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engine over revs at idle RAD at 2:30pm 11.11.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2709 I have a Westerbeke W30 and over the summer while cruising it would race up for 10 seconds and go ba
Pop Top Bushings? RonRock at 1:57pm 11.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1066 I want to replace the bushings on the pivot tubes that the Pop Top uses as legs. My original is simp
Winter Cover for my V25 RonRock at 1:44pm 11.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2152 Well it is time for me to admit that winter is fast on it's way to Iowa. I won't be sailing my boat
Bad Luck Bay? Roger Long at 1:32pm 11.11.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2079 If you read the final update to my last post, you know that I finally met up with the group of boats
packing gland Boatsail1 at 12:27pm 11.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1574 My packing gland appears to be water cooled. I see a drip once I shut the engine off. Am I correct
Asymetrical Spinnaker Furler Nodak7 at 11:07am 11.11.12 Big Boats 2/1194 Been looking into a Asymmetrical Spinnaker Furler System and I was wondering if anyone has had any e
We Were wrong, the "S" in 26S Stands 4 "Super Sport" MacNCheese at 10:40am 11.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2422 Turns out we were all wrong and the "S" stands for "Super Sport" as you can can see from this ad: ht
"GIT" Rot for Bilge Bed Piratenorm at 10:17am 11.11.12 Catalina 30 10/3848 I know this is going to create controversy, but here goes anyway. In my 1983 Catalina 30 Mk 1 I have
TP 52 with a tiller? Stretch at 9:56am 11.11.12 Racing 4/28916 This video always gets me charged up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYKTXsRLY9Y'feature=fvwrel Any
3GM30F Injector Questions (4) Stretch at 9:42am 11.11.12 Engines and Propulsion 4/3596 The engine is a 1991 model that had 960 hours on it in 19 yrs. I put 300 on in 2 seasons and it was
P26 Rudder tube question (1) drumbeater at 9:18am 11.11.12 Pearson 5/3209 I'm not sure what its supposed to look like. I dropped the rudder today and the bottom bushing is in
Bird Poop everywhere! Bad Obsession at 8:57am 11.11.12 Ask All Sailors 39/10630 Does anyone have any solution for keeping birds off of docks and boats? The problem that I, and a
Bulkhead fuel filter O'Day 272 with Westerbaeke ten-2 diesel cbourne200 at 6:45am 11.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 7/3004 Last time out wind was a little brisk, so bounced around on some waves. Have had boat less than a ye
Leaky oil manifold Universal M25 Sefuller at 6:16am 11.11.12 Musings With Maine Sail 8/8531 I replaced my oil pressure switch last year and redid all the connections on the oil manifold on our
Splash..Oh no!!! ranchu56 at 6:07am 11.11.12 Big Boats 4/1176 My steering wheel retaining nut is now resting on the bottom of Narragansett Bay here in Rhode Islan
Gas tank Leaking seadaddler at 6:07am 11.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/837 I hae 2 outboard gas tanks not leaking from the tank but both pickup parts that the hose hooks up to
Dunedin City Marina seadaddler at 5:29am 11.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/748 We are at the Dunedin city Marina,Fl and what a great marina to stay at and so much to do in town,we
Is this a MacGregor Cabin table? (3) MacNCheese at 5:05am 11.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1732 Found this in my boat and was curious if it came with the boat? If so, where does it mount? As
no more mast AndyR at 3:28am 11.11.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1930 hi bad day at the office yesterday i managed to hook the backstay of my beautiful 2002 393 onto a
how seaworthy fido at 8:38pm 11.10.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/5115 good day sailors lost my job sold my house, presently sail a Catalina 27, in fresh water, looking t

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Electrical Output from Outboard Motor Crazy Dave Condon at 2:57am 02.07.23 @Benny17441 You summed it correctly as it was explained to me by Tohatsu.
Sailing and restoring #9874 Hayden Watson at 12:06am 02.07.23 I have moved the outboard to the tongue on two boats. My first boat was a Clipper 26 and when I bou
Why??? Will Gilmore at 11:25pm 02.06.23 Because he is a wanted man who stole that boat to get away from Police. Holy mackerel! If only he
Wind instruments - B&G wireless vs. B&G wired vs. ???? Tally Ho at 11:06pm 02.06.23 Does anyone just feel the wind, watch the water, look for navigation aids, and sail anymore???? dj
Proper Lifeline Tension higgs at 9:54pm 02.06.23 I have installed new 3/16" bare stainless lifelines on our 2007 H41AC. The last task is to tension
Phasor and Next Gen Generators AlexB at 9:38pm 02.06.23 I have Phasor with Kubota D1105 as a propulsion, very happy with it. The only thing I did not like,
Head Liner Replacement artboas at 9:33pm 02.06.23
mooring pendants higgs at 9:33pm 02.06.23 Kept my 25 footer on a mooring in a field where waves occassionly reached six feet. I use two 5/8"
Passage 42 Washing machine question. artboas at 9:31pm 02.06.23 So the story goes like this: need to replace the ducting from the engine blower to the lazarette a
C&C 38 Landfall - Haulout question higgs at 9:23pm 02.06.23 The keel damn well be able to support the weight of any boat. That is how sailboats are stored.
Black residue in transmission Benny17441 at 8:30pm 02.06.23 A fouled prop increases the load on the engine and transmission. It can lead to engine and transmi
C&C 38 Landfall - Haulout question (1) Stephen1150 at 8:24pm 02.06.23 Thanks for your message. I posted this question about the keel as someone at my club inferred that i
Hunter 41 Steering Quadrant Access? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:45pm 02.06.23 Sounds like the same layout as the H-310. There are four screws at the aft face of the floor panel
Wind instruments - B&G wireless vs. B&G wired vs. ???? dLj at 7:37pm 02.06.23 We have drifted way off the OPs initial question, but still a fruitful discussion. Well, we've dri
Wind instruments - B&G wireless vs. B&G wired vs. ???? dLj at 7:32pm 02.06.23
Electrical Output from Outboard Motor Benny17441 at 7:31pm 02.06.23 It is not worth the effort, the power output of the small outboards is negligible. It is intended
Mounting T-track on 2002 410 Seldon mast vschager1 at 7:25pm 02.06.23 Yes, am ordering shorter screws and will tailor them to avoid bottoming out on the tube riveted insi
Why??? Benny17441 at 7:20pm 02.06.23 Because he is a wanted man who stole that boat to get away from Police.
Mounting T-track on 2002 410 Seldon mast Davidasailor26 at 7:16pm 02.06.23
REPLACING OLD CHARTPLOTTER/GPS/AUTOPILOT/RADAR dkinzer at 7:06pm 02.06.23 As does the Em-Trak B951 AIS transceiver. So you should have a choice of 2 external GPS rxers offer

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