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Westerbeke W30 Head Gasket LASailing at 10:09am 04.01.14 Ask All Sailors 1/1049 Does anyone know where I could locate one of these? All the online retailers are out of stock and
Forum spiff (1) Phil Herring at 9:00am 04.01.14 Ask All Sailors 26/2394 I ran across a cool little product last week: a pocket-size LED work light that has a magnetic cli
solar panel output questionable gettinthere at 8:45am 04.01.14 Musings With Maine Sail 3/2282 MS, you hinted in the past that I should have 2 controllers for my 2 solar panels. They are on the b
U.S. is now requiring all boaters obtain a Captains License RECESS at 8:32am 04.01.14 Ask All Sailors 18/1926 April Fools you bunch of riff raff sailors!
Newbie Beneteau First 26 Owner Shan at 8:28am 04.01.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2382 Hi, My husband and I have recently acquired a Beneteau First 26 and we are in the process of refu
MOB Recovery on Clipper Race Rick D at 8:03am 04.01.14 Ask All Sailors 2/852 Nice job! http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/outposts/post/man-overboard-rescued-after-1-5-hours-at-sea
Wanted- Main Sail Venture 25 RonRock at 7:42am 04.01.14 Parts Search 1/1832 I thought I'd see if anybody happens to have a main for my V25 they would like to sell.
Ugh! It's bottom paint time again Justin_NSA at 6:26am 04.01.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/593 I'm pretty pleased with the Petit Vivid hard ablative. It has kept the zebra mussels off the hull. I
Overheating yanmar 3gm30f emergpa1 at 6:12am 04.01.14 Ask All Sailors 25/6681 I recently had to replace the water temperature sending unit. I had broken the connector screw whil
Pictures of my boat allen-deckard at 4:51am 04.01.14 Catalina 22 20/2341 Ok these are just straight up photos of my boat. Nothing more than photos I had to submit to get my
What would these pad eyes be for (2) Akapeterc at 2:33am 04.01.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1093 On my yacht there are 2 pad eyes on the starboard side towards the bow. I don't know if they were pu
ReVisiting BVI's after 12 yrs rfrye1 at 8:51pm 03.31.14 Ask All Sailors 2/718 Headed back to BVIs for a 10 day bareboat the first part of June. It's been 12 yrs since I've been b
Mast conduit--is it worth the effort? nestorph at 8:08pm 03.31.14 Ask All Sailors 14/7488 I have my mast down (Islander 30 Bahama) and have a number of maintenance and upgrade projects on th
Mariner Rudder (4) Time2go at 7:20pm 03.31.14 Ask An Oday Owner 10/4385 Hi Friends, I'm in the process of setting up my recently purchased Mariner 2+2 and have a question
Looking For Advice on Installing Holding Tank Under V-Berth (3) Doug in Lakeview at 7:02pm 03.31.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/3564 Hello all, We are in the process of replacing the holding tank for the forward head. I removed a 2
Peeling clear coat MichaelLJones at 6:29pm 03.31.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1206 I am relatively new boat owner. Last year was first year with 1984 Hunter31. Long story short - Her
Cabin Light Wiring dknorowski1 at 5:51pm 03.31.14 Catalina 30 5/3390 I'm trying to trace the cabin wiring in the 1978 Catalina C30. The cabin switch on the fuse panel op
Front deck have any give to it? HillbillyWanderer at 5:23pm 03.31.14 Catalina 22 2/614 Working on my c22 today upgrading the bow eye u-bolt and stem reinforcement and noticed a hairline c
New starting/house batteries bshock at 3:27pm 03.31.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1161 Hi All, I have a B361 with a Westerbeke 30B3 diesel engine and I have to replace the starting bat
head sail bobby g at 3:25pm 03.31.14 Ask All Sailors 2/947 I believe its a bushing that we busted last year. The head sail is made by North sails but I'm not

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Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L (1) Rich Stidger at 1:48pm 06.18.23 So your failure must be the Water pump Bearings Actually, that is what I expected. However the be
Do you trailer with the motor attached? rgranger at 1:16pm 06.18.23
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L JamesG161 at 1:11pm 06.18.23 The small angled tube is not used and is plugged. That was from the earlier model that had an oil
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L JamesG161 at 1:07pm 06.18.23 First, I don't understand your "oiler" comment. Please explain. In my first annotated picture, I a
2gm20f will not start jssailem at 1:05pm 06.18.23 Your diesel engine is a simple system. It wants Air, Clean Fuel, and timed compression. But, it want
3D printing fun (1) Tedd at 12:51pm 06.18.23 I made this today. My outboard motor has power tilt, which is nice but it means I should have a way
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 12:47pm 06.18.23 More to come Thursday or Friday next week.
Beneteau 35s5 Rudder Bearing thetone at 12:40pm 06.18.23 Still not finding the knuckle end of the steering arm
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't arf145 at 12:28pm 06.18.23 I do love a happy ending! (OK, almost at the end!)
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L (7) Rich Stidger at 12:25pm 06.18.23 Guessing now about the Water pump flow. understand your "oiler" comment. Please explain. The pump
2gm20f will not start BigEasy at 12:02pm 06.18.23 As I am waiting for fuel filters I decided to pull the injectors and inspect and clean them. After
Location of ELCI on 2003 Beneteau 393 BigEasy at 11:51am 06.18.23 OK. On my boat (Beneteau) there is only one breaker on the AC power distribution panel for all AC
2gm20f will not start CharlieAnn at 11:50am 06.18.23 As I am waiting for fuel filters I decided to pull the injectors and inspect and clean them. After
Gear box not engaging Hayden Watson at 11:40am 06.18.23 thanks !! after watching the video it seems that the plates/rings inside the gear box are faulty, i
Do you trailer with the motor attached? BigEasy at 11:29am 06.18.23 @BigEasy , Is the purpose of the transom saver to prevent the motor from rotating or is it meant t
Location of ELCI on 2003 Beneteau 393 JBP-PA at 11:25am 06.18.23 A 2003 boat would not have had an ELCI breaker, but if retrofitted it would be your main shore power
Leaving the dock BigEasy at 11:15am 06.18.23 Another great piece of advice! I will give the pirouette a try. Do a bit of research on the
Do you trailer with the motor attached? Tedd at 10:55am 06.18.23 @BigEasy , Is the purpose of the transom saver to prevent the motor from rotating or is it meant to
2011 Hunter 45DS need mast boom sails FastOlson at 10:50am 06.18.23 Previous insurance total loss? If so, be sure that your current insurer will underwrite it, once res
Do you trailer with the motor attached? BigEasy at 10:39am 06.18.23 I have had fishing / runabout boats on & off for many years. Absolutely impossible to remove 40 HP

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