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Modifying cockpit porthole McZube at 3:37pm 06.28.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1206 The Gray porthole on our H31 protrudes into the cockpit. The surveyor recommended modifying it by s
clutch organizer (2) Navicula at 2:54pm 06.28.12 Big Boats 8/1751 I have 5 clutches on the port and 5 clutches on the starboard, but my deck organizers can only handl
c n c bilge puump Dan McElwreath at 2:44pm 06.28.12 C&C 1/1867 All, new owner of 1980 cnc 32. Confused about bilge pump , which requires battery switch to be on,
LPG Shutoff Lost Parent at 2:28pm 06.28.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1810 Just picked up a electric LP solenoid for my tank and was wondering if it goes before the regulator
gps & depth sounder javelin at 2:12pm 06.28.12 Catalina 30 32/4165 On a recent sail, the GPS showed 6.8 knots but the depth sounder ( with the little wheel under the h
26R project---Mission Complete!...well...almost (5) Right On! at 2:05pm 06.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 76/11493 I'm one of the people that has been pursuing the rotating mast theory...and I have completely finish
Venture 21 main sheet rigging peacock at 1:59pm 06.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/5774 I acquired a 1976 Venture 21, sail 3227 and it is missing block at swivel cam cleat on port side. An
Boat leaking r.bostic356 at 1:14pm 06.28.12 Catalina 22 4/1502 Replaced a weldment from the top this spring, while grinding out put a small, (less than 1 cm) hole
replacing steering cable earthdogbob at 1:07pm 06.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/820 Replacing steering cable on my mac 26x, when ordering, is the length on cable overall or is it the c
Windlass - vertical or horizontal? coquille at 12:14pm 06.28.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1076 Would like to install a windlass on my 1985 37' Beneteau Idyll. It would be a very tight squeeze in
Global Balance pedestal mounted compass JohanB at 11:54am 06.28.12 Mid-Size Boats 6/2954 I need to replace my Danforth Global Balance Compass mounted on the pedestal since the globe is crac
Refinishing Teak Handrails carego at 11:47am 06.28.12 Catalina 30 8/7650 Having a problem with color of rails after taking down to bare wood. One rail is dark brown and the
Catalina 22 Roller Furling ggdoby at 10:55am 06.28.12 Catalina 22 5/3910 I just purchased a 1987 Catalina 22, with roller furling. This particular rig uses the forestay as t
Sides of Headliner buckled / wrinkled on 26D (2) dawg2 at 10:38am 06.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1167 There are a couple places where the edge of the headliner is buckled either inward or outward. Is t
Replacing just the wheel in a pulley (1) dawg2 at 10:36am 06.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/4006 Is there a source for pulley wheels? This is the pulley for the daggerboard on my 26D and the wheel
Anybody using a gennaker furler? Jim Lanter at 10:19am 06.28.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/922 Share your experiences if you are. They are beginning to pique my interest.
Hunter 280 Furlex Type A and Forestay tension Cor280 at 10:09am 06.28.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/2007 On my 1996 Hunter 280 I have a Furlex furler. I would like to tune the rig but I don't see how to a
Setting up solar panels, need advice. caguy at 9:57am 06.28.12 Ask All Sailors 21/5106 I am installing a couple of solar panels on the C27 with a 12v system. I have two group 27 batterie
AC on Hunter 23.5 (2) DJN51 at 9:40am 06.28.12 Ask All Sailors 3/2570 Someone asked for pix on venting of portable ac on my 23.5 Hunter,finally remembered them.8000 btu u
Total coolant capacity for '08 H36? Ken Honeycutt at 5:59am 06.28.12 Big Boats 10/1558 I know the coolant capacity for the Yanmar is 5 quarts but not sure how much more I need for the wa

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Seeking advice from any chemists, bottom paint related JamesG161 at 8:46am 04.27.22 Wondering why you did. My guess it is called E-Paint as E = Environmental Friendly in Fresh water
Seeking advice from any chemists, bottom paint related fstbttms at 8:36am 04.27.22 I think everyone at our club that has tried ePaint has had problems getting it to stay on, some adh
Seeking advice from any chemists, bottom paint related Sailor Sue at 8:31am 04.27.22 I wouldn't wish ePaint on an enemy. Hope this works out. Since we started using ePaint we have had
Block size for 84' 31 - Mainsheet jssailem at 8:28am 04.27.22 Shawne, That is an excellent question to send to @Dave Groshong here on the forum. He works with SBO
Catalina 315 Fuel Gauge jssailem at 8:23am 04.27.22 Wow John. That, seems like a pretty good run for a gauge. They are notoriously unreliable for fuel
Rudder bearing JamesG161 at 8:18am 04.27.22 Mine is knocking slightly Tell us more of that symptom like when knocking Rudder is... 1) In heavy
Two-battery LiFePo4 system? Maine Sail at 8:15am 04.27.22 Yeah, for 2-3 times more Lithionics will sell you snake oil. good luck. Lithionics is absolutely
Another Battery Question..... Boomer2it at 8:11am 04.27.22 "Charging Voltages", I will remember this and take a look. new--->new and old-->old in series conne
Another Battery Question..... Boomer2it at 8:10am 04.27.22 If you want to do it, do it new to new and old to old. The problem with new to old is that now yo
Legend 41 Forward Heads Hatch SirMichael at 8:04am 04.27.22 Then your best bet is to remove it. I did some quick checks: how to remove hatch and it doesn't lo
Another Battery Question..... Boomer2it at 8:02am 04.27.22
Which wood piece is stronger ? Solid or laminated ? FastOlson at 8:02am 04.27.22 Lots of interesting information about dealing with the known problems of wood. Far far better to use
New Catalina 30 Owner jssailem at 7:58am 04.27.22 I would check out Tacoma Screw. Tacoma Screw Products \| Home Up here in the North Sound, I like Cha
Reverse Polarity Problem c07chrisjohnson at 7:58am 04.27.22 I ended up buying a new marinco shore power cable (it was time for a new one anyway). This one is ab
Diesel heater install on Hunter 45CC (1) Captain Mateo at 7:57am 04.27.22 Tony, I liveaboard full time on my H 460 in the Chesapeake Bay. Last summer, I installed a Webasto A
Tohatsu Sail Pro starting issues brockangelo at 7:56am 04.27.22 That's good to know - thanks Grotto
1981 O'Day 22 Drain Plug jssailem at 7:54am 04.27.22 LooseScrew... No offense meant or taken in the exchange... It was just a big hole. I'm not sure it w
New Catalina 30 Owner Hayden Watson at 7:51am 04.27.22 Ok, so I was thinking about my dilemma. I am missing the large nut that would normally be used to
Help replacing Raw Water Pump on a Yanmar 4JH4-TE joelm100 at 7:49am 04.27.22 Thank you joelm100. When you removed the lower engine mount bolt to swing the mount out of the way,
Help replacing Raw Water Pump on a Yanmar 4JH4-TE joelm100 at 7:47am 04.27.22 Thank you joelm100. When you removed the lower engine mount bolt to swing the mount out of the way

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