18.15 Ask All Sailors 12/3297 This was posted a while back but i didn't see a real answer niow I' m faced with the same thing and
Electrical and Electronics rebuild dehler25 at 7:12am 02.18.15 Big Boats 9/1076 My 450 made a trip to the yard to have the stick pulled and inspected along with a bottom job. Uh Oh
Great Lakes Caverns DAVA390 at 4:49am 02.18.15 Destinations 4/2552 I remember news articles last year about people walking to caverns that are wet in the summer. Same
Got New Pictures from Valentines Day Sail (1) caguy at 12:52am 02.18.15 Ask All Sailors 4/858 A friend of mine dropped some pictures by that his girlfriend shot from Saturday's sail. She is a te
356 Windlass Electrical leads Jimongee at 11:37pm 02.17.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1016 This sailing season on the great lakes I will finally have a windlass. As with everything on our 20
Newport to Ensenada Allan Emas at 9:36pm 02.17.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1315 The Newport to Ensenada (N2E) sail race is the largest race on the west coast. The N2E Yacht Race is

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Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. kloudie1 at 8:38am 08.19.23 I see that they left the rocker arms and pushrods next to the gallley sink! Ya gotta wonder where th
Skimmar Seagull 12 Genaker stickinthemud57 at 8:16am 08.19.23
Funny Friday!!! (1) Ward H at 7:56am 08.19.23 219032
Skimmar Seagull 12 Genaker rgranger at 7:35am 08.19.23 Also what would be a good way to add a topping lift. Put a small block at the top of the mast and
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. Hayden Watson at 7:23am 08.19.23 Well, the outside doesn't look nearly as bad as Luna was when you started. I suspect that the inter
Finding a trailer in California rgranger at 7:22am 08.19.23
Urban Anchorages Kings Gambit at 7:10am 08.19.23
Tide Clock kloudie1 at 7:06am 08.19.23 Sooooo That R. Granger (gron-J in Cajunese) guy must know about the special Cajun moon next to Uranu
Legend 40.5 windlass chain jumping fix fero at 7:01am 08.19.23 Not exactly sure but it looks like your windlass is mounted with vertical axis, as far as I know mos
Tide Clock Tally Ho at 6:47am 08.19.23 When sailing on Michigan, while not exactly tides, there sure seemed to be something similar.... d
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? (1) RSHunter27 at 6:37am 08.19.23 It is a pillow block.
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Terry Cox at 6:26am 08.19.23 Good news, John. Quite the saga. Winter cruises in the PNW remain one of our favorites. kqRmir2LI4c
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 6:26am 08.19.23 I hate to keep pissing on your corn flakes like this @RSHunter27 , but if you do decide to incorpor
Legend 40.5 windlass chain jumping fix jssailem at 6:22am 08.19.23 Clever idea. Be sure to rinse down the area and keep it clean of debris that comes up with the chain
Urban Anchorages shemandr at 5:02am 08.19.23 Agreed! It's anchor hogging. And not without risks. That boat will not turn in harmony with its n
CL14 Dinghy shemandr at 4:52am 08.19.23 By specifying "...this particular boat .." you limit the responses from the many posters who have e
Musings On Boat Electrical Panels jviss at 3:54am 08.19.23 Are you sure? Aren't the negatives "common" and the individual wires for the + side? One side of
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. jviss at 3:50am 08.19.23 There are four M25s on eBay right now, a couple of M25XPs, and lots of parts.
Urban Anchorages Captain Larry-DH at 3:37am 08.19.23 13 to 1 scope. Tis a bit beyond needed.... dj :thumbup: Not quite 13:1 because the guy had about
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Ward H at 3:26am 08.19.23 Fantastic news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hmmmmmm, another winter cruise??????

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