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Diesel Choices Drew at 5:52am 08.01.06 Ask All Sailors 15/2205 Hypothetical question (OK, not so much) for any with insight:I am looking at two otherwise identic
stern seats bart5008 at 6:49am 08.01.06 Smaller Boats 6/1501 I have 240 and want to refinish the teak on the stern seats. I see a bunch of screws under them. Do
Raising the Main Donna at 8:59am 08.01.06 Big Boats 14/1370 The captain is a strong guy, but we are finding our conventional main on our 2001 Hunter 380 is a be
Water under floor boards - H26 stephenH26 at 8:45am 08.01.06 Smaller Boats 0/828 I bought a 1996 H26 at the beginning of the season and am just gaining familiarity with some of her
Another alternator question Kerry13709 at 9:38am 08.01.06 Ask All Sailors 28/2327 I took my suspect alternator off my Perkins Prima 50 to have it bench tested. It is not putting out
Rudder thread MrBill_ftl at 9:49am 08.01.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1404 anyone read this thread on trl sailor?looks like centerboard models mostly? comments?http://bbs
Javelin Restoration JBB20755 at 10:06am 08.01.06 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1237 I am restoring a mid 70's Javelin. I am guessing at the age based on the hull color. It is a harve
170 problems Jim at 10:52am 08.01.06 Day Sailers 9/1444 I have a 2004 170. Its my first sailboat and I've really enjoyed sailing it. I've had two problems,
First Boat-- Catalina 16.5 frostgfx at 11:31am 08.01.06 Other Sailboats 0/3613 I am considering purchase of a used Catalina 16.5 as my first sailboat, primarily to single hand or
Wind Instrument Dan Johnson at 12:55pm 08.01.06 Big Boats 6/4491 Had my rigger bring down the no-longer-working mast head sender unit for my Standard Horizon wind in
Engine or Shaft Vibration Brad Hoff at 1:05pm 08.01.06 Big Boats 12/1847 Yesterday while motorsailing, I had a bad knocking noise while motoring and heeling to port. The noi
compression post Oday 22 Bayard8035 at 1:27pm 08.01.06 Day Sailers 5/2096 Just bought a trailer, which happened to have an Oday 22 on it; it seems to be in fair condition, bu
Rigging issues J. McDougall at 4:27pm 08.01.06 C&C 3/2752 I just purchased a c and c that was sitting in someone's yard for forever. I know next to nothing a
Differences in 331 Model years jane5097 at 10:24pm 08.01.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/981 Does any one know what changes were made between the 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004 models on the 331?
Refer Question PrincessoftheLake at 10:39pm 08.01.06 Big Boats 5/818 I am having a problem with my Adler Barbour refrigeration. We have owned our 1985 Hubter 34 for 3 y
Old Schaefer Free Flying Furler Steve Braverman at 11:19pm 08.01.06 Ask All Sailors 3/2355 I just picked up this old furler unit for not much money. I am looking for an inexpensive way to mak
Loose wiring in mast eisjeff at 10:50pm 08.01.06 Catalina 30 2/1576 It sounds like the wiring from the lights and electronics mounted on my mast is loose inside my mast
Online boat electrical system resource? jviss at 12:05am 08.02.06 Ask All Sailors 7/1154 Does anyone have a pointer to a really good online reference for boat electrics, in particular, char
Refrigerator improvements???? George Kosta at 1:10am 08.02.06 Big Boats 7/1004 Has anyone made improvements to the freezer/refrigerator? Mine keeps frosting up everyday . I have t
309 saschiff at 1:09am 08.02.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/989 Are there any 309 owners willing to share their experiences with this new model?

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Repowering the 2001 Beneteau 361 Guan at 9:29am 07.25.21 1800 hours is young engine to replace unless it was damaged beyond repair. Interesting thread on bes
Repowering the 2001 Beneteau 361 Guan at 9:27am 07.25.21 1800 hours is young engine to replace unless it was damaged beyond repair. Interesting thread on bes
H212 Centerboard raising rope broken timjneedham at 9:22am 07.25.21 That is an interesting post, SFbay. I'm still thinking that swimming under the boat will be easier t
Fresh water pumps Stu Jackson at 9:18am 07.25.21 I have a Shurflo .. First one lasted twenty-something years Shurflo Aqua King II Standard Fresh Wat
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 9:17am 07.25.21 196510
Led replacement? Georgedoyle at 9:13am 07.25.21 I bought a bulb from West Marine, bought a bag of M16 sockets from Amazon, and then pulled out the o
Solar on H38 - How much do you have? Georgedoyle at 9:04am 07.25.21 The peace of mind that you get from solar is really valuable. I used to feel like I was on the clock
H212 Centerboard raising rope broken sail sfbay at 8:56am 07.25.21 Interesting thread on how to replace the centerboard line: Centerboard Line Replacement Without Boat
Hunter 212 - Trailerable - I need advice for the procedure on Replacing the 6mm Dyneema cord used to raise the retractable centerboard timjneedham at 8:51am 07.25.21 Thanks, Crazy Dave. I'll try posting over there as well. The owners manual doesn't have the info I n
Legacy owners - auxiliary outboard advice please sail sfbay at 8:47am 07.25.21 Welcome to the forum and congratulation on soon to be new sailboat!! Good advise by justsomeguy....
Portlights RMintle at 8:45am 07.25.21 Thank you.
Led replacement? ScottySailor at 8:35am 07.25.21 Thank George did you rewire the whole thing or is there a drop-in replacement any part numbers?
Solar on H38 - How much do you have? (1) senang at 8:00am 07.25.21 I have 2 Sunpower 327W hard panels in // on our boat with a Morningstar Tristar MPPT 45 controller,
Just bought a Neptune 24 and got some questions. Joe at 7:58am 07.25.21 Either put it in the water and see if water comes in, or put water in the boat and see if water come
New Rudder? DeliriousSailor at 7:55am 07.25.21 What type of rudder did you have and what upgraded rudder are you considering? What does the suppli
Lewmar port lights (3) sail sfbay at 7:52am 07.25.21 You might get lucky and have a model number stamped on the inside frame, other wise you will need to
Scam mechanic in Vancouver because of shortages Joe at 7:39am 07.25.21 Did you get an estimate before authorizing job, or did you just give him the keys and tell him to se
ANGLE OF HEAL FOR RACING Joe at 7:31am 07.25.21 Time to do some testing. Get out your pencil and paper and start logging boat speed, rudder angle,
Rigging the 2nd reef in a 310? Sailfanatic at 7:18am 07.25.21 Very good, It looks like you run the reefing straight thru the boom without a shuttle block inside?
Understanding Victron SmartSolar Synchronized Charging dlochner at 6:58am 07.25.21

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