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yanmar engine water seperator scottish at 5:07am 05.31.07 Mid-Size Boats 2/1096 Sailors, Just had an intersting conversation with the mechanic fixing my engine. He has by p
Lake Powell walt at 8:36am 05.31.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/964 Im looking for some sort of guide (books or internet) that will be useful for boating/sailing/kayaki
1985 Evinrude 2 stroke 6hp problems stuart22320 at 10:47am 05.31.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1615 I have an old 1985 Evinrude 6hp that I've been using on my Mac 25 for a while. It runs great and sta
Checking Radio Ariel James19955 at 1:37pm 05.31.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1226 The boat is in the water and the mast has been raised.I am now doing all the other things to get t
Seaworthy Ship? Ericson 25+ (1) vinnividdivicci at 1:51pm 05.31.07 Other Sailboats 8/13625 Is the Ericson 25+ Seaworthy to be in the ocean? My new one, which is actually an 81' in great shap
DRY DOCK IN LOS ANGELES AREA? Whitey at 11:19am 05.31.07 Ask All Sailors 7/3349 Just curious if anyone knows of a good place to store a trailerable boat in the L.A. area? Marina s
seacock through hull for holding tank Ed Munson at 12:16pm 05.31.07 Mid-Size Boats 5/931 this week I tried to open my through hull bronze seacock for the holding tank and apparently broke t
Installing a bilge pump SHADS at 12:17pm 05.31.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1613 I planning to install a bilge pump and reading around. To attach the pump and float you have attach
Transmission and stuffing box woes Manny at 1:07pm 05.31.07 Ask All Sailors 16/1762 Over the winter I rebuilt my Renault transmission (reversing gear as it's called in the manual) on m
Bilge pump 25' O'Day renom2 at 3:12pm 05.31.07 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1317 HelloI have an O'Day 25 with a swing keel. I am looking to replace the manual punp in the bilge w
CHARGING BATTERIES W/1000 WATT GENERATOR? dpatrick at 2:27pm 05.31.07 Ask All Sailors 12/4723 Operating instructions for a mitsubushi generator states that the 12 volt outlet is designed for ope
Garhauer replacement sheaves for deck organizer Chris Tunstall at 8:54pm 05.29.07 Ask An Oday Owner 4/4596 I have a three sheave deck organizer on my 1987 Oday 272. The sheaves are worn down and greatly det
Yanmar 4jh 50 hp best or suggested shop manual Kotua at 11:08pm 05.29.07 Big Boats 2/1471 Hi...we just sailed out from Martinique our newly acquired 1986 hunter 40.5 and moored it back home
Main halyard Doug Washburn at 10:41pm 05.29.07 Mid-Size Boats 4/1016 My main halyard is showing signs of wear. I believe it may be the original item. In the past 20 ye
Fresh water pump always running cmorin at 12:18am 05.30.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1644 I have an 89 Catalina 30 with a hot and cold pressured water system. I don't know the brand of the
Battens for a mainsail JustinG328 at 1:05am 05.30.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1070 What is up, I am very new to the world of sailing and by saying that I mean I have no idea of how to
Rudy Bob M at 2:01am 05.30.07 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1023 need to contact Rudy anyone have his phone#
Bilge Pump power Roger F at 2:37am 05.30.07 Mid-Size Boats 2/864 From the experimentation I just did, the bilge pump in my H306 is not hard wired into battery, so wh
Cradle Nicky8493 at 1:52am 05.30.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/959 We are interested in finding out the correct dimensions of our 1991 37.5 Hunter (which we recently p
Rudder delamination Tim at 5:02am 05.30.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1246 If you read the Foss Foam website they advise painting the rudder white to lessen the chance for the

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Hunter B&R Rig tuning (1) sail sfbay at 6:10am 07.01.21 Curious if the Hunter 386 manual procedure on tuning the B&R Rig on pages 52-53 (excerpt attached) i
Tripping Breaker at Dock 84' Hunter 31 jssailem at 5:53am 07.01.21
Galley Cabinet Removal: Rebedding Leaking Starboard sail track jssailem at 5:38am 07.01.21 If you can not see water coming from the sail track bolts inside then I would work on the stanchions
Hunter B&R Rig tuning Tim22 at 5:37am 07.01.21 Hi Gary I have wrestled with tuning the B&R rig for the past five years. I have found that at about
New boat owner... need help... fresh water not working jssailem at 5:29am 07.01.21
Docking Against the Wind (1) jssailem at 5:21am 07.01.21 Good for raft-ups and getting to know your neighbors better too. Arrrg. Aye aye matey, raft up!
Best Anti-Seize for use on outboard and general use Captain Larry-DH at 5:08am 07.01.21 I've been using TefGel since the 90's with good results. A rigger who's been in the business more th
Diesel shutoff question dLj at 5:02am 07.01.21 Just joined the forum, and this is both a valid discussion question, and a test that I am doing thi
Docking Against the Wind Will Gilmore at 5:02am 07.01.21 If you threw it over any dock it would work the same way. (All those James Bond movies are finally
Docking Against the Wind All U Get at 4:56am 07.01.21
Best Anti-Seize for use on outboard and general use (2) dLj at 4:41am 07.01.21 I've always assumed the opposite. Hmm. I believe it depends upon bolt material. See below:
Docking Against the Wind Will Gilmore at 4:39am 07.01.21 Just an idea, if other options aren't working and the dock is setup for it, Run a loose dock line fr
1987 Catalina 22 SK Upper and Lower Shroud Boots John Marrone at 4:37am 07.01.21 Thank you all: Onward and Upward, infinity and beyond....... I'll look for a different pin arrangeme
Cockpit Instruments Moving...or Not? RoyS at 4:19am 07.01.21 Seems to me that you will still need your chart plotter and autopilot at the helm. The others may be
Docking Against the Wind Team118 at 3:20am 07.01.21 I plan on practicing with the hybrid midship spring/bridle tomorrow. It'll be rainy with a north win
Best Anti-Seize for use on outboard and general use justsomeguy at 3:04am 07.01.21 Torque specs assume a dry fit. I've always assumed the opposite. Hmm.
Cockpit Instruments Moving...or Not? Joe at 12:55am 07.01.21 If I had my choice, I would absolutely install an instrument "bridge" over the companionway. Far en
1987 Catalina 22 SK Upper and Lower Shroud Boots Joe at 12:42am 07.01.21 I agree with Gene. I got rid of the boots that came with my boat.... also those ridiculous shroud w
jib downhaul Joe at 12:23am 07.01.21 As others have mentioned, with a buntline hitch tie the downhaul line to the second hank from the to
New boat owner... need help... fresh water not working lbess at 11:57pm 06.30.21 on mine B331 2001 there ia a non return valve n the line coming from the tank connected to the manif

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