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Folding Prop Report (2) Maine Sail at 5:51am 05.08.12 Musings With Maine Sail 42/23874 Some of you may know that I purchased and installed a Flex-O-Fold two blade prop this year replacing
Finally Out! Tsatzsue at 4:57am 05.08.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/933 Finally got some water time on Sunday in Narragansett Bay. Never fails...the water was like a pane o
New Jersey ICW Local Knowledge Roger Long at 4:56am 05.08.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1737 I made the run from Cape May to Atlantic City a bit early to take advantage of good weather. I'm no
Fuel Filter yellowood at 3:42am 05.08.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1566 Is it necessary to replace the fuel filter on my Catalina 27 every year? Thanks.
Keel Vibration - Advice? northcave at 1:32am 05.08.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1352 I have recently bought a swing keel Beneteau 26 from 1986. On our first passage from Salcombe to Da
H36 folding/fethering propeller speeds Andreas7699 at 1:17am 05.08.12 Big Boats 6/1721 Hi. I have been reading about folding and fethering propellers for a while and it seems to me that o
Sailing course cmt145 at 8:40pm 05.07.12 Ask All Sailors 9/1920 Can someone recommend a sailing course that will take a person from basic to advanced . In Florida o
When you open your boat and hear water running, is it a bad Juice6576 at 8:14pm 05.07.12 Mid-Size Boats 9/2052 So we had a hell of a lot of rain this weekend, so I went down to check out my new Zarcor comp anion
Today was a good day. (4) Time Out at 8:09pm 05.07.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/1435 The marathon of bottom painting, cleaning and waxing is done. The boat was launched today and I got
Travel to Gulf with a another sailboat healeyman at 7:07pm 05.07.12 Mid-Size Boats 7/2354 Have a sailboat on Chicamauga Lake, on the Tenneseee River. The first mate and I wish to take the s
Fuel filter clean? (1) rhythmsurfer at 7:04pm 05.07.12 Ask All Sailors 12/2268 After buying the 1981Hunter 36 (Yanmar) I have put somewhere between 50-100 hrs on the motor. After
Hull leak through keel stud Sinbad at 6:28pm 05.07.12 Big Boats 3/1495 Bad news! Noticed the bilge pump cycling every now ' then so I checked to see what was going on. F
Working distance (4) All U Get at 6:07pm 05.07.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1341 Hi all, I know quite a few of us have a boat that is further away than we would like. Keeping thi
423 Wanted !!!!!! Cash Waiting BlackwellADB at 5:31pm 05.07.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/43 I AM A CASH BUYER READY TO PURCHASE A BENETEAU 423. MUST HAVE A 4' 9" DRAFT OR SHOAL KEEL. GEN
Need Some Measurements for a MAC 25 Fred Villiard at 5:22pm 05.07.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/868 When my camera bag was stolen out of my truck most of my pictures of my rebuild and my notebook with
Beneteau 381 garymuir at 4:58pm 05.07.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/867 water issue, v-berth starboard side ceiling water is in side ceiling just beside hatch window. how?
Honda 5hp motor cutting out (1) drock10 at 4:48pm 05.07.12 Catalina 22 11/5655 Guys I have a late 2000 I want to say 2010 Honda 5hp outboard and it cut out and dies when in gear.
New Yamaha 2.5 gjaffess at 2:57pm 05.07.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/765 I am buying a new Yamaha 2.5 4 stroke. There is a big difference in price on line ($800) or at a de
disapointed at my susuki df 9.9..... Manureva at 2:48pm 05.07.12 Ask All Sailors 13/2293 I need to vent.... I bought a Susuki df 9.9, then the dealership closed....now the closest service c
Used Toe Rail for a 1986 28.5 phagialas at 2:48pm 05.07.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/783 Anybody out there know of any salvage yards in the Mid-Atlantic or East Coast where I may be able to

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Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 Simon Sexton at 12:56pm 09.16.22 Just had to ask what's your reasoning behind preferring raw water cooling ? @Ralph Johnstone it's
Reef line separated in boom Scott T-Bird at 12:46pm 09.16.22 Scott. If you were inclined to leave the cockpit to reef, then you keep the single line in the boom
Oceanis 41/45 - has anyone replaced the discharge pipe from main head? Joie de Vie at 12:45pm 09.16.22 Has anyone removed the after head discharge line of a Hunter 410. I've had both ends disconnected a
1985 Hunter 23' question Crazy Dave Condon at 12:42pm 09.16.22 @sail sfbay is correct 5/16 for jib sheet and 3/8 for main sheet. However Hunter went back and fort
Spring for Forespar Whisker Pole? Rick Webb at 12:39pm 09.16.22 Just the spring (both ends), and I did have to cleanup the aluminum where the spring seats against
Carbon Monoxide Alarm going off due to the head? Justin_NSA at 11:20am 09.16.22 I tried a different brand detector and it still goes off. It's not even mounted in the head.:what: W
Reef line separated in boom jssailem at 11:19am 09.16.22 Scott. If you were inclined to leave the cockpit to reef, then you keep the single line in the boom
Trailer Tongue Question LloydB at 11:16am 09.16.22 A closer look at the images supplied to us by skipper you will see that the zip ties were tied aroun
Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 Ralph Johnstone at 10:45am 09.16.22 and we even admitted to preferring a raw water cooled model rather than the current freshwater cool
Reef line separated in boom Scott T-Bird at 9:12am 09.16.22 Ouch!! If you reefing line looks like the leftmost diagram below and you can remove the end cap th
460/466 Propeller Scallywagger at 9:00am 09.16.22 For an idea of how you would go about getting a propeller try https://www.flexofold.com/purchase t
Trailer Tongue Question capta at 8:59am 09.16.22 I'm with those who think the PO was messing with your mind.
Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 Simon Sexton at 8:56am 09.16.22 Looks like you and Max and your friends have your work cut out for you. I am sure its a labor of l
Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 smokey73 at 8:47am 09.16.22 Looks like you and Max and your friends have your work cut out for you. I am sure its a labor of lo
Carbon Monoxide Alarm going off due to the head? Leeward Rail at 8:19am 09.16.22 What is the brand of your unit? Kidde? Might be.. Will confirm tonight.
Spring for Forespar Whisker Pole? FastOlson at 7:27am 09.16.22 Thanks Did you replace the spring or the whole end? Just the spring (both ends), and I did have to
Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 Simon Sexton at 7:20am 09.16.22 Sounds like a great project. It would be an interesting learning opportunity for local boat owners.
Carbon Monoxide Alarm going off due to the head? JamesG161 at 7:16am 09.16.22 What is the brand of your unit? Kidde?
Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 jssailem at 7:12am 09.16.22 Sounds like a great project. It would be an interesting learning opportunity for local boat owners.
Carbon Monoxide Alarm going off due to the head? Leeward Rail at 7:10am 09.16.22 That is Rotten Cabbage odor. Put in Methane and Propane gas so people smell a leak. Jim... Yup.

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