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winterizing Lost Parent at 8:57pm 10.12.11 Ask All Sailors 8/2667 I have a fresh water cooled diesel and i was wondering how to winterize the seawater side Any help a
rudder pulley plate replacement jackwcolbert at 7:01pm 10.12.11 Ericson 1/5150 Recently the port pulley plate for the rudder fell apart due to extensive rusting. Need to replace b
What is in Annapolis? Jonrod222 at 4:52pm 10.12.11 Destinations 6/3919 My daughter has a dance conference in Janurary in Baltimore. I usually stay away from them but we wi
Need transmission help SF bay sfgary at 4:10pm 10.12.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1473 After 37 years of great service I lost reverse as I was coming into South Beach Marina. I will be ta
Holding tank 40.5 (1) footerdog at 3:34pm 10.12.11 Big Boats 40/10831 I am about to order a replacement tank from Triple M plastics for my Hunter 40.5. They sent me a pic
Winter Cover Lost Parent at 3:11pm 10.12.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1393 Just informed my new winter cover is now installed by Lohmann covers in British Columbia Everyone up
Hunter 34 Sea Hood pics coxwaine1 at 3:07pm 10.12.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/3230 Hello everyone, I am the owner of a new to me H34. This has been my first season with it and it
Help with boom traveler allen-deckard at 2:26pm 10.12.11 Catalina 22 22/3556 Please forgive me ahead of time on terminology ahead of time ill do my best. My main sheet travele
Sail cleaning mellis18 at 2:15pm 10.12.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1655 I am going to pull the sails off my Hunter 31 for some repairs and cleaning this winter. I have read
O'Day 37 stemhead (2) Peter Brennan at 1:40pm 10.12.11 Bigger Boats 1/1494 Has anyone here had a problem with the stemhead on the 37 or 32? The OEM stemhead is an aluminum cas
rudder? bad_com_pany at 1:17pm 10.12.11 Smaller Boats 5/1598 would this rudder work ?http://www.yachtworld.com/core/listing/photoGallery.jsp?ro=1'slim=quicknull'
Wild Duck Cafe DAVA390 at 1:05pm 10.12.11 Destinations 1/4273 Does anyone on Middle River know if and when Wild Duck can reopen? Anyone know about lost liquor lic
PFD's 06HARLEYULTRA at 12:58pm 10.12.11 Ask All Sailors 9/2363 After searching the form and not finding an answer, I decided to ask. I am taking sailing lessons
1977 Lancer 30 Deck Material (1) jmay at 12:56pm 10.12.11 Lancer 2/2415 Hello, I am New to the Forums, a New Lancer Owner, and also new to sailing. Can Anyone help me w
Swing Keel "Lock" bolt necessary - or no??? CurtCarver1 at 11:37am 10.12.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/6314 Greetings. The heavy iron keel on my MacGregor 17.5 clearly utilizes both a pivot bolt (to hold in p
cargo ship spilled hundreds of tons of oil NZ Mich222 at 11:29am 10.12.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1205 Sad News: http://news.yahoo.com/stricken-ship-cracks-captain-faces-nz-court-114754126.html
Jib Weight and Performance Clark at 11:09am 10.12.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 13/9045 In the vein of the previous post; what advantages are there in having an ultra-light #1 genoa over a
Casco Bay Sailors dscribner at 11:02am 10.12.11 Ask All Sailors 6/1582 What's the 4X4 sticking out of the water east of Chebegue? Undocumented wreck?
About those new DuraCells. (2) Ed Schenck at 10:49am 10.12.11 Musings With Maine Sail 14/7621 As you know I took your advice and went to Sam's. Bought two 6-volt DuraCells rated at 235 amp-hour
Replace interior cushions shoemelbch at 9:09am 10.12.11 Bigger Boats 2/5773 Zippers deteriorated, fabric/foam have diesel smell. Looking to replace. What is the best foam and f

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Bleeding Yanmar Injectors SycloneDriver at 6:24pm 09.05.22 I think I would try quickly opening and closing the lines at the injector, just as you suggest. Whe
McLube........ McLeak? danooxnard at 6:15pm 09.05.22 I have the same can in the picture, never had leaks.
Mainsheet danooxnard at 6:13pm 09.05.22 mine looks just like brockangelo's
McLube........ McLeak? Ken13559 at 6:00pm 09.05.22 Since my local marine shops stopped bringing in McLube Sailkote spray, I/we sailors here had switche
Bleeding Yanmar Injectors (1) 2Sheets2TheWind at 5:45pm 09.05.22 Success. Pushed the throttle up with the shaft disengaged and it kicked over. Pulled it back to 2/
Transmission Not Working Tally Ho at 5:37pm 09.05.22 Good thoughts, I should try tugging on the cable since it may have come loose. Did not sail with m
Yard work done resulting in more problems markwbird at 5:34pm 09.05.22 Totally agree.
Catalina 30 Broken Fuse Kingjim91 at 5:33pm 09.05.22
Yard work done resulting in more problems Alan Gomes at 5:28pm 09.05.22 Yes, Baja Naval. We understand from local friends there that the media hyped this and there was lit
Catalina 30 Broken Fuse SV Fiasco at 5:27pm 09.05.22 T-Bird....It sure is a Fuse Holder :) Been on westmarine and found the thing I stepped on. I agree,
Catalina 30 Broken Fuse Scott T-Bird at 5:16pm 09.05.22 The boat and the model and the engine don't make any difference. This is a very simple electrical i
Propane pressure gauge Ralph Johnstone at 5:08pm 09.05.22 Did he pay for the 5 minute or the 10 minute argument? I said I wanted the 5 min. argument, we ar
Mainsheet (2) Jacktar at 5:02pm 09.05.22 2 from catalina 22.org files and catalina direct catalog pages
Catalina 30 Broken Fuse (1) SV Fiasco at 5:01pm 09.05.22 Sorry about that. Its a 1981 Catalina Tall Rig. There's a button here protected by a metal plate. Ri
Airmar ST 800 Odd Problem sesmith at 4:52pm 09.05.22 You should definitely see a reading if you spin it by hand. You could test it at the gauge unit usi
Catalina 30 Broken Fuse dlochner at 4:49pm 09.05.22 Welcome to the SBO Forum. Without a photo we're all guessing. Take a photo and post it. You'll get
260 roller jib removal mikedholm at 4:30pm 09.05.22 Thanks Peter. Found the CDI FF2 manual on another thread, and it looks like there is a halyard. Ap
260 roller jib removal isaksp00 at 4:24pm 09.05.22 Did you mean CDI furler? I don't have one but my understanding is that they have a halyard integral
260 roller jib removal mikedholm at 4:21pm 09.05.22 CDI furler, that is.
Yard work done resulting in more problems Rick D at 4:18pm 09.05.22 I assume you are talking about Baja Naval. I did a haul on my previous boat (a Catalina 30) there i

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