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Winter Project or ... (1) rpwillia at 5:51pm 08.09.14 Catalina 310 7/1318 Had a friend help my tune my rig today. All went well until I looked at the port shroud and the brac
Any diesel guru's out there? Have a question kito at 4:44pm 08.09.14 Ask All Sailors 14/2083 Decided to fire up the diesel on my project boat (Yanmar ysm12). I drained all the old fuel, changed
New Mac25 owner/novice w/a few questions. scubaanddreams at 3:37pm 08.09.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1127 Hello, Brand new to the board , and recently purchased a new to me Macgregor 25. It has it's usu
New halyards from this site (1) carboman at 3:21pm 08.09.14 Smaller Boats 3/785 Just received new main and jib halyards from this site's store. Look great!
Sort of sailing related allen-deckard at 2:05pm 08.09.14 Catalina 22 7/1245 ok I admit this isn't really all the sailing related but I did get their by sailing :naughty: Me
anchor roller iwindance at 1:53pm 08.09.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1985 I have a single anchor roller and want to have a dual anchor roller so I can carry two anchors forwa
injector replacement cjfj at 12:40pm 08.09.14 Engines and Propulsion 3/1547 I'm reinstalling the injectors on a yanmar 3gmf and cant get the precombustion chambers out to repla
Bow Pulpit Seat (5) LiveAloha at 12:07pm 08.09.14 Big Boats 7/11001 Been wanting a bow pulpit seat for some time now. Finally found one that allows access to the anchor
Venture 17 project boat bls50 at 10:36am 08.09.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/781 I learned to sail 30 yrs ago, consisted of 4 lessons in a Sweet Sixteen, and have only sailed a coup
Yanmar 3YM20 and Hunter 31 Winterize Jerry21707 at 10:27am 08.09.14 Mid-Size Boats 6/5841 I recently purchased a 2007 Hunter 31. I am not familiar with diesel engines or larger boat systems
repair Raymarine MFD (3) Bob 04 H260 at 9:15am 08.09.14 Ask All Sailors 0/844 I have a Ray C120w where the rubber membrane behind the malfunction knob has deteriorated. Ray says
I don't own it but sure looks good. Christian Sailing at 8:49am 08.09.14 Morgan 6/2175 Any thoughts on this particular model? We're still searching for a larger boat but can't get too fa
Halyard replacement BobM at 7:51am 08.09.14 S2 8/2184 Can anyone confirm is the sheaves on the 9.2 are rope friendly? Currently mine are of the wire/rope
Engine Panel Re-wire FredV at 7:47am 08.09.14 The Cherubini Hunters 2/738
Tips on loosening screw (1) carlager at 6:29am 08.09.14 Engines and Propulsion 9/2008 I need to remove the cover on the hand cranck shaft on our Yanmar 3gm30f The 2 screws on the cover
Battery questions John_F at 6:27am 08.09.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1811 A couple questions: 1. Our current house battery is a lead-acid, which is under the aft bunk. We
Beneteau 331 Microwave henryD at 6:23am 08.09.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1281 Has anyone installed a M/W on a 331 that did not originally have one? If so, how do you remove the
ALWAYS use the safety chains! DAVA390 at 6:11am 08.09.14 Trailer Sailors 32/7214 Lesson learned the hard way. By my rough estimates, I have launched/retrieved my boats about 60-70
Beneteau 331 Steering System Blocks henryD at 5:50am 08.09.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1925 Has anyone performed maintenance on the blocks on the cockpit floor (under the pedestal) that turn t
Thinking of buying a 2005 Hunter 33 Chet Knights at 4:17am 08.09.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/4993 I currently own a1986 Hunter 34, but I've been looking at the 33. Would like to hear from owners rat

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Blown exhaust not enough I guess odaydokay at 10:38am 09.06.23 For the M12, it turns out the situation is tricky. There were apparently two different M12 cases, o
New to c& c questions Apex at 9:55am 09.06.23 Swag: (M)anifold (C)ontrol valve
New Electronics Networking Help jviss at 9:49am 09.06.23 https://defender.com/en_us/maretron-micro-mid-field-attachable-connector-male-fa-cm-st https://defe
Invest 95L JamesG161 at 9:40am 09.06.23 what actual level was that? We normally look at 200mb level for major steering currents. aka Jet
Water staining? Anomymous 163294 at 9:39am 09.06.23 Hopefully this will help . Our Oday 25 has 1/2" thick bulkheads . The bolts in chainplates had elon
Water staining? Timm R Oday25 at 9:33am 09.06.23 Hopefully this will help . Our Oday 25 has 1/2" thick bulkheads . The bolts in chainplates had elong
has anyone ever tried? Anomymous 163294 at 9:32am 09.06.23 i thinks this was a stupid question. so please delete this as im not looking to do a helm station
Rope to anchor chain attachment Barnacle Bill at 9:29am 09.06.23 It seems most sailors know how to splice, because they seem to be folks wanting to be self sufficie
has anyone ever tried? Timm R Oday25 at 9:26am 09.06.23 I'm not quite sure what you mean by " helm station " Are you trying to keep the tiller steady ?
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 9:23am 09.06.23 Heisenberg, Schrodinger, and Ohm were driving along when a cop pulls them over. Cop: Do you have an
Bow pulpit modification for 1991 Hunter 27-2 Ralph Johnstone at 9:22am 09.06.23 :worthless: And then maybe we can suggest something.
Bow pulpit modification for 1991 Hunter 27-2 rgranger at 9:20am 09.06.23 Do you have life lines running to the bow rail? Pics would help us make better suggestions.
New to c& c questions (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:19am 09.06.23 Now for the $64 question. What does the M/C stand for ?
Changing out OEM water pressure pump to on demand pump need help.. (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:14am 09.06.23 If you remove the accumulator, just seal the hose connected to it. (I don't see a need to replace i
New Electronics Networking Help Scott T-Bird at 9:13am 09.06.23 https://defender.com/en_us/maretron-micro-mid-field-attachable-connector-male-fa-cm-st https://defen
Water staining? Anomymous 163294 at 9:10am 09.06.23 Hmm, as an armchair engineer, I'm thinking 3/4 marine grade. What is the current bulkhead? Anothe
H38: What is this Xantrax device under my main DC panel Davidasailor26 at 9:04am 09.06.23 This is great stuff, man we're a bunch of nerds lol I just wrote 3,000 lines of code to automate a
Water staining? JBP-PA at 9:01am 09.06.23 Hmm, as an armchair engineer, I'm thinking 3/4 marine grade. What is the current bulkhead? Another
Need advice re: odor fighting and an abandoned macerator pump chriscampbell at 8:52am 09.06.23
Need advice re: odor fighting and an abandoned macerator pump (2) jdrutten at 8:48am 09.06.23

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