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Propeller shaft noise when sailing Perfect Excuse at 10:54am 09.30.13 Big Boats 6/3271 When sailing, there is a low growling sound caused by the shaft being turned by the water turning th
Spraying Awlgrip Snotter at 10:25am 09.30.13 Ask All Sailors 20/8128 My Morgan OI is coming out this spring for maintenance. During that time I would like to fix the fi
Hunter 376 Windlass gcohen30 at 10:05am 09.30.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1860 Can anyone tell me the model of the windlass on my 1996 Hunter 376? I have to replace the plastic p
delivery planning rufus1138 at 8:51am 09.30.13 Destinations 36/8325 hey guys, got good news this morning that my blind offer has been accepted for a 1978 hunter 33 in m
Antifouling for New Boat! sirarra1 at 8:09am 09.30.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1313 Hi All, I have just bought a Oceanis 41 and the importer told me that i need to paint the hull wit
ANTIFREEZE for Winterizing Plumbing & Engine ??? 2 OLD PIRATES at 6:59am 09.30.13 Catalina 310 6/3096 Since I'm new to the 310 and having a new Jabsco Toilet. Questions and Answers abound. I have tried
37 aft water leak geek_guy at 6:34am 09.30.13 Big Boats 2/1112 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 8/4054 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 1/2780 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 5/1309 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 17/2201 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 8/4041 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 2/1906 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 5/1608 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 49/8377 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 10/1544 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 6/2562 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 11/1743 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 9/2318 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 3/1420 So my family and I took our end-of-season trip up Chesapeake from Rock Hall to the Harbor North Mari

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New O'Day 192 owner - Rigging Instructions (1) Sunbird22358 at 2:05pm 06.01.23 Ask and you will receive! Not sure if it will answer your questions, but this is what O'DAY original
dip start after the gun OK? Davidasailor26 at 1:47pm 06.01.23
Volvo MD22L Erratic temperature gauge problem (5) Rich Stidger at 1:47pm 06.01.23 OK, update. Unfortunately, as I began to T/S, the problem was not present and the gauge was reading
Operating temp Yanmar 3GM30F Alan Gomes at 1:36pm 06.01.23 The engine was running at 2700 for around an hour when I took those readings. Seems perhaps the the
Catalina 310 dinghy davits Afraal at 1:09pm 06.01.23 Hello @marchem, I was wondering if you ended up installing Davits on your C310, and if yes what bran
Macgregor 26 kappykaplan at 12:59pm 06.01.23
Macgregor 26 pungojim at 12:59pm 06.01.23
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Terry Cox at 12:37pm 06.01.23 Been awfully quiet on this thread lately with nary a hint of a vrooom. Any news to report? Does the
Continupus mainsail furling (1) Hello Below at 12:10pm 06.01.23 Thanks all for your help and ideas. I think I will try removing the existing continuous loop line a
Macgregor 26 stickinthemud57 at 12:06pm 06.01.23 26X, M, S, or D?
Operating temp Yanmar 3GM30F Scott T-Bird at 11:31am 06.01.23 Testing the thermostat is relatively easy but you would remove it for placement in heated water. Th
Continupus mainsail furling Seahawk345 at 11:28am 06.01.23 Thanks all for your help and ideas. I think I will try removing the existing continuous loop line an
Spreader bird deterrent lines..... kappykaplan at 11:14am 06.01.23 A more permanent method I have tried string, cable ties but nothing lasted years. I finally came up
New owner of C310 Hull#23 Afraal at 11:05am 06.01.23 John2 that is a cool set up, and nice woodwork! I have the same question as jssailem
I'm picking up a new to me '87 H23 tomorrow. (1) rgranger at 10:56am 06.01.23 I don't know how you guys managed to get a wrench in there to secure or loosen any fasteners thoug
Hunter 37' Model Calif. Ted at 10:48am 06.01.23 Yes, HUN = Hunter Marine Corp (Out of Business) 37386 = Boat Serial Number (37 is model, 386 hull nu
Yanmar SB-8 Service Manual (2) SVMirabelle at 10:35am 06.01.23 Old thread but here it is for free. Cheers
I'm picking up a new to me '87 H23 tomorrow. isaksp00 at 10:33am 06.01.23 I used a socket wrench with a fairly long socket extension to get at the nuts in the narrow V area.
Macgregor 26 rgranger at 10:25am 06.01.23 If the diameter is the same, you can always cut the foot down with a hacksaw. So look through craig
First Boat Purchase rgranger at 10:18am 06.01.23 Another thing I am wondering is what the difficulty of finding parts would be for some of these olde

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