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Help with water pump rebuild SB8 bsavulis at 8:26pm 07.26.09 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1484 I am about to reassemble the water pump on my Yanmar SB8. Can any shed some light on the proper orie
Yanmar motor problems David M Jackson at 8:10pm 07.26.09 Mid-Size Boats 9/2946 I just purchased a 1978 H27. I had recently asked about waxing the boat but now I have a bigger prob
a long way from home (4) Manny at 7:40pm 07.26.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2019 We had a visitor at the marina this afternoon. Ilya the manatee hung out for a while lazily swimming
O'Day 20 mast Sogwap85 at 6:28pm 07.26.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2874 I just bought an O'Day 20. The mast is from Al-Spar / Kerwin I don't know if this is the original m
A beautiful Boat!! (4) jaydog5000 at 6:01pm 07.26.09 Ask All Sailors 10/3038 Does anyone know what make of boat she is?
boomkicker for the keel txtowman at 4:39pm 07.26.09 Catalina 22 3/1478 Am I crazy? If you don't like the keel locking bolt could you thread the cable through an appropriat
marine gearbox we grossman at 4:36pm 07.26.09 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1506 1980 37c narine gaerbox kanzaki-hurth kh18 need help
Changing running rigging Rozanski at 4:31pm 07.26.09 Big Boats 1/1128 My 1996 P42 needs all new lines in the running rigging. It's getting old and stiff. I'm afraid I'll
22' O'Day Cabin Cushions Dimensions SubdriverMC at 4:12pm 07.26.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2901 I'm needing the dimensions of the cabin cushions so I can order replacement cushions. I went to a
How many of you sail scows or other small boats? (1) RECESS at 3:58pm 07.26.09 Ask All Sailors 8/2137 Sorry I have not been around this summer. Right when I was repairing my transom I got news that my m
My battens curve the wrong way (1) vines at 3:07pm 07.26.09 Smaller Boats 11/2706 25081.vB As you can see from the picture my bottom two battens are curved the wrong way. My local
Lee helm vines at 2:59pm 07.26.09 Smaller Boats 11/2271 My Hunter 212 has terrible lee helm in light air. All the books say to move the center of effort bac
shower drainage myrhouse at 1:15pm 07.26.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1243 The floor of the head will not drain - we are having trouble determining WHERE it drains so that we
Escape rumba rigging? help Cindybe at 12:15pm 07.26.09 Other Sailboats 4/10056 I just bought an Escape rumba with roller reefing. There are no directions on how to rig and the gu
Digital Communications windward54 at 11:19am 07.26.09 SSB and Ham Operators 10/6916 Got a question for those with a Pactor modem on their boats. I got the Pactor modem up and running
Sabre 34 Mast Leak mljustice at 11:12am 07.26.09 Sabre Sailboats 3/5931 I'm about to make an offer on a 1984 Sabre 34 but am concerened about water damage. The cabin sole o
Interior Boat Cushion Protectant BrianW at 10:40am 07.26.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1676 Hi All: I just used quite a bit of elbow grease cleaning off grunge (sunscreen, etc.) and mildew off
Rub Rail Replacement/Damage P28 2 Al Bronner at 10:34am 07.26.09 Pearson 1/1778
Strange Transmission Motion/Sound on Yanmar 3JH2-TBE geoffschultz at 9:02am 07.26.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1525 I have a Yanmar 3JH2-TBE with a KM3A1 gear box. I was just spinning the prop shaft by hand and note
Diesel Starting Issue Texas Lake Sailor at 7:55am 07.26.09 Ask All Sailors 19/2680 My 1981 Hunter with 2 cyl Yanmar diesel has just started to develop a starting issue. I push the sta

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Need larger hole in hatch Ralph Johnstone at 8:55am 02.20.22 Ralph, do you need to run the drill in reverse (like I do when starting to drill through gelcoat) t
mast raising (2) mikeracca at 8:51am 02.20.22 It goes about half way up the pole and there is a block at the top of the pole where the rope exits.
Down windsails. Diablito at 8:50am 02.20.22 Thank you Sail SF Bay. The top down furler seems to be the simplest handling approach. Cheers. Tim
Down windsails. Diablito at 8:44am 02.20.22 Good day Claude and thank you. Your post arrived while I was replying to the other captains. I lik
Down windsails. sail sfbay at 8:32am 02.20.22 ..........A dock mate, who is a racer, just rigged an asymmetrical with top down furling....... A t
Ports MacBeane at 8:15am 02.20.22 No fabrication is needed, just the plastic frame, as also asked by a commenter at the end of that ar
Down windsails. Diablito at 8:03am 02.20.22 You all are amazing! Thank you, so much, for your comments and for so quickly sharing your knowledge
Anyone knows anything about Woodster ? sail sfbay at 7:56am 02.20.22 Interestingly enough these threads discuss what you are proposing 12 Volt fuel shut off solenoid for
Ports sail sfbay at 7:53am 02.20.22 Would you consider taking your old plastic frame to a stainless-steel sheet metal fabricator to cust
Need larger hole in hatch jviss at 7:48am 02.20.22 When I drill or cut acrylic, I find it best to sandwich it between two pieces of plywood and drill/
Spinnaker car. (1) sail sfbay at 7:40am 02.20.22 Have you checked with Rig Rite who sells Z Spar parts Z-Spar Main Page (rigrite.com)?
Need larger hole in hatch dmax at 7:38am 02.20.22 When I drill or cut acrylic, I find it best to sandwich it between two pieces of plywood and drill/c
Down windsails. (1) Claude L.-Auger at 7:25am 02.20.22 As Jssailem and Tally-Ho said, an A-sym tacked on the bow (like Tally-Ho I tack mine to the bow roll
Tow Vehicle Question. Light air at 7:19am 02.20.22 My 2019 Honda CRV towed home the Tanzer 16 I bought a few weeks ago. It was a 200 mile trip at ~70-
Tillerarm radius for linear drive autopilot installation Stuermer at 7:10am 02.20.22 I believe Whitlock was bought by Lewmar. Check out the Lewmar site. Yes, thank you, there is a lin
Need larger hole in hatch jviss at 6:57am 02.20.22 One thing that's unfortunate about aftermarket additions like this is that "working" acrylic - cutti
mast raising MacBeane at 6:37am 02.20.22
Insurance DougM at 6:36am 02.20.22 Very easy to insure a 40 year old boat on Lake Michigan. I obtained three quotes prior to making a
Universal Diesel M18 overheating and coolant escaping from bleeder problems jviss at 6:30am 02.20.22 I had a Universal M25. I learned that one of the best ways of filling it with coolant was to pump i
Down windsails. shemandr at 6:29am 02.20.22 You can use a whisker pole with the 110 jib to help its performance on a reach - kinda like a Hoyt b

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