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Stow away (4) All U Get at 6:26pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2974 Hi all, During our trip from RI to Maine we had travelled out of Gloucester, Ma for five hours and I
Universal engine overheat jeagles at 5:52pm 05.27.12 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1422 1987 ODay with original engine. Engine starts out cool but after 1 hour temp starts rising until ov
How to Attach a Block to a solid toe rail? firehoser75 at 4:43pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 13/5136 My boat has a solid (no holes) slightly curved (inboard at the top) aluminum toe rail. I have been c
Groco water strainer turns white alexco38 at 3:29pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1136 I have a Groco poly water strainer in the engine intake. This year, it just turned totally white ins
Leaking Fuel Tank Bungalow Bill at 3:14pm 05.27.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/1006 Leaking Fuel Tank I have 1992 Hunter 33.5 and this spring I discovered a fuel tank leak. The ta
Leaking Fuel Tank Bungalow Bill at 3:11pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1384 I have 1992 Hunter 33.5 and this spring I discovered a fuel tank leak. The tank is squeezed into a r
From where do I leak? rpell46 at 1:59pm 05.27.12 Catalina 30 4/1520 Hi all, I've have this leak on my '91 Cat30 for some time now and cannot seem to determine from wh
Custom-made foulies? N1EYO at 1:33pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1422 Is there any recommended suppliers or manufacturers of Tall'Big foul weather gear? At 6'7" and 350
Lobster Bake Hour...... Maine Sail at 1:28pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 12/2117 Just wetting your whistles...;) This will be our first official "bake" of the 2012 season.. A buncho
Cable tv kandk at 1:10pm 05.27.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1035 How do you switch a tv from antenna to cable? I changed the switch to B and changed the input on the
1978 MacGregor Keel Dimensions DrBearEE at 12:21pm 05.27.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1427 MacGregor Keel Dimensions, correction 1973(!) I am doing a re-hab on the keel of my 1973(!) MacGreg
Help, struggling with mast raising for 2 days (5) newsailor72 at 12:00pm 05.27.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 26/4376 everyone on this forum seems to say that the mac is easy to rig, but so far it hasn't been the case
Atomic Diesel 5411 (1982) Fuel Pump PeterBeckley at 11:40am 05.27.12 Bigger Boats 1/1137 Help. Where may I buy one? Peter Beckley. (920) 475-1587. pbeckley@new.rr.com
Barney Post alsteck1 at 10:57am 05.27.12 Catalina 22 3/3764 Catalina Direct is selling a Barney Post for the C-22 for about $250. The main advantage is that the
Pearson 37 owners manual benmorr at 10:31am 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1380 I'm looking for owners manuals for a Pearson 37-2 sailboat. If you know how I can obtain them pleas
Sureseal Dripless Shaft Seal gpd955 at 10:05am 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1239 My Sureseal has become unsure. I've watched the video on how to change out the lip seal while in th
"Burping" Air Conditioning System Buf at 9:31am 05.27.12 Big Boats 2/3467 I am having a hard time getting my heating/airconditioning system to pump raw water through the syst
Fuse for deck light 1992 model year Vegas at 9:23am 05.27.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/767 Replaced desk light bulb but still doesn't work. I find where the decklight connection is on the pow
Cable tv kandk at 8:47am 05.27.12 Big Boats 1/1339 How do you switch to cable tv? I changed switch to B and changed input on tv to cable. It just keeps
Helms 27 grtsct at 8:33am 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1499 Does anyone have an opinion good or bad on the Helms 27 also if you have any personal experience wit

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water leak in side deck window, what would be best to seal the surface mounted glass kappykaplan at 5:39am 04.17.22 I see @Scott B has combined the two posts. Tks! :beer:
Perkins 4.107 or 4.108 fuel lines All U Get at 5:33am 04.17.22
Adding a third battery to the system fred1diver at 5:33am 04.17.22
water leak in side deck window, what would be best to seal the surface mounted glass (1) Scott B at 5:33am 04.17.22 To do it properly you'll ned to remove the window, clean the old sealant off and reinstall.
Stainless steel washers in electrical circuits sailme88 at 5:24am 04.17.22 A few years ago on a different boat I suffered a starter failure.. No big deal, just needed to be r
Engine Coolant Hoses to Hot Water Heater/Tank RoyS at 5:19am 04.17.22 I would use the 1/2" hose and replace the heater hose barbs with 1/2" just as you suggested.
Stainless steel washers in electrical circuits Scott B at 5:11am 04.17.22 thks understand where they should not be used...thats an understood and common practise.. Instal
Speaker installation RoyS at 5:09am 04.17.22 IMHO 14 GA is overkill for speaker wire. Suggest using 18GA two conductor marine duplex cable. The 1
Stainless steel washers in electrical circuits jssailem at 4:29am 04.17.22 No.
Stainless steel washers in electrical circuits CYQK at 4:14am 04.17.22 Perhaps they supply fasteners that is 304 stainless or 18.8 ss stuff is magnetic So is 304 or 18.8 a
water leak in side deck window, what would be best to seal the surface mounted glass kappykaplan at 3:32am 04.17.22 Dow-Corning 795. Not sure why you posted this question twice.
water leak in side deck window, what would be best to seal the surface mounted glass kappykaplan at 3:32am 04.17.22 Dow-Corning 795
360 Vancouver Island 2022 Cruise jssailem at 9:54pm 04.16.22 Leo I am still resolving the refit of Hadley. This looks to be slipping into early June. Kicking the
360 Vancouver Island 2022 Cruise leo310 at 9:18pm 04.16.22 Well it's now mid Apr and is their anyone going to do the vancouver island 360 this year as may/june
Speaker installation jssailem at 9:14pm 04.16.22 I have always just used normal stereo speaker wire Certainly no reason you can not use it. Might b
Hank on vs Furler Help/Information Wanted Dalliance at 8:54pm 04.16.22 If you do go with the furler, which I would, be sure that when you furl it you keep a little tensio
water leak in side deck window, what would be best to seal the surface mounted glass CharlieAnn at 8:50pm 04.16.22 water leaking in top of surface mounted winder
Managing the water ballast in my Hunter 240 twalker H260 at 8:22pm 04.16.22 This series of boats sail faster at these levels of heel and have less stress and strain on the rigg
Hank on vs Furler Help/Information Wanted higgs at 8:13pm 04.16.22 If you do go with the furler, which I would, be sure that when you furl it you keep a little tension
Yet another LiFePo4 query Hayden Watson at 8:01pm 04.16.22 You CANNOT use an ACR with LFP.. I just read Maine Sail's article about ACR's and think I might ha

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