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overheating and leaking heat exchanger Steph at 6:47pm 05.19.11 Musings With Maine Sail 7/5190 After process of elimination to find the cause of my overheating engine, Westerbeke 13, (210 - 225 d
Marine myth or reality whale bait? Prime Time at 5:44pm 05.19.11 Ask All Sailors 12/3224 You never know what you are going to hear at the boat yard. Someone was very adamant that they ha
Which invertor works for LCD TV simplicity at 5:37pm 05.19.11 Ask All Sailors 22/6265 I want to purchase a Xantrex invertor(modifies sine wave) and want to run a new LCD TV. Does anyone
Hi, i'm new (1) jmartyg at 4:10pm 05.19.11 Smaller Boats 6/1859 Hi all, I'm new here. Odly, I didn't immediately see a 'new' forum, so this is where i'll post. M
Inmast Furling Question joker460 at 2:04pm 05.19.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/4260 I just got back from the boat and finished up the rigging. I got the genoa up with no problems.
Potential engine problems?????? bigsick at 1:46pm 05.19.11 Mid-Size Boats 9/2118 Just splashed the boat today (326 with Yanmay 2GM20F). Thought I would take it out for a quick spin
chrome refinish FourPoints at 1:33pm 05.19.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2353 I took the door to the head off to begin varnishing it, and noticed that the chrome on the door hand
Java almost home Jim Seamans at 1:04pm 05.19.11 Ask All Sailors 11/3372 Well after 7 months and almost 3000 miles, Joan and I will return to our home port at Cobb Island, M
Installation of Raymarine radar pod Bobbaynton at 11:36am 05.19.11 Bavaria 0/2329 I am in the throes of installing the above on my 2 cabin, 2003 Bav 36. The pod is being installed on
How to start bow thruster Donizetti at 11:22am 05.19.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 17/4543 Hi all, just received my B40 2008 today and I was unable to get the bow thruster to work... Everythi
Cockpit table ideas dscribner at 10:53am 05.19.11 Ask All Sailors 12/7338 My Lancer 25 has a tiller, so binnacle for mounting a table to. Anybody have any good ideas on a st
Attaching Dock Lines to Pilings arknoah at 10:50am 05.19.11 Ask All Sailors 13/14122
Jupiter & St. Lucie Inlets bobtigar at 10:48am 05.19.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2288 Does anyone have local knowledge of entry(from the ocean) of Jupiter and St. Lucie Inlets?
wrapping the mixing elbow (1) guidera48 at 9:19am 05.19.11 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1370 I have removed all the loose wrap from the exaust manifold since it was loose and comming apart. I h
Victron questions Roger Long at 8:46am 05.19.11 Musings With Maine Sail 16/5787 I just got the Victron battery monitor installed. I didn't realize that I now have one parasitic lo
Ideas about sail sales Jeffrey Wittmann at 8:12am 05.19.11 Day Sailers 3/1458 Gang, I have a new sail for my old O'Day 22, 1974 that I want to sell (for a long list of boring re
Getting Rid of Mould KenG at 7:07am 05.19.11 Ask All Sailors 14/4352 Hi there Started to clean up the boat yesterday to get ready for the season. Last summer I noticed
Winches c_witch at 6:00am 05.19.11 Trailer Sailors 6/3190 Hiee all, Firstly, the keel winch is toast on our boat. I have looked at a number of ramps that I
First Boat C-27 chris07182 at 5:59am 05.19.11 Mid-Size Boats 4/1857 Hi everyone, This is my first post so I'll give you a little background. I am a mid 20's guy who has
I hate this time of year... BobM at 5:44am 05.19.11 S2 2/1465 Questions from well meaning friends... "Did you take the boat out?" "Is the boat in?" "When

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Anchor Chain flightlead404 at 9:41am 09.14.22 Most vintage Hunters came with 5/16" (diameter of the wire, not the length of the link or width of
Help needed to identify a furler system SYNOAH at 9:14am 09.14.22 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! You are off to a good start.......
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 9:12am 09.14.22
Clevis Pin Forestay dlochner at 9:02am 09.14.22 I'm the only one that finds that scary and very poorly designed? The cotter on the starboard sided
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries Davidasailor26 at 9:02am 09.14.22 Yanmars are supposed to be replaced periodically: 4 years or 1,000 hours. I'm searching for the spe
Help needed to identify a furler system sail sfbay at 8:48am 09.14.22 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! You are off to a good start attempt
Creaking companion way steps on Oceanis 37 Davidasailor26 at 8:41am 09.14.22 Is the creak coming from the treads themselves or could it be coming from the engine hatch where it
Clevis Pin Forestay thinwater at 8:38am 09.14.22 I'm the only one that finds that scary and very poorly designed? The cotter on the starboard sided
Reef line separated in boom Parsons at 8:28am 09.14.22 This is much simpler than you think, and you may not have to remove the end-cap of the boom at all.
Going back to sailing 60 years later (1) jssailem at 8:25am 09.14.22 @Siamese It was not a boat name it was a brand name. Wood-Pussy is a 4.1 m monohull sailboat desig
Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 jssailem at 8:22am 09.14.22 If you are just trying to get by, then the shaft/transmission couplings are all you need. Looking
Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 Sailgunner at 7:54am 09.14.22 You can find repalcement couplings at general propeller. You will need the shaft size and bolt hole
Reef line separated in boom Hayden Watson at 7:52am 09.14.22 When I converted my boom to single line reefing, I needed to remove both end caps to do the work ins
Remove forecabin mirror on Oceanis 37 Allan12210 at 7:05am 09.14.22 Maybe put some adhesive backed velcro right on top of your existing mirror and attach a new mirror r
Going back to sailing 60 years later Siamese at 6:48am 09.14.22 I just want to know who in the hell names their boat design "wood-pussy"? Ya know?
Reef line separated in boom Siamese at 6:39am 09.14.22 I dunno. I recently put all new running rigging on my Catalina 315. Well, except for the reef line
Reef line separated in boom (1) sail sfbay at 6:36am 09.14.22 Ouch!! If you reefing line looks like the leftmost diagram below and you can remove the end cap the
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida dlochner at 6:24am 09.14.22 He does have a very small solar panel probably 12 or 20 watts. Not super useful. He has a very rest
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries kloudie1 at 6:10am 09.14.22 The mounts can be checked by measuring the clearance between the top and bottom steel plates. I seem
Output Shaft Coupling Hunter 28.5 Simon Sexton at 6:06am 09.14.22 Are you looking for the shaft coupling? Or the transmission output flange. I replaced the shaft c

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