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just wondering [outboard] piedpiperIII at 4:58pm 02.19.15 Catalina 22 32/3445 What size and kind of outboard are you running? and how do you like it?
B.C. Rendezvous 2015 LeoLambert310 at 4:05pm 02.19.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 12/4196 Catalina Rendezvous for the west coast will be held It is July 24 to 26 at Telegraph Harbour Mari
Draining batteries caprice at 1:55pm 02.19.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1325 Hi all, While laid up for the winter I leave my batteries connected onboard. I run an extension co
Hunter 34 owners, a little help? (2) Phil Herring at 1:48pm 02.19.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1697 We're working on a replacement windows for this boat and the originals an owner sent to us have an o
Accessing Fuel Tank on Hunter 310 to Change Sending Unit viamalu at 1:23pm 02.19.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2483 I'm new to this forum and could use some help/tips on how to access the fuel tank sending unit on my
35.5 Legend hatch trim ring splax at 1:20pm 02.19.15 Big Boats 2/644 Hello, A friend has a Legend 35.5 with a bad trim ring on the forward hatch. He is trying to rep
batteries? steve shugart at 12:34pm 02.19.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1528 need new batts currently flooded, if switching to agm will current batt charger still function or ne
Rope or line over my dinette table (1) hoastonge at 11:26am 02.19.15 Mid-Size Boats 21/3299 Is there any one who knows what is supposed to do with this rope, installed over my kitchen table.
good time to get on this powsmias at 11:25am 02.19.15 Ask All Sailors 7/201 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b11dqKJrulk candles using soy wax last longer than others. home d
Winter pre purchase survey Ted at 10:54am 02.19.15 Ask All Sailors 11/1961 How would you as a buyer handle a pre purchase survey in an area with sub freezing temperatures? A s
Boat Graphics (1) MaritimeTees at 10:16am 02.19.15 Bigger Boats 1/877 I made this graphic for our Oday 272. The name comes from my wife's surf club. It is Vinyl and is ea
how much smaller can i go with a spinnaker on my boat digggs at 10:09am 02.19.15 Catalina 30 2/1364 I have the opportunity to buy a spinnaker cheap that is slightly smaller for my Catalina 30 tall rig
Java update for Feburary Jim Seamans at 9:27am 02.19.15 Ask All Sailors 13/1533 Been awhile since I updated. Had medical exams week of Feb12, doctor on Feb 16th. Tumor is stable w
Water pressure pump simpsonc at 8:03am 02.19.15 Big Boats 6/1193 Water tanks full, pump (2 years old) keeps cycling on, no leaks found What do I do now? Hunter 41
It's very cold and our heater isn't working. Any webasto hel Piewiet at 7:36am 02.19.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1330
Engine Trouble Poppa Mikie at 6:30am 02.19.15 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1267 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 17/1622 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 34/7762 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 8/8127 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 12/1977 Mornin Installing a 75500 primary filter setup and a 110 for the secondary downstream of the lift pu

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Navionics price increasing dLj at 2:24pm 10.11.23 In my experience in the Great Lakes, OpenCPN worked great in US waters. However, the Canadian O-Ch
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? jssailem at 2:22pm 10.11.23 I assumed they would be smaller than a Group 27 NO... different - Taller. GC battery= Weight:64 lb
Universal M25 Diesel has "fuel system air leak" odaydokay at 2:13pm 10.11.23 I was talking about O'Day boats as sent from factory. No C-boats in that family. No Racors on O'Da
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? dlochner at 2:07pm 10.11.23 Four 6v GC batteries have roughly the same footprint of 2 Group 31s. The 31s are smaller than your 4
Nicro Solar Vent Malfunction odaydokay at 2:06pm 10.11.23 Thanks much. Will be on my weekend project list.
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Kupe at 1:41pm 10.11.23 If there is a BatteriesPlus nearby check them out. I bought my Duracell Ultra GC2s from them. The
Navionics price increasing stephen_i_w at 12:59pm 10.11.23 In my experience in the Great Lakes, OpenCPN worked great in US waters. However, the Canadian O-Cha
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar Zeek77 at 12:42pm 10.11.23 Have you removed the rear head yet ? After 24 years in place, I had mine apart for cleaning recentl
Legal Question jssailem at 12:41pm 10.11.23 Not a lawyer, but I can read... The Coast Guard's enforcement of applicable U.S. law on the high
Just how big is British Columbia? jssailem at 12:14pm 10.11.23 Intrepid Adventures were not stopped by that dusting... My feet did get a bit chilled...and my calv
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar (3) Ralph Johnstone at 12:01pm 10.11.23 Part 18 is the tube that is stuck in the exchanger. Have you removed the rear head yet ? After 2
Yanmar 2GM20F Expansion Tank Drip (1) Panera at 11:59am 10.11.23 Thank you for the suggestion to mount the tank in another location off the engine. Unfortunately, t
Yanmar 2GM20F Expansion Tank Drip kappykaplan at 11:54am 10.11.23 What any sane person would do, except when dealt one of these : My expansion tank is located in th
Just how big is British Columbia? Terry Cox at 11:30am 10.11.23 Does this look like "little Snow at Sea Level"... Just a dusting. :)
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar (1) Zeek77 at 11:07am 10.11.23 I have a Yanmar 2GM20F and I removed the heat exchanger to clean it, because I could tell it was a m
Yanmar 2GM20F Expansion Tank Drip (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:05am 10.11.23 Another possible solution would be to mount the expansion tank to the bulkhead in the engine compar
Beneteau First 21 Classic officebob at 11:00am 10.11.23 Andrew Did a quick search...+ 6 for shoal keel. Thanks
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Ralph Johnstone at 10:47am 10.11.23 Those batteries need to be charged with a 14.7V absorption and the recommended charge current is .4
Navionics price increasing jssailem at 10:40am 10.11.23 Dave, Like many software programs there is a learning curve to understand the tools programed. I fo
Topping Lift suggestions for trailerable sailboats (1) rgranger at 10:32am 10.11.23 @FreedomCrawler @Monsterfish @patbratton This application applies to trailerable sailboat topping l

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