Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

3YM30 AE Temp Gauge Inter20sailor at 12:34pm 05.08.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1459 Hello, As most know, the newer Yanmar engines do not have a proper water temperature gauge, instead
Hurth Transmission Problem?? rpell1@msn.com at 8:18am 05.08.21 Catalina 30 2/1079 Hi all, I hope everyone is safe and healthy? Just to get ahead of a potential transmission problem
Atomic 4 and muffler Admiral at 9:04pm 05.07.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1764 So I have a 1977 Cat 30 with the Atomic 4 engine. This is one that has the problem of water coming
sink exhaust hose advice AEarnshaw at 5:07pm 05.07.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1219 This one should be easy but living rurally with no suppliers locally finding sourcing the right part
Tabbing cracked on the travel trailer just now (2) SV_IdleHour at 10:44am 05.07.21 Ask All Sailors 11/964 Hey all-- Hunter 27; it's the tabbing on the water tank port side v berth. Doesn't look structural (
Flags (4) Bob S at 9:50am 05.07.21 Ask All Sailors 17/2452 My grandfather was a captain in the power squadron and I found some of his flags from 60 years ago.
Beneteau Spare Parts Update Atonement at 9:42am 05.07.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2903 Beneteau closed the Marion, SC plant in 2020 and all new boat purchases go through Europe. They did
Yanmar SB-8 Shift/Throttle Controls (1) npaulay at 9:28am 05.07.21 Ask All Sailors 3/1934 Hello - I am in process of fully installing my new(to me) Yanmar SB-8 on my 27 footer. This is repla
New addition to the fleet (1) SailingLoto at 6:02am 05.07.21 Ask All Sailors 4/722 193803picked up this c25 with a trailer and 8hp mariner today. Needs a bath but in great shape.
Outboard motor rail mount (2) Good Vibes at 5:59am 05.07.21 Catalina 310 6/1547
Cutting port lights in hull LSCalifornia at 9:58pm 05.06.21 Big Boats 2/535 Has anyone enlarged or added port lights or fixed acrylic panels to introduce more daylight to the H
Heads up... really (1) Brian D at 8:17pm 05.06.21 Sails Call Lounge 7/1025 Heads up folks, and I really mean it. The Chinese launched a rocket the other day and the main engin
cabin drain screens Richardwm at 6:07pm 05.06.21 Ask An Oday Owner 3/757 My 1984 34' had 2 drains to the bilge in the floor of the head and the drains have screen covers tha
Hull Damage (2) rukidn at 5:48pm 05.06.21 Catalina 310 14/3418 We launched on Friday with no trouble and I piloted Brio the 20 cold minutes to our marina. We began
I cheated today JRT at 4:37pm 05.06.21 Ask All Sailors 9/1491 Saw this in my inbox and asked for the price sheet. Don't tell may 310... https://www.cata-lagoon.
New Main Sail for H26 Doug J at 3:30pm 05.06.21 Smaller Boats 7/1051 I'm think of getting a new Main Sail for my H26. I know there have been many posts with recommendat
Webasto Thermostat Contoller acting up (1) skunther at 2:43pm 05.06.21 Ask All Sailors 1/451
Movie Chase scene using sailing catamarans Muttondressedaslamb at 1:01pm 05.06.21 Ask All Sailors 19/2330 Having grown up with movies involving car chase scenes such as Bullet, The Seven Ups, and The French
CQD CQD SOS DE MGY MGY - Titanic Sinking Brian D at 10:46am 05.06.21 Sails Call Lounge 7/10597 Back in 1912 when the Titanic sank, the main mode of communications was Morse Code. In order for the
Solar wiring question JP at 9:54am 05.06.21 Catalina 30 14/2477 I am replacing a broken solar panel and adding a new Victron 75/10 controller. I have traced the or

Recent Replies

With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING dLj at 10:42am 02.01.25 I'm pretty sure everybody responding to you knows the USCG requirements for lighting on your 16 foot
Seattle Boat Show Stu Jackson at 10:24am 02.01.25
Seattle Boat Show Hello Below at 10:01am 02.01.25 Went to the Vancouver boat show on Thursday. The lack of attendees was surprising. But holy smokie
Runaway diesel dLj at 9:58am 02.01.25 Agree. I would not want to be connected to the nut if the engine fired. If only I had a ratcheting
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING Urban Hermit at 9:33am 02.01.25 <sigh> I'll go through it again. For sailing I'm going to have a 135 stern light at the top of the
Raymarine Auto Pilot Thinksnow at 9:29am 02.01.25 It sounds like a a broken 5V or Gnd wire, or a short between the transducer centre tap and either 5
Seattle Boat Show Michael Davis at 9:24am 02.01.25
Raymarine Auto Pilot Thinksnow at 9:23am 02.01.25 When you replaced the transducer, did you home-run the cable from it straight to the AP, or is ther
Raymarine Auto Pilot Thinksnow at 9:19am 02.01.25 No Good suggestions, but is there any way that the drive wires to the AP motor, or the wires for th
Seattle Boat Show Stu Jackson at 9:04am 02.01.25 You go to a winter boat show and it snows! Could there be some cosmic connection?!?;)
Runaway diesel Hayden Watson at 8:56am 02.01.25 In my experience with hand cranked diesel engines, you won't have enough stored energy in just the
Your experience with online courses? john6206 at 8:23am 02.01.25 OK, now that I'm almost finished with my Udemy class, I'm prepared to say . . . wait for it (you're
Runaway diesel dLj at 8:19am 02.01.25 I had a simular thought as well. On my Universal M25XP, I cannot get a socket on the crankshaft nu
Handcrank starting a small engine. dLj at 8:10am 02.01.25 The poster described modifying the existing engine crank handle end to fit the impact driver. My r
Raritan Seara bowl fills with water jmarty32 at 7:58am 02.01.25 Thanks Peggie, i will look at this when i am at the boat. Appreciate your help.
Runaway diesel Hayden Watson at 7:50am 02.01.25 My thought was to get the engine spinning, pull off the drill and close the decompression levers.
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING dlochner at 7:42am 02.01.25 The forward-facing 225 on top of the rudder post is no more confusing to other boats than a big fla
Handcrank starting a small engine. colemj at 7:33am 02.01.25 The connection to the engine needs a quick, automatic disconnect for when the engine fires. dj T
With hopes I'm not duplicating: COCPIT LIGHTING (1) jssailem at 7:31am 02.01.25 Saw these on a 10ft dingy at the boat show today they would meet the CG requirement for a small boat
Handcrank starting a small engine. dLj at 6:38am 02.01.25 If the engine has manual decompression, a drill will work fine. If not, then I'd be concerned with

Contact
About
Terms of Use