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WARNING - Lewmar Winches Please Inspect (5) Maine Sail at 8:32am 08.21.13 Ask All Sailors 34/10437 Hi All, I recently came across an issue with a set of Lewmar Ocean Series self tailing winches that
Got to love the Gulf Islands (3) Lost Parent at 8:23am 08.21.13 Ask All Sailors 0/948 67818.vB 67819.vB 67820.vB
reinstall pull rope spring on evinrude (3) newsailor72 at 8:12am 08.21.13 Engines and Propulsion 2/1512 engine is a 1981 2 hp evinrude. when I removed the engine cover, the pull rope spring came off. It
Y-Valve on a 306? Bedouin at 7:59am 08.21.13 Mid-Size Boats 0/663 Hello again! So, based on the manuals I take it that only the international version of the 306 come
Battery brand choice IanJ at 7:58am 08.21.13 Mid-Size Boats 2/835 Ok, heres the biggie. I need to replace my battery bank, which up to now has been two Costco Deep C
Drivetrain coupling shaft problem ? (1) Delawaredave at 7:55am 08.21.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1251 1982 Hunter 27. Yanmar 1GM. Newbie. All seemingly stock. The pin fell out on the shaft couplin
1967 Tempest single-handed cbyl at 7:50am 08.21.13 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1682 Is there a way to configure a 1967 Tempest for single-handed sailing?
Prop in gear or neutral when sailing? Genkigary at 7:34am 08.21.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1532 Up to now I've been sailing with the trans in neutral. Just read a post saying the transmission need
When Boats Get Too Close Catketch at 7:26am 08.21.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2015 I just came across this video on YouTube (not really a video...just a collection of stills strung to
Big wheel or little wheel? Benny17441 at 7:18am 08.21.13 Ask All Sailors 18/3730 Some time ago sailors used to look for small wheels to open up the space around the cockpit, especia
Non Skid gary at 6:51am 08.21.13 Smaller Boats 7/1430 I am hoping to re-do the non skid areas on my deck and am looking for opinions. I have done a fair
310 in Mainsheet bobjames at 6:50am 08.21.13 Catalina 310 2/1140 The fall issue of Mainsheet is just out and the (discontinued) 310 is featured in two articles. Bil
A-frame for raising or lowering mast davemchine at 6:41am 08.21.13 Catalina 22 4/1493 My mast always wobbles all over the place when going up or down so I'm looking to use an a-frame. Do
Portable Inflator for Dinghy Bowedtoothdoc at 6:06am 08.21.13 Ask All Sailors 13/3689 I am looking for a portable, battery powered air pump for inflating the Dinghy, Fenders, and numerou
Missing Keel Bolts? (2) fjordstar at 5:40am 08.21.13 Catalina 22 18/1726 Started digging around under the boat. Is it just my imagination or am I missing my keel bolts, etc
Our Boat Dog Died med2463 at 3:55am 08.21.13 Ask All Sailors 22/2690 For you dog lovers, our dog Max died this week. He loved going on the boat with us. A memorial vid
Boom to Traveller riging Boydwardo at 1:14am 08.21.13 Newport 2/10418 I have a 1968 Newport 30 which I recently purchased. It is a very solid boat. I have replaced the fo
H40 exhaust (1) JWC at 1:09am 08.21.13 Big Boats 6/1837 Yanmar 4JHE was standard in the H40, anyone have this elbow set up on theirs? This one is from the f
Hunter salesmen/Dealers jms at 10:31pm 08.20.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1257 I am looking for members opinions on where to find the best people to help me sell my 2007 Hunter 41
Catalina Dreamin' (2) Kestle at 8:01pm 08.20.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 29/3236 From this weekend... Jeff

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Universal M-12 running hot odaydokay at 1:14pm 08.10.22 That makes sense. 200 is kind of where I draw the line also. I am just wondering if I could have bu
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jon hansen at 1:06pm 08.10.22 Hayden, i love to have gents like you as permanent crew. a good wrench is a blessing. :)
2 boom vangs, no main sheet? (1) Jamesiv1 at 12:58pm 08.10.22 Here is a better photo of the two rigs. From what has been posted I'm thinking the left one (blue li
Need input ASAP. Simon Sexton at 12:51pm 08.10.22 @Erbardy , Good afternoon! It looks like that's just gelcoat crazing, not any serious inte
Fuel gauge sender dbirken at 12:39pm 08.10.22 Dave. Fuel volume guages are notoriously inaccurate. For all the time I have been using a boat, th
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) Hayden Watson at 12:28pm 08.10.22 ... and quoting myself... I know I started off with the idea of a passive system but I think you
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hayden Watson at 12:25pm 08.10.22 If indeed you can get that engine rebuilt for $1k to $2k I would agree. But I have not been able to
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) Johnb at 12:03pm 08.10.22 Electric water pump with, say, 20 feet of suction head or more (depends on the depth of the thermoc
How do I add a new turning block at base of mast? flightlead404 at 12:02pm 08.10.22 Well this turned out to be easy peasy. Wish all jobs were this simple. I couldn't get the torx hea
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 Jacktar at 12:01pm 08.10.22 By the way for cat 22 owners, you can keep your current fire extinguishers unless they are over 12 y
2 boom vangs, no main sheet? Leeward Rail at 11:42am 08.10.22 just ordered the C22 Owner's Manual from CatalinaDirect.com so maybe I don't have to ask too many m
Put it in a slip, or keep it on the trailer? Any Sea at 11:36am 08.10.22 I use mine from a dry slip, fully rigged. I would be very reluctant to keep a boat with a cast iron
2 boom vangs, no main sheet? Any Sea at 11:29am 08.10.22 It looks like your missing the rigging to attached the mainsheet to the boom. That will need to be a
Mixing elbow cracked. ggrizzard at 11:29am 08.10.22 He left to buy a propane torch! :biggrin:
Mixing elbow cracked. Scott T-Bird at 11:28am 08.10.22 What happened to the OP? Since his elbow was cracked, I'd assume he read a few posts and has it wo
Mixing elbow cracked. Justin_NSA at 11:24am 08.10.22 What happened to the OP?
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) Tedd at 11:18am 08.10.22 So what I'm hearing is that this would probably only work in a deep lake with very cold water down
Universal M-12 running hot Hayden Watson at 11:14am 08.10.22 Interesting! When you overheated, did you find you cooked off or lost a bit of coolant? I am not s
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) rgranger at 11:11am 08.10.22 Now you are doing the Energy Balance. Solar Power is a INPUT of energy. Jim... ... and quoting
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) DeniseO30 at 10:55am 08.10.22 It takes horsepower to compress and move saturated gases even moving warm and cold water takes requi

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