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good to see issues get resolved here thereisabelle at 8:13pm 05.05.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1406 going to the boat this weekend, got my new a/c panel, looking for advice/ input on changing them out
Steering while motoring a Hunter 23.5 douglata at 6:46pm 05.05.10 Smaller Boats 9/3885 I'm new to sailing - so please forgive me if this is a dumb question. I just put my 1994 H23.5 in
emergency tiller cover tpcasa at 6:27pm 05.05.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1346 Does anyone know where I can find a deck hatch for my O'Day 34 emergency tiller?
Broker Issue thaeni at 5:38pm 05.05.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1766 I just bought a 1992 33.5 Hunter from a Broker. The ad said boat had a new speed, depth, and wind i
Fein or ?? jibes138 at 5:10pm 05.05.10 Ask All Sailors 5/1896 I received an unsolicited input from Fein today for the WS14 compact angle grinder. I know the peopl
Gulf Oil Spill Effect On Fiberglass Hull BrianW at 4:20pm 05.05.10 Ask All Sailors 19/6712 Does anyone know what effect spilled crude oil will have on a fiberglass boat hull? DAMN BP!!! Brian
Replacement Coolant Over-Temp Switch (1) Evening Star at 4:02pm 05.05.10 Ask All Sailors 3/2122 Our Morgan 41' has a Perkins 4.154 and the coolant over-temp sensor has a terminal broken off. It tr
What is this???? (3) newtosailing at 3:26pm 05.05.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2478 What is this???? Update* -So we picked up the boat and (it was at night) couldn't see any marking*
Hunter 40, need photo of outhaul shackles. Orion253 at 2:57pm 05.05.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1625 Hi Hunter 40 owners, I have misplaced the shackles that connect the Main Sail to the out-haul car o
Looking for material to build a switch panel (2) guidera48 at 2:24pm 05.05.10 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1371 The galley project is on hold until I receive the bolts for the seacocks. Cant beleive I paid 60 box
Islander 28 engine retrofit Heatwave at 2:22pm 05.05.10 Islander 1/3581 Hi Everyone, I'm thinking of acquiring a 76 I-28. Unfortunately, she has an ancient Volvo Penta MD-
Rudder repair??? james turner at 2:15pm 05.05.10 Bigger Boats 1/2328 My rudder has some rust colored fluid leaking from it in the fall. I am thinking about removing the
What oil do you use in your diesel? canavap at 1:34pm 05.05.10 Catalina 30 5/1886 I changed my oil in the fall as I was supposed to do but now I am perplexed by my choice of oil. My
Reefing the Main atwhite2 at 12:38pm 05.05.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2197 Good Day Ladies and Gentlemen... After some basic searching, there is a lot of information on this
Sailing on anchor Bill Roosa at 11:27am 05.05.10 Big Boats 17/5929 I was reading "Storm Tactics" and got the wild idea that I could stop Bardi Sea from sailing on her
Carpet me New boat owner at 10:54am 05.05.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1576 I have a 84' M 25. I need carpet for walkway and under table. Where can I look?
Out Island 41 Steering Pump IrwinDude at 10:25am 05.05.10 Ask All Sailors 2/2126 Currently have a HyNautic H-31 pump at the helm that leeks really bad. Anybidy know where I can find
Pulpit Stanchions Removable??? (1) RonRelyea at 8:50am 05.05.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2779 I'm pondering a mod to my boat to add a more substantial deck plate at the bow in order to also add
Moving batteries from bank to bank sailcapt340 at 8:09am 05.05.10 Big Boats 3/1268 I have 3 AGM batteries for the house bank and 1 AGM for the start bank. All are the same age (bough
Fawcett's in Annapolis Jack4865 at 8:00am 05.05.10 Ask All Sailors 4/2343 What happened to Fawcett's in Annapolis? I was there a month or so ago and they've moved. They are

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Oceanis 352 - location of refrigerator compressor ("Cold Machine") Thadeus Burns at 8:34am 06.03.22 Mine is located on the stern port side (basically under the propane locker, near the hull. I have t
big dreams, great vessel, john alden race boat jssailem at 8:07am 06.03.22 Man they have a project boat to recover. It has such beautiful wide decks.
Pinhole leak in 2015 Zodiak Wave odaydokay at 7:40am 06.03.22 I had a pinhole in my Zodiac Cadet, it was tough to find and when I did I made a "temporary" repair
Pinhole leak in 2015 Zodiak Wave odaydokay at 7:29am 06.03.22 Wow, some great ideas here, fellas. Much obliged!
O'Day 25 Head Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:27am 06.03.22 New marine sanitation regs included in the Federal Water Pollution Act ("Clean Water Act") of 1978
Pinhole leak in 2015 Zodiak Wave danooxnard at 7:14am 06.03.22 I have used a product call Aquaseal to fix pinhole in inflatables, no patching required. It works gr
Green Crystals in Fuel Filter DArcy at 6:57am 06.03.22 blue jeans ?!? What were people doing in there? The crystals are a great mystery, I'm following th
Outboard mounting bolts seized danooxnard at 6:51am 06.03.22 This is from a previous post. Heat and beeswax !! The trick is to heat the screws add some bees w
Fuel Puzzle DBoss at 6:46am 06.03.22 Thanks all for the great tips, very useful information.
Green Crystals in Fuel Filter kloudie1 at 6:21am 06.03.22 We are fortunate that we can get ethanol free gasoline here. I normally have 15 gallons stored; it h
O'day 19 Weekender Companionway Door Dimensions? Will Gilmore at 6:17am 06.03.22 Artistic Flair to Companionway Hatch Boards: Very lengthy project post -Will
Keel centering spacers (1) Scott300 at 6:16am 06.03.22 Here's a picture of the spacer.
O'day 23 forward hatch cover Leeward Rail at 6:15am 06.03.22 Not sure of the shape you need.. a.photo helps. A guy here made a nice plastic hatch panel from a
Keel centering spacers Leeward Rail at 5:57am 06.03.22 Photos ? By "groove for the keel", I assume you mean the keel trunk ? If so, yes, the sides are no
Single-handed docking Indysailor at 5:49am 06.03.22 With my previous boat and an outboard, I kept lines on the dock and rigged a line at midship on the
Mainsail downhaul Joe at 5:28am 06.03.22 Tie the downhaul to one of the sliders/grommets BELOW the top one, where the halyard is attached.
Pinhole leak in 2015 Zodiak Wave brazenarticle at 5:24am 06.03.22 I had a pinhole in my Zodiac Cadet, it was tough to find and when I did I made a "temporary" repair
Oday 26 chain plate leak RoyS at 5:04am 06.03.22 When you rebed the chainplates pay attention to the four screws that hold the rectangular cover plat
O'Day 25 Head jerry_911 at 5:04am 06.03.22 Thanks for the advice. Seems to be an easy fix and a lot less plumbing to maintain. Question - as
Green Crystals in Fuel Filter Tally Ho at 4:55am 06.03.22

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