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Air In Fuel System Rick2413 at 11:27am 06.22.09 Ask All Sailors 11/3153 Like many, I am getting air in my fuel system on my Yanmar 3GM30F. First start of the day is rough b
Oday 22 Cockpit sole gholcombe at 11:24am 06.22.09 Day Sailers 2/1500 I am noticing when sailing under moderate winds some slippage of the cockpit sole on the plywood sup
Sailboat Race (2) william at 11:20am 06.22.09 Ask All Sailors 25/3409 Mattapoisett 'Spring around the Bay' 2009 race. Sailboat "Shannon" and her crew performed great. We
Marina holds Title? Ron20324 at 10:55am 06.22.09 Ask All Sailors 8/1991 Whatever happened to the guy whose marina kept his title until he launched and paid his bill?
1978 Hunter 27 Roller Furler plans fawcettandrew at 10:49am 06.22.09 The Cherubini Hunters 3/2934 I think this should be mentioned in the forum someplace but i'm having trouble with the site search.
I need cabin light covers jwhuhta at 10:48am 06.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 4/1832 Greetings....I have a 1979 Catalina 27, Hull 4402. I need at least 2, but up to four cabin light co
ply-wood covering Franklin at 10:45am 06.22.09 Big Boats 4/1166 On my boat (376) and I assume all Hunters, the wood they use on the inside of the boat seems to be a
Digital TV Antenna gczenis at 8:58am 06.22.09 Ask All Sailors 7/4810 Has anyone had any experience with digital TV antennas? My boat is located in Forked River NJ and i
dodger windows Bill C320, Papillon at 8:57am 06.22.09 Ask All Sailors 13/2103 Looking for suggestions on the best way to clean plastic dodger windows without scratching them.
Yanmar 2GM starting problem airframe23 at 8:46am 06.22.09 Ask All Sailors 13/9508 Doing a cold start on my Yanmar 2GM requires that I use the decompression lever on the #2 cyl while
grey cockpit marianneburkhart at 8:12am 06.22.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/997 The cockpit used to be shiny white. Now it is rather grey. I can scrub with Soft Scrub and get a sm
Just bought a 1983 295....advice? Unsatiable7 at 8:05am 06.22.09 Seidelmann 0/2181 Just purchased an 83 295 and planning on pulling her out for a total refit in the next few days. Was
The Gauntlet (1) sailaway78 at 8:01am 06.22.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1492 Still heading south, slowly. But must tell you, coming out of Boca Grande pass Sunday morning was
Jabsco Head not pulling in Water pfaffk - Wanderlust at 7:23am 06.22.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/2468 My Jabsco head will not pull in water via the thruhull. I bought the re-build kit and re-built it ye
Herreshoff Museum (3) Tim R. at 7:13am 06.22.09 Ask All Sailors 8/2127 I spent Saturday at the Herreshoff Museum in Bristol, RI this weekend. It is a great place to visit
wayne has new old boat wayne keiderling at 7:11am 06.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1726 I have just traded one of my sunfish boats for an older O'Day. It is 11ft.6in. has a 19.6ft. mast dr
How far can a 310 go? jfreeman at 6:46am 06.22.09 Catalina 310 3/2405 There is a post here ( http://forums.catalina.sailboatowners.com/showthread.php?p=636159#post636159
mechanical guage LESLIE at 6:11am 06.22.09 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1137 The guage in the water tanks are mechanical not elec.,does anyone no where to get them .Maybe a good
Required running lights Texas Lake Sailor at 5:52am 06.22.09 Ask All Sailors 19/2811 Had an interesting thing happen Friday night on Lake Travis, was stopped by a sheriff patrol boat. H
H356 Rodkicker... Doug/Karen at 4:39am 06.22.09 Big Boats 7/1689 I must be missing something. The rodkicker on our boat is fully compressed and therefore acts as a

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Add a dedicated starter battery jviss at 12:21pm 02.11.22 You know, we don't even know if the glow plugs are working. Some of those engines won't start witho
toilet time jssailem at 12:17pm 02.11.22 Capt Shaggy Dog.. You can edit your post and remove the email address. You can then send Peggie a PM
Add a dedicated starter battery jviss at 12:17pm 02.11.22 A cruising sailboat typically has 2 battery banks. There is really no "typical" anymore. Many peo
When to move up? Leeward Rail at 12:09pm 02.11.22 As a pack rat in PRAnonymous with monthly meetings I would have said "Simplify". But there you go.
Add a dedicated starter battery dlochner at 12:09pm 02.11.22 I'm not sure if this is the problem, however, the article below talks about a serious problem with t
When to move up? jssailem at 12:06pm 02.11.22 my motto is now reduce and simply. :beer: As a pack rat in PRAnonymous with monthly meetings I wou
Add a dedicated starter battery Scott T-Bird at 12:00pm 02.11.22 Whenever I hear somebody say they want a "dedicated starter battery" it makes me pause. You should
When to move up? Leeward Rail at 11:59am 02.11.22 you will run out of space to store the new important stuff. When that happens this exercise will st
Add a dedicated starter battery jviss at 11:58am 02.11.22 STOP You need to do some more research and investigation. No offense, but you are all over the pl
When to move up? Jumpstart at 11:55am 02.11.22 Moving up to a 28-30 footer is a prudent move. Easier to sail than your 23 and reasonable to dock. L
Add a dedicated starter battery Head Sail at 11:52am 02.11.22 What I do know is that the previous owner hit the glow plug for 90 + seconds, sprayed starter fluid
Raw water intake strainer Don S/V ILLusion at 11:47am 02.11.22
Add a dedicated starter battery BarryL at 11:43am 02.11.22 STOP You need to do some more research and investigation. No offense, but you are all over the pl
When to move up? Parsons at 11:40am 02.11.22 Solo sailing, as most of us have found, is actually easier on a well-equipped larger sailboat than a
toilet time capt shaggy dog at 10:22am 02.11.22 thanks kappy! kinda new at this internet thing i am still trying to get use to carrying a phone arou
Add a dedicated starter battery jviss at 10:11am 02.11.22 DC means Direct Current. Dave, are you serious? I was marveling at all of the bad information in
toilet time kappykaplan at 9:56am 02.11.22 @capt shaggy dog , to send Peggie a PM, click on her avatar and you'll see a button labeled "Send a
toilet time capt shaggy dog at 9:50am 02.11.22 hi peggie just ordered your book this morning,just by reading your responses makes it is a must read
When to move up? kappykaplan at 9:42am 02.11.22 It is the circle of boat life. :plus:
'86 Hunter 34 coolant through exhaust markwbird at 9:32am 02.11.22 You should be able to see it and hear it coming out the back. It's not continuous. It "spits" ever

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