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seacock corrosion (2) chaves188 at 2:25pm 11.17.21 Ask All Sailors 6/908 I need some advice with the holding tank seacock, it has some corrosion. Is the boat at danger? is u
Seacock Corrosion chaves188 at 2:15pm 11.17.21 Bavaria 0/17 I need some advice with the holding tank seacock, it has some corrosion. Is the boat at danger? is u
Universal M 25 fuel lines cdsailor at 10:45am 11.17.21 Engines and Propulsion 4/756 I have a universal M 25. For a long time I have had a problem starting the engine when it is cold.
Removing v-berth bow wood panel on a Hunter 38 Pat Hooyman at 10:37am 11.17.21 Big Boats 8/1050 Has any one removed the bow wood panels at the front of the v-berth on a Hunter 38 or similar setup?
Dinghy floor replacement sailcapt340 at 7:56am 11.17.21 Ask All Sailors 6/812 Last year I repaired my Achilles Dinghy plywood floor. The repair held up great, but now and why wo
WTB 23.5 or 240 in PNW PNWSailing at 7:39am 11.17.21 Smaller Boats 5/536 Not sure if this is right place. Did not see a wanted section in classifieds. I am looking for a cle
door kit for 1996 bennetau oceanis 400 bwagner187 at 6:24am 11.17.21 Parts Search 5/719 Ahoy, I just purchased my first sail boat . It is a beautiful one owner bennetau oceanis 400 and I
Looking for advice. Crusair supply valve (1) Justin_NSA at 6:05am 11.17.21 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/932 Looking for issues I ought to be fixing in the off season. I'm already flipping my fresh water press
Catalina 30 Terminal block? (1) Joe Perez at 8:17pm 11.16.21 Catalina 30 14/1992
Catalina 30 Terminal Block? Joe Perez at 8:12pm 11.16.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/514
PNW flooding, terrible.. DAVA390 at 3:29pm 11.16.21 Ask All Sailors 19/1395 Been seeing news reports of your storms, hope you guys are o.k. ..
C30 MKII main shaft pulley and v belt clearance with the M25XP (3) Captain.Olives at 3:18pm 11.16.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/756 Before I go and start cutting out a notch into the lip of the cabin sole/cabin settee, thought it pr
Surfing Cat DayDreamer41 at 11:51am 11.16.21 Ask All Sailors 9/910 ETir8OEdDrc
Winter Season & Project Plans (1) DayDreamer41 at 11:22am 11.16.21 Ask All Sailors 5/950 So the off season for many of us is here, :wahwah: and we see our vessels sitting in cradles or on s
Blister on Rudder (1) WasabiRush at 10:47am 11.16.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/947 My boat was hauled out last week for the winter. Upon inspection, I detected a blister about 3/4 up
Looking at a c30 this weekend SailingLoto at 4:11am 11.16.21 Catalina 30 5/1082 I am driving to Stockton Mo to view a 1983 C30 this Saturday. Anything in particular I should look
Water Heater temp setting ricksoth at 6:50pm 11.15.21 Ask All Sailors 10/1526 I have an ancient square box type water heater (Seward, Atwood, etc) on my Cal 2-27 that I have been
Windlass for Hunter 340. mromanow at 5:48pm 11.15.21 Ask All Sailors 1/588 Has anyone tried to install a windlass on a Hunter 340? if so how do you get the anchor rode into t
Can't get yanmar 3GMF above 2200 rpm under load question Capt Robbie at 2:58pm 11.15.21 Big Boats 56/6079 have been looking into this issue for two seasons and still have not been able to resolved it. A lit
oil pressure sensor quandry patfarrell1949 at 2:52pm 11.15.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1287 My 50CC has a Yanmar 4JH4-HTE with Teleflex i5501 engine monitoring. After erratic oil pressure read

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Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. ethanknox at 6:59am 07.11.24 I think you are way overcomplicating this. At this point I suspect a bad wire, the oil pressure sw
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. jviss at 6:57am 07.11.24 I think you are way overcomplicating this. At this point I suspect a bad wire, the oil pressure swi
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. ethanknox at 6:53am 07.11.24 Yes, the oil pressure switch closes when engine is running to provide power to the electric fuel pu
What are these screw things called jviss at 6:44am 07.11.24 Are you wrapping the rivets in the tape then inserting and riveting? dj No, I just use the brush
What are these screw things called dLj at 6:42am 07.11.24 I've done a lot stainless to aluminum attachments, and using thin white tape between them, and Tef-
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. ethanknox at 6:40am 07.11.24 Gotcha, I'm not familiar with the area; I assume Piers 3 and 5 are in Philly? Yep I'll DM you what
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. ethanknox at 6:40am 07.11.24 I want to say I think the cooling is ok, just by deduction - I'm still getting the same amount of ex
What are these screw things called jviss at 6:39am 07.11.24 I'd be interested in knowing what the "quality" aluminum rivets are. But from all I've seen, the p
What are these screw things called dLj at 6:36am 07.11.24 So... I'm the least expert of these posters but I have an engineer friend who is a sailer - primari
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. jviss at 6:28am 07.11.24 I'm in VA still, I plan on sailing back up to Pier 3 (if there's still a slip) once I get this engi
EV-100 auto helm issues Tally Ho at 6:27am 07.11.24 My autohelm has been acting up and I just wondering if anyone else has experienced this and may pos
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. ethanknox at 6:27am 07.11.24 May I ask, where in Philadelphia are you moored? I'm in VA still, I plan on sailing back up to Pie
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. jviss at 6:24am 07.11.24 May I ask, where in Philadelphia are you moored?
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. ethanknox at 6:10am 07.11.24 I kinda like this maintenance caution, also. Even with a boat drafting 6', I have churned up some s
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. jviss at 6:08am 07.11.24 Nope the boat had an atomic 4 originally I believe (or a universal can't remember atm) - she was re
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. ethanknox at 6:06am 07.11.24 My sympathies for your engine woes, but I think you are burying the lead. "Sold all my stuff, and m
P42 radar mount HoosierSailor at 6:06am 07.11.24 Hmmm.... What makes you think that's they way it came from the factory? Surely that tape wouldn't
Turnbuckle adjustments for trailer sailers? Project_Mayhem at 6:06am 07.11.24 THere's a few variations on what @jviss posted but these things are invaluable for a trailer sailor.
B331 Bilge Pump electrical Issues Project_Mayhem at 5:56am 07.11.24 Are you still having issues with this?
Welcome to sailing! Here, have an engine/electrical issue. ethanknox at 5:54am 07.11.24 Is that engine with <900 hours as old as the boat? If the pressure sensor wire is suspect, I would

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