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Mounting a genset Snotter at 9:32am 01.12.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3250 I managed to snag a 7.5 kw Onan diesel genset off of ebay. Installing it will take some time. The
exhaust in cabin, water in bilge far winds at 8:32am 01.12.11 Mid-Size Boats 2/1748 Stepped up from a catalina 22 to a catalina 27 1985 with a universal m-18 diesal, took it out for my
Catalina 22 fixed keel Nautical1974 at 8:21am 01.12.11 Catalina 22 16/10692 I have owned a Macgregor 26 w/trailer and a Buccaneer 24 w/o trailer, never took a sailing lesson (p
Joe of the Trinka (1) Shoaldrafter at 8:17am 01.12.11 Ask An Oday Owner 13/3441 Joe, Do you still have internet? Or is it a complete whiteout? Ed K
Switching from wire to rope main halyard dsturdy at 8:17am 01.12.11 Ask All Sailors 9/9395 I want to replace my existing main halyard on my Catalina 30. It is a wire/rope halyard. The yacht y
Kenyon kiss stove on 260 Hunter earlkeim at 8:07am 01.12.11 Smaller Boats 3/3975 Hi, I have a Kenyon Kiss butane, original on a 260 Hunter. It will not stay lite. I read that it
Mast Up Winter Storage - Be Careful (2) Maine Sail at 6:17am 01.12.11 Ask All Sailors 19/10369 Came across this last week. I never feel good about mast up winter storage when the wind begins to b
Hunter 410 Don Lucas at 6:02am 01.12.11 Big Boats 2/1856 Closing on a 2001 410 deep draft this week. Read all the owner reviews her as part of my buying rese
34 bilge pump hot wire Neil D at 11:26pm 01.11.11 Big Boats 1/1310 has anybody re-wired the hot wire for the main bilge pump on a 34, without tearing up the cabin sole
Sailing From Tortola To St. Marteen sirocovzla at 10:58pm 01.11.11 Destinations 3/5245 I am planning to sail from Tortola, BVI to St. Marteen on february 2011.. Any advise. Tks.
sextant thelocoman at 7:35pm 01.11.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3631 Here I am in central Nebraska and my wife wants a sextant! Well I said, but you don't know how to us
More Water Storage.... (3) Sumner at 3:07pm 01.11.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1242 I have a number of mods that we did before hauling our S down to Florida that I never had the chance
Leaking water lines mc2sail at 1:01pm 01.11.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/5342 I am the new owner of a '97 Beneteau 461.I suspect a leak in the hot and cold rubber water hoses. T
Emulsified Oil Blueshedar at 11:16am 01.11.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1703 Hi, I have a problem with my 50 Hunter. After repeatedly firing at empty I found the emulsified oil
My Awakening to Oday maisis00 at 10:48am 01.11.11 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2303 I have to admit, I had never seen an Oday boat before the other day; I came upon an image of a 1984
Masthead Sheaves for All Lines Halyards philwsailz at 9:56am 01.11.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2121 Hello all, I am converting my C-27 halyards to all line. In the process, I need to replace the h
DIY Bow Sprit for H260 or most small boats (7) soling42 at 9:33am 01.11.11 Smaller Boats 7/13864 Our 2004 h260 suffered from a lack of power on long runs off the wind with our rather small jib and
Ouch! Marina Fire... (2) Maine Sail at 9:29am 01.11.11 Ask All Sailors 19/5650 Ouch! Electrical fault!!:doh::doh: http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/8897004 http://wwwcache2.w
Far East Sails BananaToe at 9:06pm 01.10.11 Ask All Sailors 9/10541 Does anyone have any experience buying sails from Fareastsails.com ? It seems that they have a lot
repower Crabby at 7:05pm 01.10.11 Lancer 0/1682 I have a 1985 lancer 27 power sailer and just got end of last year and completely rebuilding it. w

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Oday 35 battens jon hansen at 10:22am 08.18.22 sailmakers sell battens
Shore pwr plugs DeniseO30 at 10:06am 08.18.22 Both Hubbell and Marinco have individual ends available. It would be good to know why it blew as y
H34 plug to panel DeniseO30 at 10:01am 08.18.22 I have an even better stress reliever! the boat is under under agreement to sell! got a deposit!
16A breakers roadkill1964 at 9:59am 08.18.22 No, they are bank of 20 that control my DC systems at my nav station, main breakers are in aft cabi
Hull and Deck construction sail sfbay at 9:58am 08.18.22
Raymarine Axiom vs. Axiom + capta at 9:30am 08.18.22 If you do a bit of research you might buy Garmin instead. For the extra money, they make much better
16A breakers capta at 9:25am 08.18.22 I also think it says 6 amp, which is much more likely than 16. It is possible Europeans have another
Raymarine Axiom vs. Axiom + MikeO53 at 9:21am 08.18.22 If you do a generic web search, you will get some detailed explanations but the top 2 differences ar
16A breakers dlochner at 9:19am 08.18.22 It looks like the boat was originally wired for 220v AC. Is this the main breaker?
16A breakers (1) roadkill1964 at 9:13am 08.18.22 Here is a another pic including label from one of the breakers, it shows 16A.
H37C Need to Replace Turning Blocks knappytime at 9:12am 08.18.22 Thank you everyone for the information. Just purchased this vessel and will be making several trips
H37C Need to Replace Turning Blocks knappytime at 9:09am 08.18.22 This may help you. The Lewmar Cheek Blocks were totally rebuildable. But it helps to be there in pe
H37C Need to Replace Turning Blocks sail sfbay at 8:46am 08.18.22 Allan12210........is onto something.......helps to be there in person and have access to some tools.
16A breakers Timm R Oday25 at 8:41am 08.18.22 From the photo it appears you want a 6 amp breaker made from E T A . several online sources have the
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks robm at 8:22am 08.18.22 Hi Ralph and Dave, Thanks for your followup messages. Re: the information and photos you requested
Have a Mac 26M and moving it to Florida(Sept 2022), looking for a couple of partners to share use of the vessel and we can use also.... juggler at 8:09am 08.18.22 How much do you desire a partner? In monetary terms? Looking more for someone to share expenses wi
dock neighbour's shore power cord? Calif. Ted at 8:08am 08.18.22 In our marina built 1967 slips 30' and under have 15 amp, 35' has 30 amp and >40' has 50 amp.
Have a Mac 26M and moving it to Florida(Sept 2022), looking for a couple of partners to share use of the vessel and we can use also.... juggler at 8:03am 08.18.22 @juggler , Good morning! Trust me when I say that you don't ever want to "share" a boat with a "p
H37C Need to Replace Turning Blocks (1) Allan12210 at 8:01am 08.18.22 This may help you. The Lewmar Cheek Blocks were totally rebuildable. But it helps to be there in per
Hunter 430 Battery Layout sail sfbay at 7:46am 08.18.22 Agree with JamesG161.....on not locating batteries and because the manufacturer designed the boat's

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