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Horn blasts for navigation Bdkjak2011 at 5:01pm 10.23.13 Ask All Sailors 19/15043 Please advise: I've read the uscg colregs and unless I'm reading them wrong they require a lot of ho
Battery charging issues Kordie at 3:33pm 10.23.13 Ask All Sailors 11/3342 Anyone here use solar to charge their batteries? Anyone using the emarine e20 solar and wind reg
Got Spinnaker? Tobydaisy at 2:58pm 10.23.13 Catalina 22 3/856 I am trying to decide if I should get rid of the internal spinnaker halyard and topping lift before
Lightning Strike wmcminn at 2:38pm 10.23.13 Ask All Sailors 34/4381 My Catalina 400 was hit by lightning while at the dock, no one aboard. All instruments malfunctionin
Mounting hardware on oday 26 cabin top jfschena at 2:01pm 10.23.13 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1634 I have a 1984 oday 26. Id like to mount a third winch on the cabin top for raising the main. Id also
Bow light Wiring through pulpit leaking dchipley at 12:47pm 10.23.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1090 Hunter did not install a fitting at the point where the Bow light wiring passes through the deck and
Walker Bay Inflatables bobtigar at 12:42pm 10.23.13 Ask All Sailors 2/844 What I have attached below is a portion of a letter I recently sent To the President of Walker Bay.
Pearson 530 strut attachment capta at 12:30pm 10.23.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1391 I have been searching for any interior nuts or threaded plate that the strut on our Pearson may hav
Instrument blanks The Garbone at 11:45am 10.23.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/999 Both of the Catalinas I have possess non functioning wind and speed instruments installed in the co
Need some basic info... Steps at 9:00am 10.23.13 Catalina 30 4/1419 We have just moved from O'Day 272 to 1985 Cat 30 Tall Rig... And are very eager to spend time on her
'85 h22 max wind Chasemixon at 8:12am 10.23.13 Smaller Boats 30/3304 Ok I'm still a newbie, last week we had some really good wind on my lake, and my wife got a little n
main sail slug bail ss with rocker size rvazquez2 at 8:11am 10.23.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1203 hi if any one know the measument of the main sail slug bail ss with rocker size? Rafael
Bow slamming Philip_Oceanis 361 at 12:53am 10.23.13 Ask All Sailors 12/3548
Ericson 35 Brentpd at 10:33pm 10.22.13 Ericson 2/24897 Hello forum world! I'm looking at an Ericson 35 mkII that was built in 1972. I'm wondering if anyone
Waterline Beam on 45' CC bevbo1 at 10:24pm 10.22.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1031
A Wonderful Evening in the Fog Les at 8:06pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 10/1491 I am sure many of you have done what we did this evening on your own boat. After a foggy morning th
Pedestal mount compass rsotomayor at 7:44pm 10.22.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1048 Need to change the pedestal mount compass on a Benetau 32- it is a Plastimo 135, it has a bubble a
New Battery Storage Fred Villiard at 6:16pm 10.22.13 Musings With Maine Sail 14/5225 Hi Maine, Friday I bought 4 GC2 batteries from Sam's, was going to install them on Sunday. Satur
Genoa - repair or replace? scmartin257 at 5:05pm 10.22.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1764 We have a new-to-us 2000 C320 with in mast furling and a 135 genoa on a Schaefer roller furler. We
Penetrating Oil Study John T1594 at 4:45pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 19/6876 A friend sent this to me and I have no way to verify it but I thought I would pass it along for comm

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Shaft inkunzi at 1:38pm 06.20.23 Hello there is nothing on the air intake or valve cover. I could remove the air cleaner cover and cr
Mast rewire SailorShaggy at 1:34pm 06.20.23 Sounds like frustration from the past owner, jammed mainsail. Jim... no the wind storm in April b
Its funny Friday! (1) rgranger at 1:31pm 06.20.23 217077
Batten Lengths H26 rgranger at 1:29pm 06.20.23 When the batten is cut to size to fit the batten pocket, make darn sure all the ends are rounded an
1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells inkunzi at 1:27pm 06.20.23 Hello I looking at the valve cover on this 1991 1GM10 Yanmar. Valve cover does not have a barb to co
Shaft Ralph Johnstone at 1:27pm 06.20.23 I'm not familiar with who's on which side of a 1GM as I have the 2GM but what you're holding in your
B & G Chartplotters and iPads (1) SoSound at 1:26pm 06.20.23
Help finding the right boat rgranger at 1:20pm 06.20.23 J boats has a few as well, like the J100. The J 105 might also meet your needs. :plus:
1975 C&C 33 - Mk 1: Compromised Deck Needs Help - Suggestions Please? rgranger at 1:19pm 06.20.23 (except for the deck which of course is not good) Trees .... are the enemy of a clean boat. I wo
What is this Ralph Johnstone at 1:17pm 06.20.23 Welcome to the site @dcato . You have just connected with one of the best collection of mechanical
1991 VP 2003 - coolant seals (1) Hollyberry at 1:09pm 06.20.23 Ralph... the seals/o-rings circled in red. The bottom one is the 'culprit'... I hadn't meant for tha
Prop shaft seal- what make is it? Hunter27-2 inkunzi at 1:07pm 06.20.23
What is this Timm R Oday25 at 1:05pm 06.20.23 Well..without knowing what engine this is a picture of . Here is my wild guess . That looks like a s
ZF Hurth transmission slipping Ward H at 1:00pm 06.20.23 I had to go with a new tranny to replace my HBW50 because my transmission guy, who used to do rebuil
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L JamesG161 at 12:52pm 06.20.23 Running up to temp, then will cool and top off the antifreeze. Hip hip Hooray !!! Total time fro
Shaft inkunzi at 12:50pm 06.20.23 Hello I meant to add this is 1GM10 yanmar
Mast rewire JamesG161 at 12:48pm 06.20.23 the roller furler is bent/dented. Sounds like frustration from the past owner, jammed mainsail. J
Batten Lengths H26 Crazy Dave Condon at 12:36pm 06.20.23 When the batten is cut to size to fit the batten pocket, make darn sure all the ends are rounded and
1GM10 crankcase breather tube vents to atmosphere??? Smells kloudie1 at 12:06pm 06.20.23 Go to "Owner Resources" on the top of the home page. Click on that then "General Downloads" then sc
Mast rewire Hayden Watson at 11:56am 06.20.23 After mast was removed it was very evident the roller furler is bent/dented. lower spreaders broke

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