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Full Batten mainsail or in-boom mainsail furling joe at 9:31am 10.22.06 Big Boats 10/3850 I am in the market for a new boat 40 Feet in size.My Question is how mooch power will I give up wit
what happened? Ted at 9:29am 10.22.06 Ask All Sailors 6/1014 What happened to Tim from Detroit's thread on the Canvas Shop?
'88 Hunter 31 Refit: Air Conditioning calico sky at 9:14am 10.22.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1285 I am doing a refit of my Hunter 31 this Winter. Among the many projects is the installation of Air
Solomons Island, Maryland sailaway78 at 10:06am 10.22.06 Ask All Sailors 7/1068 Report on the diesel is good I think, although I can't really take any credit for fixing anything. Y
Back flow after flushing on Groco K David at 10:05am 10.22.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1675 I installed a Groco K head in the fall of 2004. Recently after the head is flushed, the handle slow
A Simple Cal 20 Day Sail (1) Jim H23099 at 10:07am 10.22.06 Cal 0/514 I haven't posted for awhile, but I thought I'd share a photo gallery from a fun day sail today with
Radial or Crosscut Jibs paphman at 8:50am 10.22.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1928 I would like to know if there is a big differance between the performance of a radial and a crosscut
For those interested sailaway78 at 10:13am 10.22.06 Ask All Sailors 0/894 In the pic of our boat I posted up, take a look at the boat behind us. It is a 1966 Chris Craft Apa
replacement mast greg d at 11:10am 10.22.06 Ask An Oday Owner 3/890 just lost the mast in 50 mph winds. any ideas for replacement?thanks-g
throttle mike mckean at 11:08am 10.22.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1119 i have a beneteau 321 when i push the throttle foward it springs back, if i push it to 2900 rpm it w
23,5 jib dimensions Arturo DeVitalis at 12:16pm 10.22.06 Smaller Boats 2/1100 Didn't want to unhank my 110 jib to measure the luff and the foot. I'm thinking of trying out the Ge
Think dink ex-admin at 1:59pm 10.22.06 Ask All Sailors 34/4655 If you ever want to explore shallow creeks, bays, or gunkholes, some sort of dinghy may be needed. O
should I buy a 1973 ericson 30' tropical1 at 1:53pm 10.22.06 Other Sailboats 2/971 I have an opportunity to buy an Ericson 30' sailboat built in 1973. It is in the water. I would li
Cabin light wiring C-30 Cat30owner at 1:47pm 10.22.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1021 Recently I have noted that the Navigation table lamp and the Aft berth light have no power. The cabi
Refit of interior cushions Tony23708 at 2:09pm 10.22.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/951 My '84 Catalina 30 is in need of an entire interior cushion refit. It is dated and the foam smells
Yanmar 3GM manual dvideohd at 2:07pm 10.22.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/3489 Any suggestions on where to get a Yanmar 3GM Manual? Thanks...--jerry
Sealing Lewmar Aluminium Portlight Frames to Hull Edward at 5:19pm 10.22.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/894 I've removed my lewmar portlights from my 35.5 and now want to reseal the aluminum frames around the
water heater hook-up on yanmar 3JH2E ? Morrie at 1:25pm 10.22.06 Ask All Sailors 2/1291 Has anyone hooked up a water heater heat exchanger to a Yanmar 3JH2E engine? I have the manual and t
Port Light sizes alumrock at 1:22pm 10.22.06 Mid-Size Boats 3/1016 I Need to replace the port lights on my 31' 84" I have looked at the Lewmar and the Newfound metals
ST 60 wind vane GP at 12:31pm 10.22.06 Bavaria 3/1943 Has anyone ever had a problem with their mast head wind vane? I think the vane part(directional stab

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Westerbeke 27, cooling loop to the Hot water heater sailme88 at 4:35am 06.24.21 Sabre crushed all their fiberglass sailboat molds when they went strictly power. But there are stil
Mast for Beneteau 41 Oceanis DougM at 4:31am 06.24.21 If you are located in Florida, the closest supplier would probably be US Spars/Zspars. I know that t
UPS must hate sailors sailme88 at 4:30am 06.24.21 After retireing from public safety, I was employed by an LTL carrier. UPS & FedEx operate on the s
Beneteau 311 Kitchen Sink Drain DougM at 4:26am 06.24.21 I am unsure about your 311, my 323 galley sink drain is simply straight down and through a thru hull
UPS must hate sailors CYQK at 4:15am 06.24.21 Had same problem with ups last fall Had to take them to small claims to get them to even act like th
O'day 26 construction info required Timm R Oday25 at 3:50am 06.24.21 Whoa ! I have the same boat . The bulkheads were not glassed in . There should be about a 3/8" gap a
What parts should I replace while my Hunter 240 is on slings for center board maintenance? Dolphin55 at 10:42pm 06.23.21 Thanks. BTW, I also have a Potter 19, Potter 15, classic Lido and Lido 6000. All on trailers on my p
Westerbeke 27, cooling loop to the Hot water heater night mission at 8:23pm 06.23.21 I guess I should have been more descriptive. The rear of the exhaust manifold has an accessory that
Replacement Traveler Part for H-34 Mike Oldak at 8:17pm 06.23.21 Rutgerson (Swedish) seems to have little or no distribution in the USA. If you need just the bloc
Help with diagnosing engine failing to start DArcy at 8:10pm 06.23.21 The first time I went to start the engine on my boat, after having it trucked to my harbour and it s
Which Bolt Bleeds the Yanmar Fuel Filter? Terry Cox at 7:56pm 06.23.21 Oops. Sorry wrong service manual page. Hope this helps. Fuel Feed Pump; Construction Of Fuel Feed Pu
1990 Hunter Vision 32 fiatlux at 7:55pm 06.23.21 Thanks so much for all of the replies. I went from zero knowledge to at least having a clue and the
Recommendations for holding the bottom line on a series of boat fenders out of the water. jeepbluetj at 7:45pm 06.23.21 To riff on what Ms. HeadMistress said, here in SoCal if they're hanging off the boat once out of the
Which Bolt Bleeds the Yanmar Fuel Filter? jeepbluetj at 7:44pm 06.23.21 The Yanmar manual says to not fill the secondary fuel filter with fuel before installation because t
315 PHRF rating Bill Russell at 7:42pm 06.23.21
315 PHRF rating jeepbluetj at 7:34pm 06.23.21 I read it as a PHRF of 315. That'd be a bit of a pig of a boat. :) Is the 315 the same hull/rig as
Which Bolt Bleeds the Yanmar Fuel Filter? Terry Cox at 7:31pm 06.23.21 Which Bolt Bleeds the Yanmar Fuel Filter? 4JH4E thanks Do not know. Engine manual should tell yo
UPS must hate sailors dlochner at 7:06pm 06.23.21 We even get a knock on the door when they deliver and the last delivery the driver waited until we
UPS must hate sailors Ward H at 6:58pm 06.23.21 With the trickle down affect the Pandemic has on suppliers, I wonder if Defender is having trouble g
Lehr 2.5 propane outboard worth fixing? jeepbluetj at 6:37pm 06.23.21 The dead one I took apart was very corroded. The aluminum where the thermostat was was totally a pow

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