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YSM-12 Air & Oil Filter Bud H at 3:40am 12.11.09 Ask All Sailors 11/7607 My boat has a 1979 Yanmar YSM12 engine. I have rebuilt this old engine and would like to do my best
companionway doors (3) edouard at 12:00am 12.11.09 Big Boats 0/5 I have a Catalina 350 and recently replaced the companionway boards with doors. CruisingConcepts ht
Interesting news for all you.......... Ron20324 at 9:01pm 12.10.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1879 Fans of the Manson Anchors- and you know who you are! A new design that is made with racers in mind.
companionway doors (3) edouard at 7:19pm 12.10.09 Big Boats 1/2944 I own a Catalina 350 and wanted to change the companionway boards with doors. CruisingConcepts http:
Looking for an Owner's manual faithforster26@msn.com at 2:44pm 12.10.09 Catalina 30 8/2958 Hi: We have purchased a 1988 Catalina 30 MK 11 and would really like to obtain an owner's manual. I
Planned interior upgrades for Oh Joy (1) CharlieCobra at 2:24pm 12.10.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1559 We have plans for making this old girl a little homier as we restore her. We plan to do some extend
Pettit Protect 4700/4701 barrier primer Solmansail at 1:23pm 12.10.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1775 Has anyone used the Pettit Protect primer for a barrier coat? Would you recommend it? It takes few
Mainsheet Traveller Problem redmarsail at 12:15pm 12.10.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1851 I have recently purchased a Beneteau 323 (second owner) and have sailed it 3 times, first sailing it
Lust Roger Long at 8:49am 12.10.09 Ask All Sailors 10/3077 Loving my heavy old Endeavour 32 as I do, it isn't often that I see a small fast boat that creates s
Compressed natural gas wdancer at 7:37am 12.10.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/3118 Hello all I have recently purchased my legend and after great effort and time i managed to get the c
Screws in soft deck...... NYSail at 5:44am 12.10.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2014 Hello all. Through all my projects I have done, one has eluded me... working with epoxie and fibergl
Anchors - (Fortress - Worlds Best?) Ducati at 5:35am 12.10.09 Ask All Sailors 12/2951 I was very impressed with the ease + security of a CQR anchor while we chartered in St Martin. All o
Zspar / Beneteau / Catalina halyard issue kaptaindave at 8:21pm 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2634 I have a client with a mast with Z spar / US spar inmast furling mast (as commonly used on Catalina,
Sell in Michigan or Florida? Livingstone at 8:06pm 12.09.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1293 I have a 1985 MacGregor 25 that i would like to sell, and I want to try to get the best price I can
Audio experts-Rock the Boat? Andy1237 at 7:17pm 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 23/4097 Any experience with Rock the Boat audio sales? My CD player may have died and I think it is better
What ever happened to "Help a fellow sailor with a dream " RAD at 6:00pm 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1306 After reading about Flo and the thesailordude it just dawned on me that we never heard from Jim.....
Exhaust manifold output gasket Witzend at 5:29pm 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1394 Since I had to remove it to take the bell housing off to deal with my striped out R'D damper plate (
Rich had asked how i mounted my batteries.. (2) emergpa1 at 4:14pm 12.09.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1232 This could be a repeat post, i posted it earlier, but now I do not see it. maybe it is lost in cyber
Bilge pump on 26SV BobN at 4:08pm 12.09.09 Trailer Sailors 2/2325 Was planning on installing bilbe pump(s) - any recommendations on best locations?
help with thru deck fitting stx203 at 3:05pm 12.09.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1251 I'm starting winter chores on my new (to me) 77 ODay 25. For some reason the previous owners install

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Diesel tank cleaning advise needed dlochner at 4:37am 04.22.22 Adding an inspection port is good idea. Do a search there are several companies that can provide th
Compression post leak GEB at 4:13am 04.22.22 Common problem. Many posts here about the same leak. In every case, the leak occurs at the mast ste
Raymarine Wheel drive autopilot on Hunter boat- to upgrade? (1) kappykaplan at 3:17am 04.22.22 I believe the linear drives are designed to be attached to the Radial Drive or Quadrant, My type 1
Epoxy and stainless steel. thinwater at 11:10pm 04.21.22 How do you suppose threaded fittings are added to commercial fiberglass tanks (none of these suggest
Diesel tank cleaning advise needed mikeracca at 10:44pm 04.21.22
Fresh water flush Xstream at 9:51pm 04.21.22 I described the best solution for that problem in post #4 (also in my book): Sink drain thru-hulls
replace starter/glowplug key switch JoeWhite at 9:42pm 04.21.22 No, you can remove the front screws and pull the front panel out then you will see the switch.
Diesel tank cleaning advise needed SFS at 9:20pm 04.21.22 I agree with what Rich said, and if the boat is near your house, and you have that gear, coupled wit
New Catalina 30 Owner (2) mikeracca at 8:54pm 04.21.22
Diesel tank cleaning advise needed mikeracca at 8:52pm 04.21.22 I have pulled and replaced my level sensor a couple of times and I have never seen anything that re
Looking for info on the head/toilet AaronD at 8:41pm 04.21.22 I don't recommend my PO: nothing like straight in / straight out: iot who made such a mess 6 or
Diesel tank cleaning advise needed Rich Stidger at 8:36pm 04.21.22 I have pulled and replaced my level sensor a couple of times and I have never seen anything that rem
Folding 3 blade prop DArcy at 8:21pm 04.21.22 I had an old, ungeared folding prop on my last boat. Putting into forward would cause only one blade
Swim platform for my 26S patrickfarley at 8:11pm 04.21.22 Wow
Raymarine Wheel drive autopilot on Hunter boat- to upgrade? (1) Ken13559 at 8:00pm 04.21.22 NO don't cut the rudder tube! You'll let in water and sink! On my h326, just below where i stand, be
Anchor woes fred1diver at 7:56pm 04.21.22 Good point about the mud, we do have a lot of that around here, I will have to look into that
Raymarine Wheel drive autopilot on Hunter boat- to upgrade? DArcy at 7:53pm 04.21.22 It looks like the quadrant is under the panel behind the wheel. Open it up and see if there is room
Raymarine Wheel drive autopilot on Hunter boat- to upgrade? (1) higgs at 7:23pm 04.21.22 204679 Quadrants I have seen look more like this.
X2Power AGM battery Scott T-Bird at 6:16pm 04.21.22 those batteries are made by Enersys, the parent company of both Northstar and Odyssey. With firefly
Yanmar 2GM20F rear main seal (1) Ken13559 at 6:14pm 04.21.22 Ken, the parts book says it is a double lip nitrile, HTC 60829 oil seal. I think that is 60mm id, 8

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