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electronic temp control refrigarator toetje3 at 10:09pm 01.26.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1186 Good morning from the meditterenean. I have a fridge with a cold plate .The electronic control doe
Swing keel for Catalina 22 paddwest at 7:55pm 01.26.09 Ask All Sailors 0/6 Need a swing keel for a Catalina 22. Live in Florida. Any takers?
late 80's 32 beneteau plumbing problem mnydvr at 7:38pm 01.26.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/3329 customer complains that "sea water" is fill the bowl,dont have info on what position the y valve sho
Swing keel for Catalina 22 paddwest at 7:30pm 01.26.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1018 I live in N Florida and need a swing keel for a Catalina 22. I'd like to find one in this part of th
wood prep question for varnish Pat T at 6:38pm 01.26.09 Ask All Sailors 15/3323 I am re-varnishing my teak ' holly sole on my Catalina 36. I will use Target coating which is what w
keel winch rough timmer594 at 6:33pm 01.26.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2400 I recently replaced my winch because it was falling apart. It is really rough going down, smooth cra
Boat Swap? Mike M8297 at 6:29pm 01.26.09 Destinations 2/2908 Anyone interested in exchanging locales for vacation? I have: 1) 22' Catalina in Central Oregon
Alternator sizing Scott B at 6:28pm 01.26.09 Ask All Sailors 46/8338 I am considering going to 4 golf car batteries to replace the 2 group 27's I now have. Last year we
Sugar Scoop Swim Platform Dave19957 at 4:35pm 01.26.09 Big Boats 6/12892 I know this has been a topic before, and I've even posted in a thread or two regarding the tail that
Thread editing problem (1) Tim R. at 3:55pm 01.26.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 11/2250 Is anyone else having this problem? I either post a new topic or reply to an existing one and my edi
Thread posting problem Tim R. at 3:50pm 01.26.09 Ask All Sailors 0/3 Is
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Cruising with a dog Kuntrymann at 2:10pm 01.26.09 Ask All Sailors 24/4193 My wife and I are considering cruising for a while and would love to/have to take our dog. How many
Restoring shroud threads tom.watson at 2:00pm 01.26.09 Catalina 30 4/1579 I am replacing closed turnbuckles on a 77 Catalina 30 and hoping not to replace the shrouds, which l
has anyone purchased a sail from FX sails? markberten@gmail.com at 1:50pm 01.26.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1536 Did yo u purchase from FX sails? Were you happy with the sails? did you get what you ordered? Wa
How do you replace impeller quickly and easily? MaestroCT at 1:36pm 01.26.09 Big Boats 13/4247 Last summer, by the time I realized that the strainer on the engine intake was full of enough eel gr
Stepping a mast 3m_rowe at 12:54pm 01.26.09 Catalina 22 4/2705 I am looking at buying a '79 Catalina 22, as my first sailboat purchase. It is a trailerable boat,
Waxing Johnb at 12:31pm 01.26.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1546 Kinyonga is currently hauled out. We have had a reccomendation from the boat yard to have a "profess
Sail Calculator Mike B at 12:18pm 01.26.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1924 I stumbled across this site following a thread on a different web site. It's a nice tool that calcul
Siphon Break - Engine Raw Water Circuit rardiH36 at 11:41am 01.26.09 Ask All Sailors 7/12552 Imbedded in recent threads is a picture (courtesy of Maine Sail) that highlights a siphon- break in

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Another Ship is burning. Will Gilmore at 2:36am 02.25.22 Thanks. I wasn't familiar with that clip. It was originally broadcast in 1991, a bit after my time.
O'Day 39 owners manual Rgluv2sail at 2:29am 02.25.22
Freezer repair, 2015 Oceanis 48 Montage_55 at 2:25am 02.25.22 Hi Roger, I have an Oceansis 55 with the same problems. The freezer works well but it leaks water. I
New Catalina 30 Owner Hayden Watson at 10:36pm 02.24.22 jssailem is correct that Romex has no place on a boat but before you start ripping out the AC cables
HJull number engraved on hull of Hunter Legend stuendan at 10:31pm 02.24.22 HIN number on my 2003 H326 is on the hull side, starboard rear quarter, 'bout 2 meters from the tran
New Catalina 30 Owner Hayden Watson at 10:29pm 02.24.22 The hump is absolutely standard in older C30's with the diesel engine. The engine bed, stern tube a
Expanding Hardening Foam thinwater at 10:06pm 02.24.22 Thinwater, can you explain why you're not a fan of deck injection? Not to hijacka thread, but I ha
Acquiring a 2012 Marlow Hunter 50... artboas at 9:52pm 02.24.22 Hi folks. Although I have never owned a Hunter, seemingly, the boat I have been looking for recent
Engine Hours 2009 Hunter 50cc Zencra at 9:48pm 02.24.22 The fuel gauge is a totally separate entity thank Art, I have had a look at wiring and couldn't noti
Plastic Teak Toe Rails - Looking for opinions and feedback dmax at 9:45pm 02.24.22 I thought about bung'ing the screws but decided it was too much trouble and I can always go back and
Engine Hours 2009 Hunter 50cc artboas at 9:44pm 02.24.22 how do I connect the maretron to chartplotter? my maretron fuel guage has just stopped working and
Long term lay up info dmax at 9:41pm 02.24.22 Second question: Boat's going to be on the hard. Why bother with running the engine? It ain't go
New to us Hunter 40.5 artboas at 9:38pm 02.24.22 Update. I have been working on the boat a little at a time. I have been cleaning bilges and cleanin
Another Ship is burning. JRacer at 7:59pm 02.24.22 Leeward rail, "got it" :laugh:
Need to Replace a Reading Light, or its Switch DayDreamer41 at 7:49pm 02.24.22 Have a look here, this is the company who supplied the original fixtures https://itcshopnow.com/coll
Long term lay up info Ralph Johnstone at 7:24pm 02.24.22 Inded, I can't think of ANY reason it should be/needs to be run at all. Not unless you're trying
Sail question Rickth at 7:16pm 02.24.22 Thanks for the replies. Sounds to me like it is an anchor riding sail.
Long term lay up info Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:15pm 02.24.22 I am putting a boat on the hard for several years. You're overlooking two important systems: The fr
Plastic Teak Toe Rails - Looking for opinions and feedback jviss at 7:10pm 02.24.22 Since you asked for opinions, I think it looks good, and I know a varnished teak toerail is a lot of
Long term lay up info jssailem at 7:06pm 02.24.22 My cousin says, his dad parked a tractor with a Perkins diesel at the edge of a field. Life happened

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