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Marine Air repair in south Florida... Persy at 4:01am 06.15.10 Ask All Sailors 0/1228 I have not been able to get my Marine Air a/c fixed here in Abaco and am heading back in a few day
Bow Rail wmacken at 3:53am 06.15.10 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1106 I need a bow rail for an Oday 25. Does anyone have a used one or know where to get a new one? Thanks
Hand Held GPS - Help Me Pick One Ducati at 3:02am 06.15.10 Ask All Sailors 14/2864 Gone is my plan to purchase an expensive chartplotter. I now have decided to buy a handheld GPS.
Is my 38s5 hull cored or solid fiberglass? soc117811 at 1:54am 06.15.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2454 Hello I found a few blisters on my First 38s5 from 1991. I would like to postpone repair for a whi
Racing Handicap Gwyn at 1:52am 06.15.10 Big Boats 2/1370 I have a 1984 Hunter Legend 40 and I am racing her on the East coast of Scotland. I have not been
Hair Dryer Review Bad Obsession at 12:59am 06.15.10 Ask All Sailors 13/3132 A while back I posted about getting a 12V hair drier for my Fiancee. After many debates and a lot o
Honda 8HP 4 stroke manual needed barryheath at 9:21pm 06.14.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1946 I bought a 1989, 26 foot Mac and it came with many owners manuals but not one for the Honda outboard
Loose fit form tank drain nipple to clean out hose Nelsonhow at 8:33pm 06.14.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2471 Peggy, Last year I followed your advice and (any your book) and removed and replaced the old head i
Replacement Sails Lostknight at 8:32pm 06.14.10 Lancer 9/5919 Looking for a little help/info from some of you that are bound to know more than I. I recently bou
single lever side mounted control shadylady at 7:58pm 06.14.10 Pearson 0/1214 About ready to put the boat in the water, but have problems with the leakage and gear shift (side co
Volvo 2003 JoeD at 7:11pm 06.14.10 Ask All Sailors 4/1481 Have pulled my engine. It ingested some water into number two cyliner caused buy the exhaust rusted
1982 H27 wire size standing rigging jmnewell at 5:42pm 06.14.10 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1635 I am rigging a 27 foot 1982 Cherubini, and currently does not have the rigging, I need to know what
Beneteau 361-- 2000 dollars, what was paid? nnarth212 at 5:37pm 06.14.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1725 Fellas, Please go easy on the newb... my subject captures my question: What was the 361 (outfitted
West System SNAFU - HELP! NorfolkRagbagger at 4:32pm 06.14.10 Ask All Sailors 23/4462 :confused: Been working with a friend on a West System (great stuff) epoxy patch the length of the
pneumatic strut supports Marty at 4:27pm 06.14.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/8355 Hello fellow sailors and 25 owners. I finally got around to purchasing struts to hold up the pop-to
Cracked Plexiglass Windows (Ports) EdL at 4:16pm 06.14.10 Catalina 30 7/3869 I'm considering the purchase of a 1986 Catalina 30 but all of the plexiglass windows (ports) in the
MAC 65 pics (3) MrBill_FLL at 4:14pm 06.14.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/5609 been meaning to upload some pics from the last race... its HUGE! at last months around the island
Hunter 28.5 website rgallagher at 4:11pm 06.14.10 Mid-Size Boats 1/1622 Does anyone else have problems using the 28.5 website. I can get into the forumns but it is not usea
H27 main sheet length? Jimboyyy at 3:47pm 06.14.10 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1862 Do any of you other H 27 Cherubini owners happens to know the length of your main sheet? (I do not h
Early Catalina 34 motoring speeds n624ma at 3:44pm 06.14.10 Big Boats 4/5534 I'm looking at buying a C-34 in the early model year range and would like some input on what speeds

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Wire Size Ralph Johnstone at 10:34pm 06.15.22
Laminate sole in cabin - Whitish haze water mark Sailor_Al at 9:52pm 06.15.22 dlochner and Len, thanks for the advice
Bimini mount solar panel install advice chuckwayne at 9:48pm 06.15.22 that approach worked on our 356. it's tricky to get thru the tube junctions and you might run a fish
Lectrosan install oday 35 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:45pm 06.15.22 The LectraSan is obsolete...the current version is the ElectroScan Raritan ElectroScan Promo Sheet
Garmin Wireless wind vs. Raymarine microtalk gateway? (1) Tally Ho at 8:37pm 06.15.22 Does anyone know if this Raymarine i60 wind display can get wireless signal from a TacTic T120 trans
Wire Size mikeracca at 8:33pm 06.15.22 Are you familiar with Ohm's Law: I = E/R It was proposed in 1827 and is still used today. Bigge
Seven Mile Bridge Marathon Benny17441 at 8:30pm 06.15.22 What is your Draft, 5' or 6' 6"? From the specs the shallow draft boat has a mast height of 57' 4"
COCKPIT LINE HOLDERS (3) Tally Ho at 8:14pm 06.15.22 Right now, I am using these 3M Command hook cord holders for 4 lines on each side of my cabin top.
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 Ralph Johnstone at 7:57pm 06.15.22 2) Any ideas what might cause this? Angular shaft misalignment would be a first guess. This is n
2GM20F V-Belt for Alternator (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:50pm 06.15.22 Have you used the alternator bracket to take up or supply slack to the belt you are using ? rry, bu
Replacing engine instrument panel Ward H at 7:36pm 06.15.22 Maybe give Catalina Yachts customer service a call. They may have an idea for a solution.
Wire Size (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:31pm 06.15.22 There gets to a point where the bigger wire will actually have just as much loss as a smaller wire.
Plastimo 16274 air pump for engine room - how is it controlled? SycloneDriver at 7:17pm 06.15.22 Diodes are only used because of the dc relay. When the relay shuts off it induces a spike (generate
Laminate sole in cabin - Whitish haze water mark Len Ingalls at 7:12pm 06.15.22 Heat with clothes iron: How to Remove Water Stains From Wood
Replacing engine instrument panel Calif. Ted at 6:59pm 06.15.22 Connects to pedestal with 1 bolt which also serves to hold the anchor piece for the trans and accele
Replacing engine instrument panel Scott T-Bird at 6:44pm 06.15.22 Your instrument pod was discontinued in 1999 when the one in the link on my prior post was introduc
Trouble removing prop shaft vidalia at 6:44pm 06.15.22 The Buck Algonquin prop puller works well. After pulling the coupling replace it with a split coupl
Trouble removing prop shaft vidalia at 6:43pm 06.15.22 Ya probably have a giant burr on the shaft where the set screw point was pushing. That is keeping t
Trouble removing prop shaft vidalia at 6:41pm 06.15.22 Cut the shaft or use-a buck Algonquin coupling puller..your coupling is straight not tapered. There
Laminate sole in cabin - Whitish haze water mark dlochner at 6:37pm 06.15.22 Try wiping with a microfleece cloth. If that doesn't work try cleaning with a paper towel dampened w

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