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cheoy lee trainmanjess at 7:00pm 12.29.14 Ask All Sailors 27/9721 hello all happy holidays to all my wife and I made the descission, we are selling the Morgan 3
Is a 9.9 too much motor for a Com Pac 16? KevinSeise at 6:15pm 12.29.14 Com-Pac 12/5330 I have a 1978 CP-16. Right now, I have a 45 pound electric trolling motor. Someone is offering me
Furlex 100-S SEAMATE II at 5:06pm 12.29.14 Ask All Sailors 6/4372 I have tried, but I am unable to obtain any help from Selden, or the dealers I've contacted, on this
O'Day 23 Main sheet running rigging fbond at 4:19pm 12.29.14 Day Sailers 12/5776 ?Help!! I have recently purchased an O'Day 23. I need information on how the running rigging on th
What do you call the "Radiator Cap" on a marine diesel? Tally Ho at 3:21pm 12.29.14 Ask All Sailors 12/5716 I have a Yanmar 2GM20F engine in my O'Day 322, and the cap on the cooling tank (anti-freeze) needs t
How to protect my ASA Log Book? Can you recommend a case? CoolHandLuke at 1:39pm 12.29.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1571 I just received my certs from the ASA for finishing 103/104 courses. I'm guarding my ASA Log Book
Uh Oh, boredom, spray paint and tarp... (3) Hogheaven at 10:20am 12.29.14 Catalina 30 1/2036 Hi, We wanted to make a seat out of our cooler for the cabin table and noticed that the far back
Ductless air conditioning mgraham at 10:01am 12.29.14 Catalina 30 25/14306 I am considering adding a ductless air system on my Catalina 30.Any comments or advice would be welc
How to stop Barnacles from attaching to Styrofoam? McIntoshUSA at 8:22am 12.29.14 Ask All Sailors 3/1277 I am looking at making a floating dock out of Styrofoam blocks for my dinghy. Is there a method/subs
Should I or Shouldn't I? Kper at 8:13am 12.29.14 The Cherubini Hunters 14/1915 We currently own a Catalina 25 and even though we have gone through the entire boat and it's in grea
Installing a tiller on a 1987 272 (1) Northern Star at 8:01am 12.29.14 Bigger Boats 8/1898 Hello, I own a 1987 Oday 272, equipped with a Wheel, and I consider removing it to install a tille
Teak Oil Outside lpolliard at 7:58am 12.29.14 Catalina 22 8/3028 Looks like my 22 bright work is treated with teak oil and not varnish. What are the pros and cons?
Shakedown Cruise a Complete Success pateco at 7:09am 12.29.14 Mid-Size Boats 8/1128 Had a great sail yesterday. First time out on the Stargazer, and all went smoothly. https://fbcdn
'84 H31 holding tank IH82BL8 at 7:01am 12.29.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1088 I've come to the conclusion that the head smell in my boat is the result of a leaking seal on the ho
350 Website problem? Air Mobility at 5:37am 12.29.14 Big Boats 3/1319 Is anyone else having problems getting on the Catalina 350 International website? I keep getting rou
did i !!!!! (1) hummingbirdbassist at 9:10pm 12.28.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2083 I have a 30 ft hunter and just picked up a 16 person liferaft for a great price, but my dilemna is n
Telescoping Table Leg windcat at 8:33pm 12.28.14 Catalina 30 3/2192 We bought a table leg from a salvaged Catalina 34. We had hoped to be able to use it on our 1978 hu
Battery Charger cam at 5:23pm 12.28.14 Catalina 310 11/3185 Hi all, I trust you have had an enjoyable xmas and new year will be the same. I have a 2005 310 and
Time to replace chainplates? indimini at 5:15pm 12.28.14 Ask All Sailors 13/4108 As part of my winter maintenance, I pulled off the starboard chainplates and noticed what I would de
Hauling my 390 this week for the first time NiceBeny at 4:57pm 12.28.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 19/2903 Besides the bottom paint, zincs maybe cutlass bearing, any thing I should look at or do (California

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Fuel gauge Hunter 34 1985 kloudie1 at 3:06pm 10.11.23 There was no inspection plate in the original tank.. I haven't put one on my tank yet but before I d
1975 oday 22 (2) Anomymous 163294 at 2:57pm 10.11.23 heres a few more pics. one is the speed sensor the other is hole in the floor showing no rope or any
Legal Question Raymus at 2:44pm 10.11.23 Probable Cause is the operative word....Being in international waters is a term to assign the rule
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

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