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Good Deal on Handheld VHF Bad Obsession at 7:52am 03.27.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1075 Today West Marine is doing a special for $20 off any purchase over $100. I bought a Standard Hori
shopping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! plugugly at 7:45am 03.27.13 Mid-Size Boats 0/18 I'm seeking a 27 Catalina with/wing keel/tiller/ and preferably outboard, but will consider diesel,
Mac 25 Winch tannaberton at 6:52am 03.27.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1130 Winch will not move up or down so I am going to replace it with a small 12v winch I have hanging aro
Gate Valves Going - How to cut thru-hull? (1) Tom-in-Annapolis at 5:52am 03.27.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/5245 I'm in the process of replacing my gate valves and thru-hulls. The gate valves looked good on the o
Drilled Keel Stub Ajay73 at 3:54am 03.27.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/935 I got tired of constantly sponging water out of my keel stub and so drilled a 5/16" hole through the
Battery Monitor JeffThompson at 3:47am 03.27.13 Big Boats 16/3361 Wanting to install a battery monitor in our Hunter 38 and need some advice on two topics. We have t
Starch on board? szymk at 3:16am 03.27.13 Ask All Sailors 12/3185 It always puzzled me... I found copious amounts of spray-on starch for clothes on board of a boat I
Running a tack line M26 Chrisbee at 11:24pm 03.26.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/3173 Hi Guys, 1st post on this site. Easter weekend for us looks like a good weekend for my Mac 26M with
Watermaker 12 volt or 110 volt. Pro and Con murrayabbott at 7:18pm 03.26.13 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/8459 Hi I am getting a water maker installed. Just reviewing options and I see 12 volt models and
New B (1) CCrane2299 at 6:38pm 03.26.13 Catalina 22 52/4819 First post, new member, long time lurker. I have spent several days reading the whole Catalina 2
Legend 40.5 Anchor Roller NotFast at 5:08pm 03.26.13 Big Boats 6/1737 Has anyone had to replace the Legend 40.5 anchor rollers? There are 2 a large one in the front and s
Cockpit drain Joe Dunn at 5:04pm 03.26.13 Sabre Sailboats 3/38039 So I am replacing the seacocks, thruhulls and hose that drain the cockpit. I am looking for the tai
mounting a boom bail fiestaMojo at 4:55pm 03.26.13 Ask All Sailors 9/5402 I'm mounting a bail on my boom to install a boom vang, and thinking using a thru-bolt with a sleeve
Bow roller for 393 iwindance at 4:01pm 03.26.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1302 I have a single bow roller for my Delta 35 and would like to add another for a Fortress 25, any sug
Question on towing a Hunter 23.5 strobeone at 3:08pm 03.26.13 Smaller Boats 26/6182 I am thinking of purchasing a new truck to pull my boat out of the water occasionally...mainly for m
3 blade prop for h290/h306 Adam678 at 12:02pm 03.26.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1290 Any h290/306 owners with a 3 blade fixed prop. What diameter, pitch and brand do you have? Campbell
Spring... (1) Warren Milberg at 11:58am 03.26.13 Ask All Sailors 28/3444 For those of you looking for an early spring...
H27 main halyard winch Mike 1 at 11:56am 03.26.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1467 I have noticed as I hoist the sail if I am not careful the line coming onto the winch rolls over the
Motor for Oday Wideon Auratron at 10:47am 03.26.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2465 Does anyone have experience with an outboard motor on the widgeon 13 footer? What size or make woul
Sump pump in the head JohnM at 10:12am 03.26.13 Bigger Boats 1/1174 The sump pump in the head stopped working. Has anyone repleac ed theirs? How did you do it? Thank

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A roundup of 2022 Ralph Johnstone at 9:09am 12.21.22 Beautiful. Forget the starter motor, the fuel tank, the head, the stove, and go sailing. What could
Marina Advice Parsons at 9:02am 12.21.22 BTW: if you decide to use jerry cans on the deck, the shaker siphon will be your best friend. I've
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting Ralph Johnstone at 8:56am 12.21.22 I'll add heavier battery cables, Always look for proof before spending a damn good whack of money
Need perkins prima M50 fuel line replacement??? dlochner at 8:43am 12.21.22 Perkins was originally a British diesel. It is now owned by Caterpillar. The threads on the fittings
A roundup of 2022 Scott T-Bird at 8:42am 12.21.22 Blokes on Boats! What a heart-warming video filled with beautiful boats & a great story. Loved the
Water volume difference between Groco HF, Raritan SF PHII Jamsco Twist n Lock Hayden Watson at 8:39am 12.21.22 Thanks Peggy. Fisheries actually delivers free to my marina so that makes it even better. It soun
Marina Advice Sailor Sue at 8:24am 12.21.22 We've locked through both ways in 3 different boats in the past. It's pretty much as duck21 describ
Water volume difference between Groco HF, Raritan SF PHII Jamsco Twist n Lock Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:16am 12.21.22 The user controls the amount of flush water used by any manual toilet. Always using the wet mode ex
A roundup of 2022 stickinthemud57 at 7:52am 12.21.22 That was very relaxing, and nicely produced. Thanks for sharing!
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting dmax at 7:49am 12.21.22 You could add an air intake heater, there may be one that fits the 2GM but here's a generic one: htt
Electrical system william24424 at 7:43am 12.21.22 Thank you. Reading & studying.
STEEL RAILS Rick.johnson at 7:32am 12.21.22 Well that is something to consider to use similar type of materials on it i did not notice an rust
Need perkins prima M50 fuel line replacement??? (1) georgetheleo at 7:26am 12.21.22 I have now been to 3 hydraulic hose shops, a goodyear/parker shop, and a Fuel injection shop. None h
Marina Advice duck21 at 7:18am 12.21.22 Oh--locking through--it was actually quite easy/straight forward. We went through at around 0700.
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting Tom Fritz at 7:14am 12.21.22 Thanks everyone for your responses. -The 2GMF has a heat exchanger using raw water to cool antifree
STEEL RAILS JamesG161 at 7:12am 12.21.22 Why did you state that you would not use stainless steel to remake the rails I would have said the
Marina Advice duck21 at 7:08am 12.21.22 Hi! Indeed, we did the opposite(ish) trip back in 2021--we left from Benton Harbor on Lake Michigan
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting mermike at 7:07am 12.21.22 :plus: on servicing the injectors.
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting HMT2 at 5:41am 12.21.22 I had the same problem with my 83 2GM. Nothing really fixed it. There are no glow plugs on a Yanma
STEEL RAILS Rick.johnson at 5:37am 12.21.22 Hi John I will be going to her this coming week end to get pictures an develop a plan of that can

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