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Engine starting in neutral franst8 at 3:09pm 11.15.10 Pearson 5/2043 I have installed a new starting battery in my 1977 365. As I have not personally started the engine
O'Day 39 Windlass Brahm at 3:07pm 11.15.10 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1185 Hi All I'm new to this forum and new to our 1985 O'day 39. We got the boat in the Spring and spent
Mainsheet Article Deadline December 10th bobjames at 2:11pm 11.15.10 Catalina 310 0/1296 Hi Captains and Admirals: Now that the northern boats are on the hard it is time to start thinking a
Inspection of the centerboard pin hellerjo at 1:10pm 11.15.10 Smaller Boats 4/1664 How do you get at the centerboard pin on a '84 Hunter 22 to inspect it and/or change it. The boat is
Tiller pilot paphman at 12:38pm 11.15.10 Smaller Boats 2/1243 My wife and I have thought about getting a tiller pilot for our boat. We have looked at the Simrad
Extreme reverse chafe Tim R. at 11:24am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1543 A friend of mine who works at a boatyard that received 60mph winds last Sunday in our most recent st
Dennis-How Is Boat Remodeling Going? texas4 at 11:19am 11.15.10 Catalina 22 2/1508 Hi- Chuck from Brownwood. Is your boat ready for prime time yet? My wife and I will be in Corpus Ch
keel damage (2) dlewis812 at 11:01am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 11/4396 wondering what caused this and how best to repair?
Bartow 16 winch disassembly Irwin41Ketch at 9:56am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2958 I have one Bartow 16 winch on my mizzen. It's the only one on the boat. I need to grease it howeve
Sail shape and control sailorjerrytoo at 8:51am 11.15.10 C&C 2/2436 I have a 1978 26' C ' C yacht. I have struggled with batten adjustment on the sail, and have a hard
Shared Thru-hull fitting tfoster at 8:40am 11.15.10 Mid-Size Boats 9/4737 I am contemplating adding air conditioning to my 1990 Hunter 30g. To avoid the expense of a haul-out
Selden Furler - jib jam (2) Carl12686 at 8:21am 11.15.10 Big Boats 5/5120 The headsail on my Hunter 340 is jammed on the furler track. When I initially released the halyard
Heeling knotalot22 at 7:22am 11.15.10 Catalina 22 59/17712 Does anyone have any first hand knowledge about heeling in a cat 22 or 25? I am new and heeling i
Mainsail switch to square top Quoddy at 7:02am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 5/2930 What is the purpose of the square top sail? It seems it would raise the COE. I would think this wou
What is this called? (1) rgranger at 6:51am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 14/5297 Hey All I need help finding a piece of hardware and I'm having trouble because I don't know what it
measuring height Ross at 5:36am 11.15.10 Ask All Sailors 29/4136 I have the need to determine the height of some light fixtures inside a large building and have in m
Silicone removal ffaubert at 7:44pm 11.14.10 Ask All Sailors 15/3441 Does any one have any ideas of how to remove silicone from fiberglass, metal and plastic? The PO
Refrigeration hunter43sail at 7:17pm 11.14.10 Big Boats 7/1828 It's time to replace my refrigeration on my 42. Has anyone installed the Cool Blue? Everything I hav
cockpit drain on tempest upei1 at 6:56pm 11.14.10 Day Sailers 5/2909 Hello everyone, I am new to sailing, and to this site. I tried to do a search on my topic, but to no
Changing Mainsail...Loose foot or Boltrope??? JBSailsSD at 6:51pm 11.14.10 The Cherubini Hunters 9/7970 I am going to have a new Mainsail made. The H25 boom has a pre-existing boltrope slide...pretty comm

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Hot Water on 2009 Beneteau 31 Davidasailor26 at 5:04pm 07.04.22
Beneteau 343 water heater temperature setting Ralph Johnstone at 4:57pm 07.04.22 It is possible (and this happened to owner of B. O. 37 in my marina) that after long motoring, hot
Music Problems - Help arf145 at 4:45pm 07.04.22 I've gone the same route as @Tally Ho, with a bluetooth adapter in the stereo.
happy 4th (1) SailingLoto at 4:14pm 07.04.22 Getting ready to motor out and watch fireworks with the kids in a couple hours.
Hot Water on 2009 Beneteau 31 Mechone at 4:05pm 07.04.22 Are you sure the tank has water in it . Maybe it was bypassed to winterize it.
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? Tedd at 3:59pm 07.04.22 A similar issue is hydrogen off gassing from batteries while being charged. How explosive is hydroge
Oday 19 centerboard help Sunbird22358 at 3:58pm 07.04.22
Battery charging project kappykaplan at 3:53pm 07.04.22 Necessity is the Mother of Invention! Good job, @Grotto . :beer:
How to remove headliner on Hunter 50 AC 007 kappykaplan at 3:52pm 07.04.22 I'll tag @artboas for you so he'll see your post.
I remove broken evaporator and find I need to replace the panel on which food rests DeniseO30 at 3:50pm 07.04.22 Good decision! Yes they are one time self piercing fitting you might want to do is put a drop for tw
Widgen date range Sunbird22358 at 3:48pm 07.04.22 The pictures seem to confirm the 1971-2 model, the blue cockpit non-skid, jib blocks on seat backs w
Music Problems - Help dlochner at 3:31pm 07.04.22
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? dlochner at 3:30pm 07.04.22 In a broad sense we are talking about risk management. How much risk are we willing to take and do w
Music Problems - Help MikeHoncho at 3:27pm 07.04.22
How to remove headliner on Hunter 50 AC 007 Gianni65 at 3:26pm 07.04.22 Where can I find the post of Art Boas? I need to inspect the ceiling of aft starboard and fwd cabin
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? Tedd at 3:05pm 07.04.22 Following on from @MikeHoncho 's comment, I was a bit pedantic above but for a reason. I've found th
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? MikeHoncho at 3:05pm 07.04.22 I think there are some incorrect assumptions in @dlochner 's analysis. Here's what I get. I don't k
Engine Compartment Blower - do you use it? MikeHoncho at 3:04pm 07.04.22 I'm inclined to agree. According to this source, fumes of any kind aren't in the top six most likel
knot ID capta at 2:59pm 07.04.22 Just out of curiosity, what are the clasps used for?
Music Problems - Help Tedd at 2:58pm 07.04.22

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