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sleep over trainmanjess at 5:13pm 04.13.14 Morgan 2/1500 hello all I arrived in Portsmouth about 9 pm last night, and found my new-to-me sailboat.. she wa
Refrigerator? Gino at 4:44pm 04.13.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1584 I have a 1989 First 32S5. I want to replace the kitchen storage space under the sink with a refriger
What gives? Roger Long at 4:10pm 04.13.14 Musings With Maine Sail 16/5734 An AC teaching moment, maybe. I keep one of those little 3 LED test plugs in the 110 volt outlet
O'day 272 Alternator change Charlie D at 3:41pm 04.13.14 Ask An Oday Owner 1/836 Hello Captains: Just wanted to share with you the problem with changing a 35 AMP Alternator to a 4
Buzzers to Gauges robfmcc at 2:40pm 04.13.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2261 Can you swap out the "Oh Sht" lights for actual gauges for oil pressure and water temp on a 3GM? I*
portable soldering torch gettinthere at 2:34pm 04.13.14 Ask All Sailors 11/1434 Heading up the mast to do some VHF connector soldering. I have a berzomatic pencil type torch that d
Hunter 170 Stemhead Fitting pcupach at 2:26pm 04.13.14 Day Sailers 0/1369 Does anyone have a stemhead fitting for a 2006 Hunter 170 that they would be willing to part with?
Jib Sheet Technique lehigh375 at 12:36pm 04.13.14 Ask All Sailors 20/9478 Didn't want to hijack the thread about jib knots so I am starting this. I think I am missing some
No need to bleed! Bob 04 H260 at 10:13am 04.13.14 Ask All Sailors 9/5144 A friend has an older sailboat with a 40 hp Westerbeke diesel. It has an electric fuel pump between
Mast step/pedestal buddyshea at 10:04am 04.13.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/1214 1985 Catalina 27' - Anyone know what size bolts are used to secure the mast pedestal to the hull? Re
Water Ballast Old43Salt at 9:49am 04.13.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2029 I'm looking at a Hunter 23.5 with water ballast (1,000lbs). How reliable is the ballast in this boat
Restoring compass on H31 IH82BL8 at 8:41am 04.13.14 Mid-Size Boats 6/1602 The fluid in the compass on our '84 H31 is cloudy and I'd like to replace it. I've removed the comp
Replacing/repairing cracked stem fitting (2) Skinny Dipper at 8:41am 04.13.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/2960 Helphttp://www.c36ia.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif I have just purchased a 1998 C36 MkII and
h 23.5 front window timothy_c at 8:18am 04.13.14 Smaller Boats 3/1218 Has a source for front windows for h 23.5 been found. Mine has been damaged and is in need of repla
New stuff (2) Bill1565 at 7:43am 04.13.14 The Cherubini Hunters 1/795 Moved the traveler out of the cockpit. Tried to use the Garhauer vang tackle that PO had for main s
1983 HUNTER 34 Refrigerator Not Working (2) Hunter345 at 7:18am 04.13.14 Big Boats 1/1669 Hello everyone, Today my fridge stopped running. Anyone ever had this type of fridge stop working?
D2-55 C vent screw jackzimmerman at 6:48am 04.13.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1039 Hi all, We have a 423 with a Volvo Penta D2-55 C diesel. I'm trying to vent it after replacing t
Battery charging circuit geek_guy at 6:37am 04.13.14 Big Boats 3/1124 I'm curious about the set up on my newly purchased Legend 37. There is the batt selector switch
Spring commishining ChangsinLattitudes at 6:35am 04.13.14 Ask All Sailors 2/1214 What do you folks normallly do to or change in your inboard diesel before each spring/summer sailin
Rescue Roger (8) Roger Long at 6:19am 04.13.14 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/3668 It was a short and easy run from Still Creek up to Chesapeake City where I planned to pick up crew a

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AC Fridge overconsumption. MikeHoncho at 3:08pm 08.08.23 What gauge or meter are you looking at to see the present 1,000 watt loading on the compressor. Ar
Watches Crusty Ol Salt at 3:06pm 08.08.23 I wear a Samsung Gear S3 Frontier. I got it at a discount price from a sailor that was transferred t
Watches fred1diver at 3:01pm 08.08.23 I also love watches. My recent acquisitions are a Tissot sailing touch (used) and a Tag Hueur link (
'76 Cat 22 Keel Winch operation LakeShark at 2:58pm 08.08.23 @mbaker267 if your going to do the extra maintenance you may also consider inspecting your keel pivo
Watches jviss at 2:48pm 08.08.23 citizen dive watch. 15 years and counting. i also wear, bought when a young sailor, i one carat
Watches jon hansen at 2:45pm 08.08.23 citizen dive watch. 15 years and counting. i also wear, bought when a young sailor, i one carat p
T3800 - Location of Macerator Pump? jviss at 2:40pm 08.08.23 Don't you have a separate breaker for the macerator pump? Yes, but a red and a black, probably 14
Watches Rick486 at 2:33pm 08.08.23 Gimme a cheap plastic Casio with illumination. Doesn't attract attention. Very disappointing....I
Watches BarryL at 2:29pm 08.08.23 Hi, Beautiful watch. I'm a REFORMED watch geek, with Omega being my favorite brand. I've had good
T3800 - Location of Macerator Pump? Stu Jackson at 2:23pm 08.08.23 The wires from the panel just disappear, up into a bundle that's in a corrugated tube. Don't you h
Shureflo Aqua King II pump tripping circuit when engine running Ralph Johnstone at 1:59pm 08.08.23 on lightly loaded motors. There's the catch I neglected to mention.
Skimmar Seagull 12 Genaker Mason13 at 1:50pm 08.08.23
Head toilet not flushing to holding tank. Hayden Watson at 1:50pm 08.08.23 My Groco HF got very bad at pumping this year. I had a rebuild kit so I installed it but it only ga
identify sailboat (1) PaulK at 1:38pm 08.08.23 That looks like a Fireball. It's a two-person racing dinghy (with trapeze) that can be quite a handf
Watches justsomeguy at 1:38pm 08.08.23 Gimme a cheap plastic Casio with illumination. Doesn't attract attention.
'76 Cat 22 Keel Winch operation mbaker267 at 1:29pm 08.08.23 I looked at the replacement winch. Almost 250 for the winch plus another 150 for the lifting kit. Ch
Shureflo Aqua King II pump tripping circuit when engine running jviss at 1:19pm 08.08.23 With increased voltage amperage is reduced, not increased. Not necessarily so. "Overvoltage can
Head toilet not flushing to holding tank. cymeyer at 1:18pm 08.08.23 I'm sure this has been answered here, but I've searched and not coming up with answers yet. I have
'76 Cat 22 Keel Winch operation LakeShark at 1:12pm 08.08.23 @mbaker267 your not going to like the answer. That looks like the wrong winch. The keel winch shou
identify sailboat (7) mark allen at 1:05pm 08.08.23 Here are the sailboat pictures. Thanks so much for your help.

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