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Winterizing Fresh Water on 35.5 PharmaSea at 2:26pm 11.12.14 Bristol 6/2348 I am a new owner of 1978 35.5 and was winterizing the fresh water system today. She has 2 water tank
Leaky Dinghy lthrneck689 at 2:14pm 11.12.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1579 I have an older West Marine Zodiac, about 11', with an inflatable keel and high pressure floor. Not
Shrink Wrapping - what was your estimate this year? down_shift at 1:00pm 11.12.14 Ask All Sailors 24/3816 Please post $$, boat and length and location. $753 for a C36 in Deale, MD. Feels steep to me.
Potential dangers of leaving boat in for the winter? eugenesdream24 at 12:32pm 11.12.14 Ask All Sailors 10/2692 Hey everyone, it is looking like I may be leaving my boat in the water for the winter. However I am
Fresh Meat Terry Cox at 12:27pm 11.12.14 Pacific North West Cruisers 2/2318 Helloooo. This forum needs some fresh meat. Lots of PNWesters out there. Time for you sailors to way
Question for Hunter 23 owners (1) Phil Herring at 11:53am 11.12.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1103 Can anyone confirm is this is the original pintle on the boat? Thanks!
macerator pump gettinthere at 11:25am 11.12.14 Musings With Maine Sail 7/2704 Time to install a macerator pump for the holding tank. Thinking flowjet...
89 hunter G fresh water tank help stevevoyce at 9:02am 11.12.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/725 I have replaced my black water tank with a ronco and now need to replace my fresh water tank since i
sprocket rotary drive Navicula at 8:12am 11.12.14 Big Boats 6/1875 I have contacted ....Applied....for a quote on my sprockets for my type 2 rotary drive, as per the
Mast system upgrade time Apex at 3:28am 11.12.14 Bigger Boats 10/1876 My headstay needed to be replaced, so I am taking this off-season opportunity to pull the mast and t
Fridge on a small yacht? Winkali at 11:55pm 11.11.14 Smaller Boats 68/13908 Has anyone tried to put a small fridge on their yacht to supplement or replace the ice box? If you
Macgregor motor mount azsailing at 9:13pm 11.11.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/3688 Hi Guys, I am getting kind if serious about buying a 91 Mac 26s for sale in my area as my first sail
Hunter Edge 27 discontinue Pichin at 8:46pm 11.11.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/10526 Hello! Some questions? 1) Could someone tell me why Hunter discontinuous Hunter 27 Edge ?? 2) I
PNW Cruising Grounds Terry Cox at 6:43pm 11.11.14 Destinations 2/3037 Ocean Falls Cruise Log June 24 the admiral and I set sail on Belle-Vie for our two-month cruise des
H36 running rigging specs tmjb at 6:32pm 11.11.14 The Cherubini Hunters 11/2674 Does anyone have details? I just purchased an '81 H36 and need to replace all of the lines and wo
Main / Jib Halyard Spec. According to Maual Dfisher at 5:29pm 11.11.14 Smaller Boats 6/1458 One of my winter projects will be to replace the halyards on my 94 H26. The manual says that the ha
Oday 31 Mast OdayGeorge at 5:27pm 11.11.14 Ask An Oday Owner 4/973 I have a 1986 Oday 31. I need to replace the plastic pieces that clip onto the mast where the halya
Re-installing Garhauer Genoa fairlead bearings TommmD at 4:33pm 11.11.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1781 So.. I was trying to install my new Garhauer blocks without my reading glasses ' did not see the lab
EGR to Air Filter Mod (2) rpwillia at 4:02pm 11.11.14 Catalina 310 1/977 I started a new post as I could not remember the original one :redface: and I said I would post pict
Deck Hardware on 23-1: Screws or Bolts sreidvt at 3:47pm 11.11.14 Ask An Oday Owner 23/3231 Deck Hardware on 23-1: Access To Nuts It's a bit too cold up here in VT to start rebedding the deck

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Shore powered vent fan? JBP-PA at 11:48am 07.31.23 I have an older one, but it takes ordinary C size NiCad batteries. It doesn't always come back to l
Motor suggestions for a Day Sailer jpcrane at 11:38am 07.31.23 jpcrane..... When I purchased my Daysailor in 1982 I installed a 4.5 HP outboard on it. It moved t
Kevlar skid plates? Timm R Oday25 at 11:35am 07.31.23 Ahh, I don't think I would have thought of that, but that does seem like a good point. Canoe skid
Solar water heat exchanger JBP-PA at 11:23am 07.31.23 The expansion/accumulator tank is plumbed upstream of the hot water. I don't see any difference betw
Help with Low Oil Pressure troubleshoot capta at 11:16am 07.31.23 I'd check the compression first thing. Low oil pressure, loss of power, and fuel in the oil are a co
Hunter 290 or 306 in Bahamas dlochner at 11:09am 07.31.23 (Side note: I've been seeing recent options for 100 Ah LiFePO4 "mini" batteries that are looking re
Solar water heat exchanger Stu Jackson at 10:58am 07.31.23 Searching can be rather random, at least for me. Specificity also helps. You first said boat, the
Hunter 290 or 306 in Bahamas jdrutten at 10:50am 07.31.23 I've only been sailing a couple of years and the 306 is my first bigger boat. I'd say these boats we
Help with Low Oil Pressure troubleshoot Stu Jackson at 10:49am 07.31.23 the "low oil pressure" alarm rang and the red light in the instrument panel turned on. The engine l
Kevlar skid plates? piratesnail at 10:44am 07.31.23 ...if the rock is a little higher the front of the keel will hit, stop the boat, and transfer all o
Helm Seat (cockpit aft) for a Catalina 320/ chaswg at 10:42am 07.31.23 Well done!
Motor suggestions for a Day Sailer GeorgeC at 10:41am 07.31.23 jpcrane..... When I purchased my Daysailor in 1982 I installed a 4.5 HP outboard on it. It moved th
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? LloydB at 10:22am 07.31.23 Required STW doesn't make sense because if you were adrift in a 4 knot current your speed through wa
Help with Low Oil Pressure troubleshoot Ralph Johnstone at 10:12am 07.31.23 I did some research last night and found out the the Universal 25XPB has an Oil Pressure Shutdown s
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? jviss at 10:11am 07.31.23 The DM doesn't have an NMEA183 output. The only thing I can imagine is a microcontroller connected
Aluminum winch on a saltwater boat - Good or bad idea? jssailem at 10:07am 07.31.23 Rich. Lewmar identifies the EVO winch as the evolution of the traditional Ocean Winch that is popula
Life Is Good Tedd at 10:01am 07.31.23 @pclarksurf , I still remember our first overnighter. The first morning was beautiful and serene ju
Kevlar skid plates? Tedd at 9:57am 07.31.23 I've never seen that done on a sailboat but it seems like a valid idea for a swing centerboard like
Solar water heat exchanger gettinthere at 9:42am 07.31.23 Well, I did try the search here and google but did not find anything. But when searching the heilios
Kevlar skid plates? Davidasailor26 at 9:41am 07.31.23

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