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2 Cycle Oil Stain Kper at 4:54am 07.10.14 Ask All Sailors 17/2503 Think I screwed up. Developed a fuel leak at the connection to the fuel tank located in the cockpit
Sailing Mags rfrye1 at 11:30pm 07.09.14 Ask All Sailors 19/1964 It's got around to reading my 2 sailing magazines on a 5 hr flight. I read Sail and Cruising World.
Some mistakes really suck LloydB at 10:06pm 07.09.14 Ask All Sailors 12/2222 I forgot to open the portable gas tank vent valve and created a vacuum which shut the engine off as
Transom Shower manifold whittem at 7:48pm 07.09.14 Catalina 310 2/1413 Hard a hard freeze in NW FL last year. 2004 CAT 310 Transom shower plastic manifold (in port rear la
Burning engine bulkheads Clydo at 5:53pm 07.09.14 Catalina 310 9/1785 Pulled bulkhead to work on damper plate discovered heat from riser getting to bulkhead even though
Replacement screw head covers Ivan at 5:39pm 07.09.14 Big Boats 6/1122 Does anybody know where I can get the little brown plastic covers that snap into the Phillips head f
Newport RI Moorings Doons60 at 5:17pm 07.09.14 Destinations 5/2021 I'll be sailing to Newport soon and am looking for insight into moorings. All I can find is to hail
Engine access on new Hunter 50 ac rsmart at 4:41pm 07.09.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/878 Has anyone owning the latest Hunter 50 ac with the 110 turbo Yanmar changed the water pump impeller
Haul out sling on keel forefoot (1) jswesterman at 3:42pm 07.09.14 Ask All Sailors 12/3962 Hi, During the survey haul out for a Catalina 36 I have an offer in for, the yard hauled the boat
Catalina 36 haulout (1) jswesterman at 3:08pm 07.09.14 Big Boats 1/1886 Hi, During the survey haul out for a Catalina 36 I have an offer in for, the yard hauled the boat
Removing mast for trailering? pupluv at 3:02pm 07.09.14 Ask All Sailors 8/5616 Howdy, I have an 18 ft Languna Windrose. For the first time I have to remove the mast so I can tr
equalization-- How do I know when to do it elfking at 1:31pm 07.09.14 Musings With Maine Sail 4/1716 I have 4 gc2 6v batteries wired in a series parallel twelve volt bank and a link 2000 battery monit
Surprise! The engine just quit Fast Ed at 1:26pm 07.09.14 Big Boats 4/1047 We were motoring up the river yesterday when our engine suddenly quit. It re-started easily, and ra
A/C and D/C panel lights (2) ttac at 12:42pm 07.09.14 Big Boats 2/826 Hi all! I am looking for some replacement lamps for my power panel. After our lightning strike I hav
labrador current sharty mcwierdears at 12:16pm 07.09.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1208 hey, I'm picking up a 24' siedelman fixed keel from Forked River, NJ and headed to the Pamlico Sound
26M Purchase (2) BradB at 11:21am 07.09.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/928 I'm looking at purchasing a 26M and inspected the boat yesterday. It's a 2013 and looks to be in ve
CPT autopilot ben solomon at 10:50am 07.09.14 Big Boats 11/7797 Just had a cpt wheel pilot installed on my 1990 37.5 legend. Very impressive! I was out in 25 knot
vbelt wearing thin on only 1 spot Jared1048 at 10:23am 07.09.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/850 hello, recently added a high output alternator and I had a problem with the belt not being tight e
window shades shungi1 at 10:02am 07.09.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1548 We have a 2004 catalina 350 and are looking for a replacement pleated shade. The dog chewed one of
Oday 20 Head stay Chainplate Lifting LordNelson at 9:25am 07.09.14 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1233 I finally got the mast up a few days ago and returned to adjust the rigging. I found the head stay c

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Replace section of G4 anchor chain dLj at 8:02am 09.01.23 Peerless states their USA made ACCO chain is HDG. Is this not true? I imagine it's true. Do they p
Yanmar 3JH3E Cooling Hoses Gary Ryan at 7:57am 09.01.23 I have 3 bleeder lines to drain the AF. Maybe I'll video this when I do it. Then I don't have to
Replace section of G4 anchor chain skunther at 7:57am 09.01.23 While I don't for certain know why the complaints of chain not lasting, I may have some insights.
Replace section of G4 anchor chain skunther at 7:53am 09.01.23 If only 60 feet of 100 is corroded then the boat was likely anchored in 9 to 12 feet of water (assu
DC panel led indicator stopped working mdibella at 7:51am 09.01.23 Could be a simple as a broken lead. Send pics of the back of the panel detailing that circuit's sw
Yanmar 3JH3E Cooling Hoses Gary Ryan at 7:43am 09.01.23 I have 3 bleeder lines to drain the AF. Maybe I'll video this when I do it. Then I don't have to r
H380 settee table installation (3) sailcapt340 at 7:30am 09.01.23 Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. Here are the photos of the underside of the Settee Tabl
Raritan PHII long term review Skipper at 7:28am 09.01.23 These are the items I see that would not be under the normal routine maintenance category. On each
Car Accident jviss at 7:28am 09.01.23 Thanks guys. Yea, just a scratch, from my watch band. I bleed a lot. The fireman wrapped a mile o
Price of Hunter 430? dlochner at 7:12am 09.01.23 Location. The least expensive boats were in Florida and So Cal. Northern boats and fresh water boats
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour Rich Stidger at 7:06am 09.01.23 Before I start changing suspect parts, I try my darnest to confirm the faulty part. If you can't co
Car Accident kappykaplan at 7:01am 09.01.23 Stay safe out there, jviss!
Car Accident Rich Stidger at 6:56am 09.01.23 At least you weren't injured I assume. Cars are replaceable, you not so much. Sorry to learn of yo
Price of Hunter 430? Don S/V ILLusion at 6:43am 09.01.23
Price of Hunter 430? jssailem at 6:43am 09.01.23 Boat price is a fluid issue in Seattle. PacificNW market has a reputation for being higher than many
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 (1) Johnny Sails at 6:37am 09.01.23 I ended up buying this set up. there really wasn't a lot of options.
Stowing Winch Handles jviss at 6:29am 09.01.23 This stuff. 3M Dual Lock tape. https://www.amazon.com/Dual-Reclosable-Fastener-SJ3560-Clear/dp/B07
Gonna pull the boat... (4) rgranger at 6:03am 09.01.23 219464 219462 ... and here is a totally unrelated random pic of the same train trussell that I'm
How to replace the rope clutch on a Hunter 336 Crazy Dave Condon at 6:00am 09.01.23 Former Hunter dealer who use to sell your boat. @rgranger is correct about the aluminum plate embed
Thundering water tank? RoyS at 5:15am 09.01.23 Tank needs a vent to admit air to replace the volume of water taken out. Loose fill caps or small dr

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