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Yanmars engine alarm Ronallen at 4:40pm 04.24.11 Engines and Propulsion 5/3506 I have a yanmars 2 qm15 in my 1978 c'c 30 RWcooled. It starts fine but lately the alarm buzzer sta
Help understanding furling system: O'day 322 (5) abaragones at 4:20pm 04.24.11 Bigger Boats 6/4415 Hi, I need some help understanding the furling system in my new to me O'day 322. I have what I bel
Compact electric raw water head DanColucci at 3:52pm 04.24.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 12/5644 So I wanted to put another Raritan Sea Elegance electric head in my new boat and replace the compact
Safety netting attachments treeder65 at 3:07pm 04.24.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2517 I have a 1986 Catalina 25. I bought some 40' x 2' safety netting for kids and pets to attach around
what's on the bottom javelin at 2:48pm 04.24.11 Catalina 30 2/1692 Is there a way of telling what kind of bottom coat is on my 82 Catalina 30. It's black , sands very
My magnetic mistake agaliha at 2:41pm 04.24.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1874 On Good Friday, I was sailing on NE on Chickamauga Lake with winds out of the south at 18 knots, gus
Safety line pelican hook rings (3) paulj at 1:35pm 04.24.11 Catalina 310 4/2652 Grasshopper Spent the morning redoing safety line pelican hook rings. Must have used wrong for
Wet Exhaust Hose braund at 1:11pm 04.24.11 Catalina 30 1/1593 I'm replacing the cooling water inlet hose to the diesel on my C30. It is wet exhaust hose, but as I
Where do the wires go on the outboard? ebsail at 12:43pm 04.24.11 Ask All Sailors 8/3293 I just bought an O Day 25 and it came with a 9.9 Mercury outboard (circa 1990) electric start w/alte
Need To Replace The Bow Pulpit mccauley13 at 12:38pm 04.24.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1917 The boat next to mine broke loose in last weeks storms and got into my bow pulpit and bent one of th
B331 - CQR Anchor on Bow Roller (2) CABixler at 9:32am 04.24.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/5043 Over the winter I bought a CQR style anchor for my Beneteau 331. The primary purpose being it wou
Fringe Benefits of Upgrading Roger Long at 8:32am 04.24.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 8/4899 Or, maybe it's a primary benefit. You find things like this: http://hphotos-ash4.fbcdn.net/221307_
Jib Telltales Quoddy at 8:16am 04.24.11 Ask All Sailors 6/3435
Sail Boat in "Tourist" r.oril at 8:10am 04.24.11 Ask All Sailors 7/5012 What was the sail boat used in the movie "Tourist". It's pertty neat that Johnny Depp would sail of
Too Much Engine dependence Don Guillette at 7:16am 04.24.11 Catalina 30 12/2946 This thread was posted on the SAIL TRIM FORUM and since it involves a C30 I though some of you mate
Too Much Engine Dependence Don Guillette at 7:02am 04.24.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/4723 A Catalina30 friend of mine from So Ca called me the other day regarding the thread on steering with
O'day 34 limber holes Sefuller at 6:04am 04.24.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1530 On our 1983 34, the domestic water pump is in the "L" of the port settee. There appears to be a ver
216 Broach Paul Wash at 5:12am 04.24.11 Smaller Boats 2/1377 For those of you who ask if you can capsize a 216, just wanted to share our experience yesterday aft
beneteau oceanis 311 hbrowes at 3:32am 04.24.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1616 hi has anyone mounted davits on the transom of a 311? if so what type and how did you mount. the tra
Sailing for Hope Regatta to benefit St. Jude Children's Hosp crewzen at 12:01am 04.24.11 Racing 0/2524 The Kentucky Lake Sailing Club will host a very special regatta (distance race) on May 21, 2011 to b

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Problem lower the main Rabe at 12:00pm 06.01.22 That appears to be a friction stop.. Drill a hole into the mast that would like the stop bolt to re
Replacing windows DRhoads at 11:58am 06.01.22 Check the web site store. They have "windows" per model and location on the boat
Being contacted fstbttms at 11:33am 06.01.22 The other day I got a private message from someone who was looking at a boat having stated he read
Converting Cable/Quadrant steering to torque tube on a '09 H31 kappykaplan at 11:17am 06.01.22 Linear drives are not inexpensive, but it was money well-spent for me to convert from a wheel pilot
Oday 26 chain plate leak Project_Mayhem at 11:12am 06.01.22 Replacing a bulkhead is relatively easy but it involves work nonetheless. Just think of it as replac
Screwed through the hull dLj at 10:39am 06.01.22 Gflex 655 is the thickened epoxy, probably easier to use than the Gflex 650 which is not thickened.
Beacon Near Point Grey Stu Jackson at 10:28am 06.01.22 I noticed that there's an identical beacon further south in the middle of the same traffic lane, so
O'Day 25 Head Project_Mayhem at 10:23am 06.01.22 My 78 came with a porta potty with a built in tank and pump out port. I replaced it with the one sho
Back grinding... Project_Mayhem at 10:17am 06.01.22 As a reference, my O'Day 25 takes about 1.5 quarts of VC17
Emergency bilge pumps(s) Project_Mayhem at 10:14am 06.01.22 There's no pump quite like a sailor with a bucket in a boat full of water
Being contacted (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:05am 06.01.22 Not the best move on your part. You should have responded. That may have been the sound of opportu
O'Day 23 interior repair questions Project_Mayhem at 9:38am 06.01.22 Can you post a few pics so we can give you accurate advice? Some changes were made over the years
Beacon Near Point Grey Tedd at 9:33am 06.01.22 I'm a little rusty on my chart-reading skills, but it looks like it marks the center of the traffic
Beacon Near Point Grey kappykaplan at 9:30am 06.01.22 I'm a little rusty on my chart-reading skills, but it looks like it marks the center of the traffic
Charging from a tow vehicle mermike at 9:17am 06.01.22 I'm interested in this too. @mermike - could you elaborate so we all learn a little more? My instin
Max prop issues pipedream at 9:16am 06.01.22 Yeah, maybe if PYI were given correct info. If the techs verified settings during during assembly.
Marine plywood- to use or not to use? Project_Mayhem at 9:09am 06.01.22 Call around to different lumber yards. 1/2" sheet cost me $80 a few years ago
EV 100 autopilot drive belt StephenD at 9:08am 06.01.22 The belts available online mostly say their pn is D169, and are made to work with the MK I version w
Charging from a tow vehicle mermike at 9:08am 06.01.22 Is that because of the potential current draw? Yes, exactly. If you check the wire gauge on the 7-
Charging from a tow vehicle AaronD at 9:02am 06.01.22 Is that because of the potential current draw? I'm interested in this too. @mermike - could you el

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