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Diesel Engine Removal / Replacement Bud22569 at 7:21am 01.18.09 Ask All Sailors 16/11090 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 3/1341 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 5/1334 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 3/1883 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 2/5811 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 13/5587 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 3/1242 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 2/2334 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 3/1696 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 6/1788 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 9/2354 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 9/6244 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) 17/2676 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 25/10969 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 17/3471 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 0/2400 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 9/1877 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 14/3545 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 18/5865 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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Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 7:12am 02.06.22 202413
Genoa question jssailem at 5:56am 02.06.22 With all light weight sails, keeping them in good working condition takes: Knowing their limits Reg
Pacific Northwest Sailing Suggestions (US) jssailem at 5:27am 02.06.22 As stated the first challenge is clearing customs. In October, there were few to nearly no boats cr
Hunter 35.5 Dingy Davits DLLawrence at 5:11am 02.06.22 Our Legend 35.5 has Martek 370's installed on it. Love them, look good, work great.
Seek Advice 1980 Hunter 37C: Do I need to add another halyard? Jim Legere at 4:14am 02.06.22 Your Kenyon spar has two sheaves for headsail halyards, a sheave below the tang for the inner forest
Catalina Smile and what bottom paint is the best value? Joe at 4:13am 02.06.22 Joe, Thanks for the tip, but it is not for use in California. Why? All the oceans are connecte
Seek Advice 1980 Hunter 37C: Do I need to add another halyard? Joe at 3:10am 02.06.22 My preference is to install an external spinnaker halyard on a masthead crane. Keeping it external
Yanmar 4JH4E - Bleeding Air after Fuel Filter Change Rick486 at 2:46am 02.06.22 I changed both filters on my 4JH4E for 14 years and never once had a problem. 1. Before you do anyth
Pacific Northwest Sailing Suggestions (US) Kings Gambit at 11:20pm 02.05.22 He said that the planned route is by way of the southern Gulf Islands. Perhaps access the Islands vi
Yanmar 4JH4E - Bleeding Air after Fuel Filter Change Paul Mermelstein at 10:13pm 02.05.22 I used to do all that on my 4JH3E until a mechanic that I trust told me Yanmars don't need to be ble
Pacific Northwest Sailing Suggestions (US) SoSound at 9:28pm 02.05.22 Why not clear in at the first possible opportunity (if you are required to actually stop in person),
Pacific Northwest Sailing Suggestions (US) Stu Jackson at 9:17pm 02.05.22 Dash through hte Port Townsend Canal at the south end of Port Townsend Bay and duck into Port Ludlo
Hunter 34 Winch Replacement Blitz at 8:19pm 02.05.22 Remember you are dealing with dissimilar metals here (stainless bolt into aluminum backing plate.. U
Pacific Northwest Sailing Suggestions (US) jssailem at 7:49pm 02.05.22 As Stu has shared, the folks at Roche Harbor are very friendly of ran in person experience. The Wa
mast raising MacBeane at 7:22pm 02.05.22 Thanks Tedd, that is certainly a possibility, also mentioned by Topcat a few posts back - the use o
beneteau spare parts Davidasailor26 at 6:50pm 02.05.22 I asked a Beneteau dealer I know about this a few days ago.. As for parts, due to sales tax issue
Magazine subscription renewal alert Joe at 6:49pm 02.05.22 If I accept the sub offer, I let them bill me and then pay by check.
Yanmar 4JH4E - Bleeding Air after Fuel Filter Change dkinzer at 6:05pm 02.05.22 you should bleed the injectors beginning with the first one. That was going to be the next thing
Magazine subscription renewal alert Ken13559 at 6:03pm 02.05.22 Same thing happened for this side of world with Practical Boat Owners magazine auto renewal. Differe
Yanmar 4JH4E - Bleeding Air after Fuel Filter Change dkinzer at 6:01pm 02.05.22 I do make it a point to fill the new filter and bowl with fresh fuel before closing. Yes, I would h

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