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Servicing Tapered Cone Seacocks (24) Maine Sail at 1:06pm 06.01.11 Musings With Maine Sail 1/10884 Anatomy of A Tapered Cone Seacock 1 These are the parts of a Spartan Marine tapered cone or tapere
overflow tank under port side clementise at 1:04pm 06.01.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1146 I filled the tank to the level recommended and i saw cominng out behind the engine out of a "T" with
Drain plug powdermoose at 12:44pm 06.01.11 Ask An Oday Owner 16/11866 I bought an older Oday Javelin and the manual says that it is self-bailing. It has a drain plug a
Drain Plugs powdermoose at 12:30pm 06.01.11 Day Sailers 3/3117 The Oday Javelin manual says that it is self-bailing. It has a drain plug aft and a drain plug in t
anyone seen davits like this? gwp at 11:29am 06.01.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1636 Came with my Catalina 34 and would love to see a pic of one rigged up or at least a description of p
holding tank -upright or horizontal Czar at 11:27am 06.01.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/2791 I've read through everything and can't find an answer to whether the tank should be upright or horiz
Maxwell Winches Jamming lines lr172 at 11:26am 06.01.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/962 I am a brand new sailor and have an issue using the winches on my new to me Hunter 34. It is a '85
compass mounting question doehunter at 11:22am 06.01.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/3577 I went out of my way to get a bulkhead mounted compass because I thought it looked sturdier than a b
What would you do with this? Rot in cabin (5) redunculous at 10:41am 06.01.11 Ask All Sailors 21/3901 So I have some rot it appears The wetlocker itself I am not so worried about as I believe I can res
Holding tank AADIVER at 10:21am 06.01.11 Catalina 30 2/1648 The holding tank on my '83 is a solid black box under the port settee. There is no indicator of how
converting the salon to a berth cggatlin at 10:18am 06.01.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1807 I have a 94 Beneteau oceanis 400. Has anyone out there converted the table in the salon to a berth?
Help with Oday 28 a/c maxxx at 10:14am 06.01.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1324 Does anyone have any advice on installing a small (5000btu) a/c unit in the main hatch? This past we
A Great Way to Start a New Month Roger Long at 9:49am 06.01.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 9/3435 This feels as good as graduating from school. On to the rest of my life! http://www.rogerlongboats
Learned something else last weekend... (3) Kermit at 8:58am 06.01.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1179 I learned this past Saturday that having a spinnaker and no wind is like having a 12-cylinder Jaguar
repair center board, 1968 Irwin 27' Deputy at 8:47am 06.01.11 Irwin 0/3144 Getting my boat ready to put in water and found wire to centerboard rusted and broken. Looking for s
Second opinion dgheat at 8:35am 06.01.11 Ask All Sailors 23/8297 I've been given an Ensenada 20. It needs some serious TLC. I really want to restore it, learn to sai
anyone seen davits like this? (1) gwp at 8:35am 06.01.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1932 Came with my Catalina 34 and would love to see a pic of one rigged up or at least a description of p
Boarding Ladder TR6 at 8:28am 06.01.11 Mid-Size Boats 2/1236 Doses anyone have, or know where I could pick up a used boarding ladder for my H31 The PO removed i
Changing the clinometer fokker416 at 7:47am 06.01.11 Smaller Boats 6/1758 My boat is a 1993 23.5 and I have noticed that the clinometer on my boat has become quite sluggish.
New Rub Rails Ed864 at 7:40am 06.01.11 Bigger Boats 2/1388 I own an O'Day 31 (1986) I need to replace my rubrails. I have plenty of new plastic housing that

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Best to lift a Core Sound 17 with large Davits (1) videorov at 4:53am 01.10.22 Im changing my plan and looks like I will put the Core Sound 17 on the boat lift once I get the bott
Safest knot for dock line on a o ring... justsomeguy at 3:48am 01.10.22 Bing Yeah, Bing sucks. ;)
What is the Purpose of This Toe Rail Fitting Nodak7 at 3:35am 01.10.22 All is good but the true reason for these pad eyes is to attach your jacklines and tethers for man o
More on Maine Sail hjboven at 2:20am 01.10.22 I just read about Rodd's misfortune today. It remembered me of the ton of things I learned from hist
Venture 23 - Rigging Help MacBeane at 9:59pm 01.09.22 Not sure what you mean about the main sheet. Most older Mac's use what known as a "crosby rig" for
Is compass light wired into stern running light on the 270? eusjim1 at 9:24pm 01.09.22 Compass is on the Edson pedestal. I believe that the boat was built this way. Will track down the
Is compass light wired into stern running light on the 270? Joe at 9:01pm 01.09.22 Very common for Compass' to be aftermarket install. Either track lead from compass or flick all cir
Point to ponder: furling the jib jssailem at 8:33pm 01.09.22 Easy. It is an excellent tool. I got it when I installed my Harken furler. It is as easy to use at i
What is the Purpose of This Toe Rail Fitting Joe at 8:20pm 01.09.22 Previously installed for your convenience to use for anything. Can never have too many padeyes, imh
Custom full boat cover (3) BC Bernie at 8:15pm 01.09.22 201644201645201646
What is the Purpose of This Toe Rail Fitting Will Gilmore at 8:11pm 01.09.22 :plus: All of the above? Attaching dock fenders to, tiedown for paddleboard, clipping halyard to so
Custom full boat cover (2) BC Bernie at 8:10pm 01.09.22
What is the Purpose of This Toe Rail Fitting nightowle at 7:50pm 01.09.22 I think you're correct, as well as a possible block for a preventer. It's possible it's for setting
Safest knot for dock line on a o ring... garymalmgren at 7:24pm 01.09.22 Terry. You are dead right. I just uploaded the vid without watching it. I never imagined that some c
Point to ponder: furling the jib nightowle at 7:19pm 01.09.22 I'm a bit short on wraps......but not my boat! :biggrin:
Point to ponder: furling the jib Ward H at 7:01pm 01.09.22 I'm also one who puts three wraps of sheets around the furled jib and I always tie my furling line t
Point to ponder: furling the jib BigEasy at 6:52pm 01.09.22 The luff tape pre-feeder that was demonstrated in the video, posted by Sailfanatic, appears to be a
Looking for New Chart Plotter Ward H at 6:46pm 01.09.22 I had all of maybe 20 waypoints stored in my GPS which were the inlets of the harbors and bars I wo
I still don't quite get rule #2... jssailem at 5:50pm 01.09.22 Greg... The ColRegs are pretty clear. They are literal in their construction. I try not to read too
Safest knot for dock line on a o ring... jssailem at 5:42pm 01.09.22 Nice catch Terry. You are absolutely spot on about the first BING cleat hitch tie. It failed to prop

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