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1986 keel and rudder Siesta Dick at 5:43am 03.04.08 Seidelmann 0/1428 I am restoring a 1986 Seidelman 29.5 - I need a centereboard and a rudder. Does anyone have the spec
Fuel rad at 6:29am 03.04.08 Ask All Sailors 14/1390 I need to clean out my diesel tank and it is not removable. Any Ideas? I was thinking of trying to s
What about the Extra Long Shaft Tohotsu? Aldo at 6:42am 03.04.08 Catalina 22 10/1625 My son is going to purchase a 6 HP Tohotsu outboard motor for his C-22. He wants to know if it woul
Title gr8_2_av8 at 5:31am 03.04.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1191 I need to provde proof that my boat which was purchased in the USA has been deregistered in the USA
Cleaning lines & ropes Bruce21849 at 6:52am 03.04.08 Ask All Sailors 6/6252 The lines ' ropes on my sailboat are getting dirty - primarily from algae, but also from airborne fa
crankcase breather tube Jack at 8:11am 03.04.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1092 I worked on the engine today {m-18 diesel} and noticed the crankcase breather tube dripped a few dro
roller furlilng? quilombo at 8:32am 03.04.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1003 hi, I have a 78 catalina 25 without a roller furler, I dont know much about them ,but they seem to b
power management calculator walt at 9:34am 03.04.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1341 I put together a "prototype" excell calculator which inputs all the power loads and power sources my
Hey, Is My Avatar Showing? Rick D at 9:36am 03.04.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/1287 I don't see it in the last couple of posts. Do you? (It's one of my wife's paintings) Rick D.
Mike C, your signature cracks me up. RobG at 9:47am 03.04.08 Ask An Oday Owner 6/875 It's one of my all time favorite lines. The other is "Somebody go back and get a stload of dimes"!
Very Corroded Rudder Stops Dan2296 at 11:27am 03.04.08 Big Boats 4/884 H 45, 1987I was checking and lubing the steering cables and noticed that the two rudder stops have
this one's for Ross, and not boat related. filthy liberal scum at 8:42pm 03.02.08 Ask All Sailors 36/2163 Ross; i know that you do a lot of home improvement/restorations. here's my problem. I live in a cir
Prepping for VC17 dancing bear at 9:05pm 03.02.08 Ask All Sailors 6/3546 I am planning on painting my bottom with VC17 extra with biolux.The product sheet recommends clean
Red Neck Yacht Club Forming in Colorado Cappn Mark at 9:24pm 03.02.08 Ask All Sailors 2/969 The RNYC will have its first organizational meeting May 10 (location to be announced).We will be pl
Great new feature here !! Thanks Phil !! Maine Sail at 10:07pm 03.02.08 Ask All Sailors 22/1956 Hi All,I wanted to let you all know that Phil has added the ability to include a signature to your
Replacing the Exhaust Hose MarkW at 10:37pm 03.02.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2051 I have to replace the exhaust hose in my 86 Hunter 31. Has anyone replaced theirs lately? Is there
Water pump rotation Lee Scott at 11:08pm 03.02.08 Mid-Size Boats 5/3387 What is the direction of rotation of the Sherwood water pump on a Universal M18 diesel engine? I'm
looking for a used Daysailor mast mike C16582 at 11:43pm 03.02.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/948 I'm looking for a used (spare maybe) mast for a daysailor. Someone is willing to give me the boat f
Sailboat Owners Pennant Chuck at 12:26am 03.03.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1122 What is the status of the new Sailboat.com pennant? Almost sailing season up here for me in the Nor
Moisture in cabin top werlec at 12:45am 03.03.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1043 Does anyone know what would cause the cabintop balsa(between interior ' exterior cabin top) to get w

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Prop sizing (diameter, pitch) for Bavaria 41 (2004) saildrive vs. engine speed (RPM) and boat speed Sailfanatic at 4:46pm 10.01.21 I thought the target for prop sizing is to reach hull speed as cruising RPM, normally 80% of max RPM
Bottom Paint in Northern Ken Cross at 4:39pm 10.01.21 In southern New England I've used either Micron CSC or Pettit Hydrocoat (not Eco) for the past 20 y
Jib Sail Trim Controls Hayden Watson at 4:38pm 10.01.21 TRIM, TRIM, TRIM. I prefer solo sailing because then I don't need to feel guilty for letting the a
Replace fuel stop cable with stop button jaysweet at 4:37pm 10.01.21 I went the other way. My 2GM20F had a stop button on the engine panel that energized a solenoid. It
Jib Sail Trim Controls Hayden Watson at 4:35pm 10.01.21 I would love to have the Garhauer EZ adjustable fairleads but they are just too many boat-bucks. Unt
Mods to our 35s5 Hollyberry at 4:26pm 10.01.21 Very nice refit ,unreal what some people do to their boat. Looks like you could add a cockpit table
Vision 32 side ports? sail sfbay at 3:50pm 10.01.21 Welcome to the forum!! Similar issue discussed on this thread: Vision 32 Side Window Replacement \|
Mods to our 35s5 JRacer at 3:41pm 10.01.21 Zarcor makes a nice cockpit table that attaches to the pedestal and folds down in front of the pedes
Mods to our 35s5 Mechone at 3:37pm 10.01.21 Very nice refit ,unreal what some people do to their boat. Looks like you could add a cockpit table
Any alternative to Rig-Rite for Amiot replacement hardware? JRacer at 3:32pm 10.01.21 Kevin: On my First 310, I rebuilt my Amiot Traveller using off the shelf parts. If you are interest
Mods to our 35s5 JRacer at 3:09pm 10.01.21 Looks good, nicely done.
Overheating issues, it can't be this hard! Stu Jackson at 3:06pm 10.01.21 Really small ones probably work themselves out also I am rough guessing.... No, they don't. There
Bottom Paint in Northern Captain Larry-DH at 2:27pm 10.01.21 In southern New England I've used either Micron CSC or Pettit Hydrocoat (not Eco) for the past 20 ye
Bottom Paint in Northern TomY at 1:50pm 10.01.21 I've used Aquagaurd for the last few seasons here on the coast of Maine. My season is 5 months, June
Bottom Paint in Northern Davidasailor26 at 1:46pm 10.01.21 Also do people power-wash ablative at layup time - or anytime for that matter. We get a power wash
Bottom Paint in Northern Scott T-Bird at 1:34pm 10.01.21 I used Flexdel UltraGard this year. I can't say it's been any better or worse that any other ablati
Overheating issues, it can't be this hard! odaydokay at 1:27pm 10.01.21 Yes. In fact, if there still is a reasonably big air bubble in the system, you will overheat in
Bottom Paint in Northern Charles Erwin at 1:26pm 10.01.21 How about the salt water folks? For example Interlux claims that Micron CSC (an ablative) is multi
Check Valve for Galley Faucet Crazy Dave Condon at 1:02pm 10.01.21 It is a check valve that holds the water in place ; otherwise you would be pumping alot
Overheating issues, it can't be this hard! Stu Jackson at 12:50pm 10.01.21 Thanks, Stu. probably safe to say if the engine is running 180 temp. or so at 90% throttle, probab

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