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PSS Dripless Shaft Seal SailorBabe at 1:55pm 03.07.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1335 Can anyone please tell me the correct PSS Shaft Seal Size for a 1989 Hunter 30? The shaft is 1", but
Rudder problem ehelms7477 at 1:32pm 03.07.09 Big Boats 1/1232 I have a 1987 Hunter Legend 40 and the rudder was rubbing the bottom of the hull with a hard starbo
Awaiting the marine survey... yugnoir at 11:04am 03.07.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1637 Well the sale is now conditional on the marine survey, hope all goes well cause I've already made so
Long shaft vs Regular shaft Motors itsagoodthing at 10:01am 03.07.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1935 I just purchase a 1975 22 boat, I read that a long shaft is needed over that of a regular shaft, min
Raymarine ST4000+ paulj at 6:27am 03.07.09 Catalina 310 1/1676 Shell My ST 4000+ auto pilot when activated will not hold course. Boat course will drift 30 degress
sailing withdrawals Chuck Creel at 5:24am 03.07.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1442 anyone wanna go sailing week of mar 14th? cant wait to stretch some sails on mobile bay. looking
AC Reverse Polarity Indicator pvanv at 5:16am 03.07.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2719 I have a very spartan AC shore power setup, with proper inlet, and double main breaker. This feeds t
Echo Charger Neil McDonald at 11:43pm 03.06.09 Ask All Sailors 64/17517 Before deciding how to upgrade my electrical system, I need a better understanding of the performanc
Steering conversion MLM at 7:57pm 03.06.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1971 Has anyone had any experience with tiller to wheel conversion on a 25' O'Day ( wife wants a wheel, m
New steering brake pads paulj at 7:28pm 03.06.09 Catalina 310 9/2438 Had problem with steering brake not holding. So I purchased a kit from Defender. Pulled all parts of
Ladylove's Best Night Ever. Ed Schenck at 6:33pm 03.06.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2077 Thursday morning at 0810 Ladylove headed under the Seven Mile bridge at Marathon facing a stiff NE b
Pearson 30 Rudder Bushing Repair doublec9 at 6:20pm 03.06.09 Pearson 0/2976 Hello folks, Here's a link to my recent rudder bushing replacement write-up on my Pearson 30. Fun
Proscraper feedback Michel16055 at 6:17pm 03.06.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1292 I'm starting to plan the scraping of the hull of my O'Day 302. I came across a product which I would
first boat heybuddy at 6:13pm 03.06.09 S2 1/1580 S2 owners, I am looking for a first boat and the S2s are always highly spoken of. I am a beginn
30 amp to 110 power strip NCNoviceCouple at 6:04pm 03.06.09 Ask All Sailors 14/11088 I searched the forums and could not find the answer to this question. I have C22 with one battery fo
headsail furler problem John at 5:35pm 03.06.09 Ask All Sailors 13/3807 I have a Schaeffer headsail furler which appears, from their web site, to be the CF-700 model. Over
Giot furler maintenance rlgales at 5:01pm 03.06.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1318 My 1988 Oceanis 350 has a Giot furler and I would like to know how to perform maintenance on it, if
Checking mast rake Mac Daddy at 4:32pm 03.06.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/4017 I know the halyard trick when the boats in the water. But on the trailer I need to level the boat fi
First sail of the season (pictures) (4) walt at 4:08pm 03.06.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 34/4667 Tried out do it yourself battened jib, saw a Bald Eagle, need more downhaul on both sails next time.
Single handling an O'Day 272 PatSul22 at 1:51pm 03.06.09 Ask All Sailors 10/3354 Im looking to sail my oday 272 single handed. Does any one suggest any ideas on how to handle the ma

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Starwind 19 project boat Project_Mayhem at 8:02am 02.22.22 You must own a fleet of sailboats by now! My last boat was a Starwind 19. Great little boat. There'
B&G Vulcan 7 help hj5150 at 8:01am 02.22.22 Hey, The Vulcan has a "trip calculator" that automatically tracks things like distance travelled,
Bent jaw toggles on lower shrouds TRFrederick at 7:57am 02.22.22
BRASS THRUHULL VALVES CORROSION Project_Mayhem at 7:50am 02.22.22 Does it look similar to the well known green patina that copper develops? I used CLR to clean mine u
gel coat cracks Project_Mayhem at 7:45am 02.22.22 I just picked some gelcoat up from a local supplier. With the help of the staff there we used a RAL
Leaky Windows Project_Mayhem at 7:41am 02.22.22 If you can't find the proper seal, you can use some weather stripping from the hardware store. I use
Battery options mikeracca at 7:40am 02.22.22 I know they will charge like a typical 12v when wired in series, I am worried about them becoming un
gel coat cracks (2) sail sfbay at 7:27am 02.22.22 Spectrum.........easy to color match. Recently purchased 5 quarts to make gelcoat repairs (from scra
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B&G Vulcan 7 help Scott T-Bird at 6:59am 02.22.22 On my boat I have an Airmar Triducer (DST) that supports NMEA 2000. The Airmar unit put the data on
Jabsco Quiet Flush Head Buttons Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:45am 02.22.22 Welcome to the forum!! That is brilliant!! Don't forget to install this placard: tuff that almost
B&G Vulcan 7 help BarryL at 6:36am 02.22.22 Hi Scott, My current boat has Triton and a Zeus. To be honest, I leave the depth offset at 0. This
Universal Diesel M18 overheating and coolant escaping from bleeder problems (1) BarryL at 6:32am 02.22.22 Hey, To find a water heater you need to trace the coolant lines. From the water pump (not raw water
BATTERY BANK SETUP dlochner at 6:10am 02.22.22 Boat electrical systems are at once both very simple and complex, simple when you understand it and
BATTERY BANK SETUP jssailem at 5:59am 02.22.22 This forum can be a great resource for spotting mistakes before we make them: while gleaning the kn
Battery options Ward H at 5:55am 02.22.22 Mike, sounds like you're remembering the 6V batteries of old. I remember some cars using 6v batteri
Its funny Friday! (1) jssailem at 5:49am 02.22.22 So much of life is about the perspective you choose.
BATTERY BANK SETUP cagreen75 at 5:45am 02.22.22 These questions remind me of the time I decided to upgrade the battery system in our boat. Without g
Battery options (2) Tally Ho at 4:58am 02.22.22 I just switched my bank to 2) 6-volt GC batteries. Wired correctly, as noted by other posters, they

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