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sliding galley upgrade? centerline at 9:48am 08.14.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1653 has anyone put their sliding galley on tracks to make it easier to pull in and out for use and stowa
liveaboard in France donquijote at 9:33am 08.14.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1331 How best to advertise Beneteau 50 based Med. France. For American or Aussie an inexpensive European
Raymarine System Calibration Rick486 at 9:28am 08.14.12 Big Boats 5/5501 Well, it's a slow summer cruising wise due to weather and breaking in new puppy, so in the meantime
cockpit seat hatch.... centerline at 9:08am 08.14.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1672 on my boat (mac 25) there is a hatch built into the starboard seating area. I like it a lot.... on t
Quick question Lost Parent at 8:39am 08.14.12 Ask All Sailors 14/1767 We are on holidays and cannot get diesel to rev high it stops around 2500 rpm when it should reach 3
1975 O'Day 27 Manual wyattlisa at 8:01am 08.14.12 Bigger Boats 3/2410 Hi we just bought a 1975 O'Day... she is in great condition. Just wondering if anyone could email us
Looking for a cheap slip on Chesapeake AirBooss at 7:58am 08.14.12 Sails Call Lounge 5/7298 I am buying a boat and am looking for a convenient slip on the west side of the bay between about Pa
Compass Installation geehaw at 7:24am 08.14.12 Ask An Oday Owner 14/2819 Well I just got a new Ritchie SR2 compass. I see that there is not enough space between the inner an
How to become a solo sailor in ten easy steps Ross at 6:43am 08.14.12 Ask All Sailors 25/3774 How to become a solo sailor in ten easy steps. 1. Make it known that it is your boat and nobody does
Plywood in the Keel? Piratenorm at 6:12am 08.14.12 Catalina 30 7/4226 Just cruising through older posts and discovered a worrisome item, that my 1983 Catalina 30 Mk 1, hu
New here with a big project. Quatoria23 at 1:28am 08.14.12 Yamaha 6/2818 Ladies and gentlemen, I'm a new owner of a Yamaha 36. Got her from a fellow submariner leaving the
Strapped up again peptobysmol at 11:02pm 08.13.12 Smaller Boats 7/1867 Anyone else have the remainder of the season/year cut short related to low water levels? Obviously
Catalina 38 issues jessicaward80 at 10:19pm 08.13.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/4507 I recently purchased a 1982 catalina 38. Love the boat!!! Being new to boating there are a few issue
Holding Tank capacity on a 34 two sailors at 9:38pm 08.13.12 Bigger Boats 2/1189 Has anyone increased the holding tank size on a 34 Oday?
Docking solo tasdevil at 9:27pm 08.13.12 Ask All Sailors 20/7024 I lake sail solo with an Oday 22 docking at a neighbors dock. The dock is 24 feet long with an appr
Hunter warranty and bankruptcy GreggL at 9:03pm 08.13.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1635 According to the news the other day Hunter was bought out of chapter 11 bankruptcy by Marlow group t
Cradle dimensions for C&C 30 Redwing Bobalu at 6:51pm 08.13.12 C&C 1/2111 After storing my beloved Redwing on stands for many years, my boat yard has informed me that beginn
Aluminum keel bolt backing plates kirlos at 6:48pm 08.13.12 Musings With Maine Sail 4/9887 Hi all, My 1985 Pearson 34 has aluminum keel bolt backing plates that are in rough shape and qui
Towing, Mexico to USA (1) Delezynski at 5:52pm 08.13.12 Trailer Sailors 9/3333 Hi all, Not to long ago, Jill and I bought a new trailer for Guenevere. She was in Guaymas Mexico
Victron anomoly gettinthere at 5:26pm 08.13.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1823 I have a 900 amp house bank. The Victron monitor was reading 74% state of charge and consumed energy

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Bad spider cracks ? xavpil at 12:24pm 10.25.22 The only one I would say is just Gel Coat crazing is E. A,C & H appear to be cracks. I don't thin
Its funny Friday! (1) dmax at 12:15pm 10.25.22 Thinking ahead:
CDI FF2 joel@CDI at 12:04pm 10.25.22 It seems a rather broad statement to assume that every installation would require the same luff re
Pleasant Surprise/Docking (1) rgranger at 11:56am 10.25.22 cking... might as well go all in....:tongue: 210409
Pleasant Surprise/Docking (1) jssailem at 11:34am 10.25.22 stern bridle technique As @sesmith identifies, the Stern Bridle technique has worked in all sorts
Voltage Meter Issue Ralph Johnstone at 11:32am 10.25.22 So, given a nav table and a laptop computer, you could estimate your SOC by plugging in all the vari
Recommendations on bottom paint requested CoralRose at 11:19am 10.25.22 Hello all, I read your posts and the recommended articles. I was convinced by the article at Bottom
Arch on bigger hunters wpatch at 11:15am 10.25.22 I have an 04 36 and the arch is built extremely tough for 2 main reasons. 1) As others have said st
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar Ralph Johnstone at 11:14am 10.25.22 Coat the new gaskets with NON PETROLEUM grease such as SuperLube for a perfect fit. That should h
Voltage Meter Issue Davidasailor26 at 11:09am 10.25.22 @Davidasailor26 , did your "Marine How To" reference mention that ? In too much of a rush to read t
CDI FF2 CrispyCringle at 10:37am 10.25.22 Mine was not reduced. I had the FF2 and sails when I bought the boat. But it would probably be a goo
Stagnant water in the lazarette Parsons at 10:35am 10.25.22 If you need to drill your own limber holes through a bulkhead or stringer, make sure that you do not
Bad spider cracks ? sail sfbay at 10:25am 10.25.22 Agree .....gelcoat crazing. Buy color-matched glecoat or color match the gelcoat. Grind cracks with
Wing Keel repair dLj at 10:12am 10.25.22 I'm puzzled why you would cut the current side off. I'd say the original idea the OP stated would
Its funny Friday! rgranger at 9:52am 10.25.22 I thought change comes from the cushions of my couch. :)
Hunter 240 in mast shroud holes rgranger at 9:50am 10.25.22 I bet you can get them right here. Call the SBO store.
Its funny Friday! LloydB at 9:41am 10.25.22 Change may come from within but incentive seems to come from an ex-wife and the IRS.
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar Ralph Johnstone at 9:32am 10.25.22 Worked well on my 3GM30 that had muddy brown cooling water Do you have a brand name ?
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:31am 10.25.22 Then disconnect the drain hose at the engine; Which hose is this ? Raw water outlet from the hea
Voltage Meter Issue Ralph Johnstone at 9:11am 10.25.22 No can do under load and remember to let it rest at 0% load for 24 hrs. before reading. @Davidasail

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