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Oceanis 41, Yanmar SD50 saildrive slipping in forward zoya at 7:50pm 08.09.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/6722 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 2/1121 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 2/3290 I have come to the conclusion that there are two varieties of tube assemblies that fit into the jack
Yanmar Zinc Replacement Jim L at 4:27pm 08.09.13 Mid-Size Boats 3/1552 Has anyone changed the motor zincs on 2GM20F? I am afraid I need to but not Siri I can get them out
Port lites Rich (P303) at 4:12pm 08.09.13 Pearson 2/2405 Has anyone replace a port lite in a Pearson 303. General question... are the skins cored with wood:c
Minimum Wind Speed Don Guillette at 3:30pm 08.09.13 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 22/16282 I was trawling other sites searching for an interesting topic and found the above. The question was
First Sail: O'Day 25 Ron20386 at 2:33pm 08.09.13 Day Sailers 13/2532 My wife and I helped out some friends who just bought a (1984?) O'Day 25 centerboard model by taking
Interdeck paint on Topsides? Caribbean trade-offs! Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 1:31pm 08.09.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1691 My haulout date for a bottom job fast approaches and I see an opportunity to have my topsides painte
Boat Refrigeration Richard Kollmann at 12:52pm 08.09.13 Big Boats 2/2090 Tech Tip 3 Are new boat refrigerators better than the older ones? Product improvements in sma
topping lift splax at 11:19am 08.09.13 Big Boats 33/7598 Will someone please tell me the proper routing of the topping lift. I believe mine is caught inside
Deisel Shutdown Woes wstockho at 10:45am 08.09.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1707 I have a 2005 Hunter 33 with a Yanmar 2GM20F auxiliary. The engine is equipped with a remote shutdo
New Catalina 22 Owner (1) fjordstar at 10:12am 08.09.13 Catalina 22 25/3533 Ahoy! Newbie to the group. Bought my C22 last week and have spent a lot of time cleaning her insid
Cheap Alcohol FourPoints at 9:44am 08.09.13 Ask All Sailors 23/4145 ok, you probably thought I was meaning the kind you drink... but no, I'm looking for cheap sources f
Door and Cabin Hardware replacement PDReynolds at 9:39am 08.09.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/5430 Hi Folks, We are quite happy for the most part with our 2006 Beneteau 423. The interior is very wel
Catalina 36 Main Halyard Recommendation? jviss at 9:34am 08.09.13 Ask All Sailors 23/8580 Time to replace the main halyard. I've had StaSet-X, 7/16" (I think) these past 13 years. Not craz
Looking to buy harleyjl at 8:58am 08.09.13 Smaller Boats 1/817 I am a novice "sailor" and would like to buy a used Catalina-22 or, failing that, a Catalina -18 so
Mainsail leech flutter rfriesen at 8:45am 08.09.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/4112 We have a 2007 B40 with a battened in mast furling (Neil Pryde) mainsail. In winds over 15 knots it
Auctioning a large boat jander31 at 8:12am 08.09.13 Big Boats 2/1097 Has anyone had any succes auctioning off their boat? I'm talking about boats 35-40 feet in the $60-
Damaged Spar, Oday 222 (2) noolacam at 7:55am 08.09.13 Ask An Oday Owner 14/1988 Hi, I just picked up an Oday 222 that has been sitting for several years. When I got it home I found
"Pop-Top" Cabin Enclosure for the Hunter 23? (1) Paladin27 at 7:28am 08.09.13 Smaller Boats 10/7688 http://shop.hunterowners.com/images/product/141.jpg This pop-top cabin enclosure on the sailboatowne

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1989-94 Hunter 27-2 schematics or manual Russ M at 12:33pm 06.06.23 I bought a 1990 27-2 last fall and had the same trouble - the 27-2 has very few resources online tha
Glow Plug Push Button O'day 28 1985 Davidasailor26 at 11:57am 06.06.23 On our 85 the glow plug button was the same type as the starter button. So if you were able to sourc
Stainless Rub Strake Installation dlochner at 11:20am 06.06.23 No need for baking plates. I have a couple of those strakes on my toe rail to prevent chafe on the w
Jabsco volume per stroke kloudie1 at 11:19am 06.06.23 Just further reading: The geek in me popped out so I measured stuff. It turns out that for every st
Stainless Rub Strake Installation Rick Webb at 11:18am 06.06.23 Adhesive and screws will work fine. A bit like this makes it easy to get the screw holes centered i
Advice before I buy C30 Hayden Watson at 11:16am 06.06.23 While you'll pay a little more look for a 89 or newer C30 try looking for one to avoid the plywood
Mercury 9.9 4 stroke on Cat 25 kloudie1 at 11:10am 06.06.23 A turkey baster will get the excess out.
Merit 22 owners Centex at 11:02am 06.06.23 I had been looking around online for a better trailer for the boat I had (S2 7.0). Thinking maybe I
Forward lower shrouds length on a 1979 S2 0.2 C Avi at 10:53am 06.06.23 Not sure if you are in the S2 Facebook group, but it is pretty active. I posted your question there
Stainless Rub Strake Installation Don S/V ILLusion at 10:51am 06.06.23
Xanbus System Control Panel Freezing tfox2069 at 10:44am 06.06.23 You can call Tech support. When I did, they told me about a Factory Rest. That did the trick. Ne
Intracoastal Waterway Sailing Captain Larry-DH at 10:29am 06.06.23 NYC harbor is much easier. :D you might be right.
Newbie Terry Cox at 10:25am 06.06.23 Seeking honest advice for a newbie with zero experience sailing. A couple of pointers. When we pur
Engine Control xavpil at 10:00am 06.06.23 interesting discovery while looking for the single lever. CatalinaDirect has the perfect replacement
Advice before I buy C30 Ward H at 9:59am 06.06.23 While you'll pay a little more look for a 89 or newer C30 try looking for one to avoid the plywood i
Engine Control xavpil at 9:57am 06.06.23 Clunk you hear could be too fast idle. idle is not easy to find with this lever because if you go
Engine Control xavpil at 9:56am 06.06.23 You have to let the engine come to idle. it is not easy with the lever because if you pull it bac
Where to find Engine Guages Nav Pod Calif. Ted at 9:48am 06.06.23 It always struck me as an incredible bargain for Navpod at less than $100, I got one for a chartplot
Hunter 49/50AC wiring for lithium conversion Nate at 9:46am 06.06.23 Hi Art, Our system is planned at 600+ah of lithium and we would like to heat hot water and reduce c
Hunter 49/50AC wiring for lithium conversion artboas at 9:26am 06.06.23 Hello, I am in the process of finalizing the design of the Victron lithium conversation on my Hunt

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