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Inexpensive high capacity solar vent Roger Long at 6:42am 06.24.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1813 My boat has plenty of ventilation when I'm aboard (10 opening ports and 12.5 square feet of skylight
Solar Rechargers For Battery newboatowner at 4:00am 06.24.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1382 I Am Looking For A Solar Recharging System For The Batteries In A Catalina 30. Any Suggestions?
Old Line jibes138 at 3:02am 06.24.10 Ask All Sailors 22/3556 Has anyone ever met a sailor that would actually just throw away old line, or do you keep it until t
Hazardous Ghosts of PO's Past? rardiH36 at 11:21pm 06.23.10 Ask All Sailors 23/4972 What potentially hazardous safety faults have you come across on your boat due to previous owners' (
JABSCO Manuel toilet Alyann at 10:02pm 06.23.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/3909 Hi! I have a 36.2 1996 Jeanneau Sun Odyssey and am having issues with my JABSCO toilet. i would rea
Float sensor for bilge faithforster26@msn.com at 8:42pm 06.23.10 Catalina 30 5/2160 Hi: Our float sensor seems to have given up the ghost. I bought a new Rule-a-Matic and was told that
oil spill update for gulf coast Chuck Creel at 8:38pm 06.23.10 Ask All Sailors 15/3109 As of today, pensacola beach is oiled up with oil. not balls but OIL. Very sad day for us along te
Drifter Rick D at 8:04pm 06.23.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1714 I just purchased a windseeker drifter sail for use during those long agonizing overnight races when
"MINOR" problem fixed (2) sailaway78 at 7:57pm 06.23.10 Ask All Sailors 7/1473 Got the thin walled shaft log repaired. Then of course I had to fix my own damn boo boo. When I ha
Broken portlight cam bracket calypso42 at 7:05pm 06.23.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1227 I am a new owner of a 1991 Hunter Passage 42, and am trying to fix a starboard portlight over the st
large boat relocation denestratton@gmail.com at 6:37pm 06.23.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1150 I would like to move my hunter passage 420 from Los Angeles to San Francisco. I don't know whether
Solar Vents Zaphro at 6:13pm 06.23.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1526 I have two 20 year old solar vents on my boat that haven't worked since I bought it back in 2005. I
New Part Installation Prep TDudley at 6:12pm 06.23.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1571 I just got a new Mixing Elbow in the mail for my Yanmar 1GM. I reveled in how nicely painted it was
O361 Alternator Upgrade - Success ... Maybe bsmith15 at 5:35pm 06.23.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1713 I think I am close to finding a solution to my upgrade delima! Using a Balmar 70 series 80 amp alter
Boat Insurance????? #1BoatDude at 5:22pm 06.23.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1206 Hey everybody....Have any of you used Mariners General Insurance Group for your boat insurance??? T
Tohatsu 9.8 - alternator -- Good Idea? Samwill557 at 4:40pm 06.23.10 Smaller Boats 7/11076 I have a 1994 Hunter H26 with a 9.8 Tohatsu Engine. The manual lists an alternator/rectifier accesso
Anyone know this Exhaust Elbow? (1) Roger Long at 4:29pm 06.23.10 Ask All Sailors 36/12701 All the recent talk about exhaust elbows got me thinking about mine which is due for replacement. I
Securing Turnbuckles (1) Roger Long at 4:13pm 06.23.10 Ask All Sailors 6/3484 I've lost track of the thread (not really, I'm just too lazy to look it up) where someone was asking
Stiff Motor Shifter Mick at 1:58pm 06.23.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1337 We took the 2001 26X out today. It has a 40HP Honda on the back. The engine runs great but the shift
Build year needed, please Dougraildh1 at 11:30am 06.23.10 Day Sailers 2/1231 HI Everyone, I own Daysailer #1813 and it is going in the water this week after having been sitting

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Beneteau First 36.7 toe rails Repeat at 3:51pm 10.04.21 Hollyberry, et al. - Perforated aluminum would not be very comfortable to hike out on, if the 36.7 i
Bottom Paint in Northern Tally Ho at 3:43pm 10.04.21 Whatever product you choose, it should be an ablative paint. Hard paints typically cannot withstand
grinding sound starting?? dlochner at 3:40pm 10.04.21 Brand new starter just installed, brand new battery just installed and charged by solar panel when
Mods to our 35s5 BigEasy at 3:39pm 10.04.21 Speaking of tables, our 35s5 came without a salon table. I copied a nice design from a previous boa
H22 (1981) Kickup Rudder assembly instructions SeaTR at 3:06pm 10.04.21 @newsailor130 , Did you get what you needed on the 1981 H22 rudder yet? Was the Need Rudder and swi
grinding sound starting?? Boomer2it at 2:52pm 10.04.21 If you are referring to the wire that powers the solenoid, that probably won't solve the problem. I
Hitch ball size for Trail-Rite trailer for Catalina 18? Benny17441 at 2:50pm 10.04.21 Also worry about the load rating in pounds.
Overheating issues, it can't be this hard! Tally Ho at 2:49pm 10.04.21
Changing Hoses Tally Ho at 2:48pm 10.04.21 Thanks very much for the responses to my post. I did not think about adding water to the outlet. I
Flooded O'Day Mariner - Am I Crazy? BigEasy at 2:30pm 10.04.21 however, if you want to continue telling me to run, I'll accept that, too, for the entertainment v
grinding sound starting?? dlochner at 2:28pm 10.04.21 Next step is to replace the power to 10g and see if that helps. If you are referring to the wire
Any advice regarding bottom paint fstbttms at 2:23pm 10.04.21 It is a wives' tale that ablative paint must be removed before overcoating with a hard paint. In som
Mods to our 35s5 (3) Hollyberry at 2:22pm 10.04.21 Speaking of tables, our 35s5 came without a salon table. I copied a nice design from a previous boat
Changing Hoses Claude L.-Auger at 2:18pm 10.04.21 I do believe I need to change the hoses, although from external inspection, they feel and appear i
Bottom Paint in Northern fstbttms at 2:15pm 10.04.21 In climates where one takes the boat out in winter, what paint works for this "multi-season" approa
grinding sound starting?? Boomer2it at 2:15pm 10.04.21 initial start I crank for about 10-12 seconds, 2nd start another 10 seconds, usually on 3rd crank st
Beneteau First 36.7 toe rails Hollyberry at 2:14pm 10.04.21 FWIW I think if I was changing toerails on the 36.7 I'd consider changing to perforated aluminum.. l
grinding sound starting?? MikeHoncho at 2:12pm 10.04.21 put a new starter and battery in 3 weeks ago, going to replace the small grade wire from the igniti
grinding sound starting?? MikeHoncho at 2:09pm 10.04.21 For some reason when I posted my first reply I thought I read something about grinding but I don't s
grinding sound starting?? Boomer2it at 2:04pm 10.04.21 put a new starter and battery in 3 weeks ago, going to replace the small grade wire from the ignitio

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