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oil filter question hmurmur at 7:24am 11.07.11 Engines and Propulsion 7/2333 I successfully changed my oil on my Yanmar engine. I drained the oil, removed the old oil filter and
Well, I did it! Now what? joes new addiction at 7:08am 11.07.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1847 Got the sailing bug in '88 after a pisser of a motorcycle wreck and 18 months in a leg cast, (raced
peeling bottom paint DJN51 at 6:29am 11.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/889 Just helped buddy pull his boat for season 79 S2.He had painted it with Blue Water ablative bottom
hunter 376 on a run with swept back spreaders captcwc at 5:57am 11.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2650 Am interested in observations of ability to sail on a run with swept back spreaders thank you
O'Day 23 Backing Plates and Jib Sheet sba55 at 5:51am 11.07.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1346 2 questions that hopefully someone can help me with. The boat I just bought is missing the 2 bow cle
New Tide App timebandit at 5:45am 11.07.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1567 Check this out--- http://www.chronglobal.com
Party Photo Roger Long at 4:33am 11.07.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 12/3982 Here's a photo of the SBO forumites at the SOS Blue Lips cruise party. From left to right are, RON2
Battery Chargers AtlanticAl at 12:48am 11.07.11 Ask All Sailors 8/2298 I am at present re wiring my boat. I am doubling up the batteries, bought a load of stuff, includin
Annapolis Gathering happening on Nov 11! PrincessoftheLake at 10:38pm 11.06.11 Ask All Sailors 10/2844 The date is set! Let's meet at the Boatyard Bar and Grill in Eastport on Friday November 11th at 4:
Hunter23.5 jetboatn at 10:08pm 11.06.11 Smaller Boats 0/1059 Would someone mind giving me the size of the plastic shackles needed to connect the sail to the mast
Has anyone bought sails from BlueWater yachts Hollyweirdos at 7:51pm 11.06.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2554 They have good prices on OEM Mac sails. Have yinz used them?
An excellent modification sailaway78 at 7:28pm 11.06.11 Ask All Sailors 12/2468 Finally got around to doing something I have been promising myself for a long time. Pulled the oil
Food to eat out of hand (2) Ross at 7:04pm 11.06.11 Ask All Sailors 14/2250 As some of you remember I was absent for a time having been distracted by another interest but I cam
Change of Plans (1) Roger Long at 6:06pm 11.06.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 5/3068
buytel tape to seal a water tank inspection port woodster at 5:40pm 11.06.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2487 i have now got my aluminum tank welded up ......i put a 1 1/2 inch nipple in for the water fill hose
1983 H34 transmission cable Jim D at 5:25pm 11.06.11 Big Boats 11/2391 Anyone know where i can purchase a replacement transmission cable? 1983 H34 with a yanmar 3GMF. Merr
The Old Salt merlinuxo at 4:50pm 11.06.11 Sails Call Lounge 1/3070 An old salt was sitting at the bar on the warf when a a lady sits next to him and announces to one a
Bow thruster options for Passage 420 ??? Island Girl 34 at 4:42pm 11.06.11 Ask All Sailors 12/3261 Greetings all, I am reposting this question in the "Ask all Sailors" section in hopes of better vis
Bottom painting, where do I start? (2) Squidd at 4:32pm 11.06.11 Ask All Sailors 20/7731 Two part question, part two is paint selection, I've been thry the archives did the search and what
Alternator question simplicity at 3:50pm 11.06.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3830 I have a universal M25 and noticed that my alternator output voltage was at 14.3 volts with fully c

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Water filter clarification... xavpil at 7:33pm 10.22.22 Connecting a pressurized hose to the intake is ill advised. That could fill the exhaust manifold an
Water filter clarification... Steve_Catalina at 7:31pm 10.22.22 Do NOT attach a garden hose to the intake. Put the intake hose into a bucket. Put a water hose into
Water filter clarification... Davidasailor26 at 7:25pm 10.22.22 Connecting a pressurized hose to the intake is ill advised. That could fill the exhaust manifold and
Sleeping in the Walmart Parking Lot sesmith at 7:16pm 10.22.22 We've stopped overnights at Walmarts on our travels. We usually get some odd looks from the RV'ers
Water filter clarification... xavpil at 7:01pm 10.22.22
Water filter clarification... Davidasailor26 at 6:59pm 10.22.22
Water filter clarification... xavpil at 6:56pm 10.22.22 Are you testing the engine bringing it up to operating temperature, or only observing how it runs w
Water filter clarification... Davidasailor26 at 6:52pm 10.22.22 Are you testing the engine bringing it up to operating temperature, or only observing how it runs wh
Water filter clarification... (2) xavpil at 6:26pm 10.22.22 The way those filters usually work is that water is diverted within them from the top of the housin
Water filter clarification... Davidasailor26 at 6:08pm 10.22.22 The way those filters usually work is that water is diverted within them from the top of the housing
Water filter not needed right? xavpil at 6:07pm 10.22.22
Water filter not needed right? JoeWhite at 5:58pm 10.22.22 This raw water pump is needed to keep the engine cool. The water heater uses the antifreeze water lo
Water filter not needed right? Davidasailor26 at 5:56pm 10.22.22
Rotating a photo Brian D at 5:56pm 10.22.22 Try this... it is called "flipping the image" Launch the inbuilt Photos app and open an image on f
Hunter 18.5 mast section Z145 RTsailsJ29 at 5:56pm 10.22.22 Dave, I'm going to contact US Spars on Monday, I understand that this is not the best fix but the li
Rotating a photo JoeWhite at 5:51pm 10.22.22 If you are using Microsoft, download a free software paint.net https://www.getpaint.net/download.htm
Rotating a photo Cederholm at 5:47pm 10.22.22 Send me a PM with one of your images. I'll try and figure out what is happening. Occasionally I ha
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection Davidasailor26 at 5:40pm 10.22.22
Rotating a photo jssailem at 5:32pm 10.22.22 Send me a PM with one of your images. I'll try and figure out what is happening. Occasionally I ha
Testing coolant pump? jssailem at 5:23pm 10.22.22 You can pull the thermostat. put water on the stove in a pan. Heat it up. Use a thermometer to test

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