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Changed oil and engine won't start??? Soaring eagle at 6:51pm 01.20.14 Mid-Size Boats 11/2327 Okay what happened? Started engine after sitting for a couple of months with no problem. Shut it do
H356 salon hull ports replacement sailmaster39 at 6:34pm 01.20.14 Big Boats 4/985 My fixed hull ports located in the salon both port and starboard are so cloudy etc. you nolonger can
for all of the northerners... "Daydream"ing (7) hawk232 at 6:22pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1611 dixiedawg (and family) and I decided to hit the water today... and since it isn't hard I figured I w
Healing angle cstonedent at 6:09pm 01.20.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/6077 My wife and I have sailed 02 311 for one season. We had an on board lesson. Understand the boat is t
composite propane tank Mark Maulden at 5:53pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1291 I see composite tanks are back http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d2655484a4'id=21f7809ae2'e= l
Tiller Handle & Tiller Tamer (1) Darkarcher at 5:18pm 01.20.14 Catalina 22 5/1866 My wife and I purchased a Swing Keel 22 last spring and have really just been getting started on the
Oil in my Bilge sd1953 at 4:36pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 14/7967 I bought a 27 year old boat (an Endeavour 38 center cockpit) and I have been resurrecting it over th
Raw Faith, George McKay william at 4:05pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1334 This story left me stunned...guy with no experience sailing decides to build a 118' schooner? Gets t
Engine mounting maintenance IanJ at 3:10pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1140 One of my Yanmar mountings has got a little rusty from the shaft. Pretty much cleaned it up, but an
Mast Stolen 1972 Day Sailer II - Need Replacement haerle4415 at 2:44pm 01.20.14 Ask An Oday Owner 12/2465 Sadly, my mast and boom was stolen from my 1972 Oday Day Sailer II 18 foot. I love this boat, and wa
The ultimate sacrilege 25yearslater at 2:16pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1059 A dear friend of mine inherited a Trojan 25 that is in need of some repair. Having been down this r
Sealing the Head thru-hulls Alctel at 2:14pm 01.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1176 Hi there, I have a 1980 Hunter 36', and am ripping out the entire sanitation system and replacing
Replace 1 1/2" Sanitation Hose Hunter 30G Dragoon at 1:40pm 01.20.14 Mid-Size Boats 5/1642 Has anyone replaced the 1 1/2" discharge to holding tank sanitation hose on their 1990 Hunter 30G?
Added air conditioner? KenKindrick at 1:12pm 01.20.14 Big Boats 2/945 I want to add in my Hunter 340 a chilled water air conditioner. I'm thinking that under the port si
Coolant level nestorph at 12:19pm 01.20.14 Engines and Propulsion 4/1454 I'm getting familiar with my Yanmar 2GMF. How do I measure the coolant level? Is it just by sight
O'Day Daysailor Gunnel Wood spindrift8080 at 12:12pm 01.20.14 Day Sailers 5/8350 Hi Just bought a Spindrift Daysailor I. I believe it is the same as the O'Day Daysailor I. The boat
Double Berth Rich6705 at 12:00pm 01.20.14 Day Sailers 5/1593 I recently purchased a 1981 O'Day 25. I believe at one time, this boat had the slide out double ber
Sailing Rituals SailAwayGirl at 11:11am 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 51/6072 Hi all, I recently saw a post on Facebook of interesting rituals that folks have while out cruisi
Coolant leak (4) Nom De Guerre at 9:32am 01.20.14 Engines and Propulsion 8/3862 Please review these pictures and let me know your thoughts. This is what I found after checking in o
New interior cushions geek_guy at 9:09am 01.20.14 Big Boats 9/2801 I searched several months ago on replacing or reupholstering my Hunter 37 interior cushions. I saw

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Spinnaker sailing fred1diver at 6:52am 06.26.23 A traditional symmetrical spinnaker with pole. The winds are too high this morning and the forecast
Hunter 326 - Yanmar Engine Vibration - New mounts and maybe more?? kappykaplan at 6:45am 06.26.23 Oh - I can't seem to find the post with the link to all the Hunter 326 manuals! https://hunter.sai
What battery size and type? isaksp00 at 6:29am 06.26.23 We had no dock power on the lake for my H23 that had a single battery for running lights, radio, a f
Spinnaker sailing Sandy Stone at 6:26am 06.26.23 Expected wind strength? Makes a difference.
Spinnaker sailing JBP-PA at 5:23am 06.26.23 You can do it. Don't be in a hurry, stop and think about each step. You will get some things wrong,
Hunter 326 - Yanmar Engine Vibration - New mounts and maybe more?? Breezy1 at 5:15am 06.26.23 Well.....It's been a while but I have had good results. To summarize - the prop and shaft were all g
Racing Handicap shemandr at 4:51am 06.26.23 The handicapper may be starting you with a rating favorable to the rest of the fleet since you are a
Some KIB well spent artboas at 10:54pm 06.25.23 They look great Art ... to bad they don't actually vent anything Well aware of that. I guess it w
Raw water system issues. ToddH at 10:12pm 06.25.23 Hey all thank you so much for y'all's input it was very much appreciated. Again thank you and happy
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 8:57pm 06.25.23 This one really tickled me. I think it's the highly perceptive logic behind it. Boudreaux and Thib
Spinnaker sailing garymalmgren at 8:25pm 06.25.23 What should I expect? Well, I expect you to think, "That's not as hard as I though. Why on earth h
Some KIB well spent tkwhalen at 7:53pm 06.25.23 They look great Art ... to bad they don't actually vent anything
Jabsco Electric "Quiet Flush" Toilet NYSail at 7:36pm 06.25.23
Lazy Jack Separators Tally Ho at 7:24pm 06.25.23 With the EZJax system, I uncover the main, attach the halyard and untie the sail ties so that the m
Leroy Somer windlas repair denasena at 7:08pm 06.25.23 I replaced with Lewmar H3. I am not going to deal with that motor again. I took the whole motor to a
Spinnaker sailing jssailem at 7:08pm 06.25.23 Fun, exciting colors in the sky, speed. Oh wait that might be LSD on July 4th. Never mind.
Spinnaker sailing BigEasy at 7:07pm 06.25.23 Hello all. Will be trying my spinnaker tomorrow morning, not going to lie, a bit stressed, never tr
5 Days in Canada (1) jssailem at 6:59pm 06.25.23 I have heard from a local that there is anchorage in the inlet just NE of Ganges Harbor. You can get
Diesel on Hunter won't start Rich Stidger at 6:58pm 06.25.23 Good info, Rich. So you'd have to also jumper the fuel shutdown solenoid to get it to run with the
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Crusty Ol Salt at 6:26pm 06.25.23 NOT PC: I always thought sailboats should come with a midget contortionist with 10 inch fingers. I

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