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adler barbour refrigeration FARJR at 10:46am 06.23.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/2511 I have a frosting problem with my refrigeration unit is there anyone that can advise me of the fix f
Bottom Cleaning jibes138 at 9:51am 06.23.10 Ask All Sailors 12/2785 Just thinking about the comments recently about swimming in marinas including one death reported. H
Whisker Pole Tom Urban at 9:47am 06.23.10 S2 1/1427 Hi, I have recently purchased a 1975 S2 23" sailboat. New to sailing but my wife is experienced bu
Jimmy Buffett Gulf Shores "Free Concert" WTA at 9:25am 06.23.10 Sails Call Lounge 5/3553 I am sure everyone on here has heard about the concert in Gulf Shores that Buffett is going to put o
1962 19ft Oday Clayland at 9:09am 06.23.10 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1037 We have just purchased a 1962 19ft Oday. Does anyone have any pictures or an instruction booklet for
Mac 26d sliding hatch macphil26d at 9:02am 06.23.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1322 Looking for sliding hatch Mac 26D 89 model, any help, thanks=Phil, Nampa ID.
Replace water heater on 9.2a? richard965 at 7:54am 06.23.10 S2 3/1748 anyone replace the water heater?? looks like mine is the original Raritan 6 gallon that is 14" in d
climbing out of the water Ctskip at 7:32am 06.23.10 Ask All Sailors 18/3048 Several years ago I was in a rather small yacht club and there were three docks with maybe 75 sailbo
Novice .. H23.5 a good idea and some advice bobbo99 at 7:05am 06.23.10 Smaller Boats 11/2246 Hello all , very ncie forum... I am a novice and looking to buy a boat that i can grow in to over t
Lancer manuals Rakahrd at 6:39am 06.23.10 Lancer 2/1964 I have a 1978 Lancer 25 and am looking for a copy of the owners manual. I would pay to have it
Drifter set (1) DJN51 at 6:24am 06.23.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1631 any ideas on how i can rig this pictured sail?Have a 23.5 with roller furling jib.Sail is .75 oz.han
genoa sail ???? jeromeddd at 6:22am 06.23.10 Ask All Sailors 5/2146 I am sailing from Michigan to Nova Scotia, and my genoa sail leach keeps flapping. I asked a good fr
Midship Cleat on Catalina 36 mholt at 5:41am 06.23.10 Big Boats 2/2400 Hi, We have a 2005 Cataliina 36 and are having trouble fitting a midship cleat. We have tried all t
installed new s/s sink in our 260 (1) Bob 04 H260 at 5:14am 06.23.10 Smaller Boats 3/1404 I picked up a small s/s sink while on vacation in Florida this winter. It was only $30, new, but was
new owner needs painting swing keel advice for 26S Captneeen at 5:09am 06.23.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/4615 looking for some advice on bottom painting a 26S New owner, just got a 1994 26S that was used on la
h34 shaft lenght moanalanni at 11:07pm 06.22.10 Big Boats 0/874 I am trying to get a quote for a new s/s shaft on my h34 . my service agent needs the lenght for t
Help Me Identify This Smell Paul Mermelstein at 10:01pm 06.22.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/3023 I've had the boat 2+ years and there is this odor that I smell only when first opening up the boat.
Speaking of Aussie sailors... Joe at 9:59pm 06.22.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1365 ... the exciting world of grand prix sailing on the unbelievable 18 foot skiff is very, very popular
Maximum head sail Tired n Giddy at 8:44pm 06.22.10 Smaller Boats 6/1468 Hi I have just purchased a 2004 - 260 and was wondering what the maximum head sail size is possib
Sailing Close Hauled Question kpgraci at 7:10pm 06.22.10 Ask All Sailors 7/3688 Newbie question - Went out sailing Sunday, after a few hours of no wind things picked up and we had

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Misc Issues kloudie1 at 7:49am 05.04.22 New Yanmar injectors are about $260 each.. A good diesel shop in your area can clean and rebuild 'em
Drive Shaft Removal DanMaine at 7:44am 05.04.22 Good article -thanks! I should back up a bit. Originally, I wrapped/hauled a lobster trap up which
Hunter 34 battery access (2) kloudie1 at 7:20am 05.04.22 Couple of options.. I put in a remote watering system so I could water them .. Some folks have cut a
Lake Cruise April 2022 brockangelo at 7:18am 05.04.22 Oh man that seriously was awesome. The sound of that lake took me back to some old memories of mine.
Misc Issues jssailem at 7:13am 05.04.22 No... I Removed 4 injectors. 2 had broken hold downs. Service company took the injectors apart. Cl
Beneteau 373 2005 - i need to replace the engine compartment access door gas strut. Does someone have part numbers? Thank you in advance! DougM at 6:05am 05.04.22
Lake Cruise April 2022 ShotgunSlim at 5:34am 05.04.22 Sigh. Our marina is still frozen. Agreed on the French press. A good stove top espresso maker is
Looking for a roller I can use when using the trailer winch to raise the mast ShotgunSlim at 5:28am 05.04.22 I don't think I have any specific videos of my method. There may be footage somewhere on my YouTube
Misc Issues mjsb at 5:28am 05.04.22 On my boat I had the same black soot line. The engine was exhausting some un-burnt fuel. It could c
Misc Issues mjsb at 5:26am 05.04.22 Get a bottle of Sea Foam and put it in the tank. Done and doing, thanks for the reminder.
How do I get to this bolt? Rick Webb at 5:21am 05.04.22 Just remembered Mac Tools makes extra short sockets if a fellow wanted to buy a purpose built one ra
311 Beneteau water tank . RoyS at 5:10am 05.04.22 After you move it back where it belongs there are several easy ways to secure it so that it does not
How do I Clean Hunter 49 Fuel Tank, or the Fuel. SycloneDriver at 4:59am 05.04.22 I think I would try bypassing all the current filters, engine mounted filter included, and use a sep
7" x 7" piece of 3/4" Starboard Hayden Watson at 4:58am 05.04.22 Thanks Terry for getting me fixed.
311 Beneteau water tank . Bob S at 4:46am 05.04.22
shroud tension CurtisC at 3:53am 05.04.22 Use lever action shroud tensioners. I got a pair from West Marine Small 7 Hole Quick-Release Shroud
Catalina 14.2 Capri Mast jmallett at 3:28am 05.04.22 First post here. I looked around and I'm happy to see this is a pretty active forum. I was sailin
O'Day 25 Shoal Draft Centerboard Water Leak jmallett at 3:23am 05.04.22 So I have epoxyed in my assembly which gives me about 1 1/2 inches of thread and all is good in that
How do I Clean Hunter 49 Fuel Tank, or the Fuel. Screen Saver at 10:36pm 05.03.22 The injector pump is a Boch VE injector pump and your right it has a low pressure pump inside it, he
Hunter 340 Head Faucet Replacement jssailem at 10:30pm 05.03.22 Has anyone replaced their 340 Head Sink Faucet with any other model another than the original type

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