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Throttle and Transmission Cables DSELR at 3:52pm 08.10.10 Mid-Size Boats 6/2614 I am looking for some help on my transmission and throttle cables. Attached to a Merriman pedestal,
Newish boat...essential sailing upgrades? bulboushead at 3:08pm 08.10.10 Catalina 22 13/3531 Howdy all! First off, this is a great forum and I've lurked for quite a while. A little back story
Shower Curtian Help Tom Potter at 3:03pm 08.10.10 Bigger Boats 0/1409 I'm brain storming some ideas on how to install a shower curtain on my 28 to keep the wood bulkheads
Run new wire for wind instrument up mast windchime1 at 1:53pm 08.10.10 Mid-Size Boats 4/1794 I have a 1991 33.5 Hunter that I am trying to replace the wire for a Raymarine ST60 wind transducer
Calling all B57 Owners RobInAnnapols at 1:52pm 08.10.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1148 All- I'm looking at a few Beneteau 57s as my next boat. Current boat is a Morgan 44 Center Cockpit
SeaGloss Pro for Non-Skid Eras at 1:52pm 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 3/3080 Has anyone used SeaGloss Pro? (West Marine brand non-skid) Also, I've read many posts about the
sea crown sailboat pupluv at 1:45pm 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 4/9151 Anyone know anything or have literature for Sea Crown sailboats? Apparently these were made in Ceres
Adding an Automatic Bilge Pump kpgraci at 1:44pm 08.10.10 Day Sailers 7/2190 Hey All, Got an '73 ODay 22, now in a marina (!) so I want (need) to install an automatic bilge pu
Scuppers and bilge questions radioguy at 12:59pm 08.10.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/3907 This is a two part question :) 1. I've yet to put my boat in the water. I can see when I wash the
Small Coolant Leak Marc14857 at 12:42pm 08.10.10 Big Boats 8/2307 I have a very small coolant leak on the Yanmar 4JH4E ever since I took possesion of the boat. After
Mainsheet Article Deadline September 10th bobjames at 12:29pm 08.10.10 Catalina 310 0/1272 Hi Captains and Admirals: How is your spring launch going? My launch on Lake Erie is scheduled for M
Moving to DC from SF with Catalina 30 pkremser at 12:17pm 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 18/4316 HI all: We just found out we might be moving from the San Francisco Bay Area to Washington DC with
Hunter 37 Owners Manual? mtownson at 12:09pm 08.10.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/4350 I just bought a 1987 Hunter Legend 37 and have looked everywhere for an owners manual. Does anyone k
Sad sight (2) PotomacDaysailer at 11:41am 08.10.10 Trailer Sailors 16/5818 Passed by the Washington (DC) Sailing Marina on a bike ride and saw this boat, looks like it has bee
Has anyone improved jib sheet "cleating"? Clark at 11:31am 08.10.10 Mid-Size Boats 6/1761 We have a 1996 280 and there are some jam (V) cleats for the sheets to be used until the wind streng
Zincs for hunter 33 yanmar 29hp engine??? paul1938 at 10:31am 08.10.10 Mid-Size Boats 2/1609 I just purchased 2 months ago, a 2005 H33 with the yanmar 3 cl. engine, that's the one with 29 hp. I
Fuel tank repair caguy at 10:23am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 11/2586
Wanted-Raymarine St4000 autopilot control head (2) joe-fran at 10:23am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 8/6182 My Ericson-28 was hit by lightning earlier this summer. All electronics were fried. Have replaced th
cradle design Bob 04 H260 at 7:39am 08.10.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1875 I have a friend with a Hunter 270 - (a 260 with a keel). He does not have a trailer or cradle and th
Opening Port Windows Piratenorm at 7:27am 08.10.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1250 I am going to change the fixed portlights on my Catalina 30 Mk 1 (1983) to at least 2 opening ones b

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Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 flightlead404 at 12:02pm 06.27.22 Initial Vertical Misalignment: 0.01825" Initial Horizontal Misalignment: 0.00425 Final Vertical Mis
Sensors Needed for obtaining TWD so I can display wind shifts on B&G Vulcan 9. jviss at 11:58am 06.27.22
Sensors Needed for obtaining TWD so I can display wind shifts on B&G Vulcan 9. Davidasailor26 at 11:48am 06.27.22 I may be a bit confused, but I think you need only boat speed and apparent wind direction to get tr
Sensors Needed for obtaining TWD so I can display wind shifts on B&G Vulcan 9. jviss at 11:40am 06.27.22 I may be a bit confused, but I think you need only boat speed and apparent wind direction to get tru
Replacement bow rail pmichener at 11:34am 06.27.22 Thanks! Already in touch with Whitewater Marine but will try Railmakers now.
Fridge time-on measurement jviss at 11:33am 06.27.22 Adler Barbour refrigerators have been around for 40+ years, BTW. Here's an excellent article on mar
Cordless power tools: best for boat? Project_Mayhem at 11:32am 06.27.22 Impact guns are great for installing or uninstalling deck hardware without the need for for someone
Replacement bow rail Dave Groshong at 11:26am 06.27.22 Railmakers.com or whitewatermarineinc.com
1975 Cat 22 Chainplate Location (3) C_Level at 11:25am 06.27.22 Have a ton of close up photos-- but not very useful for location layout. But this one might help y
Do you use checklists? jviss at 11:20am 06.27.22 Here's an idea for MFD vendors: Implement a checklist feature just as aviation MFDs have and also li
Oday 19 centerboard help Project_Mayhem at 11:18am 06.27.22 @shemandr mentions some really good points. This is a challenging build. Contact Foss Foam or D&R ma
Is there a shutoff valve for 1974 ODay 27 with Atomic 4 DMendels at 11:04am 06.27.22 Thanks very much for responding. The carburetor is brand new two weeks ago and installing that didn
Fridge/freezer use shemandr at 10:52am 06.27.22 On my 356 we kept towels on the fridge/freezer top to absorb condensation. That told me that there
Fridge time-on measurement Johnb at 10:49am 06.27.22 There was a time when 12 volt Refrigeration compressors where not not available. just about any an
Is there a shutoff valve for 1974 ODay 27 with Atomic 4 shemandr at 10:43am 06.27.22 I'm not clear on whether using an external tank solved the problem. The A4 is tinkerer's dream. The
DOWNWIND smokey73 at 10:29am 06.27.22 Interesting that this has come up today. I was sailing in about 8 knots dead downwind in an area th
Fridge/freezer use danm1 at 10:25am 06.27.22 Thought cooling a smaller area at a higher temp would help unless there was too much leakage to the
Fridge/freezer use Don S/V ILLusion at 10:15am 06.27.22 Worked for me once as an interim solution when we needed to effectively double our refrigerator size
Sensors Needed for obtaining TWD so I can display wind shifts on B&G Vulcan 9. (1) justin.hendo at 9:58am 06.27.22 I'll look into the settings, I find the Vulcan user manual to not be very detailed in the setup and
Hunter 26 taking on water rgranger at 9:42am 06.27.22 You mentioned the bilge area flooding. Have you checked the transducer plug?

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