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Aluminum rubrail 48dodge at 3:34am 08.10.07 Ask An Oday Owner 0/928 Going about all the things I need to do on my 222. I have one piece of aluminum rubrail that was app
Barrier coats John5961 at 4:46am 08.10.07 Ask All Sailors 8/1801 I recently hauled my boat to do a bottom job. To my dismay, there were quite a few blisters. The PO
New Guy Winch Trouble reeldumb at 5:33am 08.10.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1078 I am a new owner and beginning sailor of a 1984 MacGregor 22. The jibsheet winches seem to be very s
Heaving A Line Don Guillette at 6:58am 08.10.07 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 7/2665 Alans post about coiling a line made me think about heaving a line. Most mates, when heaving a line
Zinc "fish" where to connect Seattle Scott at 6:52am 08.10.07 Ask All Sailors 4/5277 Boat is in salt water and I see others in the marina with the zink fish wire clipped onto a shroud o
Online troubles MoonSailer at 6:52am 08.10.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1083 I decided to replace my battery charger so did an online search and found a unit that I liked a Gues
Smell Joe Wienecke at 7:22am 08.10.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/1525 I have a question. We have just got this season a 1998 Hunter 376 and love it. But after it has be
Vee-berth ceiling paint? Mike at 9:44am 08.10.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1015 Hey Y'all,Thanks for the great advice on the replacement outboard - I now have a gleaming new 6hp
C Map NT Plus Card Upper Miss gtzpeterjan at 10:51am 08.10.07 Ask All Sailors 0/966 I am looking to buy a C MAP NT Plus C navigation chip for my Ratheon Chart Plotter for Lake Pepin, b
Asymmetrical spinnaker beginner NYSail at 11:00am 08.10.07 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/3153 Hello all,I bought a 1986 P36-2 last year and the boat came with an asym spinnaker with a snuffer
Seaboard Winches Carl3144 at 11:09am 08.10.07 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1397 The winches on my O'Day 25 (1976) are Seaboard Winches #2 and #3. They are not working quite right.
Help with outboard Addled Booty at 11:39am 08.10.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/952 I feel like I should preface all my posts for a while with "First Boat Boy", My 26D had the original
daysailer Tom Colley at 12:39pm 08.10.07 Trailer Sailors 8/5544 Please, name some boats under 20', that can be rigged and lanuched easy, that is stable on windy day
Quick & dirty way to hold tiller centered? Vin11979 at 1:09pm 08.10.07 Smaller Boats 0/944 When single handing my 77' H25, I usually start the motor, turn the boat into the wind ' run up fron
Ontario Sailors please help Paul at 2:39pm 08.10.07 Ask All Sailors 1/994 I am currently a power boater, but lately have been more interested in sailing. Unfortunately i kno
Last sail as a single guy.... picklefreek at 4:33pm 08.10.07 Ask All Sailors 0/978 Kenny (see pic) and I went out for my last sail as a single guy. After 40 years, going to add a "1s
Installing pressure and hot water system Gottabeonthewater at 8:01am 08.10.07 Catalina 30 0/2104 Hey folks. Thanks for your previous help on my last post it had lots of great information. I got
Sail bag Edwin at 8:01am 08.10.07 Day Sailers 0/1070 My sail bag for my 170 is falling apart so I'm in need of a new one. Mine is like 90" x 14" to accom
Leaky rudder post Dan at 7:45am 08.10.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1020 I have a 1981 Cat 30. When it rains, water leaks down the rudder post eventually into the bilge. Has
Block fo ice Joe Wienecke at 7:43am 08.10.07 Big Boats 3/983 The left side of my refrigerator (the freezer part) has slowly had ice collecting on it until now it

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S2 Owners - does anyone else have this interior lighting? (1) Rapport at 8:59am 09.30.21 198847
Nav System Replacement tfox2069 at 8:49am 09.30.21 I have a 12" touchscreen at the helm that is 8 years old. No issues in any weather. It is covered
When is diesel fuel too old? shank at 8:48am 09.30.21 Just an anecdote. Here in Maine I fill my diesel tank in the fall and do nothing else. I don't us
Inavx Help senang at 8:47am 09.30.21 Have you setup the correct wireless connection? It is quite a struggle the first time. If you see th
I purchased stock in ITW (maker of Plexus) ... Now What? (2) stickinthemud57 at 8:43am 09.30.21 When I dealt with my lifting deck, I used expanding foam and the tubes that came with. I drilled 1/2
Beneteau 323 shaft lock nut (1) W_Alves at 8:38am 09.30.21 My B411 shaft is 30mm diameter. The coupling nut thread is M14-2. Your shaft may be smaller. Th
Changing Hoses Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:19am 09.30.21 Pick a slow day at the marina and fill and pump the holding tank several times. As I've posted many
Nav System Replacement kappykaplan at 7:52am 09.30.21 Most of the Raymarine MFDs are touchscreen and I worry about that in a marine environment. I have
Fuel Filter Replacement dmax at 7:48am 09.30.21 The boiling point of a liquid is dependent on the atmosperic pressure around it - at 30 Hg of vacuum
Purchased a Soverel 33 Project Boat (1) daydreamerjr at 7:43am 09.30.21
Why are selling prices so much less in Europe than in the US? FastOlson at 7:39am 09.30.21 It's not just the 220 volt small size wiring and switching devices. About a decade ago several build
When is diesel fuel too old? T Dunn at 7:36am 09.30.21 Just an anecdote. Here in Maine I fill my diesel tank in the fall and do nothing else. I don't use
Check Valve for Galley Faucet twistedskipper at 7:36am 09.30.21
Exhaust Steam sail sfbay at 7:34am 09.30.21 blackjacksparrow..........if you have good flow out the exhaust one possible cause of steam in the e
Check Valve for Galley Faucet sail sfbay at 7:32am 09.30.21 Curious why a check in the galley faucet water supply line? Is the line cross-connected to sink raw
170 Under Main Only stickinthemud57 at 7:20am 09.30.21 Clark, You mentioned roller furling as a mitigating factor (if I read you right), so I wanted to di
O'Day 26 - Didn't sell, but now what? dmax at 7:16am 09.30.21 I have raised/lowered masts on several of my boats, trailerable multi-hulls with mast lengths of 30'
Adding kayak to sailboat (1) JamesG161 at 7:15am 09.30.21 I was right Polar Storm Lilly hits Alaska. Good news is winds slow down in next 12 hours.
Adding kayak to sailboat kappykaplan at 7:12am 09.30.21 PS: Guess what John's new puppy is named? Why, Lilly, of course!
Galvanic Isolators - take in handluggage? sail sfbay at 7:12am 09.30.21 Do not see why not if it will pass a metal detector?

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