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Darn water pump froze up on me... KingAirDriver at 5:00pm 08.10.13 Ask All Sailors 9/1887 Motored over to local restaurant to meet some friends. Also first time out in 2 months. Needed to
Problems with furling mainsail, update Viktor Eysselein at 4:53pm 08.10.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/904 Hi all: This is an update on my problems furling the main sail on my Hunter 45CC (4 yrs old). My
Restoring my keel...HELP Triple Point at 3:58pm 08.10.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2211 I'm afraid I lost my first posting...I'm a bit of a technophobe :-(. In case it didn't make it to
Pictures of Maine Cruise Roger Long at 3:35pm 08.10.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 5/2926 Pictures of my recent Maine cruise, taken by the official cruise photographer, Barbara Simon, are no
Cleaning the paddle wheel while under way... FourPoints at 12:32pm 08.10.13 Ask All Sailors 37/10719 Most people know that cleaning the paddle wheel while moving a couple knots usually results in less
Which filter if any? Ward H at 12:24pm 08.10.13 Engines and Propulsion 3/1524 I have a new Yamaha T9.9 4 stroke, new fuel hose and new tank. Plan to run aviation gas to stay away
New Stickers (1) Doc_holiday at 10:23am 08.10.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2824 I thought I would try my hand at recreating the MacGregor stickers on 'Ohana. The originals were fad
Boat pix (3) hvbaker at 10:13am 08.10.13 Catalina 30 16/3095 Was out the other day and got photographed by boat pix. I am going to get one framed. Which one do y
Pole needs work MLampner at 9:53am 08.10.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/851 The pole used on the jib seems frozen. This might not be a major issue if it was set right but with
Lock a battery to a dinghy? Sailing Vermont at 6:41am 08.10.13 Ask All Sailors 11/3369 Has anyone figured out a clever way to lock a battery for an electic motor to a dinghy? I have a ri
SeaDek installation on an O'day 39 (3) Panta Rei at 6:39am 08.10.13 Bigger Boats 11/4487 This turned out very well. The SeaDek product is used on stand-up paddle boards and swim platforms.
replacing lost halyard chrisyse at 6:35am 08.10.13 Big Boats 2/2374 I'm looking for suggestions/thoughts on how to replace a genacker halyard, when the original is no l
Bed hardware for double berth in main salon Sailkaz at 6:31am 08.10.13 Catalina 309 Group Forum 1/2879 Hello With my boat 2006 Catalina 309 I received a bag of blocks, clamps and a large cushion, one ha
Dinghy for H42 eianm at 11:40pm 08.09.13 Big Boats 10/2240 I was wondering if it is common for H42 owners to carry their inflatable dinghy on the foredeck duri
satellite phone Monty VM at 8:50pm 08.09.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1838 I would like to buy a sat phone and service plan. the purchase is mostly for safety, partially for c
2013 NorthEast C&C Rendezvous Hanuman at 8:40pm 08.09.13 C&C 0/1757 2013 C ' C NorthEast Rendezvous https://www.facebook.com/CcYachtsNortheastRendezvous C'C Yacht
San Juan Islands Recap (12) sinnettc at 8:36pm 08.09.13 Catalina 22 16/3016 Hi all, Thought I'd share some photos from our recent trip to the San Juan Islands. We had a small
Oceanis 41, Yanmar SD50 saildrive slipping in forward zoya at 7:50pm 08.09.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/6517 My 41 is 9 month old with around 200hrs on the engine and the Yanmar SD50 saildrive was slipping in
H30 88-92 Holding Tank Dean Strong at 5:35pm 08.09.13 Mid-Size Boats 2/1098 In our 1990 H30, the holding tank was relocated to where the batteries compartment directly aft of t
3GM30F Heat Exhanger heritage at 5:13pm 08.09.13 Engines and Propulsion 2/3216 I have come to the conclusion that there are two varieties of tube assemblies that fit into the jack

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Refrigerator Insulation Upgrade? LouisMK at 5:42pm 04.28.23
Hunter 295 1996 model Crazy Dave Condon at 5:32pm 04.28.23 It is alot easier to know what you have when making recommendations
1972 Pearson 30 Bow Chocks? fred1diver at 5:01pm 04.28.23 Yes I am, same side as you lol Waiting on warmer weather to oversized the holes and fill the holes w
DO YOU KNOW YOUR BOAT? fred1diver at 4:58pm 04.28.23 Getting to know mine very intimately, as I do all my own work on her, still a few hole to inspect, t
1972 Pearson 30 Bow Chocks? ShalomOrchard at 4:56pm 04.28.23 Very similar, but your are a little further back, and a little further inboard. I notice you're mis
1972 Pearson 30 Bow Chocks? (1) fred1diver at 4:51pm 04.28.23 215109This is my setup
Tightening Engine Belt on Universal 5411 shank at 4:48pm 04.28.23 How cool is that? I'm going to measure the distance between the two pulleys tomorrow and buy a turnb
Help!! Seaward 25 shore power Noodat Lady at 4:43pm 04.28.23 I always know exactly where I went wrong. All I need is a working time machine.
Tightening Engine Belt on Universal 5411 (2) Ralph Johnstone at 4:15pm 04.28.23 On @Ken13559 's turnbuckle : t cut. When I did mine, I cut it as shown but then heated and flatten
1972 Pearson 30 Bow Chocks? ShalomOrchard at 4:14pm 04.28.23 Chocks need to be sized to the mooring line. If they are too small the line won't fit in the chock.
1972 Pearson 30 Bow Chocks? ShalomOrchard at 4:08pm 04.28.23 Yes Chocks are a great tool to help keep your lines in one place and reduce chafe of your lines. Th
1972 Pearson 30 Bow Chocks? ShalomOrchard at 4:06pm 04.28.23 That was a long day!! pretty standard item... https://www.google.com/search?q=bow+chocks&client=fi
1979 Yamaha 33 bilge pump sailmandan at 3:56pm 04.28.23 That makes sense I found a Henderson pump on the boat I think that was the pump but there seems to b
1979 Yamaha 33 bilge pump mermike at 3:53pm 04.28.23 Can you mount a new manual pump to the inspection plate?
1979 Yamaha 33 bilge pump mermike at 3:51pm 04.28.23 On mine, there's a strum box for the manual pump in the bilge. The hose routes under the floorboard
Tightening Engine Belt on Universal 5411 shank at 3:47pm 04.28.23 Thanks for the great ideas. I think I'll try and make one with a turnbuckle because I'm cheap. Ralph
1979 Yamaha 33 bilge pump sailmandan at 3:47pm 04.28.23 Thanks That explains alot The membrane is the missing link The PO put an inspection plate in to repl
1979 Yamaha 33 bilge pump (1) mermike at 3:43pm 04.28.23 Does this help?
DO YOU KNOW YOUR BOAT? Siamese at 3:17pm 04.28.23 I'm gonna say, yes! I do 99% of the maintenance, and have crawled into every spot that could possib
1979 Yamaha 33 bilge pump Riptide33 at 3:16pm 04.28.23 On mine the tee is for the forward bilge pump located under the v berth

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