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Emptying the Holding Tank GorillaToast at 9:12am 12.05.11 Catalina 22 22/4267 Can the contents of the waste holding tank be backflushed out thru the fresh water intake while the
Current or Potential SeaClear or Open CPN Users... (2) Sumner at 8:41am 12.05.11 Ask All Sailors 16/4309 If you are a current or potential user of SeaClear, Open CPN or another computer based chart plotter
Pearson 36-2 jonahmulski at 8:04am 12.05.11 Pearson 3/7096 My wife and I have been looking for a boat. We have a 13' FJ we sail around the Santa Cruz, CA area
Forestay adjustment CCHer at 6:33am 12.05.11 Catalina 310 10/2668 How do I tighten the forestay with the Schaefer furler. I don't have the manual and don't see any ob
Gunwale teacher63 at 6:29am 12.05.11 Smaller Boats 8/2206 I was working on my Hunter 23 as I was putting it to bed for the winter. I live in MD along the Che
CDI halyard (genoa) question MrBill_FLL at 6:22am 12.05.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/3335 I was looking at a CDI furler on sunday the halyard was on the opposite side as the opening for the
Foot Block Problem jk kudera at 5:22am 12.05.11 Big Boats 8/1479 I had a failure of a foot block this summer, one of the sheaves began to chip away. I removed the fo
Surf City Roger Long at 3:45am 12.05.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 8/2730
Antifreeze won't go in Deadline at 3:35am 12.05.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2218 On my Yanmar 2GM20F I couldn't get the antifreeze to siphon in. Funneled it correctly to T-valve in
Anyone add larger ports? Padrino at 10:50pm 12.04.11 Big Boats 7/1824 I'm picking up an older H45 in the next weeks. Great boat for my needs and budget but I'd like to ge
Harken Mark IV installation Scott T-Bird at 8:05pm 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 15/4442 I'm planning on installing a Mark IV Unit 0 for our boat this winter. I was under the impression th
Fill holes in the deck redhead78 at 6:05pm 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 15/3691 I am in the process of rebedding all fixtures on my deck. I have several approx 1/2" holes where thi
How to get out those centerboard screws? ebsail at 5:36pm 12.04.11 Day Sailers 8/2468 Need to remove the centerboard on my 25 and dug through 10 layers of paint and found the 4 screw in
Strange head in Bristol Yacht Skipper at 5:19pm 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2750 Hello, This might be more for the Head Mistress forum, but I'm hoping someone else had this issu
Dinghy Repair Dennis Honeycutt at 4:52pm 12.04.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1043 I have a Mercury hard bottom inflatable with (unfortunately) PVC for pontoons. The problem is that
Stepping and Unstepping Deck-hinged mast anchorh at 4:33pm 12.04.11 Ask An Oday Owner 10/4377 We have an O'Day23 which has a deck-stepped (hinged) mast. Any special tricks and / or additional eq
Another source of odor Prime Time at 4:28pm 12.04.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/3269 This yr we rebuilt both WC SKipper II, replaced all hoses with the best Trident, replaced the vent h
Dry dock Balboa22 at 2:00pm 12.04.11 Balboa 1/2618 My land yacht (Airstream) got priority over my sail boat the past few months. Today I constructed a
This was floating around at sea?! Jared1048 at 1:57pm 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 20/6897 http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/12/02/mammoth-piece-of-driftwood-washes-ashore-in-la-push
De rigged JasonC at 1:12pm 12.04.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1312 Just finished de-rigging the boat. I bought the speedy rigger videos, they helped. Going to take th

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Boom extension for lifting....... dLj at 4:25am 03.04.22 I think you made the right call using the crane. I can tell you a 2x6 supported on each end by two
No hot water Davidasailor26 at 2:16am 03.04.22
Catalina 310 Prop Shaft Diameter? Skipper John at 11:50pm 03.03.22 Just for the record, the prop shaft on the 315 also is 1inch.
Catalina 310 Prop Shaft Diameter? Monheganlover at 9:13pm 03.03.22
New to us Hunter 40.5 SV Maverick at 9:00pm 03.03.22 No clear winner for a new LPG stove. Some are close dimensionally, but no perfect replacement for th
310 Ahr 3.2V Li batteries; too good to be true? Johnb at 8:56pm 03.03.22 You do know that price is per cell so 4 of them are pushing $3500?
310 Ahr 3.2V Li batteries; too good to be true? marchem at 8:50pm 03.03.22 Marketing. I've bought lithium cells off eBay and Amazon, most have ludicrous capacity claims. They
New to us Hunter 40.5 (2) SV Maverick at 8:49pm 03.03.22 Access for horizontally mounted vertical windlass. Power cables. There is already a label on the pan
310 Ahr 3.2V Li batteries; too good to be true? DArcy at 8:42pm 03.03.22 The biggest question I have is how this could have 310 Ahr capacity, in the same size that most oth
New to us Hunter 40.5 (1) SV Maverick at 8:39pm 03.03.22 Progress.
Catalina 310 Prop Shaft Diameter? marchem at 8:39pm 03.03.22 I need to know the diameter of the prop shaft on my 2002 Catalina 310 and can't determine where to
New Battery power flare replacement thinwater at 8:39pm 03.03.22 Only if you assume that goofy arrangement was what I was referring to. I was thinking that such a
310 Ahr 3.2V Li batteries; too good to be true? marchem at 8:35pm 03.03.22
310 Ahr 3.2V Li batteries; too good to be true? marchem at 8:32pm 03.03.22 That's just 4 cells, you also need a BMS to properly charge the battery. If you just hook it up wit
310 Ahr 3.2V Li batteries; too good to be true? DArcy at 7:59pm 03.03.22 That's just 4 cells, you also need a BMS to properly charge the battery. If you just hook it up with
Boom extension for lifting....... (1) DArcy at 7:46pm 03.03.22 I think you made the right call using the crane. I can tell you a 2x6 supported on each end by two 2
Black Water Tank Smell DArcy at 7:20pm 03.03.22 Peggie's book is worth getting. I bought it years ago when I wanted to replace the hoses and tank on
New Battery power flare replacement Tally Ho at 7:07pm 03.03.22 I went with the Ocean Signal EDF1 after nearly getting blinded by testing it at the boat show. It h
Yanmar 3GMF brand new fuel injector question Ralph Johnstone at 6:41pm 03.03.22
Any known concerns with this specific motor? Joe at 6:40pm 03.03.22 My first choice is this one, the Tohatsu 6HP Sail Pro Long Shaft with Alternator but no idea when t

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