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How many layers of flax for a Hunter 336 stuffing box? Sea-ker at 12:57pm 11.29.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2501 I have a 1995 Hunter 336 with the 3GM30F engine and 1 inch shaft. I am in the process of repacking t
Red thunderbird sail emblem (1) kpgraci at 12:46pm 11.29.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1453 My jib and main both are pretty old, and both have a red thunder-bird insignia near the tack. I sea
a faster G26 Eric Gouin at 11:45am 11.29.11 Grampian 2/2833 After 6 months of tlc and fixing the basic parts of our new Grampian 26, we spent the entire summer
Kudo's to STANDARD HORIZON !!!! windsock1 at 10:51am 11.29.11 Ask All Sailors 10/2215 I just felt I had to scream out what great customer service I've received over the years from Standa
Casco Bay sailors dscribner at 10:51am 11.29.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1373 Can anybody ballpark me on cost and process for getting a mooring around Bug light? Or some other pl
removing the sails for the first time.....any tips? iSailor at 10:34am 11.29.11 Catalina 310 12/4509 I will be removing the sails this weekend and this will be the first time for me with the Cat. 310.
Jabsco backup beilts at 9:24am 11.29.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/2393 I put a new Jabsco manual head in about 2 years ago. Worked great. After my last trip (during which
Winterizing scuppers Skipper at 9:05am 11.29.11 Ask All Sailors 20/4980 Howdy, Have a Bristol 29.9. This is my first winter with this boat. The 2 cockpit drains are at t
Question about Annapolis School of Seamanship PrincessoftheLake at 7:56am 11.29.11 Ask All Sailors 19/4148 I am interested in taking the Marine Diesel Basics course and the Marine Electrical Systems Basic co
Help identifying mast boot Callisto83 at 7:06am 11.29.11 Parts Search 2/2392 I posted this on cruisers forum and haven't had much luck. Does anyone know who make the spars on a
H260 Characteristics Quoddy at 6:49am 11.29.11 Smaller Boats 10/2843
Mast maintenance done kpgraci at 6:34am 11.29.11 Ask An Oday Owner 33/5433 Since I had to remove the mast to replace the backstay I took the opportunity to do some mast mainte
direct email Crazy Dave Condon at 6:16am 11.29.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1982 Hello young lady; It has been a while since I spoke to you but retirement is agreeing with me.
surge brake actuator (1) walt at 6:13am 11.29.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1771 I posted this on the trailer forum yesterday http://forums.macgregor.sailboatowners.com/showthread.p
From 2 blades to 3 - but keeing same size Philip_Oceanis 361 at 5:52am 11.29.11 Ask All Sailors 6/1668 Just curious, if you switch from a 2-blade fixed propeller to a 3-blade fixed but keep the same diam
Roller furling support for the trailer? MrBill_FLL at 5:30am 11.29.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 17/3126 Question for those that have a Roller furling jib. how do you support the end when trailering? I t
Water in Bilge and Forward Cabin vela at 5:26am 11.29.11 Big Boats 5/2665 Hello, I have a 1984 Catalina 36 and over the last few weeks I have noticed about 2" of water in the
Boat Insurance Problems Ducati at 3:28am 11.29.11 Ask All Sailors 15/4546 There are not enough words to describe my distain for insurance companies and their behavior. Betw
Mission Plan for a "Weekend" project Dan Hill at 10:28pm 11.28.11 Mid-Size Boats 7/1784 OK Guys and Gals here's the plan objective. Replace head and head fresh water sea-cock. The vessel
How to contact Peggy by e-mail? Alan Gomes at 10:00pm 11.28.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2627 Hello, Peggy. I'm sorry to bother you on the forum here, but I was wondering if I could ask you a fe

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Engine Oil/ Yanmar 3YM30 Benny17441 at 8:04pm 03.02.22 Look for the date of printing of the manual. There have been great improvements in oils in recent
Corpus Christi TX area need help learning jamesw202 at 7:52pm 03.02.22 Contact Doug dot weakly at yahoo dot com. He's local to CC has been a J24 Texas Circuit guy forever
Corpus Christi TX area need help learning JRacer at 7:51pm 03.02.22 Contact Doug dot weakly at yahoo dot com. He's local to CC has been a J24 Texas Circuit guy forever
Corpus Christi TX area need help learning jamesw202 at 7:49pm 03.02.22 Aloha, and welcome to the forum, James. You don't mention what experience you have so far with boat
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 7:48pm 03.02.22 Well I took a trip out to see Luna today. She had some water in the bilge that my new bilge pump emp
Corpus Christi TX area need help learning jamesw202 at 7:45pm 03.02.22 Aloha, and welcome to the forum, James. You don't mention what experience you have so far with boat
Corpus Christi TX area need help learning jamesw202 at 7:42pm 03.02.22 Aloha, and welcome to the forum, James. You don't mention what experience you have so far with boat
Corpus Christi TX area need help learning mikeracca at 7:27pm 03.02.22 To start out I would start with a simple boat to handle and sail. I went through your very dilemma l
Corpus Christi TX area need help learning sail sfbay at 7:23pm 03.02.22 Welcome to the forum!! Got to start somewhere............. Where is the best place to start? Go sa
Yanmar 3GMF brand new fuel injector question Capt Robbie at 7:23pm 03.02.22 Ralph, Thanks for your input, I do plan to pull the mixing elbow, just to eliminate any possibilit
Corpus Christi TX area need help learning Tom J at 7:16pm 03.02.22 Aloha, and welcome to the forum, James. You don't mention what experience you have so far with boat
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar jviss at 7:16pm 03.02.22 cheap insurance against further dezincification. FYI, bronze is copper and tin, not zinc.
New Battery power flare replacement PaulK at 6:42pm 03.02.22 Is there something like this that can be mounted on top of the mast, and on the top of the radome?
DWL mast height for O'Day 39 Rgluv2sail at 5:58pm 03.02.22 Thanks everyone. I figured those measurements too and calculated about 58 ft . I' m always concerned
PNW Current Atlas App david.jade at 5:36pm 03.02.22 PNW Current Atlas app developer (and PNW sailor) here. Happy to answer any questions. The summary ab
Any recommendations for standing rigging replacement in Annapolis/Rock Hall area of the Chesapeake sail sfbay at 5:25pm 03.02.22 Do a search on this forum and you will find threads on this with rigger recommendations in your area
Engine Oil/ Yanmar 3YM30 Davidasailor26 at 5:24pm 03.02.22 You scared me, since I use Rotella in my 3YM30. But here's a good explanation of what the classific
Dometic AC needs capacitor twalker H260 at 5:22pm 03.02.22 Here are a few links for you. https://findcomponents.net/HD1005DA40PCSN https://www.sierraic.com
New Battery power flare replacement quadrille38 at 5:17pm 03.02.22 Down here in Florida, one of our nature tour boating programs has just replaced our required hand-h
Replacing Holding Tank Justin_NSA at 4:57pm 03.02.22 There's this other thread of yours.... https://forums.sailboatowners.com/posts/1734989

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