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critique my windward progress (2) Gene Neill at 7:28pm 06.22.14 Catalina 22 4/947 critique my windward progress? I'm always surprised at how many times I have to tack to reach a des
dinghy trainmanjess at 7:14pm 06.22.14 Morgan 8/2614 hello all I might be a little dinghy asking this question, but i'll ask it anyway.... I have a Mo
Accessing Raymarine Instruments canuck at 6:26pm 06.22.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1054 We have a 2012 Hunter 39 with ST60+ speed , depth and wind instruments and a Fusion CD PLAYER. These
new season woes newboatowner at 6:15pm 06.22.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1073 After a long hard winter my Catalina 30 just went into the water and, lo and behold, I had to confro
Best GPS Big Fish at 5:26pm 06.22.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/700 I own an 1978 Hunter 27 and need to replace the old Garmin 135. Sailing around Penobscot Bay nothing
Mounting Origo stove a65sailor at 4:35pm 06.22.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1841 I have an Origo 3000 stove with gimbals I need to mount. If any one has pictures of how these mount
Retractable keel replacment jeyoungblood at 4:24pm 06.22.14 Smaller Boats 5/713 I have a 19 foot quest built in 1984. On a recent outing the retractable keel was completely lost.
Two problems captfrank at 3:00pm 06.22.14 Catalina 22 8/1497 I am refurbishing a Cat 22 I just bought cheap($1). Two problems (among lots of others others I am s
Keel issues on O'Day 322? Tally Ho at 2:52pm 06.22.14 Ask An Oday Owner 25/19870 A few years ago, I missed out on the opportunity to purchase a 1987 O'Day 322. I had done a lot of
Really?! One of the Many Bizarre Things PO did that PO'd me! (2) Snowbird One at 2:41pm 06.22.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1204 The "What Not to Do to Your Boat", thread. So I'm getting water running up under the benches on e
O'Day 40 prop shaft nramsey at 2:31pm 06.22.14 Ask An Oday Owner 0/694 Does anyone know the prop shaft length of an O'day 40? I need to pull the hub to replace the PSS se
Master Stateroom makeover 2005 Oceanis 473 B473 at 1:53pm 06.22.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/898 I have a former charter 473 that had a cabin forward with two bunkbeds. The bulkheads were modular
220V to 110V B473 at 1:48pm 06.22.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2364 I have not hit on the right search string to produce any past discussions on this. I bought a French
Anchoring Bridle for Storm KZW at 1:23pm 06.22.14 Catalina 310 3/1902 I'm purchasing a 310 - my first keelboat, and laying in tackle for anchoring out in storms - it bein
Old diesel fuel pelicanj45 at 11:34am 06.22.14 Ask All Sailors 51/17815
VHF 12v cable issue dis-patch at 11:02am 06.22.14 Big Boats 2/732 1997 Hunter 376 owner. I'm finally getting around to cleaning up the wire mess left behind by the P
Hard to find water leak cymeyer at 10:20am 06.22.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1274 Have a small water leak on the port side where the water drips into the electrical panel. I can se
Fuel hose and ethanol (1) BobM at 10:18am 06.22.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1173 It's in case you haven't checked your fuel lines. This is a little incentive. This is off my mower
Looking for a used engine druid at 9:41am 06.22.14 Engines and Propulsion 6/2034 I pretty much trashed my transmission by running it without oil, and I figure if I have to pull the
Repair hole in Hunter 170 deck Frank Fennell at 7:28am 06.22.14 Day Sailers 1/1755 I'm new to this forum and asking advice. A recent storm caused a tree limb to fall on my H170 and it

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Possible Air leak in M25 fuel line? jviss at 2:24pm 08.23.23 My M25 started losing RPM's, recovered for a while, then stalled yesterday. I thought it was water
Do you use bumper boards? Scott T-Bird at 1:50pm 08.23.23 Yet another article that takes up valuable space ... I admit that they are a good idea, but I rarely
Do you use bumper boards? BigEasy at 1:45pm 08.23.23 Why would anyone buy a commercially made one ? It's a piece of spare lumber with old retired ropes
Do you use bumper boards? Leeward Rail at 1:41pm 08.23.23 Boats don't have bumpers, so why would anyone want a bumper board for their car? Here some people
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 1:10pm 08.23.23 So, anyway, I'm back in my home port, having completed the cycle. I sailed onto the mooring in Wes
Thoughts on chart tables? shemandr at 1:01pm 08.23.23 If it's a catchall, then it should be flat.
Do you use bumper boards? (1) rgranger at 12:57pm 08.23.23 Boats don't have bumpers, ...;) However, in some areas fender boards are useful I stand correcte
H380 settee table installation JamesG161 at 11:56am 08.23.23 You need to release the old table first and lift it out. Then put in the new Table and adjust the h
Do you use bumper boards? dlochner at 11:47am 08.23.23 Boats don't have bumpers, so why would anyone want a bumper board for their car?;) However, in som
Head Door Vent Ralph Johnstone at 11:42am 08.23.23 Beautiful wooden vent cover. The real test will be how it vents while at anchor when the head sees
Do you use bumper boards? Leeward Rail at 11:35am 08.23.23 Depends on where you sail. We often have to dock against very "rugged" industrial/government fis
Thoughts on chart tables? Barnacle Bill at 11:06am 08.23.23 Everybody needs a place to put their junk. Might as well be there and it's an easy access too.
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising skunther at 11:00am 08.23.23 Reviving this thread regarding fuel in the engine compartment. After changing the primary filter and
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising skunther at 10:52am 08.23.23 The oil consumption I have confirmed to be ~1 quart, which works out to be 0.5% of fuel consumption.
Universal M25 Diesel has "fuel system air leak" rgranger at 10:11am 08.23.23 Read my answer to your identical question with a different title: https://forums.sailboatowners.c
Universal M25 Diesel has "fuel system air leak" Stu Jackson at 10:01am 08.23.23 Read my answer to your identical question with a different title: https://forums.sailboatowners.co
Possible Air leak in M25 fuel line? Stu Jackson at 9:59am 08.23.23 The very LAST thing you need to do with an M25 is to touch the injectors. You have the bleed screw
What is this? Ralph Johnstone at 9:33am 08.23.23 I think that little guy would require two sand spikes to keep him tied down.
Universal M25 Diesel has "fuel system air leak" Ralph Johnstone at 9:30am 08.23.23 Mr. @jssailem most likely has the better (and simpler) idea that you are suffering from a lack of fu
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? Ralph Johnstone at 9:15am 08.23.23 Morning @Tally Ho , could you please provide a link to a AAA+ video you produced and posted here

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