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Did I "steer clear" of a great opportunity? (1) Muttondressedaslamb at 4:57am 11.25.14 Mid-Size Boats 12/2915 At the present time, I am looking to replacement my beaten up Pearson with something newer and shini
heat exchanger timweed at 4:20am 11.25.14 Catalina 30 5/1973 It has been a very long time since I posted on the forum. This summer I lost my most recent crew d
Hunter 356 factory propeller tip clearance ALNims at 3:23am 11.25.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/3773 I have been looking for the original factory propeller tip clearance. I would appreciate any informa
Ultimate Restorations - Schooner Coronet (1) caguy at 9:52pm 11.24.14 Ask All Sailors 2/4183 Ultimate Restorations finally released the restoration of the Schooner Coronet in Portland, Maine.
painting Edson pedestels njlarry at 8:31pm 11.24.14 Ask All Sailors 12/4743 Assuming I can get it out of the boat, I would like to refinnish my steering pedestel. I am conside
How tight swing keel bolt? Sailor_Jeff at 8:26pm 11.24.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1407 Today I pulled the keel bolt in my 1984 Mac 22. I used a simple bottle jack under the boat to take
HAPS Annual Dinner Mikem at 8:14pm 11.24.14 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 0/2945 Seems like each event sets another HAPS record. We had 38 persons at our Annual Dinner Saturday, No
Water Filter seadaddler at 4:34pm 11.24.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 31/3911 I am thinking of making life easy for me and wife and when we go cruising like we bring a dozen gall
Outboard conversion from a saildrive stillwater_sailor at 3:27pm 11.24.14 S2 15/6525 Hello, I have a S2 8.0 with the zephyr saildrive. I considering replacing the inboard saildrive wit
Water pressure for tankless heater mtenzer at 2:25pm 11.24.14 Ask All Sailors 16/2667 Hi All. I have a sailboat and my fresh water system includes a jabsco automatic pump with max 40 psi
Trying to find owner of 26m Carol Ann TomAmara at 1:42pm 11.24.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1036 I would like to find the owner of the Macgregor 26m listed on boattrader.com the boat is named Carol
H216 - hydraulic lift keel cable travel length davidb2000 at 12:17pm 11.24.14 Smaller Boats 4/1214 New H216 owner of 2004 model - a great boat! Need some advice: The hydraulic lift for the keel work
393 2004 toe rail block (1) Billyrap at 11:35am 11.24.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/4506 the sheaves in the five blocks are worn and I am looking to send them to the manufacturer to replace
wire sizing gettinthere at 10:37am 11.24.14 Musings With Maine Sail 16/5113 MS You recommended I add a second charge controller to my 2 panel setup. We have one Bluesky 2512i
Replacoing blocks for reefing on a hunter legend drkmcdaniel at 7:31am 11.24.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1715 Need help replacing the blocks used on a hunter 35.5 legend, y understanding is to use Schaefer 5 bl
Re-bedding & sealing of Keel on Hunter 40' bornin59ca at 6:24am 11.24.14 Big Boats 1/1067 Hello Again; Our 1988 Hunter 40 had a leaky keel which I tried to fix a number of times to no avail.
Universal M25 Starter Motor, Long Beach, Ca caltom at 6:12am 11.24.14 Catalina 30 6/2127 I think I need a new starter. The starter engages but doesn't always crank the engine. Batteries are
12v thermostats Davefromoregon at 7:37pm 11.23.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1212 My current Honeywell died and I tried to replace it with a standard household device that the Home D
LED lighting refurb on a 25 (4) Ritdog at 7:30pm 11.23.14 Ask An Oday Owner 11/2693 I have been wanting to upgrade to all LED lights in my 25 but still maintain the look of the old 6-i
Topsides paint sailsail at 5:19pm 11.23.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1761 What paint have people had the best results with? We used West Marine last time and were not satisf

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Just a bit too much heel and helm danstanford at 3:01am 09.23.23 Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but... I believe using the traveler to bring the sheet to wind
Universal M-18 not starting Davidasailor26 at 2:57am 09.23.23 The engine stop will stop the high pressure pump from pumping to the injectors.. Your injector pump
Disturbance off Florida JamesG161 at 2:51am 09.23.23 Making Land fall now at 60 MPH max winds, near Emerald Isle, North Carolina! Tropical Storm Ophelia
45DS mainsail furling H30sailor at 2:25am 09.23.23 I don't do a lot of single handing, but when the going gets tough and it's just me and miles of oce
Disturbance off Florida (1) JamesG161 at 2:24am 09.23.23 A few Reporting Stations to view. NDBC - Station 41025 Recent DataNDBC - Station 41064 Recent Data
Disturbance off Florida (2) JamesG161 at 2:07am 09.23.23 Tropical Storm Ophelia? Station Home Page - NOAA Tides & Currents Dammit Jim...
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. Hayden Watson at 11:26pm 09.22.23 I still have to say that I would tackle it with a 120v 1200psi pressure washer. There is nothing in
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. (8) mikeracca at 10:26pm 09.22.23 So not much to report for this week, I spent most of it in Alaska. Today was the only day I got to w
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water jssailem at 9:59pm 09.22.23 I cannot imagine that the physics is uniquely different between the various seals used and the vario
Deck paint recommendations (7) RSHunter27 at 9:01pm 09.22.23 X3XwvsorsYw220176
Datamarine Instruments Kelsa at 8:41pm 09.22.23 Luna has a couple Datamarine instruments in the cockpit area near the companionway hatch. I have no
Yanmar Diesel stalls when underway Techstyle at 8:35pm 09.22.23 I had a similar problem and found that the screen before the first fuel filter was completely clogge
Datamarine Instruments Kelsa at 8:29pm 09.22.23 Well by the look of the website they say a lot on one page, then the products page shows one small
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? Kelsa at 8:23pm 09.22.23 As a side note, while in school for electrical engineering, I worked at a marine electronics place
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Ralph Johnstone at 7:55pm 09.22.23
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:45pm 09.22.23 These are obviously the instructions for a power boat : ral instructions had additionally included
Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging (2) baycloud at 7:39pm 09.22.23 Thanks for the pics @SV Maverick. Interesting setup - different than mine. Gives me design decisions
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Davidasailor26 at 7:19pm 09.22.23 The one thing I do know is that a negative pressure supply is not what you want connected to the se
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Ralph Johnstone at 7:10pm 09.22.23 What about using the raw water intake for the head? What is the force which drives the water from
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Blitz at 7:10pm 09.22.23 What about using the raw water intake for the head? my head is nowhere near my packing seal so can't

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