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Water Tank Draining Chris Tunstall at 9:50am 10.10.06 Bigger Boats 1/1199 How do you drain the 30 gal water tank shy of mannualy pumping it out?
weather helm Julius at 9:07am 10.10.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1026 I recently sailed with a friend on his catalina22.I have never sailed a boat with so much weather he
Oday 34 Cockpit Teak? Jonathan at 12:14pm 10.10.06 Ask An Oday Owner 0/750 I am looking to find the Teak Insert that goes on the floor for a 34' Oday. Any ideas where I could
Winter storage - fuel tank condensation myth Don at 12:06pm 10.10.06 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 12/5127 This was the subject of a recent post which is timely for lots of us up north and I thought it might
Ranger 26 keel bolts David at 12:06pm 10.10.06 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 1/2903 We have corroder keel bolts, nuts are breaking off. Has anyone changed them, or know if a '76 Ranger
v224 hull numbers gord at 2:59pm 10.10.06 Ask All Sailors 2/976 hello privateer...looks like i lost the thread on hull numbers from August. Thanks to rob and kath
Reefing lines for mainsail charliehall1@verizon.net at 6:59pm 10.10.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/993 When I purchased my Oday 30 one of the two mainsail reefing lines was missing and the other was tied
84 Oday Rubrail charliehall1@verizon.net at 6:55pm 10.10.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1013 Does anyone know where to buy Oday rubrails?
River sailing? chris7319 at 5:46pm 10.10.06 Ask All Sailors 9/1355 I live close to Pittsburgh and always wondered why I never see sailboats on the rivers. I know they
Cushion storage Eric14428 at 8:02pm 10.08.06 Ask All Sailors 8/1669 First time hauling and storing my boat for winter (Catalina 27). How/where do you store cushions so
Zebra Mussels Rick at 12:30am 10.09.06 Ask All Sailors 8/1373 Our boat was pulled from the water this past weekend for the winter. On the both sides of the forwa
Windlass for 35.5 Hugh4753 at 12:26am 10.09.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1315 I'd like to install a manual windlass on my 35.5. Anyone have any knowledge about what windlass wor
Hull ID # Tom23442 at 12:41am 10.09.06 Catalina 30 2/1216 Where can i find the Hull ID # on my catalina? 1981 30'. i have the 4 digit hull #, but the insura
Adding 2nd reef to Isomat boom Tug at 1:27am 10.09.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1381 My Legend 37 came with one reef point for the main on the Isomat boom. The literature shows how to r
Seized screws jstrohmeyer at 1:39am 10.09.06 Ask All Sailors 7/1104 I am having trouble unscrewing the mast internal line exit blocks and deck organizers on my 1987 Cat
Changing Fuel Filter on Universal M-18 - How to? Bob at 10:34pm 10.08.06 Ask All Sailors 9/8487 No matter what manual I read, the directions to remove and replace the fuel filter on a Universal M-
Sailing the way it's meant to be Paul at 2:06am 10.09.06 Big Boats 6/799 There has been an awful lot of carping and grousing on theses sites lately, even some outright flami
Aluminum holding tank Glen Hellman at 2:09am 10.09.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/2274 Peggie, we purchased a '94 Hunter Legend a couple of years ago. We asked the seller to replace the f
keel winch jack krafchick at 2:40am 10.09.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1658 I have a 1986 vintage MacGregor 21.The keel winch is giving trouble. It no longer locks the keel
Conversion to fresh water intake David J.11350 at 5:56am 10.09.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1667 Peggie,I have had it with clogged intake thru-hulls! I have a fresh water tank (luckily near the h

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Raymarine chart plotter model numbers Ward H at 6:09am 07.09.21 The first fits the Raymarine E7 & E7D. The second fits the A75/A77/ & A78. Those numbers are for
Yanmar 2qm15 Fuel return bypass?? RoyS at 6:01am 07.09.21 Agree that you should get rid of that return line to the filter. Modified mine as Jake above describ
Hurricane Prep - What do you do? sailme88 at 6:01am 07.09.21 Up here we seldom see a hurricane. Usually a TD by the time it gets here. I ride a mooring that has
Anti siphon dead ends in bilge BigAce131 at 5:47am 07.09.21 sorry, it is a universal M25. I will post some pictures when I get out to her this weekend. But woul
Broken Keel Bolts - Hunter RoyS at 5:44am 07.09.21 Look like studs not bolts to me.
Broken Keel Bolts - Hunter Sandy Stone at 5:36am 07.09.21 What did the broken off bolts look like? Corroded? Necked down?
Hurricane Prep - What do you do? Will Gilmore at 5:34am 07.09.21 What can be done about the lines to the piling, due to tidal range they are very loose any time oth
H410 Start Battery Don Lucas at 4:14am 07.09.21 I am just going to leave this thread at people should check for that wire between the alternator and
Hurricane Prep - What do you do? Captain Larry-DH at 4:11am 07.09.21 What can be done about the lines to the piling, due to tidal range they are very loose any time oth
Which assender do you use ? Captain Larry-DH at 3:26am 07.09.21 Oh! You meant ascender. :facepalm: I thought this thread was about the types of boat sterns.
Which assender do you use ? jssailem at 2:58am 07.09.21
Raymarine chart plotter model numbers jssailem at 2:27am 07.09.21 The E7 series is the Element 7 series. Specifications can be found here. https://www.raymarine.com/v
Help with a spinnaker fupls at 1:09am 07.09.21 sorry, should be tfox2069 :)
Help with a spinnaker fupls at 1:08am 07.09.21 Thanks tfox2079 to find out my post in 2007. Having considered all available options, I eventually
Windlass suddenly tripping main breaker skunther at 11:43pm 07.08.21
H410 Start Battery (1) JamesG161 at 9:57pm 07.08.21 From your owner's manual... r making 120VAC not from the Start Battery. Since "Never mind" Bye
Strange whining sound at engine cut off - thoughts? MikeHoncho at 8:59pm 07.08.21
Proper Wrench for Stuffing Box Maintenance Michael Davis at 8:27pm 07.08.21 For regular nuts, I made my own, Me too. Mine are two different sizes. Used 1/4 in. aluminum plate
Hurricane Prep - What do you do? Capt Robbie at 8:27pm 07.08.21 if a direct hit is likely, haul boat and remove sails, if staying in water, remove sails, try to ti
Which assender do you use ? All U Get at 6:54pm 07.08.21 I watched several men climbing coconut trees barefoot, no rope, using a machete to drop the coconuts

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