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What's this for? (1) AndrewB at 7:00am 02.01.10 Big Boats 7/2128 Hi I have attached a picture of some metal object that is on or boat. Does anybody know what it is,
Stanchion base bracket ranchu56 at 4:01am 02.01.10 Big Boats 6/2174 I have a 1984 Hunter 34. Does anyone know where I can acquire or have 4 of the stanchion brackets t
isomat in mast furling rokqtmn at 7:44pm 01.31.10 Bigger Boats 0/2145 Helo all, I have just purchased a 322 Oday and love her. The problem is the in the mast main and fur
atomic 4 trans ruthbaseball at 7:42pm 01.31.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1466 There was a post about a shift problem.Capt Dave advise him to check this site for instructions on a
What engine is this? (2) foolproof at 5:38pm 01.31.10 Catalina 30 1/1483 Hello all: I have attached a picture of the engine in my 1976 C30. I found the name Yanmar stamped
Annapolis 18 HELP !!!!! Marty Freed at 5:10pm 01.31.10 Ask All Sailors 2/3144 Hello Just purchased an Annapolis 18 Discoverer..Sail # 78 Need help locatating pix of complete boat
Annapolis 18 >>>HELP ! Marty Freed at 5:09pm 01.31.10 Trailer Sailors 0/2569 Hello Just purchased an Annapolis 18 Discoverer..Sail # 78 Need help locatating pix of complete boat
Skeg Rudder Repair jfmid at 5:00pm 01.31.10 Mid-Size Boats 5/4795 Hello, I am looking at purchasing a 1980 Hunter 30' that looks in overall good shape. The only th
Home Page Pictures Nodak7 at 3:29pm 01.31.10 Mid-Size Boats 2/1316 I am fascinated with the pictures published on the Home Page. I like to look at them and some are ju
going offshore anyone? thesailerdude at 3:16pm 01.31.10 Ask All Sailors 1/1797 I am looking for a sailboat that is going offshore or to places that is looking for crew? I am in fo
PLASTIKI: Across the Pacific on a Catamaran Made of Plastic Bottles rardiH36 at 2:50pm 01.31.10 Ask All Sailors 4/2159 My wife and I were out on San Francisco Bay yesterday, just off Sausalito. We passed close to an un
New Cabin Table Roger Long at 2:16pm 01.31.10 Ask All Sailors 13/2659 My Dickenson heater installation will require a new cabin table since the old table hinged down from
C-34 at Torrey Pines Ed Schenck at 1:34pm 01.31.10 Ask All Sailors 5/1918 Right before the last commercial(1629 EST) on the golf tourney the camera caught a Catalina 34 going
Racing a 37.5 Hunter Legend shaman at 12:45pm 01.31.10 Racing 6/7307 Hey, Is there anyone else racing a 37.5 out there??? My wife and I race our 1995 37.5 in the nonspi
Cetol on wood ScottD at 10:41am 01.31.10 Ask All Sailors 9/3082 I have some exposed wood that is showing signs of wear. It was finished with Cetol in the past. Do
inverter charger Frederick at 9:02am 01.31.10 Big Boats 5/1787 My old HEART inverter charger (1991) is starting to fail on me. HEART now XANTREX tell me my unit is
Hull sanding or ? Quoddy at 9:00am 01.31.10 Ask All Sailors 21/6076 What do you think would be the best tools and methods to use to get our hull smooth for maximum perf
Shipping Containers MoonSailer at 8:21am 01.31.10 Ask All Sailors 15/3259 http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/state/containers-fall-off-ship-drift-toward-west-palm-200130.html?
outhaul -O'day 240 rmilavsky at 8:04am 01.31.10 Ask An Oday Owner 21/8853 Any suggestions I can get on this topic will be appreciated. I am really trying to work at improving
Looking for Yamaha 37 Ck's (1) debdube at 7:52am 01.31.10 Yamaha 3/7018 I have a Yamaha 37 foot Center Cockpit Ketch, built in 1980. She's got a 52 horse Yamaha diesel. I r

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Looking for a roller I can use when using the trailer winch to raise the mast pclarksurf at 4:41pm 05.03.22 https://youtube.com/shorts/UB-_nUnTIvM?feature=share Horrible video attempt but it does show the co
Looking for a roller I can use when using the trailer winch to raise the mast (3) pclarksurf at 4:21pm 05.03.22 I"m in the @LakeShark camp: needs to be efficient and I only raise solo. Certainly as you raise wi
shroud tension rgranger at 4:18pm 05.03.22 It looks a though the only recourse is to simply pull down on the shroud by hand and try to get the
Hunter 340 Head Faucet Replacement joelm100 at 4:15pm 05.03.22 Heads up: I did a swap with the galley on my H380 and had trouble matching European thread and PEX
Two sides to 3jh3e engine coolant pump? JoeWhite at 4:06pm 05.03.22 Normally the engine coolant also runs through the water heater coil to heat the drinking water.
Cherubini was a genius. At least he had good sources. Captainfrankii at 4:01pm 05.03.22 Hardware, especially rigging, should NEVER be attached directly to the holes in the anodized-aluminu
Stuffing box- Uh Oh! (H310) Tim22 at 3:55pm 05.03.22 For my H 310 4 rings 3/16 inch Teflon. Tim
Misc Issues kappykaplan at 3:54pm 05.03.22 fuel injectors are fouled from the soot and carbon Get a bottle of Sea Foam and put it in the tank
Ammeter replacement questions (1) jonelli at 3:52pm 05.03.22 I'm not familiar with DC circuits that can measure current via the wires through the "donut". Thoug
Misc Issues jssailem at 3:42pm 05.03.22 On my boat I had the same black soot line. The engine was exhausting some un-burnt fuel. It could co
Misc Issues mjsb at 3:25pm 05.03.22 My biggest concern with all that the engine has been thru, especially with the backfiring and heavy
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 Ralph Johnstone at 3:04pm 05.03.22 I do have someone who offered to go with me time permitting and captain my boat that has close to 4
Misc Issues kappykaplan at 3:02pm 05.03.22 That doesn't look too bad. When I spent an extended time motoring in following seas, I got soot on
Effects of disconnecting hydronic heater baycloud at 2:29pm 05.03.22 I have rebuilt old, really old, car engines that overheat when you fire them up with plugged heater
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 BKParks at 2:26pm 05.03.22 Thank you that is great advice, I do have an I/R gun as well. I bought the boat over the winter and
Misc Issues (1) mjsb at 2:19pm 05.03.22 Any photos to the transom?
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 2:16pm 05.03.22 Ok so not a totally complete failure. The part actually was almost the desired size for the interior
Misc Issues mjsb at 2:12pm 05.03.22 Normally Black smoke = Engine burning oil Hopefully no more Backfires on the engine. How many eng
Deep stick (1) Ralph Johnstone at 2:11pm 05.03.22 BTW: You now have a deviant browser history.:beer:
Single-handing a Catalina 310? PlaneTom at 1:42pm 05.03.22 As others have said, sailing the 310 single handed is not difficult, and some have suggested modific

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