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Stuck fuel gage mac1840 at 4:43pm 10.20.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1370 VDO Fuel guage on my 331 has just started to read "full" all the time. I'm quite sure after last wee
Yanmar 1GM10 Cooling Water Issue PaulH at 3:11pm 10.20.08 Ask All Sailors 12/8689 Hello folks...I have a question in regards to raw water cooling on my 2001 Yanmar 1GM10...there's ab
2002/356;Battery Charger Issue DanoDano at 2:43pm 10.20.08 Big Boats 7/1686 I have a 2002 Hunter 356. Last week when I checked my batteries, they were both down. I had the lo
Dishwasher detergent Deadline at 1:58pm 10.20.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/2196 Peggie, as a longtime disciple of yours, I know you frown on putting anything in the waste tank unne
Raymarine Rotary Drive Autopilot Franklin at 1:02pm 10.20.08 Ask All Sailors 7/7326 Anybody here have a Raymarine S1G autopilot with a Rotary drive (below deck type, not wheel pilot)?
Attn Daniel Lewis / H23 Cutter Brian M H23 at 11:57am 10.20.08 Smaller Boats 0/1168 Hey Daniel, I'm (And, I'm sure, others) really curious about that cutter rig of yours. How does th
Anyone Know Who Owns This Beached Boat ??? (2) Maine Sail at 11:28am 10.20.08 Musings With Maine Sail 12/6554 Hi All, I got a call last night from my mother who was concerned about a boat anchored off her hous
Raising Centerboard on a 170 GeorgeJ at 11:07am 10.20.08 Day Sailers 5/2323 Hello All, I have a 2008 Hunter 170 and find it takes what seems like a high effort to raise the cen
Looking at a cal21 for project need input. Gedagett at 10:30am 10.20.08 Cal 2/6262 Hello, I am looking at a Cal 21 for a project boat. The hull is complete and said to be in good
Head Problems David Howard at 9:43am 10.20.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/2912 As a new owner of a 1987 Hunter 31, I was shocked last weekend while out cruising to discover my hol
Closed cooling system leak Scott B at 9:05am 10.20.08 Ask All Sailors 0/1213 The drain plug on my Yanmar 3YM30 closed cooling system has developed a small leak. It appears to be
Trailering with a Roller Furler JohnH_V25 at 8:28am 10.20.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 19/5951 Does anyone regularly trailer their boat with a roller furler? I have been trailering my Venture 25
Hunter 33 Davits Jason1271 at 7:28am 10.20.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/4325 Have any 33 owners (newer) put Davits on their boats? I've searched the archives, found discussion,
100 Amp Alternator sailaway78 at 7:25am 10.20.08 Ask All Sailors 22/9688 For those of you who have the big 100 amp or so alternators installed on your boat I have a question
Contemplating a Ranger 26 purchase JWinHawaii at 2:23am 10.20.08 Ask All Sailors 7/13311 Hello all, I live in Honolulu and am looking at a 1973 Ranger 26 for $6500 as my first sailboat p
Like to see some trailer setups (1) bwingler at 8:16pm 10.19.08 Trailer Sailors 10/4038 Hi All, I would like to see some of you folks trailer rigs. I need to do some major rework on my tra
Hunter 376 ground tackle serenisea at 8:10pm 10.19.08 Big Boats 11/3690 We purchased a 1997 Hunter 376, which has a windlass and 200 feet of anchor rode that is 30 feet cha
Careening on A Trailer Rick Webb at 7:27pm 10.19.08 Smaller Boats 4/1390 I have wondered if it would work, it does. I was touching up the paint on my boat and thought I'd tr
Sail repair ScottD at 7:27pm 10.19.08 Ask All Sailors 11/1945 I have noticed that the thread is starting to loosen on the "seams" on my jib. Can this be stitched
Movie: Morning Light Rick D at 7:16pm 10.19.08 Ask All Sailors 7/2039 Although people differ in what they like in a movie, I think Roy Disney's "Morning Light" will be a

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When to move up? Leeward Rail at 11:59am 02.11.22 you will run out of space to store the new important stuff. When that happens this exercise will st
Add a dedicated starter battery jviss at 11:58am 02.11.22 STOP You need to do some more research and investigation. No offense, but you are all over the pl
When to move up? Jumpstart at 11:55am 02.11.22 Moving up to a 28-30 footer is a prudent move. Easier to sail than your 23 and reasonable to dock. L
Add a dedicated starter battery Head Sail at 11:52am 02.11.22 What I do know is that the previous owner hit the glow plug for 90 + seconds, sprayed starter fluid
Raw water intake strainer Don S/V ILLusion at 11:47am 02.11.22
Add a dedicated starter battery BarryL at 11:43am 02.11.22 STOP You need to do some more research and investigation. No offense, but you are all over the pl
When to move up? Parsons at 11:40am 02.11.22 Solo sailing, as most of us have found, is actually easier on a well-equipped larger sailboat than a
toilet time capt shaggy dog at 10:22am 02.11.22 thanks kappy! kinda new at this internet thing i am still trying to get use to carrying a phone arou
Add a dedicated starter battery jviss at 10:11am 02.11.22 DC means Direct Current. Dave, are you serious? I was marveling at all of the bad information in
toilet time kappykaplan at 9:56am 02.11.22 @capt shaggy dog , to send Peggie a PM, click on her avatar and you'll see a button labeled "Send a
toilet time capt shaggy dog at 9:50am 02.11.22 hi peggie just ordered your book this morning,just by reading your responses makes it is a must read
When to move up? kappykaplan at 9:42am 02.11.22 It is the circle of boat life. :plus:
'86 Hunter 34 coolant through exhaust markwbird at 9:32am 02.11.22 You should be able to see it and hear it coming out the back. It's not continuous. It "spits" ever
Distance between gudgeons, '89 Catalina 22 jssailem at 9:25am 02.11.22 You may get a better response if you went to Catalina and asked them for the data. I could not find
Mercury 3.3 Runs Then Stalls Tater at 9:21am 02.11.22 Tom, I was able to locate the plug with some difficulty. It apparently isn't a common one. It did cr
When to move up? jssailem at 9:16am 02.11.22 you will quickly grow into it. And what will shock you, is all the increase in space and storage w
Galley Stove Gimbals jssailem at 9:13am 02.11.22 From a design approach it would be possible to create a single burner. You would need to support the
Galley Stove Gimbals (1) jssailem at 9:04am 02.11.22 I understand a fully gimbled rig, Ii just have not seen one used on a boat burner or range. Here i
Mercury 3.3 Runs Then Stalls Tom J at 8:53am 02.11.22 Thanks Rich and Tom. The thing is that the tank was clean. I soaked it in Seafoamed gasoline just t
'86 Hunter 34 coolant through exhaust jviss at 8:49am 02.11.22 Great answers guys---I definitely plan on finding the other two vanes but I just wanted to be sure

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