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Oil in my Bilge sd1953 at 4:36pm 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 14/8024 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 6/1349 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 5/1142 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 12/2502 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 6/1064 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 4/1183 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 5/1647 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 2/953 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 4/1468 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 5/8387 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 5/1617 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 51/6232 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 8/3889 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 9/2878 I searched several months ago on replacing or reupholstering my Hunter 37 interior cushions. I saw
Weather helm Don Guillette at 8:56am 01.20.14 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 12/10337 Yesterday I was speaking to a newbie sailor about weather helm. It would be very simple to demonstra
Deep keel bilge pumps - Maine Sail was right Skipper at 8:08am 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 4/5539 Mainsail was right (as usual) There is a deep sump in my keel behind the ballast. Water from the s
Is a "First Year Surcharge" common? Minnesota_Slick at 8:07am 01.20.14 Ask All Sailors 19/3176 Hi folks, A couple of days ago, my wife and I received our first invoice from the Marina where we
Nitrogen Fill in a dinghy sailcapt340 at 7:57am 01.20.14 Big Boats 39/10347 Has anyone used Nitrogen to fill their dinghy, like you would use in your cars tires? In an effort
Oday Rally (rOnDAYvous) July 2004 (4) mikenovit at 7:43am 01.20.14 Ask An Oday Owner 34/5401 Oday Rally (rOnDAYvous) July 2014 We did an on-site evaluation yesterday in New London. We are he
through hull trainmanjess at 5:35am 01.20.14 Kittiewake 6/4407 hello all I have 4 through hulls in my boat that cannot use... they are a bronze ball cock through

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Strange beep from cockpit engine panel Don S/V ILLusion at 8:11am 07.07.23 Remove, clean and reconnect every connection on the panel. like the factory rep said, this sounds li
Strange beep from cockpit engine panel mikeracca at 8:07am 07.07.23 The buzzer is a low oil pressure warning, so I would start there looking for corrosion shorts or sal
Replacing lower sheaves on Catalina 30 with internal halyards RitSim at 7:23am 07.07.23 I did that job on my C30. I was lucky and was able to remove/drill the 4 outside screws. A few tip
There is lust in my heart john6206 at 7:11am 07.07.23 @dmax the one (still there) is a 260 ultra. It does look pretty sweet.
Wiring advice? jdrutten at 7:01am 07.07.23 My bow light wires are bundled into a corrogated tube running aft from v birth (along with water li
Sahara Dust Don S/V ILLusion at 6:49am 07.07.23 From my limited knowledge, the air particulate samplers are at ground level and the dust is generall
Screw head for cockpit locker bumper broke off kloudie1 at 6:47am 07.07.23 Clean up the surface under the bumper and the bumper surface then glue it down with 4200, not 5200.
Cocpit Table for Merriman binnacle? RoyS at 6:43am 07.07.23 I might have one in my attic that you can have. I replaced my helm guard years ago to install nav po
Hunter 33, Do wires actually run in between the deck and head liner?? RoyS at 6:29am 07.07.23 My 1980 Hunter 33 had the mast wires running through the bilge and up the compression post into the
Wiring advice? RoyS at 6:24am 07.07.23 Your negative wire probably splices in every cabin light fixture between the circuit breaker panel a
Screw head for cockpit locker bumper broke off Crazy Dave Condon at 6:15am 07.07.23 Full picture as to exact location on lid area please
trailer info, Hunter 23.5, 1994 Crazy Dave Condon at 6:10am 07.07.23 The first trailers were painted, not galvanized. Parts need to be inspected first due to age and co
Continupus mainsail furling pfaffk at 6:03am 07.07.23 I never found the need to use the winch handle to furl or unfurl my inmast furling mainsail. If I am
Merit 22 owners Merit of the Bay at 6:01am 07.07.23
Wiring advice? Kwester at 5:34am 07.07.23 Interesting timing! I'm troubleshooting my nonfunctioning bow light on my 306. I don't have continu
Sahara Dust (1) JamesG161 at 5:33am 07.07.23 suppressing hurricane development in past years. :plus: Current conditions in Florida are GOOD pe
Hunter 33, Do wires actually run in between the deck and head liner?? shemandr at 5:18am 07.07.23 If you have overhead lighting then the wiring must run in that space. You could access the wiring f
Need help wiring my new air conditioner SycloneDriver at 5:17am 07.07.23 A new install can be challenging but it can be accomplished DIY. As far as the wiring goes, break it
st 4000 and rudder position DaveJ at 5:13am 07.07.23
Com-Pac 16 tabernacle/mast step HELP apell at 5:07am 07.07.23

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