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Leaking CAP Pilot64 at 4:04pm 06.28.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/5483 Well I finally hauled the boat up to the lake last night and managed to remember how most of it went
Oday Widgeon swamping sailordude66 at 4:00pm 06.28.11 Day Sailers 3/2550 While sailing on a lake last summer, I capsized my Widgeon and swamped it in the process. As the wat
Catalina 27 pump out system metalsmith at 3:55pm 06.28.11 Ask All Sailors 3/3412 I have a Catalina 27 (1985) I can not find deck acess for pump out for head. The chimatic I have sho
Beneteau rigging set up mate bill at 3:43pm 06.28.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/4301 I am looking for advice on the rigging tensions for the Beneteau 331. I am not a racer but would li
Radar! Roger Long at 3:06pm 06.28.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 1/2457 Yes! :dance::dance: http://forums.sbo.sailboatowners.com/showthread.php?t=130998
Grasshopper learns from the Master Roger Long at 3:05pm 06.28.11 Musings With Maine Sail 4/5798 Or: Why it pays to get someone who really knows what they are doing. Readers of my forum section kn
Catalina 27 pump out system metalsmith at 3:01pm 06.28.11 Mid-Size Boats 2/2471 I have a Catilina 27 - (1985) I cant find the pump out "valve" - not on deck as show in scimatic t
Air Conditioning (A/C) Distribution Problem sstarley at 2:57pm 06.28.11 Big Boats 5/1539 We have a 2003 H356 with A/C which works great - except that very little air flow gets to forward ca
Hour meter installation mellis18 at 2:19pm 06.28.11 Mid-Size Boats 7/3342 I want to install an hour meter on my Hunter for the Yanmar 2GM motor. It currently does not have on
Hull cleaning / dive service - North Fork, LI Rob19574 at 1:55pm 06.28.11 Ask All Sailors 0/18 I'm looking to have my hull cleaned in-water and need a diver in the North Fork, LI - New York area.
Lido sailor Lido sailor at 1:26pm 06.28.11 Catalina 22 1/1266 I've been looking for a used Catalina 22 and have found several without trailers. Does any one in t
H36 refrigerator thermostat Ken Honeycutt at 1:15pm 06.28.11 Big Boats 10/2276 Has anyone had problems with the thermostat on the refrigerators that came with the H36? Mine has go
Refrigeration WilliamH at 1:14pm 06.28.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2316 I have a 1986 Catalina 34 with a Adler Barbour Cold machine DCM 12. It has been very reliable until
M25 rigging unknowns (2) alcyone at 12:59pm 06.28.11 Smaller Boats 3/1305 Trying to figure out purpose of hardware in two places: 1st pic- plate with threaded hole on both si
Vinyl Liner "limpy" ROMAR at 12:56pm 06.28.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2189 The vinyl liner in the forward stateroom is "peeling" off the wall. It appears to have had a foam b
Keel Work n8erb at 12:16pm 06.28.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1610 Hello All, I have a 1975 Venture V222 and I am having a few issues with the keel that I would lov
1984 Hunter 25.5 eruditioninc at 10:00am 06.28.11 Smaller Boats 3/2494 I just purchased a 1984 Hunter 25.5 in fair condition. I am looking for a owners manual or a diagram
Leaky Windows moparv104x4 at 9:50am 06.28.11 Ask All Sailors 1/2115 Leaky Window Sealing Help I have a 1981 Islander Bahama 30, one of the main salon windows was leaki
Tiller pilot paphman at 9:40am 06.28.11 Catalina 22 2/1409 Just a quick update on our new tiller pilot. We put a TP 10 simrad pilot in the boat this spring, a
Removal of holding tank Vision 32 1994 HV32 at 8:52am 06.28.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1676 The holding tank on this model is under the swim step. What is the best method to remove and is a p

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How to raise a one-piece mast? markwbird at 8:43pm 09.12.22 One piece mast?
New Catalina 30 Owner (1) mikeracca at 8:41pm 09.12.22
Traveling alongside Crusty Ol Salt at 8:23pm 09.12.22 This would be exacrly my response as well .Coming from a blue collar background myself ,the driver
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? Crusty Ol Salt at 8:01pm 09.12.22 What kind of shaft seal is he working with. If it is an old school packing gland, they will sing whe
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? dlochner at 7:57pm 09.12.22 He was unsure. Knows it is a 3 bladed fixed prop. The fixed blade prop will spin when in neutral.
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? sail sfbay at 7:57pm 09.12.22 3 bladed fixed propeller on the Hunter 46.....no big deal to sail in neutral.
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? jssailem at 7:53pm 09.12.22 He was unsure. Knows it is a 3 bladed fixed prop.
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? jssailem at 7:47pm 09.12.22 Yes David. I thought is a little strange. I wondered if there might be a shaft issue or the cutlass
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? dlochner at 7:46pm 09.12.22 What kind of prop is installed? A fixed blade prop will spin the shaft in neutral. A folding or fe
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? Davidasailor26 at 7:43pm 09.12.22 A noise described as singing reminds me of a thread that I think involved the edges of the blade bei
H38 - Jacklines and boom preventer jssailem at 7:41pm 09.12.22 I found the advice from John Harries regarding both Jacklines and preventers to be sound and practic
Yanmar Transmission set while sailing? (1) sail sfbay at 7:29pm 09.12.22 Neutral.
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 7:11pm 09.12.22 if the rebuild is done right, Yes. My adventure into the unknown.
Traveling alongside Timm R Oday25 at 7:11pm 09.12.22 When my boat was transported from Charleston to a yard in New Orleans, the trucker called me from
H38 - Jacklines and boom preventer sail sfbay at 7:10pm 09.12.22 What's a good material? high-strength, low-stretch webbing Jackline Materials Evaluation - Practical
Long range rescue DArcy at 7:10pm 09.12.22 When things go wrong in a survival situation it tends to lead to a snowballing series of problems.
2022 Golden Globe Around the World Race berner73 at 6:46pm 09.12.22 Very cool and thanks for sharing. Nice to see the race in action again. Interesting fleet, surpris
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't DArcy at 6:43pm 09.12.22 John, I'm a little late to the party, I only noticed this thread a couple days ago. Sorry to hear ab
Water Lift Exhaust Muffler on 461 - HELP Mechone at 5:44pm 09.12.22 Replace it with a Vetus which most Beneteaus use
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta BigEasy at 5:42pm 09.12.22 Not until PIC does my New Generator , waiting on them to decide what is next. After that I will be

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