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How to Attach a Block to a solid toe rail? firehoser75 at 4:43pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 13/5933 My boat has a solid (no holes) slightly curved (inboard at the top) aluminum toe rail. I have been c
Groco water strainer turns white alexco38 at 3:29pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1174 I have a Groco poly water strainer in the engine intake. This year, it just turned totally white ins
Leaking Fuel Tank Bungalow Bill at 3:14pm 05.27.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/1092 Leaking Fuel Tank I have 1992 Hunter 33.5 and this spring I discovered a fuel tank leak. The ta
Leaking Fuel Tank Bungalow Bill at 3:11pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1445 I have 1992 Hunter 33.5 and this spring I discovered a fuel tank leak. The tank is squeezed into a r
From where do I leak? rpell46 at 1:59pm 05.27.12 Catalina 30 4/1677 Hi all, I've have this leak on my '91 Cat30 for some time now and cannot seem to determine from wh
Custom-made foulies? N1EYO at 1:33pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1486 Is there any recommended suppliers or manufacturers of Tall'Big foul weather gear? At 6'7" and 350
Lobster Bake Hour...... Maine Sail at 1:28pm 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 12/2228 Just wetting your whistles...;) This will be our first official "bake" of the 2012 season.. A buncho
Cable tv kandk at 1:10pm 05.27.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1120 How do you switch a tv from antenna to cable? I changed the switch to B and changed the input on the
1978 MacGregor Keel Dimensions DrBearEE at 12:21pm 05.27.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1518 MacGregor Keel Dimensions, correction 1973(!) I am doing a re-hab on the keel of my 1973(!) MacGreg
Help, struggling with mast raising for 2 days (5) newsailor72 at 12:00pm 05.27.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 26/4824 everyone on this forum seems to say that the mac is easy to rig, but so far it hasn't been the case
Atomic Diesel 5411 (1982) Fuel Pump PeterBeckley at 11:40am 05.27.12 Bigger Boats 1/1251 Help. Where may I buy one? Peter Beckley. (920) 475-1587. pbeckley@new.rr.com
Barney Post alsteck1 at 10:57am 05.27.12 Catalina 22 3/4160 Catalina Direct is selling a Barney Post for the C-22 for about $250. The main advantage is that the
Pearson 37 owners manual benmorr at 10:31am 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1444 I'm looking for owners manuals for a Pearson 37-2 sailboat. If you know how I can obtain them pleas
Sureseal Dripless Shaft Seal gpd955 at 10:05am 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1278 My Sureseal has become unsure. I've watched the video on how to change out the lip seal while in th
"Burping" Air Conditioning System Buf at 9:31am 05.27.12 Big Boats 2/3766 I am having a hard time getting my heating/airconditioning system to pump raw water through the syst
Fuse for deck light 1992 model year Vegas at 9:23am 05.27.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/834 Replaced desk light bulb but still doesn't work. I find where the decklight connection is on the pow
Cable tv kandk at 8:47am 05.27.12 Big Boats 1/1428 How do you switch to cable tv? I changed switch to B and changed input on tv to cable. It just keeps
Helms 27 grtsct at 8:33am 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1633 Does anyone have an opinion good or bad on the Helms 27 also if you have any personal experience wit
Rookie needs some help pat5884 at 8:15am 05.27.12 Ask All Sailors 28/6569 So I bought my '82 Catlina 22 about 1 year ago. Never sailed or owned a boat so I am still figuring
Fresh water intake on a 1978 Hunter 27 perezall at 8:08am 05.27.12 Mid-Size Boats 5/2232 Hi Folks, I just purchased a 1987 Hunter 27 and cannot locate the fresh water intake for the water

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Hunter 25 -2 mast manufacturer Crazy Dave Condon at 12:57pm 01.07.23 @sail sfbay This is a trailerable hunter that did not come with a furling mainsail. Look for a name
Hi All, Anyone replaced the shift & throttle cables on 2003 Hunter 386 have any suggestions? Don S/V ILLusion at 12:53pm 01.07.23
Single handing Crazy Dave Condon at 12:49pm 01.07.23 take a ;picture for me to regenerate my brain please, You are on th
Refilling/Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Fire Suppression Cannisters LloydB at 12:38pm 01.07.23 A check with Google found me this and made that question about as clear as "what kind of boat should
Dingy conversion LloydB at 12:20pm 01.07.23 On the other hand you can always hang the dingy up by its stern and cut the ends off the tubes as if
Barlow Self Tailing Arms Justin_NSA at 12:15pm 01.07.23 I've bought parts for my winches from them. Not cheap but a reliable source. Or wait for a BOGO from
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting Tally Ho at 11:42am 01.07.23 When all else fails, read the instructions. I was lucky enough to get a complete Yanmar Service Ma
Beneteau 37 circuit breaker replacement Karl T at 11:29am 01.07.23 You need to identify the watts for each of the units in the circuit controlled by the breaker. The
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting (1) Dalliance at 11:20am 01.07.23 When all else fails, read the instructions! I was lucky enough to get a complete 1GM-2GM-3GM Yanmar
Beneteau 37 circuit breaker replacement Karl T at 11:17am 01.07.23 To my surprise the breaker in our 2014 (Built in South Carolina with US 110V circuits) is also a PF
Refilling/Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Fire Suppression Cannisters Tally Ho at 10:47am 01.07.23
Hi All, Anyone replaced the shift & throttle cables on 2003 Hunter 386 have any suggestions? sailcapt340 at 10:44am 01.07.23 If you can show a few photos of what you have and can see at the moment. That will help a lot. The
Refilling/Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Fire Suppression Cannisters LloydB at 10:18am 01.07.23 FYI What is Halon 1301? Why is it Banned? \| ORR Protection Systems Same issues as the refrige
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? ShalomOrchard at 9:30am 01.07.23 "One thing that I've noticed during my searching is that not all manufacturers put adequate thought/
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement jssailem at 9:13am 01.07.23 Defender has this bit of info. https://www.defender.com/pdf/ReplacingOldRayInstr.pdf
AutoHelm ST30 Replacement jssailem at 9:09am 01.07.23 https://www.ebay.com/p/552261714
Beneteau 37 circuit breaker replacement (1) Davidasailor26 at 8:54am 01.07.23 Hi David, Thanks for the reply. Yes the boat's AC system is 120, the usual US standard. I too was
Barlow Self Tailing Arms Zom-B-Land at 8:24am 01.07.23 Ok great thank you. Will check them out.
First time sailboat owner danooxnard at 8:14am 01.07.23 We always called it a Stitch Awl, takes speedy out of the equation.
Beneteau 37 circuit breaker replacement jssailem at 7:55am 01.07.23 Welcome Karl. Glad to have you aboard. As a new boat owner you are now responsible for all the syste

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