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MP3 Players for the Boat carboman at 5:51pm 04.22.12 Smaller Boats 13/2076 I want to buy a cheaper MP3 player and speakers that will run on 12vdc. Can I ask what others are
ODay quality jeagles at 5:46pm 04.22.12 Bigger Boats 24/5652 I am looking at an 1987 ODay 31. Does anyone have a comment on this boat or on ODay boats quality in
Type of outboard jchmd1 at 5:31pm 04.22.12 Day Sailers 10/4043 Hi Just bought a Hunter 17 and need to get outboard motor. What do people suggest? Has anyone use
GPS recommendation Trixie68 at 5:19pm 04.22.12 Pearson 1/1168 Needing help to determine reasonably priced GPS for someone to sailing and new to navigation.
Bottom Sanding With Buffer + 3M Finesse-It Ducati at 5:16pm 04.22.12 Ask All Sailors 3/2009 I was power buffing/waxing the gelcoat and by accident touched the rudder with the spinning buffing
Smelly water coming out of the faucets Trixie68 at 5:13pm 04.22.12 Pearson 3/1494 Our marina has perfectly safe but non drinkable water. Is getting RO water this summer. Tanks are o
cruising the southern Chesapeake over the forth of july thomasgoodmaniii at 4:44pm 04.22.12 Destinations 4/2952 Hello cruisers! My wife and I are planning a cruise on the lower Chesapeake the week of July forth.
Running depth for 25'. Captain Ozzy at 4:39pm 04.22.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1507 The cove I live on is shallow. Does anyone know the running depth of the 25'?
Impeller Replacement sailsaga at 4:19pm 04.22.12 Pearson 1/1447 How often should you replace the impeller...I own a 1986 Pearson 303 with yanmar 2GM20F engine...thx
Epoxy potting hardware - problem Sefuller at 4:06pm 04.22.12 Ask All Sailors 7/2304 Our O'day 34 has a hull liner in the cabin and in the course of rebedding the hardware by drilling o
Unknown primer or barrier coat on Hunter 34 keel Sailoff at 3:57pm 04.22.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1778 We have a 1986 Hunter 34. We have some small spots of rust on the keel. When we sand it down, we get
Radar for Cal 2-27 vincejg327 at 3:44pm 04.22.12 Cal 0/2352 Hi All, I am now a proud owner of a 1979 CAL 2-27! I would like to add a radar system to her and
Waste tank filling with water? sj01 at 3:33pm 04.22.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/4616 Okay, this was unexpected. We took our Hunter for a shake down cruise and found that after hardly us
Yanmar YSM 12 R Ignition key switch morganoutisland at 1:32pm 04.22.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1960 Hello all, Someone removed the ignition key switch on my 30' Hunter with a Yanmar YSM 12 R engine.
A special note about Triple M Plastics footerdog at 12:50pm 04.22.12 Big Boats 2/1837 Thanks for the info on Triple M Plastics found on this forum. I would also like to thank the great p
O'Day 25 Rudder Sketch (1) Gudenuph at 11:52am 04.22.12 Day Sailers 1/3912 FWIW, attached is a dimensioned sketch of my rudder. I'm trying to solve the problem of the rudder
MCA or CCA for Yanmar 4jh3 series? drchpete at 11:45am 04.22.12 Big Boats 8/13298 Does anyone know how many MCA or CCA (specify please) are a minimum for the Yanmar 4jh3te? And...whe
Raymarine SL72 plus no image returned on display SV_Island_Fever at 11:33am 04.22.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1681 I acquired a used SL 72 plus and am having trouble getting it to work. According to the previous ow
RAL or other color code first-375 at 11:06am 04.22.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1539 Have an 1986 First-375. Does anyone know the correct colorcode for this boat.
Lost Key Lost Parent at 10:53am 04.22.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1184 I need to know the brand of ignition for my 1982 Catalina 30 diesel Lost my keys off-run-glow pluig

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Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 6:36pm 12.27.22 Same to you, Will! :beer: Not sure what you were trying to say in German. Ha ha ha. "And one fail
Its funny Friday! (1) leo310 at 3:34pm 12.27.22 211871
Advice on gel coat to centerboard dlochner at 3:28pm 12.27.22 We've been dealing with Zebra Mussels for decades, they are a pain, but manageable. Fortunately thei
Advice on gel coat to centerboard stickinthemud57 at 3:07pm 12.27.22 When I rebuilt a centerboard on a Flying Scot, I used Interprotect for the same reason, I had some.
white smoke WayneH at 3:00pm 12.27.22 In my experience, white SMOKE on startup is unburned diesel from cold cylinders. My 1980 Westerbeke
Refilling/Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Fire Suppression Cannisters sail sfbay at 2:47pm 12.27.22 Wow that was expensive When I purchased my Hunter 46 he surveyor noted "the engine space automatic f
Its funny Friday! kappykaplan at 2:13pm 12.27.22 ve mutlu yeni y?l Same to you, Will! :beer: Not sure what you were trying to say in German.
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 1:58pm 12.27.22 Und ein gescheitertes jahr Deutsch. ve mutlu yeni y?l from Istanbul. -Will
white smoke Head Sail at 12:52pm 12.27.22 White smoke sounds like steam. Put you hand in it. Is it wet or oily? If wet, could be diminished
white smoke Benny17441 at 11:58am 12.27.22 It is steam, oil will burn gray/blue and fuel will burn black. If short lived, it is likely raw coo
white smoke sail sfbay at 11:47am 12.27.22 Might find these articles helpful: What causes white smoke in a diesel engine? (wigoengineparts.co
North Atlantic rescue off Delaware coast NCBrew at 11:45am 12.27.22 Take the ICW to Morehead City or more south then go out in Atlantic. I have fished and also been in
white smoke dlochner at 11:35am 12.27.22 Smoke or steam? White usually means water is getting into the cylinder. Most likely from a failed he
white smoke when I start my diesel dlochner at 11:33am 12.27.22 Smoke or steam? White usually means water is getting into the cylinder. Most likely from a failed he
white smoke NCBrew at 11:32am 12.27.22 Generally indicative of steam especially when it's cold outside Defiantly not steam. It is white s
white smoke Don S/V ILLusion at 11:27am 12.27.22 Generally indicative of steam especially when it's cold outside
Nearly there Don S/V ILLusion at 10:46am 12.27.22 High yesterday in panhandle of Florida was only 37. High yesterday in Tampa was about 20 degrees h
Nearly there pclarksurf at 10:43am 12.27.22 High yesterday in panhandle of Florida was only 37. oooof-- that's some kind of wrong!
Nearly there Jacktar at 9:59am 12.27.22 High yesterday in panhandle of Florida was only 37.
Advice on gel coat to centerboard dlochner at 9:58am 12.27.22 Thanks all for getting me straight on the gel coat. I am used to seeing it as the smoothest finish,

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