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need a window jtallen2489 at 4:45pm 07.14.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1731 I am looking for a tinted plexiglass window for the starboard side of the cabin for my 1987 O'day 40
Swing Keel Cable Humming tcarloni71 at 4:29pm 07.14.11 Catalina 22 14/6726 While I am sailing the cable to my swing keel hums from vibration. I don't let it down all the way
Best Battery Application Red Ryder at 4:23pm 07.14.11 Day Sailers 11/2520 I am sure that this topic has been discussed before, if so I apologize ahead of time: however; I hav
Center board stuck any suggestions tommym at 4:00pm 07.14.11 Day Sailers 5/3730 My 12 year old Hunter170 has a stuck centerboard. Never has done anything but drop all these years
Waste Holding System Upgrade Duke at 3:49pm 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1858 I have a Morgan 321 that still has the original bladder - instead of a tank - waste holding system.
Hunter 31 thruhulls mellis18 at 3:38pm 07.14.11 Mid-Size Boats 7/2633 I want to make sure I find all the thruhulls on my 84 hunter 31. I found the valves for the engine w
The Yawldory Sails! (1) Roger Long at 2:44pm 07.14.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 6/4285 http://hphotos-snc6.fbcdn.net/280002_1666882852370_1846284215_1067897_1270867_o.jpg Full album here
nature powered bilge pump merlinuxo at 2:27pm 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2158 I think this is a neat idea: http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=632
auto pilot dlewis812 at 1:38pm 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 27/6350 reading other post on single handed. have been single handing just fine without an auto pilot o
Boat Us Trying To Help (1) kloudie1 at 1:03pm 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 8/3213 This was discussed before but here is the BOAT US letter from yesterday.. This is looking pretty ser
Repairing a wooden mast wetass at 1:01pm 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 6/5080 I have come into possession of a 50' wood mast that came off a boat that sunk in our local marina af
Lights out MarkW at 12:54pm 07.14.11 Mid-Size Boats 2/1226 My Steaming light and Bow running lights are out. I have used a wire brush and cleaned the ground w
Can Chain Alone Anchor Your Boat??? Maine Sail at 11:08am 07.14.11 Musings With Maine Sail 18/9091 Hi All, So over the years I have read many a diatribe by those professing that; "The anchor is not
Reefing the mainsail - Hunter 216 Steve Huber at 10:48am 07.14.11 Smaller Boats 1/1501 Any suggestions on the best way to reef the mainsail on a Hunter 216 and the best way to store the r
Gelcoat Colour 1990 Hunter 30 Ray1156 at 10:33am 07.14.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1220 I'm repairing some deck delamination and would like to match the grey nonskid colouring. I'm having
Sizing the prop for a 1990 H-33.5 w/ 2GM20F navigator97 at 10:07am 07.14.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1278 Can anyone give me guidance to determine the correct prop size for my H-33.5 with a Yanmar 2GM20F en
A "Single Hander"? Coastie at 8:06am 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 51/8006 Have gotten a bit older, but still love sailing. Am going to buy a boat, but want one I can "single
Help Sailing scuttlebutt at 7:32am 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 14/3547 Hi well I have a Catalina 30 from 1988 I need to get her out and sail. I live in BocaRaton fl and
Who is Responsable for Damage mcrow33 at 7:12am 07.14.11 Ask All Sailors 22/4775 Hi, A week ago a micro-burst thunder storm rage though our area. Winds topped 40-50+. The other da
'74 Ericson 27 For Sale -- Excellent condition BobBBalt at 6:30am 07.14.11 Ericson 1/7069 Hi all, Sad to say, but life has forced me to sell "Mariposa", my beautiful 1974 Erics

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Joker valve question - back-flow problem in my Jabsco Quiet Flush toilet kappykaplan at 5:32am 09.19.22 I think it's defective. I just replaced my joker valve and there were no gaps.
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries kloudie1 at 5:26am 09.19.22 Quick note: The parts book shows the two front mounts to be "100" and the two aft mounts to be "75"
Identify 6M O'DAY? Will Gilmore at 5:22am 09.19.22 There should be cables to raise and lower your rudder. A lot of Mariner owners replace their origin
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries RoyS at 5:01am 09.19.22 Hard to tell from the video, but there could be a separation of the engine mount top plate from the
I'm assuming this means my battery is dead?? john6206 at 4:17am 09.19.22
Tropical Depression 7 (2) JamesG161 at 11:12pm 09.18.22 The slow turn to the North West in the Heat Fueled area of the Caribbean did the Push to Hurricane F
I'm assuming this means my battery is dead?? Benny17441 at 9:49pm 09.18.22 If you can get it fully charged, connect your lights to it and see if they lasts a reasonable time
Any woodworkers about? (1) Daveinet at 8:53pm 09.18.22 Yes, using the masonite as a pattern. Sanding the edge to get the shape right. We use this method fo
I'm assuming this means my battery is dead?? dlochner at 8:34pm 09.18.22 There are two battery characteristics that are at play here, one is the charged voltage and the othe
Carbon Monoxide Alarm going off due to the head? Justin_NSA at 8:23pm 09.18.22 What makes them marine rated? It was expensive??
2 mm halyard leader - Canada rgranger at 8:18pm 09.18.22
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum rgranger at 8:08pm 09.18.22 You mean the one who got an ice cream cone while he waited for his car to get fixed? :beer:
Fuel Polishing in St. Louis area jssailem at 7:56pm 09.18.22 No I have 2 - 85 gallon tanks beneath the cabin sole. The tanks sit in the center of the boat on eit
Gori propeller CarlN at 7:50pm 09.18.22 I have one year old Gori 3 blades and had them on a previous boat 15 years ago - they seem the same
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:31pm 09.18.22 EDIT: previous numbers are from the shop manual, from the parts book the spec is 203 F and 190 F So
DC Circuit Breaker Failures CarlN at 7:27pm 09.18.22 It's not at all unusual to have a couple of circuit breakers fail over the years. Blue Sea do seem t
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries jaysweet at 6:46pm 09.18.22 If you are thinking about buying four new mounts, I have four that I bought from a British company
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries jaysweet at 6:44pm 09.18.22 Mine are about 20 years old and have 900+ hours on them. Engine is solid and doesn't vibrate. I'm n
Any woodworkers about? john6206 at 6:38pm 09.18.22
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries (6) jaysweet at 6:37pm 09.18.22 Here is an interesting article about engine mounts in the magazine Ocean Navigator. https://oceanna

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