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Overheating Deadline at 4:33am 05.29.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1375 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 1/1171 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 2/1580 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 9/2937 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 15/3130 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 2/1707 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 8/10328 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 12/2279 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 20/16050 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 10/2272 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 2/1383 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 2/933 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 1/1267 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 16/2903 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 4/3714 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 6/4380 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 6/1709 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 8/2003 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 13/1953 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 8/3316 I've been working hard to get my boat in the water this weekend, but an unexpected electrical issue

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Solar panel question/Recommendations TheBigDeal at 4:51am 01.26.23 I'm confused by the 87w/12w rating on your fridge. You listed 288.0 WH, which is 12w 24H. 12 wat*
yanmar 4JH4-HTE dificult to start SycloneDriver at 4:45am 01.26.23 ........... The solenoid requires power to allow the fuel rack to open. If the solenoid had sta
lithium battery conversion Andiamo 34 at 4:38am 01.26.23 Hard to say for sure without knowing more about your wiring layout. It certainly sounds possible th
What is This, Anyone Need One? kappykaplan at 4:31am 01.26.23 Is that evil? Nah . . .
What is This, Anyone Need One? Rick Webb at 4:29am 01.26.23 Close. It is a sail guide for an older in-boom system, though I can't remember which. It helps ali
Solar panel question/Recommendations artleyt115 at 4:25am 01.26.23
Yanmar engine console - yuck nitrogenase at 3:35am 01.26.23 I have the 3GM30F and ordered the faceplate only. Swapped in the instruments and switches. Looks mu
yanmar 4JH4-HTE dificult to start Davidasailor26 at 3:29am 01.26.23 This may be the "key" to the whole problem. From this sentence it seems the OP may be suffering fr
Portable Generator as a Backup Power Source garymalmgren at 1:48am 01.26.23 Most people hoist the generator out into the cockpit and go for a trip into town so they don't have
BeneteauOwners.com to close this month Gerard56 at 12:53am 01.26.23 ???
Yanmar engine console - yuck mermike at 10:36pm 01.25.23 I have the 3GM30F and ordered the faceplate only. Swapped in the instruments and switches. Looks muc
yanmar 4JH4-HTE dificult to start (2) Ralph Johnstone at 10:34pm 01.25.23 ........... ybe for you but I'm Illinois. Two years ago I was going to install a Trombetta P/Q610
Crack on rudder jssailem at 10:10pm 01.25.23 It looks like the gel coat and fairing compounds have chipped away. If there is no water now in the
45' mast for Buchan 37 jssailem at 10:02pm 01.25.23
yanmar 4JH4-HTE dificult to start artboas at 9:59pm 01.25.23
yanmar 4JH4-HTE dificult to start artboas at 9:51pm 01.25.23 Hello everyone. Does somebody knows where the solenoid that cuts the fuel to the yanmar is located
Portable Generator as a Backup Power Source Tally Ho at 8:42pm 01.25.23 I'm considering a portable dual-fuel inverter-type generator as a backup power generation source -
45' mast for Buchan 37 Sailing_Victoria at 8:40pm 01.25.23 Sailing Victoria, You may want to circle back to Lynden; https://seattle.craigslist.org/see/bpo/d
45' mast for Buchan 37 Sailing_Victoria at 8:32pm 01.25.23 One of my surface mounted spreaders got caught when we stepped the mast. It created two tears in th
Portable Generator as a Backup Power Source Captain Larry-DH at 8:20pm 01.25.23 Make sure you have a CO detector in your living spaces. Many carbon monoxide poisoning accidents occ

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