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Location of Generator water lift muffler smokey73 at 4:38pm 01.10.15 Big Boats 7/1574 Hunter 40.5 I am planning on installing my diesel generator in the starboard lazarette. For those
Removal of Spinnaker Sheet Travelers Guardian at 2:57pm 01.10.15 Catalina 22 3/860 Removal of Sheet Travelers I am doing a major Paint and repair on my boat and removing all deck fit
Exhaust Discharging Steam CanDoSeabeeS2 at 1:57pm 01.10.15 S2 5/1140 Can Do here. I have a 9.2A and when the engine heats up there is steam discharging out of the exha
Silence that cast iron certerboard rockingham at 12:17pm 01.10.15 Trailer Sailors 7/2234 Just completed a 20 minute redo on my Montgomery 17 which has a 140# cast iron centerboard. Seems th
Good Source for 6V batteries? Bad Obsession at 12:06pm 01.10.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1473 I don't have a membership to Sam's Club or CostCo. I am curious if anyone else has a good source to
Battery switch question NiceBeny at 10:41am 01.10.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/3239 Have levers engine and parallel, how and what is the best way to use these? ( it's not the same as t
Forestay Length (1) PatTormey at 9:34am 01.10.15 Bigger Boats 13/1726 My oDay 322 forestay is too slack, so Thinking I could tighten it some, I found that the turnbuckle
Ever seen this LED? (1) Gene Neill at 9:08am 01.10.15 Ask All Sailors 13/2316 My masthead light. I'm trying to find out what it's power draw might be, since it seems to deplete m
1999 30 MkIII bilge FULL of water VF84Sluggo at 8:47am 01.10.15 Catalina 30 18/2222 Hey all, I'm a newb here - first post (and a new thread to boot) - and I'm looking at getting my
Dodger for H26 Fred at 8:46am 01.10.15 Smaller Boats 2/745 I would love to see more pictures of dodger solutions and experience for H26? How to install a dodge
1979 O Day 37 centercockpit propeller soireeiown at 8:45am 01.10.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/891 I am trying to change my 2 blade propeller into a 3 blade propeller but I am having trouble finding
oday 222 bobalu11 at 8:23am 01.10.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1385 I am looking at buying an oday222. But it doesn't have a trailer and where is the anchor setup/lock
Primer ? Bob 04 H260 at 6:36am 01.10.15 Ask All Sailors 12/1831 I have a couple is places on my rudder where the bottom paint has chipped off showing the bare gel c
Bottom paint ideas mrducks at 6:04pm 01.09.15 Catalina 22 25/3559 Need to do the copper paint very soon. Was planing to do the load off center trick to access under b
Jib Sheets Cowpokee at 2:24pm 01.09.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/827 I recently purchased a new 150% genoa and bought new line for the sheets. I tied the new line on wit
1983: Angle Iron (Chain Plate Anchor) and Tierod Help Sage34 at 2:13pm 01.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/837 Hi All, I've read extensively through all the previous threads about the Tierods shearing, the ma
Keep ice out of PVC Gate Valves (1) eugenesdream24 at 1:55pm 01.09.15 Ask All Sailors 29/4233 Hey everyone, I am in a pretty tough spot this winter as my boat had to stay in the water while I am
More Oberdorfer Raw Water Pump Info (4) KZW at 12:53pm 01.09.15 Catalina 310 77/21796 There is a lot of discussion on swapping out the Sherwood G-908 raw water pump for the Oberdorfer N2
Repalcing Teak Handgrabs hotchki at 11:34am 01.09.15 Smaller Boats 2/1288 Happy New Year! I'm considering removing and or replacing (after refinishing ) the teak hand gra
Anyone headed to the Toronto Boat show? holdech at 9:09am 01.09.15 Ask All Sailors 10/1824 We are headed down tomorrow and plan to hook up with a few friends (mostly from the TSBB forum).

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Help Identifying model apell at 4:04am 06.08.23 that is a 6 (six) the letter B would be capitalized... Yes, my thought, too. I'm heading over th
Help Identifying model apell at 4:01am 06.08.23 Will do and great idea. Thx
Help Identifying model apell at 3:59am 06.08.23 Try checking in with the Mariner Class Association web site. We maintain an updated list of boats
Help Identifying model sailme88 at 3:45am 06.08.23 that is a 6 (six) the letter B would be capitalized...
Help Identifying model Will Gilmore at 3:27am 06.08.23 Try checking in with the Mariner Class Association web site. We maintain an updated list of boats a
SS Rod popping sound kappykaplan at 2:45am 06.08.23 safe passage the rest of the way! :plus:
Hunter 49/50AC wiring for lithium conversion artboas at 12:04am 06.08.23 Hi Art, Our system is planned at 600+ah of lithium and we would like to heat hot water and reduce
Stainless Rub Strake Installation Rick Webb at 9:09pm 06.07.23 My link to the drill bit didn't make it into my post. Second try Kobalt Magnetic Screwdriving Bit
Help Identifying model apell at 8:15pm 06.07.23 Exactly...I'm new to this site, but it was my perusal of the model list with identifying letter w
Help Identifying model apell at 8:11pm 06.07.23 The 20 with an added window and transom cutout is a decent guess, but even that was first built in
SS Rod popping sound Hollyberry at 8:07pm 06.07.23 Good stuff!.. safe passage the rest of the way!
Help Identifying model Hollyberry at 8:04pm 06.07.23 right ... the 26 wasn't built til '83
What's next to be aware of ? (3) Will Gilmore at 7:27pm 06.07.23 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcQa4f1YSK0Wfbl1yYe18qDVlus9c8Ilai7mya_3lEzmHk
Yanmar 2GM20Y won't run after replacing fuel lift pump. (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:20pm 06.07.23 If you determine your fuel pump is working you might want to look back at hidden air in the fuel lin
Help Identifying model Davidasailor26 at 7:12pm 06.07.23 The 20 with an added window and transom cutout is a decent guess, but even that was first built in 7
Best Chart Plotter Solution Davidasailor26 at 7:01pm 06.07.23 Interfacing - Im not sure how to get all device to talk to OpenCPN, ie Seatalk, wind depth, Etherne
Best Chart Plotter Solution Screen Saver at 6:40pm 06.07.23 Thanks good to know. Yes one of my proffered options is very similar, but PC not Mac using 15.6" IP6
fuel gauge Ralph Johnstone at 6:36pm 06.07.23 Will be testing it this weekend Thanks Rick Please follow up. The results would be interesting.
Yanmar 2GM20F (1993) Ralph Johnstone at 6:34pm 06.07.23 What is wrong with the water pump? An excellent question. I would expect the raw water pump on
Newbie High Current at 6:32pm 06.07.23 A couple of pointers. When we purchased our first boat, I attended a Power Squadron seminar, which

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