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Costa Rica - Panama anyone? destinationcostarica at 8:39am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1234 Hi all, I'm not sure if this is where i should be asking this sorta question. I'm actually looking f
Oday 25 Centerboard Mec. itsagoodthing at 7:31am 07.24.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2495 I just purchased a 75 ODAY 25 CB, the cable line is located in center of the boat, in a post that
Tach does not work at start up Mike G. at 6:47am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 8/2235 The last two times out, the tach did not work at engine startup (Yanmar 3GM30). It operates fine af
Composting toilets Icetug at 6:22am 07.24.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2448 Does anyone have any experience with a Sun-Mar Mobile composting toilet? It may be nice to not worr
Batteries and power in general BobM at 5:59am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2512 Forgive me if this brings up a lot of stuff that has already been said. Lost my house battery, an I
Possible Battery selector switch/charger problem Hugh4753 at 4:45am 07.24.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1639 Just replaced my old AGM group 24 batteries with AGM 31's. Since the boat had the original "frytech
Weather in SW Florida seadaddler at 4:06am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1297 Hey what's the weather like in Port Charlotte like these days. Been raining like crazy here on Long
Help Identifing a sailboat (3) dan8089 at 1:55am 07.24.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1822 Can someone out there please tell me what kind of boat this is. Thanks sorry the pic's are crappy Da
drill it dont chuck it (1) AndyR at 9:58pm 07.23.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1034 Hi guys I havent posted in a while we obviously havnt had had too many problems lately or esle I sol
Catalina 25 Keel Leak Paulpit at 9:06pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 3/3407 I am new to sailing and have been restoring a 1979 Catalina Fixed Keel boat. Took her out today for
Replace Uni-Solar Battery Charger mosella1 at 8:13pm 07.23.09 Big Boats 3/5507 I have a 1999 Hunter 410 and the Uni-Solar Battery Charger which came standard with the boat is brok
Main Sail will not go up all the way Mougly at 8:07pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 19/10133 Hello again I seem to be having difficulty lifting the main sail all the way up, it lifts up easi
Dropping the forestay-norseman fitting-short halyards (2) Hermit Scott at 7:55pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 33/5638 I went up the mast today to drop the forestay. A dock friend helped crank me up to there but the wi
Crab cakes Broke Sailor at 7:07pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1788 I'm in St. Michaels, Md. and my wife wants to know where to go for the best crab cakes. Please help
Fridge is Over Cooling bnort3 at 7:04pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1913 Got a used Beneteau 361 with a top loading fridge/freezer and a front door fridge, both of which qui
fuel lines legacychris at 5:48pm 07.23.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1410 My 1993 Hunter 40.5 has the original equipment fuel lines for the diesel engine. I inspect them regu
New hatches for Oh Joy (4) CharlieCobra at 5:40pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1312 I started working on the hatches for Oh Joy. I picked up a 9'X14"X1-1/4" board of Honduran Mahogany,
Yanmar engines: raw water pump design Stu Jackson at 5:07pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 11/7296 I have a friend with a Universal diesel (M35-series). He has had some "issues" with his raw water p
Navico DS200 user info fnuttersny at 3:55pm 07.23.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1528 Does anyone have a user manual for Navico DS200 ...any help appreciated...cheers frank
Switching water tanks Belle at 3:34pm 07.23.09 Catalina 30 4/3784 How do you switch water tanks in a Catalina 30 1985 tall rig? Where do I find the mechanism to swit

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Seams A Problem? All U Get at 9:10am 04.12.22
Sail Trim Chart Question Don Guillette at 8:56am 04.12.22 . Rather, is their knowledge of the topic and their ability to communicate readily apparent? Dr.
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? kjdoyle1 at 8:55am 04.12.22 @dLj in that video someone is below the boat (which is currently on stands) moving the rudder. Howev
Beneteau Spare Parts NYSail at 8:45am 04.12.22 Dealer indicated this was all done as Beneteau is working on a new system. The old parts ordering wa
Beneteau Spare Parts NYSail at 8:43am 04.12.22 I set up my account yesterday.... My local dealer had the email to me within a couple of minutes, I
Renogy Hello Below at 8:38am 04.12.22 Other than the 2 day shipping turning into 4 months (actually a Purolator issue), I have been cautio
Hull Rot rgranger at 8:33am 04.12.22 I'm planning on keeping this in saltwater. Is there a cheaper type of antifouling paint you would r
Life's little lesson Tater at 8:25am 04.12.22 Good news, they got the outboard running again. I had a small OB on a fishing boat go under. I got
Seams A Problem? jeepbluetj at 8:19am 04.12.22 Hypalon or PVC? If PVC you know the answer. Hypalon though is definitely worth fixing.
1993 40.5 Standing / Running Rigging Replacement PRO tips? Joe at 8:16am 04.12.22 The traveler is part of your "running" rigging(rope). Usually, when we talk about replacing the rig
Renogy jeepbluetj at 8:16am 04.12.22 Pretty open ended question/discussion. I would not generally use a Renogy solar controller. Why?
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? JamesG161 at 8:14am 04.12.22 If you look at his first picture you can see his rudder is Fiberglass where it is cracked. So that c
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? smokey73 at 8:11am 04.12.22 Ok guys there are two parts to the bearings 1) 2 on the Rudder shaft 2) 2 affixed to the boat The
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? JamesG161 at 8:06am 04.12.22 Ok guys there are two parts to the bearings 1) 2 on the Rudder shaft 2) 2 affixed to the boat The
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? smokey73 at 8:03am 04.12.22 @dLj Really good question. Hopefully the @kjdoyle1 will respond back soon. While this is only a
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? dLj at 7:49am 04.12.22 Ahh, so you guys are saying the bolt should not be the primary means of attachment between the uppe
O'day 23 need sliding companionway hatch Project_Mayhem at 7:44am 04.12.22 Call D&R to confirm. Rudy used to be the parts manager at O'Day
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? jssailem at 7:39am 04.12.22 @smokey73 Has a very good point. Some Hunters, I have learned, were equipped with fiberglass rudder
How fix rudder play from oblong hole in rudder tube? smokey73 at 7:37am 04.12.22 From your owners manual , this might show a better picture. drive (the disk). The radial drive cl
Hull Rot Scott300 at 7:35am 04.12.22 Bottom paint degrades quickly under a strong alkali environment. I used to publish a homemade peel

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