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Solar Vent Location twodzusfittings at 4:47am 10.03.11 Smaller Boats 3/1221 Thinking ahead for a few winter projects, one of which should help with getting the heat out of the
hunter 33 1981 a good boat? Manureva at 4:26am 10.03.11 Ask All Sailors 8/14259 looking at a hunter 33 cherubinni 1981, the price is good, it does need a little work but it would j
21.7 mast lowering kit twalker at 1:48am 10.03.11 Trailer Sailors 4/6466 I have just purchased a 21.7 with a kit for lowering the mast. The trouble is I cannot figure out ho
Shrouds on or off when trailering drock10 at 9:23pm 10.02.11 Catalina 22 5/2209 Hey quick question do I have to take all 3 shrouds off on both sides when lowering the mast or can I
need more head room USCG369 at 8:24pm 10.02.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1779 I have recently been looking at a couple of options to give my 74 mac venture 21 a little more cockp
Good maintenance (2) sailaway78 at 7:58pm 10.02.11 Ask All Sailors 9/2862 For anyone who has any doubts that regular oil changes and quality oil and filters are not well wort
sailing with capt. Obvious! USCG369 at 6:29pm 10.02.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1747 When I bought my first sailboat several years ago and began to actually "learn to sail" I had a big
replacement windows dseaverme at 6:24pm 10.02.11 Pearson 4/3040 we would like to replace the windows on our pearson 36 (1988). any suggestions?
WinchRite Power Winch eliems at 6:02pm 10.02.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2681 Anyone used/purchased one of these? (My wife has trouble getting the Main Sail up using the manual h
Ball Valve Recall elcriollo at 5:39pm 10.02.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1620 The ball valve on my macerator thru-hull is leaking through the inside. That is, no matter which way
Surfing in a V222 rgranger at 5:32pm 10.02.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/932 Hey Guys. I had a first for me last Friday. I got my V222 to plane. Went out on Smith Mountain La
Catalina 30 Chesapeake Fall Sailing Video rbmcintire at 5:27pm 10.02.11 Catalina 30 6/3784 Alright, I know there was a lot of discussion on reefing, BUT those are SPEED wrinkles on the luff :
Reminder about posting boats for sale Phil Herring at 5:22pm 10.02.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1273 Just wanted to remind everyone that boats for sale should not be posted in the forums whether or not
Forum was down today Phil Herring at 5:17pm 10.02.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1244 Hi folks, We had a hardware problem last night that had us down for a few hours today in the the
Production Boats / Circumnavigaton DISCUSSION Joe at 4:17pm 10.02.11 Ask All Sailors 48/12577 EDIT by Maine Sail: I have moved these post to a discussion thread to keep the other one clean.
Oli Filter substitute sutt47 at 4:25pm 10.02.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1545 I have a Perkins Perama M30 Diesel engine in my 1994 320. Is there a filter substitution chart for t
Madison WI sailors? gstep63 at 3:49pm 10.02.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1283 Hi, I'm in town and bored if anyone needs some crew I'd be willing. Thanks
help with Merc 3.9 outboard... elborba at 3:12pm 10.02.11 Catalina 22 7/1658 Hi gang...Elborba here, first post, so i hope i am doing it right. I own a Catalina 22 from 1974, hu
Headed South Roger Long at 2:56pm 10.02.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 1/2702 The first southern chapter of my grand life plan began with departure after sunset from Southport Ma
Electric windlass Sesail at 2:52pm 10.02.11 Bavaria 2/2156 I've just returned from 2 weeks' sailing on a Bavaria 36 Cruiser. One of the issues I had was, I co

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O'Day 28 Keel Deflection Tally Ho at 6:55am 10.23.22
Replacing Old Shore Power Connection with Smartplug Davidasailor26 at 6:46am 10.23.22 Job well done! I made that upgrade a few years ago after my original twist-lock plug melted down twi
Clipper Marine 21' As The Story as it was told, newly weds purchased in 1975, (2) SailingLoto at 6:05am 10.23.22 My first boat was the flat deck variation of the cm21. Fun little boat. Very simple. Very rotten,
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection terry_buda at 5:22am 10.23.22 I had a similar problem with my Mark 25 keelboat. It was not the keel bolts. Ultimately, the boat
23.5 lifelines and cabin cushions patbratton at 5:22am 10.23.22 I have been putting off replacing my life lines also. These are a few links that spurred my curiosit
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection shemandr at 5:15am 10.23.22 I had a similar problem with my Mark 25 keelboat. It was not the keel bolts. Ultimately, the boaty
Removing a mid-ship cleat after 25 years (Hunter 40.5) RoyS at 5:09am 10.23.22 Rich, don't quit now. You can ask the yard to place a shrink wrap door over the chock and you can pl
Wing Keel repair dlochner at 5:07am 10.23.22 Thank you all for the responses, this is our first boat and 2nd season sailing her. I was under the
Wing Keel repair bil1215 at 4:43am 10.23.22 Thanks for the info, I really appreciate it.
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection terry_buda at 10:26pm 10.22.22
Replace head faucet on 1995 Hunter 336 Calif. Ted at 9:29pm 10.22.22 It is typical practice to bed a faucet with something, usually plumbers putty that seals without a l
Water filter clarification... xavpil at 7:49pm 10.22.22 I just talked to two different boat owners with old Universal diesels and they will not pump water
Water filter clarification... SycloneDriver at 7:45pm 10.22.22 I just talked to two different boat owners with old Universal diesels and they will not pump water i
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

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