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What do we mean by low maintenance--the teak wood issue. Kings Gambit at 2:45pm 08.23.11 Ask All Sailors 13/6682 Having owned, sailed, and maintained boats in both Florida and California, I've seen, heard, and tho
Older Lewmar Winches Dan Johnson at 2:23pm 08.23.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/14034 I would like to tear down, clean, and re-grease my cabin-top Lewmar 16's. They are the older single
Water tankage c_witch at 1:05pm 08.23.11 Trailer Sailors 17/5353 Hiee all, Once again I am back to trying to figure out where to add a 20 gallon (90 litre) water
Bad Gas Mileage Levin at 12:09pm 08.23.11 Ask All Sailors 18/4152 Hello all... So I have a question about "gas mileage" (or gallons-per-hour as I realize these thin
Fabric AndyGnaedig at 11:24am 08.23.11 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1487 I have a 1983 30 oday. I was wondering if anyone knows what the original fabric is called. It is blu
Teak Wood Care twodzusfittings at 11:04am 08.23.11 Smaller Boats 4/1755 After spending some time cleaning the interior with soap and water I would like to put some sort of
Doing away with some of the carpet inside of an S2 mark_swart at 10:49am 08.23.11 S2 4/2374 Hello all, I'm the proud new owner of an 86 27 and will be doing a pretty thorough rehab of the inte
Understanding Bilge - H34.5 BadGuy at 10:25am 08.23.11 Big Boats 11/2351 1983 Hunter 34.5 I am looking for some help to understand my bilge. From an access perspective, I
Cutlass bearing? jphud at 9:17am 08.23.11 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1414 On a trip right now Picked up some vibration going forward and strangenoise when throttle applies
H34 Jib measurements RForst at 8:39am 08.23.11 Big Boats 4/1136 Hi Everyone, I need a new headsail for my H34. I am looking for something in the 110% range. Doe
Swing-keel lift rope re-route vizwhiz at 8:24am 08.23.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/5590 Have an S model... Just wondering if anyone has re-routed the swing-keel lift rope to somehow go to
C22 windows Eman at 8:14am 08.23.11 Catalina 22 5/1685 Greetings all, Am starting the process of removing the windows, cleaning and rebedding with Catalin
Holding tank Edward Gutierrez at 7:59am 08.23.11 Mid-Size Boats 1/1207 I have purchased a new holding tank for the toilet and need to know how to route the hoses. Any plac
Depth Sounder MLampner at 7:46am 08.23.11 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1148 My DS 45 Depth Sounder's head end, the display, unfortunately was drowned nearly 10 days back. I ha
Looking for Used ODay 25 Furling Headsail catafiable at 5:33am 08.23.11 Parts Search 3/2533 Looking for a used 135 or 150 furling genoa for an ODay25 - will also take a used roller furler if y
S2 11 sail performance Vs. Islander 36 jibseaman at 3:34am 08.23.11 S2 5/11527 I am trying to find out just how well these boats perform under sail. I am deciding if I should get
Something to think about for the off season Phil Herring at 11:32pm 08.22.11 Ask All Sailors 16/2669 http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-9wD2cLYis
Bomar hatch hinge nirv1 at 9:21pm 08.22.11 Sabre Sailboats 6/6240 Looking for Bomar hatch hinge for 1986 Sabre - Bomar no longer has the hinge - will also consider bu
DuraTouch Upholstery Repair lombo at 9:10pm 08.22.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1581 We just purchased a Beneteau which is outfitted with DuraTouch Upholstery on the interior cushins.
Cape Cod Sailors delandz at 8:47pm 08.22.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1060 I am going to be visiting Wellfleet, Cape Cod, MA in late Sept and would like to rent/bareboat chart

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Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... Ward H at 10:26am 02.08.22 My GF keeps one in her Honda CR-V. Had a dead battery one day. The Jump Start worked great. I was a
Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... jviss at 10:17am 02.08.22 Hey, Rod, glad to see you online. I'm not here often, and last I knew you were "down" with medical
Yanmar 2GM20F blew black smoke Benny17441 at 10:13am 02.08.22 Overfueling. The governor is unable to handle certain load conditions. Fouled bottom or prop or re
Li-Ion Booster Packs - Will I Ever Learn...... Maine Sail at 9:56am 02.08.22 UPDATE... These things still fail to work.. In the last two weeks we have needed to jump-start our
Winter Cruising Question (2) colb218 at 9:38am 02.08.22 It sounds like your head sail had previously been a hanked on sail or possibly on a racing foil. I
Raw water pump. (1) PlaneTom at 9:30am 02.08.22 Yeah. That's had it. Appears to have seized and sheared off the pulley that the belt goes on. So
Adding 115 AC (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:22am 02.08.22 I may buy a 3000 watt generator. And that's how the battle started:
Adding 115 AC NCBrew at 9:16am 02.08.22 Thanks to everyone for replies. :) I am going to the boat this afternoon to test it.
Yanmar 2GM20F blew black smoke (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:06am 02.08.22 With the right prop, cruise at 5 kts at 2800 RPM. Don't buy a new mixing elbow until you inspect th
Teak grate for bathroom shower sail sfbay at 8:55am 02.08.22 Rather than build one yourself, suggest doing an internet search for one of the size you need. Below
Adding 115 AC Hello Below at 8:52am 02.08.22 The water heater requires 1500Watts. It is unlikely that you need 500Watts for additional devices.
Winter Cruising Question Hayden Watson at 8:51am 02.08.22 ...I had to pull my headsail back off and take it back to the sail loft. For some reason whoever a
Raw water pump. markwbird at 8:51am 02.08.22 Yeah. That's had it. Appears to have seized and sheared off the pulley that the belt goes on. So,
Raw water pump. sail sfbay at 8:45am 02.08.22 You can always "edit" you post after you send it.
Raw water pump. PlaneTom at 8:43am 02.08.22 Time to replace? You bet! I messed up the first post, meant to include the text but hit a wrong ke
Raw water pump. PlaneTom at 8:42am 02.08.22 2001 Catalina 310, Universal M-25 XPB Last week, letting the diesel warm up while I removed covers,
Raw water pump. sail sfbay at 8:38am 02.08.22 Time to replace?
C&C 30 Mk II rudder Hayden Watson at 8:36am 02.08.22 Andy at BoatWorks Today did a full series on rebuilding a foam core rudder Part 2 is the one where h
Yanmar 4JH4E - Bleeding Air after Fuel Filter Change jeepbluetj at 8:27am 02.08.22 I would think that you would want not only "fresh" fuel but filtered fuel as well. The fuel that co
Adding 115 AC JoeWhite at 8:24am 02.08.22 The water heater requires 1500Watts. It is unlikely that you need 500Watts for additional devices. I

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