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Water through the dorade vents on the 34 Saillife at 9:49pm 07.18.12 Big Boats 15/4148 Having just seen a posting by kloudie on the need to have the dorade vents facing the same way (tha
Reed Creek, Chesapeake Bay Ron20324 at 9:18pm 07.18.12 Ask All Sailors 5/2209 Has anyone been into Reed Creek, off the Chester River, off the Chesapeake Bay this year? Troubles g
fuel pump jeagles at 7:30pm 07.18.12 Bigger Boats 1/998 I disconnected fuel pump (Facet) to take out tank to look for fuel leak. Now trying to reconnect fue
Hats off to Raymarine service windwagon at 6:49pm 07.18.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1831 After much apprehension, I sent my out of warranty Raymarine autopilot to factory serviice. After re
Early end to the Season (1) Tom Hoffman at 6:19pm 07.18.12 Trailer Sailors 9/3375 Regrettably, my wife and I had to call an early halt to this years sailing season. My Admiral a
New graphics! (2) CHM at 6:17pm 07.18.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1249 I just finished this on Saturday along both sides of the cabin.
Air Conditioning medominique at 6:04pm 07.18.12 Catalina 30 30/5343 I own a 30' 1988 catalina. I am giving serious thought to having an air conditioner installed. I a
Headed to Maine Jim Seamans at 5:12pm 07.18.12 Ask All Sailors 8/1621 By Car that is... July 21st I will be headed to Portland and then on up to Augusta and Bangor. Will
Have you ever been asked... Slow Mo^cean at 4:48pm 07.18.12 Ask All Sailors 31/5099 I know some places of the country are slower than most, so maybe you havent been asked this question
Port Holes? Slow Mo^cean at 4:25pm 07.18.12 Catalina 22 2/1132 Has anyone, or is there an easy way to retrofit the windows in pre-86 C22s to port holes? The forwa
Jib Halyard treeman at 4:21pm 07.18.12 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1615 Yesterday afternoon we were blessed with some decent wind here in SE Pennsylvania. I got my 222 out
11.0A Vent on waste holding tank patrscoe at 4:09pm 07.18.12 S2 5/1413 While resolving a clogged issue with our head, we discovered that the holding tank or piping has no
Southern California Marinas for Liveaboards RTB at 3:38pm 07.18.12 Destinations 24/21522 I had luck here before, finding a marina for this same friend in Puget Sound (thanks Phil Herring).
Dinghy leak due to tear near seam, suggestions/advice? (1) Paladin27 at 2:11pm 07.18.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1720 I bought a used dinghy on Craigslist and the starboard chamber is getting soft after about a day. I
How do you use the Refir and Frig? therobesons at 12:36pm 07.18.12 Big Boats 6/1860 The Galley on the 420 is so small that it is hard to get anything in and out of the freezer and the
Whisker pole for a 40 O'Day jtallen2489 at 12:15pm 07.18.12 Parts Search 0/1825 Looking for a used whisker pole for a 40' O'Day. Allenj27@gmail.com
Plexiglass companioway doors bffatcat at 11:42am 07.18.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1281 My mahogany compainway doors on my vintage Pearson26W have seen better days. I would like to replac
Boom Tent SEAHAWK56 at 11:38am 07.18.12 Catalina 22 8/6630 I am looking for a n easy to make boom tent. Currently using a plastic tarp over the boom secured wi
Mantis from Pro-techt.com Trial and Error at 11:29am 07.18.12 Catalina 22 2/1423 Does anyone have experience in using Pro-techt's Mantis as a alternative to a bimini?
New Hunter 23.5 Owner - missing equipment - rookie sailor Cape Charles at 11:13am 07.18.12 Smaller Boats 3/1537 I just bought my first boat, a 1993 Hunter 23.5, and want to prep for first sail...but missing some

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Looking for a roller I can use when using the trailer winch to raise the mast (3) pclarksurf at 4:21pm 05.03.22 I"m in the @LakeShark camp: needs to be efficient and I only raise solo. Certainly as you raise wi
shroud tension rgranger at 4:18pm 05.03.22 It looks a though the only recourse is to simply pull down on the shroud by hand and try to get the
Hunter 340 Head Faucet Replacement joelm100 at 4:15pm 05.03.22 Heads up: I did a swap with the galley on my H380 and had trouble matching European thread and PEX
Two sides to 3jh3e engine coolant pump? JoeWhite at 4:06pm 05.03.22 Normally the engine coolant also runs through the water heater coil to heat the drinking water.
Cherubini was a genius. At least he had good sources. Captainfrankii at 4:01pm 05.03.22 Hardware, especially rigging, should NEVER be attached directly to the holes in the anodized-aluminu
Stuffing box- Uh Oh! (H310) Tim22 at 3:55pm 05.03.22 For my H 310 4 rings 3/16 inch Teflon. Tim
Misc Issues kappykaplan at 3:54pm 05.03.22 fuel injectors are fouled from the soot and carbon Get a bottle of Sea Foam and put it in the tank
Ammeter replacement questions (1) jonelli at 3:52pm 05.03.22 I'm not familiar with DC circuits that can measure current via the wires through the "donut". Thoug
Misc Issues jssailem at 3:42pm 05.03.22 On my boat I had the same black soot line. The engine was exhausting some un-burnt fuel. It could co
Misc Issues mjsb at 3:25pm 05.03.22 My biggest concern with all that the engine has been thru, especially with the backfiring and heavy
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 Ralph Johnstone at 3:04pm 05.03.22 I do have someone who offered to go with me time permitting and captain my boat that has close to 4
Misc Issues kappykaplan at 3:02pm 05.03.22 That doesn't look too bad. When I spent an extended time motoring in following seas, I got soot on
Effects of disconnecting hydronic heater baycloud at 2:29pm 05.03.22 I have rebuilt old, really old, car engines that overheat when you fire them up with plugged heater
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 BKParks at 2:26pm 05.03.22 Thank you that is great advice, I do have an I/R gun as well. I bought the boat over the winter and
Misc Issues (1) mjsb at 2:19pm 05.03.22 Any photos to the transom?
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 2:16pm 05.03.22 Ok so not a totally complete failure. The part actually was almost the desired size for the interior
Misc Issues mjsb at 2:12pm 05.03.22 Normally Black smoke = Engine burning oil Hopefully no more Backfires on the engine. How many eng
Deep stick (1) Ralph Johnstone at 2:11pm 05.03.22 BTW: You now have a deviant browser history.:beer:
Single-handing a Catalina 310? PlaneTom at 1:42pm 05.03.22 As others have said, sailing the 310 single handed is not difficult, and some have suggested modific
Block size for 84' 31 - Mainsheet Dave Groshong at 1:39pm 05.03.22 I recommend Garhauer size 30 blocks for that boat's mainsheet system, give me a call if you'd like

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