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Florida sailing at Christmas jfrench at 6:38pm 11.17.10 Catalina 22 7/1886 Can any of you Florida owners suggest a good area for my twelve-year-old and I to explore in our Cat
Is this what replacing a thruhull fitting is like? JonnyQuest at 6:22pm 11.17.10 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1630 Jonny Quest's knotmeter is not working and I expect it hasn't been serviced in a half million years.
Engine Overheating Calaloo at 6:18pm 11.17.10 Ask All Sailors 16/3816 I have a Hunter 310 with a Yanmar 2 cylinder diesel. It runs fine all day under 3K rpm but when I pu
3 Blade Post Charlie L at 5:23pm 11.17.10 Big Boats 8/2129 The current prop on my new to me HUNTER 356 is corroded beyond belief. Not enough left to measure.
Short Handed Asymmetric Gybe Question Ducati at 5:00pm 11.17.10 Ask All Sailors 10/4492 If I'm sailing short handed (single or double handed) what is the correct way to gybe an asymmetric
Catalina 42 upgraded rudder RussT1950 at 4:55pm 11.17.10 Big Boats 2/2181 I am thinking about purchasing a 93 Catalina 42. The owner tells me that he repaced the original ru
Tank vent water vapor filter Roger Long at 4:51pm 11.17.10 Ask All Sailors 15/4576 This looks like what Rich has been recommending: https://pindellengineering.com
Looking for O'day 25 (Florida) John Stevens at 3:27pm 11.17.10 Ask An Oday Owner 0/84 I'm looking for an O'day 25, 1979 or newer. I'm located in FL. Thanks, John
"Bone Yard" Webone at 3:23pm 11.17.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2241 Just curious if anyone knows of a "bone yard" for boats? In particular am looking for a shoal draugh
Condensation from fixed port frames paul2012 at 2:57pm 11.17.10 Newport 1/1974 We have a 1987 Newport 30 and their is some moisture coming from the aluminum frames. I took one out
Getting Out Of Irons Don Guillette at 2:29pm 11.17.10 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 10/4919 Winkfish, who sails out of New Orleans (my favorite city), asked about this subject. There are 3 s
Tankette to Eliminate Head Odors? SeaRanch at 12:52pm 11.17.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/5467 Peggy, what are your thoughts on using the "Tankette" to eliminate head odors? Bill http://www.t
Marine-Sat tv butchrobbins at 12:50pm 11.17.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2222 has anyone used this antenna. Looks reasonably priced.http://www.geosatsolutions.com/Marine-Sat.htm
Eliminate Head Odors with Tankette (1) SeaRanch at 12:45pm 11.17.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/5 Peggy, attached article was in Catalina Mainsheet Magazine. Suggests using "Tankette" to eliminate h
M25XP oil leak DanNahant at 11:24am 11.17.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1864 I went to Winterize the Boat. I discovered several ounces of engine oil floating on the bilge water.
Winter Projects timebandit at 10:47am 11.17.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1087 As winter comes around and sailing slows you might want to check this thread for some cheap and kewl
Rudder Crack (2) SailAway1 at 10:38am 11.17.10 Catalina 22 21/5237 Hi everyone! I'm fairly new to sailing and I just purchased a 1980 Catalina 22 swing keel :D. I can
AutoHelm hunting kevinrquinn at 10:01am 11.17.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1394 The Raymarine ST4000+ autohelm on my boat has worked for years but now it wants to snake back and fo
Skin fitting Gwyn at 7:28am 11.17.10 Big Boats 3/1632 Last summer when attempting a boat to boat transfer, my shower outlet skin fitting got knocked off.
Dinghy Davits LaColla at 6:50am 11.17.10 Mid-Size Boats 5/2735 I have a 2007 Hunter 33 and i am considering putting on davits to hold an 11 foot zodiac cub. An

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Removing v-berth bow wood panel on a Hunter 38 (3) JamesG161 at 9:45pm 11.17.21 That is outside work, not Anchor locker work. It is the Bow area that has special structure to take
confused as to what to look for in a blue water boat jssailem at 9:31pm 11.17.21 Fred. I believe, that only you can answer this question. We all can share our ideas, and perhaps som
Can't get yanmar 3GMF above 2200 rpm under load question Capt Robbie at 8:40pm 11.17.21 clear ridged tube into the tank until it bottomed out to pull a sample out from the bottom. Looks g
Can't get yanmar 3GMF above 2200 rpm under load question Benny17441 at 8:36pm 11.17.21 Don't forget to check the fuel tank vent. A partially clogged vent can produce the same symptoms.
confused as to what to look for in a blue water boat fred1diver at 8:31pm 11.17.21 I was looking for something a bit bigger to be honest, as there will be 2 people on the boat, I was
confused as to what to look for in a blue water boat justsomeguy at 8:26pm 11.17.21 A Flicka.
Can't get yanmar 3GMF above 2200 rpm under load question Alan Gomes at 7:40pm 11.17.21 Number "3" how did you check? A negative pressure would indicate m a clogged pickup tube screen, y
Can't get yanmar 3GMF above 2200 rpm under load question DeniseO30 at 7:30pm 11.17.21 Number "3" how did you check? A negative pressure would indicate m a clogged pickup tube screen, y
Yanmar 3GMF still can't get above 2200 Rpm question ? Capt Robbie at 7:26pm 11.17.21 got onto the boat today to do some of suggestions from the group. 1. got rpms to about 2600 in neut
Can't get yanmar 3GMF above 2200 rpm under load question Capt Robbie at 7:18pm 11.17.21 got onto the boat today to do some of suggestions from the group. 1. got rpms to about 2600 in neutr
seacock corrosion (2) jssailem at 7:18pm 11.17.21 Dave's statements above are of great help. The issue is, most times you do may not see all of the p
Frostbiting on a grand scale? PaulK at 7:00pm 11.17.21 The first of the Ultime Tri's has rounded the island off of Southern Brazil and is headed back up to
Can't get yanmar 3GMF above 2200 rpm under load question splax at 7:00pm 11.17.21 exhaust elbow
seacock corrosion dlochner at 6:36pm 11.17.21 thank you for the answer It is scheduled for January or February. That would be a good time to re
Blister on Rudder WasabiRush at 5:54pm 11.17.21 Thanks for the replies and great info everyone. I went there today and drilled three holes in the bo
PNW flooding, terrible.. SoSound at 5:30pm 11.17.21 I think BC got hit a lot harder than we did. There are a lot of micro climates in this region, and
seacock corrosion Don S/V ILLusion at 5:30pm 11.17.21 Your pictures likely resemble the seacocks in half of all boats in any marina. Not the best design b
Removing v-berth bow wood panel on a Hunter 38 Hello Below at 5:27pm 11.17.21 Under the V-berth mattresses there are several lift out panels that provide access to your fresh wat
Removing v-berth bow wood panel on a Hunter 38 (1) Pat Hooyman at 5:00pm 11.17.21 In your owner's manual, behind the wood panel is the Anchor Locker. The Anchor Locker has an abov
Removing v-berth bow wood panel on a Hunter 38 (1) Pat Hooyman at 4:50pm 11.17.21 Reply to OP: The bottom panel is just held with 4 woodscrews and gives access to windlass and surr

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