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Patronus is home Juice6576 at 5:59pm 05.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 6/2111 Shakedpwon cruise is in the books. The weather was crappy and not much sailing got done, but we sure
Crack In Mast (1) plannen at 5:45pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 36/10282 My mast has a 12" crack at the lower section of this 50 ft mast. (see photo) Is there a risk sailing
Motor mount installation and access to bolts? jrale at 5:37pm 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1998 Macgregor Owners, RE: 25 ft Macgregor sailboat: How do you gain access to motor mount bracket bolts
barlow winch Jerry C at 4:52pm 05.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1391 how to take apart a barlow australia on a 222 mast
Rudder Line Question Ledhead51879 at 4:34pm 05.21.11 Day Sailers 2/1626 I recently purchased an Oday DSII but it has a DSIII rudder, I took the rudder assembly apart to cle
Removing bent dipstick Raftco at 4:09pm 05.21.11 Engines and Propulsion 2/2867 I have a Universal 25XP diesel. Today, I went to check the oil level and found the dipstick seems t
Boom vang ehudm at 3:10pm 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/6082 Did anyone try to use 2 boom-vangs? one connected to the port side and the other to starboard side.
Breaker Sizing FourPoints at 2:59pm 05.21.11 Musings With Maine Sail 27/14787 I'm trying to size the breakers for the new electricial panel, right now on the old panel everything
What would you do with this fitting? Roger Long at 2:15pm 05.21.11 Musings With Maine Sail 18/6999 This fitting on my Yanmar, just downstream from the RW pump, has a NPT thread but has to end up orie
Grand opening of New dock in Anacortes paulj at 2:08pm 05.21.11 Catalina 310 2/1753 New dock at Port of Anacortes - Cap Sante Boat Haven Anacortes,Wa is not for Catalina 310's ..
Normal cracks in keel? (3) bustedrudder at 2:03pm 05.21.11 Big Boats 3/2139 Looking at a 376 shoal draft. On haulout it was noted there is a 2' crack on the port side starting
trouble logging in Bob 04 H260 at 1:41pm 05.21.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/2890 I can login fine on the home page but if I try to login on the Hunter forums I get an error, user na
Coolant Change Siamese at 1:26pm 05.21.11 Catalina 309 Group Forum 2/4999 I need to change the coolant on my 309's 3YM20 Yanmar. Can anyone speak with authority on the best
New Panel (1) c_witch at 12:59pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2073 HIee, Just thought I'd post a picture of the new panel I've made for our boat. It has mounted a n
Well...Hello There rhr1956 at 12:44pm 05.21.11 Pearson 0/1072 I just joined the group. I have sailed off and on for about 20 years and I am just getting back into
Keel jlgregg at 11:05am 05.21.11 Ranger Boats (WA) 0/2640 I will soon need to replace the swing keel in my Ranger 20. Does anyone make replacements?
Cruise to Ensenada Levin at 9:34am 05.21.11 Destinations 30/12859 Hello all... I've been toying with plans for a cruise to Ensenada later this summer and wonder
Mast Climbing? cscott at 9:24am 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/3485 Question? Have any of you ever climbed the mast of your Mac 26? If so, what equipment did you use?
New to Forum Whitebeard at 8:39am 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 18/2797 Just joined the forum and wanted to say hi. I hear the world is supposed to end at 6:00 PM today so
Mast (1) bowlinguy800 at 8:32am 05.21.11 Catalina 22 5/1527 Hello all, I'm getting ready to put my Cat 22 in the water for the first time. However I have a ques

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FM Radio/CD player connected to starter battery BBC16385 at 5:08am 09.18.22 The radio is a West Marine discontinued radio from five or more years ago. My connection is like yo
FM Radio/CD player connected to starter battery BBC16385 at 5:02am 09.18.22 I have a breaker for the radio on the panel. When I turn it off the radio turns off but somehow a f
New home for Andante (1) Deleted member 117556 at 4:39am 09.18.22 All the best. Consider the Rhodes 22...I owned a 1995 for about 12 years. Outstanding trailerable cr
Reef line separated in boom Jwhy at 3:48am 09.18.22 Congratulations!
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising garymalmgren at 12:29am 09.18.22 Is there any simple way to very the high temp alarm is functional before I go ahead with the 10 hour
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising Ralph Johnstone at 11:56pm 09.17.22 Short the sensor to ground to ensure it does make a sound but that does not prove what temp. it soun
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising skunther at 11:30pm 09.17.22 Is there any simple way to very the high temp alarm is functional before I go ahead with the 10 hour
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising Alan Gomes at 11:30pm 09.17.22 Funny there are different Yanmar recommendations regarding running up the engine to the rated rpm.
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising skunther at 11:27pm 09.17.22 No obvious errors regardless of where you look. I do the same as you and no smoke from a 2GM20F.
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising skunther at 11:24pm 09.17.22 Did he say if the mill is running within the specified temperature range? If he has not looked, he
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising skunther at 11:22pm 09.17.22 Funny there are different Yanmar recommendations regarding running up the engine to the rated rpm. I
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising Alan Gomes at 10:41pm 09.17.22 Is there any reason NOT to run an engine at its rated rpm for any significant amount of time? My Ya
Reef line separated in boom Hayden Watson at 10:41pm 09.17.22
Reef line separated in boom (1) Hayden Watson at 10:39pm 09.17.22
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising skunther at 10:15pm 09.17.22 My 3GM30 used to smoke a little on cold start and while running, just noticeable, not as bad as you
Identify 6M O'DAY? Will Gilmore at 10:03pm 09.17.22 I think my Neighbor's 1968 model has had her CB replaced like that, since I could see a little of t
Hot water tank use when at anchor skunther at 9:43pm 09.17.22 Yup, we have a solar shower for backup. Boat has a 6 gallon hot water tank, heated by element under
New home for Andante Tom J at 9:42pm 09.17.22
Its funny Friday! (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:13pm 09.17.22 and commented on my tiny Johnson. Should have told him, 'It's the cold water. It's the cold wat
Its funny Friday! (1) DArcy at 9:06pm 09.17.22 A buddy was over at my boat, we were trying out a new 10' RIB with a 9.9 OB. We both agreed the Yama

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