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Fresh Water vs Sea Water Engine morgantheship at 1:43pm 10.19.08 Mid-Size Boats 1/1415 Is there a difference in the effect of Fresh Water vs Sea Water on the health or longevity of a dies
Adding Windlass to O'day 35 CruiserDave at 12:13pm 10.19.08 Bigger Boats 5/3660 Has anyone installed a windlass and/or a second bow anchor roller to an O'day 35 or similar. There
When to replace vs. repair sails (1) fox islander at 11:29am 10.19.08 Ask All Sailors 27/9264 I have a 18 year old Catalina and I assume the sails are original to the boat as they have "sails by
Bottom Paint Question Part 2 bffatcat at 10:48am 10.19.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1230 Unfortunately my first post was not articulate enough. I said the bottom was down to the bare fibe
Nice job on the User Information update RECESS at 8:31am 10.19.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 3/1814 I really like that you have the home ports and sailboat information under the users names now. It is
Winterize Hot Water Heater sailliny at 8:03am 10.19.08 Catalina 310 4/2217 Can anyone outline how to winterize the hot water heater. I assume you need to drain it. How do you
More Power shaunh at 7:55am 10.19.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1162 Recently went out through Cape Cod Canal to Cape Cod Bay along the Plymouth coast into very strong N
Sail Shape Question KFLOATER at 7:53am 10.19.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1589 My Hunter 216 has a topping lift line ( no backstay). The boat seems to sail faster with the line t
h216 Topping Lift Line Question KFLOATER at 7:44am 10.19.08 Smaller Boats 1/1254 Any thoughts about relaxing my topping lift line on my H216 to flatten the sail. It seems when I "r
Water Heater Placement joefusa at 7:31am 10.19.08 Catalina 30 4/1321 putting in a 6 gallon seaward water heater and looking for optional locations. the two i'm consideri
Getting abandoned boats Justin63 at 2:07am 10.19.08 Lancer 10/2225 So those of us in San Diego have noticed by now, that Anchorage 8 is finally no more. I know that th
Minor electrical issue here... Justin63 at 1:57am 10.19.08 Lancer 6/1833 So I'm scratching my head on this one; I bought one of those computer theater system type setups, th
Has Anyone Ever ....................... (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:42pm 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1840 .................... figured out how to inflate those cheap no name fenders without filler valves ?
replacement rudder 25ft Oday smg522 at 7:41pm 10.18.08 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1596 Had a great day sailing and my rudder snapped off. Managed to get it repaired by a fibreglass techni
Need to know where the holes go on new rudder (4) v3n0m at 6:03pm 10.18.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1118 I was hoping someone has done this before and saved the measurements on where the holes are to be
More Soda-blast problems Barry7363 at 4:21pm 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 9/2094 Last week I posted a "cry for help" related to the discovery after soda blasting our C-34, that the
More Soda-blast problems Barry7363 at 4:11pm 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 0/18 Last week I posted a "cry for help" related to the discovery after soda blasting our C-34, that the
Why can't you view ads by brand? agaliha at 3:30pm 10.18.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/1912 I used to be able to look at the gear ads by boat brand (Beneteau, etc.) Now all the ads come up at
Wild Ride in Catalina Rick D at 1:40pm 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 7/1845 The Admiral and I went to Cat Harbor for a week in order to refocus off our dwindling assets and the
Alternator "smart regulators" for hunter430 rwblocker at 1:14pm 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1693 I have a 1995 hunter 430 with the standard two 8D flooded house batteries and a isolated starter bat

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Looking for the owners manual for a B37 sail sfbay at 10:42am 05.31.21 Until you find one you might find the owner's manual in these links partially applicable to your boa
Galveston Sailing? A6C5O7 at 10:40am 05.31.21 Trip update! My wife and and some of her family went out 3 separate times. Two days we set in at th
Diagram of sail rigging for Hunter 26 (1) sail sfbay at 10:24am 05.31.21 Rigging details are found starting on page 79 of the attached manual. Page 27 - 30 - getting ready
AC Condensate Drain Oprion Closing Time at 10:21am 05.31.21 There is no need for a check valve in this installation. A Venturi valve has no moving parts, is n
Barient 21-33 Stripper Ring ErikHunter30T at 10:14am 05.31.21 I haven't gotten to it, but I will. I'll let you know if it works :) Do you have the 3D file for t
AC Condensate Drain Oprion JamesG161 at 10:09am 05.31.21 There is no need for a check valve in this installation If you read their info, the Venturi will o
Barient 21-33 Stripper Ring wouterdebie at 10:00am 05.31.21 Hey wouterdebie, Did you end up 3D printing the stripper rings? I'm facing the same issue, wonderin
AC Condensate Drain Oprion JamesG161 at 10:00am 05.31.21 As Don mentioned, there is no way for the condensate drain to sink our boat, it pulls water from th
Barient 21-33 Stripper Ring ErikHunter30T at 9:59am 05.31.21 Hey wouterdebie, Did you end up 3D printing the stripper rings? I'm facing the same issue, wondering
Reefing Line Size(s) jssailem at 9:57am 05.31.21 but I have to go to the mast to hook the reefing tack . So do I. I figured since I need to go the
Diesel shutoff question Wm. Gill at 9:57am 05.31.21 Suggest you get the Yanmar 2QM15 Maintenance Manual and the Parts Manual. They are probably on line
AC Condensate Drain Oprion SV At Last at 9:47am 05.31.21 Our boat has the Dometic venturi system and it works as advertised. As Don mentioned, there is no wa
Brightwork product Tricia at 9:46am 05.31.21 I use it and like it. More like varnish than straight oil. It's fairly soft, so it's flexible. Goes
Catalina 310 line drawing appeal? (2) SV At Last at 9:32am 05.31.21 We used this one...... https://marleyinthemiddle.com Very pleased with the result. When I get ho
AC Condensate Drain Oprion JRT at 9:29am 05.31.21 I would not leave the AC running unattended with the intake value below the waterline either. The d
Shorten the transducer wire from the Garmin G-wind masthead sensor kappykaplan at 9:09am 05.31.21 Coil it
Reefing Line Size(s) kloudie1 at 9:00am 05.31.21 Some good info from the "Owner Resources", Downloads By Brand", "34" and finally "Downloads" on this
Reefing Line Size(s) (1) kloudie1 at 8:53am 05.31.21 3/8 or 5/16.. It has to be big enough to feel good in your hands.. I have 3/8" Mine are led back to
Questions Regarding Electroscan and My Current State of Mystification jssailem at 8:52am 05.31.21 Are there water valves i need to shut off prior to disassembling the pump? Am i to locate the intak
Brightwork product Mark Maulden at 8:49am 05.31.21 For exterior teak on the boat.

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