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1st day out with my new Mac 26D (1) dawg2 at 8:19pm 07.14.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 35/6321 Well, it was an adventure. I put theoboat in the lake around 7PM. The fuel that came with the boat
Draining the engine oil jwdickerson at 8:08pm 07.14.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1385 Time to show my ignorance. My boat has a 40 hp Yanmar. How do I drain the engine oil so I can replac
Fuel Issue ??? RAD at 7:30pm 07.14.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1392 A few weeks ago I decided to install a spin on filter adapter for my Lucas CAV filter head on my old
Cell Phone Amp... Paying For Itself Maine Sail at 6:41pm 07.14.12 Ask All Sailors 20/7663 So where we are anchored tonight there is zero phone or data reception with Verizon. I can't even ge
Length of Jib Sheet for O'Day 222 ??? mcassidy at 5:14pm 07.14.12 Ask An Oday Owner 4/2267 Can anyone tell me the length of a Jib sheet for an O'Day 222 (or 22)?
How to get rid of diesel odor in fibreglass? KenKindrick at 5:03pm 07.14.12 Big Boats 2/1173 I am replacing the diesel tank that leaked into my H340 aft cabin. Besides venting and using a fan,
New home made mast raising system. (3) Slow Mo^cean at 4:14pm 07.14.12 Catalina 22 1/3115 Got bored today, so I decided to alleviate some sailing headaches by building my own mast raising sy
Epoxy ?? Cmp1110 at 1:27pm 07.14.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1765 Can I gel coat over west epoxy?? Repaired my rudder today and I want to use gel coat to finish fair
12v DC systems Db421 at 1:06pm 07.14.12 Smaller Boats 2/1136 I'm refitting my '83 h25 and ahve a general question about the electrical wiring as I'm re-wiring al
Raymarine SeaTalk Blackout Herman18887 at 11:51am 07.14.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1528 I have a 2005 Hunter 33 with Raymarine ST60 speed and depth, ST6002 SmartPilot, and C80 display. We
Raymarine ST1000 drawing too much power caguy at 11:43am 07.14.12 Ask All Sailors 8/3460 Has anyone had a similar problem with the st1000 or other models drawing too much power. Even when
universal deisel douglas rogers at 11:04am 07.14.12 Pearson 2/1291 seems when taking engine out of reverse and putting transmission into forward gear, it takes a few s
Blueprints for O'Day 27 Bill Roughton at 10:18am 07.14.12 Ask An Oday Owner 11/3164 Does anyone know where I could find blueprints for an O'Day 27? I want to redo the interior, includ
Any new solutions?? rpell46 at 10:06am 07.14.12 Ask All Sailors 20/3320 Hi all, Just wondering if there are any new solutions to prop and shaft fouling that actually work
Three blade Prop Size for Hunter 34? bay raider at 10:01am 07.14.12 Big Boats 6/4459 Would someone recommend a three blade prop size and pitch for a Hunter 34???? Thanks, Joe
Best way to refill anti freeze loop Rick at 8:55am 07.14.12 Ask All Sailors 7/3257 Looking for a better mouse trap on replacing my antifreeze. I recently got around to removing the h
Any Pymatuning Reservoir Sailors here? Mike1956 at 8:08am 07.14.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1298 I was busy earlier this season and couldn't find the time to put my Catalina 22 into the slip that I
S37 Stanchions nathan@needel.net at 7:54am 07.14.12 Seidelmann 2/2223 Hello, My S37 broke off the mooring during the tropical storm in Sarasota two weeks ago and after
Wiring from the Helm Scoel at 7:28am 07.14.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1879 I have a 2003 386 with a Raymarine C70 chartplotter at the helm, radar, autopilot, ST60 wind, speed
Mast snapped Kids4sail at 6:50am 07.14.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1591 I have a Catalina Capri 26 and snapped my mast. Who has gone though ordering a new mast? Where did y

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I have come to the conclusion jssailem at 2:12pm 02.23.23 A friend sent me this perspective on age... Seenager I JUST discovered my age group! I am a Seenag
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? Will Gilmore at 2:10pm 02.23.23 Why go back to a new type of IC engine when the world is trying to going forward with electric engi
Catalina 315 Isoterm Refrig Question CaptBob at 2:08pm 02.23.23
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? jssailem at 1:53pm 02.23.23 How does it exceed any other piston engine on the road for thermal efficiency ? Reading the materi
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? kloudie1 at 1:46pm 02.23.23 I guess I don't understand where the scavenging/charge gas pressure comes from .. On a regular two s
Diesel heater exhaust placement? Maine Sail at 1:41pm 02.23.23 By the time you're done fiddling with the Chinese heater and making it safe for marine use you could
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? Ralph Johnstone at 1:36pm 02.23.23 Their company is in trouble if they have a dead guy for a CEO. No, no. That's how the promoters
Failed hour meter on Bavaria 41,2004 tfox2069 at 12:45pm 02.23.23 The hours on a new unit are tamper proof so the only way to do it is connect to a 12V DC supply (ma
Failed hour meter on Bavaria 41,2004 Ralph Johnstone at 12:40pm 02.23.23 The question from my end is how I might be able to get the hours on a new unit to match the hours o
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? jssailem at 12:35pm 02.23.23 The Hybrid idea is what seems feasible on a boat. The use of the little engine to generate electrica
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? Wyo George at 12:34pm 02.23.23 The internet at its finest : ad for thermal efficiency ? I think the promoters have also re-jigge
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:32pm 02.23.23 The internet at its finest : e. How does it exceed any other piston engine on the road for thermal
Failed hour meter on Bavaria 41,2004 tfox2069 at 12:02pm 02.23.23 If your engine hour LCD goes blank and you need to replace it for a Volvo Penta diesel engine, you
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? tfox2069 at 11:51am 02.23.23 I think this is very interesting, but the devil is always in the details yet to be worked out for ne
Question on Teak (1) Mark Maulden at 11:46am 02.23.23 Mark, I'd like to get a follow-up on this product. both, as to how easy it is to apply and how it
VDO Multifunctional Display: Batteries, water and fuel levels tfox2069 at 11:35am 02.23.23 "...Unfortunately since we have had the boat our engine hours readout has been intermittent. I enqu
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? Will Gilmore at 11:13am 02.23.23 A heat engine is limited in its efficiency just by the laws of thermodynamics (See Carnot Cycle) an
Catalina 315 Isoterm Refrig Question Tom J at 10:41am 02.23.23 Thanks guys. How about some info from Catalina 310 or 315 owners? CaptBob S/V Kimberly The compr
VDO Multifunctional Display: Batteries, water and fuel levels Davidasailor26 at 10:37am 02.23.23 I know another 34 owner who also had the hour display go out. He got some sort of vibration based ho
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? rgranger at 10:37am 02.23.23 Yes, but how would its holding power compare to one of the new generation of anchors such as the Ro

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