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holding tank Serendipity at 7:51am 03.26.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2849 When I turn on the macerator pump, which is working, and I have the sea cock valve open the holding
Is this a good deal?: Aquarius 21 (2) CPTCarl at 7:36am 03.26.08 Ask All Sailors 40/20153 I am looking to buy my first sailboat and have found a 1973 Aquarius 21 that I am interested in. It
Wiring questions Mark at 7:08am 03.26.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1586 I have a 26S and have rewired the boat. I have gone from one battier, to a two battier system. I put
Log Shaft Captdgl at 7:02am 03.26.08 Big Boats 0/1220 The log shaft around the propshaft Will Leak when we are in reverse. I have PPS system and its not l
Look at this for referance paulj at 6:20am 03.26.08 Catalina 310 5/1891 ChrisCheck this site out.I have a RWB sym.paulj
Waterproofing prior to painting 48dodge at 6:01am 03.26.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1299 I am stripping all things off the boat preparing it for paint. It's probably going to take me sever
swing keel shane wall at 5:58am 03.26.08 Ask An Oday Owner 5/993 I have an O'day 25 with a swing keel. The Keel needs to come out and be replaced, does anyone have
Paint removers. The friendly type Ken13531 at 5:15am 03.26.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1096 A couple of months ago I read a piece of research that someone had done on paint removers used to ta
Lovejoy coupling for damping and ease of engine alignment Paul M. at 5:00am 03.26.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1942 Does anyone have any experience using a Lovejoy coupling instead of a standard coupling between thei
MacGregor 26c Chris Williams at 4:52am 03.26.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/880 Thank you all for the information ref to centerboard on my mac 26c (yassou )most helpfullBest Regar
anchor chain storage to small,chain is piling up h.j.driesen at 4:50am 03.26.08 Other Sailboats 4/1630 i have a moody 38 built 1993, problem is that the 8 mm anchor chain approx 50 meters is piling up an
Replace Cockpit Coaming on DS-1 Colorado ODay at 3:58am 03.26.08 Day Sailers 3/1314 The 1964 wood coaming is at the end of the road and needs to be replaced. Information about possib
autohelm 4000 Gary H16467 at 2:44am 03.26.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1285 I have a 1994 40.5 with an Autohelm 4000 autopilot. The control head has failed and Raymarine has a
NOT SO UTIMATE SOLE ANNA at 10:02am 03.26.08 Big Boats 6/883 We recently purchased ultimate sole because we had heard the stuff was great. We followed the direc
Loose bow cleat on a H23.5 Jack h23.5 at 9:54am 03.26.08 Smaller Boats 6/939 When I tied up to the dock last week I noticed my bow cleat was a little loose, so I got a phillips
New found Metals Stainless Portlites Rick2413 at 10:40am 03.26.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1437 I'm wanting to change out my portlites on my 1979 Hunter30 and have pretty much decided on the New F
Collinite 870 verses 925 Marc14857 at 10:59am 03.26.08 Ask All Sailors 6/6755 Getting ready to prep the boat for the 2008 sailing season. I have ordered a Porter Cable polisher a
C30 hurth transmission levels with 5411 Tom23442 at 11:18am 03.26.08 Catalina 30 5/1581 I have 1982 c30 with 11 hp 5411. the hurth transmission has a fluid dipstick that appears to have t
hunter 260 water valve David R at 11:38am 03.26.08 Smaller Boats 3/990 I continue to have problems with the water lines on my Hunter 260. The back flow preventer or check
Larger motor on Hunter 26 richm19248 at 11:15am 03.26.08 Smaller Boats 12/5710 I have a water-ballast Hunter 26 with a Mercury 9.9 outboard. The boat does not reach hull speed un

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P42 Maxwell Windlass (2) Jim_H42 at 5:56pm 12.13.21 Thanks Terry for the write-up. Did you ever determine whether the flat head machine screw that sec
12v system rewire including Balmar SG200, ACR, Solar, 1/2/B Switch and On/Off Switch dlochner at 5:53pm 12.13.21 My layout is similar to this except that the ACR leads skip right over the isolation switches and a
deck craze lines Don S/V ILLusion at 5:52pm 12.13.21
deck craze lines Captain W at 5:22pm 12.13.21 Is crazing difficult to fix?
deck craze lines Rick D at 5:21pm 12.13.21 Geeze. OF COURSE it has crazing. It's a 1990 boat. I have a 1994. Is there crazing? OF COURSE.. Am I
Source for Stainless U-Nut, Spring-Nut, Clip-Nut and screws sunlover at 5:09pm 12.13.21 Would any of these work for you? https://www.amazon.com/s?k=stainless+steel+u+nut+u+clips&crid=3MN
New Catalina 250 Owner Looking for Guidance sail sfbay at 5:09pm 12.13.21 Welcome to the forum!! It might be a water ballast per Catalina 250 - Practical Sailor (practical-s
Source for Stainless U-Nut, Spring-Nut, Clip-Nut and screws heritage at 5:04pm 12.13.21 Would any of these work for you? https://www.amazon.com/s?k=stainless+steel+u+nut+u+clips&crid=3MNQ
Source for Stainless U-Nut, Spring-Nut, Clip-Nut and screws Phil Herring at 4:53pm 12.13.21 Yeah, the PNW is a good place for people who like the color grey. No gators, though!
Rigging attachment question PaulK at 4:43pm 12.13.21 The eyes on the spreaders look like they'd be good to rig bullet blocks for flag halyards. A radar
Chart Plotter Location Souellette at 4:41pm 12.13.21 These are all great ideas. I'm leaning towards trying to incorporate the traveler since it would pro
Source for Stainless U-Nut, Spring-Nut, Clip-Nut and screws sunlover at 4:41pm 12.13.21 If McMaster-Carr doesn't have it, it probably doesn't exist. Ah, not there. I guess I could buy
Source for Stainless U-Nut, Spring-Nut, Clip-Nut and screws Phil Herring at 4:33pm 12.13.21 If McMaster-Carr doesn't have it, it probably doesn't exist.
bottom paint for trailerable boat used in both fresh and salt water Crazy Dave Condon at 4:22pm 12.13.21 A lot depends on what the owner advises regarding the response to my questions
Removing centerboard? Crazy Dave Condon at 4:18pm 12.13.21
deck craze lines justsomeguy at 4:15pm 12.13.21 He estimated it would cost about 20k. To fix the crazing? Yow. Yah, follow sail fsbay's advice.
deck craze lines sail sfbay at 4:08pm 12.13.21 Broker is just being honest. If you want the boat and the crazing repaired get repair estimates from
Bilge blower hose replacement (2) Closing Time at 4:07pm 12.13.21 Mine on our 2001 #155 are metal also and to the best of my knowledge LOOK GREAT!, but do not serve
Bilge blower hose replacement Don S/V ILLusion at 4:05pm 12.13.21 I checked the USCG regulations and you are correct: Diesel engine boats are not required to have an
Securing anchor chain; valcour at 3:56pm 12.13.21 I use a turn around the windlass and lock a link on the cleat horn then behind the other horn to loc

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