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Now working late at night brian3820 at 5:05pm 11.08.11 Big Boats 1/1039 In an effort to get the exterior done before the snow fly's, I am now reduced to working at night af
trying to remove stuffing box from first42 CrazyLegs at 4:30pm 11.08.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1550 New to us boat = new to us problems. We want to change the stuffing box on our 1984 Beneteau First 4
Small Craft Advisor article BrokeNotBroken at 4:09pm 11.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2229 I wrote an article, "My First Sail" for Small Craft Advisor and they just printed it in issue #72, p
Halyard exit plates (1) guidera48 at 3:34pm 11.08.11 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1461 I have two exit plates that I have replaced while re building my mast. They look original and have 2
Peaking Roger Long at 3:34pm 11.08.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2289 Occasionally, in this cruising life, everything comes together in a period of such beauty and intens
Pearson 34-II Drawer System Joe11776 at 1:47pm 11.08.11 Pearson 1/1648 Anyone know if the manufacturer of the drawer system for the drawers under the owners' birth for the
Lacquer Sticks For Interior Wood Repairs Ducati at 1:41pm 11.08.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1738 As I have said earlier, the inside cabinets took a beating this season. I spotted a set of 12 col
Fuel Locker for O'Day 25 (1976) Gudenuph at 1:10pm 11.08.11 Lake Murray Catalina Owners 0/36808 It's my understanding that later models of the O'Day 25 have a fuel locker under the stbd seat in t
Ice box will not drain amberjack915 at 1:07pm 11.08.11 Bigger Boats 7/2432 My wife and I purchased an O'Day 280 this past September (2011). Very nice boat and we are enjoying
Rub rails: To seal or not to seal? rognvald at 11:30am 11.08.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2545 Is there a benefit to seal the upper and lower edge of an existing rubrail (where it abuts the hull)
Looking at a C&C 34+ sailingdeac at 6:53am 11.08.11 C&C 2/7504 I am very interested in an available 1990 C'C 34+ Any helpful information will be greatlyl apprec
Time for CNG Conversion to Propane?? Old Sailor 2 at 6:47am 11.08.11 Big Boats 20/6929 I am just now getting into sailing our new older boat which is outfitted with CNG for stove. I find
Airmar PB150 weatherstation alexco38 at 6:09am 11.08.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2565 Has anyone use an AIRMAR PB150 with a Raymarine ST60 Plus wind display? Here's the link to Airmar
Required Safety Gear Squidd at 5:21am 11.08.11 Ask All Sailors 14/2312 I was over at Lake Superior Sailors place and he was showing me how he had outfitted his boat ( lott
Anyone know of a Beneteau 35 RA/CU ? Rubato at 4:11am 11.08.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1406 Hello, New to this forum today. I have owned many boats, but looking to buy my first "REAL" sailb
Bottom paint above the water line windsmaker at 7:45pm 11.07.11 Ask All Sailors 7/6013 Anyone know why bottom paint that is ~ 2-3 inches just above the waterline would be flaking off? N
It didn't sink! Mike Culik at 7:31pm 11.07.11 Mid-Size Boats 9/2716
head stay length 23 poptop captainvic at 6:44pm 11.07.11 Day Sailers 4/1609 can anyone tell me how long of a front stay i need to order for my 1972 23 poptop. i am eliminating
A question for you electrical gurus doehunter at 6:33pm 11.07.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/3408 I just bought a couple more toys for the boat. 1st on the list is a Black and Decker 100/500w powe
Whats the best way to drill into pedestal guards? weinie at 5:54pm 11.07.11 Ask All Sailors 13/3291 I will be installing an X5 auto pilot and need to drill 2 new holes in the guard to run the wires fo

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Hello everyone! I'm looking into getting into sailing and need some advice on a boat I would like to purchase artleyt115 at 8:10am 10.29.22 Congrats on the new boat! Sail and enjoy! Just an aside, perhaps, but I live not overly far from wa
Yanmar 3YM30 Engine oil Hello Below at 8:05am 10.29.22 Or, you may be able to insert your vacuum hose into the very rear of the oil sump by wiggling it do
Hello everyone! I'm looking into getting into sailing and need some advice on a boat I would like to purchase dLj at 7:36am 10.29.22 Congrats on the new boat! Sail and enjoy! Just an aside, perhaps, but I live not overly far from wal
Question about repair of fold-down swim step on Hunter 36 AndyL at 7:22am 10.29.22 Thanks - that sounds like the best option. I'll make a new hole and fill the old damaged hole.
Looking at an s2 7.9 SailingLoto at 6:34am 10.29.22 We used to cruise in company with a couple that cruised their 7.9 a lot. It's a minimalist interior
Looking at an s2 7.9 SailingLoto at 6:32am 10.29.22
Chocks for Danforth-style anchor on pulpit shemandr at 6:30am 10.29.22 I had something like #2 on my Ranger 29, which had no anchor locker, windless or bow roller. It was
Yanmar 3YM30 Engine oil (1) RoyS at 6:21am 10.29.22 :plus: You have to suck it out so you never get all of it. I'm looking into replacing the plug with
Recommended anchor for Hunter 50 Sailgunner at 4:11am 10.29.22 At least 25kg. I have the 55# Rocna on my 41 with all 3/8" G 43 chain. Of course the chaiin needs to
Yanmar 3YM30 Engine oil Secret sail at 3:01am 10.29.22 even with a great drain plug you cant get all the oil out of the different recesses inside the head
Knot Transducer kappykaplan at 2:54am 10.29.22 Yeah, I think it's best practice to put the blank in when the boat is idle. :plus:
Pleasant Surprise/Docking jssailem at 2:28am 10.29.22 Oops Senior moments. They come and they go.
Pleasant Surprise/Docking rgranger at 10:34pm 10.28.22 Oops Brain fart
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust Ralph Johnstone at 8:48pm 10.28.22 I could be wrong but I think that is the inside of the thermostat housing. Until I see otherwise,
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust SycloneDriver at 8:12pm 10.28.22 Thanks @SycloneDriver , for that info. It appears that there is some attempt to measure the pump o
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:10pm 10.28.22 Undaunted, I removed the thermostat housing, connected a clear poly tube to the water supply line w
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust SycloneDriver at 8:01pm 10.28.22 Some pumps have a removable / replaceable cams. He should make that the cam is in place. A photo
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust Hayden Watson at 7:54pm 10.28.22 I think he measured it directly at the output of the pump. That's what it looks like in the pictur
Al Fooks SycloneDriver at 7:45pm 10.28.22 More or less. Or an excuse for under staffing. Most the staff do good to very good customer servi
Yanmar 3YM30 Engine oil SycloneDriver at 7:39pm 10.28.22 This brings up an interesting point, the lack of a drain plug on the 3YM series. I swear that I saw

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