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Well, got the m802 and at140 installed MJWarner at 6:57am 01.10.12 SSB and Ham Operators 12/5517 And feel dumb as dirt. Gam antenna, Kiss ssb...even spoke with the kiss guy during install. Should h
Knocking in Reverse Schomer at 6:57am 01.10.12 Engines and Propulsion 7/3070 I was pulling out of the slip this weekend and after about five seconds of backing up I started to h
What to do with an Abandoned Vineyard Boat? Soundbounder at 6:25am 01.10.12 Ask All Sailors 28/6615
I was Right and I was Wrong (1) Roger Long at 4:29am 01.10.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 6/2453 Georgia is my favorite place between Norfolk and Florida despite the fact that I will be in violatio
Best solar panels for the buck prroots at 3:45am 01.10.12 Ask All Sailors 151/35114 I have been looking at generators. Now I'd like to consider solar panels which offer huge advantage
Wuwhoya (1) Shoaldrafter at 3:41am 01.10.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1242 wuwhoya , I just saw your picture of sailing near Cape Lookout. Great picture. Do you have more
Hunter 49 & 50 chart table fix artboas at 11:53pm 01.09.12 Big Boats 3/1302 Love my chart table! Gives me a ton of space to work on. But, there is a problem inherent in the mou
Can ABS piping be used? Ray Bowles at 9:23pm 01.09.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/6913 Peggie, When I replumbed both heads on our IP38 I had to replace a line from the bow head back to t
Bird Poop Tactics (1) carboman at 7:03pm 01.09.12 Smaller Boats 20/5125 What do you all use to keep these birds, cormorants, from hanging out on your boat to dry their wing
C&C 26 racing Frank Baker at 5:34pm 01.09.12 C&C 1/2025 We have enjoyed our 1976 C'C 26 on Lake Erie for 25 years. We have periodically raced her and in the
New h37 davits guidera48 at 5:28pm 01.09.12 The Cherubini Hunters 14/2150 So much stuff, so little space. I am now welding my new davits and before long will install them. I
Oday 22 portlights ami342 at 4:55pm 01.09.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1373 Has anybody had experience cleaning and making the portlight acrylic or whatever plastic was used, t
Installing a transducer mellis18 at 4:54pm 01.09.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1167 I want to install a transducer for my GarminMaps 168. I don't want to drill thru the hull so I'm lo
Mattress....... NYSail at 4:35pm 01.09.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2513 Hello all.... My 1986 Pearson 36-2 is in need of a new mattress for the aft cabin which makes a limi
"Super Furler" Quality ? MrBee at 3:54pm 01.09.12 Ask All Sailors 0/1051 We are looking at a few boats, the one we looked at today had a headsail furler with the name Super
H260...Rebuild Tohatsu or new yamaha 9.9? LarryH at 3:44pm 01.09.12 Smaller Boats 6/1979 I had some work done to my Tohatsu 9.9 to fix a spun prop and we replaced it with a 4 blade. The b
CAL 21 help offered (4) Sunbird22358 at 2:43pm 01.09.12 Cal 0/3500 Seeing that no posts have appeared in a long time, I figured I'd start a new one! If there are any n
I will not be defeated! Brian D at 2:42pm 01.09.12 Ask All Sailors 16/2215 It seems like every time I come home for my 2 week vacation, something on the boat causes me to miss
Trailer keel guides (2) chiefaponte at 2:36pm 01.09.12 S2 2/1749 Since I purchased my boat, one of my biggest headaches was the re loading on the trailer. My latest
new head redhead78 at 2:32pm 01.09.12 Ask All Sailors 8/1520 hi all, new project, my head, is currently a disaster. I am going to install a new Raritan head, and

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Motorcycle Gear for Sailing? sail sfbay at 7:36am 10.25.22 Another option is to install heater vents in the cockpit that blow hot air from a diesel heater. Ha
Voltage Meter Issue Tin Kicker at 7:28am 10.25.22 Of course.
Motorcycle Gear for Sailing? Tedd at 7:24am 10.25.22 Thanks, @Sanfelice . Nice to see another Triumph rider here. I have a '95 Speed Triple. I haven't ri
Voltage Meter Issue (1) dlochner at 6:53am 10.25.22 If replacing a voltmeter, consider changing to a digital display because you really can't tell stat
Voltage Meter Issue (1) Tin Kicker at 6:45am 10.25.22 If replacing a voltmeter, consider changing to a digital display because you really can't tell state
Water filter clarification... Captain Larry-DH at 6:43am 10.25.22 nice but a little pricey for me. But I would absolutely like to not only replace but also upgrade t
CDI FF2 patbratton at 6:39am 10.25.22 I replaced my forestay on the 23.5 with a stock replacement from the store on this website. Fit per
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long kloudie1 at 6:01am 10.25.22 Easy.. Remove the air cleaner, Pull the compression releases on both cylinders. Then disconnect the
Bad spider cracks ? shemandr at 5:34am 10.25.22 The only one I would say is just Gel Coat crazing is E. A,C & H appear to be cracks. I don't thin
Valve needed Parsons at 5:28am 10.25.22 For language purposes, a through-hull (the fitting in the hull) is connected to a seacock (the valve
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long RoyS at 5:18am 10.25.22 There probably is a drain on your muffler. Before you try cranking again you should empty the exhaus
Stagnant water in the lazarette Parsons at 5:13am 10.25.22 Permanent fix is a small drain hole at the bottom that will allow this to drain slowly to the main b
Stagnant water in the lazarette shemandr at 4:35am 10.25.22 Wet or Dry Shop Vac with shore power if you have it.
How to replace Hoses in the bilge? xavpil at 3:41am 10.25.22 Each bilge pump should have their own dedicated through hull/drain overboard. On my boat, all my b
Bad spider cracks ? xavpil at 3:39am 10.25.22 . Thx for taking the time to reply. I actually bought the boat 2 weeks ago. It s now out of the w
How to replace Hoses in the bilge? kappykaplan at 2:39am 10.25.22 So the manual and electric bilge pumps connect to share the same they hull. Each bilge pump should
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kappykaplan at 2:19am 10.25.22 How's the rebuild progressing? :plus: Yes, John, inquiring minds want to know! :beer:
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Marmalade at 2:18am 10.25.22 How's the rebuild progressing? Fingers crossed your schedule is holding course!
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar karellen at 11:59pm 10.24.22 I'll second the cooling system flush. Worked well on my 3GM30 that had muddy brown cooling water (su
Motorcycle Gear for Sailing? Sanfelice at 11:40pm 10.24.22 I use a heated motorcycle jacket ( Gerbing) which is very lightweight and use my foul weather jacket

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