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Diesel fuel question - marine or auto? holdech at 5:03am 08.13.14 Engines and Propulsion 26/7519 Once I get more familiar with diesels I'm sure this will be obvious but it's often best to ask. Is t
Dexron II or III? Jongleur at 7:37pm 08.12.14 Catalina 30 1/903 The diesel place sold me Dexron III. Is this okay? Everywhere I read that you should only use D
Impeller housing Jongleur at 7:35pm 08.12.14 Catalina 30 8/1598 A couple of impeller questions: Why were 2 bolts longer than the other 2 bolts on my oberdorfer im
Location of main dc fuse - 1985 hunter 40 todturner at 7:30pm 08.12.14 Big Boats 2/1293 I have a hunter 40 I have owned for 20 years. I was changing the 4d batteries under the aft berth,
Adjustable backstay for a 355? TommmD at 7:29pm 08.12.14 Big Boats 2/851 Anyone have an adjustable backstay? Is it worth it on a fractional rig? I'm still sorting out rig
South shore of Manitoulin Island (pics) (5) ed on manitoulin at 6:57pm 08.12.14 Destinations 10/5067 Not the most popular area to sail, but close to home for me! A few pics from last weekend....spent a
Transducer question (2) repawn at 6:06pm 08.12.14 Ask An Oday Owner 1/810 Time for another ill informed question. I followed the cable from my depth gauge to this: ound thi
Great trip (1) rtmccue at 4:46pm 08.12.14 Big Boats 1/839 The crew and I had a great trip from Baltimore to Block Island . The boat did great too.
Take apart window Air Cond. and converted it for Marine use? abk at 3:51pm 08.12.14 Ask All Sailors 29/11756 I was talking to an HVAC person some time ago and she said it would be easy to convert a room ac by
forward weatherboard on sliding hatch. CCrane2299 at 1:40pm 08.12.14 Catalina 22 4/1060 I have three screw holes in the front of my sliding hatch. I have also noticed that if I pull it clo
Pull Ignition Replacement Ima90sJezus at 1:11pm 08.12.14 Catalina 30 3/956 Quick question for all you out there... I have an '84 C30, M25 engine, Hull #3687. My electric
1985 H31 Mast Support Beam morich at 11:07am 08.12.14 Mid-Size Boats 7/1463 Can anyone tell me whether the molded mast support beam running across the cabin top has wood or met
Ongoing saga with intermittent starter scevrog at 10:19am 08.12.14 Engines and Propulsion 19/3858 First of all, I have written about this in the past. Since then, I have investigated and addressed s
vacation time Justin_NSA at 10:16am 08.12.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1382 Anyone know of a reasonable place in Destin or Ft Walton beach FL to rent a sailboat for the day? 4
Walkabout rescue North of Hawaii Joe Snuffy at 10:02am 08.12.14 Ask All Sailors 0/1008
Spinnaker tack attachment Rummerful at 8:42am 08.12.14 Catalina 310 5/2041 The prior owner put an attachment point on the anchor roller. The anchor line can chafe on it, so I
Fair lead for anchor line Rummerful at 8:39am 08.12.14 Catalina 310 12/2371 While at anchor, the only fair lead is to the cleat in the anchor locker. Has anyone added a cleat o
9.1 tuning guide/assistance mike C16582 at 7:14am 08.12.14 S2 3/1843 brand new rod rigging for my 9.1 (std rig) I've bottomed out on the upper shrouds (turnbuckles) an
Slam Bang (3) Roger Long at 5:33am 08.12.14 Roger Long - The further adventures of Strider 4/3240
Racor 220 series fuel filter dziedzicmj at 5:22am 08.12.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/2655 Hi, I have a question regarding a Racor filter 220 series. For the last 2 years I am fighting diese

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Discharge of sewage over 3 miles rgranger at 6:07am 09.15.23 "Dunny" being Australian for toilet for those who don't know, That little gem of information could
Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging baycloud at 5:49am 09.15.23 Lots of posts here on the mast base leaking. Someone installed an instrument cover as drip cup in n
Invest 95L jviss at 5:32am 09.15.23 This morning report from that Buoy. secured the boat. Still in the mooring, but new tackle, and a
HELP! Need hardware for mast spreaders jviss at 5:28am 09.15.23 I would think you could turn one on the lathe pretty quickly and easily. Of course, you'd need a la
Color of your lines Ward H at 4:50am 09.15.23 You can almost tell how long a sailor has been sailing by the color of the lines on their boats, whe
Discharge of sewage over 3 miles garymalmgren at 4:27am 09.15.23 I understand the regulations and the sound reasons for them. What I am wondering about is why, in th
Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging SV Maverick at 4:27am 09.15.23 Hi Baycloud good to hear that you have worked the problems out. I am contemplating getting new riggi
Fuel pump filter-necessary? east coaster at 4:15am 09.15.23 Further to the above it's a Kubota D1005-E series engine. Thank you Ralph for the clarification.
Down wind sail options for H29.5 Bentsailor at 3:44am 09.15.23 Thanks for the insights Barry. Will look closely to Facnor and Seldon. We had a Collego top down on
Fuel pump filter-necessary? east coaster at 12:45am 09.15.23 You are correct, it is a universal, based on the kubota 1005 engine series if I recall.
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 11:17pm 09.14.23 Read this on the internet. The IRS suspected a fishing boat owner wasn't paying proper wages to hi
Underwater antifouling application? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:33pm 09.14.23 Excellent advice. 2098 is indeed a new boat;) I had to go "Back to the Future" for that little ba
Seaward W/H Leaks at PRV When Water Cold (4) Ralph Johnstone at 9:26pm 09.14.23 Hopefully the PRV took the brunt of the high water pressure and I won't need to do a lot more once
Underwater antifouling application? DinghySailor at 9:10pm 09.14.23 Excellent advice. 2098 is indeed a new boat;)
Fuel pump filter-necessary? Stu Jackson at 9:06pm 09.14.23 Engine is westerbeke m25xpc Are you sure it's a westerbeke? M25 series are usually Universal engi
Discharge of sewage over 3 miles Alan Gomes at 8:37pm 09.14.23 Not quite true. The system must be SECURED, but not permanently disabled; it is not necessary to r
i am considering mounting a anchor assist devise Renn Nelson at 8:25pm 09.14.23 thank you ward H i appreciate your quick reply and spending the effort to correctly decipher my lous
Seaward W/H Leaks at PRV When Water Cold (2) DennisL at 7:59pm 09.14.23 Ralph, you are 100% correct that everything fresh water related inside the boat was subjected to 115
Discharge of sewage over 3 miles Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:41pm 09.14.23 So long as the boat is on the Great Lakes it will need to have its overboard discharge system disabl
Underwater antifouling application? Ralph Johnstone at 7:35pm 09.14.23 what is the risk of exposed gelcoat in coastal water over a 1-year period? Nothing worth worrying

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