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Installing Ray Marine X5 wheel pilot breezy at 9:25am 04.12.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1093 Catalina c-27, 1984 Would like some info on running the cables and instrument locations on a partic
Irwin 30' rekcots at 9:03am 04.12.12 Irwin 2/3407 Confused as to if we have purchased a 30' boat.......This Irwin has wheel steering and a Yanmar Dies
Build a Spinnaker from a Surplus Parachute? (2) RobertLangdirect at 8:45am 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 11/5390 I searched the past forums and did not find anything on this. I went to the boat show and did not
Preventative Maintenence that never gets done geoffschultz at 7:51am 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2273 Yesterday I had to pull the head Y valve to clean and grease it so that it would turn. The instruct
1980 Ericson 30 Questions and Advise irisharmada at 7:26am 04.12.12 Ericson 2/5416 Good Morning Everyone, I have the opportunity to take possession of a 1980 Ericson 30 for the treme
H23 Rotten Deck Core at Mast (3) carboman at 5:45am 04.12.12 Smaller Boats 7/1696 While working on the area around my mast, I realized the wood core was still wet. I tried to dry it
Stay Tension sailliny at 5:03am 04.12.12 Catalina 310 0/1167 Done any one know the specification on the stay tension on the 310? I have a friend that has a meter
Great Catalina 30 Photos rbmcintire at 4:01am 04.12.12 Catalina 30 9/5217 Some may already have dug these up, but they were new to me. Great being able to see various rigging
Anyone sail from Chicagoland to Florida? STXCUTTTER at 11:27pm 04.11.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2624 :cussing:
Rope Clutches SVPardonMyFrench at 10:07pm 04.11.12 Big Boats 6/1390 Hi All - I want to replace my aging rope clutches on my 93 40.5 would anyone know where i can
Ten Year + Bottom Paint .................... Ralph Johnstone at 9:55pm 04.11.12 Ask All Sailors 7/2130 .......................... life expectancy, at least that's what they claim. Has anyone ever tried
One hand washes the other jfrench at 8:33pm 04.11.12 Catalina 22 4/1147 Have any of you replaced the hand-pumped galley faucet with an electric pump? I use the galley sink
Mac25 Mainsheet Traveler Anton at 8:09pm 04.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2315 Hi... Does anyone have a photo (or a really good description) of how to properly rig the mainsheet t
Splish Splash :) c_witch at 7:59pm 04.11.12 Trailer Sailors 4/2378 Ok well I have today ordered 4 Quick Attach eye terminals so that I can shorten the shrouds on our b
Gunwale & rub rail needs repair/replacement PeterBeckley at 7:51pm 04.11.12 Bigger Boats 1/1362 Any ideas as to obtaining a replacement rub rail ' gunwale for a 28 foot, 1982, O day sloop? My mobi
Cleaning Dingy Sails (1) Sail123 at 7:40pm 04.11.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1129 What do you use to clean dingy sails?
circuit breakers (4) Mike Hinson at 7:16pm 04.11.12 Ask All Sailors 11/3468 i have a 1984 hunter 31 that the main 110 volt circuit breaker has died. mine has 5 lugs on the back
Honda BF8AH Expertise Required (1) Fred at 6:52pm 04.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/995 Has anyone noticed a significant amount of play between the camshaft pulley and the mounting plate f
Source for gas springs for ice box cover robertsapp at 6:13pm 04.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2338 Does anyone have a good source for Attwood Springlift gas springs? I need an SL2-20-1 for the ice b
Rig Tuning Question JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 5:38pm 04.11.12 Catalina 310 0/1092 Has anyone used a Loos Gauge to tune their rigging? I have not tuned a split back stay rig and I am

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r we being PULLED or PUSHED?? Tom J at 4:55pm 04.03.22 Does a fan pull air or push it? Also an interesting engineering question. The aircraft I worked w
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Davidasailor26 at 4:49pm 04.03.22 Thanks. That's probably not enough battery to overload a Hitachi 80A alternator, even when close t
the great lakes are open. the season is underway (1) Tally Ho at 4:41pm 04.03.22 Bottom sanded a bit yesterday, and bottom painted today. Would really like to clean and wax the top
Yanmar 3GMF can't get rpms over 22,000 I believe is soon to be resolved ! Tally Ho at 4:38pm 04.03.22 pulled the old throttle cable that I replaced a few years ago and confirmed that it was either manu
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor jviss at 4:24pm 04.03.22 Thanks. That's probably not enough battery to overload a Hitachi 80A alternator, even when close to
Desperate leakinhg Tally Ho at 4:11pm 04.03.22
Desperate leakinhg Tally Ho at 4:09pm 04.03.22
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Davidasailor26 at 3:46pm 04.03.22 What's the size of your bank? House bank is 210 AH AGM (2x Group 31 AGMs). There's another Group
Oceanis 400 switches jviss at 3:41pm 04.03.22 I've never seen individual plus buses joined that way, but yes. I would prefer the plus bus breaker
Oceanis 400 switches (1) SimonNZ at 3:38pm 04.03.22 Is this a typical example? u mean, fiddly - especially for the plus bus bolts which are not angled
Hard of Hearing Help sesmith at 3:38pm 04.03.22 Not sure if you already have them, but I've found a newer set of digital hearing aids helps a lot wi
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor jviss at 3:37pm 04.03.22 My alternator is a "dumb" Hitachi internally regulated model that will "try" to reach 14.4. What I'
r we being PULLED or PUSHED?? kappykaplan at 3:34pm 04.03.22 Does a fan pull air or push it? Depends which side you're on. :beer:
Life's little lesson jon hansen at 3:31pm 04.03.22 alder cay was special. the lagoon was a wonder to swim around. manta rays playing. chub cay. for
r we being PULLED or PUSHED?? Davidasailor26 at 3:28pm 04.03.22 Interesting philosophical question. I'm not so sure that it does depend on the point of sail. In e
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Davidasailor26 at 3:24pm 04.03.22 I believe you are misinterpreting what I've said. The load presented to the alternator is what det
Oceanis 400 switches jviss at 3:23pm 04.03.22 Interesting that you suggest continuing the bus bar for the positive side. That amount of exposed p
Life's little lesson dlochner at 3:15pm 04.03.22 love the berries. been a while Any place special that we should check out? We're in Great Harbor
Rescue? I must be missing something (1) dlochner at 3:10pm 04.03.22 The bottom line, the boat rescued had no business being where they were when they were. It was a 27
Life's little lesson jon hansen at 3:10pm 04.03.22 love the berries. been a while

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