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Shipping boat from fresh to salt water JohnnyMac at 7:51am 08.26.14 Ask All Sailors 12/1349 We are making plans to ship our Hunter 380 from Lake Erie to Pensacola. I would like to solicit sugg
Catalina Island Adventure CaptDon01 at 7:39am 08.26.14 Catalina 22 6/1039 Here is a link to my Flickr album from our recent trip to Catalina Island. We sailed out of San Pedr
Traveler Mike Conlon at 7:39am 08.26.14 Seafarer 2/3122 I need to replace the traveler on my 30 ft 1979 Seafarer--- I plan on doing some racing and cruising
Headed for Two Harbors five day weekend caguy at 7:31am 08.26.14 Ask All Sailors 4/842 Is anyone going to Two Harbors this weekend. by the time I get there on Friday I don't expect to fin
Windlass Hunter 320 2001 Mity at 7:12am 08.26.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/718 Good morning everyone, I just bought a Hunter 320 and I would like to add more chain, it has only 10
smoked glass forward hatch replacement for cover 30' Steppingstone at 7:09am 08.26.14 Catalina 30 1/1154 Trying to find a smoked plex replacement cover for 1985 30' Catalina
Keel Cable Snapped econnors at 6:54am 08.26.14 Catalina 22 8/1293 Bad news as I've just discovered my keel cable is snapped with the cable all the way wound on to the
thinking of buying a 295 - feedback please? Zoomtoob at 5:24am 08.26.14 Seidelmann 1/1905 I have looked around various threads but little seems to be active or recent. Can anyone shed any li
Water Tank for Cal 2-34 QHII at 1:15am 08.26.14 Cal 1/1124 Can anyone recommend a source for a replacement water tank, or a place to send it out for repair? D
live aboard sandsailor at 11:07pm 08.25.14 Ask All Sailors 1/939 looking for an outislander 51 preferably on the south coast
1990 26S keel cable replacement flyalot at 10:03pm 08.25.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1846 We have had our Mac 26S for 4 yrs now and the cable snapped while trying to raise the keel. Is it a
Intermittent Windlass Problem Neil McDonald at 9:25pm 08.25.14 Ask All Sailors 7/2411 My 89 Hunter 35 is fitted with a Muir anchor windlass which operates intermittently. Very frustratin
Sound systems - Anybody install a subwoofer? jonelli at 8:59pm 08.25.14 Catalina 30 47/12947 I know this isn't going to be for some of you... This has nothing to do with functional sailing...
4-60 westerbeke blowing grey smoke gulf islander at 8:47pm 08.25.14 C&C 4/2734 hey, looking for advice. my westerbeke is blowing grey smoke. Could it be as simple as air filter
Opinions Neil Pryde Sails JRacer at 6:18pm 08.25.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/6898 So, what's your experiences with NP Sails? Good, bad indifferent? Want to hear it all. Quality P
Replace Shut off ball valve under sink bobcat30 at 6:03pm 08.25.14 Catalina 30 25/3131 OK.. Just had to have the ball valve under the sink replaced. Of course, they had to haul the boat.
Catalina 27 Mast repairs (1) Alan1055 at 5:57pm 08.25.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/1764 I have a 1977 Catalina 27 mast in need of replacement "spreader sockets" due to the original instal
Replacement Light Fixtures down_shift at 5:52pm 08.25.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/708 Looking to replace the OEM light fixtures on my 1987 C36 with something more modern looking in stain
catalina 25 cliff94513 at 5:45pm 08.25.14 Smaller Boats 0/997 what type of control lever do I use for a 9.8 nissan...I want to put on a side mount..
What is this? (1) lehigh375 at 5:42pm 08.25.14 Ask All Sailors 22/2194 Don't know if these are nautical or not but saw them on a boat. They are metal and heavy for the si

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'93 P42 Sanitation hose replacement SailorShaggy at 7:19pm 09.03.23 No vented loop on the discharge lines (not needed IMHO), but do on the intake lines. The one for th
Blown exhaust not enough I guess kappykaplan at 6:31pm 09.03.23 this time that pulley turning but again with a big squeaking sound. I just went through this with
'93 P42 Sanitation hose replacement Terry Cox at 6:28pm 09.03.23 Can anyone confirm if there is a vented loop? No vented loop on the discharge lines (not needed IM
Blown exhaust not enough I guess jssailem at 5:28pm 09.03.23 I had a coolant pump fail. Actually it was the pumps seals. Coolant came out unde pressure through t
Blown exhaust not enough I guess Davidasailor26 at 5:21pm 09.03.23 I would get the adjustment bolt loose, take the belt off, and try to turn the fresh water pump by ha
Blown exhaust not enough I guess Tally Ho at 5:19pm 09.03.23 I read that. Greg the raw water pump produces the water out the exhaust. He stated the pulley on th
Blown exhaust not enough I guess jssailem at 5:06pm 09.03.23
Blown exhaust not enough I guess Tally Ho at 5:03pm 09.03.23
Blown exhaust not enough I guess jssailem at 5:01pm 09.03.23 Did not take long to see the belt had broken. adjuster bolt was seized and I did not want to s
New sails for 29.5 Tally Ho at 4:48pm 09.03.23 I've always looked at my main with the idea of getting a main with a full roach. However, with a
Our Cherubini Chainplates Are 40+ Years Old -- Any Failures? rardiH36 at 4:25pm 09.03.23 Hello chichiflys: Today pulled the two aft chainplates. Brought them home to clean and then remove
Intertec 2000e thinner Dave at 4:20pm 09.03.23 No. Interlux 2000 barrier coat is an epoxy. The two parts chemically bond and cure. They are not lik
'93 P42 Sanitation hose replacement Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 4:06pm 09.03.23 The previous owner of my boat replaced just the last 4 feet of his sanitation hose and I am going t
'93 P42 Sanitation hose replacement Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 3:48pm 09.03.23 The intake vented loop is in the wrong place. As you'll see in the installation instructions for eve
Tornado hit solves my headsail dilemma PlaneTom at 3:45pm 09.03.23 Ullman in Santa Cruz? Hodges and the gang. Great sailmakers. The did a stack pack for us a few year
Tornado hit solves my headsail dilemma marchem at 3:40pm 09.03.23 We bought new sails for our 310 a year or so back. The old main had a couple repairs where the grom
Raritan PHII long term review Terry Cox at 2:10pm 09.03.23 No wet blanket intended on this saga, but our two 1991 Jabsco electric macerator sea water toilets s
Replace section of G4 anchor chain Terry Cox at 1:38pm 09.03.23 how do you get through the gypsy Hi Ralph. Our horizontal windlass has a drum and gypsy together o
Fuel Tank, fixing the wood box that holds in place sailme88 at 1:09pm 09.03.23 Do you mean like this? handle direction primarily for strength reasons. But thanks for noticing thi
'93 P42 Sanitation hose replacement SailorShaggy at 12:59pm 09.03.23 It flows into a "catch" in the bilge with its own bilge pump. The only lines into the holding tank a

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