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Need advice on paint Knot Happy at 10:13am 06.30.22 Ask All Sailors 6/880 Hello good people, I'm restoring a Catalina 22 that will be on a trailer when not in used. I will be
MacGregor 25 Decks Giro at 10:09am 06.30.22 Ask All Sailors 9/1317 Does anyone know if there might be balsa, or anything else, in the deck of a 1983 MacGregor 25?
Transducer jeremycorbett at 9:25am 06.30.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/416 I'm taking our 35 Legend out of the water and considering upgrading the nav equipment with a Garmin
Wouldn't it be cool... jviss at 5:38am 06.30.22 Ask All Sailors 21/3254 ...if one had a refrigeration unit dedicated to blowing cold air into the alternator, onto the regul
Fourth of July Celebration Cruise Terry Cox at 9:46pm 06.29.22 Pacific North West Cruisers 2/1046 Current plan is to sail over to Fishermans Bay on the west side of Lopez for a Fourth of July celebr
Boston day trips/motor boat Alansails at 7:17pm 06.29.22 Ask All Sailors 5/762 looking for quick suggestions to destinations out of Boston Harbor, Son has a power boat-36' Egg Har
Old bronze brass sailors bell? (2) edw_kym at 1:59pm 06.29.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1124 In grandfather's she'd he was a WW2 Naval officer.We located this old brass looking oval bell.Looks
Hello (1) oday_kentucky at 11:22am 06.29.22 Day Sailers 6/1451 Hello everyone. New to the forum. Fairly new sailboat owner. Bought my 76 Oday 22 last year. Been wo
ATOMIC 4 OWNERS? Boatjoc at 9:05am 06.29.22 Islander 7/1513 Are there any boaters in the San Diego area operating with an Atomic 4 motor? I recently purchased
Waterproof Toggle Switch Covers for Yanmar - Cheap and Available baycloud at 8:58am 06.29.22 Big Boats 0/753 Hey all just FYI, I bought a bag of rubber toggle switch covers. They are indeed the right size for
Mystery beneath my prop strut (1) vwjim70 at 8:54am 06.29.22 Ask All Sailors 16/2724 Hi, I am restoring my O'Day 25 trying to get her back in to sailing shape. I had to remove the prop
Stanchion base plate replacement on H50 (2) Gianni65 at 7:40am 06.29.22 Big Boats 3/711 Hello. I have a starboard stanchion on a 2007 Hunter 50 which has the male pipe (the one inserting
Hunter 37.5 - Dinette Table Stuck neilleparkerjr at 6:32am 06.29.22 Big Boats 3/1046 Hunter Legend 37.5 1995. Has anyone had trouble with their dinette table getting stuck? When I b
Push button switch for starter Mistyseas1991 at 9:20pm 06.28.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/3640 I push the starting button in - nothing, then I push it in several times quickly eng starts. 1991
should I be concerned ? (2) loganmx107 at 8:38pm 06.28.22 Ask All Sailors 17/1715
Loose Strut Repair Question tym2 at 7:22pm 06.28.22 Catalina 30 8/1579 Just finished a pre-purchase survey for a 1986 Catalina 30 and the survey found the strut to be loos
Covers for Dock Pilings? dmdiehl64 at 6:16pm 06.28.22 Ask All Sailors 10/1113 The pilings on our slip are unfinished 6x6. The issue is that in using spring lines, they get all sn
Cabin recessed light wiring diagram KXL at 5:43pm 06.28.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/863 We have a 2005 343, and one of the cabin lights is not working. I swapped the fixture with one that
Furler ID (1) Okiedopey at 2:24pm 06.28.22 Ask All Sailors 5/832 Could someone identify this furler for me please? It's pretty old, was on the boat when I bought it
WHERE TO INSTALL EXTERNAL ALTERNATOR REGULATOR H41 ? Valerio at 12:38pm 06.28.22 Big Boats 8/922 Have you installed this electronic part inside the engine room, if not were ?

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Head filling with water while I'm away Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:12pm 07.12.25 Because your toilet bowl is at or below the waterline, you need to install a vented loop in the toil
Tachometer starts at 2000 then drops to zero, engine doesn't change. kloudie1 at 7:08pm 07.12.25 The pin and socket quick connectors are the usual suspects. The one you have pictured with the wires
yanmar 3gmf troubles bob45 at 6:38pm 07.12.25 shoot, now that you say it... I have noticed that sometimes it leaks a little from the banjo fitting
yanmar 3gmf troubles dLj at 6:33pm 07.12.25 I had a similar problem. Turned out there was one banjo fitting in the fuel line that was just not q
Tachometer starts at 2000 then drops to zero, engine doesn't change. bartpkelly at 6:11pm 07.12.25 Will do that tomorrow and see what happens. :)
Head filling with water while I'm away CurtisC at 4:52pm 07.12.25 The Catalina Mk I also uses the thru-hull by the head sink for both the sink drain as well as the to
Dufour 500 GL Tally Ho at 4:22pm 07.12.25
Head filling with water while I'm away Tally Ho at 4:17pm 07.12.25 there is an actual Y valve, used to route waste overboard or to a tank. But your photo is a siphon
Tachometer starts at 2000 then drops to zero, engine doesn't change. Don S/V ILLusion at 4:06pm 07.12.25 First thing to do is check continuity of the wiring and ensure good connections by removing and clea
Head filling with water while I'm away (1) travelinreid at 3:29pm 07.12.25
Unreliable shore power Tally Ho at 3:18pm 07.12.25 The dock power seems to be fixed. But I upgraded my house batteries anyway. The old batteries wer
Head filling with water while I'm away (1) Tally Ho at 3:12pm 07.12.25 First, just to clarify, this is not a Y valve. It is a siphon break . ad, but my first thought was
Haul-Out Tuesday: Looking For Ideas On My Old Thru-Hulls & Transducers? Tally Ho at 3:00pm 07.12.25 Upgrading transducers may not be as easy as just changing the transducers. For example, I have a v
Haul-Out Tuesday: Looking For Ideas On My Old Thru-Hulls & Transducers? Davidasailor26 at 2:51pm 07.12.25 What kind of instruments are connected to the transducers, and what kind of condition are they in? I
Survey before insurance will renew? shemandr at 2:31pm 07.12.25 ...Progressive appears to have undertaken a marketing plan to grab a bigger share of the recreatio
Possible Transmission Oil Leak at Shift Lever - Kanzaki KM2P (1) testingthewaters91 at 2:21pm 07.12.25
Unreliable shore power (1) SycloneDriver at 2:18pm 07.12.25 The dock power seems to be fixed. But I upgraded my house batteries anyway. The old batteries were
Beneteau 34 Any owners out there? SycloneDriver at 2:13pm 07.12.25 I just spotted a 34 or 37 locally, location withheld. I hope it doesn't come up for sale soon, if
Survey before insurance will renew? dLj at 1:55pm 07.12.25 Progressive appears to have undertaken a marketing plan to grab a bigger share of the recreational
Possible Transmission Oil Leak at Shift Lever - Kanzaki KM2P (2) Ralph Johnstone at 1:52pm 07.12.25 Had to ask before I run, "What happened to the two bolts ?" l exploded view (the KM2P drawing) " 2

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