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PSS Dripless Shaft Seal bellow compression fatigue Patrick Lombard at 9:29am 04.23.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1623 I have a 6 year old PSS Dripless shaft seal. It has been adjusted a few times over the years. My pro
Release agents Ted at 8:51am 04.23.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2304 I am going to be using Marine-Tex (epoxy based putty) to make a small repair adjacent to a threaded
Traveler Quoddy at 8:46am 04.23.11 Ask All Sailors 103/24012 It seems the traveler is falling out of favor on a number of modern boats. The 2011 Bavaria 32, Morr
Double washers on Keel bolts kbrian at 8:37am 04.23.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/2478 On my 510 I have removed the keel bolts and discovered that double washers were used on 3 of the 6 b
Over maintaining darkaegisagain at 8:30am 04.23.11 Ask All Sailors 13/4043 What is a reasonable schedule for diesel filters and oil changes? I think 50 hours is a bit too freq
Shroud & stay tensions sharps4590 at 8:21am 04.23.11 Catalina 22 4/1759 Let me apologize for my computer illiteracy and being unorganized before I even start. I did a sear
O'Day 222 RUDDER kdmjme at 7:47am 04.23.11 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1944 I'm in the process of ordering a new rudder (Idasailor) for my 1984 222 and am curious about the len
Rudder storage thisoldspouse at 7:47am 04.23.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/2142 After seaching the archive, Has anyone found a better place for storing the rudder/tiller? I'm tired
Norths radian sailcloth Andrew Terrey at 7:01am 04.23.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1553 Does anyone have experience with norths radian sailcloth for radial constructed sails?
ice box cover jodygoldman at 5:22am 04.23.11 Catalina 30 1/1747 I have a 1986 catalina 30 and the lid to the ice box is no longer serviceable. I have looked at the
311 Swing Keel reworb at 4:38am 04.23.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2703 We moved to a house that is on shallow water and had to sell our boat. I think a 311 swing keel wou
Macerator Problems (1) AndrewB at 3:20am 04.23.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/4734 We own a Hunter 410 (2000) and spend much time cruising and about 5 months (winter) in the Bahamas.
Rope to Wire Halyard geehaw at 1:25am 04.23.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2371 My boat has wire to rope halyards. The rope has an eye splice this is run through a crimped formed
C&C 30 post 1982 Marathon at 9:04pm 04.22.11 C&C 1/2950 i am looking for information on the hull and deck construction of post 1982 C'C 30's and any issues
Replacement Bulkheads for Catalina 22? jdhatfield at 8:43pm 04.22.11 Catalina 22 3/4277 I am looking for a replacement product for the bulkheads in my Catalina 22 (1988). Any ideas/suppli
Size of stern tube on 466 for Shaft seal drchpete at 7:03pm 04.22.11 Big Boats 2/1355 Does anyone know the size of the stern tube where the shaft exits on the 466 (same on 460?) ? Mode
Spring maintenance PuckandTitania at 7:01pm 04.22.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1488 Replaced the bent up bow eye and filled in the gel coat (from playing bumper boat with the dock and
saturated hull dohcdelsol93 at 7:01pm 04.22.11 Ask All Sailors 12/4505 as some of you know i'm restoring an old boat that appears to be a pre 70's luger boat (westwind or
What compass is on your boat? doehunter at 5:43pm 04.22.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/6724 I started working on the boat today, beginning with learning how to run my new gps unit. So then I'
Tightening of packing nut at shaft? jrowan at 4:50pm 04.22.11 Catalina 30 11/8869 Hello, I was wondering if anyone else has tightened the packing nut at the stuffing box in order t

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GPS Antenna Removal H49 Georgedoyle at 6:09pm 08.29.22 The nuts and washers only keep the bottom and top of the unit together. They don't bolt the unit to
GPS Antenna Removal H49 Georgedoyle at 6:04pm 08.29.22 I used fishing line to cut through the adhesive. Then I pried it off with a putty knife. There are n
2 boom vangs, no main sheet? Jamesiv1 at 6:04pm 08.29.22 @Jamesiv1 thats great to hear. Mark is a super nice guy and a wealth of knowledge. I am sorry I ha
No More Hot Feet Georgedoyle at 6:00pm 08.29.22 I removed the old plastic Before installing. It was not very hard. Two person job. One uses a pair o
Why do we bother rant Don S/V ILLusion at 5:45pm 08.29.22
Ideas to reinforce outboard bracket for trailering Giro at 5:26pm 08.29.22 When I restored my MacGregor 25 I bought a new Honda 9.9 to replace the Honda 7.5 I previously had a
Why do we bother rant Tally Ho at 5:23pm 08.29.22 I ask clueless question because I am clueless..... Seriously my sailing skills are lacking way behi
Practice?? Don Guillette at 5:21pm 08.29.22 Ship Mates: Thank you all for the recommendations. During the phone call I told the 2 couples I didn
Why do we bother rant Crusty Ol Salt at 5:10pm 08.29.22
DC electric panel troubleshooting Tally Ho at 5:05pm 08.29.22 Same reason I found 1 of my 3) 12-volt outlets wired into the same breaker as the fridge:banghead:
Hunter 30 and prop walk Tally Ho at 4:57pm 08.29.22
Autopilot Direct Drive on H34 Tally Ho at 4:42pm 08.29.22
Why do we bother rant Tally Ho at 4:33pm 08.29.22
Cleaning the hull Sailor Sue at 4:27pm 08.29.22 It is currently about $12 a gallon at Lowes. https://www.lowes.com/pd/Klean-Strip-1-Gallon-Safer-M
Why do we bother rant Arbee at 4:24pm 08.29.22 Agree totally with the original rant and I've always found this forum to be incredibly helpful (and
Cleaning the hull dlochner at 3:23pm 08.29.22 I'm not sure how much a gallon of muriatic acid costs, but we buy toilet bowl cleaner at the dollar
Boat lift kappykaplan at 3:18pm 08.29.22 Definitely empty the ballast tank.
Cleaning the hull Sailor Sue at 3:17pm 08.29.22 It is considerably cheaper to just buy a gallon of Muriatic Acid at the hardware store, dilute by 5
Why do we bother rant kappykaplan at 3:16pm 08.29.22 I prefer curmudgeon. That's me! :plus:
Hot water heater kappykaplan at 3:14pm 08.29.22 "Cold water heater." Water heater is sufficient . . .

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