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How to buy vessel from LLC? KittyB at 8:40am 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 9/3023 Hi, all, We are trying to get some advice on purchasing a boat from an LLC. We reached an agreement
How Did You Get Into Sailing? Don Guillette at 8:27am 05.14.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 23/12579 Yesterday, a sail trim forum lister, who does not own a boat (yet), asked me what steps he should ta
RC Sail Boat r.oril at 7:17am 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 5/3663 I have this great little lake about 1/2 mile from my house and I want to get a RC Sail Boat. This is
Hunter 44 packing gland captainpat at 6:26am 05.14.11 Big Boats 3/1346 Finally got the packing gland apart on newly purchased 2003 Hunter 426 and found 2 rings of 1/4" fla
Tiller to pedestal steering conversion on O28 Footdocsailor at 5:16am 05.14.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1667 I am endeavoring to purchase my first boat. I have found an O28 that I am seriously considering maki
What to do if de-masted? inarathree at 5:10am 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 11/3697 I read postings and news articles, where people get de-masted from whales (although I dont think it
loose pintles and gudgeons kepeterss at 5:08am 05.14.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/4019 The pintles and gudgeons on my 1979 Oday 23 have a lot of play in them that seems to be getting wors
Quick fix trailering? jmark at 4:51am 05.14.11 Trailer Sailors 10/4567 Hi, I am new to sailboats and the activities involved in maintaining and moving them. I want to get
73 Ranger 29 Pics - Inside and Outside lemuscounseling at 7:49pm 05.13.11 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 7/8820 I would love to see any 73 Ranger 29 pics so I can see how mine will look after I'm done working on
Hunter 410 stern rail seats Don Lucas at 3:11pm 05.13.11 Big Boats 4/1612 I have a new to me 410. The stern rail seats are off the boat and I don't know whether the drink hol
Another Sailboat 'Capsize' Rick D at 3:09pm 05.13.11 Ask All Sailors 22/6851 This seems awfully familiar: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110513/ap_on_re_us/us_va_capsized_boat
New Prop The chief at 2:15pm 05.13.11 Catalina 30 13/3819 I have a 1989 cat 30 TRBS with Wing. It has the standard Universal M25XP Engine. When I purchased it
need pro's and con's bill beyler at 2:10pm 05.13.11 Smaller Boats 6/2069 I bought a 23.5 Hunter last year and moored it on Lake Mendota in Madison Wi. The boat has a CDI fur
Navigational Application For Ipad msp1mlb at 1:33pm 05.13.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2594 I am looking for a app to put on my iPad that I could use as a backup chart plotter. I have a Veriz
help with masting/trailer jmark at 1:20pm 05.13.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/102 trying to decide how best to approach a new boat purchase. actually it was "free" to me. now comes t
Availability of 2011 YBAA Yacht Purchase & Sale Agreement? Beautiful Day at 12:43pm 05.13.11 Ask All Sailors 1/3203 I am interested in putting in an offer on a sailboat. Can anyone direct me to the the latest 2011 Ya
Another Cable question? Bob S at 11:54am 05.13.11 Ask All Sailors 3/3989 I am adding a Class D VHF radio and will be attaching it to my Raymarine C70 / Raystar 125 Chartplot
Trailer for '73 ODay 22 with fixed keel Rsaoday22 at 11:12am 05.13.11 Day Sailers 2/2216 I am looking at a 1968 little dude trailer to tow my oday 22, but I cant find any specs on the trail
Hunter 40.5 Legend 1995 - hi and help :) redunculous at 10:07am 05.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/4735 Hi all New to the forums here and new (to be) Hunter owner - in fact new sailboat owner altogether!
What Brake Winch for Mac 25? ChockFullOnuts222 at 9:58am 05.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/3 I need to buy a new brake winch for my Mac 25. Looking at Dutton-Lainson (if I spelled that right),

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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?
Carbon Monoxide Alarm going off due to the head? kappykaplan at 4:20pm 09.18.22 I purchased a marine-rated Xintex unit - no more false alarms.
2 mm halyard leader - Canada Leeward Rail at 4:20pm 09.18.22 You want something that is tight cover, it's very abrasion resistant, low stretch, and for it's siz
2 mm halyard leader - Canada Leeward Rail at 4:15pm 09.18.22 This is specific to this task. I would highly recommend you buy, specifically, halyard leader when
I'm assuming this means my battery is dead?? john6206 at 4:00pm 09.18.22

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