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How is your outboard mounted? 26s cobraearl at 11:45am 08.17.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/4957 My outboard is mounted to the transom of my boat just like a standard out board engine.. But, I see
FYI Yanmar starters sailaway78 at 11:44am 08.17.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1356 I finally gave in and decided to replace the starter on my 3GM. Have had to clean and free up the
Small Boat Sailors Don Guillette at 11:32am 08.17.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 1/3801 I talked to a small boat owner today (Mac22). He told me that he and most small boat owners (under25
Universal M4-30 fire shutoff system jknappsax at 11:31am 08.17.09 Ask All Sailors 12/2108 I have a Universal M4-30 diesel in my 1974 O'Day 32' CC that originally had an Atomic 4 gas engine.
Raymarine confirms sale talks with Garmin Alan at 11:09am 08.17.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1450 Raymarine issued a brief statement today confirming that it is in preliminary discussions with mobil
new sailing friends svlazzarone at 10:45am 08.17.09 Sails Call Lounge 2/3177 Susan and I are looking for new friends in the palm beach county area. We are full time livaboard an
Water on the sole BobM at 10:15am 08.17.09 S2 7/2140 The sole of my 9.2A is stained and delaminating in the galley. I plan to replace the sole soon, but
Old holding tank; Galley seawater from head thru-hull idearat at 10:05am 08.17.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/3648 First, thanks to Peggie for your excellent advice! I bought your book and have scoured this site, an
Banjo Washers sailaway78 at 8:57am 08.17.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1446 When I posted up about finding the vacum leak in my fuel system, there was an interesting post by Kl
Norcold Hermit Scott at 8:56am 08.17.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1529 http://houston.craigslist.org/boa/1326770589.html I guess it's a 1.7 cubic foot fridge. The guy sa
Yacht Specialties Co (Meffiman) installation instructions Ian McGain at 8:20am 08.17.09 Ask All Sailors 9/8046 Yacht Specialties Co (Merriman) installation instructions Yacht Specialties Co (Merriman) wheel ped
Garmin GPS date probelm Jim Seamans at 8:18am 08.17.09 Ask All Sailors 20/11004 Aug 15-16 time frame. Starting about 6pm Sat my Garmin 3010 date flipped out. It shows "31 DEC 89".
Ideas for a replacement depth sounder Jim22199 at 8:14am 08.17.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1208 I need to replace my Horizons DS45 in dash depth sounder and I am trying to find something that will
Yanmar starting question - again Blitz at 7:53am 08.17.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2032 I have the problem in which the engine will start no problem the first time of the day, then it warm
Winter Cover: Low profile vs framed high profile cover deacm at 7:29am 08.17.09 Big Boats 8/2150 We have a 2006 Hunter 36 and are about to order a winter cover (in the snow belt of Lake Erie) for i
New Balboa 26 owner leftwing24 at 7:09am 08.17.09 Trailer Sailors 14/12550 Hi all, I am now the proud owner of a 1974 Balboa 26. I picked it up in upstate NY, then had the t
Bulkhead/chainplate cdwestring at 6:59am 08.17.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1300 The main bulkhead on my Hunter 25.5 rotted and I'm replacing it with new plywood. Does anyone know
Drascombe Lugger (2) ChuckThomas at 6:49am 08.17.09 Trailer Sailors 2/2937 A while back I posted about a friend who had a Drascombe Lugger. Here are before and after pictures
about the plug of mast light tylosin at 6:39am 08.17.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1650 hi all: I am from republic of taiwan:dance: my english is poor.......:naughty: I had lost the
White Squall Roger Long at 6:38am 08.17.09 Ask All Sailors 20/4295 This was a very instructive event even for a former researcher into large sailing vessel capsizings

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Another Ship is burning. Davidasailor26 at 4:47pm 02.25.22 I don't think that's so. Check this video, where he takes apart a Li-Ion battery and drops the lit
venture 17 cockpit drain tgrayson at 4:40pm 02.25.22 thanks for all the information,going to do a lot more work on the inside,i see a support under the
New Catalina 30 Owner jeepbluetj at 4:32pm 02.25.22
Another Ship is burning. jviss at 4:31pm 02.25.22
Hack Freedom 20/Link-2000R for LiFePo4? Davidasailor26 at 4:28pm 02.25.22 Depending on how DIY you want to go it should be possible to do this with a microcontroller like the
Sail question shemandr at 4:25pm 02.25.22 I tied to make it as flat as possible. Maybe that makes a difference.
Sail question Capt Robbie at 4:19pm 02.25.22
Another Ship is burning. Davidasailor26 at 4:16pm 02.25.22 Lithium and water don't mix. We worked with that stuff at my first job after HS. As I remember we k
New Catalina 30 Owner Tally Ho at 4:12pm 02.25.22
Sail question Tom J at 4:02pm 02.25.22 The riding sail wasn't very effective on the H356. It didn't stop the range of turning but it did d
Replacing sail slugs Tally Ho at 4:00pm 02.25.22
Hack Freedom 20/Link-2000R for LiFePo4? jviss at 3:54pm 02.25.22 This switch to float is based on only two things that the Link algorithm can measure: the charging
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling jssailem at 3:46pm 02.25.22 Why David. That sure looks viable. Selden Engineering comes through again.
Replacing Engine Mounts in a Hunter Passage 42 Terry Cox at 3:36pm 02.25.22 Especially the aft one. Has anyone done that, or does the shipyard have some magic trick to do the
venture 17 cockpit drain topcat0399 at 3:34pm 02.25.22 I have owned two V21 and a V22 sailboat and all of them had a support under the companionway bridge
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade lindsaytodd at 3:32pm 02.25.22 Thank you! Are you going to replace with the standard 20 gal tank or enlarge capacity? or a 2 cel
Legend 40.5 Removing the Traveler Salt26 at 3:13pm 02.25.22 Finally got this together, it's a still from a video I did that too long to upload to the site. We
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling (1) Davidasailor26 at 3:06pm 02.25.22 Bt the way the photos show a deck stepped, and my mast is as shown On very close observation of
How to connect VHF radio to NMEA2000 MFD Tally Ho at 3:04pm 02.25.22 Thx I was considering that too. I had a nice chart plotter with N2K, but no AIS. I had to buy a n
New Fire Extinguisher Regs jviss at 3:00pm 02.25.22 A non-damaging extinguisher for electronics? Even pressurized distilled water or a pyrotechnic sort

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