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Hunter 37c S/Y Artemis Robert at 12:27am 10.17.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1225 Does anybody know any history of this yacht. s/y Artemis, originally from the Florida area, but for
White poly handrails Lowell Irwin at 12:41am 10.17.06 Smaller Boats 2/1430 I would like to replace my teak handrails with white poly (no maintenance) handrails. Has anyone don
New 23' Oday owner Bill Mac at 1:03am 10.17.06 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1141 We have just purchased an '81, 23' Oday. We will be relatively new to sailingbut not to boats in ge
Thoughts on whisker pole length for a 272 Lou 14643 at 1:32am 10.17.06 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1091 I've just purchased a new (to me) whisker pole on eBay. It is 12'6" long, which seems a little long
Trying to identify my boat Don Drake at 2:44am 10.17.06 Grampian 2/1978 I am trying to identify which boat I recently purchased. I believe it is Grampian 26. It originall
Innerfore stay as an SSB antenna Velero49 at 3:22am 10.17.06 Big Boats 5/868 I want to install an SSB Antenna on my H46. I thought about cutting the stay as someone did on thei
SSB antenna suggestion for b&r rig EOS at 3:26am 10.17.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1671 How have others mounted a ssb antenna on the b'r rig?thnksrit
Diesel won't start Jack at 4:12am 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1026 My problem is solved but I thought I would post this for the archives so it may help someone someday
Instruments and wiring John Ehricht at 4:09am 10.17.06 Big Boats 3/1080 At last we may be approaching the end of getting our new 36 properly commissioned. It has been a ye
Jib sheets Sine Nomine at 5:14am 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 6/1479 I have a small pocket cruiser 25' and I'm wondering how one positions jib sheets. I found early on
Give me hot water GThorne at 6:01am 10.17.06 Big Boats 13/976 I would be interested in hearing what solutions some of you have used to address getting a plentiful
st4000 autohelm reads Gene at 5:55am 10.17.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1412 our ST4000 autohelm give a "low batt" error after about a minute. The batteries are new, a 12v start
Cruising on a P323 tom at 5:38am 10.17.06 Other Sailboats 0/737 My Pearson 323 has been a pretty good boat so far. We have owned her 3 years. Anyone out cruising on
StarTron allsail at 6:16am 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 6/1005 Has anybody been using StarTron,a Star Brite product for fuel treatment? It uses enzyme technology.
Hey all, sailaway78 at 5:37am 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 7/991 Thanks for all the kind words and encouragment. Had no cell signal last night, so couldn't post up.
Furler for Hunter 18.5 EdC at 9:27am 10.17.06 Smaller Boats 1/2848 Anyone who installed a furler on the 18.5 ' can offer suggestions? Make/model, etc.
C25 Owners/Operators Manual Eric at 9:48am 10.17.06 Smaller Boats 6/2380 New boat owner and recently bought 1986 model, but the previous owner lost the operations manual. D
Oil Change time. How about the oil suction device Jack at 10:16am 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 29/4362 What's your opinion of the oil section device? The one where you would stick a small tube down the d
Forestay Margaritaville at 10:21am 10.17.06 Mid-Size Boats 7/1113 I have looked at the specs for my 1984 31H. I think I am stupid because the letter designations I d
Boat Transportation Richard at 10:23am 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 4/882 Has anybody shipped a boat recently. I am curious about pricing, pitfall's etc.ThanksRichard

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Windlass suddenly tripping main breaker Ralph Johnstone at 12:17pm 05.16.21 Looking for the quickest and easiest yet thorough fix. Maybe look for some guy on the dock with a
Question on M25 vent hose off of the valve cover Stu Jackson at 12:14pm 05.16.21 Breather Hose 101 (w/ K&N Filter Pictures from Rick Allen) K&N air filter breather hose and Noah's
Lehr 2.5 propane outboard worth fixing? sailcapt340 at 12:06pm 05.16.21 I'm sorry to hear that. But it was worth the thought. I was going to replace my Mercury 3.5 with a
Windlass suddenly tripping main breaker skunther at 11:55am 05.16.21 I can only suppose that the main breaker was right on the border of tripping for all these years it
Diesel shutoff question Wm. Gill at 11:42am 05.16.21 Without re-reading all the responses in this posting I might have missed something, but if the shut
Diesel shutoff question (1) Wm. Gill at 11:35am 05.16.21 The engine stop cable on your engine allows the regulator lever to rotate past the idle position an
Catilina 30 Merrimack River Mass to B and O canal Tom J at 11:09am 05.16.21 the most expensive boats are the free ones... ;) :plus:My first sailboat was gifted to me and my D
3JH4E Overheating at low RPMs - Any ideas? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:03am 05.16.21 On further thought, any chance of something in the line before the strainer (dead fish, small fish)
Anchor locker issue RobAL at 10:55am 05.16.21 Thank you. I will need to do a similar alteration to my anchor locker.
Converting "Dry Box" to Freezer? Closing Time at 10:45am 05.16.21 Good question. Most likely, no. But the answer would involve performing the sizing calculations b
Windlass suddenly tripping main breaker Ralph Johnstone at 10:45am 05.16.21 Sorry to hear about your parrot, Sorry for the parrot ? ? ? What about me, I take the beating (
Anchor locker issue (1) sail sfbay at 9:56am 05.16.21 The photos below is my anchor locker before shelf (left and middle) and after shelf built (right).
Windlass suddenly tripping main breaker skunther at 9:53am 05.16.21 After just getting the crap beat out of me by our parrot here and now he's left to pick on someone
How do you remove adhesive from wheel? (1) Marmalade at 9:49am 05.16.21 I scrapped the sticky residue with a razor blade. It seemed like it was double-sided tape, with adh
Lehr 2.5 propane outboard worth fixing? skunther at 9:47am 05.16.21 He took his to a local propane distributor who replaced the line, a fitting and a seal all for a li
2004 44DS Port light screen replacement sail sfbay at 9:41am 05.16.21 I still think custom screens from Man Ship through Marine Depot (dealer) is a good bet.
3JH4E Overheating at low RPMs - Any ideas? JoeWhite at 9:40am 05.16.21 I wonder if it needs to be burped. Trapped air on the engine block.
Chainplate adaptor separating from deck cb32863 at 9:36am 05.16.21 There are a lot of boats, a lot, out there that rely on their back stays only as a rig tensioning/tu
Converting "Dry Box" to Freezer? Alansails at 9:23am 05.16.21 Our Dry Storage box does NOT have a drain to the bilge, I would lean toward what Leo said...
Windlass suddenly tripping main breaker (1) leo310 at 9:20am 05.16.21 194209 Ours is from the house battery to a 300 amp breaker/switch (On/Off). Something like this dia

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