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M30 water in oil Mac Smith at 7:36am 11.30.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1150 My Perkins Perma M30 had water in the oil. I was told I needed to replace the head gasket, which is
Lancer Electrical Control Panel AtlanticAl at 10:11pm 11.29.11 Lancer 1/3275 I am rewiring the 28 right now. I dont need a bigger control panel, as only things i am adding is a
Hunter 23.5 / 240 Miami msezerino1 at 8:33pm 11.29.11 Smaller Boats 6/1614 Anyone who owns a 23.5 or a 240 and lives in the south east Florida ? (Miami) I'm looking for a sea
S vs. D Brian Buzz at 8:24pm 11.29.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 42/6703 Hi Maybe you can help me on my next purchase. I am thinking of buying a new (used) Mac 26 classic. I
H336 in MO abinkc at 7:26pm 11.29.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1304 What is the length of the jib halyard for an H336 1996 model? The halyard leads all the way to the
New to me cb32863 at 7:18pm 11.29.11 Day Sailers 9/1741 Brought home a 77 O' Day 25 over the weekend. Was quite the trip and there is more here if you want
Puerto Montt to Cape Town Preparations Sequitur at 6:33pm 11.29.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1660 We are still in Puerto Mont, and still preparing to continue south through Patagonia, Tierra del Fue
Hydro lock unexplained Genesis1986 at 6:05pm 11.29.11 Catalina 30 9/5078 I have a Catalina 30 Tall Rig 1986 with a 21 hp Univeral diesel. One day in August I went to start t
192 Ballast atrometer at 5:05pm 11.29.11 Day Sailers 2/1166 If I understand this correctly, the lead ballast (400#s) in the 192 is in the KEEL/CB HOUSING - the
What is it? (1) sunwindsea at 4:50pm 11.29.11 Catalina 30 9/2556 I am slowly restoring my 1979 C30. I thought at first this was a deck cover, but now I'm wondering i
sail size DonCS at 4:17pm 11.29.11 Smaller Boats 2/1280 can any one give me the measurement of the foot and the luff of the mainsail for the hunter 22?
Halyards on Furled sails Nodak7 at 4:06pm 11.29.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 25/15571 Don, in your book there is a number of references about using the Halyards to trim the fore and main
O'Day 192 Roller Furling atrometer at 2:13pm 11.29.11 Day Sailers 8/6944 I'm told the roller furling that was standard on the 192 didn't work well at all, and that most owne
235 Cabin Decal S&N235 at 2:10pm 11.29.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/3705 I am trying to locate a place to purchase a new cabin top decal to replace our weathered decal for t
windvane/stern ladder for H33-C Redbeard33 at 1:44pm 11.29.11 The Cherubini Hunters 10/2361 For those H33-C owners, do any of you have a windvane rigged for use on your boat? I have thought of
Location for a horn BillyK at 12:58pm 11.29.11 Ask All Sailors 19/7419 Where have you installed a horn if you did hard mount it? This past season there were a couple of
How many layers of flax for a Hunter 336 stuffing box? Sea-ker at 12:57pm 11.29.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2865 I have a 1995 Hunter 336 with the 3GM30F engine and 1 inch shaft. I am in the process of repacking t
Red thunderbird sail emblem (1) kpgraci at 12:46pm 11.29.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1642 My jib and main both are pretty old, and both have a red thunder-bird insignia near the tack. I sea
a faster G26 Eric Gouin at 11:45am 11.29.11 Grampian 2/3300 After 6 months of tlc and fixing the basic parts of our new Grampian 26, we spent the entire summer
Kudo's to STANDARD HORIZON !!!! windsock1 at 10:51am 11.29.11 Ask All Sailors 10/2355 I just felt I had to scream out what great customer service I've received over the years from Standa

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I bought it, now for the cribs... HeelBoy at 5:13am 10.17.22 I wouldn't lift there, that eye is backed by a piece of scrap wood and is probably rotten, which w
I bought it, now for the cribs... THECUSCUS at 5:09am 10.17.22 I wouldn't lift there, that eye is backed by a piece of scrap wood and is probably rotten, which wi
Where is the Mac 25 cored? "Crackling" sound in the cabin benches? THECUSCUS at 5:03am 10.17.22 There is plywood core in the top deck, basically where the non-skid is (the blue parts). There is n
Opinions on Rigamanti anchor chain Terry Cox at 4:55am 10.17.22 anyone have input.. Perhaps you could choose to be the guinea pig, buy the Italian brand , then le
Raytheon Autohelm ST4000 Overhaul kappykaplan at 4:36am 10.17.22 The company began as a division of the American company Raytheon, a manufacturer of defense systems,
Raytheon Autohelm ST4000 Overhaul dlochner at 4:07am 10.17.22 :huh: Raymarine was spun off from Raytheon. I believe the old Ray Jefferson brand was the consume
Raytheon Autohelm ST4000 Overhaul kappykaplan at 2:23am 10.17.22 Raytheon is the latest iteration of Raymarine. :huh: Raymarine was spun off from Raytheon.
Has anyone taken apart one of these lights? VisionPNW at 10:23pm 10.16.22 Yes, the ones above were too big, the ones here are the right size, but I haven't got it actually r
Passage 456 saloon upgrades artboas at 10:00pm 10.16.22 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/attachments/aft-cabin-upgrade-pdf.48104 You can see similarities
Passage 456 saloon upgrades artboas at 9:58pm 10.16.22 Posting the latest upgrade I made on my 2002 passage 456 Discovery..we've been cruising full time s
Passage 456 saloon upgrades artboas at 9:53pm 10.16.22
Opinions on Rigamanti anchor chain jssailem at 9:53pm 10.16.22 No experience with Italian chain. Bought mine that was hot dipped galvanixed and specified as meetin
Passage 456 saloon upgrades artboas at 9:48pm 10.16.22 Beautiful. Tongue and grove or glued to battens Ralph Great job I did the exact ash batons in my a
Passage 456 saloon upgrades jssailem at 9:45pm 10.16.22 Beautiful. Tongue and grove or glued to battens
Raytheon Autohelm ST4000 Overhaul jssailem at 9:39pm 10.16.22 Ralph I have the Mk2 version. I have had it apart in pieces. Complete rebuild. I have had a Mk1, the
Passage 456 saloon upgrades Ralph Johnstone at 9:23pm 10.16.22 Beautiful ! Care to share how you attached the battens to the hull ? Tnx.
Anyone re-rig OUTHAUL using low friction rings? (2) Hayden Watson at 8:20pm 10.16.22 I agree with @jssailem that LFR's are best for redirecting line and when there is not a lot of trave
Anyone re-rig OUTHAUL using low friction rings? JohnShannon at 8:10pm 10.16.22 I have trouble believing that LFR are lower in friction than a suitably chosen block with bearings a
Diesel tank gauge not working WayneH at 7:27pm 10.16.22 I created a spreadsheet to track the engine hours because the hour meter on my tachometer wasn't wor
engine: belt too much slack and water drop xavpil at 7:10pm 10.16.22 I am not sure where you read to use WD40 to insert the seals it was in the sail la vie link provi

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