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Bridge clearance Admiral at 4:42pm 04.03.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/3303 What are the bridge clearance heights for a Cat 30 standard rig and a tall rig? Need to know as the
Any ideas? Need a mast for Beneteau M38. Beneteau M38 Hydronaut at 2:14pm 04.03.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1152 Does anyone know where I may purchase a used Beneteau M38 mast? My broken mast is a Sparcraft NG Is
mast wiring connectors fiestaMojo at 2:12pm 04.03.14 Ask All Sailors 34/16371 I have my mast down re-doing the lights, I'm looking for guidance on the best type of connector to u
Cool use of GPS and Google Earth (4) Jackdaw at 2:02pm 04.03.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1869 Here is a cool use of your GPS tracklog and Google earth. Google Earth can input GPS tracklogs (or K
Fuel and Filters Warren Milberg at 12:49pm 04.03.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1150 A lot of people will be soon starting up their engines for the first time this year after a long and
1988 Hunter 22, Boom Specs antchristy32 at 12:09pm 04.03.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/913 I have recently purchased a 1988 Hunter 22 and the Boom is missing and wouldnt you know it but I can
Telescoping Spinnaker Pole Gudenuph at 10:04am 04.03.14 Ask All Sailors 20/6487 My Forespar telescoping control-line spinnaker pole needs a new control (extension/contraction) line
How to Remove Grey Enterprise Portlight spadaforaj at 9:45am 04.03.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1011 Can anyone walk me through how to do this ? It's leaking, I can remove the mounting scrws of the rin
Broken Prong on Oil Pressure Switch DaveJ at 9:33am 04.03.14 Catalina 310 19/3390 At haulout in the fall, I didn't hear the buzzer when I turned the key to 'on'. After I was on the h
All is NOT lost! or Robert Redford should have seen this Kermit at 9:05am 04.03.14 Ask All Sailors 11/2191 We saw this for the first time last night. Gotta love it! http://www.marketmenot.com/geico-gecko-r
manuals trainmanjess at 7:48am 04.03.14 Morgan 1/1427 hello all I recently bought a very nice 1971 Morgan 35' sailboat... I got a great deal on it... i
Does Anyone Have A Rig Tuning Guide? robertsapp at 7:30am 04.03.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2624 Specifically, I'm looking for a rig tuning guide for a B'R rig Z-spar furling mast. This is for a 19
ST50 instruments - blank faces redunculous at 5:37am 04.03.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1139 So a while back my instruments would occasionally not switch on - once the boat seemed to be warmed
Any B361 owners use 6V GC batteries? bshock at 5:26am 04.03.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1879 Hello All, I'm looking for any other B361 owners who might use 6V golf cart batteries in series fo
Dripless or Packing gland? ttac at 3:25am 04.03.14 Big Boats 11/2181 Hello. We are getting ready to haul out for bottom paint and some other maintains. We have a packing
The Garbage Thread Kestle at 9:12pm 04.02.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1348 Have a few tricks...let's get a few of you to contribute some more! OK, here are a few: 1) We put
Gulf Coast Cruisers RECESS at 8:21pm 04.02.14 Ask All Sailors 3/1288 I know many of us stop off at White City just past St. Joe. Free electric and water is a nice bonus
Help me find missing parts! (4) GeorgiaBII at 3:15pm 04.02.14 Smaller Boats 3/1103 As the ongoing saga of this resto of a 81'ish hunter 22 I've found yet another bit I'm missing. P
How does the water get into the bowl? Brian D at 2:38pm 04.02.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1372 OK, for you engineer types (non communications types like me), on the S3213 water separator, how doe
Questions for single-handers..... Bonzai at 1:18pm 04.02.14 Ask All Sailors 35/3945 Hey guys! Planning on a good year sailing hope you all are too! I am going to be sailing solo most o

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Water Heater - Heat Exchanger Problems Ralph Johnstone at 9:44pm 06.18.23 If the coolant pump doesn't work, your engine overheats. Is there anything like a thermostatic val
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? Ralph Johnstone at 9:39pm 06.18.23 Deep six it. The PVC tank does not have a bladder and so the water is in contact with the air. Wat
2gm20f will not start (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:32pm 06.18.23 As I am waiting for fuel filters I decided to pull the injectors and inspect and clean them. If I
Diagnosing engine issues - Universal M25 Ralph Johnstone at 8:31pm 06.18.23 To bleed the injector pump of air, you must have someone crank the engine while you crack an inject
Location of ELCI on 2003 Beneteau 393 BigEasy at 8:27pm 06.18.23 Thanks again for the info! One additional note. On two occasions, I had an amber ground fault ind
Do you trailer with the motor attached? Tedd at 8:20pm 06.18.23 When I first got my boat the tongue weight was far too low. I found that it was actually quite easy
Do you trailer with the motor attached? BigEasy at 8:19pm 06.18.23 Most trailerable sailboats overhang the back end of the trailer by quite a bit. So, unlike with pow
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? FastOlson at 8:08pm 06.18.23 If the PVC tank does not leak, look at it as a way to have a little added water storage. In general
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? ricksoth at 7:59pm 06.18.23
Diagnosing engine issues - Universal M25 jssailem at 7:56pm 06.18.23 bleed fuel lines, confirm starter is receiving charge. I unscrewed the injectors and did not obs
Do you trailer with the motor attached? Hayden Watson at 7:54pm 06.18.23 Back when I had a Clipper 26 on a trailer, I removed the engine and attached it to a mount on the st
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? obxjeff at 7:32pm 06.18.23 Keep, without an accumulator when you run the faucet the pump runs to keep the set pressure, once
ZF Hurth transmission slipping (1) Hayden Watson at 7:31pm 06.18.23 Thank you for the response and for the valuable info. You mean to tell me it's not as easy as just
Do you trailer with the motor attached? HEINZIR at 6:41pm 06.18.23 Most trailerable sailboats overhang the back end of the trailer by quite a bit. So, unlike with powe
Home Built Stack Pack Hayden Watson at 6:34pm 06.18.23
Diagnosing engine issues - Universal M25 jviss at 6:33pm 06.18.23 Opening or closing the raw water seacock will have no effect on starting your engine.
Gear box not engaging Hayden Watson at 6:32pm 06.18.23 If you look at the schematics for the HBW 10 gearbox, the clamping pressure is created by a set of 3
Water Heater - Heat Exchanger Problems rgranger at 6:26pm 06.18.23 - please don;t tell me I need to replace the coolant pump.... :(
Gloucester 22 (1) rgranger at 6:23pm 06.18.23 @LloydB makes a goof point about the PO You never know on a 30 yo boat. There may be nothing orig
3D printing fun (1) Davidasailor26 at 6:14pm 06.18.23 Over the winter I got some anchor rode labels to more easily tell how much line is out. Unfortunatel

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