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We have Been Underway Chuckbear at 5:56pm 05.20.11 Destinations 3/3309 Beach House and crew have been underway from the Chesapeake to Florida and we are posting our progre
Outboard stuck in down imdalziel at 4:57pm 05.20.11 Engines and Propulsion 6/3708 Hi all, I'm needing a little bit of advice. The problem is that my 1985 90 hp Johnson motor needs a
Jib furling Srushton at 4:07pm 05.20.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/974 Hello all, First time posting. Just purchased a 1989 Hunter Vision 32 footer. Really miss the fur
Possible Purchas 86 Catalina (1) sparkem at 3:43pm 05.20.11 Mid-Size Boats 11/2601 Hi, I'm finally making the plunge and planning to get into sailing. I'm going to look at a 1986 C2
Inspired by Sum...My first welding project (2) highdesertM26 at 3:24pm 05.20.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1872 I added a bow roller. I really hope it helps with lifting the bow up when retrieving the boat.
online manuals merlinuxo at 2:08pm 05.20.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/14725 I'd posted a thread with links to online manuals and mentioned I had gotten the manuals from another
Looking for bow rollers robwatt at 1:55pm 05.20.11 Big Boats 4/1589 I need 2 new bow roller wheels for my anchor pulpit on my sailboat. Both are 2 7/8" wide and have a
Intex Inflatable Dinghies ms-card@cox.com at 1:53pm 05.20.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1969 I'm looking for a dinghy for transport between anchorages and moorings to shore and back. Don't even
Charger lead Solstice at 12:05pm 05.20.11 Musings With Maine Sail 4/3111 Mainsail, Just bought a new boat and my first project is to add a starting battery. I've done this o
Single Line Mainsail Reef line twist smitski2001 at 12:02pm 05.20.11 Mid-Size Boats 4/4136 Hey All, We have a '97 C320 with the single line Mainsail reefing system. I run into an issue with
Online Manuals merlinuxo at 11:32am 05.20.11 Morgan 2/3555 One of the Yahoo Groups Morgan Owners members passed on the following links for all sorts of manuals
Holy LED Batman! Roger Long at 11:13am 05.20.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 11/5155 I've seen the numbers but they didn't really sink in until I got the battery monitor going. I've co
Yacht Specialists Pedestal dborko1 at 10:31am 05.20.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1893 I am looking for part of pedestal that goes above throttle / Transmission body and the compass mount
Prop question, again The chief at 9:00am 05.20.11 Catalina 30 2/1682 I have decided to change out my Two Blade to a Three. I was advised by some on the forum to go with
Another Fresh water flush option for SeaEra Electric head? Solstice at 8:33am 05.20.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2765 Hi Peggie, Just purchased a new boat that comes with a Raritan SeaEra electric head. Unfortunately i
What size vented loop? DannyS at 8:27am 05.20.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/3436 I'm ordering all of my parts and pieces for my full head, tank, hose replacement project and I need
generator hopes Ken H at 8:25am 05.20.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2231 Would it be possible to install a generator in a Hunter 320? If so, who might I contact about findin
Black bottom coating to reduce algae growth Warren Wagner at 8:02am 05.20.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2984 Just bout a 25' '85 O'day and it has a black bottom coating that comes off on your hand and I was to
reefing line TerryGufshoz at 7:39am 05.20.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1490 Can anyone help me with sizing the outhaul for my 29.5? The line has been spliced with a knot by th
Sad Derelect (1) kloudie1 at 7:30am 05.20.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2823 We were messing around Bayou Lacombe on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain and this old beauty of

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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
Any woodworkers about? Daveinet at 6:18pm 09.18.22 Cut and sand a piece of masonite to the exact curve you need. Sand it to shape using a drum sander.
2 mm halyard leader - Canada dlochner at 6:09pm 09.18.22 If you want to buy the line from a Marine store, this line from Binnacle will work, it is 3/16" poly
Identify 6M O'DAY? Sunbird22358 at 5:52pm 09.18.22 I'll defer to a MARINER owner on that question, I know there was apparently originally some kind of
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising buddybear at 5:42pm 09.18.22 I am I believe the 3rd owner of this boat. Who knows how it was broken in. Air filter is new. EGR i
Identify 6M O'DAY? mike sail at 5:41pm 09.18.22
Stuffing box repack buddybear at 5:33pm 09.18.22
Carbon Monoxide Alarm going off due to the head? kappykaplan at 4:56pm 09.18.22 Great question - hopefully their website can do a much better job of answering the question than I c
Carbon Monoxide Alarm going off due to the head? Leeward Rail at 4:37pm 09.18.22 I purchased a marine-rated What makes them marine rated?

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