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Sam's Club Batteries Jim Seamans at 5:29am 08.25.12 Ask All Sailors 7/8973 Just letting you know that Sam's Club is now charging $15/battery for core charge. OUCH. Was $9
Beneteau stock batteries or AGM upgrade? zoya at 5:18am 08.25.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 19/6286 I am being offered a $800 battery upgrade to AGM batteries on my new Beneteau Oceanis 41 3 batteries
Mutineer -I need to seperate the hull from deck rshwin at 9:18pm 08.24.12 Chrysler 1/51578 Hello All, I had read that someone atempted to seperate the hull from the deck on a Mutineer a few y
How to empty standpipe? Geoff K at 7:30pm 08.24.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/4537 Sail L. Superior; no discharge. Toilet to holding tank is a solid 1 1/2"PVC run except for the first
sails littlescoop at 7:18pm 08.24.12 Catalina 22 5/1643 Looking for a 100 or 110 jib for sail...I live in Monterey California
B393 Questions (Fresh water and waste tank) BCDurbin at 7:08pm 08.24.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 14/7182 Well we finally got our '03 393 delivered to our home in SE VA. All manuals and some extras include
Loose Footed Main - Which Side of the Boom? Sam Salter at 6:26pm 08.24.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 14/6566 What side of the boom should a loose footed mainsail hang? One theory was that on the leeward side
Need help identifying 14 foot O'day (4) ErinM32 at 5:26pm 08.24.12 Day Sailers 15/7444 Hi, My dad and I are trying to restore an older O'day day sailer. We haven't been able to find a
Reanodizing mast? 25yearslater at 4:50pm 08.24.12 Ask All Sailors 27/9804 Hi gang. Has anyone had their mast reanodized? What type of pricing did you get? The RigRite #8 i
Stupid filters. Chris Patterson at 4:29pm 08.24.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1723 On my Westerbeke, I have a small fuel filter mounted on the engine proper, it came from the factory
Stays and shrouds size of wire Emory M at 2:40pm 08.24.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1130 Afternoon, I need to know wire size for my fore and back stays,also the shrouds. I have right now a
O'day Mariner or O'day 20? rwilliams125 at 2:20pm 08.24.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1609 Hi all, I've been looking at O'day Mariners for a while and have just started considering the O'day
Harken Winches cmead at 1:30pm 08.24.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1081 I have a 1994 Hunter 28 and have never, ever done anything to the self-tailing winches adorning the
Back to Boating Roger Long at 1:08pm 08.24.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/3212 I finished the varnishing this morning and cleaned up the boat. She can leave the dock any time aft
Refreshments PERCHER at 1:02pm 08.24.12 Big Boats 7/1855 We have struggled with bringing cases of various types of sodas on board and then having to deal wit
O'day 20 rigging Sastevenson at 12:35pm 08.24.12 Day Sailers 1/1686 Hello all, I need to replace some shrouds on my oday. I was wondering what the breaking strength
40.5 Holding Tank replacement hun4449 at 12:19pm 08.24.12 Big Boats 4/1228 Have tried to contact Triple M Plastics for new holding tank. Complete radio silence on both phone a
reefing mainsail Tom G at 12:15pm 08.24.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1138 Hi, First post. I have an '83 Macgregor 25. I have limited experience. My question is about reefing
40.5 Holding Tank replacement hun4449 at 12:07pm 08.24.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1209 Have been trying to reach out to Triple M plastics to order new holding tank for 1995, 40.5. Numerou
Beating, but not going anywhere? Bennito at 10:15am 08.24.12 Mid-Size Boats 9/1709 Hi All! Second season now of sailing on our '81 Hunter 27, and its been amazing. Last weekend we t

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Hello everyone! I'm looking into getting into sailing and need some advice on a boat I would like to purchase dLj at 8:12am 10.29.22 I might take you up on the offer! More than likely next year though Not up for a Halloween cruise?
Hello everyone! I'm looking into getting into sailing and need some advice on a boat I would like to purchase artleyt115 at 8:10am 10.29.22 Congrats on the new boat! Sail and enjoy! Just an aside, perhaps, but I live not overly far from wa
Yanmar 3YM30 Engine oil Hello Below at 8:05am 10.29.22 Or, you may be able to insert your vacuum hose into the very rear of the oil sump by wiggling it do
Hello everyone! I'm looking into getting into sailing and need some advice on a boat I would like to purchase dLj at 7:36am 10.29.22 Congrats on the new boat! Sail and enjoy! Just an aside, perhaps, but I live not overly far from wal
Question about repair of fold-down swim step on Hunter 36 AndyL at 7:22am 10.29.22 Thanks - that sounds like the best option. I'll make a new hole and fill the old damaged hole.
Looking at an s2 7.9 SailingLoto at 6:34am 10.29.22 We used to cruise in company with a couple that cruised their 7.9 a lot. It's a minimalist interior
Looking at an s2 7.9 SailingLoto at 6:32am 10.29.22
Chocks for Danforth-style anchor on pulpit shemandr at 6:30am 10.29.22 I had something like #2 on my Ranger 29, which had no anchor locker, windless or bow roller. It was
Yanmar 3YM30 Engine oil (1) RoyS at 6:21am 10.29.22 :plus: You have to suck it out so you never get all of it. I'm looking into replacing the plug with
Recommended anchor for Hunter 50 Sailgunner at 4:11am 10.29.22 At least 25kg. I have the 55# Rocna on my 41 with all 3/8" G 43 chain. Of course the chaiin needs to
Yanmar 3YM30 Engine oil Secret sail at 3:01am 10.29.22 even with a great drain plug you cant get all the oil out of the different recesses inside the head
Knot Transducer kappykaplan at 2:54am 10.29.22 Yeah, I think it's best practice to put the blank in when the boat is idle. :plus:
Pleasant Surprise/Docking jssailem at 2:28am 10.29.22 Oops Senior moments. They come and they go.
Pleasant Surprise/Docking rgranger at 10:34pm 10.28.22 Oops Brain fart
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust Ralph Johnstone at 8:48pm 10.28.22 I could be wrong but I think that is the inside of the thermostat housing. Until I see otherwise,
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust SycloneDriver at 8:12pm 10.28.22 Thanks @SycloneDriver , for that info. It appears that there is some attempt to measure the pump o
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:10pm 10.28.22 Undaunted, I removed the thermostat housing, connected a clear poly tube to the water supply line w
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust SycloneDriver at 8:01pm 10.28.22 Some pumps have a removable / replaceable cams. He should make that the cam is in place. A photo
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust Hayden Watson at 7:54pm 10.28.22 I think he measured it directly at the output of the pump. That's what it looks like in the pictur
Al Fooks SycloneDriver at 7:45pm 10.28.22 More or less. Or an excuse for under staffing. Most the staff do good to very good customer servi

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