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ALWAYS A MESS!!! twodzusfittings at 7:15am 11.07.21 Ask All Sailors 20/2539 Every single time I change the oil and fuel filters on my engine, M-20, I end up with a mess. For th
Yanmar tachometers "calibration" DeniseO30 at 5:47am 11.07.21 Engines and Propulsion 3/2345 On my 3gm30 I have of course the flywheel mounted sensor for the tach I'm quite convinced it's is o
o'day keel problems Mawingo at 7:19pm 11.06.21 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2047
Adding a 115V outlet Crusty Ol Salt at 6:34pm 11.06.21 Ask All Sailors 28/4044 As I am working my way thru the survey and making repairs..... I need to replace the 115V battery ch
Freaky voltage reading Ziggler at 5:47pm 11.06.21 Ask All Sailors 12/1155 Why such bizarre voltage readings on the M2 monitor on my brand new, Blue Sea Systems 360 panel? Thi
H41DS Racor priming question (5) Nachismo at 11:12am 11.06.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/770 My first time checking for water/gunk. Pure diesel and 1 small booger came out. Then I went to ble
US SPARS Question joker460 at 8:40am 11.06.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/3048 Has anyone had issues getting a response from them lately? I wanted to order some spar parts from th
PNW Cruise 2021 Terry Cox at 8:14am 11.06.21 Pacific North West Cruisers 10/1992 My latest DVD production of our 2021 family summer cruising season. SCWjsMyD_dE
Has anyone built a boarding step? SoSound at 10:16pm 11.05.21 Ask All Sailors 27/6305 The docks at our current marina are much lower than what we have had previously. I am wondering if
Yanmar SB-8 - Shifter (1) npaulay at 6:51pm 11.05.21 Ask All Sailors 0/707 hello - I recently installed a Yanmar SB-8 into my 27' sailboat and I had to modify my existing shif
Replacement Bulbs for Tachometer in a Type B Panel (1) dkinzer at 4:34pm 11.05.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1291 I took my tachometer apart to replace the defunct "hours" LCD and decided to ohm out the two red-col
What Top-down Furler Do You Like? Jskosmo at 3:51pm 11.05.21 Ask All Sailors 4/1176 There are a ton of posts on top-down furling - have read them all : ) Am looking for what brand/mode
Top-down Furling Brand You Like? Jskosmo at 3:36pm 11.05.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/581 There are a ton of posts on top-down furling - have read them all : ) Am looking for what brand/mode
C25 halyards ran to cockpit (1) SailingLoto at 3:10pm 11.05.21 Smaller Boats 2/1460 I had been collecting parts for awhile. Here's how it came out. Hoping to try it out tomorrow.
Replace light with fan? flightlead404 at 2:21pm 11.05.21 Big Boats 6/1010 I want to replace several of the ceiling mounted swiveling lights that don't get used, with 12v fans
Solar Storm... jssailem at 1:35pm 11.05.21 Weather and Forecasting 3/1146 Check out what has been happening on Mr SUN.... 1.Space Storm im...
Starting issue post fuel filters change AwwShucks at 1:15pm 11.05.21 Catalina 310 9/1240 Just did my end of season fuel filters change and am having an issue starting engine. (Universal M2
Jib or Genoa on 1994 Hunter 29.5? kjdoyle1 at 12:43pm 11.05.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1495 Second year with the boat and we are going to replace her original sails. Currently has a jib, but t
PacificNW Weather forecast for November 2021. jssailem at 12:39pm 11.05.21 Weather and Forecasting 7/1211 We had a nice October sharing a variety of weather patterns that let us experience all of the types
How to remove old chart plotter on 311 pedestal ckreitlein at 10:05am 11.05.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/919 I need to remove the old Garmin chart plotter. Is it glued down? Underneath I see the points of fo

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Anchor Swivel Rich Stidger at 2:34pm 07.06.25 Agree. A swivel is not needed in most cases. However, if you have an all-chain anchor rode, I find
Headmate kit gwoolverton at 2:13pm 07.06.25 I still have to original head, made by Wilcox Crittenden. Do you still have that rebuild kit? Thanks
Anchor Swivel BigEasy at 1:15pm 07.06.25 Why do you want an anchor swivel? For the vast majority of sailors, a swivel is not needed. Ag
Anchor Swivel dLj at 1:05pm 07.06.25 Hello I just purchased a 1985 C&C 32,I have a 25 pound plow anchor. What size anchor swivel should
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Tally Ho at 12:55pm 07.06.25
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Richard19068 at 12:45pm 07.06.25
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Tally Ho at 12:29pm 07.06.25 Not to be argumentative, but where did he say that? He said today in another post: Today at 7:37 A
Oday 222 roller furler jib/genoa sizing question timpete at 12:11pm 07.06.25 Reporting back, I got my local loft to make me a 110 that I have on a CDI FF2. Works great! I can sa
Shaft Seal (almost a fail) BigEasy at 11:55am 07.06.25 I made it a point to be present while it was removed because I needed to be sure that a legitimat
Glue to attach handle to hatch BigEasy at 11:50am 07.06.25 How long did the unused Plexus MA310 last? Probably a year. Keep it stored in climate contro
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] smokey73 at 11:34am 07.06.25 How long is "it hasn't run in awhile." Are we talking a few years, a few months, a few weeks etc.
Glue to attach handle to hatch WillN2Sail at 11:28am 07.06.25 How long did the unused Plexus MA310 last? Thanks. I realized I've got hinges, these latches and th
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. (1) thinwater at 10:55am 07.06.25 My boat is finally out of his yard and I'm trying to get it to a DIY yard to employ the wonderful a
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Richard19068 at 10:51am 07.06.25 Again, not to be unkind, but the OP thought that there were OK repairs... Greg Not to be argum
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine (1) dlochner at 10:42am 07.06.25 ORCA is more of a controller and does look like an interesting tool for route plotting. The mapping
Fill your water tanks easily Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:40am 07.06.25 You need to know that no matter how cheap or expensive, the are only 2 types of shore water pressure
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine Clutch Cargo at 10:37am 07.06.25 Maps?
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Tally Ho at 10:36am 07.06.25 I think the prior 4 four posts are ignoring the above part of the OP's post #111. He is working to
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Richard19068 at 10:23am 07.06.25 ... I'm trying to get it to a DIY yard to employ the wonderful advice from this thread. I think t
Water under engine while motoring -- shaft seal leak? [Photos attached] colemj at 10:05am 07.06.25 When I first checked the dipstick, the oil had kind of a grey color. I checked it again later, and

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