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Need Advice on Painting Windlasses (2) caguy at 11:16pm 12.02.14 Ask All Sailors 2/841 I picked up a. couple of windlasses and would like to paint them,. The case and warping drum are mad
Echo Bay, Sucia Island Terry Cox at 8:31pm 12.02.14 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/4237 A year or so ago the admiral and our five year old granddaughter had been out for a week long cruise
First WEMA failure (1) Delezynski at 7:47pm 12.02.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/4420 We installed our WEMA quantity system back in 02 or 03. We have one gauge for two water tanks, and o
Masthead sheaves replacement FlightRisk1 at 7:03pm 12.02.14 Ask All Sailors 8/11579 Can I change the halyard sheaves with the mast in place? I don't need to Unstep the mast for at lea
Electrical panel - cut or no? Ritdog at 6:42pm 12.02.14 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1215 Am finished installing all the lights in my 25, and am now thinking about the main electrical sectio
Remote Control Outboard bigpapaporsche at 5:58pm 12.02.14 Smaller Boats 0/983 I am in the process of planning the installation of a Remote Control Box (RCB) on our Catalina with
Depth display erratic (Raymarine ST60) davjonLegend at 4:41pm 12.02.14 Big Boats 23/6994 My Raymarine ST60+ depth display started flashing "LAST", indicating either a bad display or a bad t
Florida bareboat charter dscribner at 4:10pm 12.02.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1295 Thinking about a short charter in Florida this winter. Can't afford BVI again for a couple of years.
Hunter 356 mainsheet traveler Dave Groshong at 1:20pm 12.02.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1375 Calling for help please, can a h356 owner send me a picture of the arch mounted mainsheet traveler?
mast raising system knotatwork2 at 1:18pm 12.02.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1959 Hello, I purchased a 1987 Hunter 23 this year and would like to know if there are any simple to use
Some before and afters - 8.0a restore jlillie at 10:45am 12.02.14 S2 10/1605 I just created several albums in my profile showing before and after pictures of my restore and some
Raymarine EV-200 or Garmin GHP 12 Autopilot system? down_shift at 10:12am 12.02.14 Ask All Sailors 5/4053 Thinking I have narrowed the choice of autopilots to one of these two systems. For the correspondin
Replacing bimini canvas IH82BL8 at 9:42am 12.02.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/5746 I want to replace my bimini canvas. One source has a price of $1,249 for a complete bimini (with fr
Hose for septic tank oyvst@statoil.com at 6:32am 12.02.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/965 Need a new hose going from the bottom of the septic tank in a Benetea Oceanis 343 from 2006. Inner d
Transmision replacememt hvbaker at 6:10am 12.02.14 Catalina 30 36/12773 I have a M 25 XPB with a Hurth HBW-50 transmission. The transmission need to be replaced and the don
Free Ritchie B-80 Compass (cloudy and missing pieces) Hooks at 8:22pm 12.01.14 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/4850 Taken -Free Ritchie B-80 Compass (cloudy and missing pieces) Not sure how to delete this post but i
Changing 302 Isomax furler to something else Mackaroni at 6:42pm 12.01.14 Bigger Boats 10/2073 I had someone out to measure sails today and he was perplexed by the Isomax furler for the Genoa.
thoughts on the condition of this sail? (1) hawk232 at 6:38pm 12.01.14 Ask All Sailors 47/4828 i am wanting to send my main off to have a second set of reef points added, but would hate to spend
Deck to Hull Joint - 460 vs 466 txH2oSkier at 6:24pm 12.01.14 Big Boats 7/1986 Hi All, I'm about to purchase a Hunter 466 and have heard about problems with the deck to hull join
OpenCPN and Google Earth... (1) Sumner at 5:33pm 12.01.14 Ask All Sailors 3/2161 Some of you probably know that in Florida we used SeaClear on the ship's computer to do all of our n

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Coolant Leak - Exchanger? Ralph Johnstone at 8:58am 08.28.23 I like the simplified pressure test you're suggesting. As I always say, start simple and work you
Impact driver on window screws? Hayden Watson at 8:57am 08.28.23 I have found that an impact driver will do less damage to the screws than will a hand screw driver o
Impact driver on window screws? kappykaplan at 8:53am 08.28.23 And I have a new tool! What could be better? :plus:
Impact driver on window screws? Berkeley 30 at 8:47am 08.28.23 The power impact driver took the screws out like a knife going through butter. And I have a new tool
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Davidasailor26 at 8:37am 08.28.23 My biggest worry now is the keel and the keel bolts. def going to get a haul out and have the keel
DIY Electronics? Davidasailor26 at 8:30am 08.28.23 I wonder about the "volt signal" terminal. Does that mean one can only monitor one battery's voltag
Coolant Leak - Exchanger? jssailem at 8:22am 08.28.23 starting up the engine saw a glassy film on the water which is highly likely the missing antifreez
Coolant Leak - Exchanger? capta at 8:11am 08.28.23 First thing I'd do is check the oil. If it isn't milky, then move on to tasting whether the water th
Coolant Leak - Exchanger? dmdiehl64 at 8:11am 08.28.23 It's a Yanmar 3GM30F. I like the simplified pressure test you're suggesting. The one recommended in
Comparing Boat Specs - Apache 37 jssailem at 8:07am 08.28.23 :plus: with @rgranger on the specs. You want to be smooth in chop you need a boat that will be bigg
Coolant Leak - Exchanger? Ralph Johnstone at 7:46am 08.28.23 WHAT IS THE ENGINE ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Try a pressure test before tearing into pulling the HE as you coul
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 dLj at 7:32am 08.28.23 Any idea why your engine has two alternators ? Redundancy or just better to have two smaller alts
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 garymalmgren at 7:24am 08.28.23 In a few years I'll take a loan and buy a nicer boat when I know more about what makes a good sailbo
Catalina 30 vs O'Day 25 Scott T-Bird at 7:03am 08.28.23 Speaking directly about the Catalina 30, I think it would be very difficult to find a better boat in
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Ralph Johnstone at 7:00am 08.28.23 my engine alternators (I have two). Any idea why your engine has two alternators ? Redundancy or
Comparing Boat Specs - Apache 37 (1) rgranger at 6:51am 08.28.23 If you scroll down on the "sailboatdata.com" page for the boat you are looking for to the "Sailboat
Groko K backfills somewhat and handle moves CrispyCringle at 6:41am 08.28.23 Thanks all. Great suggestions. Peggie, thanks for all of your info. I dont think the unit is very
DIY Electronics? jviss at 6:36am 08.28.23 ^^^ @Davidasailor26
Looking at a c22 need advise ambler at 6:22am 08.28.23 Make sure the hose is top quality. The "volcano" the keel cable comes up through is below the waterl
Gulf Storm Potential (2) JamesG161 at 6:12am 08.28.23 The News has good information now. The Hurricane Hunters are in the storm now. They give the best

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