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28' with centerboard cable broken flight medic at 11:07pm 09.05.11 Bigger Boats 3/1938 1980 O Day 28' problem looking at a 1980 28' that's in real good shape. One problem is the centerbo
Sea Hood removal/replacement on Hunter Vision 36 (9) Steve Dion at 10:02pm 09.05.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/4691 Sea Hood removal/replacement on Hunter Vision 36. Here are some photos of what is under the sea hoo
Broken Fiddle/becket block w/ V cam. saltysailor at 9:08pm 09.05.11 Ask All Sailors 24/7180 As the photo shows below, I have a fiddle/becket/Vcam block that is being used to adjust my backstay
Hunter 25.5 ice box drain samcturner at 9:00pm 09.05.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1341 I would love to hear if anyone has been able to drain their cooler on a 1984 H25.5 overboard? Why d
Catalina 36 rudder churt123 at 8:51pm 09.05.11 Big Boats 2/1869 Does anyone have the dimensions of the Catalina 36 MKI rudder? I need to fabricate a crash box and
Swept Away oreana123 at 8:14pm 09.05.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/3137 I posted a series of pictures about my new bowsprite and the second headsail I wanted to fly. Well m
deck fill brand mr_f at 7:02pm 09.05.11 Pearson 2/1359 Does anyone know the brand of the deck fill caps used on an '86 Pearson 33-2? And where I might find
Maintain your boat or it'll maintain you shipwreck66 at 6:52pm 09.05.11 Catalina 22 5/1699 Amazing how many times this happens. Two guys get in the borrowed C22 next to me for a quick sail, g
77' Oday 25 Manual Bill B. at 5:24pm 09.05.11 Day Sailers 1/1518 Does anyone knows where I can locate a Manual for an Oday 25 fixed keel? Looking for a copy, or an
Boat Lift for a Catalina 22 jasagarf at 5:07pm 09.05.11 Catalina 22 0/1888 posting removed
Turning Ball Surprise! bugsboat at 4:58pm 09.05.11 Catalina 22 3/1413 I have a 1990 Catalina 22. I have had the boat on the hard going over all the systems and new bottom
holding tank puzzle paperbird at 4:18pm 09.05.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/4552 I have a puzzle that I would appreciate some help solving. We have a Pearson 422 with 2 heads and 2
Engine Gauges (high oil pressure) (3) cnsmith at 4:07pm 09.05.11 Ask All Sailors 12/3699 Hi everyone, I recently noticed my oil pressure gauge is very high when im giving the engine gas.
Trimming the jib on a bream reach KandD at 3:33pm 09.05.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 41/14430 Out today on a sail and spent the trip on a beam reach but I had trouble getting the tail-tels to fl
Ice box drain JVoss at 3:16pm 09.05.11 Pearson 1/1394 I recently bought a 1984 Pearson 34. I love the boat but the ice box drains into the bilge. Previo
Clearing 90 degree thru hull vent Alvorada at 3:08pm 09.05.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/3138 How do you clear a 90 degree metal thru hull vent? OK, so we have two little ones on board (not an
Passport 42 Series I Systems Layout Diagrams Padrino at 2:54pm 09.05.11 Big Boats 4/2911 Passage 42 Series I Systems Layout Diagrams I was able to locate on-line the systems diagrams for t
Puffer adventure. UPSGUY at 2:47pm 09.05.11 AMF 0/2199 Took my 10 year old out for a sailing excursion out to a local sand hole. Awesome sailing 15-20 knot
Vang as a mainsheet? (1) Tally Ho at 2:35pm 09.05.11 Mid-Size Boats 13/2680 My 1996 Hunter 280 has the "optional" traveller on the cabin roof. While I like the traveller option
Dropping Acid....battery problems Tally Ho at 2:30pm 09.05.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1626 I was doing some maintenance today (gale-force winds from the north and heavy seas kept me from vent

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Items to fix for insurance, Pearson 30 Rich Stidger at 6:28am 02.12.22 I read the link provided by Len above and with all of the comments trying to explain the situation,
Raw water intake strainer RoyS at 6:15am 02.12.22 You should have both; an exterior thruhull strainer and a Groco interior type like the one on Dallia
Galley Stove Gimbals jviss at 6:07am 02.12.22 Could also put a little level on the range somewhere, to make adjustments before you crack the egg!
Galley Stove Gimbals jviss at 6:03am 02.12.22 Exactly! Height adjustment only needs to be on one side. Something that the gimbal attaches to and
Galley Stove Gimbals RoyS at 5:57am 02.12.22 It would be cool to have a hand screw on one side of the stove to adjust the height of the stove in
Tiller .vs. Wheel kappykaplan at 5:46am 02.12.22 stand in front of helm to back :plus:
Tiller .vs. Wheel patbratton at 5:45am 02.12.22 My only issue with a tiller is the space it demands. A wheel takes up a lot of room but it doesn't r
Galley Stove Gimbals RoyS at 5:42am 02.12.22 Greg, The fore and aft incline on any boat, including mine, is affected by the interior weight distr
To oil or varnish?! shemandr at 5:35am 02.12.22 The rails in the OP don't look too bad to me. They are restorable without sanding that would compro
H240 Rudder Questions (1) patbratton at 5:21am 02.12.22 I have been sick for about ten days with some kind of cold (not Covid 19) and only got up to the lak
Haul out the water sailme88 at 5:11am 02.12.22 That's a great price. Unstepping alone was quoted at $700 at the only place that I could find out h
Aux fuel tank on H50 artboas at 5:00am 02.12.22 In theory, but if the other tank is full, where is the return line going to go? Maybe I am not unde
Ford 20 information shemandr at 4:48am 02.12.22 The Flying Scot has an similar mainsheet system except the double blocks are forward instead of aft.
Tiller .vs. Wheel Will Gilmore at 4:44am 02.12.22 I'm a very visual person. I think I can remember a time I had trouble with the whole steering from
Yanmar 2GM20F blew black smoke BigEasy at 4:41am 02.12.22 Had a 2GM20F that suddenly produced heavy black smoke on startup. Ran fine with no smoke after it w
Mercury 3.3 Runs Then Stalls Tater at 4:31am 02.12.22 Thanks Benny. I only run E0 premix. This thing had two problems. A dirty fuel filter and an intermit
Tiller .vs. Wheel BigEasy at 4:28am 02.12.22 Trained on tiller boats and it became a natural thing. When switching to a wheel had no difficulty
Tiller .vs. Wheel jssailem at 4:25am 02.12.22 Sailing I started with tillers. It was simple instruction in the water. Pull the bow falls off the w
Ford 20 information (1) jssailem at 4:13am 02.12.22 Here is the classic style shown in the first image I posted. block with sheaves vertically positione
Ford 20 information jssailem at 3:47am 02.12.22 This set up would give you adequate purchase to control the main. Note each block you run through he

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