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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 7/2228 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 3/1736 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 7/2430 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 3/2543 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 14/2311 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 7/6003 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 9/2715
head stay length 23 poptop captainvic at 6:44pm 11.07.11 Day Sailers 4/1608 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 21/3407 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
how to find replacement v-belt njl at 5:53pm 11.07.11 Engines and Propulsion 8/4215 I'm trying to replace a v-belt labeled "Napa Premium XL 25-11755/9463". It's for the raw water pump

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ODay 34 refrigeratiom Richard19068 at 12:17pm 10.28.22 Sorry I am late to this August discussion, but perhaps this will help someone in the future.... See
Yanmar 3YM30 Engine oil jssailem at 12:09pm 10.28.22 Good question. @4Winds . When I reach these conundrums, I always break down and search for a manual.
Hunter 240 in mast shroud holes Crazy Dave Condon at 12:08pm 10.28.22
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:07pm 10.28.22 I know I'm late into this fracas but this is the worst idea I have ever seen for solving a cooling w
Recommended anchor for Hunter 50 jssailem at 12:03pm 10.28.22 Spade suggests the following on their chart. https://www.spadeanchorusa.com/anchor-sizing-charts.php
Fisher Panda 12 mini (3) Laid-back at 11:51am 10.28.22 I replaced the elbow on our 12 mini as seen in the photos. You need a wobble socket adapter to be a
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust priopel at 10:52am 10.28.22 Just a quick update: the pump arrived but in reading the manual I discovered that it is not a contin
Yanmar 3YM30 Engine oil 4Winds at 10:44am 10.28.22 Service manual indicates 3L https://j109.org/docs/yanmar_3ym-2ym-service-manual.pdf Thank you!
Yanmar 3YM30 Engine oil Don S/V ILLusion at 10:41am 10.28.22 Service manual indicates 3L https://j109.org/docs/yanmar_3ym-2ym-service-manual.pdf
Outboard for Sirius 21? SiriusCanada at 10:18am 10.28.22 :)
Outboard for Sirius 21? jssailem at 10:16am 10.28.22 Lucky... or shrewd :biggrin:
Hello everyone! I'm looking into getting into sailing and need some advice on a boat I would like to purchase jssailem at 10:16am 10.28.22 I reviewed a thread about buying a boat on Cruisers Forum. A link to a Surveyor's opinion provided a
Al Fooks Leeward Rail at 9:06am 10.28.22 I wonder why the Labor shortage. Likely the same reason everyone else is having staff shortages an
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar Justin_NSA at 8:40am 10.28.22 I used Blue Devil radiator flush back in '20. I think I will drain it again next spring and see what
Al Fooks JamesG161 at 8:37am 10.28.22 You would think picking up Catalina Parts, moving new warehouse to Florida, dodging Hurricane Ian mi
Hello everyone! I'm looking into getting into sailing and need some advice on a boat I would like to purchase Project_Mayhem at 8:19am 10.28.22 Again, unless there is some very obvious softness in the deck, it's not an issue that can't be atte
Networking NMEA 2000 ... help! Scott T-Bird at 8:13am 10.28.22 Are these for your instrument set up? If yes is it because the pedestal guards are full of cables
Outboard for Sirius 21? SiriusCanada at 8:12am 10.28.22 It was actually, 9.9 mercury..heavy as hell and big...sold it and will be able to buy new 6Hp with t
Pleasant Surprise/Docking kappykaplan at 8:11am 10.28.22 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/attachments/1666968382364-png.210464 Same for this one . . .
Pleasant Surprise/Docking kappykaplan at 8:10am 10.28.22 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/attachments/1666968248086-png.210463 @rgranger , shouldn't this

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