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Gunwale teacher63 at 6:29am 12.05.11 Smaller Boats 8/2307 I was working on my Hunter 23 as I was putting it to bed for the winter. I live in MD along the Che
CDI halyard (genoa) question MrBill_FLL at 6:22am 12.05.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/3762 I was looking at a CDI furler on sunday the halyard was on the opposite side as the opening for the
Foot Block Problem jk kudera at 5:22am 12.05.11 Big Boats 8/1604 I had a failure of a foot block this summer, one of the sheaves began to chip away. I removed the fo
Surf City Roger Long at 3:45am 12.05.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 8/2970
Antifreeze won't go in Deadline at 3:35am 12.05.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2511 On my Yanmar 2GM20F I couldn't get the antifreeze to siphon in. Funneled it correctly to T-valve in
Anyone add larger ports? Padrino at 10:50pm 12.04.11 Big Boats 7/2315 I'm picking up an older H45 in the next weeks. Great boat for my needs and budget but I'd like to ge
Harken Mark IV installation Scott T-Bird at 8:05pm 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 15/5022 I'm planning on installing a Mark IV Unit 0 for our boat this winter. I was under the impression th
Fill holes in the deck redhead78 at 6:05pm 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 15/4746 I am in the process of rebedding all fixtures on my deck. I have several approx 1/2" holes where thi
How to get out those centerboard screws? ebsail at 5:36pm 12.04.11 Day Sailers 8/2804 Need to remove the centerboard on my 25 and dug through 10 layers of paint and found the 4 screw in
Strange head in Bristol Yacht Skipper at 5:19pm 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2841 Hello, This might be more for the Head Mistress forum, but I'm hoping someone else had this issu
Dinghy Repair Dennis Honeycutt at 4:52pm 12.04.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1086 I have a Mercury hard bottom inflatable with (unfortunately) PVC for pontoons. The problem is that
Stepping and Unstepping Deck-hinged mast anchorh at 4:33pm 12.04.11 Ask An Oday Owner 10/4728 We have an O'Day23 which has a deck-stepped (hinged) mast. Any special tricks and / or additional eq
Another source of odor Prime Time at 4:28pm 12.04.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/3368 This yr we rebuilt both WC SKipper II, replaced all hoses with the best Trident, replaced the vent h
Dry dock Balboa22 at 2:00pm 12.04.11 Balboa 1/2814 My land yacht (Airstream) got priority over my sail boat the past few months. Today I constructed a
This was floating around at sea?! Jared1048 at 1:57pm 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 20/7157 http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/2011/12/02/mammoth-piece-of-driftwood-washes-ashore-in-la-push
De rigged JasonC at 1:12pm 12.04.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1368 Just finished de-rigging the boat. I bought the speedy rigger videos, they helped. Going to take th
Hurth tranny colinhulse at 12:27pm 12.04.11 Bigger Boats 6/1911 I am pulling the transmission from my 1983 30 O'day. It is mated to a Universal 16 Hp diesel. The t
Battens toddco at 12:14pm 12.04.11 Day Sailers 3/1714 Hello All, I've been looking at the sails for my O'Day 20 and the battens are missing. I measured th
Moving winch position slr8873 at 12:06pm 12.04.11 Pearson 1/1473 Ive owned my person 28 for not quite a year now. It has a wheel and sailing solo it's very difficult
Elan 431 vs. Beneteau 411 kunami at 11:14am 12.04.11 Ask All Sailors 5/11875 I have recently sold my regal 40' (yes I know, a powerboat :redface: ) and was looking to buy a sail

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New electrical panel dmax at 8:45am 10.18.22 You guys don't have a circuit breaker on the panel for the bilge pump? My present and two previous b
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Davidasailor26 at 8:36am 10.18.22
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Scott T-Bird at 8:16am 10.18.22 He's through the Pleasent canal. Staging at Cape May to head up to the DC canal. Looking for any a
How many impellers? flightlead404 at 8:13am 10.18.22 Was happened to the pin that goes through the hub of the impellers that you installed? Do you mea
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Davidasailor26 at 8:03am 10.18.22 He's through the Pleasent canal. Staging at Cape May to head up to the DC canal. Looking for any a
New electrical panel Scott T-Bird at 8:01am 10.18.22 Bilge should not be on a breaker on the panel. It should be wired before the panel such that it is
New electrical panel dlochner at 7:53am 10.18.22 Bilge should not be on a breaker on the panel. It should be wired before the panel such that it is a
New electrical panel dlochner at 7:51am 10.18.22 There is no provision for electronics or an autopilot. Cabin lights are typically on 2 circuits, por
New electrical panel Cederholm at 7:50am 10.18.22 This is great! thanks guys - and how did I forget the bilge, sheesh!
New electrical panel WayneH at 7:45am 10.18.22 Are you cooking onboard? Propane needs a solenoid at the tank. On that line, I saw a neat idea. Some
Twin coil water heater dlochner at 7:45am 10.18.22 Due to space limitations, I'll probably use a heat exchanger from Sure Marine. It is only 2" x 23" w
New electrical panel Scott T-Bird at 7:44am 10.18.22 I've used separate breakers for each of the following: chartplotter autopilot VHF sailing instrumen
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 7:42am 10.18.22 It sounds like he had a bit of confusion over the specifications of his boat. I think he mentioned
How many impellers? sailcapt340 at 7:40am 10.18.22 On my 3GM30F Yanmar, I had 1 Yanmar impeller separate from the hub also. It happened about 4 years
Replacing transducer on C310 PlaneTom at 7:27am 10.18.22 I got the same answer from Raymarine at the time. It didn't look like a bad routing, so I decided to
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida Scott T-Bird at 7:13am 10.18.22 Thanks for the insight. He doesnt know everything from a complete physics perspective, but Captain
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 7:04am 10.18.22 It looks like he will have light winds all week. It will be excellent for motoring in the ICW. He
How many impellers? flightlead404 at 6:42am 10.18.22 Couple of hundred hours is a lot. Suggest a scheduled replacement every X hours. "a lot" meaning
23.5 interior/navigation light bulbs Orbweaver at 6:38am 10.18.22 Thanks guys! I'll have to remove all the bulbs and measure lengths.
Twin coil water heater Bob S at 6:22am 10.18.22 I was thinking of using a heat exchanger https://www.supplyhouse.com/Heat-Exchangers-821000 but I do

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