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Judging Fuel Level Without A Gauge gjaffess at 5:33am 05.17.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1132 I have an O'Day 272 LE that does not have a fuel gauge. I carry a small tank to top off, but I woul
?nstalling to windlass at Hunter 280 sailingdream at 5:26am 05.17.12 Mid-Size Boats 6/1731 I just have Hunter 280 ,Is there anybody installed to windlass at hunter 280 ??f anybody done it pls
Dock Carpet seadaddler at 5:20am 05.17.12 Ask All Sailors 5/2367 I now have a new dock for my sailboat and it's a private house with a concrete dock and when walking
Mac Cat? hero4theday at 5:01am 05.17.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/974 I found this on craigslist. Im not the seller. But thought it was intresting. I didnt know they ma
Deck paint Quoddy at 5:00am 05.17.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1521 I want to paint my deck which has never been painted. Anybody used Interdeck? How does it do on diam
Oday 19 or Daysailer II for first boat? plainsman at 4:36am 05.17.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/5959 Hi everyone! My wife and I, and our 2 kids, are looking for our first sailboat. Our kids are 2 and 1
Working with piles All U Get at 3:17am 05.17.12 Ask All Sailors 12/2125 Hi gang, Sounds painful, but there's good news on the horizon. Over the last several months we've
Keel retract repair Eaglecrest1953 at 8:15pm 05.16.12 Morgan 6/3291 Does anyone have knowledge about how to refurbish a keel retract mechanism on a Morgan 21? It may b
Removing paint off a Fiber Hull BJSSailing at 7:59pm 05.16.12 Day Sailers 3/1458 I want to rename my boat, the old name appears to be painted on the hull. What is a safe product to
Trading up? UPSGUY at 7:59pm 05.16.12 Catalina 22 32/3746 Found another C22 in better shape than mine for a reasonable price. Should I just bite the bullet an
Bavaria Ports - has anyone added a gutter? njsail at 7:45pm 05.16.12 Bavaria 1/1628 I have a Bavaria 40 Ocean with Rutgerson opening ports on the cabin sides. I like the ports but las
Where the heck is this water coming from?!?!?!?! (2) luken7 at 7:31pm 05.16.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/4271 In our B361, after heavy rains, somehow, water collects right under the engine. It's getting inform
Broken Motor Mount (1) Hal B at 6:26pm 05.16.12 Catalina 30 5/1860 We have a 1995 Catalina 30 MKIII. While cleaning the engine the other day I found a broken "L" brac
How Many Of You Are Sailing Unnamed Sailboats? Sail123 at 6:03pm 05.16.12 Ask All Sailors 30/4558 I purchased a sailboat made in Jan 1976, and researching back, it appears to have no name. How man
H33 anchor Jim Beck at 5:47pm 05.16.12 Mid-Size Boats 5/1329 Does anyone know what size anchor was provided with new H33s?
Rant justsomeguy at 4:30pm 05.16.12 Ask All Sailors 28/4116 Anyone else ever bought one of those darned signal horns from Attwood, test it a few months later, o
Yamaha 30 Holding tank installation Andrew Lunny at 3:15pm 05.16.12 Yamaha 14/6604 We have a 1981 Yamaha 30 (front engine) with a direct discharge head. It is time to install a system
Leaks Where Shroud Passes Through Deck kwilson1033 at 1:46pm 05.16.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/3504 In surveying a 1995, 320 I hope to buy I found a slight discoloration around the plate inside of the
replacement mast Hunter 23.5 (1) My Time at 1:07pm 05.16.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1122 Loooking for ideas on fixing if at all possible a mast on my 1995 Hunter 23.5. The mast has a vertic
First the Good News, then . . . . (2) Ed Schenck at 1:05pm 05.16.12 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1240 Four years and ten months later Ladylove sits in her old slip. The good news is that there were no l

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Auto Bilge Pump Wiring/Water? dlochner at 4:29am 04.14.22 Most bilge pumps can not completely dry out the bilge. It has to do with the type of pump typically
Vernazza, Italy Will Gilmore at 4:27am 04.14.22
H410 Air Conditioning Seawater Lines Sailgunner at 4:24am 04.14.22 Did you install a second pump? Yes. Actually I installed the system so installed two pumps initial
Raymarine ST4000+ Auto Pilot clutch pop out Growl at 10:55pm 04.13.22 But first, I need some dry lube!
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult Skipper John at 10:23pm 04.13.22 After about 5 years the line on the drum started binding, softened enough that the wraps would push
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult Skipper John at 10:21pm 04.13.22 Also, the furling line on my c315 was not led properly to the cockpit, resulting in excess friction
High SWR on VHF Cabling/Antenna jssailem at 9:38pm 04.13.22 Don. US VHF FREQUENCY RANGE. 156.050 Channel 01A to 162.55 NOAA Weather Channel 1 AIS Primary Chan
Hunter 27-2 Leaning to one side Ted at 9:31pm 04.13.22 Never buy a boat without looking at the bottom, especially one that had blistering problems in the p
Raymarine ST4000+ Auto Pilot clutch pop out (1) jssailem at 9:19pm 04.13.22 Growl. It is difficult to give directions when i feel like walking through a mine field. Or suggesti
Auto Bilge Pump Wiring/Water? mermike at 9:05pm 04.13.22 Welcome to boat ownership! I see evidence of old abandoned wiring, questionable connections and corr
Legend 40.5 Removing the Traveler Salt26 at 8:50pm 04.13.22 Hi Karl, yes of course you are metric in Canada! So sad to have lost your 35.5 in a hurricane, hard
Whale Grey IC Waste Management System. Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:43pm 04.13.22 With the exception of a very few closed inland lakes, gray can legally be discharged directly overbo
Vernazza, Italy rgranger at 8:08pm 04.13.22 You know it will be. We travel, the airlines get more expensive and more restricted in what we can
Burning insense on a boat rgranger at 8:05pm 04.13.22
Raymarine ST4000+ Auto Pilot clutch pop out Growl at 7:43pm 04.13.22
Raymarine ST4000+ Auto Pilot clutch pop out Tally Ho at 7:10pm 04.13.22 I could actually adjust the tension knob now that I had it off the wheel. I guess rinse out with s
High SWR on VHF Cabling/Antenna dkinzer at 6:55pm 04.13.22 Thanks. I am aware of the frequency difference and I have a replacement antenna that is compatible w
High SWR on VHF Cabling/Antenna Don S/V ILLusion at 6:43pm 04.13.22 i infer you have a VHF antenna fed through a splitter. Keep in mind AIS transmits on/around 162 MHz
Catalina 320 start problem Tom J at 6:37pm 04.13.22 You did mention that when you turned the key switch to ON, you didn't get the usual beeping. This w
Don't sell your boat to a neighbor. Justin_NSA at 6:17pm 04.13.22 Or your car Or anything...

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