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Boat Insurance bustedrudder at 3:21pm 06.24.13 Big Boats 21/3523 We have been with Boat US for 3 years. Never made a claim and they jack us every year about $400.
The New Garmin 741 Is Finally Shipping..... (4) Maine Sail at 3:02pm 06.24.13 Musings With Maine Sail 4/6081 After months of promises and missed deadlines Garmin finally shipped the first batch of their new 7"
rail tubing options ? pugetsoundsailer at 2:17pm 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 5/926 local boat shops are selling the 7/8 rail tubing in my area for $8 per foot, anyone got a more econo
Sheet Winches 1968 31' Seafarer 31 kendp at 2:12pm 06.24.13 Seafarer 34/10355 My son recently bought one of these and is fixing it up in preparation for launching it. He would l
mounting transducer pugetsoundsailer at 2:07pm 06.24.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1099 getting ready to mount a transducer on the 26s looks like port side of the keel would be perfect. Is
Docking stern first (1) bshock at 1:10pm 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 31/5440 Hi All, I'm a new "big boat" owner, having graduated from a Catalina 25 to a Beneteau 361. The doc
learning the "ropes" sailing for idiots. Dragon Fly at 12:45pm 06.24.13 Bigger Boats 2/707 28' Oday. After returning to the water after a winter on the hard, tried to unfurl the jib and it w
Sticky Dingy Tsatzsue at 12:21pm 06.24.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/7578 Yes sticky. From what I have been reading my new to me dingy may be stuck for good. It is in great s
Original Main Sail finally ripped Ima90sJezus at 12:11pm 06.24.13 Catalina 30 3/1004 So, I've have the boat out twice so far this year. First time the water pump went belly up and I had
How well insulated is the factory ice box? Jared1048 at 11:49am 06.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1673 Im looking at converting the icebox and had a few questions. 1. How much insulation is there? 2. w
Why MASE 5501 genset NOT charging bats edwmama at 11:39am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 0/784 Hi all I own a Cal Cruising 46. It came with a MASE 5501 genset ( yanmar diesel generator ) Next
What size docking lines? PGIJon at 11:35am 06.24.13 Big Boats 12/1669 West marine is having a 40% off sale of bulk rope and dock lines. I'd like to take this opportunit
Hotknife.... (1) Sumner at 11:29am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1055 For those of you who do canvas work and don't have one Sailrite has their... http://mx2.radiant.net
SF Bay Jib? zinmaker at 11:13am 06.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1196 Just purchased a 1971 Cat 27 and was wondering what people in the SF Bay are using for jibs, curren
Florida to Oregon nybor at 11:09am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 14/2782 Hi. I am considering sailing my Catalina 350 from Merritt Island Florida to Portland Or. I was wonde
First sail - Love our O'Day! (3) Tabi II at 10:46am 06.24.13 Day Sailers 6/1420 Had our first sail Saturday after a month of doing deferred maintenance getting our new-to-us O'Day
H320 Fuel Gauge garethreeves at 10:42am 06.24.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/719 My fuel gauge cracked and broke. Does anyone know where I can get a replacement? Thanks Garet
removing rust stains on sails pugetsoundsailer at 10:42am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1483 I'm going to try CLR with a tooth brush and try to get out some rust stains on the jib. Any better w
What king of furler is more appropriate ? SamlionI at 10:35am 06.24.13 Smaller Boats 3/911 Hi ! I have bought a Hunter 26 1994 (with water ballast) and now, I want to add a furler. As I can
Raymarine autopilot Wheel drive Bob S at 10:14am 06.24.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1714 I installed Raymarine's SPX-5/P70 autopilot this past off season. Did the dockside and sea trial set

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Replace faucet in head tips sailcapt340 at 1:15pm 07.26.22
universal m18 alternator bracket upgrade odaydokay at 1:13pm 07.26.22 I don't know if this helps but for the first years on my M-12 I tightened the adjuster bracket each
Leaky head Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:05pm 07.26.22 Your toilet is in need of new seals, o-rings, valves and gaskets... Because the price of a replacem
universal m18 alternator bracket upgrade Stu Jackson at 1:00pm 07.26.22 I'd not seen anyone with failures on M18. But MAINE SAIL, THE most respected boat system person in
universal m18 alternator bracket upgrade adamv at 12:58pm 07.26.22 Have you tried comparison shopping? Catalina Direct less than $600: Universal Diesel Alternator B
universal m18 alternator bracket upgrade adamv at 12:53pm 07.26.22 I just Googled Universal M18 alternator bracket failure and found this: https://www.pbase.com/maine
Replace faucet in head tips smokey73 at 12:48pm 07.26.22 It is a Scandvik faucet. Available at SBO store.
universal m18 alternator bracket upgrade Stu Jackson at 12:46pm 07.26.22 I'm in Canada so its $829 from TOAD Have you tried comparison shopping? Catalina Direct less than
universal m18 alternator bracket upgrade Stu Jackson at 12:36pm 07.26.22 I then saw about the timing case ear failures on M25s. Has anyone experienced or heard of failures
universal m18 alternator bracket upgrade Stu Jackson at 12:33pm 07.26.22 even though the components and attachments are similar) I was curious if there were any problems re
Crazy Chicago Mac Race shemandr at 12:28pm 07.26.22 Good story - thanks for posting! Is there ever a Chi - Mac without a thunder storm dust up!
1975 Cat 22 Chainplate Location C_Level at 12:15pm 07.26.22 As there are 3 shrouds per side the middle one would be the masthead shroud the outside ones would
universal m18 alternator bracket upgrade adamv at 11:40am 07.26.22 The casing on my M18 developed a small crack due to the alternator attachment. I was lucky to notic
What to do about missing inboard motor? rgranger at 11:32am 07.26.22 That's never going to work. You know some fools going to come along and lift the lid and then it's
Does your state charge an ANNUAL excise, use or property tax? Mikem at 11:30am 07.26.22 That's what you get for being owning an antique.;)
Replace faucet in head tips justsomeguy at 11:17am 07.26.22 It is attached to the countertop through a hole in the fiberglass shell. Right. There's a thin nut
What to do about missing inboard motor? (2) Ralph Johnstone at 11:16am 07.26.22 You could put one of these over the hole https://forums.sailboatowners.com/attachments/16588562240
AC Wiring Question tym2 at 11:15am 07.26.22
New (to me) International FJ, drainage + repair questions (1) rgranger at 11:10am 07.26.22 I've often wondered about turtling my hobie 16'. So far I have been lucky not to. In my "wondering
Taking On water (4) rgranger at 11:01am 07.26.22 If you have a floor jack, you can get someone outside the boat to gently put some pressure on the ke

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