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Yanmar 2GM20F Engine - What year Manufactured morgantheship at 4:15pm 10.25.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/1909 The 2GM20F engine has an Engine Number of 03365. Does anyone know what year this engine was manufact
Need advice on 24 hour from long beach CA rwblocker at 2:15pm 10.25.08 Ask All Sailors 21/2650 I have been reading some cruising books and mags like att ' Latts. I have sailed all my life in cal
Where to find compression post replacement pictures DSELR at 2:14pm 10.25.08 Mid-Size Boats 7/2048 A week or so before the web site changed I discovered in the archived photos forum some excellent in
Ablative bottom paint All U Get at 2:12pm 10.25.08 Ask All Sailors 14/4668 Will ablative paint become less effective when hauled out for the winter? I painted over the black
Need recomendation for glue oldsalt70 at 11:51am 10.25.08 Ask All Sailors 25/3029 I have an O'Day 23 with a very large storage area in the cockpit locker. The space goes way down in
What happened? showin4fun at 10:19am 10.25.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/2863 Can anyone tell me where to find the H34 Compression Post Repair instructions that was posted on the
transpducer wcaime at 8:16am 10.25.08 Ask All Sailors 7/1346 Can thru-hull transducers be used as in-hull transducers?
Hunter 31???or30??? Hogan at 8:16am 10.25.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/1616 I have found a Hunter that is either a 30 or 31 that is looking for someone to bring it back to maje
Atalntic crossing in 28 MKII cd30ketch at 6:45am 10.25.08 Mid-Size Boats 21/14579 My friend would like for me to help him sail his Catalina 28 MKII across the Atlantic to the Mediter
Back to zincs again Rich (P303) at 5:39am 10.25.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1316 I have had 2 seasons with the boat... and prop zinc was missing on haul-out. I have a previous recen
Done for the season john6206 at 5:26am 10.25.08 Day Sailers 2/1423 My last sail of the season was last weekend (October 18th). Had a good season - didn't get out
The recently ugly parts of my boat (3) Rick Sylvester at 11:29pm 10.24.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1654 and the reason for a big chunk of a 13 week maintenance frenzy. I usually like to show the shiny
M25 trailer bunk mod J Barrett at 9:52pm 10.24.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1162 Now that I've given up my slip space and will truly be a trailer sailor I have decided to address th
Time Zone setup WallyQ2 at 8:29pm 10.24.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/1 Just wondering on how this works. I live in the Central time zone in Canada, and that's how It set i
Interchangeability of parts - is it possible? MrMikey64 at 7:59pm 10.24.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1107 Being new to thiis, and not seeing a large availability of parts, I would like to know: 1) To replac
South Louisiana sailing? SeacretSailor at 6:57pm 10.24.08 Ask All Sailors 0/1088 South Louisiana guys, In March, I'm transferring from Houston to South Central Louisiana, to the L
pulling an A4 engine from Cat 30 Mark at 5:30pm 10.24.08 Mid-Size Boats 1/1503 Anyone have any experience or tips on how to get a 380 lb engine up and out of the hole and over the
Leading main halyard aft Winsome23 at 5:00pm 10.24.08 Ask An Oday Owner 17/4034 Curious if anyone has a late 70s early 80s model 23 that has figured a good way to lead the main hal
Most important sail trim controls Don Guillette at 3:03pm 10.24.08 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 12/4313 I had an interesting telephone conversation with a ship mate today. Actually it was a gal skipper an
Question about gelcoat spraying for Rich H and the rest of the gang. Dan H at 2:45pm 10.24.08 Ask All Sailors 9/2632 I am re-gelcoating my boat. What I'm having trouble with is getting a very crisp line at the boottop

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Tiller .vs. Wheel Jumpstart at 3:52pm 02.12.22
Galley Stove Gimbals Ward H at 3:51pm 02.12.22 Should come standard on high end boats, which are out of my league, of course. The high end boats
Tiller .vs. Wheel Hayden Watson at 3:36pm 02.12.22 I have had a few tiller skippers on my boat for distance races who could never get the hang of the w
Tiller .vs. Wheel jviss at 3:25pm 02.12.22 I think a tiller is just a beautiful way to steer a boat. I have toyed with the idea of converting
Catalina 22 electric outboard IASailor at 3:23pm 02.12.22 Well I got the quote from the dealer on the motor it was more than $6k. That is far more than I want
Atomic 4 dies a few minutes after engaging transmission Rich Stidger at 2:23pm 02.12.22 Thanks! I actually found a great video from Moyer Marine on this topic: w3ysK9VhCvk
Galley Stove Gimbals Len Ingalls at 1:50pm 02.12.22 wtKrVl1uJ48
Funny Friday!!! (1) jmce1587 at 1:35pm 02.12.22 202548
Tiller .vs. Wheel Tom J at 1:24pm 02.12.22 :plus: Me, too. I see it a lot, and wonder if people have this kinda issue, how do they manage to s
Catalina 22 electric outboard SycloneDriver at 1:21pm 02.12.22 I had 4hp on a San Juan 23 and that seemed like plenty, but I never had to deal with any river curre
New "possible owner" of 2001 Hunter 340 Stu Jackson at 12:54pm 02.12.22 then walk around with him asking lots of questions Terry's right. While he is doing the survey.
Add a dedicated starter battery Stu Jackson at 12:51pm 02.12.22 1979 Cat 30 You may be interested in these links. FWIW, while the boat is new to you, the wire ha
New "possible owner" of 2001 Hunter 340 Terry Cox at 12:44pm 02.12.22
Galley Stove Gimbals jviss at 12:35pm 02.12.22 You could hold the pan level above the flame if it bothers you that much. Yea, and you don't need
What Y valve do I have? Stu Jackson at 12:35pm 02.12.22 When you get it out you may find that it is all ok and just clean it up and reinstall. Just have a
Tiller .vs. Wheel Stu Jackson at 12:30pm 02.12.22 I have never understood all of the anguish I hear over steering either with a wheel or a tiller. I
Paint looks horrible - contour sanding to look good? sunlover at 11:12am 02.12.22 I did finally work out how to do this so that it looks professional. Copying from the large number
Tiller .vs. Wheel BigEasy at 11:02am 02.12.22 On reading this thread, I was reminded of a video (link below). There is more to this phenomenon th
Atomic 4 dies a few minutes after engaging transmission fred1diver at 10:51am 02.12.22 My fuel tank was mounted above the engine so it had an anti-siphon valve. If this applies to you,
B 361 Interior Light Switch BigEasy at 10:27am 02.12.22 Thanks BigEasy! I will try Ward Richardson. Please let us know outcome, this entire parts thing i

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