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Interior Cushions Peeling Sailnut01 at 9:55am 09.02.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1339 I own a 2010 34 Oceanis purchased new - I care for the boat carefully and the vessel is impecable. I
Instrument Panel Problems New Horizons at 7:56am 09.02.13 Catalina 310 22/4764
393 lists to port Joe Roc at 7:16am 09.02.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/2778 Hello All I recently bought a 2002 393. We love it. One small issue/annoyance though. She lists t
Posting a video Bill sanders at 6:27am 09.02.13 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/7907 Is there a easy way of posting a video without having to go through you tube?
Warning Signal wwillis at 6:26am 09.02.13 S2 2/1017 I am getting a warning signal after about 20 minutes of running a engine rpm above 2000. If I idle
How much bottom paint on my older 27' (1) Buzzlovelace at 6:15am 09.02.13 Mid-Size Boats 6/5763 Good Morning, I am sure one of you can tell me if one gallon on Zspar B90 will do the job on my 27'
Broken Honda 2 Hp (1) Fly_H23 at 4:27am 09.02.13 Engines and Propulsion 7/3865 My long shaft Honda 2 Hp BF2D outboard has cracked it's extension case, right where the clamp holds
Fuel tank feed tube Rod1979 at 11:07pm 09.01.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1138 I discovered that our Catalina 30's fuel tank feed tube does not extend all the way to the bottom of
Breaker (1) wufibugs at 9:09pm 09.01.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1355 I want to replace the AC breaker for my Freedom 20 inverter charger. I had this on hand, but wonder
Matching topside paint Gary Maxey at 8:29pm 09.01.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2028 I have an 1980 O'day 25 and need to do some topside paint work. What is the best way to match paint
Help!!!! Engine Steam on Catalina 30 sailaway123 at 8:23pm 09.01.13 Catalina 30 6/1903 I had an issue with my boat (1984 Catalina 30 Diesel engine) this weekend. As I was motoring back
Transmission cable lubrication Clydo at 6:53pm 09.01.13 Catalina 310 8/2225 Newbee question. My trany sometimes sticks in reverse. Away from boat but wonder what secret is to
Police boat strikes vessels on the Potomac in Georgetown wonkodsane at 6:33pm 09.01.13 Ask All Sailors 31/5261 Kinda sad that they hit the boats and then just took off. One sank. Sadly the reporter isn't very g
New electrical panel and radio for my 23 (3) Technodad at 6:09pm 09.01.13 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1139 Last summer I installed a new electrical panel, this summer I installed the new radio and inverter.
New LED lighting in my 23 (5) Technodad at 5:56pm 09.01.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1216 This season I installed new led lighting in the cabin of my 23. There are two full length strips of
New cushions for my 23 (8) Technodad at 5:40pm 09.01.13 Ask An Oday Owner 28/7757 About 4 weeks ago I installed my new cushions, I had them locally made from Sunbrella fabric #56080
Solar panel update on my 23 (2) Technodad at 5:12pm 09.01.13 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1005 I changed out the old solar panel for a 40watt crystaline panel. Cost $125.00 on sale, I couldn't r
FINALLY some fun racing today!! (3) sfgary at 5:07pm 09.01.13 Ask All Sailors 0/1002 Went out and watched the youth Americas Cup today and it was great! We got pretty close to the cours
Vacuum sealer for galley Kordie at 4:26pm 09.01.13 Ask All Sailors 6/2360 Looking at buying one of these online. I have never owned one but am told they are very useful. So
My RayMarine Autopilot ST4000+ Does a "Crazy Ivan" Mickey G. at 2:31pm 09.01.13 Ask All Sailors 11/3117 When I am under power, my auto pilot works just great. But once the engine is turned off and I am u

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Water Tank Material Claude L.-Auger at 7:06am 03.28.23 Thanks for the info Peggie. And for WasabiRush in case you're asking because you have a problem here
37c holding tank questions, please help Cocoa Beach Sailor at 7:01am 03.28.23 I suspect that you can buy a top quality 10-15 gal plastic tank for the same or very little more th
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? jssailem at 6:54am 03.28.23 Looks like a variation on the ideas of Felix Wankle. He designed a rotary compressor in the 1920s.
Asbestos? kloudie1 at 6:15am 03.28.23 Some of that stuff was fiberglass but as previously stated, wet it down thoroughly to eliminate risk
Pedestal guard replacment Scott T-Bird at 6:11am 03.28.23 The new one is basically the same. The old one is filled with holes from previous wire runs and mou
Why are silicone based waxes bad? (1) dlochner at 6:05am 03.28.23 there will be gelcoat repairs, especially in this area. Now you are living dangerously, tempting
New Running Rigging for a C310 DaveJ at 6:04am 03.28.23 All, thanks for the advice, I ordered the jib sheet in one piece, and will use the cow hitch. Binnac
Halman 27 dlochner at 5:43am 03.28.23 Could it be considered a blue water boat? There is no generally agreed upon definition of "blue w
Why are silicone based waxes bad? Project_Mayhem at 5:39am 03.28.23 Silicone embeds in the porous gel coat and inhibits the adhesion of paint or gel coat. It can not b
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? Will Gilmore at 5:17am 03.28.23 64911927 -Will
Halman 27 Captain Larry-DH at 4:48am 03.28.23
H37C Main sail reefing (1) Jim Legere at 3:22am 03.28.23 That hole through the gooseneck (to the left of the sheave) is for another pin that carries a jammer
Yamaha 33 fuel tanks sailmandan at 10:52pm 03.27.23 1979 That makes sense. The engine was removed from the front and put under the companionway. so mayb
Yamaha 33 fuel tanks mermike at 10:44pm 03.27.23 What year is your boat? Engine in front? I have a stainless fuel tank, starboard side. '83, engine
C22 sliding hatch (3) pcharn01 at 8:24pm 03.27.23 Now laminating glass and epoxy to the outer shell. After this cures, peel off the peel ply and 3 mor
C22 sliding hatch (2) pcharn01 at 8:20pm 03.27.23 Ground out the inner shell and composite. Had several issues, the wear through the bottom side of t
H37C Main sail reefing (1) gockleyd at 7:57pm 03.27.23 This is encouraging me to try and get the original system working my gooseneck looks like this. And
Asbestos? dlochner at 7:32pm 03.27.23 The next question is "What do I replace it with?" Fiberglass muffler tape. Find it in the high perfo
Quileute Harbor Marina aka Lapush Boat Basin, Washington Coast dkinzer at 7:24pm 03.27.23 Thanks, @jssailem , I did a quick read through and it looks quite useful. I'll need to go back and r
Port light internal trim gaskets dlochner at 7:23pm 03.27.23 Right, for instance, would you buy a standard 20' offering for $120 and use it for just one port li

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