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Reefing mainsail O'Day 19 RTSKI at 7:49am 06.26.14 Day Sailers 1/3087 Anyone familiar with the reefing system/procedure on an O'Day 19? The mainsail has a grommet eye at
Electric cooler drains battery when on shore power? Boatnic at 7:36am 06.26.14 Mid-Size Boats 12/3437 Hi, I assumed the ice chest type cooler (Mobicool T45) was running from the shore power when docked.
porta pottie suction hose JS13113 at 5:18am 06.26.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1259 I have been reading lots of good info here for some time now. i now have a ? Recently I purchased
Traveler Install (6) ancbob at 5:11am 06.26.14 Catalina 22 0/680 Successfully installed a traveler kit from CD last night. A couple of thoughts The first thing I d
Interior Layouts of Catalina 27 SailEastTenn at 10:39pm 06.25.14 Mid-Size Boats 5/5182 I have seen a lot of information on traditional and dinette interiors. But I saw a brochure on the C
Hanging shelf Egrief at 8:49pm 06.25.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/817 I own a Hunter 290 which I recently purchased. When I was looking at other boats, some had an after
Irwin Citation 39 Refrigeration AaronInAustin at 8:22pm 06.25.14 Irwin 1/2350 Hi, I just bought a 1979 Irwin Citation 39 that has passive refrigeration. The box is 8.29 cu ft.
How to refinish cabin floor (photo attached) (1) Michal at 5:56pm 06.25.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1944 Hi everyone, I need to refinish floor on my S2 9.2A, the old finish is almost gone. Can somebody
Quick anchor windlass problems Captpete12 at 4:47pm 06.25.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/4282 This might be of interest to some. My windlass was not working and the previous owner never used it
animated knot tying lessons for boaties pupluv at 4:42pm 06.25.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1247 http://www.animatedknots.com/indexboating.php I'm especially impressed with the eye spice, the im
Jib conversion; Is it realistic? Jerry Shenkman at 4:42pm 06.25.14 Ask All Sailors 18/3069 My new (to me) '85 O'Day 192 is still sitting in my driveway but now the mast is up so I can see wha
Need Boat Trailer For Mac 26m pewwind at 4:13pm 06.25.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/597 I am in the market for a boat trailer for my 2006 26M, either galvanized or aluminum. pewwind
jib furler on Mac25? pupluv at 3:47pm 06.25.14 Ask All Sailors 0/578 I keep my Mac 25, Event Horizon, in a mast-up lot on a trailer so all I need to do to launch her is
jib furler on Mac25 pupluv at 3:47pm 06.25.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1226 I keep my Mac 25, Event Horizon, in a mast-up lot on a trailer so all I need to do to launch her is
Leach and foot line adjustments 25yearslater at 3:22pm 06.25.14 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/8085 Well I'm to the point of scratching a bald spot on my head with trying to figure out proper leach an
Sailcover for furled jib? pupluv at 3:20pm 06.25.14 Ask All Sailors 10/3111 I bought a Windrose 18 well used. It has a furling jibsheet but I'm not sure I trust the UV protecti
Tach Problems jdhohmann at 3:03pm 06.25.14 Big Boats 0/612 My tach pick-up has rusted out on me, and short of removing motor just to replace the sensor, becaus
Hunter 43 Legend front window/windshield replacement evinrudejim at 2:15pm 06.25.14 Big Boats 26/5364 I need to replace the windshield on my 1991 43 Legend because it has a large L-shaped crack from som
Universal Diesel tach is wonky Skipper at 12:47pm 06.25.14 Ask All Sailors 0/708 It's been this way since I bought the boat. Engine is Universal M-18. Sometimes the tach reads ac
so i hit a rock... (1) willsnow at 12:18pm 06.25.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1232 Checked a out new lake yesterday. Motoring into a little bay, I made hard contact with a submerged r

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Galley foot pump leaking DinghySailor at 12:07pm 08.16.23 The first question that comes to mind is "how is your Whale Gusher installed ?" "A" on the left sid
New vang to Beneteau Oceanis 50 (2009) Stu Jackson at 12:07pm 08.16.23 Garhauer
Tide Clock Stu Jackson at 12:05pm 08.16.23 Very nice clocks. Have any of you with them actually checked them against reality or at least a tid
pros and cons of adjusting valves... kloudie1 at 12:01pm 08.16.23 My old XK-150 Jag burned a valve one night as I was travelling back to the Navy training base in Mil
pros and cons of adjusting valves... Ralph Johnstone at 11:53am 08.16.23 I had a friend who was a certified Jag mechanic and he told me that the flat rate for adjusting the
Tide Clock jviss at 11:47am 08.16.23
Galley foot pump leaking kloudie1 at 11:44am 08.16.23 Curious as to how the suction of the Gusher is installed. If installed close to the galley pressure
New rebuilt yanmar starts instantly but small puff of smoke at startup (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:40am 08.16.23 There's a superb marine engine rebuilder about 3 miles from my house! That could work ...........
Its funny Friday! curtdo at 11:38am 08.16.23 Ha Ha. I had to pass this along. Coming in to slip with my 336 today at the same time as a neighbori
Galley foot pump leaking (2) Ralph Johnstone at 11:27am 08.16.23 The first question that comes to mind is "how is your Whale Gusher installed ?" "A" on the left sid
Tide Clock (1) sailcapt340 at 11:24am 08.16.23
Its funny Friday! stickinthemud57 at 11:22am 08.16.23 I think the big question at this point is: "Is it UV resistant?'
Thoughts on chart tables? MikeHoncho at 11:17am 08.16.23 My chart table serves as a shop table during projects. When sailing, which I pray will come soon, o
Broken Rudder Calif. Ted at 11:15am 08.16.23 They have rudders for your boat here on the site, their prices are usually the same as the manufactu
Latest on NMEA to WiFi? MikeHoncho at 11:11am 08.16.23 Gotcha, thanks for the reply. I bought this boat fully equipped, and found there are three WiFi n
Latest on NMEA to WiFi? MikeHoncho at 11:08am 08.16.23 I go cruising to get away from jargon and technical complexity. Until the industry learns that crui
Cutter 37 Refit (1) Allan12210 at 11:02am 08.16.23 The refit extended into the cabin. The Corian galley came out great. It is amazing how much stora
Latest on NMEA to WiFi? jviss at 10:59am 08.16.23
New rebuilt yanmar starts instantly but small puff of smoke at startup jviss at 10:57am 08.16.23 .................... on a rebuilt engine ? Why not? "Rebuilt" means different things to different
Tide Clock jviss at 10:54am 08.16.23 I live in Charleston and I am lucky enough to be able to drive my stink-pot to work one days when t

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