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Coupling removal.... (1) NYSail at 3:54am 04.11.22 Ask All Sailors 17/1438 Hello, So have to replace my cutlass bearing which included sliding shaft down a bit to retrieve bro
Binoculars fred1diver at 5:31pm 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 22/2616 Hey everyone, getting ready for summer, how important are binoculars, my local chandlery wants 370$
Beneteau Spreader Root - Replacements (1) sailingsoarin at 3:36pm 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 3/1214 Hi Everyone, new the the sailing world. We just purchased a 2000 Beneteau Oceanis 361 And need to r
H410 Air Conditioning Seawater Lines sailing gal at 10:48am 04.10.22 Big Boats 17/2552 The seawater line for my aft air conditioner on my H410 always clogs up over time. It isn't scaled u
Mast step H310 wdonovan at 9:33am 04.10.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/658 My massive step plate needs to be removed and resealed. I have all the hardware off and I separated
Hull Rot (1) Scott300 at 8:48am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 16/2485 I'm about to look at a used Catalina from 1979. I see that it will definitely need some fixing up wh
Boating Flares Disposal - My new pet peeve Crusty Ol Salt at 8:12am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 33/3024 This has been building for some time, but has come to a head since purchasing Prometheus. It is almo
Surveyor recommendation - Hilton Head Gold70 at 7:12am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 2/466 Hi, Anyone have a recommendation for a good surveyor in the Hilton Head SC area? Also best Marina'
Plastic Crack Repair, lessons learned over time and busting myths.. (1) Shorefun at 6:49am 04.10.22 Day Sailers 3/1106 I am on my third year of doing crack repairs. My first order of note is to tell you drilling a hol
Volvo shaft seal NYSail at 6:06am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 3/552 Hello all, so on my beneteau I have a volvo shaft seal. I have to slide the shaft aft about 2 inche
O'day 23 need sliding companionway hatch wbliss at 8:57pm 04.09.22 Parts Search 9/1248 I need an O'day 23 replacement sliding companionway hatch cover. The previous owner lost it while d
H34 Seahood ScottFreeRick at 5:31pm 04.09.22 Big Boats 9/1290 Today I removed the seahood from my boat. We have leaks from the starboard side, over the galley an
Questions after removing bottom paint from keel on 44DS 2007 (4) ramoore at 3:21pm 04.09.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1380 Hi, I just had the bottom of my (relatively new to me) 2007 44DS soda blasted for a full re-barrier
Manual bilge pump replacement bracket doesn't line up with bilge pump (1) REDPOPPY at 2:01pm 04.09.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/337 Yikes! I just bought a 1992 Catalina capri 16, with a cracked patay bracket and ripped rubber gasket
External parts of engine control (2) SeaDogRun at 10:24am 04.09.22 Mid-Size Boats 2/692 I have a 1987 Catalina 27. It has an inboard universal diesel. There are several outputs behind the
240 tiller extension replacement (1) jblersch at 10:18am 04.09.22 Smaller Boats 1/536
Bottom painting - Stupid question.....or not? odaydokay at 9:59am 04.09.22 Ask All Sailors 20/1937 So today I am doing my engine prep work; you know the usual... filters, fuel pump clean out, anodes
Lightning Protection captcoho at 8:22am 04.09.22 Ask All Sailors 25/3558 After reading older and not so old threads, how many sailors favor grounding their mast and rigging
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 Gigagybe at 7:03am 04.09.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/2061 I was thinking to install navigation lights on the deck of my Oceanis 31 to replace the one on top o
PVC for Black Water Tank Vents Clutch Cargo at 6:28am 04.09.22 Ask An Oday Owner 4/654 I'm laying out how the 1" waste tank vents will run, and for the long straight sections, I want to u

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Handcrank starting a small engine. (1) dLj at 2:33pm 01.30.25 Just for fun, here's a photo my friend sent me of the catamaran she sailed to the Azores on I mentio
Outfitting a little bare boat dLj at 2:11pm 01.30.25
Handcrank starting a small engine. dLj at 2:00pm 01.30.25 We carry a spare engine. The point is that one cannot buy a hand-start engine anymore, and they ha
Handcrank starting a small engine. capta at 1:46pm 01.30.25 While I get it, you have a lot more faith in electrons than I do. Have you never had a starter moto
Runaway diesel Tally Ho at 1:44pm 01.30.25 No. No crank handle on delivery as a new boat shipped from the Hunter factory in Florida. Mind yo
Handcrank starting a small engine. dlochner at 1:43pm 01.30.25 We carry a spare engine. And a spare hull. ;) If you have a well designed electrical system whe
Outfitting a little bare boat Tally Ho at 1:35pm 01.30.25 Drag line saved me once. I couldn't pull myself up it but I held on until my inexperienced crew he
inspecting a Catalina 30 john6206 at 1:27pm 01.30.25 @Project_Mayhem Sounds like something beyond my skills - if it came to that I think I'd hire that o
Handcrank starting a small engine. colemj at 1:17pm 01.30.25 Being able to get a fundamental system running - your engine - is a pretty nice thing to have....
inspecting a Catalina 30 Project_Mayhem at 12:53pm 01.30.25 Thanks everyone - @Justin_NSA - I wouldn't buy a boat without a survey. I know enough to know tha
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks dLj at 11:52am 01.30.25 The Buttress thread is not unique to Marelon but as far as I am aware, they are the only company th
inspecting a Catalina 30 john6206 at 11:47am 01.30.25 Thanks everyone - @Justin_NSA - I wouldn't buy a boat without a survey. I know enough to know tha
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Hayden Watson at 11:14am 01.30.25 Are buttress threads unique to Marelon sea cocks? Bronze sea cocks do not use them. Well, Grocco se
Runaway diesel (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:58am 01.30.25 Was this engine supplied with a crank handle , Ralph? No. No crank handle on delivery as a new b
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks dLj at 10:10am 01.30.25 Sea cocks and thru hulls use straight threads not tapered which is why they are hard to seal. With
inspecting a Catalina 30 DArcy at 10:08am 01.30.25 I'm a little worried about the 40 year old Atomic 4. There was a comment about diesel being safer.
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Hayden Watson at 9:40am 01.30.25 I think I'm most nervous about overtightening these plastic threads. The resistance increases very
Handcrank starting a small engine. dLj at 9:35am 01.30.25 While this is creative and fits my ethos, it is anachronistic in today's world. Today, one just ca
Outfitting a little bare boat Project_Mayhem at 9:28am 01.30.25 We keep some communal jackets on board in case it gets cold or wet
inspecting a Catalina 30 Project_Mayhem at 9:23am 01.30.25 On that boat before 94 the most common issues are the Catalina smile, mast compression post block in

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