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OMC Zephyr Saildrive Brucer at 7:22am 04.09.09 S2 0/1582 I've found lots of documentation for my S2 7.3 except info about the saildrive as installed in our b
spider crack repair Susan at 6:46am 04.09.09 Irwin 1/2442 Can you tell me the best procedure to repair small spider cracks? And, we have taken the lettering o
Gas consumption jkincannon at 6:15am 04.09.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1471 I had an 8 HP motor on a 12 foot alum boat once, but have not run my 9.9 Johnson 2 stroke enough on
Play in Rudder wally252 at 5:54am 04.09.09 Columbia 0/1999 How do you install shims in the rudder to eliminate excessive play at the tiller?
Cheap cleaning tricks (1) Jumpstart at 5:47am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1849 Over the years I've picked up a couple of tricks to solve pesky cleaning problems. The tannin stain
Garmin 3000 series data card questions Roger Long at 3:52am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 13/4375 I have the Garmin 3205 for my radar installation on order from Tiger. Looking at the downloaded man
Depth finder Tony2367 at 7:26pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 7/3488 A few weeks ago we were returning up the St. Mark's River and ran aground. I knew the tide was low b
Motor Mount Bolts Stripped Out Deucer at 6:45pm 04.08.09 Smaller Boats 8/2008 Has anybody had this happen to them? I was puttig the boat in a slip and fighting about 15kts of cr
Re-bedding fixed lexan Ports Tstein at 4:55pm 04.08.09 S2 5/4662 Aloha; The lexan port is leaking and I'm trying to decide what is the correct product to use to r
New Orleans area weather sailaway78 at 3:20pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1403 Have read a couple post recently, not to mention mine, where someone got pounded pretty good by the
Electric polisher and buffer paulj at 2:20pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 21/3925 My 26 year old Porter Cable is broken and beyond reasonable repair. I'm looking for recomendations f
Rudder Stuffing Box Swimfar at 2:10pm 04.08.09 S2 6/3451 I have a 1981 S2 8.5A. While crawling behind the fuel tank to inspect the helm cables, I noticed two
Raw water hoses Bob S at 2:08pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1653 I am in the process of changing my sea strainer from the little plastic OEM one to a Perko Bronze mu
Manson Supreme - first anchoring Jim Seamans at 1:33pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 46/8890 Purchased the #45 manson supreme this winter and was able to anchor this last weekend (apr 4th). Fi
Ranger 32 restoration (2) j24kachina at 11:06am 04.08.09 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 7/8438 I have completed the work on a Ranger 32, hull number 59. There is almost nothing which I have not r
Backing plates for stanchions 48dodge at 10:28am 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 21/5118 I was wondering what materials should I use for a backing plate for some new stanchions I have. The
H30 stantions BruceK at 9:54am 04.08.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/1130 Have 4 slightly bent stantions from my H30 '94 which can also fit same vintage 33.5 and 35.5, I thin
looking for Pat17364 SV Espiritu Neal Edward Albrektsen at 9:20am 04.08.09 Big Boats 0/1088 If there is anyone out there that knows Pat and Carole Mcintish on Espiritu please forward this mess
Haulout checklist Don12480 at 9:11am 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 4/3916 I am preparing for my haulout and was looking for a post from Maine Sail on Hull Polishing which sho
42 P Off Shore Paul Olson at 8:37am 04.08.09 Big Boats 9/4185 We just purchased a 1994 42 P. After a full survey on this one owner boat it was indicated as a 9.5

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Any known concerns with this specific motor? kloudie1 at 8:15am 03.02.22 Couple of other things: new water pump impeller Check the points for gap and cleanliness.. (If not e
Two disconnected stories may give your pause the next time you are out on the water. Calif. Ted at 8:14am 03.02.22 First you can just hear them and see a disturbance on the water like an approaching squall, then the
Any known concerns with this specific motor? Jacktar at 8:14am 03.02.22 I had one with my boat from previous owner, ran good, but no throttle control because the control wa
Catalina 22 Sport Mast Repair? Jacktar at 8:09am 03.02.22 This is great area, lots of protected water for day sailing, hurricane holes for overnighting and pa
Oday 25 portlights racenmotorsports at 7:53am 03.02.22
Saying hello Leeward Rail at 7:47am 03.02.22 Sorry your welcome thread turned into a cover thread. Hehe. The same thing happens when a new pers
Any known concerns with this specific motor? brockangelo at 7:46am 03.02.22 Wow, okay, thanks everyone for giving me hope on the Evinrude. I had no idea. I love the idea of k
Saying hello Leeward Rail at 7:43am 03.02.22 devolve into heated arguments Hehe I wouldn't call it heated.. or even an argument.. no caps being
The LiFePo4 Revolution! Bob J. at 7:42am 03.02.22 I'd like to see some substantiation for this claim. I have never heard if it myself. Has anyone's
Any known concerns with this specific motor? Siamese at 7:37am 03.02.22 I don't have specific knowledge of the Mercury 5hp other that it's a single cylinder motor. You can
Saying hello brockangelo at 7:34am 03.02.22 Welcome aboard, Brock. Sounds like you have some good sailing ahead of you. Sorry your welcome
Saying hello brockangelo at 7:31am 03.02.22 Yep I agree with everything here. Thanks for pointing out not to drive with the cover. I was aware b
Oday 25 portlights Project_Mayhem at 7:25am 03.02.22 The window is sealed to the outside layer. Im guessing if the two layers weren't sealed together wat
Starwind 19 project boat Project_Mayhem at 7:21am 03.02.22 Looks great!
Saying hello Siamese at 7:18am 03.02.22 Welcome aboard, Brock. Sounds like you have some good sailing ahead of you. Sorry your welcome
Two disconnected stories may give your pause the next time you are out on the water. Leeward Rail at 7:08am 03.02.22 I never trusted Flipper... Always talking only in Dolphin to hide his actual intentions. I hear he
Morse or no morse Alan Gomes at 7:05am 03.02.22 From Wikipedia on CQ... "In English-speaking countries, the origin of the abbreviation was popular
Boom extension for lifting....... NYSail at 7:01am 03.02.22
The LiFePo4 Revolution! (1) Bob J. at 6:57am 03.02.22
Realistic expectations when re-coring deck? thinwater at 6:47am 03.02.22

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