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Beneteau 311 Lift Keel PY handicap Salohcin at 12:15pm 10.22.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1490 I race our Beneteau 311 Lift keel, (fixed) prop on Lake Windermere and seem to be struggling with ou
Exhaust Hose Change-40' 1989 Hunter 38lat at 11:26am 10.22.12 Big Boats 3/1103 Hi: Now the next big project - planning ahead. The exhaust hose is crimped and most likely ori
Replacing Fixed ports by"Jalepeno jaj63207 at 9:32am 10.22.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1523 Quote: Originally Posted by jaj63207 Three years ago you had a post on replcing your fixed ports. C
Oday 23 Trailer Help RIOday88 at 7:52am 10.22.12 Day Sailers 7/1300 I just recently purchased an O'day 23 and the boat is sitting in the water at the moment. I have a t
routing cable on O'Day 22 bellnier at 7:40am 10.22.12 Day Sailers 5/1486 I have installed a transom transducer and need to get the cable from starboard side to port side dis
Compression post missing? George68fs at 6:46am 10.22.12 Ask An Oday Owner 13/2019 Just bought an '84 222 in late Sept. Cabin was reworked by one of previous owners. What pics I have
spreader end replacement '85 Sirius 21 Harry Joe at 6:38am 10.22.12 Trailer Sailors 13/7314 The polymer end of my 1" round aluminum spreader has broken. I would epoxy it but have not had great
Woah! Possible Halloween Spookiness. (2) Roger Long at 6:22am 10.22.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 29/8278 The Canadian models show this red patch (which may look different if you are viewing this much after
Refridge/Freezer theory Doug/Karen at 5:49am 10.22.12 Big Boats 28/4386 This weekend, we heard a theory regarding fridge/freezer management that we had never heard before.
Marelon thru-hull - oversized or right-sized? 4arch at 4:13am 10.22.12 Musings With Maine Sail 2/3001 I plan to replace my thru-hull valves and fittings this winter and have decided to go with the Fores
Catalina 30 steering failure Dave Barker at 3:00am 10.22.12 Catalina 30 7/2844 Help! I have a 1978 Catalina 30 with steering issues! This past weekend my steering connector arm be
Had to Use My Emergency Tiller Today (2) Lee Coller at 11:28pm 10.21.12 Big Boats 5/1896 Ended up having to use my emergency tiller today (and vessel assist to guide me into the slip). I'm
Lug Bolts of engine mount Ken13559 at 9:47pm 10.21.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1333 Stu, thanks for the tooth-pick ' silicone idea. Done that. Couldn't get the Lug Bolt tight but it is
Can I remove the forestay without the mast falling? sailtactics at 8:54pm 10.21.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/3091 Hi All, I'm glad there's a catalina forum out there. My jib halyard got caught in my furler and dam
electrical question ms. ndpndnt at 8:20pm 10.21.12 Catalina 22 2/1223 What is the screw that is in the middle of panel for ? the panel is orginal C-22 panel.
Venture 21 bilge rockford2000 at 7:50pm 10.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1335 Let's assume that the keel bolt on a Venture 21 begins to leak. The area of the bilge into which th
yanmar alternator connections (2) Blitz at 7:34pm 10.21.12 Engines and Propulsion 4/11099 This first picture is similar to my current alternator with the harness wiring which I believe is a
1983 Oday 28 Fwd hatch support arm (2) Euphoria2011 at 6:54pm 10.21.12 Bigger Boats 6/1480 The end of the support arm for the fwd hatch broke this weekend. The end that has the eye broke. Doe
Change to mid boom sheeting? bhstech at 6:53pm 10.21.12 Mid-Size Boats 6/6701 I have a C-22 at the present time and have a few post on that forum. I am looking to move to a larg
Engine/Prop-shaft alignment Ken13559 at 5:46pm 10.21.12 Ask All Sailors 13/4817 Now that I've recon the engine mounts and after watching a Youtube instructional video on engine/sha

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Green Crystals in Fuel Filter thinwater at 7:16am 05.30.22 Gasoline additive?
Shower pump wont operate lauris67 at 7:14am 05.30.22 The shower pump on my B31 has a relay with timer. Sounds as this is the defective part on yours. It
Shipping boat from HI to mainland? FastOlson at 7:00am 05.30.22 Archived story of a Cal 20: https://www.oocities.org/thetropics/5471/chalupaprep.htm Note that the
Stuck Centerboard on a Widgeon shemandr at 6:57am 05.30.22 It looks like the triangular piece with the three fasteners is dislodged. And there are cracks betw
Single-handed docking Davidasailor26 at 6:54am 05.30.22
New Catalina 30 Owner kappykaplan at 6:50am 05.30.22 Very nice, Mike! :beer:
Green Crystals in Fuel Filter kloudie1 at 6:42am 05.30.22 Going to guess a bad batch of gasoline, since it was in the plastic can before getting to the engine
Shipping boat from HI to mainland? rgranger at 6:36am 05.30.22 With respect to tracking apps, I have used spot and like it very much for its ease and reliability.
Need opinions on possible purchase of a sailboat. Don S/V ILLusion at 6:35am 05.30.22 assessing any boat based on pictures is a dubious task. Any boat that old will have issues a new boa
Stuck Centerboard on a Widgeon (2) kgray9 at 6:35am 05.30.22 Here are two photos of the CB handle. Opposite the handle, there seems to be a raised fiberglass pa
Stuck Centerboard on a Widgeon shemandr at 6:11am 05.30.22 It can't be that heavy. Why don't you set it up upside down on some saw horses and pull the centerb
Single-handed docking Len Ingalls at 6:09am 05.30.22 As others have said-Install midship cleats just fwd of cockpit so you can reach them from cockpit. I
Marine plywood- to use or not to use? Rick Webb at 5:32am 05.30.22 Our local Home Depot sells the cull lumber at 25% of the list price. I imagine most places do someth
Emergency bilge pumps(s) shemandr at 5:28am 05.30.22 I would test it more often than annually or semi annually. And it's common to need to replace the d
Emergency bilge pumps(s) Crusty Ol Salt at 4:59am 05.30.22 On my H280 it would be the manual bilge pump operated for the cockpit. https://i.postimg.cc/4x9Xh6Y
Marine plywood- to use or not to use? Bluenose at 4:38am 05.30.22 Interesting, thank you, that looks like a great coating.
Stuck Centerboard on a Widgeon kgray9 at 4:07am 05.30.22 the one you talk about? My guess from your description that there is something happening in the mec
Emergency bilge pumps(s) senang at 3:38am 05.30.22 I know bilge pumps and high water bilge pumps. What is an emergency bilge pump?
Green Crystals in Fuel Filter senang at 3:36am 05.30.22 Somebody put sugar in your fueltank? Sugar is a known sabotage act of petrol engines.
Shower pump wont operate Caboteur at 3:31am 05.30.22

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