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Buying a used Mark II Mitch & Mary at 5:33am 11.01.09 Big Boats 2/2209 We are about to sea trial and survey a 1998 Mark II. We will be first time owners. What are areas th
Keith's Teak Shoaldrafter at 1:15am 11.01.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1680 Keith said, "I bought four feet of 1"x7"x4' teak in atlanta last week...$112 american dollars.....my
H450-456-460-466 Rudder Pics? FollowYouFollowMe at 1:27am 11.01.09 Big Boats 6/5040 Hi All, Wondering if anybody has a picture of their rudder from a 1999-2004 44-46' Hunter they co
Self Tailing Winches Dalliance at 1:05am 11.01.09 Ask All Sailors 12/12460 My jib sheet winches are non-self tailing two speed Barient 22; original to the boat. They are in go
wax on, wax off Mike8193 at 7:42pm 10.31.09 Ask All Sailors 6/2211 Up to this point I have always waxed my boat by hand. I tried a buffer once but either I bought too
Adding gauges to engine Stuart5570 at 6:35pm 10.31.09 Bavaria 4/2586 Hi All Wondering if any of you have added guages beyond the stock that comes with the boat. I was
oday 25 owners-where does the water go digitek718 at 3:49pm 10.31.09 Ask An Oday Owner 8/2115 Hey I was wondering where the water goes from the melted ice in the cabin icebox? Does it just empty
newbie bilge pump oday 25 digitek718 at 3:46pm 10.31.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1595 I am very happy with my 1981 oday 25 purchase...it seems to have come with everything that I will ne
Broken Steering Don Guillette at 2:19pm 10.31.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 3/3586 What would you do if your steering broke? Could you steer with your sails? It has never happened t
Windlass Installation Keith Willson at 1:05pm 10.31.09 Mid-Size Boats 6/5729 After nearly being pitched overboard while using my manual anchor retrieval system (me) last summer,
27sl speed? rivers at 1:02pm 10.31.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1407 I Was Looking At A '92 27sl I Like The Cabin But Is This A Slow Boat? Will A Traveler Help It Poin
Oday Hull Question lwi101 at 1:01pm 10.31.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1281 I am thinking of buying an O'Day 28. I have two questions: 1) The boat has been on a cradle since
Can 26m trailer be used for 26d? Will boat sit higher or same? Any tips are really needed. TOM mntjohnson_in_minnesota at 12:47pm 10.31.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1290 Can 26m trailer be used for 26d? Will boat sit higher or same? Any tips are really needed as 26m t
Groco lube dam612 at 11:17am 10.31.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2312 I'm re-building my Groco head pump. After replacing the plunger head the pump primes and moves water
Leaking fuel tank benmorr at 11:02am 10.31.09 Pearson 1/1539 Has anyone had to remove a fuel tank from a 1988 Pearson 37-2? If so, what's the easiest way to rem
ABS plumbing fittings on sink drains? knothead at 10:59am 10.31.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2837 In order to create more storage space under my head and galley sinks, I would like to re-route the d
Pre-survey maintenace items 1987 305 First waterboyllp at 9:14am 10.31.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1277 Ron, I recently had a pre-purchase survey performed on 1987 Beneteau First 305 that I am conside
Rudder bearings P34-2/1990 rognvald at 9:10am 10.31.09 Pearson 0/1200 Does anyone know if my boat has a rudder tube with dedicated separate bearings that are installed at
inhull transducer wcaime@embarqmail.com at 9:08am 10.31.09 Pearson 6/2441 What's best for gluing an inhull transducer?
Replacing cutlass bearing of 1987 First 305 Gregg Anshus at 9:02am 10.31.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1479 I recently had a pre-survey performed on a 1987 Beneteau First 305. The Surveyor recommended that I

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r we being PULLED or PUSHED?? Davidasailor26 at 3:28pm 04.03.22 Interesting philosophical question. I'm not so sure that it does depend on the point of sail. In e
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Davidasailor26 at 3:24pm 04.03.22 I believe you are misinterpreting what I've said. The load presented to the alternator is what det
Oceanis 400 switches jviss at 3:23pm 04.03.22 Interesting that you suggest continuing the bus bar for the positive side. That amount of exposed p
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Rescue? I must be missing something (1) dlochner at 3:10pm 04.03.22 The bottom line, the boat rescued had no business being where they were when they were. It was a 27
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Rescue? I must be missing something shemandr at 2:58pm 04.03.22 When the Sail magazine guy was rescued from the brand new cat a few years ago I think they just left
Rescue? I must be missing something dlochner at 2:57pm 04.03.22 I read the published coast guard write up and it said the crew was airlifted off the boat. It did
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Life's little lesson dlochner at 2:55pm 04.03.22 We've been through a few of those ourselves. Fortunately we have a little RIB that will float even w
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"renewable" diesel? Richard19068 at 2:20pm 04.03.22 What are the lubricity properties of this fuel substitution. Are they the same as petroleum diesel?
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