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Stress Cracks on the deck of a 272 phagialas at 11:42am 03.13.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1345 I'm looking to purchase a 1988 O'Day 272 LE. It has some stress cracks about a foot away from the m
Medicine Cabinet H310 stmoss at 9:59am 03.13.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1414 My 1999 H310 has no medicine cabinet in the head. I've seen pictures with a mirrored medicine cabin
Alternator bracket (2) Blitz at 9:53am 03.13.12 Ask All Sailors 9/1806 I recently purchased a upgraded 60 amp alternator to replace the original 35 amp alternator on my Ya
Thinking of buying a Mac.19 rodgerkham at 9:49am 03.13.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/14906 looking for easy to handle weekender for just the wife and me. Don't want a big motor, a 9.9 would w
How does the table work on the 1984 31? (1) Mark Nooney at 9:40am 03.13.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1099 I was looking at the saloon table and it seems to be able to convert to a bed. Does anyone know if i
considering buying a CC 42 blair at 9:27am 03.13.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1536 I live in San Diego and would be living on the boat full time. The majority of my time would be sing
Keel repainting Costy at 9:13am 03.13.12 Trailer Sailors 6/3665 Hi, I went ahead (while working on the trailer) and knocked out all the lose paint with a wire brus
Sym Spinnaker jeff1smith at 8:08am 03.13.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1426 I've been a cruiser for many years and woukld like to dip my toe into club racing. I've found a Crai
What do y'all do with the jib halyard if you've a furler? Sublime at 8:04am 03.13.12 Smaller Boats 8/4289 I've a Hunter 260. I have a roller furler jib so the only reason to have the jib halyard is for rai
B&R rig question (1) Sublime at 7:58am 03.13.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 10/7256 I'm full of questions today :D When sailing a B'R rig, on a broad reach the sail leans against th
EPA approves product for controlling invasive mussels Soundbounder at 7:53am 03.13.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1856 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved Marrone Bio Innovations' dry formulation of Zequan
Boat names are the same jim148 at 7:48am 03.13.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/5028 I put my H22 in the water for the first time last summer and at the end of the season found that an
Mystery Oil mavourneen at 7:47am 03.13.12 Ask All Sailors 13/3267 I have a 10hp westbeke diesel engine. I was talking to a member at my boat club and he said, I shoul
Improving sliding hatch C27 Jon_E at 7:25am 03.13.12 Mid-Size Boats 14/7919 Hi all, The sliding main cabin hatch on early Catalina 27's was not the best design. The hatch is
Folding Wheel for Passage 450 Bowedtoothdoc at 6:36am 03.13.12 Big Boats 4/1682 Anyone have a folding wheel on their Passage 450 or 456? I am looking into one and trying to decide
Seraffyn in Mattapoisett (1) Soundbounder at 5:56am 03.13.12 Ask All Sailors 8/2015 http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab79/Soundbounder/Seraffyn_4-560x420.jpg And now here she wa
Moving boat to St. Simon's Island Bonzai at 5:55am 03.13.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1435 Hey guys! Looking for anyone who can help move a boat from Cocoa Bch. area to Brunswick Ga.Boat has
356 propane tanks Bob 04 H260 at 5:50am 03.13.12 Big Boats 12/5483 Our 03 356 came with two 5 lb tanks. Does anyone make bigger tanks that will fit into the locker ?
Terminal Roger Long at 5:36am 03.13.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 12/4139 Thanks for all the suggestions above. I just got everything moved out of the way and gave the engin
catalina 30 draft question tom power at 5:15am 03.13.12 Catalina 30 13/4291 Sorry. when I first posted this autofill made it look like a 30yr old boat. Again, I recently retire

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Yanmar Electric Fuel Pump Wiring dlochner at 2:00pm 12.26.22 The wires are in the engine's wiring harness. This harness connects all the sensors and electric con
Yanmar Electric Fuel Pump Wiring (1) Ralph Johnstone at 1:26pm 12.26.22 I know exactly what you're dealing with. If you don't get any answers here, take a look at a Sperry
Plastic exit plates on Beneteau 35s5 mast, where do you get replacements? Crazy Dave Condon at 1:23pm 12.26.22 Depends on the mast mfg. If Z Spar/U S Spars, contact US Spars near Gainesville, Florida. If Sel
Corrosion On Engine Ralph Johnstone at 1:08pm 12.26.22 Had the same thing happen when the vacuum breaker near the engine decided to leak. Hell of a mess b
Corrosion On Engine (2) Ralph Johnstone at 12:56pm 12.26.22 the bronze petcock valve was reinstalled with some Teflon tape. Using teflon tape ONLY on a threa
Boat shopping. Too heavy? Too light? dlochner at 12:07pm 12.26.22 It has been a while since I read about Baba sailboats and after refreshing my memory I think @Kings
Boat shopping. Too heavy? Too light? Hello Below at 11:58am 12.26.22
S2H Start of the Sydney to Hobart PaulK at 11:57am 12.26.22 Thanks for posting! Wild time getting out of the harbor with those big guys slaloming between each
Taking the Lines of a 1979 37C - or obtaining the original drawings? Brian Dunn at 10:39am 12.26.22 Interesting, sailsfbay - but a bit pricey for my little hobby project ;) I've actually written to M
Fuel Gauge flightlead404 at 10:35am 12.26.22 Use an external stick on sensor with a plastic tank.
Completely "Non Boat" related Electrical Issue... jaysweet at 10:35am 12.26.22 For the first time in 5 years, our whole-house generator didn't start on Friday when we had a blacko
disconnect headstay turnbuckle to replace CDI flexible furler interior halyard Crazy Dave Condon at 9:27am 12.26.22 I introduced the ff2 system to Hunter. You are correct there is an internal halyard in the furler e
Taking the Lines of a 1979 37C - or obtaining the original drawings? sail sfbay at 9:22am 12.26.22 Congratulations on your new sailboat!! 3-D scan it (420) 3D Scanning A Boat Hull with the EinScan H
Merry Christmas jon hansen at 9:21am 12.26.22 me too. i'm a P.K.
S2H Start of the Sydney to Hobart jon hansen at 9:19am 12.26.22 what fun
Boat shopping. Too heavy? Too light? dlochner at 8:55am 12.26.22 Thanks, Dave. Excellent info. The boats I've been looking at fall within the 2nd category, I believ
Corrosion On Engine jssailem at 8:05am 12.26.22 Yup, it looks like a seawater leak. Very common issue with all engines. :plus: Problem gone, but
Boat shopping. Too heavy? Too light? jssailem at 7:58am 12.26.22 Is this the displacement range you would recommend? I look at displacement not from the nature of
Corrosion On Engine Rich Stidger at 7:57am 12.26.22 Yup, it looks like a seawater leak. Very common issue with all engines. I don't have your engine b
S2H Start of the Sydney to Hobart jssailem at 7:43am 12.26.22 Thank you Gary for the post. What a magic day to be sailing out of Sydney Harbor. Managing one of th

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