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Finding Fuel Tank Pinholes robertsapp at 3:01pm 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 16/8701 I pulled my aluminum fuel tank to clean it, and discovered a small amount of diesel fuel sitting und
New Boat & Bottom Paint, How Often? sigbear at 2:49pm 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 7/14413 I bought a 2009 catalina 309 (demo) and had the hull painted with 2 coats of Trinidad Black in Aug.
Multiple Through-Deck Fittings, Power, Ethernet, VHF estopa at 2:21pm 01.18.11 Day Sailers 5/3283 Hi folks, hope the winter is keeping you guys busy. I wanted to begin some research on putting a
island trader 41 capt B. at 2:19pm 01.18.11 Big Boats 1/4047 I own a 41' center cockpit Island trader 1984. I was looking for more specs or info.(heigh of masts,
What Solar Panels Are You Using? JoeD at 1:19pm 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 11/3265 Looking to add solar panels to the hard Bimini I am building. Looking for some input on what you are
More Compression Post Questions (4) RTB at 1:11pm 01.18.11 The Cherubini Hunters 9/2508 I have searched what is available here (100+threads), but can't find the answers I need. It was disc
Single 12VDC Marine Battery Chargers carboman at 1:05pm 01.18.11 Smaller Boats 6/2155 Just a quick note to see what people are using on DC only systems. I take my battery off the boat a
More rigging horror. (3) Roger Long at 10:57am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 36/7414 I decided that I'd better take a look at my lower tangs as well since I'm going to all this trouble
Macgregor 22' 1981 Manual? saileclipse at 10:29am 01.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 17/11781 We are looking at buying a 1981 Macgregor 22 swing keel. What do you think of this model? Does an
Adding pumpout and Uniseal port (1) mike75bug at 10:10am 01.18.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/5231 I am working on getting my boat ready for this summer and need to update my sanitation system. Curr
Best Handheld GPS? r.oril at 9:18am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 13/3242 Searching the site, I see the Garmin GPSMAP 76 (CSX) as the choice of many. I would like to buy a u
winter cover rich5665 at 9:00am 01.18.11 Pearson 1/1797 Hi I am a new pearson owner, 7-10, and was wondering if there is anyone who knows about a winter cov
272LE Running Rigging Captn Mapache at 8:34am 01.18.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1702 Does anyone know the length of the original furler line on a 1987 O Day 272LE with the original furl
Using Garmin Forerunner for boatspeed mark_swart at 8:21am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1835 I live in salt water and my knotmeter transducer fouls due to growth. Cleaning it is a pain and I'm
Winter on the middle Cheasapeake Bay (10) Ian McGain at 7:43am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2054 couple of pictures at Tolchester Marina Eastern shore Maryland
Sumners Anchor sail walt at 7:11am 01.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 36/5352
Mac 26M CDI furler bottom clevis pin size Billiam at 6:49am 01.18.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1616 I lost the clevis pin that attached my CDI flexible furler to my boat. When I went to my supply box,
Google Earth Fun - Too Cool. Roger Long at 6:37am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1999 As we learned in the SPOT thread (after a little thread drift), it's possible to have Google Earth f
Proper way to climb the rigging. Roger Long at 5:50am 01.18.11 Ask All Sailors 13/3192 Note that the hands are gripping the shrouds and not the ratline battens. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.n
water pump inlet fitting to engine block rmouton at 5:39am 01.18.11 Irwin 0/2123 as you all know , when it comes to building an engine , most manufacturers do not know what anti- si

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Rudder Bushing Play Rich Stidger at 9:23am 08.09.22 I discovered about the same slop in my h40.5 rudder 4 years after manufacture. I have never looked
Hunter 376 water inlet regulator Ralph Johnstone at 9:19am 08.09.22 In my experience, pressurized shore water on a boat is safe and no different than an rv. RV's ha
Shore power cable problem Sailgunner at 9:15am 08.09.22 GET A NEW CORD! You probably had a loose connection at one time and had a spark at the connection.
Shore power cable problem Don S/V ILLusion at 9:14am 08.09.22 Very common and usually the result of a poor mechanical connection between the male and female prong
Mixing elbow cracked. Scott T-Bird at 9:09am 08.09.22 If the elbow is cracked, I guess I wouldn't bother removing the elbow at the coupler, since that's t
Adding solar and a BIG inverter jonelli at 9:07am 08.09.22 The solar controller can be damaged if it is disconnected from the battery while it has power from
Adding solar and a BIG inverter Johnb at 8:53am 08.09.22
Help Boom Jacktar at 8:42am 08.09.22 Or a rope(line) preventer
A jib and a genoa? Jacktar at 8:40am 08.09.22 Just a note my genoa i got with the boat never really flew correctly, got to looking closely at a sm
Hunter 376 water inlet regulator sail sfbay at 8:36am 08.09.22 In my experience, pressurized shore water on a boat is safe and no different than an rv. We use it
Hot water tank use when at anchor (1) jssailem at 8:34am 08.09.22 If there is adequate sunshine one of the 3 gallon camp shower bags can help. Then there is the Gran
Universal M-12 running hot odaydokay at 8:32am 08.09.22 Good input fellas. Note to AdamV: I do not have closed end HX; used to but now Mr. Cool open both
Rudder Bushing Play Don S/V ILLusion at 8:32am 08.09.22
Rudder Bushing Play dmax at 8:15am 08.09.22 As jon says, needs fixin', check out this thread: Another Rudder bushing thread- 1990 hunter Legend
Rudder Bushing Play jon hansen at 8:08am 08.09.22 of course it needs to be fixed.
Hot water tank use when at anchor Calif. Ted at 8:06am 08.09.22 In our temperate climate our hot water lasts 3 days with one of us taking a "navy" shower and me row
Adding solar and a BIG inverter jonelli at 8:06am 08.09.22
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jon hansen at 8:01am 08.09.22 a lot of concerned speculation being offered. like throwing darts at board. doing proper maintenan
Mixing elbow cracked. Ralph Johnstone at 7:57am 08.09.22 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/mixing-elbow-gasket.162996/?highlight=mixing%20elbow See
Mixing elbow cracked. Scott T-Bird at 7:45am 08.09.22 A cracked elbow? :huh: How did that happen? People normally complain about the elbow getting clog

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