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1993 Beneteau First 310 -Question miamisailor at 4:03pm 02.24.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/4394 Me and my wife are thinking about buying a 1993 Beneteau First 310. It has a Volvo 18H engine. Doe
Keeping trailer bunks from moving??? SteveSam at 2:42pm 02.24.12 Trailer Sailors 5/3668 My sailboat trailer has six vertical post bunks with 12"x12" carpeted pads and when I back the trail
Skylight replacement Catalina 270 SimplyGern at 1:38pm 02.24.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1422 I have a crack in one of my skylights on my 1994 Catalina 270. I have scoured the internet looking
Hunter 310 plumbing Marc Bergmueller at 1:24pm 02.24.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/2428 Hi Peggy, and all. I'm re hosing my Hunter 310. I've run Trident 101 everywhere but the tank vent
Hope your watching the radar Roger! RobG at 1:22pm 02.24.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/2156 Really natsy stuff coming your way in an hour or so! Imbeded tornado signatures and all...:cry:
Improved air circulation Jared1048 at 11:46am 02.24.12 Mid-Size Boats 17/3728 Hello all! I'm looking at getting a 3 or 4 inch solar vent to mount on either the forward hatch abo
Stupid Previous Owner Tricks Stu Jackson at 11:10am 02.24.12 Ask All Sailors 7/2929 In a recent thread on stupid builder tricks, robertsapp suggested this one. Here's mine: My PO d
Passage 42 aft tub drain pandersen at 10:18am 02.24.12 Big Boats 4/1563 We've owned and loved our Passage 42 since it was built. But the drain in the "tub" hasn't worked p
Anyone use Seahawk Bottom Paints? Juice6576 at 9:48am 02.24.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/3628 Saw an add today for Sea Hawk Bottom Paints. In the Great Lakes, VC-17M seems to be the standard bot
Sailboat Tours Shep83 at 9:23am 02.24.12 Ask All Sailors 14/3115 Do any of you do sailing tours to subsidize your sailing addiction. A friend and I were talking the
Gearing up for the coming season! ddeand at 9:14am 02.24.12 Day Sailers 9/3852 There's still a bit of snow on the ground, and I still have a few weeks of skiing left before the sl
cabinside core (2) Redbeard33 at 8:26am 02.24.12 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1519 I am replacing the ports on my H33C with NFM trimatrix, my question is once I fill and prep the open
Stupid Builder Tricks (2) Maine Sail at 8:15am 02.24.12 Ask All Sailors 21/3624 Doh':doh:....... It is absolutely horrifying that this boat left the factory like this.... Enough sa
Need help with a Propane Stove problem pegasus381 at 8:05am 02.24.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/3352 On our Beneteau 381, our First Wave propane stove will light and work normally for about 10 minutes,
27 lb Lobster (1) Soundbounder at 6:38am 02.24.12 Sails Call Lounge 0/4335 A giant 27-pound lobster caught off the Maine coast will be released back into the wild, said Maine
C&C Conference - April 15th - Hamilton ON (2) Robert Mazza at 6:16am 02.24.12 C&C 0/1554 http://www.marmuseum.ca/images/marine-museum-logo-master-giff_transparent.gif C'C Yachts Reunion and
a couple of newb questions abruzzi at 8:34pm 02.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/2097 So I have my M25 ready to test launch on Saturday. I just had two questions I wanted to ask before
DIY MOB Pole (1) Squidd at 7:47pm 02.23.12 Ask All Sailors 33/7533 Awhile back we had a thread on MOB situations and a MOB pole was mentioned as a useful device to loc
Nice Cherubini Electical Panel Re-Label Technique (1) rardiH36 at 7:44pm 02.23.12 The Cherubini Hunters 10/2707 Something of not much real importance -- but might be of interest for a few. A couple of years ago
deformation in deck fwd of mast mctavish at 7:17pm 02.23.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/961 Hi I have been looking at beneteaus around 40' and have noticed a few with a bulge in the deck/cabin

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Motor Mount Bracket for 3GM30F torque specs (2) Ralph Johnstone at 9:59am 11.27.22 I am usually of the school that torques the bolt until the head snaps off then backs off a quarter
Watermaker Kings Gambit at 9:54am 11.27.22 The brine out flow could flow in to a sink drain or through a thru hull above the waterline. You mi
Watermaker dlochner at 9:50am 11.27.22 The brine out flow could flow in to a sink drain or through a thru hull above the waterline. You mig
How ro remove an in-mast furling mainsail? PovilO at 9:41am 11.27.22 Do you have vertical battens? On my 361 the top batten would stick in the mast not allowing the top
Watermaker Kings Gambit at 9:40am 11.27.22 I suppose these units require a dedicated seawater intake thru-hull, and then one for outflow of bri
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard Project_Mayhem at 9:40am 11.27.22 The alternator in your outboard should be able to keep the battery full enough to start the motor th
Oysters!! Don Guillette at 9:33am 11.27.22
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard Ralph Johnstone at 9:32am 11.27.22 What are you running on a 22 foot boat that requires a 300ah battery? That is the most significan
Oysters!! Don Guillette at 9:27am 11.27.22 Was he Chief Helmsman on Pyewacket ? :liar: If so, I met him one night over my fish & chips at Turk
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard stickinthemud57 at 9:25am 11.27.22 I was considering getting a magneto for my Tohatsu 8 hp 2-stroke, but a boat motor mechanic told me
Watermaker Kings Gambit at 9:22am 11.27.22 Maintenance amounts to flushing or changing filters and seals periodically but no more so than any
Hunter 50 AC - Spare Rudder System Zencra at 9:14am 11.27.22 hunter made a SS pare rudder that clamped to stern of boat in an emergency. I do re.ember seeing thi
Watermaker Kings Gambit at 9:11am 11.27.22 A good quality 150w solar panel would provide enough power to run the watermaker every sunny day fo
Watermaker Don S/V ILLusion at 9:10am 11.27.22 We have a Spectra 400 which exceeds our need usually but with guests or grandkids onboard, it turned
H49/H50 Cockpit Steering Quadrant Cover Zencra at 9:05am 11.27.22 we had same issue on our 2010 49. cut out and removed old plywood blocks and replaced with resin soa
Watermaker dlochner at 9:04am 11.27.22 Yeah! Water making could included with the daily/bi-daily battery charging routine. A good qualit
Watermaker Kings Gambit at 9:00am 11.27.22 That's what we were looking at. The ah draw can be minimized if the water maker is run while the di
Watermaker dlochner at 8:53am 11.27.22 Running the Spectra Ventura 150 MPC @ 6 gal/hr for an hour every other day (9 amp-hr use every two
Watermaker Kings Gambit at 8:49am 11.27.22
Watermaker dlochner at 8:39am 11.27.22 I had looked at and considered a couple of portable ones and thought they would meet the needs of ou

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