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Bulge in the cabin floor Amason Grace at 11:43am 10.01.12 Catalina 22 4/2333 My 79 swing keel has an slight bulge forming beneath the cabin floor, close to the electrical panel.
H34 Seacock changeout info needed dqb24 at 11:35am 10.01.12 Big Boats 27/4775 1984 H34...newly moved from fresh water (Lake Michigan) to brackish water (Chesapeake) a year ago (2
Macgregor 26M kitxu at 11:34am 10.01.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2024 How is this boat?
Alternator quit working, I need some help scorpio77 at 11:04am 10.01.12 Ask All Sailors 8/1653 Hi guys, Yesterday while motoring, I had a broken sea water hose, It splashed salt water all ove
Covering up for Winter tgrass462 at 10:32am 10.01.12 Smaller Boats 10/1740 In past years I have unstepped my mast and stored my boat and trailer (Hunter 260) in indoor storage
New Owner needing Operator Manual keepsailin at 10:15am 10.01.12 Big Boats 2/1142 Hello all! Well, I just acquired a 1997 Hunter Passage 450 without any documentation nor access to t
Capacity of a 1975 Cat 22? fido911 at 10:09am 10.01.12 Catalina 22 2/1237 Please help! My sailing club is planning a short cruise down the ICW (Approximately 3 miles) for a
Fiberglass question paulh1 at 9:30am 10.01.12 Ask All Sailors 8/3412 Ok, dumb question. My fiberglass container says don't apply if under 60 degrees. What if you apply i
Anchor Rode Locker Bill Roughton at 8:29am 10.01.12 Ask An Oday Owner 10/2288 Has anyone come up with a way to store an anchor and rode on the O'Day 27? I can hang the anchor fr
Ecoclad bottompaint orion at 8:07am 10.01.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1720 Has anyone had any experience with this new bottom paint? Sounds interesting but it is expensive- $3
sink seawater intrusion wesandevie at 7:19am 10.01.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/3268 We are new owners of a 2004 Hunter 41. When we sail and heel over to the starboard, seawater comes
Alternator Recomendations for 25XPB jimmcgee at 6:02am 10.01.12 Catalina 30 20/5998 Over the weekend I noticed that my tach was reading high. About 500 RPM above normal at idle, 1,000
Huntington Long Island Roger Long at 5:49am 10.01.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 14/4836 The year before my birth a book was published with the following passage: The cabin of a small
O'Day 222 Advice jerseygirl at 5:30am 10.01.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1327 Hello- I am a new O'Day 222 owner. I just put the boat in the water and am noticing some discrepan
Twin Main Sheet Set Up (2) Sylvain at 5:12am 10.01.12 The Cherubini Hunters 15/7954 I didn't like the traveler location on my H33C. Here are some photos of my new set up with twin m
Lancer25 markiv 3dunelane at 4:52am 10.01.12 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/4850 I need to give up my boat, I am in Gloucester Ma. It has a brand new main in good condition on a mo
NJ Passage Weather and Plans Roger Long at 3:55am 10.01.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 1/1676 I have put together an email list of crew and others involved in my plans and just sent this out: T
Loose deck cleats karlos263 at 3:34am 10.01.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1206 I have a couple of loose deck cleats and thought I would be able to tighten them easily from inside
Boom placement crosswind at 5:59pm 09.30.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1698 So after setting out on 5 different sails in 5 knot and under winds I am slowly playing with as many
Question for Sea Casper Shoaldrafter at 5:57pm 09.30.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 0/101 I looked over on the engines and propulsion forum and could not find thread about engine efficienc

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New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? WayneH at 6:21pm 02.23.23 The video only shows how the engine works. Each end of the piston rod external to the engine is conn
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? (1) Will Gilmore at 6:19pm 02.23.23 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Steam_engine_in_action.gif?20080305185032 The ol
can you mix winch and winch handle brands? jssailem at 5:52pm 02.23.23 Be careful Greg... that bad boy might winch the sail up before you see it is caught on the spreader.
I have come to the conclusion Ralph Johnstone at 5:13pm 02.23.23 But I have never steered using the emergency tiller..... Never crossed my mind can I see the compas
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:07pm 02.23.23
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? (2) Ralph Johnstone at 5:01pm 02.23.23 Following up on @JamesG161 's posting with a simple explanation used to teach students what goes on
I have come to the conclusion Captain Larry-DH at 4:27pm 02.23.23
can you mix winch and winch handle brands? (1) Tally Ho at 4:17pm 02.23.23
I have come to the conclusion Crusty Ol Salt at 4:12pm 02.23.23 Let me start with this 64 y/o full time construction worker. I still got it, just a little slower. I
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? Tally Ho at 3:44pm 02.23.23 If I understand correctly, this engine does not "drive" anything and there is no rotational output
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? (1) JamesG161 at 3:23pm 02.23.23 It isn't that these points aren't good points, they are but...o_O Crazy. Rut Roh!! ngineer who di
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? shemandr at 3:17pm 02.23.23 This is such an interesting debate to follow...:plus:
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? Hayden Watson at 3:05pm 02.23.23 It looks like a rethink of the old steam engine adapted to combustion fuels. Of courses, smaller a
I have come to the conclusion jssailem at 2:12pm 02.23.23 A friend sent me this perspective on age... Seenager I JUST discovered my age group! I am a Seenag
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? Will Gilmore at 2:10pm 02.23.23 Why go back to a new type of IC engine when the world is trying to going forward with electric engi
Catalina 315 Isoterm Refrig Question CaptBob at 2:08pm 02.23.23
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? jssailem at 1:53pm 02.23.23 How does it exceed any other piston engine on the road for thermal efficiency ? Reading the materi
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? kloudie1 at 1:46pm 02.23.23 I guess I don't understand where the scavenging/charge gas pressure comes from .. On a regular two s
Diesel heater exhaust placement? Maine Sail at 1:41pm 02.23.23 By the time you're done fiddling with the Chinese heater and making it safe for marine use you could
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? Ralph Johnstone at 1:36pm 02.23.23 Their company is in trouble if they have a dead guy for a CEO. No, no. That's how the promoters

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