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water heater coolant hoses fox islander at 9:01am 04.12.08 Catalina 30 3/1535 My new water heater tank just arrived. Following advice in the archives, I removed the old one by re
Cockpit Table Mod Ray at 9:42am 04.12.08 Catalina 310 4/2156 All, I have the standard issue table in my cockpit (the white one, not the teak) and my wife wants m
Local Sailor to SE North Carolina Yankee Sailor at 10:39am 04.12.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/956 Is there any sailors out there lives and sails in Southeast North Carolina? I am new to sailing the
Brydon Head for a 1985 Mirage sailboat Taz at 4:34am 04.12.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/5874 I have a Brydon head (59128-0000)that is allowing seawater into the bowl even it is set on "Dry Bowl
U.S. built or France Bing at 2:34pm 04.12.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1324 We are looking to purchase a 2001 Beneteau Clipper and would like to know how to tell where it was b
No HIN Number Bing at 2:46pm 04.12.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/3074 I'm looking at purchasing a 361 Beneteau. The HIN number does not appear on the aft starboard side,
solar panels John at 4:25pm 04.12.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1198 To those who are familiar with solar panels: I have a line on two 65 Watt panels for under $200. Thi
Hunter 29.5 rudder (1) IgorC at 1:34pm 04.12.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1453 I am looking in to purchasing 1996 hunter 29.5. Boat is a bit neglected cosmetically but seems to be
Water entry through roller furler John at 8:58pm 04.10.08 Ask All Sailors 16/1762 For a year now, I've been struggling trying to figure out how water keeps getting into my bilge. Wha
Question for Great Lakes Sailors SailJunkie at 9:55pm 04.10.08 Ask All Sailors 7/2395 I finally uncovered the boat, and put the batteries back in. I'm planning on launching May 4. The
P36-2 Genoa Ariel at 11:37pm 04.10.08 Pearson 2/1521 I have a well used 135 genoa for a 1987 Pearson 36-2 for FREE if anyone with a 36-2 wants to have it
Trying something different Edwin at 11:44pm 04.10.08 Day Sailers 28/4630 I've got a '98 model H170, infamous for the APC cracking. I've named my boat appropiately "Cracked".
Ericson 26 -- Boat has a heavy helm Kathy13279 at 2:34am 04.11.08 Ericson 0/2376 Our tiller-steered Ericson 26 is difficult to sail and doesn't have much "feel" because the steering
Pulling New wire for Mast Light on Oday 23 Bobbystone at 4:27am 04.11.08 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1885 The wire coming out of the top side near the mast for my mast light has broken off very near where i
Rudder sensor, starting over sailaway78 at 5:54am 04.11.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1209 OK, so I go out and pull the big camel back helm seat. And there sits the rudder quadrant. This is
Vent question wchevron at 5:37am 04.11.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1481 peggie, i read your book and am installing my new plumbing system now. on the tank vent, my tank is
Mooring chain corrosion Scott at 12:08am 04.11.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1177 My mooring is laying on the ground at Lee's Park and will be put in the water later this month. I w
Need something hauled west to midwest? AircooledPatriot at 7:00am 04.11.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1200 I'm traveling from Seattle to Michigan on April 17th, and making the trip back on the 23rd. Traveli
Beneteau 285 Measurement and single handing? Cory Zyromsky at 3:45am 04.11.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1515 I am in the market for a Beneteau 285 and am DESPERATELY trying to get a measurement of the height o
V222 Single Handed Sailing Steve22116 at 7:51am 04.11.08 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/2812 Good afternoon all. I'm rebuilding a V222 (pop top) and have been thinking about routing all of the

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What brand of charger do you use to equalize batteries Benny17441 at 2:32pm 11.21.21 Yep, that is a battery "eliminator", literally. What you have is a manual bulk charger that unles
Re Yanmar 4JH2TE/ H 42- fuel in bilge??? Benny17441 at 2:10pm 11.21.21 Who changes your fuel filters?
deck stepped mast delamination concave repair jssailem at 1:48pm 11.21.21
H26 Hole in mast cap rgranger at 1:45pm 11.21.21 I'd be more worried about hornets than water.
Will this buff out? (1) rgranger at 1:43pm 11.21.21 Perhaps a Makita buffer and wool pad saturated with Round Up or DDT could polish it right up. :bee
deck stepped mast delamination concave repair brian cc27mkiii at 1:15pm 11.21.21 thank you all for your input my concern with solid glass is will it withstand the compression load o
Specific Weather Question jssailem at 12:29pm 11.21.21 Elliot..... Not a stupid question. It is a question you should always ask. I know I do when ever I a
Catalina 30 Terminal block? Joe Perez at 11:58am 11.21.21
Specific Weather Question Richard19068 at 11:17am 11.21.21
Specific Weather Question Alan Gomes at 10:21am 11.21.21
Advice on replacing crazed and cracked portside fixed portlight on Catalina 310 SimiSAilor at 10:17am 11.21.21 Yes the windows came from Catalina with the protective paper. These pics were taken after the stick
Specific Weather Question Tom J at 9:39am 11.21.21 Weather forecast indicates to me, hunker down with the boat safely secured until conditions ease. A
Dinghy storage Tom J at 9:27am 11.21.21 I let some air out of mine, mainly because i don't uncover the boat until late spring, and I'm sure
Dinghy storage Don S/V ILLusion at 9:20am 11.21.21
La Ni�a jssailem at 9:16am 11.21.21
Another Sail Forum mystery Phil Herring at 8:39am 11.21.21 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/forums/cruising-sailors.172 Hasn't moved an inch since it was mer
Hatch Leak JamesG161 at 8:36am 11.21.21 If you can get enough flex on the gasket, when hatch is open... Dot one end with Super Glue, push e
Another Sail Forum mystery sail sfbay at 8:34am 11.21.21 Good question.............same question came up on this thread on March 21, 2019: Where has this fo
La Ni�a JamesG161 at 8:28am 11.21.21
La Ni�a JamesG161 at 8:23am 11.21.21 When your winds shift to out of the North West on Monday, you may have a break. Right now the Winds

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