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install fuel sender unbridled at 2:09pm 11.02.12 Catalina 30 6/2280 I've just pulled fuel tank and cleaned my 1980 C30 gas tank due to water and crap accumulation built
Wood safety rail jansan1 at 12:57pm 11.02.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1923 Anyone out there ever fitted a wooden rail in place of the top wire of the safety rail stanchions ?
Placement of Pop Top Weatherstrip RonRock at 12:30pm 11.02.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/769 I just received new weatherstrip for my Venture 25. Came from BWY it is the new style "Bulb" type. T
Deck fittings - backing plates voltzwgn at 12:27pm 11.02.12 Ask All Sailors 31/9994 I'm getting ready to order some butyl tape to redo all my deck fittings. And was wondering if anyon
Any one using Gobius? ameiton at 10:40am 11.02.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1497 Gobius tank monitor system for waste holding tanks is measuring from the outside, no parts on the in
How Long Could You Live In Your Mac? MacNCheese at 10:11am 11.02.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 19/2610 If the economy gets even worse and I lose my house, my backup plan is to live in my MacGregor 26.
O'day 35 damaged - looking for parts, etc. BarryL at 8:55am 11.02.12 Bigger Boats 16/3391 Hello, I thought my boat made it through Sandy without damage, but I was wrong. I got on the boat W
Winter storage ? Kh3412 at 7:45am 11.02.12 Mid-Size Boats 6/1514 New boat owner question. Do you relieve tension on the rigging over the winter? The boat is on the h
2GM Engine- Max RPM? Ed H at 6:41am 11.02.12 The Cherubini Hunters 7/11846 My 1981 Hunter 33 has a 2GM raw water cooled engine. The PO told me that he ran it at 2800 RPMs. I s
Bounty - This Changes Everything Roger Long at 3:39am 11.02.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 18/10185 This Youtube video is chilling. Listen carefully starting about 10 minutes into it. http://www.you
Linux GPS dashboard interest (1) c_witch at 1:12am 11.02.12 Trailer Sailors 7/4682 Hiee all, Firstly let me say that I use OpenCPN on a laptop for charting while sailing. It has a
Deck painting Sastevenson at 7:55pm 11.01.12 Ask An Oday Owner 0/923 Hello all, I am wanting to paint the non-skid basket-weave type of texture on my o'day 20. If you k
Comments about a Bristol 32 shoal keel for coast/caribbean (1) c_witch at 7:46pm 11.01.12 Ask All Sailors 9/9326 Just looking for comments about what this boat would be like for eastern seaboard crusing from Nova
1995 430 Holding Tank Replacemnet Jean Guy at 7:26pm 11.01.12 Big Boats 8/2381 Is there a easy way to take the holding tank out between the generator island and the stove. I check
Installing a foredeck hatch. Any structural issues? santanacat234 at 7:14pm 11.01.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1614 I have an 80 Catalina 27. I have a vent on my foredeck that is slightly off center. I would like to
?????????????? woodster at 6:23pm 11.01.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1497 not really a post but an inquiry....does any one know how Ross faired this storm...... regards w
yahoo! Manureva at 6:09pm 11.01.12 San Juan Sailboats 0/3553 thank for creating this to the moderator! here is a link for the san juan 23 owner! http://www3.te
Keel Weldment Problems (1) Harleyreef at 5:55pm 11.01.12 Catalina 22 23/3399 Figure I would post a picture to show what happens with a lack of maintenance I am guessing. This wa
Was Sandy A PERMANENT Game Changer For Boating? rardiH36 at 5:04pm 11.01.12 Ask All Sailors 34/6938 Considering that: - Sandy damaged/wrecked a lot of boats and some marinas and changed the landscape
Clean filter (1) carlager at 4:42pm 11.01.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1442 I see a clear bubble in the filter on the diesel line to my webasto 3500. I believe it is water and

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Refilling/Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Fire Suppression Cannisters njlarry at 4:11pm 01.01.23 Welding supply shops are often the best place to have these systems serviced.
Com-Pac 16 general questions sail sfbay at 3:46pm 01.01.23 The method above is how I determined the pin weight (weight of the loaded trailer king pin on the to
Any sailor peppers out there? (1) Tally Ho at 3:41pm 01.01.23
Help with the new O'Day hull tracking? (1) SailKozy at 3:40pm 01.01.23 :plus: The owner of this outfit used to be the parts manager for O'Day. He has a wealth of informat
Older sailers stickinthemud57 at 3:18pm 01.01.23 Health is a crap shoot. We each have our genetic make-up and none of us know what that has in store
Towing a dinghy shemandr at 3:15pm 01.01.23 Of course there are going to be contradictory views. I used to sail to Block Island with my Peanut
Lewmar Deck Hatch Leaking BigEasy at 3:11pm 01.01.23 Consider using Sikaflex to fill in the split in the gasket. That's what I did to correct a leak in
Towing a dinghy Sailfanatic at 2:43pm 01.01.23 Check this source USt2sCT6W5Y
Older sailers Captain Larry-DH at 2:29pm 01.01.23 There's a 94 yo skier whose famous quote is " You don't get too old to ski. You get old because yo
Any sailor peppers out there? markwbird at 2:25pm 01.01.23
Older sailers shemandr at 2:22pm 01.01.23 There's a 94 yo skier whose famous quote is " You don't get too old to ski. You get old because you
Com-Pac 16 general questions shemandr at 2:13pm 01.01.23 When I lived in Southold NY you could do this at the dump - ah, transfer station. #3 Stumps me.
Original cabin heat/air system for 2007 Hunter 45cc? SV_Gonromin at 1:52pm 01.01.23 All of this will require many boat bucks. Are there any boat bucks that aren't "many"? :oops::D T
Com-Pac 16 general questions sail sfbay at 1:48pm 01.01.23 Might consider obtaining the following weights at you local moving company truck scale: 1. tow vehi
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions (1) RitSim at 1:33pm 01.01.23 My zinc broke off this year. I removed the center bolt as you did and the cover should be free. Pa
Older sailers dLj at 1:33pm 01.01.23 I just turned 67 - age is more than just a number, there are inexorable aspects of aging that one ca
Older sailers Dalliance at 1:28pm 01.01.23 The previous owner of my boat sailed until he was 83 and I can think of at least 5 sailors I know of
Lewmar Deck Hatch Leaking kappykaplan at 1:23pm 01.01.23 Consider using Sikaflex to fill in the split in the gasket. That's what I did to correct a leak in
Cockpit Speakers for a 275 (1) Hello Below at 1:13pm 01.01.23 Why not consider what I have? A portable, water resistant bluetooth speaker. No holes, take it to th
Boat is Hibernating 2 OLD PIRATES at 12:55pm 01.01.23 I got some feed back about this very subject: Interesting read. https://skippersplan.com/winter-sto

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