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H28.5 Manual discharge pump repair mister_j at 1:46am 06.15.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1370 Can anyone point me to a post or article that covers the repair or replacement of a manual discharge
Ground wire. Buck 100 at 2:29am 06.15.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1315 While waiting for the trailer to come and take my 1975 25' Oday to the launch ramp, i thought i migh
Wiring diagram Chilly Willy at 2:53am 06.15.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2341 Last ditch effort before going to a professional. Anybody have a picture or diagram of the back of t
WASTE WATER STORAGE TANK JEFF at 3:19am 06.15.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1196 I AM A NEW OWNER OF A 2002 CATALINA 250 WING. HOW DO YOU KNOW WENT THE WASTE TANK IS FULL, THE WAS
Some times the best times sailing....... (2) Maine Sail at 3:21am 06.15.08 Ask All Sailors 11/1186 Aren't even under sail...We anchored in an idyllic Maine spot last night ' I woke up at 4:25 a.m.
Shift Cable Rob38 at 4:32am 06.15.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1120 My shift cable broke come back to port this afternoon. I disconnected the cable from the transmissi
HIN Marianne14937 at 4:18am 06.15.08 Mid-Size Boats 1/1214 I have a 1997 Catalina 28. I can not find the HIN. Can someone tell me please where it is?Thanks.M
Stuffing Box jaydog5000 at 5:12am 06.15.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1436 Can you repack your stuffing box while the boat is in the water. I know that some water will come t
Successful Boat Move Dick Dixon at 6:08am 06.15.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1060 On Saturday we successfully moved my buddy's "new" boat from Slidell, Louisiana to Moss Point, Missi
Mast Length DS 1 oki.al at 7:22am 06.15.08 Day Sailers 2/1295 I recently purchased a mast tabernacle for my DS1. The instructions for DS1 installation was to dra
New boat coming...for old timers Les at 3:58am 06.15.08 Other Sailboats 2/1036 As I promised several people on this web site I would keep them informed of our purchasing a new Hun
Changing the main furling line Rob2435 at 9:34am 06.15.08 Ask All Sailors 0/1457 I had to change the furling line for my main sail. It was supposed to be as easy as removing the fo
Dealing with alignment on an S2 9.2A BobM at 2:33pm 06.15.08 S2 4/1721 Whew...put in a solid 8 hours today on Triple Play. In my last post, the diesel mechanic had refuse
sail dimensions needs for 1987 26.5 progolfer_20 at 1:49pm 06.15.08 Smaller Boats 5/1261 What is the mainsail size for a 1987 26.5 hunter? Thanks.
saloon wood table replacement grevay at 1:48pm 06.15.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1228 I am looking to replace our dining table in our new beneteau 43. The laminated table top has become
How to find make/model of older glass <20ft JKelly at 1:40pm 06.15.08 Ask All Sailors 29/3836 I have a friend that has purchased a large tract of land that has an older fiberglass sailboat that
Feeling fuelish SailboatOwners.com at 1:21pm 06.15.08 Ask All Sailors 50/3650 Perhaps you noticed that fuel prices have increased lately. (!)Sure, we own sailboats that shouldn
Old question, please bear with me. Changing out the main halyard Dave at 12:57pm 06.15.08 Ask All Sailors 11/1481 The regulars have seen my post about changing out the lines and probably say, theres the new guy aga
New Battens strobeone at 12:20pm 06.15.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/984 My Doyle mainsail is missing two battens (two middle). One appears to be 62in and the other 85in.
New Bow Light strobeone at 12:00pm 06.15.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/798 I noticed that my bow light is shot on my hunter 23.5. Whats left of the casing is a square piece t

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Redoing salon table on a Beneteau 37 Bluenose at 10:38am 09.17.21 Good ol' Beneteau designers. I'll bet you boat designers have never used their boats nor have they d
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? danstanford at 10:27am 09.17.21 Will start to look at the telltales in the body of the main Don, it has not been something we have r
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? dmax at 10:26am 09.17.21 Unless you're using the lazy jacks to hold up your boom, you can loosen them up to the point where t
Redoing salon table on a Beneteau 37 Davidasailor26 at 10:25am 09.17.21 OMG! It's enormous!! You could land a helicopter on it! Yeah you could. But worse than the size of
Adjust lazy jacks while sailing? DeniseO30 at 10:24am 09.17.21 They should be somewhat slack just like your topping lift. I've read but not seen , people use bunge
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? DeniseO30 at 10:19am 09.17.21 5/16 was my thinking too. I keep trying to research anchor windlass installs on the H34 but find ve
Beneteau 41.1 2017 autopilot compass failure intermittently Davidasailor26 at 10:15am 09.17.21
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? Don Guillette at 10:07am 09.17.21 danstanford: Thank you for purchasing my book. Now buy it's companion, the SAIL TRIM CHART, which is
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? Stu Jackson at 10:07am 09.17.21 My eventual conundrum is the cost of an anchor windlass and will I need larger than quarter inch ch
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? jssailem at 10:01am 09.17.21
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? DeniseO30 at 9:40am 09.17.21 Stu, from self study information like you have kindly posted is why I questioned the line size. I'
how to judge appropriate draft in very light winds? danstanford at 9:23am 09.17.21 Thanks Don and SF, this is the kind of subtlety it is hard to find someone to discuss this with. Mos
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? Stu Jackson at 9:19am 09.17.21 Depends on where you intend to anchor and what wind strength you size your ANCHORING SYSTEM for. I'
Beneteau 41.1 2017 autopilot compass failure intermittently Slider at 9:18am 09.17.21 My auto had the,Same on for a while and off now and then until I paid a pro to fix it. He went all
Redoing salon table on a Beneteau 37 Bluenose at 9:17am 09.17.21 OMG! It's enormous!! You could land a helicopter on it!
Redoing salon table on a Beneteau 37 kodiak1120 at 9:07am 09.17.21 Same way the other is attached. There are flat steel bars under the table that it (and the original
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? BigEasy at 9:04am 09.17.21 . the anchor line seemed to be half inch which, I think is too light for my boat, the chain on the
Replacing passive skimmer with electric field pump and automatic switch Calif. Ted at 8:56am 09.17.21 What is the blue hose ? Looks like could be for a second pump.
1/2" anchor line for my 34ftr?? Sailboat.Sequoyah at 8:54am 09.17.21 1/2 was too small for mine. The sweet spot, that point where strength and handling meet, is 5/8. Tha
1997-H410 Stay chainplate cracks !! vgoya at 8:51am 09.17.21 Those are done to relieve stress in the plate and looks like done correctly. The rounded ends of t

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