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37 aft water leak geek_guy at 6:34am 09.30.13 Big Boats 2/1102 Hoping someone may have a clue where to look on this. I was doing some work way aft of the aft ber
Thoughts on -200 PG Antifreeze? Solstice at 6:19am 09.30.13 Musings With Maine Sail 8/4008 I noticed that WM now has a -200 rated (pure) PG. Wondering if anyone has any thoughts on whether th
A few trim questions for the slow kid .. puddlejockey at 5:43am 09.30.13 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 1/2772 I posted a variant of these on another forum, but thought throwing them into a "deeper pool " of tri
Splicing fans into DC system Creola at 5:17am 09.30.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1291 I have a couple of 12v DC Bora fans that I'm trying to install in the forward berth. I do not want t
transducer through hull Johnkent at 4:47am 09.30.13 Ask An Oday Owner 17/2171 I have an Oday 25 that I'm looking to install a nav/gps/depth finder unit on. I did a test yesterda
Keel joint inspection/maintenance (1) Dufour4800-175 at 3:20am 09.30.13 Ask All Sailors 8/3949 Hello! This is my keel joint! Im wondering what it tells us and what should I do with it?? Also, my
DIY Mercury Low Pedro Trailer Plans Hughitt at 10:00pm 09.29.13 Trailer Sailors 2/1887 I have a hand drawn plan for a "Low Pedro" Mercury Class sailboat trailer that I will scan and email
Identifying a Beneteau First 310 & H.I.D. location (5) kevman1421 at 7:11pm 09.29.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1587 Hello All, I'm trying to identify what year this 310 is, its a salvage boat. I found a pic of a 1
Stowaways??????? woodster at 5:51pm 09.29.13 Ask All Sailors 49/8344 ok have some visitors on board...little fat mice..and wondering what you guys do to get them off the
Fiberglass Deck (1) Mr Mac at 5:48pm 09.29.13 Smaller Boats 10/1539 Is there any hope for cleaning this deck? http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z112/jaguars_fan/Sail
Water in Cabin 1981Lancer at 5:42pm 09.29.13 Lancer 6/2494 So getting water in the cabin can happen tons of different ways but as I was walking inside the cabi
s2 ecclipse 1979 eliz at 5:16pm 09.29.13 S2 11/1717 boat s-2 cheap floating site unsean (just pictures) 1979 22 foot what do i have to inspect for supp
Water in the boat leehoward at 4:40pm 09.29.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2301 Today when I went to my boat in a slip, I found about 12 inches of water in all storage compartments
Macgregor on the North East River - September 28??? Piotr at 4:31pm 09.29.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1414 So my family and I took our end-of-season trip up Chesapeake from Rock Hall to the Harbor North Mari
My Keel (5) ncbyrdman at 3:34pm 09.29.13 Catalina 22 12/1762 Well guys, what do you think past helping or salvagable?
Oil change for winter ?? newage1461 at 3:23pm 09.29.13 Engines and Propulsion 9/3052 I have a Yanmar 2QM15 and run it for about 25 hours each summer. I can't find anything in the book,
Epic Day! agprice22 at 3:20pm 09.29.13 Catalina 22 5/1082 Wonderful sailing day on Cayuga Lake in Upstate New York! Winds were steady out of the SSE all day
Operation information Weasel at 2:30pm 09.29.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/748 I need some assistance in programming and receiving data from my new Lowrance Combo Elite -5 DSI Nav
Yanmar 18 WTF Deadline at 2:22pm 09.29.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1247 I was motoring my H320 on the York River when the Yanmar 18 suddenly ran away, not in gear but revvi
Lewmar 16st winches Found at Sea at 12:56pm 09.29.13 Mid-Size Boats 2/1252 Prior to servicing the winches on my 1984 H34 I discovered that Lewmar no longer makes parts for the

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When does a screw become a bolt? Dalliance at 9:09am 05.10.23
Vinyl names and logo/design xavpil at 9:06am 05.10.23 If you are in/near a larger city, there are usually multitudes of shops making vinyl signage for tr
When does a screw become a bolt? FastOlson at 9:02am 05.10.23
When does a screw become a bolt? Scott T-Bird at 9:01am 05.10.23 What about fasteners installed with torx, Robertson, and other screwdrivers ? What if you use a dr
Vinyl names and logo/design FastOlson at 8:56am 05.10.23
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Windshield and side window material BabuBoat at 8:39am 05.10.23 It doesn't look as if a folder of files can be uploaded to this site in one fell swoop. Doing pho
Mod for burping fresh water system after installing new water heater - should this work? Monheganlover at 8:35am 05.10.23 Thanks. Luckily, all my coolant hoses are new and I simply need to take them off the old Seaward 20
Mod for burping fresh water system after installing new water heater - should this work? JRT at 8:32am 05.10.23 I've used the approach Joe White described above replacing all my coolant hoses on the engine. Due
Hauturier equivalent in USA? dlochner at 8:26am 05.10.23 If you are going to charter with six or fewer passengers, then you will want the OUPV license, commo
Change Fuel Line jssailem at 8:24am 05.10.23 The interior hoses were starting to get a little harder than the hose material on the outside :plu
Mod for burping fresh water system after installing new water heater - should this work? Monheganlover at 8:21am 05.10.23 Wow! Great advice. Thanks! I was hoping for a way to do this without having to disconnect the coolan
Change Fuel Line (2) Ralph Johnstone at 8:13am 05.10.23 I just completed replacing all hoses on the Yanmar 2GM20F within the engine compartment. They were
When does a screw become a bolt? Leeward Rail at 8:08am 05.10.23 Right about now I'm thinking there's a few screws loose here. :cool: Humor and psychoanalysis in o
Hauturier equivalent in USA? xavpil at 8:05am 05.10.23 For the most part there are no regulations on recreational boat ownership or operation. Many states
When does a screw become a bolt? dlochner at 8:04am 05.10.23 Right about now I'm thinking there's a few screws loose here. :cool:
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Sleeping on 22 new design LakeShark at 7:35am 05.10.23 Our family of 5 sleeps with 1 teen on the quarter berth (stove side) 2 other teens in the Vberth and
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