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Moment's Inattention, Weather or Mechanical Stuff Tsehum Pete at 10:35am 04.24.06 Ask All Sailors 1/1150 Today's issue of Lat 38 has a picture of a Nordhaven 67 sitting in an uncomfortable position on some
bottom painting Garth at 10:32am 04.24.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1425 I have a one year old 26 M that I am going to slip all season instead of trailer. I understand botto
Owners Manual Jim Ricker at 11:11am 04.24.06 Other Sailboats 1/800 I am looking for anyone who may have, or know where to find a owners manual for a 1968 Ericson 26. A
Who makes DIESEL fuel tanks (polyethylene)? abe at 10:59am 04.24.06 Ask All Sailors 4/1566 Who makes them for Hunter, Catalina? I want to add additional tank on my H36....all the tanks I se
M25 transmission questions Jon Kuyten at 10:57am 04.24.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/875 We purchased a 1983 Catalina 30 TR last summer with a M25 diesel engine with a Hurst transmission.
Boat Soaps Are Just Too Gentle Jenny at 11:36am 04.24.06 Ask All Sailors 13/1104 We just removed the shrink wrap and washed the decks with some liquid pink RV-Boat Cleaner stuff. (I
Lettering Measurements David ONeill at 11:26am 04.24.06 Ask An Oday Owner 1/818 I am looking to buy some letters and I can't get out to my boat's storage for a few days. I was won
Coolant change procedure Chuck at 12:17pm 04.24.06 Mid-Size Boats 2/1022 It is time to change Columbine's coolant again. The engine is the Universal 25XP. Does anyone have
Twinstay/Dynafurl Sailing-Randy at 12:24pm 04.24.06 Ask All Sailors 0/1501 Okay, "The Sting" has a #8 stearns twinstay forestay. They make a conversion kit to make it a roller
boat stripe application Pat at 1:48pm 04.24.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/756 I am replacing the two color upper stiping on my Catalina 36 (blue over grey). It is some type of de
G30 - Pulpit Chip G at 2:29pm 04.24.06 Grampian 1/1608 I need to repair/replace my pulpit tubing. Any suggestions as to the best way to approach this issue
Racing H356 Hull #4 Still out in front (1) Jeff at 2:16pm 04.24.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/852 Racing Hull Number 4 last year she took 3rd with a crew that only sail once before!
Hows this for a boat name? (1) Homero at 2:42pm 04.24.06 Ask All Sailors 40/4578 Should be a name for a Transpac sled maybe.Homero(brought over from Catalina forum)
1981 Hunter 36 (1) Capt Ron Posey at 5:35pm 04.24.06 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1777 What was the model number of the Yanmar Diesel engine install in the 1981 Hunter 36? What was the us
GMRS license Chris at 10:25pm 04.22.06 Ask All Sailors 12/1227 Hi folks!We have just been given a pair of 4W handy-talkies that operate on GMRS channels 1--30. T
Chargers vs. Battery banks RoadTool at 12:14am 04.23.06 Ask All Sailors 9/1148 I have a question before I call Xantrex Monday , I have purchased a Truecharge 40a 3 bank batt charg
Forestay Chainplate Moved Isabelle at 1:02am 04.23.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1348 Has the forestay chainplate ever created a groove in the fiberglass deck on anyone's MacGregor 26D,
Partner for PSE380 (1997) Tom McGarry at 10:53pm 04.22.06 Other Sailboats 1/971 I am looking for a partner to share ownership and expenses of my 1997 Pacific Seacraft built Ericson
fresh water pump Bob Teasdale at 2:28am 04.23.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1182 I have a catalina 30 1987 ' the fresh water pump is leaking it is a Orberdorfer Model 202M-15 I was
Transmission noise wjflier at 2:27am 04.23.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/854 Anyone have any experience with the 15 horse yanmar on the 33 hunter (77-84). my trany make a high

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Vend�e Globe? shemandr at 5:14am 12.16.20 Good report in the newsletter today. Had good descriptions of life on board while alone 1,000 miles
Check Your GFI's Maine Sail at 4:52am 12.16.20 I would suggest that the failure of this connection had nothing to do with the lack of crimp. The f
Prop shaft zinc 321 cymeyer at 4:31am 12.16.20 I use a shaft collar zinc between the prop and the skeg on my 323, just left space for water to get
Got a new sailing dinghy TomY at 4:12am 12.16.20 I am going to need to figure out how to get some of the old paint off. The layup is so resin starve
Got a new sailing dinghy (1) TomY at 4:08am 12.16.20 I suspect the rub rail was intended to add needed stiffness. My approach would be to make a form fr
Escrow service for personal boat sale? Terry Cox at 4:02am 12.16.20 We used our Credit Union who held the paper as the party to handle the, "For Sale by Owner", transac
Newport 27 Hatch jssailem at 1:31am 12.16.20
Packless Shaft Water Pick-up NYSail at 12:36am 12.16.20
Escrow service for personal boat sale? Benny17441 at 9:52pm 12.15.20 An escrow agent only deals with money and documents. He will review the Purchase/Sale Contract and
Beneteau 331 Replacement Bow Pulpit NYSail at 9:18pm 12.15.20 Call beneteau parts. They may still have them.
Newport 27 Hatch nightowle at 8:04pm 12.15.20 A picture or two of your current setup would help with worthwhile comments.
Oceanis 38; Calibrating fuel sending unit stephen_i_w at 7:51pm 12.15.20 As a former fuel system engineer in the automotive industry that actually did a great deal of work o
Hunter 216 Bungee Chord On Rudder Pod Mike216 at 7:33pm 12.15.20 I didn't but it would be fun to have. Might be a bit of a handful though since I mostly sail single
Check Your GFI's Daveinet at 7:32pm 12.15.20 Solder and boats often don't mix well. If one must solder, it needs to be properly crimped first. I
Got a new sailing dinghy Captain Larry-DH at 7:24pm 12.15.20 I suspect the rub rail was intended to add needed stiffness. My approach would be to make a form fro
Oceanis 38; Calibrating fuel sending unit Uppiano at 7:04pm 12.15.20 I am going to give it a try, I will update this forum with what I find.
Got a new sailing dinghy DArcy at 6:08pm 12.15.20 If you do damage the glass in the paint removal process it isn't too hard to add a layer of epoxy or
Vend�e Globe? Michael Davis at 5:39pm 12.15.20 x7y3f2o Let's sail 13,000 miles and have a raft-up in the middle of the Indian Ocean; why not? Br
Hunter 216 Bungee Chord On Rudder Pod Hunter216 at 5:35pm 12.15.20 Awesome thanks for the links! Your welcome. Lots of helpful people here! The boat is a lot of fun.
Hunter 216 Bungee Chord On Rudder Pod Mike216 at 5:31pm 12.15.20 Awesome thanks for the links!

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