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Leaky fuel fitting Tom23352 at 4:35pm 09.20.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1699 is making me crazy! The banjo fitting on the intake side of the fuel feed pump on my Yanmar 2GM20F
Cleaning the bilge Smitty at 3:40pm 09.20.09 Ask All Sailors 29/25014 Over 1800 hours my Westerbeke has dripped a little oil and sometimes when I change the oil filter, I
Another fuel topic-340 tank Andy1237 at 1:58pm 09.20.09 Big Boats 1/1151 I think the fuel sending unit in our 340 is caputz!. Anybody know how deep the tank on the 340 is?
Wind meter tommy at 1:07pm 09.20.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1155 I have a WS50 wind meter. Is there any significance in the first 60 degrees highlighted in "red and
Elegance on H356 Shawn93 at 5:34am 09.20.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/2713 Does anyone have any experience installing a Raritan Elegance on a Hunter 356? I've taken measureme
A Back Up Bilge Pump? Ducati at 4:00am 09.20.09 Ask All Sailors 13/3485 We race on a 2 ton/IOR which has no bilge pump. We suck out the H2O on race night with a wet vac. It
Adding a bail to an O'Day 222 for a vang (1) Mich222 at 2:39am 09.20.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1963 I made the leap and drilled larger holes at the base of the DAMCO (Dwyer Aluminum Mast Co) mast on a
Lowering keel on Mac 25 CaptTripps at 10:14pm 09.19.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2197 I have been surfing around and haven't figured out how to lower the kell on my "new" Mac 25 (1985).
Pictures of my new companionway door (5) MartinLanglois at 9:50pm 09.19.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/3156 I was tired of the ugly tinted plexiglass door on my Mac25. It was big and hard to hide anywhere on
3 years, 30,000 miles, 19' LOA Joe Blizzard at 7:07pm 09.19.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2993 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/06/content_12081661.htm Aron Meder, a 29-year-old Hungaria
Raw water through-hull location xavierlh1 at 6:32pm 09.19.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1535 I just bought a 2005 B373, and as I was tidying the boat at the endof our first cruise, I realized t
rig tuning sailordel at 12:42pm 09.19.09 Big Boats 4/1933 I have a 1989 Legend 37 and am replacing all the standing rigging. Any guidance/information regardi
It's time for a 32ft Mac JoelHoover at 10:45am 09.19.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1784 Wouldn't it be cool if MacGregor made a 32-36ft water ballast cruiser with 2 100hp outboards? I'm
Do you cover your sailboat for the winter? cromer at 9:53am 09.19.09 Ask All Sailors 42/42074 How do you cover you sailboat for the winter? Mast up or down? Do you shrinkwrap, use tarps, or use
Need to build a temp rudder for an O25 gabriel.donnelly at 9:28am 09.19.09 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1059 Hi there, My name is Gabriel and I just bought an O'Day 25 and couldn't be happier! However, the rud
I need to build a temp rudder gabriel.donnelly at 9:17am 09.19.09 Day Sailers 3/1604 Hi there, My name is Gabriel and I just bought an O'Day 25 and couldn't be happier! However, the rud
SIRIUS Radio Rick Webb at 8:46am 09.19.09 Ask All Sailors 11/3048 I just bought a Sirius radio for my car and was thinking of adding another for the boat. Anyone o
Picking up a mooring BobM at 8:36am 09.19.09 Ask All Sailors 40/11617 What a season. I am trying to get in as much sailing as possible in the short period of time remain
Anyone ever had a Walker Bay 8? jackhartjr at 8:23am 09.19.09 Ask All Sailors 9/6017 Hi folks, looking for any comments good or bad on the Walker Bay 8 and its use as a suitible dinghy?
Winch Ken13559 at 8:04am 09.19.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1426 Can anyone tell me what's Andersen and Harken winch equivalent to a Lewmar ST30 dual-speed ?

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New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 12:21pm 04.15.22 Good stuff Mike. It's great to see new life being breathed into an old boat. And I'm sure your dock
Removing lettering stain randerson5726 at 12:16pm 04.15.22 I thought it looked like the gelcoat has been bleached out except where the letters were rather tha
86 Hunter 25.5 (1) Mrfixit at 12:15pm 04.15.22 If this helps, here is the plumbing diagram for the 285 Hunter. The bilge pump discharge tubing goes
Stainless steel washers in electrical circuits DArcy at 12:05pm 04.15.22 Good post @Scott B I'll just add that the fastening hardware should never be part of the conducting
Auto Bilge Pump Wiring/Water? LloydB at 11:54am 04.15.22 If you buy that boat you will most likely want to repair the wiring and if the bilge pump works now
Catalina 22 Swing Keel Any Sea at 11:50am 04.15.22 This was the first improvement I made to our "Boat Angel" boat. I read all the stuff I could find.
Best Trailers for 19" Long Keel (1) DeniseO30 at 10:59am 04.15.22 Triad trailers
Best Trailers for 19" Long Keel (1) DeniseO30 at 10:56am 04.15.22 Well you kind of left out a some things draft, weight, would be the most important, The yacht clu
Removing lettering stain LloydB at 10:43am 04.15.22 I thought it looked like the gelcoat has been bleached out except where the letters were rather than
Precision 23 Trailer Lwood at 10:35am 04.15.22 Welcome to the forum!! If you cannot find a rental trailer, consider buying a used sailboat traile
Stainless steel washers in electrical circuits Maine Sail at 10:25am 04.15.22 I know I'm guilty of this. Very interesting. Will put this on my Spring list. 37Y7eSwhfpU Well
Raymarine I40 wind? Captain Larry-DH at 9:55am 04.15.22
40.5: Shaft growth kappykaplan at 9:38am 04.15.22 but it didn't look anything like kappykaplan's prop from Lusby - not far from me in Deale. In 2020
40.5: Shaft growth tfox2069 at 9:29am 04.15.22 The fact that your barnacles are concentrated where they are in that photo tells me two things: 1.
Rub rail and deck hull joint. (4) kendyoozed at 9:15am 04.15.22 204426 I wanted to replace the entire system but I am now thinking that the Aluminum rub rail may b
New Catalina 30 Owner DArcy at 9:10am 04.15.22 Good stuff Mike. It's great to see new life being breathed into an old boat. And I'm sure your dock
1993 40.5 Standing / Running Rigging Replacement PRO tips? (3) jssailem at 8:57am 04.15.22 Here are a couple of pictures, what I did on my mast step. The pipes are aluminum. The wire bundle
Keel question LloydB at 8:55am 04.15.22 Where did you find the heavy duty tandem axle boat trailer for to rent? It's a somewhat common quest
40.5: Shaft growth svAtargatis at 8:49am 04.15.22 Interesting. Yeah I hadn't run the boat for almost 5 months it was just sitting at the marina.
86 Hunter 25.5 (2) RKMCCORKLE at 8:48am 04.15.22 Not sure the pic attached

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