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Overheating Deadline at 4:33am 05.29.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1369 I tried everything to figure out why my Yanmar 2GM20 was overheating quickly, only to discover that
Heat Exchanger Deadline at 3:58am 05.29.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/1163 Has anyone taken off the heat exchanger on a Yanmar 18 hp 20GM? I want to take the rods to a radiato
Water tank access Deadline at 3:56am 05.29.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1569 I've traced my water leak on H320 to the fresh water tank but can't access the darn thing. After rem
Swing Keel/centerboard Lost this weekend LarryH at 2:33am 05.29.12 Smaller Boats 9/2934 The wife, kids and i were just beginning to leave our marina on our 1999 H260 this weekend when the
Main Halyard Truckers Knot DarylA at 1:21am 05.29.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/3099 Im now preparing to take our new Mac 26m and get it wet for our first time this weekend. Looking at
Oday 192 stay anchors (grommets?) on mast mkb at 12:27am 05.29.12 Day Sailers 2/1686 My Oday 192 uses a grommet to anchor the shrouds and forestay to the mast. A hook on the end of the
31 minutes on the M/V Wenatchee (this is a must-read) (1) Phil Herring at 10:01pm 05.28.12 Ask All Sailors 8/10313 A little background: This was just sent to me a by a friend who is a member of the crew and figured
O23 trailer question rbyham at 9:32pm 05.28.12 Day Sailers 12/2246 I am shopping my first sailboat. Currently have my eye on an O'Day 23 that looks to be in good shape
boomkicker/vang quandary sinnettc at 9:19pm 05.28.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 20/16038 Ran into a bit of a quandary this weekend when we were overpowered and I think I may be missing some
Keel repair problem Caught_Between_the_Sheets at 8:30pm 05.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2268 Ok I removed the sheet from around my ankle, so no longer caught...Now Trying to remove the keel on
Leaky Lewmar port londavidson at 7:26pm 05.28.12 Big Boats 2/1379 My 1989 C-36, Carte Blanche, #1013, has a leaky port. I'm sure the gasket needs replacing. Two quest
A New Anchor Question BWagner at 7:17pm 05.28.12 Big Boats 2/926 First I want to thank everybody who responded to my first anchor question - we bought 300 feet of c
Happy Birthday Golden Gate bridge (1) sfgary at 6:57pm 05.28.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1264 Went out today just to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. Winds were 20-25 kn
Local Wind Speeds SailingShawnee at 6:52pm 05.28.12 Ask All Sailors 16/2899 Do anyone know of a website or resource to find local sailing conditions such as wind and gusts spee
Gear Oil Level Yanmar 2YM15 MLampner at 6:46pm 05.28.12 Engines and Propulsion 4/3698 So I went to check the level in the transmission on my relatively new Yanmar. The owner's manual say
3YM30 broken impeller blades (3) Ken Honeycutt at 6:15pm 05.28.12 Big Boats 6/4352 Posting this as a follow up to an earlier post about retrieving broken impeller blades from a 3YM30
Battery Switch Voltage Drop Jon4399 at 5:54pm 05.28.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1697 I thought my house bank was dead or dying. My volt meter on the elec. pnl. showed the voltage at 11
H23 Jib Sheet Winch/Cleat Operation (2) carboman at 5:18pm 05.28.12 Smaller Boats 8/2001 Seems like I had issues with the current setup last year. Which way should the winches rotate if y
2gm20f Trans issue bcollis at 4:36pm 05.28.12 Ask All Sailors 13/1936 This is the second time it's happened, so I guess it's not a fluke. Before I untie, I always put t
Bimini Top StrayCat 22 at 4:19pm 05.28.12 Catalina 22 8/3309 I've been working hard to get my boat in the water this weekend, but an unexpected electrical issue

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Iron in saildrive oil Egovos at 8:27am 01.16.23 Thank you all very helpful
Iron in saildrive oil Ted at 8:00am 01.16.23 When I have my oil analyzed, the lab sends me a detailed report explaining every item that they test
Iron in saildrive oil Egovos at 7:47am 01.16.23
Busted Mast sbrogden at 7:46am 01.16.23 I've settled on putting in a 1-1/2 inch platform under the mast bracket. There is enough adjustment
Iron in saildrive oil kloudie1 at 7:46am 01.16.23 Could mean that the oil has not been changed since new . That would not be unusual for a gearbox "br
Jibing The Mainsail Kings Gambit at 7:38am 01.16.23
Question about main panel breakers jssailem at 7:12am 01.16.23 That makes total sense. Been there did that.
Replaced Motor Mounts Tally Ho at 7:01am 01.16.23 Replaced the motor mounts on my 23 yr old 410. Purchased Ellebogen mounts which were a direct repla
H41DS what length exhaust? dkinzer at 6:54am 01.16.23 I did end up using a Centek 1200199 180 bend (which I bought on eBay) rather than trying to wrestle*
Missing boom Project_Mayhem at 6:45am 01.16.23 My Starwind had a bolt rope in the bottom of the sail. You'll get better sail shape by going to a lo
Question about main panel breakers Dave Groshong at 6:20am 01.16.23 You can bend them with pliers according to a Hunter electrical engineer
H41DS what length exhaust? Dave Groshong at 6:19am 01.16.23 The BuildList says 18ft
Funny Friday!!! shemandr at 5:37am 01.16.23 Cringe worthy!
Need a new boom for Hunter 336 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:24am 01.16.23 Mast Mfg probably different. Long story but a few of us know. Suggest waiting two weeks till you
Copper Antifouling/ablative coatings - how to? RussellBeckner at 5:22am 01.16.23 @Ralph Johnstone, Good input... I am going to order one kit which should be more than enough for tou
Missing boom PRoberaon at 4:43am 01.16.23 Appreciate the info
Replaced Motor Mounts Sailgunner at 3:29am 01.16.23 So you obviously researched this. I am curious how the Ellebogen mounts compare to the OEM Yanmar m
Missing boom Marmalade at 3:27am 01.16.23 You might give these guys a call on the boom... don't know where in GA you are, so can't judge of ma
Jibing The Mainsail Mifeo at 12:56am 01.16.23 PST. Preventer Sheet Traveler And the reverse after the gybe.
Fuel Gauge artboas at 10:37pm 01.15.23 Stress not about the units "dampen motion" design. These units have worked for years. Do they work

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