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Beneteau 393 (3) locogato at 5:19pm 05.23.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/50 A client is buying a Beneteau 393 in Raiatea Tahiti and I will be delivering her San Diego. I had po
water in engine oil trichardson at 4:53pm 05.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2090 I have a Hunter 430 with a 50hp Volvo engine. A couple of weeks ago I came up with water in my engin
Static battery charger rgranger at 4:45pm 05.23.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1895 Hey All I read this article on using static electricity from wind blowing over a wire to charge a b
Chesapeake Hunter Rendezvous Aug 9-12 (1) Carl sv WINDROSE at 2:59pm 05.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2196 The Hunter Sailing Associations of the Chesapeake are pleased to announce The Hunter Chesapeake Rend
Stem Fitting Sealant (1) Clark at 1:26pm 05.23.12 Musings With Maine Sail 5/2893 Rascal, my Capri 22 got into an argument with a Hunter 28.5 and lost. I have to replace the stem fit
painting copper sallylynnh at 1:16pm 05.23.12 Engines and Propulsion 2/2644 I have cleaned my heat exchanger and now need to paint it. I'm having trouble finding what paint to
Securing Swim Ladder reworb at 1:04pm 05.23.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2746 The swim ladder on our new to us 311 is held in the up position by a ratty old sticky bungee cord.
Stern Boat drain robert19954 at 11:42am 05.23.12 Ask An Oday Owner 10/2775 Water gathers on my stern deck. It used to drain out of the back but for some reason it doesn't and
Leakage into the bilge Brian Aldeghi at 11:31am 05.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1713 Just bought a Mac 26s. Has a few issues--the worst of which is about 10 gallons of water coming fro
Mast steps, Fixed or foldable? Gyberman at 11:13am 05.23.12 Catalina 30 1/1362 Hello Catalina 30 Owmers, I recently purchased a 1987 MK 2 Cat 30. My problem is the Spreader lights
26C trailer chad6647 at 10:54am 05.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/914 Has anyone ever modified a 26X (2005) trailer to work for an older 1993 26C?
Catalina 27 radio installation navigateur at 10:30am 05.23.12 Mid-Size Boats 37/8032 I just finished my radio installation on my C27 and thought it might be of some interest. it seems t
Show Us Your Waterline Stripe (1) Sail123 at 9:49am 05.23.12 Ask All Sailors 13/4744 Am redoing my bottom paint and looking for ideas. I have this left to do and feel stumped. Black
ReWiring O'day 23' Electrical System rs8684 at 8:26am 05.23.12 Day Sailers 6/4687 Hi All- I have a 1979 23' O'Day. One of my projects this summer is to get the electrical system wo
mast for kirby 25 Kootenay pirate.. at 8:22am 05.23.12 Parts Search 0/2725 Anyone have a mast for a kirby 25.?
Through hull clean out....... woodster at 7:12am 05.23.12 Ask All Sailors 11/5818 i am putting a through hull fitting on the outside of my bottom to receive sea water for cooling my
Lightening struck TerryGufshoz at 6:13am 05.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1652 Lightening struck my mast 2 days ago and I'm searching for advice on what damage to check for. I'm
What is the weight of the Mast? RonRock at 5:58am 05.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/7567 After reading the excellent post by tkanzler I've decided I'd like to figure the loads on a planned
O Day 28 Halyard Wrap on Forestay Rag Doll at 5:07am 05.23.12 Bigger Boats 7/3452 I have an Isomat Mast on my 1986 O Day 28 and have a rigger finishing the installation of a Schaefer
The Pride of Baltimore Roger Long at 4:41am 05.23.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 5/2343 I'm bumping this up from out of another thread because I think some people here might be interested

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Hot Water Heater Rear Heat Exchanger Plumbing gonekayaking247 at 7:40pm 11.04.22 OK so shortly after posting this thread I visited the C34 site and found my answer: Flow directions
Shorty FastOlson at 7:38pm 11.04.22 Yes. Reaching Strut.
Shorty PaulK at 7:29pm 11.04.22 The Jockey Pole is sometimes known as a reaching strut, gets the guy off the leeward shrouds. Usua
"Dry" delamination from repeated load/flexing? PaulK at 7:27pm 11.04.22 granger and dlochnerl have the right idea. Injecting epoxy into the deck may create a big "hard" sp
Its funny Friday! dLj at 6:57pm 11.04.22 I have one very similar to that. I also have another mechanical one that is actually a two speed dri
NorthWest Weather Hello Below at 6:55pm 11.04.22 Thanks John. Yahoo!. My procrastination paid off. I guess I will have to wait a while longer to take
"Dry" delamination from repeated load/flexing? dlochner at 6:37pm 11.04.22 If the core is plywood, dry delamination is not surprising. Plywood will have large areas of very de
S3 Espar D5E heater Ralph Johnstone at 6:10pm 11.04.22
Wires up the mast SDS3 Sailors at 6:08pm 11.04.22 No mast to go up! But that's a longer painful story. This is what I found after the mast came down.
Its funny Friday! (1) leo310 at 6:06pm 11.04.22 210614
S3 Espar D5E heater Hello Below at 5:51pm 11.04.22 What is the make and model of the heater ? Hot air or hydronic ? Plus all the rest of the informa
Hot Water Heater Rear Heat Exchanger Plumbing JoeWhite at 5:40pm 11.04.22 Replace the hoses feed to the water heater. On my c36 M35B they were 5/8" hose. They were reduced fr
S3 Espar D5E heater Hello Below at 5:39pm 11.04.22 Any ideas Hans, I just sent you a private message.
Hot Water Heater Rear Heat Exchanger Plumbing Ralph Johnstone at 5:33pm 11.04.22 Engine make and model ?
Wires up the mast Davidasailor26 at 5:23pm 11.04.22 Could be a good use for a Fox and Hound wire tracer too. That might let you figure out where the oth
Wires up the mast jssailem at 5:19pm 11.04.22 Only way to be sure is to go up the mast. Possibilites: Spreader lights for sure, @Davidasailor26
Its funny Friday! Ralph Johnstone at 5:16pm 11.04.22
Stuck new genoa on Harken furler ricksoth at 5:16pm 11.04.22 Sailmaker suggested pulling down with the winch on the tack and shaking the foil. Worked like a cha
crack/cut in compression post H30 jssailem at 5:12pm 11.04.22 Owners do strange things. I do not know if we met. I lived in the East Bay for 10 years (Pleasanton
Wires up the mast Davidasailor26 at 5:04pm 11.04.22

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