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New paint (1) bowlinguy800 at 1:54pm 03.03.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1636 I just purchased an 85 Catalina 22 and was wondering about having the boat repainted. I see where so
Changing Oil in the Yanmar 40 shoeless at 1:50pm 03.03.11 Big Boats 12/2903 Instructions direct the user to draw old engin oil out throught the engine's dip stick pipe. This u
Help with teak maxxx at 1:28pm 03.03.11 Ask All Sailors 10/5181 I'm doing research but have found yall to be such a good resource, hear goes! I'm starting to both r
Velux 5 Oceans race photo finish Scott B at 12:42pm 03.03.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1741 Velux 5 Oceans Open 60, 5 legs around the world, 3rd leg from Wellington NZ, thru the Southern Ocean
holding tank fills itself Mickey84H34 at 12:35pm 03.03.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/6115 The holding tank on our Hunter 34 keeps filling up with sea water while we're away from the boat. We
Yamaha 25 keel and engine yamaha78 at 12:06pm 03.03.11 Yamaha 6/5061 We cut 500 pounds off the bottom of the iron keel. Cutting iron is difficult. We need less draft i
Hazed Beckson ports Ted5610 at 12:04pm 03.03.11 Big Boats 1/1259 The opening ports on my boat were all hazed when I bought it. We could not see thru them any more. S
European vs USA made Skipper at 10:45am 03.03.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1711 Can anyone comment on difference in quality, etc from the Bene's made in France prior to 1986 and th
Centerboard Pendant Replacement Bikrman at 10:30am 03.03.11 Ask An Oday Owner 14/8840 Purchased a 1984 23' anniversay model O'Day sailboat last year. Pretty good shape and am slowing go
Danger To Budgets !! kloudie1 at 9:11am 03.03.11 Ask All Sailors 13/2543 Check this out ! Not Good !! http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/images/stories/web/breaking_news/nmta0303
Battery Replacement ifmdalvey at 8:37am 03.03.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1929 I have 2 Sportsman dualpurpose DP27M batteries with a date stamp of May 2007. CA 850, RC 170, AH 1
Who is the Master? Roger Long at 8:30am 03.03.11 Ask All Sailors 12/2510 The march against the long tradition of the sea continues. There have been some court cases in the
Nina and Pinta sailaway78 at 8:22am 03.03.11 Ask All Sailors 12/3779 The replicas of the Columbus ships are going to be at Legendary Marine in Ft.Walton Beach, Fl. on Ma
fuel tank for a S299 Daves299 at 8:14am 03.03.11 Seidelmann 3/2680 Well I pulled my leaking tank from my S299 in prep for ordering a new one, I had it in the cockpit a
Paint c_witch at 7:51am 03.03.11 Trailer Sailors 18/7023 Hiee all, Well after much time in reading talking etc etc about various paints I have decided on
Rubber thing in fuel tank (1) med2463 at 6:21am 03.03.11 Ask All Sailors 16/3481 Those who followed my recent cruise blog know that we had our engine die on us 4 times due to blocke
Yet Another Yacht Hijacked... Rick D at 5:34am 03.03.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1987 ...but with a better ending: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/piracy;_ylt=Aix5wf.ig.8DV2KqEZk8gKBbbBAF;_y
2004 Hunter Fuel Tank lbd at 3:00am 03.03.11 Mid-Size Boats 7/2650 Have intermittent fuel supply issues. Changed both filters but occaisionally motor Yanmar 27hp appea
Propane Lockers SagaTiba at 12:09am 03.03.11 Bavaria 1/2085 Hey folks, I have a 2003 Bavaria 49 that was built for use in Europe. I brought it over to the Wes
Holding tank for 1980 Catalina 30' igor at 10:44pm 03.02.11 Catalina 30 15/10144 I've been looking for the answer to this on this forum for a while, but have not seen it. Recently

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Windlass on an 11A jssailem at 6:56pm 07.03.22 Oh. Appears they did a good job of it. Would think you would need to reinforce the forward half.
10 guage to 16 guage? jssailem at 6:54pm 07.03.22 No. It is fielders choice.
10 guage to 16 guage? SailingFree44 at 6:50pm 07.03.22 Well, the operation is about to begin. Question came to mind, does it matter if the bilge pump disc
Ignition Switch Boomer2it at 6:50pm 07.03.22 You've posted this three times already. You don't need to. Why? Because many of us read the new
Windlass on an 11A Mark Maulden at 6:08pm 07.03.22
10 guage to 16 guage? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 6:01pm 07.03.22 Califonia and the earthquakes shook the house, damaged the wiring. I'm sure wave action on your h
10 guage to 16 guage? jssailem at 5:56pm 07.03.22 Your fine Greg. You were likely connecting solid copper wires with the wire nuts. That is what they
10 guage to 16 guage? Ralph Johnstone at 5:43pm 07.03.22
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? (3) Ralph Johnstone at 5:27pm 07.03.22 Originally I had no exhaust fan and the engine compartment heated to over 175 F. This was way too h
knot ID sunlover at 5:21pm 07.03.22
knot ID Davidasailor26 at 5:18pm 07.03.22 Looks like a halyard hitch - Halyard Hitch
10 guage to 16 guage? Davidasailor26 at 5:15pm 07.03.22 Not to get us too deep into this, but I just wired up a new ceiling fan at home, and the wires to t
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? dlochner at 5:13pm 07.03.22 I never do either. That's why I asked. I hadn't thought of the alternator though. I think I'll run
Newport 28 mk2 masthead fittings (1) adamv at 5:11pm 07.03.22 206883
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? Tim Mills at 5:01pm 07.03.22 I never do either. That's why I asked. I hadn't thought of the alternator though. I think I'll run s
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? Tim Mills at 4:59pm 07.03.22 I never run the blower fan, it serves no purpose and its noisy. I am intrigued by @Ralph Johnstone
knot ID (1) sunlover at 4:51pm 07.03.22 this app sucks. I had a photo attached, now lost. I tried my best to reproduce, but I think I ne
Any ideas, better A/C drainage? capta at 4:43pm 07.03.22 I've had this problem quite a few times. Most often it is the lint from the coils dripping off with
knot ID Tally Ho at 4:29pm 07.03.22 anyone know what this knot is? they are used on clasps on my Beneteau. I know exactly what it i
Ignition Switch Tally Ho at 4:27pm 07.03.22 Are you sure you wired the switch exactly as the old one? Is the switch the same (Same connections

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