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Yamaha to edson MaxinCalgary at 4:19pm 06.15.14 Smaller Boats 31/3395 I guys, anyone had the same problem as me. Just installed a T9.9 on my 260. I have an Edson wheel ,
Help please need head gasket tighning sequence and torqe lbs Charlie D at 3:39pm 06.15.14 Ask An Oday Owner 3/886 Captains I have looked every where, I need to know the torque sequence and the torque f
Deck repaint - Non-skid - Help (3) chrisings at 3:35pm 06.15.14 Ask All Sailors 14/6717 Hello kind forum folk, Been completing some pretty big, by my estimation, projects on our new to u
Claiborne Young passed gettinthere at 1:20pm 06.15.14 Ask All Sailors 2/1035 Claiborne Young died yesterday of injuries from a motorcycle accident. Claiborne was the founder of
Auto bilge pump Atlantic Phil at 12:36pm 06.15.14 Ask All Sailors 2/919 I thought my auto bilge pump was broken. However when I creased the wires back to the panel and brok
Splashed! (5) Roadking Larry at 12:01pm 06.15.14 Ask All Sailors 1/792 Launched my 1976 Cal 2-27 "Halcyon" yesterday. No drama to speak of other than the Atomic 4 decided
Removing the headstay momentarily Charles Oday 240 at 8:31am 06.15.14 Bigger Boats 2/809 Hi experts! I have an Oday 240 and when stepping the mast this season I put the headstay on backw
Running Jib Sheet on 192 Vrotate at 7:28am 06.15.14 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1230 The O'Day rigging pamphlet says to run the jib sheet OUTSIDE of the shrouds. This seems strange to
Need to replace the o-rings in the Fresh water manifold shiller at 6:48am 06.15.14 Big Boats 6/1615 I have a 2006 41AC and have a leak from my fresh water manifold. There are six o-rings and I need to
Stuffing box packing Admiral at 6:36am 06.15.14 Catalina 30 3/1207 I have a Cat. 30 and need to replace the packing. What is recommended to use? Brand, type etc. I
prop for atomic 5411 colemills at 6:19am 06.15.14 Ask An Oday Owner 1/638 I need a new prop for my 27 with an Atomic 5411. What are the specs and where can I find used one ?
Cal 25 pop top canvas John740 at 6:12am 06.15.14 Cal 1/2269 Does anyone have a pattern for the original Cal 25 pop top canvas cover. The previous owner threw it
1998 Oceanis 461 - Water Tank Sizes sailingbluewaters at 6:09am 06.15.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/934 I would like o know the water tank sizes for the above boat. It shows 218 gallons but not the 3 tan
Am I killing my batteries? Bowedtoothdoc at 5:48am 06.15.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1433 I have an AC driven cold plate system for my fridge and freezer. Normally they won"t even run off of
Attack of the man eating flies DJN51 at 5:33am 06.15.14 Ask All Sailors 52/14901 Out on Lake Michigan yesterday. Great wind, no waves, then the biting flies attacked. Had to get
What happened to Sumner? Doc_holiday at 5:22am 06.15.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1525 Anyone know? Did he and Ruth fall off the ends of the earth or did I or someone else tick them off?
asymmetric swivel jack placement (2) judsonj at 9:55pm 06.14.14 Trailer Sailors 5/2148 Swivel Jack placement Bought a new boat recently (Macgregor 22) and have it trailered in my drive w
Battery charger possible issue John_F at 7:25pm 06.14.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1048 My boat has a Xantrex Trucharge 2 battery charger. It's my fifth season with the charger and the ba
Venture of newport VS 21' venture ShaggsV21 at 6:18pm 06.14.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/736 i might be going to look at a venture of newport next weekend, faster/ slower boat than the v21? Are
Sailrite sails? DannyS at 6:05pm 06.14.14 Ask All Sailors 20/4035 Anyone out there bought a sail kit from Sailrite and sewn your own? I've wanted one of their machine

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Pearson Ensign a good first boat (given context in the post)? rgranger at 7:24pm 08.01.23
Weird electrical issue burns3c at 7:18pm 08.01.23 I like the idea of the auxiliary tank. So maybe I can get a 2 gallon day tank, figure out a spot for
Alder Barbour Refrigeration ScottFreeRick at 6:33pm 08.01.23 David , your description is very similar to what I am seeing on my boat. The unit is able to cool p
Weird electrical issue Davidasailor26 at 6:18pm 08.01.23 I wonder if the 1-2 amps is an average, but the momentary load each time the coil starts drawing is
Weird electrical issue Michael Davis at 6:06pm 08.01.23
Furling main, halyard replacement Hunter 33 2006 Tomek at 6:06pm 08.01.23 Thank you kbgunn, I will check if any of the lines you suggested are available here in Canada.
Hunter 18.5 Forestay Connection patbratton at 6:01pm 08.01.23 If you are freaking out over this you need to relax. Perhaps there are drawings in the owner's manu
Lazy jack rigging question Justin_NSA at 5:59pm 08.01.23 Take a look at Sail Care's Sail Cradle. Sounds like what you want to do https://sailcare.com/sail-cr
Ran air into my water pump jviss at 5:33pm 08.01.23 This happens often on my boat. It happens on mine because the outlet side of the pump gets filled w
Furling main, halyard replacement Hunter 33 2006 (2) kbgunn at 5:28pm 08.01.23 The manual for our boat specifies a dyneema core with a polyester cover. A polyester double braid wo
Ignition Issue, Need Help/Advice Bents at 5:21pm 08.01.23 Thank you for the replies everyone!! Upon further inspection I'm definitely going to replace the wh
Weird electrical issue jssailem at 5:08pm 08.01.23 Here is the website link I found the manual. Diesel-Heater-Manual.pdf
Wow! Sailing boat rescued by the G�theborg! garymalmgren at 5:01pm 08.01.23 Googled as much as I could, but could not any information of how the rudder was lost. This post says
Weird electrical issue burns3c at 4:45pm 08.01.23
Weird electrical issue burns3c at 4:43pm 08.01.23 Thank you, John, this is just the info I needed. I dont have a manual and was having trouble trackin
Weird electrical issue Tally Ho at 4:31pm 08.01.23
Weird electrical issue (1) jssailem at 4:29pm 08.01.23 Welcome to SBO @burns3c . Congrats on the Catalina 36. Nice Boat. Your Dickerson Newport Diesel Hea
Wow! Sailing boat rescued by the G�theborg! kappykaplan at 4:19pm 08.01.23 Nice find, jviss! Tks for sharing. :beer:
Selden - Furling Main GibbyGibstone at 4:17pm 08.01.23 @ice breaker and @Sailgunner ... thank you very uch for your replies. Depending on what we get, I'l
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? jviss at 3:54pm 08.01.23

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