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Cutlass bearing larryw at 8:55am 08.12.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/5282 Was just informed via a buyers survey (I'm the seller) that the cutlass bearing on my OC400 is simpl
H260 Vang bracket Sublime at 8:08am 08.12.10 Smaller Boats 9/2779 In case I'm calling it by the wrong name, it's that bracket you always forget to slide onto the pin
stainless cleaner FourPoints at 8:07am 08.12.10 Ask All Sailors 22/6347 came across this product yesterday, they were advertising on one of the forums (this one I think) ht
New Groco K is sticky and shoots water in my face evdr at 6:25am 08.12.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/3216 Hello, My less than a year old Groco K manual is sticky and the weight on the rubber flapper in the
need info on keel cable mac 22 alfred gamil at 5:47am 08.12.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1484 anybody knows about the lenght and the type of cable of the swinging keel including the turns on win
Backstay TRAY GRANGER at 5:45am 08.12.10 Catalina 22 1/1810 Do most of you guys have a split or adjustable backstay? I just have one eye on the starboard side o
23.54 water on table leaking slide cover ? bobbo99 at 5:23am 08.12.10 Smaller Boats 6/1496 23.5 water on table leaking slide cover ? Hi all ... we are on week 2 of ownership and have discove
Capri 16.5 Jib Dimensions Jeff Shaw at 3:46am 08.12.10 Smaller Boats 1/2920 In the evenings I repair sails in my barn for local sailors. I need the dimensions of a Capri 16.5
O'Day 34 in Buzzards Bay? hinmo at 1:34am 08.12.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1428 Hi - newbie here. I am looking at an O'Day 34 for sale. I would like to hear from current or past ex
Lancer blisters gabrielb at 1:22am 08.12.10 Lancer 3/2380 Does anyone have any info on blisters on a 35' 1979 Lancer?
Another ID higgs at 9:49pm 08.11.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1891 I was out cruising the past couple of weeks and saw some interesting boats. I saw this one at the T
Radio Tom Hoffman at 8:39pm 08.11.10 Trailer Sailors 11/3627 I have come to the point where I am looking at getting a radio, so I can communicate with other boat
Newbie buying first sailboat, will need a head Slingerland at 8:25pm 08.11.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 14/5106 Good evening, all! I am looking to buy my first sailboat, and have narrowed my choices down to three
Basic electrical wiring question (1) radioguy at 8:03pm 08.11.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1513 Guys and gals, I have a simple wiring question. I want to keep the stock control panel, but I wan
V17 Rigging Help hat57hat at 7:46pm 08.11.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/2200 I am a newbie trying to rig my V17. The rigging for the jib appears to have no blocks. On each s
Custom Cockpit table (8) rortega46 at 7:00pm 08.11.10 Mid-Size Boats 3/2562 Our H28 is great and we really wanted a cockpit table for dining and entertaining. It had to be exp
New to C15's DannyB at 6:56pm 08.11.10 Trailer Sailors 4/2965 I have a C14 #2445 I recently rebulit and refabricated a new keelson, and compression post and regla
Balancing act jimmyb at 6:42pm 08.11.10 Trailer Sailors 27/6845 Hey all! Having a bit of trouble ballancing the boat when hove to. When I get a chance to go out Im
A mini review of a Campbell Sailor 3-blade prop Clark at 5:10pm 08.11.10 Ask All Sailors 11/9072 A mini review of a Campbell Sailor 3-blade prop - UPDATED I had been running a Martec geared folder
Four days and counting OdayDave at 4:57pm 08.11.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1454 In 4 days, I start my annual sailing trip with my friend of 52 years, Mark. I always point out to h

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can't pump out waste tank Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:47pm 04.06.22 IIRC, it's 9 miles off the Gulf side in the Keys, 6 miles the rest of the west coast side. However,
Installing through-hulls in a Yamaha 33. (10) mermike at 8:21pm 04.06.22 Portable bandsaw to the rescue: 3 different sizes. I drilled and tapped. Pretty soon I had a nice co
Rub rail and deck hull joint. kendyoozed at 8:00pm 04.06.22 I am still trying to plan how to attack this job. I may have found a source for the original insert
Hunter 34 Yanmar 3gmf Tom J at 7:59pm 04.06.22 Any heat exchanger should be cleaned periodically. You can take it to a radiator shop for cleaning,
charlieann CharlieAnn at 7:58pm 04.06.22 Thanks for you guys replys, I'll check em out...
can't pump out waste tank Tom J at 7:50pm 04.06.22 You DO know that not only is New England a "hotbed" of NDZs, it's also illegal to dump a tank anywh
Waste Halvern at 7:42pm 04.06.22 Got the v birth opened and I have an aluminum holding tank without any type of cleanout access port.
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 7:35pm 04.06.22 A couple for Phil Herring How many programmers does it take to change a light bulb? None. That's a
S2 11A - Locked throttle and gear shift Halvern at 7:22pm 04.06.22 I got the throttle shaft tweaked in line and after having buffed the ring and repainted it. Both lev
Desperate leakinhg Halvern at 7:10pm 04.06.22 I have isolated the source. Water is coming in from a weep hole from a breach somewhere in the encap
autopilot install on an H280 jssailem at 6:51pm 04.06.22
can't pump out waste tank Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:36pm 04.06.22 You DO know that not only is New England a "hotbed" of NDZs, it's also illegal to dump a tank anywhe
New to forum. New to Hunter 466 rcwiand at 6:09pm 04.06.22 We just closed one month ago on our Hunter 466 which is still on the hard. She will go into the fi
Funny Friday!!! shemandr at 5:58pm 04.06.22 Now that's funny right there!
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 5:41pm 04.06.22 204121
Bridge clearance info SailingLoto at 5:20pm 04.06.22 That is one crazy lake. Looks like it would take a lifetime or two to explore the entire thing. Fin
front window cover Tom J at 4:49pm 04.06.22 If the cover is fitted well to the hatch, the material can't extend too far under the edge of the ha
Horizon Express Windlass - Just a clicking sound. heritage at 4:30pm 04.06.22 Have you located the windlass circuit breaker yet? It is normally not on the dc circuit breaker pan
New O'day 28 Owner with lots of questions Clutch Cargo at 4:24pm 04.06.22 WK, you answered your own question. When this is done, it will look like it has always been there.
autopilot install on an H280 kappykaplan at 3:52pm 04.06.22 I haven't tried the auto-turn... is that different than the feature that allows you to hold a wind

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