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Managing the Bow. KandD at 10:04pm 01.29.10 Ask All Sailors 18/4805 Today i tried to take out my Hunter 40 and ran into some engine problems. I dropped the anchor whil
Keeping the Optimus stove going. La Vie at 8:13pm 01.29.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1137 Our Beneteau has an OPTIMUS gas burner and oven. Can anyone help me find a source for replacement bu
disappointed gabriel.donnelly at 5:19pm 01.29.10 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2006 30mph gusts today... fired up, headed out to beautiful lake Travis, the lake has been rising, the ma
Yanmar 4jhe Died... KandD at 3:35pm 01.29.10 Big Boats 8/5191 I tried to take out Playpen today, got about 50 yards out of the slip when my engine died on me. Wh
Faymann Diesel gensets galynd at 3:32pm 01.29.10 Ask All Sailors 4/4242 Have any of you heard of or own a Farymann Diesel, 4.3 kw, generator. It seems to be a very simple
Winch Maintenance Roy10289 at 1:25pm 01.29.10 Ask All Sailors 10/3363 I have Lewmar 2 speed winches on my boat. They are becoming a little "sticky" when grinding and I th
Bow & Stern cleats Phoenix-UK at 12:33pm 01.29.10 Mid-Size Boats 5/2127 Hi, Can anyone help? We sail a Hunter 30T (1990) in the United Kingdom and i have always felt that t
experiences with progressive auto ins filthy liberal scum at 12:12pm 01.29.10 Sails Call Lounge 9/956 i just got an ins quote from progressive today that was 47% lower premium than my current carrier fo
Looking to Buy Spiderjohn69 at 11:45am 01.29.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1329 I'm looking to buy a 1985 Mac25. The boat has been on the trailer with the bow up for some months a
Newport 33 hinged tabernacle Gary M at 11:33am 01.29.10 Newport 1/3742 I am interested in seeing pictures, drawings, and plans for a hinged tabernacle for a Newport 33. I
Battery Alternate jibes138 at 11:01am 01.29.10 Ask All Sailors 16/3027 Is it acceptable practice to run all your 12 volt stuff on the boat without batteries installed by u
LectraSan on Island Packet 27? bliss at 10:42am 01.29.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/2662 Just joined up after lurking in these forums for a while. Great stuff -- thanks! I'm wondering if
A/C on an h34 Benny at 10:38am 01.29.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2054 Our nephew is thinking about installing a 9,000 btu A/C unit on his 1986 h34. I'm 1,200 miles away
Table/Convertable Berth sean0965 at 9:21am 01.29.10 Catalina 30 7/2408 Hello All, I bought a 1980 Catalina 30 in Nov. The existing table is in bad shape and cannot be
What's under the ice box in a 336 or 340? robertsapp at 9:12am 01.29.10 Big Boats 2/1669 The previous owner of my H336 installed a 16K A/C unit under the port settee. Everyone (including th
Repair/Replacement of broken bowplate gdruist at 9:05am 01.29.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1269 For my Cal 28, I need to repair or replace the aluminum structure that attaches to the fiberglass on
small boat handling coming in an inlet (3) Bob 04 H260 at 7:19am 01.29.10 Smaller Boats 7/1836 Well we made it to Florida fine, are provisoning and preparing for our trip. We intend to go down th
epoxie ??????? woodster at 5:42am 01.29.10 Ask All Sailors 15/2572 just wondering if any one has pos or neg feed back on using 2 part epoxie purchased from the big box
Coastal crusing in july/ august Chuck Creel at 4:29am 01.29.10 Ask All Sailors 11/2324 Since my doctor retired me early and now have time on my hands, I am trying to plan a trip east from
deck light on the spreader gwhite at 9:00pm 01.28.10 Mid-Size Boats 3/2350 Found a fixed spreader light at "DEFENDER", wonder if anyone has installed one or two on the bottom

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Seeking advice from any chemists, bottom paint related JamesG161 at 8:46am 04.27.22 Wondering why you did. My guess it is called E-Paint as E = Environmental Friendly in Fresh water
Seeking advice from any chemists, bottom paint related fstbttms at 8:36am 04.27.22 I think everyone at our club that has tried ePaint has had problems getting it to stay on, some adh
Seeking advice from any chemists, bottom paint related Sailor Sue at 8:31am 04.27.22 I wouldn't wish ePaint on an enemy. Hope this works out. Since we started using ePaint we have had
Block size for 84' 31 - Mainsheet jssailem at 8:28am 04.27.22 Shawne, That is an excellent question to send to @Dave Groshong here on the forum. He works with SBO
Catalina 315 Fuel Gauge jssailem at 8:23am 04.27.22 Wow John. That, seems like a pretty good run for a gauge. They are notoriously unreliable for fuel
Rudder bearing JamesG161 at 8:18am 04.27.22 Mine is knocking slightly Tell us more of that symptom like when knocking Rudder is... 1) In heavy
Two-battery LiFePo4 system? Maine Sail at 8:15am 04.27.22 Yeah, for 2-3 times more Lithionics will sell you snake oil. good luck. Lithionics is absolutely
Another Battery Question..... Boomer2it at 8:11am 04.27.22 "Charging Voltages", I will remember this and take a look. new--->new and old-->old in series conne
Another Battery Question..... Boomer2it at 8:10am 04.27.22 If you want to do it, do it new to new and old to old. The problem with new to old is that now yo
Legend 41 Forward Heads Hatch SirMichael at 8:04am 04.27.22 Then your best bet is to remove it. I did some quick checks: how to remove hatch and it doesn't lo
Another Battery Question..... Boomer2it at 8:02am 04.27.22
Which wood piece is stronger ? Solid or laminated ? FastOlson at 8:02am 04.27.22 Lots of interesting information about dealing with the known problems of wood. Far far better to use
New Catalina 30 Owner jssailem at 7:58am 04.27.22 I would check out Tacoma Screw. Tacoma Screw Products \| Home Up here in the North Sound, I like Cha
Reverse Polarity Problem c07chrisjohnson at 7:58am 04.27.22 I ended up buying a new marinco shore power cable (it was time for a new one anyway). This one is ab
Diesel heater install on Hunter 45CC (1) Captain Mateo at 7:57am 04.27.22 Tony, I liveaboard full time on my H 460 in the Chesapeake Bay. Last summer, I installed a Webasto A
Tohatsu Sail Pro starting issues brockangelo at 7:56am 04.27.22 That's good to know - thanks Grotto
1981 O'Day 22 Drain Plug jssailem at 7:54am 04.27.22 LooseScrew... No offense meant or taken in the exchange... It was just a big hole. I'm not sure it w
New Catalina 30 Owner Hayden Watson at 7:51am 04.27.22 Ok, so I was thinking about my dilemma. I am missing the large nut that would normally be used to
Help replacing Raw Water Pump on a Yanmar 4JH4-TE joelm100 at 7:49am 04.27.22 Thank you joelm100. When you removed the lower engine mount bolt to swing the mount out of the way,
Help replacing Raw Water Pump on a Yanmar 4JH4-TE joelm100 at 7:47am 04.27.22 Thank you joelm100. When you removed the lower engine mount bolt to swing the mount out of the way

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