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Sheared Shaft Key? Coupling Replacement? Help SeacretSailor at 9:34pm 10.22.11 Engines and Propulsion 14/17540 I got a problem, I think I sheared the key on my prop shaft in the shaft coupling and my shaft backe
GPS CAT 30 at 9:15pm 10.22.11 Mid-Size Boats 1/1387 My '83 C-30 has a Standard VHS radio but it doesn't have a GPS to activate the red emergency button
Last Day Of the Season Nelsonhow at 7:19pm 10.22.11 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1560 It was a beautiful fall day here on Long Island. Nice wind, lots of sunshine. I took Avalon, my 1983
O'Day 192 Mast/Spreader Electrical Question Zorba at 5:59pm 10.22.11 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2215 I've owned this 1988 for a year now and it's been a great little boat. But I do have a "mystery elec
Sail/boom stop S/V Kittiwake at 4:12pm 10.22.11 Catalina 30 1/1790 We just purchased a 1977 30' Catalina with an external sail track. The boom/sail stop is broken and
low compression-engine rebuild? dfriha at 2:49pm 10.22.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/6433 Couldn't start the 2gm diesel, 55 degrees outside. Mechanic checked fuel supply, injectors and compr
Replacement engine contol lever goosea at 2:00pm 10.22.11 Big Boats 3/1456 Does anyone know the likely make of the single lever control on the 40.5 with Yanmar 4JH2E? Can it
34 purchaser needs advice NewToTheRoad at 1:59pm 10.22.11 Big Boats 8/4689 Firstly, thanks in advance for reading and helping. I am seriously contemplating purchasing a 1988
Auto-Lite Sperry autopilot. ronnasboy at 12:52pm 10.22.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1992 At an estate sale, I recently purchased a Mark 4 Automatic Pilot, manufactured by the Electric Auto-
October Sail part 2 (1) inarathree at 12:36pm 10.22.11 Smaller Boats 1/1242 I love my wife... She had to study for school, so she let met out of my Saturday chores, and TOLD me
Sail Repair/Refresh Squidd at 11:28am 10.22.11 Ask All Sailors 6/1994 I just bought a PY26 off an auction, good price but needs some TLC... Looking at my sails, Jib i
Lake Havasu Pocket Cruiser Race in Feb 2012 oreana123 at 9:12am 10.22.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1814 Anyone here going to this event? Check out the Ruddercraft Grudge Match Race. Last year over 100 boa
Y25 mast step and electric line dee.yeah at 6:42am 10.22.11 Yamaha 14/3750 Just got the mast down, and I noticed there's an electric line (now broken) goes inside the hull thr
Sail Slide Key Bill Jones at 5:03am 10.22.11 Smaller Boats 1/1213 Last week we went to the lake for a wonderful sail and as I was bending on the main (due to a bat pr
progress report UseDaGreyMatter at 1:08am 10.22.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2649 Thought I'd pop in a say hi and let you all know whats up with the V 222. Was way to hot to be out
Seattle area? drock10 at 9:06pm 10.21.11 Catalina 22 2/1239 Anyone live in the northwest? it will be my first winter here in seattle and I am wondering how the
Stubborn Keel Bolt on 1983 M22 njwtech at 6:41pm 10.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1478 I just bought my 1983 M22 and thought it prudent to inspect the keel pivot before going out on the w
Hunter 22 pop up rudder hellerjo at 6:00pm 10.21.11 Smaller Boats 5/2524 The last time I went sailing on my 1984 hunter 22 My rudder popped up and very little of the rudder
Replacement alternator for a Yanmar 2GM20F? (3) Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 5:55pm 10.21.11 Engines and Propulsion 11/16448 We are looking for a replica spare alternator for our Yanmar 2GM20F, circa around '95. It has been
Zinc Anode (1) joker460 at 4:33pm 10.21.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/4513 This zinc anode looks like I was in salt water. Is this normal for fresh water? Two seasons.

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Leaving canvas up in northeast winter Parsons at 2:03pm 11.01.22 BTW: when it comes to cleaning in the spring, give Imar Strataglass cleaner (301) a try. Not only d
Leaving canvas up in northeast winter jssailem at 1:58pm 11.01.22 put it on a sheet of plywood on sawhorses in my basement. If you arrange the sawhorses correctly a
Keel sag orion440 at 1:53pm 11.01.22
What do you have at the top of your mast? jssailem at 1:53pm 11.01.22 There is nothing that says you cannot have the Light on the top of your mast (traditional and as pre
Jib sheet length Sanfelice at 1:50pm 11.01.22 This may help you out. Genoa Sheet XLE 1 7/16" 80 Whipped /Heat Sealed Whipped /Heat Sealed There a
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 1:47pm 11.01.22 weather.. it's been an extraordinary year... Aint that the truth. Looking like winter is on a sim
Keel sag Hollyberry at 1:27pm 11.01.22 Keel stepped or deck stepped mast? Excess rigging tension may be a factor... but I'd think it would
deck hardware: what is this called? Hollyberry at 1:23pm 11.01.22 Clevis Pin.....
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hollyberry at 1:22pm 11.01.22 Quite the travail.... here's hoping things smooth out from now on to the end. But not much you can d
Leaving canvas up in northeast winter Captain Larry-DH at 1:14pm 11.01.22 :banghead: Thanks, it sounds unanimous. Will dismount it and store it indoors. I like the idea of
Leaving canvas up in northeast winter PaulK at 12:59pm 11.01.22 Leaving it up would seem like a great way to get yourself a new enclosure for Christmas!
Leaving canvas up in northeast winter Davidasailor26 at 12:55pm 11.01.22 I store mine flat with towels in between sections. I bring it home and put it under a bed. If the se
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jon hansen at 12:49pm 11.01.22 there is NO snowmobiling in michigan before dec1. cause you'll meet men with big guns (hunting seaso
Saltwater hose to engine 4Winds at 12:40pm 11.01.22 The Trident hose that I referenced in my reply above will take a 180 degree bend without collapsing
Slip Unavailability (1) rgranger at 12:39pm 11.01.22 Wasn't that a theme on Breaking Bad, a chemist working remotely in a land yacht? ;) YEAH! :beer
Furling genoa cover seems too small? (1) jssailem at 12:35pm 11.01.22 I suspect @Qorgyle wants to avoid this gh pressure sets up on the East side of the Cascades and the
Slip Unavailability dlochner at 12:13pm 11.01.22 I would if I could.....:beer: Wasn't that a theme on Breaking Bad, a chemist working remotely in
What do you have at the top of your mast? rgranger at 12:00pm 11.01.22
Leaving canvas up in northeast winter Parsons at 11:57am 11.01.22 Stored monohull for five winters in Michigan and never would think, or saw anyone try, storing the i
Saltwater hose to engine Terry Cox at 11:55am 11.01.22 The original hose was corrugated to allow the 180o turn. The Trident hose that I referenced in my

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