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Engine commissioning Thom Hoffman at 7:55am 04.28.14 Engines and Propulsion 1/1688 Haven't found this in archive; looking for helpful hints on putting my Universal MX25 back into serv
1984 Beneteau Holding Tank gbgreen59 at 7:46am 04.28.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/876 I am a new owner of a 1984 Beneteau First 35'. I found that the waist holding tank is missing. It
Flipping the forward Hatch around? rgranger at 7:41am 04.28.14 Balboa 12/4995 Hello Balboa 26 sailors.... So I have a question. Have any of you switched the hinges on your forw
How to make a deck fit back into it's cavity (PICS) (4) Picflight at 6:42am 04.28.14 Ask All Sailors 15/2264 I ask this question to the audience of this forum because the skills and knowledge I have observed i
San Diego Bay Hurricane CaptDon01 at 2:27am 04.28.14 Catalina 22 1/835 Well, another sailing adventure weekend event is finished, and it's one we'll be talking about and e
where does this water come from and how does this valve work (1) gitpicker2007 at 7:34pm 04.27.14 Catalina 22 11/2137 I left the catalina at the slip for a few days while they repaired the outboard (bad impeller). I've
Stuffing Box getting "hot" c130king at 7:34pm 04.27.14 Catalina 310 35/8249 I had a leak somewhere. Engine bilge area constantly full of clear/clean water. Bilge pumping runn
Ready To Launch This Saturday! (5) Ward H at 7:21pm 04.27.14 Day Sailers 19/1578 Last year I got caught up doing a lot of deferred maintenance, including a complete bottom job, on o
Yanmar Fuel Shutoff Cable H376/380/386 bigbrownpilot at 7:11pm 04.27.14 Big Boats 5/4748 The diesel fuel shutoff cable in our Hunter 380 won't pull out to shut down the engine. I was able
Deck Fill Caps 37CC finn1 at 6:59pm 04.27.14 Bigger Boats 5/1156 Does anyone know where to locate replacement deck filler caps? They are black plastic 1 1/2". What
nav table hight chusansail at 6:49pm 04.27.14 The Cherubini Hunters 8/1304 can anybody tell me the clearance from the floor to the nav table apron/ on hunter 37 cutter
Heat exchanger pin hole leak R. Chapin at 6:46pm 04.27.14 Catalina 310 12/3835 I repeatedly loose small amounts of coolant and think I have located a pin hole leak in the undersid
Mast step core wet Kh3412 at 6:40pm 04.27.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1228 The core on the deck under the mast step is wet. Drilled some hole to see how far the water spread.
Two Stupid Battery / Connector Questions Ward H at 6:34pm 04.27.14 Ask All Sailors 49/6138 1. My OB neg terminal connector is one size too small for my busbar. Busbar is 3/8, connector is 5/1
Cast iron keel/Hunter 31 Tom Fritz at 6:21pm 04.27.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/2360 I just bought a 31' that's been out of the water for several years. For some reason the keel is been
Weekend Work (5) Lost Parent at 5:42pm 04.27.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1271 Just installed my free ST4000+ autopilot with rudder sensor and my Wifes new windlass 74698.vB
Cracked Skeg jacksTYCracer at 3:13pm 04.27.14 Bigger Boats 1/1112 Hello, I am getting into my third season with my 1975 O'day 27. When I bought the boat I knew that
430...new arch wind generator (4) Navicula at 3:09pm 04.27.14 Big Boats 1/850 hi guys....I have been building a new arch for the back of my 430. it will be for solar panels, wind
Hull Blisters mheflin at 1:54pm 04.27.14 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1117 Hi All, New to the site so forgive me if I am repeating and old topic. I'm considering buying a
Thats not Good ! Y25-II (2) Syntonos at 12:24pm 04.27.14 Yamaha 2/2306 Had a halyard block failure on our first real shakedown sail with the new sails on Syntonos. Weather

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What about our Medicine? dlochner at 6:14am 07.28.23 The medications issue is fairly easy to manage if you stay in the US. We had our physicians write
Zephyr: PrePurchase Phase on '76 C&C 30.1 Dnea at 6:10am 07.28.23 Could be, I am just going off what was listed in the '76 Brochure (maybe a typo). In any case the ma
Gear controls reversed (reversed is forward - forward is reverse ) Scott T-Bird at 5:48am 07.28.23 On our boat the controls at the pedestal can only be connected one way. Controls direction of acti
Gear controls reversed (reversed is forward - forward is reverse ) Scott T-Bird at 5:45am 07.28.23 It may be fairly common with Edson pedestal and Yanmar/Kanzaki transmission. My Starwind 27 had the
Zephyr: PrePurchase Phase on '76 C&C 30.1 Sailfanatic at 5:38am 07.28.23
How do you prove you can sail a boat? Scott T-Bird at 5:33am 07.28.23 No, that's Bad Ass!
Info needed on LARGE Boats / Research Vessel (100ft+) dlochner at 5:32am 07.28.23 You are getting into the realm of commercial boats, not recreational boats. With that there are USCG
How do you prove you can sail a boat? Daveinet at 5:24am 07.28.23 Old goats club membership, hmm, so if I owned a Pontiac GTO, I'm good?
Tips for inspecting a moored Mariner 19? Will Gilmore at 5:00am 07.28.23 Good use trailers are hard to find especially when it comes to a trailer built to fit a specific boa
Its funny Friday! jviss at 4:49am 07.28.23 It looks like a WWII PT boat hull modified for cruising. Ugh! Now I have the theme song for McHal
Newport anchorages Rick486 at 2:53am 07.28.23 Actually, there's a really good dinghy dock at the North end of the harbor, but it's a long walk to
Tips for inspecting a moored Mariner 19? Anchored87 at 8:58pm 07.27.23 You can raise the mast on the trailer, then launch and retrieve, but as far as hauling, that would
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't MikeHoncho at 8:38pm 07.27.23 Check for a cracked pump case
Zephyr: PrePurchase Phase on '76 C&C 30.1 Dnea at 7:46pm 07.27.23
Zephyr: PrePurchase Phase on '76 C&C 30.1 Dnea at 7:45pm 07.27.23 Having sailed a bit on the 28 mark I, of that vintage, I agree the hull is tank built but the boat
I need a Marine Surveyor azambella at 7:43pm 07.27.23 Thank you
I need a Marine Surveyor (1) jviss at 7:37pm 07.27.23 I can recommend Fred Bieberbach. Fredk C. Bieberbach, Jr., AMS 401-301-1733 www.marinesurveyor.com/
Its funny Friday! jviss at 7:33pm 07.27.23 Tough audience. ;) Ha, ha, sorry! Yea, looks like a PT boat. There's a local boat by me called a
Shooting some video in the harbor Mark Maulden at 7:31pm 07.27.23 Tom, did I see a Kettenburg in the first video?
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Mark Maulden at 7:18pm 07.27.23 you could put rtv on the edge circumferentially which would seal the gasket. Try it and see if it w

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