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Shackle failure? (1) David W at 10:29pm 08.14.12 Ask All Sailors 21/4526 I everyone, I'm just back from two weeks on the water in the Canadian Gulf Islands. Awesome sailing;
Anhydrous Lanolin Ted at 9:31pm 08.14.12 Ask All Sailors 19/8799 I usually use anhydrous lanolin on my prop shaft and prop to prevent barnacle attachment and slime g
Sportaseat revisited Andy1237 at 9:00pm 08.14.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1988 I finally decided it was time to buy one or two of those fold flat seats. West Marine has their nex
Oday 25 vs C&C 25 jproppe at 8:11pm 08.14.12 C&C 1/2960 Need some real help. I learned to sail on an O'Day 25 that had a shallow keel (25" draft cb up, 4'
to buy or not to buy uvantu at 8:08pm 08.14.12 Day Sailers 4/1495 Hi all, Your experience, thoughts and opinions are desired. I'm currently boatless, not counting t
Cabin lining removal lbd at 7:58pm 08.14.12 Mid-Size Boats 0/966 Need to remove cabin lining on 2004 H33 to reseal leaking mast step. Appears to be difficult task as
Engine compartment sound/deadening material McZube at 7:36pm 08.14.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1456 Surveyor says replace it. What can I replace it with that will be effective but suitable for that e
Engine Room/Bilge Vent Fan Lee Hadjiosif at 7:32pm 08.14.12 Ask All Sailors 11/5835 I found that the wire of the in-line vent fan in a 2 or 3" hose was cut by the previous owner. My qu
A/C Drain Bene 381 Lee Hadjiosif at 7:01pm 08.14.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1318 I have two A/C units. One under the setee draining into the bilge and the other smaller one in the a
MMSI number capacity Navicula at 6:35pm 08.14.12 Big Boats 2/1103 we are getting an MMSI number and one of the question is...........maximum nunber of pearson on the
Need exact beam measure Catalina 22 Davidchile at 6:20pm 08.14.12 Catalina 22 10/1539 Please I am from Chile and bought a Catalina 22 1983 in Midleborough, at the moment is in Miami pri
Best way to remove the Main sail for trailering? mikekern at 5:56pm 08.14.12 Catalina 22 6/4085 I have a '74 Catalina 22 that I will be storing on the trailer most of the time. As a result I need
Air in the fuel system.. suggestions NYSail at 5:46pm 08.14.12 Ask All Sailors 17/1874 Hello all, Last night while motoring in from a beautiful night sail with the wife, the engine stop
So we decided to go big... KingAirDriver at 5:19pm 08.14.12 Catalina 22 203/24049 We decided to go big and do a somewhat major re-fit of our 22, Mischief Managed. Placed a big order
Difficulty like never before Doc_holiday at 4:30pm 08.14.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1904 We went out monday and had fair winds with a few white caps but I couldn't get any speed. I hung on
Hunter 38 Porthole hardware broken dacarls at 2:58pm 08.14.12 Big Boats 2/916 Can anyone give me a heads-up on repair (vs replacement) of 1985 Hunter 38 rectangular ports? These
opening ports and hatches manufacturer redhead78 at 2:51pm 08.14.12 Ask All Sailors 5/1440 Hi all I seem to remember a post about hatches and replacement port windows, could not find it in th
Cockpit Drain Hose Size (2) BaltoPete at 2:25pm 08.14.12 Catalina 30 1/3465 Does anyone know what size hose is needed to connect the cockpit drains to the through hulls on the
Thinking of upgrading dph123 at 2:03pm 08.14.12 Catalina 30 16/2330 Hello all. I just sold my 1972 c22 which I had for about a year. A few weeks ago I had a catastrophi
Mast Raising System CzechMate at 1:40pm 08.14.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1106 I have a Macgregor 26D, and it came with a mast raising system. The previous owner never used it, an

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New Catalina 30 Owner (2) mikeracca at 9:10pm 05.11.22
315 Battery Meter Ralph Johnstone at 9:02pm 05.11.22 I suspect your wiring is pretty much as described by @jssailem and @Calif. Ted . An easy check is
315 Battery Meter jssailem at 8:41pm 05.11.22 Skipper John. what happens when you switch from Batt1 to Batt 2? It is a guess, you would get the
Electric swing keel winch - Chrysler 26 rgranger at 8:05pm 05.11.22 If you raise the ballasted keel all the way, the boat will become unstable, if you do it with the s
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 BKParks at 7:45pm 05.11.22
315 Battery Meter Calif. Ted at 7:35pm 05.11.22 Are the house batteries not connected in parallel so they would read as a single battery, so Batt 1
V birth clothes locker latch mechanism? Phil Herring at 7:02pm 05.11.22 If I recall correctly, the 356 run used a couple of different catch mechanisms. If you could photogr
Which antiseize on injectors? skunther at 6:56pm 05.11.22 I removed & re-installed my 3 injectors a year ago after 20 years. I didn't read anything about us
Which antiseize on injectors? skunther at 6:54pm 05.11.22 I have used this for 50 yrs on everything with good results: Never Seez Regular Grade Anti Seize
Low friction rings Richard19068 at 6:37pm 05.11.22 Perfect. I had not seen the link. (I got discracted looking at the pictures.) Funny. I did too.
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 6:32pm 05.11.22 205243
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 6:32pm 05.11.22 205242
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 Davidasailor26 at 6:24pm 05.11.22
Low friction rings Hayden Watson at 6:23pm 05.11.22 It sounds like the conclusion of PS was exactly in alignment with my preliminary hypothesis. "Conclu
Low friction rings Hayden Watson at 6:20pm 05.11.22 Did you read the P-S article I linked to? That should answer your question. Perfect. I had not se
Sailing the Heel Two Sails at 6:19pm 05.11.22 I sailed my old boat (Hunter 280) a bit hard from time to time. In this case, I was over-canvasse
Low friction rings dlochner at 6:13pm 05.11.22 My question was "Is there any difference between the brands of rings or do I just shop for the chea
Hunter 376 inverter charger cagreen75 at 6:06pm 05.11.22 I would suggest that you venture over to this site: Electrical Archives - Marine How To There is a v
Frustrating latches on C315 Skipper John at 6:02pm 05.11.22
Has anyone purchased from Boatersland.com? Tally Ho at 5:59pm 05.11.22 I'm considering updating my outdated, unsupported and (partially) broken X5 Raymarine autopilot set

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