Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Water heater issue Jimm at 12:27pm 01.12.12 Ask All Sailors 17/2547 Issue: Hot water flow to all fawcets has slowed to a trickle. Heater is a 6gal Seward with heat ex
Interior Hull Liner Material cb32863 at 12:00pm 01.12.12 Ask An Oday Owner 7/6385 I have started removing what I need to in order to swap out my bulkheads in my O' Day 25. I removed
Affordable TV antenna garylinger at 10:55am 01.12.12 Ask All Sailors 17/5803 I'm trying to find an economical, low profile TV antenna that I can use on-board while anchored. Be
Very interesting video paulj at 10:47am 01.12.12 Catalina 310 6/1947 on fixing chain plate leaks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXPspNbLlUk Seems to solve the
Marina Fire med2463 at 8:39am 01.12.12 Ask All Sailors 14/2559 Video says it all. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-16-boats-aflame-at-seneca-m
Chain Plates (1) webfoot at 8:26am 01.12.12 Big Boats 7/2746 Happily buffing away yesterday we came across a disturbing sight. Take a look at the pic... https:/
Repairing a Rudder with Polyethylene Glycol Catch the Sun at 6:57am 01.12.12 Ask All Sailors 21/6623 I am looking to repair a rudder for my C'C 32. This rudder has a wood core that has become saturate
Wiring question to mast on 26S stevenorkathy at 5:41am 01.12.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2448 I have two lamp cord wires and a different set of 3, they are green white and black. I'm trying to
Thinking of buying. jho11381 at 11:12pm 01.11.12 S2 12/3065 What kind of quality is the S2 in the 30 to 37 footer range? Does S2 make a quality blue water boat
Hunter 28 Brochure eliems at 11:12pm 01.11.12 Mid-Size Boats 0/1551 I have one that I got from Hunter, if anyone wants it I can forward it to you. Original Brochure for
Keep your bilge dry artboas at 10:29pm 01.11.12 Big Boats 1/1462 Most owners don't understand how much water accumulates in the bilge from air conditioning condensat
Considering puchast H34 or H37c pho at 10:05pm 01.11.12 Big Boats 11/2005 I'm looking for a little advice. Considering purchase of a H34 (mid to late 1980s) or a H37 Cheru
Hull Repair (leaking Keel) Alburg 37' rickbarr at 10:01pm 01.11.12 Ask All Sailors 1/1736 Am an owner of an Alburg 37, currently on the hard and have identified a gash in my Keel roughly abo
H34 Rudder Shaft Travel? (2) betzhunter at 8:51pm 01.11.12 Big Boats 7/1757 I noticed our '84 H34 having some play or travel (up/down) the rudder shaft of less than a half inch
Nasty smells Oday 35 HangonSloopy at 7:59pm 01.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 10/2043 Love my 1989 Oday 35 but we've got some fairly strong off odors up around the sanitary hold tank. A
Painting a blasted hull (5) offto at 7:33pm 01.11.12 Ask All Sailors 14/3629 Ok, I know there's a ton of threads about bottom painting and epoxy coatings but I feel as though I'
Vent Line greater than 45 degrees friendlobster at 6:51pm 01.11.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/3598 I'm allowing for two large vent lines on a new tank (replacing bladder). The problem is that there's
Companionway Slider KevinMc at 6:49pm 01.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1385 I have lost the companionway hatch (Alabama tornadoes in spring). Does any one know of any one who c
Battery monitor (1) Tally Ho at 6:40pm 01.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/3972 I have a Hunter 280, with 2 batteries and a Guest battery charger. At the end of the season, the Gue
sulphur smell orion at 5:57pm 01.11.12 Ask All Sailors 10/2694 I know that this has been discussed before and bad anodes are the cause. However, has anyone tried a

Recent Replies

CDI FF2 patbratton at 5:48am 10.26.22 Looks great and thanks for the comments. However you'll want to rotate the cup so the opening for t
CDI FF2 patbratton at 5:45am 10.26.22 Thank you.
CDI FF2 RoyS at 5:42am 10.26.22 Something to watch out for: The slot in the luff extrusion is easily damaged when hoisting the sail.
Knot Transducer RoyS at 5:18am 10.26.22 You may be viewing the GPS speed and not even have a speed transducer. GPS speed is really all you n
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long Jstonge at 4:53am 10.26.22 When cold on my 2GM20F, I normally set the throttle to about half when trying to start. If crankin
Replace head faucet on 1995 Hunter 336 Tin Kicker at 4:47am 10.26.22 Looks like black sealer around the base on top that you need to break free. Debond and other solven
Pleasant Surprise/Docking (1) Tin Kicker at 4:39am 10.26.22 Wanted to add this shot for how the folding rub rail pads are so easy to remove and stow, but can't
Knot Transducer Terry Cox at 4:36am 10.26.22 Usually forward of the keel and off set. Depth and speed next to each other. Sole hatch access from
Voltage Meter Issue (1) Tin Kicker at 4:33am 10.26.22 As a licensed aircraft mechanic and engineering investigator who's had or worked on airplanes and bo
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long kloudie1 at 3:46am 10.26.22 I agree, Ralph.. From experience, the engine will clear of that residual water when decompressed an
Dropping rudder 35s5 Wesleymi at 1:35am 10.26.22 I finally tool grinder to my quadrant to get it all apart. Stainless steel, aluminum, and salt water
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:41pm 10.25.22 (There may have been rum involved) Rum in the exhaust hose you say ? Absolute sacrilege. Sacril
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long kloudie1 at 6:53pm 10.25.22 Drain hose is the exhaust hose. It will drain (if overfilled) when it is removed from the mixing elb
Wing Keel repair PaulK at 5:31pm 10.25.22 Looks like we need to wait for bil1215 to measure the keel and see if it was cut down or not. If no
H33C prop walk kappykaplan at 3:50pm 10.25.22 Once the boat speed has picked up, water flow over the rudder will combat the prop walk effect and
Stagnant water in the lazarette CarlN at 3:18pm 10.25.22 It's very common for limber holes to get plugged with bilge trash. If you can find it, just poke the
Voltage Meter Issue marchem at 2:47pm 10.25.22 So, given a nav table and a laptop computer, you could estimate your SOC by plugging in all the var
Wing Keel repair dLj at 2:44pm 10.25.22 The bulb was clearly an after market addition. I'm not convinced that much if anything was cut off
Precision 185K Advice ifmdalvey at 2:40pm 10.25.22 I live just down the road from you and my first boat was a Catalina 22. its a great boat to start w
Wing Keel repair dlochner at 2:39pm 10.25.22 Maybe but I bet you wouldn't notice much of anything. Will be more tender. I'd be more inclined to

Contact
About
Terms of Use