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Islander 30 MKII Repower - MD11C? tpearce63 at 2:33pm 02.01.09 Islander 2/3254 I have a Volvo Penta MB10A gas engine that needs to be replaced. Does anyone know if I can make a M
Locking Her up jwieneck at 2:02pm 02.01.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/2169 I have a Hunter 1998 376 with what I think is the normal sliding main hatch and two board slide in h
yanmar diesel in a beneteau mnydvr at 12:08pm 02.01.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1618 does anyone know if you need a puller to remove the injectors on a 2gm20 motor are will they come ou
Yanmar 2 cyl.diesel in a beneteau mnydvr at 12:05pm 02.01.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1160 does anyone know if you need a puller to remove the injectors on a 2gm20 motor or will they come out
Land Cruise Jim's Blackberry at 11:39am 02.01.09 Sails Call Lounge 3/3342 My wife and I took Amtrak out to Winter Park, CO for some skiing. It has been a great trip except f
Life Sling and Carabiner lehigh375 at 11:22am 02.01.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1556 Has anybody ever considered attaching a snap carabiner to the end of the lifesling line so it can be
South Shore Erie to Toronto JohnnyMac at 10:30am 02.01.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2448 For our big trip this year the Admiral wants to go to Toronto instead of the North Channel. Has any
Wreck of HMS Victory Found Rick D at 10:06am 02.01.09 Ask All Sailors 5/2027 Not sure if this should go here or Sails Call, but there is the link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/2
Famowood Epoxy Coating? Mike G. at 9:05am 02.01.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1304 Has anyone ever heard of Famowood Epxoy Coating? I have a friend that finished all of his counters
Motor Stormer at 8:30am 02.01.09 Columbia 0/1913 DH and I are refurbishing a 63' C24, and were wondering if we could get away with outfitting her wit
Pop Top Enclosure for Catalina 25 Ted Stueck at 8:27am 02.01.09 Smaller Boats 1/4192 Does anyone know where I can purchase a new pop top enclosure for my Catalina 25? Is there anywhere
Repair Broken Chainplate Tierod steve21968 at 8:07am 02.01.09 Big Boats 12/6353 Based on help and suggestions from an earlier post, I have been able to repair a broken chainplate t
Hunter 30 Hatch Dimensions AlanBrown at 7:46am 02.01.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1246 Want to replace companionway hatch on 1981 Hunter 30. Can anyone tell me the dimensions? Can't measu
Electrical - alternator connection (1) NYSail at 6:54am 02.01.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1981 Hello all....A question regarding electrical connections. I have currently 3 battery banks. One tha
Anchoring lingarner at 6:03am 02.01.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1771 I have a 26' clark and need an anchor. What weight and type would I need? I would like to be able to
For you Northern sailors Ken Honeycutt at 5:35am 02.01.09 Ask All Sailors 8/1948 Some of you Northern sailors may have seen these at the boat shows but I thought I would post this a
Dinghy Design (8) Roger Long at 4:56am 02.01.09 Ask All Sailors 58/8885 The thread on building a dinghy reminded me that I have a nearly finished set of plans for a 3 sheet
Shore power plug keeps burning out... Levin at 2:52am 02.01.09 Ask All Sailors 62/16758 Hello everyone... Ok, so I have a question and hope that someone here has experienced something sim
Searching tweitz at 7:38pm 01.31.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/2000 Phil - i have been having trouble using the search function. I entered something really simple -- t
For Mainesail sailaway78 at 7:27pm 01.31.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1393 Hey Mainesail, On ScottB's post about alternator sizing, you had a short video showing the actual am

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1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar dlochner at 1:20pm 03.01.22 Pinking is a sign of the zinc in the bronze leaching out, this significantly weakens the zinc. It pr
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar Robertelee1031 at 1:20pm 03.01.22 Our boat yards locally don't let us work on our boats when on the hard. They have of course offered
Oday 25 portlights racenmotorsports at 1:17pm 03.01.22 I found locktight pl marine at HD and plan on using that combined with some cedar shims between the
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar Davidasailor26 at 1:02pm 03.01.22
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar Richard19068 at 12:57pm 03.01.22 I might not be worried about the pitting but would be worried about what looks like pink areas. Hard
Mast with weld repair - stay away or worry not? Benny17441 at 12:46pm 03.01.22 If the weld was well done that mast may break at any other point but where that weld is. That is be
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar jviss at 12:39pm 03.01.22 I will defer to others with more expertise, but I personally wouldn't worry about that. I'd clean i
O'Day 39 owners manual Rgluv2sail at 12:33pm 03.01.22 That was my first thought as well. I have assembled everything from original brochure to the newly
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar (2) Robertelee1031 at 12:31pm 03.01.22 Couple of pics
Catalina 27 sanitation system rebuild Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:18pm 03.01.22 I do have quality self-contained toilets on my other sailboat and in my camper, but the wife does n
Spinnaker winches for H340 (stainless arch) sail sfbay at 12:07pm 03.01.22 jssailem proposes a good plan, lower cost and does not add additional hardware in the cockpit.......
Spinnaker winches for H340 (stainless arch) DannyO at 12:00pm 03.01.22 Thanks so much for your reply. Yes, I have two ratchet blocks ready to go - I completely agree with
Morse or no morse jssailem at 11:45am 03.01.22 It feels like a boater that does not understand a distress signal is like a car driver that does not
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar jviss at 11:44am 03.01.22 Yep, sorry, the strut No need to apologize! I figured that's what you meant. I do that at times,
Spinnaker winches for H340 (stainless arch) (1) jssailem at 11:39am 03.01.22 Danny, Do you need winches for this task? On some 50' boats the spinnaker can pull on the sheet with
Morse or no morse (1) Parsons at 11:39am 03.01.22 One other distress signal that is often missed by the average joe is the simplified 3 flashes or 3 b
Rudder Reference Installation Hunter Vision 36 cagreen75 at 11:31am 03.01.22 Nice installation. Does the rudder reference show on a monitor at the helm. Nice to have, if so.
Rudder Reference Installation Hunter Vision 36 (1) cagreen75 at 11:24am 03.01.22 After searching for several days, I was unable to find any suggestions for installing a rudder refe
Rudder Reference Installation Hunter Vision 36 jssailem at 10:45am 03.01.22 Jim You may be able to tighten the steering even further buy adjusting the software. Autopilot resp
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar Robertelee1031 at 10:43am 03.01.22 Yep, sorry, the strut

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