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Diesel Engine Removal / Replacement Bud22569 at 7:21am 01.18.09 Ask All Sailors 16/10548 I may need to remove the engine from my old 30 sailboat. No doubt I will attempt to minimize the ex
Water in Engine Bilge... Mystery? CaptPaul at 5:59am 01.18.09 Big Boats 3/1292 Here's what I have going on... I do sailing charters and go out for short sails about 5 times a w
Hello all newbie here Mitch at 6:16pm 01.17.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1273 Hello all. I just want to introduce myself as a new member and new sailor. Kind of a late start at
Canvas attachments (2) paulj at 5:39pm 01.17.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1859 Need some help please. Anyone know who makes these canvas attachments?:confused: paulj :troll:
Sad to see this... (3) iSaint at 5:13pm 01.17.09 Sails Call Lounge 2/5782 You'll need to look hard for the mast. This sailboat has been moored off Biloxi Beach for awhile.
Great Lakes to Gulf Via Miss. Capt Andy at 4:03pm 01.17.09 Destinations 13/5156 Anyone have any info on the route from Lake Mi. to the Gulf, via the Mississippi. Appreciate any fee
35.5 Drive Wheel paul.penwell@sri.com at 3:48pm 01.17.09 Big Boats 3/1200 I ned to take off my drive wheel in order to re-bed the wheel turn stops. Can the drive wheel be tak
Thru-hull fittings (3) hamletts at 1:42pm 01.17.09 Catalina 22 2/2318 I have a leak in my depth meter and tachometer thru-hull fittings. I want to take them off to re-be
Motor Keithcbrown at 1:11pm 01.17.09 Day Sailers 3/1629 I have to replace the original motor on my 1984 O'Day 222. It is a 2 stroke Johnson Seahorse 8hp 25
Emergency Port Covers (1) Roger Long at 12:51pm 01.17.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1726 I'm going to bump this up out of a thread directed at Beckson port owners because there are other pl
Emergency port cover attachments (1) Roger Long at 12:48pm 01.17.09 Ask All Sailors 0/2 I'm going to bump this up out of a thread directed at Beckson port owners because there are other pl
New cleats/ Ryan20734 at 12:41pm 01.17.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2203 Anyone know where to get some new deck cleats for a Mac 26s 1991. I don't like drilling holes if I d
Rebuilding A Raw Water Sea Strainer (2) Maine Sail at 11:40am 01.17.09 Musings With Maine Sail 9/5968 Due to my cracked Westerbeke bell housing I am doing a bunch of other small projects. I just fin
Forum/Thread Title on Top of Icon Russf at 10:43am 01.17.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 17/2609 This is a great site and I log on about every day. The improvements were all very worthwhile. Howeve
Anyone using dry ice to cool for several days?????? jackhartjr at 10:24am 01.17.09 Ask All Sailors 25/10082 Hi folks, the thread about eating real good on smaller boats made me wonder...is anyone using dry ic
Input on boat Kuntrymann at 9:57am 01.17.09 Ask All Sailors 17/3196 Hello to all... first post. Looking for input on this boat... www.seawave.info. I've been looking at
New Headsail for 1989 27/2 fsarcone at 9:26am 01.17.09 Com-Pac 0/2347 Has anyone recently purchased a new 135% head sail for a 27/2 with the ISOFURL # 8 system? I need t
Organic deck deposits Florida sail at 8:49am 01.17.09 Ask All Sailors 9/1820 Help!! Does anyone have a method to avoid deck droppings? I have tried rubber snakes on the deck (T
bottom paint coverage sailormanbigd at 7:36am 01.17.09 Ask All Sailors 14/3258 i have an oday25 that needs bottom paint. How much do you think that i need? I want to do two colors
Black mast BobM at 7:34am 01.17.09 S2 18/5479 I will likely have to drop my mast. When I do so, at minimum I'd like to touch up the mast, if not

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Zinc anode life, use of hanging zinc? loneshark64 at 2:43pm 11.03.21 It is the statement "no wonder that it wears out in half a season" that seeks a solution. But the
How to remove 2 1/2 retaining nut? BigEasy at 2:42pm 11.03.21 Here's the part I ordered: Much thanks. Hope you get it all wrapped up!
SAE 2-pin vs MC4? thinwater at 2:39pm 11.03.21 Understood, but you could still be held liable. Just saying. I am all for careful work, but forum
Replacement Speakers for Cockpit Arch on Hunter 320 sail sfbay at 2:24pm 11.03.21 Welcome to the forum!! Suggest confirming the hole diameter to mount the speaker in. I replaced the
How to remove 2 1/2 retaining nut? sunlover at 2:24pm 11.03.21 What angle adaptor did you purchase to adapt the thru hull fitting to the valve? Here's the part
Catalina 22 Anchor Chain Stu Jackson at 2:13pm 11.03.21 A joiner on what look like 2 "C"'s the same size as a link of chain works well...strong and easy to
Saturated rudder dlochner at 1:55pm 11.03.21 To seal the rudder shaft's entrance into the rudder, chisel/grind out the fiberglass around the ope
Anyone thinking of selling their 275? Peggy Shulman at 1:52pm 11.03.21 Just found this site. My husband and I bought our C275, Cygnet, new in 2015 from Eastern Yacht Sal
Zinc anode life, use of hanging zinc? fullbore at 1:49pm 11.03.21 On my new 343 the zinc is a tiny conical thing at the end of the prop. On my old boats I had one or
Outboard weight on a San Juan 21 Benny17441 at 1:42pm 11.03.21 Had a 54 lbs. 4 stroke 5 HP in one and the transom was able to handle the weight with some deflectio
Zinc anode life, use of hanging zinc? fullbore at 1:42pm 11.03.21
Zinc anode life, use of hanging zinc? jssailem at 1:41pm 11.03.21 it is a small amount of metal and no wonder that it wears out in half a season It is the statement
Water Heater T&P Relief Valve dkinzer at 1:38pm 11.03.21 That makes sense. Thanks.
Water Heater T&P Relief Valve JamesG161 at 1:35pm 11.03.21 It may be that the pressure relief valve is to protect the tank Relief Valves are always to prote
Shaft Shark Experience and Opinions and Confirming Diameter of Catalina 310 prop shaft KZW at 1:33pm 11.03.21 My C-310, sail no 307, was built in 2005. It has a one inch diameter shaft.
Catalina 22 Anchor Chain bobtigar at 1:12pm 11.03.21 If you havent got a windless then "hot dip galvanized" proof coil chain. A joiner on what look like
Has anyone used short vertical battens on a Doyle Sail on a Hunter with an in mast furling main? DayDreamer41 at 12:48pm 11.03.21 Yes we have them on our 41DS in addition to the above advice make sure you ease the vang and if the
Sanity Check: Winterization...Covering winches in a below freezing winter ? Maybe a cockpit tarp over the boom or unstepped mast ? (1) Jumpstart at 12:47pm 11.03.21 My old C&C was always stored mast down. Used 2 chap Harbor Frieght tarps and multiple shock cords to
Zinc anode life, use of hanging zinc? loneshark64 at 12:28pm 11.03.21 On my new 343 the zinc is a tiny conical thing at the end of the prop. On my old boats I had one or
Has anyone used short vertical battens on a Doyle Sail on a Hunter with an in mast furling main? sail sfbay at 12:23pm 11.03.21 I installed a UK partial vertical battened in-mast furling mainsail on my Hunter 386. Be sure to fur

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