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Condensate Pumps Grouperhound at 8:51am 11.03.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1524 Has anyone decided to just throw out their Condensate Pumps and drain their AC Units into the bilge?
Liability Insurance Head Sail at 8:16am 11.03.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1896 A few weeks ago my 1st mate had a fall when flaking the main after an afternoon sail. Her medical i
Steering Wheel Shaft Size DaveJ at 8:13am 11.03.14 Catalina 310 8/5867 I was looking for a folding steering wheel and came across a great deal at Defender, it fits a 1" ta
Settling in the stern Sunday Sailor at 7:59am 11.03.14 Ask All Sailors 12/1983 I own a Hughes 25 and just bought this year. The Stern sits too low in the water when motoring despi
Ohio river to the gulf ? sailersteve at 7:58am 11.03.14 Ask All Sailors 9/7897 Dose anyone know if its possible to sail ' or motor from Cincinnati Ohio's, Ohio river to Mobile Ala
Small Sailboat For A Beginner ELLIOT at 6:06am 11.03.14 Ask All Sailors 23/10257 I AM NEW TO SAILING , I WANT TO PURCHASE A SMALL STABILE , DRY ,SIMPLE MAIN SAIL / JIB SAILBOAT TO L
Replacement strut for 40.5 David Knauer at 5:34am 11.03.14 Big Boats 7/2981 My boat was hauled this past week and I discovered that the strut was bent. I don't know about the
Damaged Liner??? (4) balmoralbob at 9:16pm 11.02.14 Engines and Propulsion 4/1252 Hi, have posted previously about our Perkins engine re build and the trauma involved with stripping
I just bought a Neptune 24, looking for help Hooks at 8:09pm 11.02.14 Trailer Sailors 19/8841 So I posted this thread to the Newport section b/c there isn't a Neptune section and google tells me
So is this forum for Neptune boats as well? (6) Hooks at 7:47pm 11.02.14 Newport 3/4068 I just bought a Neptune 24 and Google says that it's built by Capital Yatch's but is very similar to
Keel Retention 322 Part 2 The Good News (3) The Tanqueray at 6:55pm 11.02.14 Bigger Boats 19/7415
Corrosion in the compression post? (2) Stephen Trapani at 6:05pm 11.02.14 Ask All Sailors 1/1089 Not sure what needs to be done here. Hoping for some help! I believe there may be a breach at the to
Breezy Saturday (2) Gene Neill at 4:06pm 11.02.14 Catalina 22 30/3201 The Admiral and I had been wanting to get some practice in higher winds, and we finally got our chan
salvage value Oday 25 kurtk at 2:46pm 11.02.14 Day Sailers 6/1866 My boat mast came down in the last big storm. Chain plates ripped through the deck and mast step twi
swing keel broke 25 oday kurtk at 2:19pm 11.02.14 Day Sailers 3/1414 My keel rope snapped and I was wondering how it attached. Picture would be nice. I think I need to
help building trailer for 25 oday kurtk at 2:15pm 11.02.14 Ask An Oday Owner 14/2027 I need to get swing keel dimensions and any other suggestions. Need to move 38 miles on good road. I
Teak or Plastique hand rails. (1) DAVA390 at 1:04pm 11.02.14 Ask All Sailors 18/4784 I removed my hand rails, hatchboard rails and gas tank rail today with the intention of sanding and
PSS Dripless and new shaft chrisings at 12:12pm 11.02.14 Catalina 30 31/5623 Greetings fellow sailors. With the winter approaching the list of things to doing while on the
Recent C30 purchases fox islander at 9:52am 11.02.14 Catalina 30 3/1086 I'm looking for some advice. I've decided to sell Sonrisa. Shes located in the PNW...we're a bit iso
Mainsail halyard line Found at Sea at 9:24am 11.02.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/964 I have a 1987 Catalina 36 which requires a great deal of effort to raise the main even when heading

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Winterization? JBP-PA at 5:51am 08.30.23 Only food safe antifreeze in your water system. This is not the same stuff as engine antifreeze!
Thundering water tank? RoyS at 5:30am 08.30.23 Also there should be a manifold somewhere so that you can isolate the tanks and use one at a time. E
Winterization? Jimongee at 5:22am 08.30.23 Thank you davidsailor
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks JBP-PA at 4:58am 08.30.23 How tall is the mast? My mast is 30 some odd feet. I use a track cleaner like the one in the Prac
Any advantage to using fiberglass wrap on Yanmar diesel exhaust? dLj at 4:42am 08.30.23 The only "bad" aspect that comes to mind is the potential to increase corrosion and it being "invisi
Sister ship! -- lame start to my own boating season danooxnard at 4:39am 08.30.23 Beautiful Lake!
Catalina 22 bilge care danooxnard at 4:37am 08.30.23 On my 1974 C-22 there is no drain for the bilge. I have had no need for one since I do not get water
Problems with cdi furling jib dlochner at 4:34am 08.30.23 On older CDI furlers the halyards are inside the foil, the cleats are for the halyard. Not positive
Winterization? Davidasailor26 at 4:27am 08.30.23 Draining the water tanks is pretty much just a matter of letting the pump run until everything is em
Replace section of G4 anchor chain Captain Larry-DH at 4:00am 08.30.23
Problems with cdi furling jib justsomeguy at 3:22am 08.30.23 why there are cleats on the drum, You need a place to secure your halyard, of course. Dunno about
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake Rich Stidger at 9:44pm 08.29.23 Are all of the hoses you mentioned here fuel return hoses ? The reason I ask is that I just replac
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake Ralph Johnstone at 9:39pm 08.29.23 Are all of the hoses you mentioned here fuel return hoses ? The reason I ask is that I just replace
Cockpit drain not draining Macboy at 9:39pm 08.29.23 I JUST redid mine yesterday. I used flexible couplers on the glassed in fittings and then built the
Gulf Storm Potential JamesG161 at 9:22pm 08.29.23 Just in from NHC with land fall in early morning... Category 4 Hurricane Idalia Pray for them. D
Raritan PHII long term review Stu Jackson at 8:47pm 08.29.23 That's not been my experience Me neither. PHII July 2010. Peggie Hall came for a visit and a sa
Raritan PHII long term review Ralph Johnstone at 8:42pm 08.29.23 Pump housing. Cracked and leaking. Complete base, broken off at one mount, and cracked further in w
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake (4) Rich Stidger at 8:35pm 08.29.23 Did you ever find the source of your leak? UPDATE: Finally! I believe that I have found the sour
Gonna pull the boat... Will Gilmore at 8:16pm 08.29.23 Maybe removing the boat from the risk area. But that can be nearly impossible. :plus: For the firs
Replace section of G4 anchor chain Captain Larry-DH at 8:03pm 08.29.23 Evans Starzinger wrote a few years back about testing rope to chain splices. If you have the time y

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