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vent pipe backing up sailormark45 at 5:38pm 06.01.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1913 Hello all Pumped the tank out and rinsed over and over.. Now when I flush jabsco, after a few second
Ever replace a muffler in an O'Day 272 LE Pat at 4:34pm 06.01.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1534 I believe it is possible I will need to replace the muffler in our boat. I know the exhaust h
First Time Owners: Mac Venture 2-24 (5) lambert170 at 3:04pm 06.01.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/12538 First off, this site is great. I have already stumbled upon tons of useful information. My buddy
H216 Spinnaker Bill Perry at 2:35pm 06.01.09 Smaller Boats 6/2030 Hello, I am contemplating adding a spinnaker to my boat. Is this something that a reasonably
SR Mariner Knotmeter kk23 at 2:31pm 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 6/4047 Hi, Quick question - the knotmeter has a three wire system...red, black, green. Just want to mak
Splice on halyard or not? Victoria28 at 1:39pm 06.01.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1822 I have a 1992 Catalina 28 with single spreader mast that is 35'3" from mast step to masthead. The ma
Prop size rules of thumb ? cbinfl at 1:22pm 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 14/5667 My memory is not what it used to be, but I seem to remember there were rules of thumb for changing d
Looking of Data Marine Depth and Knot Meter Manuals Nelsonhow at 12:44pm 06.01.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/2477 Both the dpth and knot meter on my old H-30 stopped working at the same time. I'm getting power to t
26M with ICOM 706 captjimholley at 12:25pm 06.01.09 SSB and Ham Operators 5/6137 I've been on Macgregor owners for about 3 years now, but have never noticed this group. I just put m
pfd's on airplanes? John at 12:22pm 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 12/2036 I will be catching a plane to S. California to help a guy bring a boat up the coast. I'll be bringin
how come my boat is lighter than most??? sand sailor at 12:21pm 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1473 its a santana 27' its got a thicker hull (single layer not cored) than any I've seen,its got a bigge
Spiders Again !! George H260 at 11:57am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1379 This is a continuation of a previous thread on Spiders. A friend alerted me to an article in the la
Ancor light Larry14133 at 9:04am 06.01.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1437 The anchor light on my 87 O'day 302 ha failed. Does anyone know or have a best guess what bulb it u
Adding automatic bilge pump float switch Vegas at 11:41am 06.01.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2022 I'm surprised my 1992 38s5 does not seem to have an automatic bilge pump. A switch has to be manuall
What sanitation hose do you recomend? Nelsonhow at 11:30am 06.01.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/15355 Peggy, Well the time has come to replace the old head in my Hunter 30. I should have done it when
26S fwd hatch dimensions (1) Justin_NSA at 10:22am 06.01.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1904 I have a strut on my forward hatch and I'd like to get a bug screen for it. Does anyone have the hat
Best cleaning product I found- Marine Spray Nine breweraz at 10:14am 06.01.09 Ask All Sailors 9/11214 We recently purchased a boat that had been sitting for some time. I had small black spots all over t
Squeaky Wheel Mark3755 at 10:13am 06.01.09 Big Boats 3/1810 The wheel steering on my Edson pedestal has a squeal that I can't seem to tame. The only thing I had
Compounding & Waxing - Sailors Helping Sailors (6) Maine Sail at 9:53am 06.01.09 Musings With Maine Sail 13/5360 This past weekend Tim R. organized a work party for a friend of ours who's lifelong sailing companio
Boom Vang during Jibe oldiesrocker2001 at 9:02am 06.01.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/7762 While looking at a post regarding using the Vang as a jibe preventer a question for me came to mind

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Load on an on mast main halyard clutch? Joe at 4:49am 03.31.22 You can reduce clutch wear on lines by not using the "clutch" feature. I know that sounds ridiculous
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. (1) TomY at 4:41am 03.31.22 @TomY there has always been something about wooden hulled boats that is just different. I'm not tal
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. dLj at 4:25am 03.31.22 @TomY there has always been something about wooden hulled boats that is just different. I'm not talk
Tiller question Joe at 4:21am 03.31.22 Thank you. I do not believe that the boat I just bought last fall came with an auto pilot. Just a
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Don S/V ILLusion at 4:06am 03.31.22 Pardon my ignorance here.... maybe I'm wrong / missing something but once the diesel is started, th
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. (1) TomY at 4:04am 03.31.22 A friend of mine was looking for her second family (4) boat. In explaining what she was looking for,
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor NYSail at 3:15am 03.31.22 Pardon my ignorance here.... maybe I'm wrong / missing something but once the diesel is started, the
Load on an on mast main halyard clutch? Sefuller at 3:11am 03.31.22 Our boats have always used a rope clutch for the main halyard - only difference being ours is in the
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Sefuller at 3:07am 03.31.22 I am not familiar with the Yanmar engines, but it seems like the problem almost has to be electrical
Beneteau 473 Dripless shaft seal Davidasailor26 at 12:17am 03.31.22 Is it a Volvo dripless shaft seal? If so it looks (from Volvo Penta Shaft Seal ) like they only supp
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Davidasailor26 at 12:08am 03.31.22
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor JamesG161 at 10:48pm 03.30.22 This is a guess... On my 1998 H430 1) The Start Battery supplies my Anchor Windlass power through a
Load on an on mast main halyard clutch? Richard19068 at 9:16pm 03.30.22 Consider using a cam cleat instead of a clutch for this use. That's an interesting possibility. I'
Its funny Friday! (1) leo310 at 9:00pm 03.30.22 203945
Building a custom hard dodger kbgunn at 8:36pm 03.30.22 Guy on this site built one for a H40: Repairing Hunter 40 damage from Hurricane Matthew Materials we
Load on an on mast main halyard clutch? Stu Jackson at 8:22pm 03.30.22 The clutch would primarily be used to temporarily hold the halyard when I want the winch for some o
capacitor size for Polar Bay 16K BTU AC in 2005 Hunter 33 kbgunn at 8:13pm 03.30.22 I have a Dometic MarineAirrrr 16K BTU with R22 refrigerant. It has a 30uF run cap @ 370v for the 115
Great Sailing Sunday. Woops! Will Gilmore at 8:00pm 03.30.22 First inebriation, then incubation? Sounds like a plan. :beer::cool::snooze: -Will
How do I Clean Hunter 49 Fuel Tank, or the Fuel. Screen Saver at 7:26pm 03.30.22 Anyone have a working email address for SeaStar Solutions. Im trying to find any tank design doco th
Looking for a 50s/60s/70s sail boat to feature in a fashion photoshoot.. dLj at 6:53pm 03.30.22 wow! love those cal's john +1 dj

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