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old lewmar winch handles? carl at 12:31am 07.22.06 Ask All Sailors 1/1242 I have an old lewmar winch that I need a handle for. All of my handles have the same star pattern b
Slow drip..... KCY 333 at 1:13am 07.22.06 Mid-Size Boats 5/1020 We are looking for some help,I am sure that someone could help identify some boat parts.We noticed
Fire Island Inlet? Blue Eyes at 11:56pm 07.21.06 Ask All Sailors 4/1343 I'm thinking about a trip to the Bellport area in Long Island's Great South Bay. Anyone have experie
Racing a 270 tva sailor at 12:29am 07.22.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/967 I wanted to find out how people have done racing a catalina 270 in club races.Would love to talk t
Broken Pop-Top / Cat 25 at 2:16am 07.22.06 Smaller Boats 12/1758 The aft two pop-top support poles on my '83 C25 have come loose at the pop-top. The heads of three
New Owner. ATEASE at 3:20am 07.22.06 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1129 I have just purchased an O-Day Javelin. not sure of the age.I am in need of a set of spreaders, Stan
The Cost of a Night's Moorage Gary Wyngarden at 5:37am 07.22.06 Ask All Sailors 13/1668 We spent last Saturday night at the marina in Roche Harbor, San Juan Island. Roche is an upscale, s
tensioning a fractional rig Justin_NSA at 5:47am 07.22.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1119 Okay, according to the instructions that came with my new Loos 91 tension gauge, the shrouds should
O'day 25 c/b pin wedge seal gene at 6:20am 07.22.06 Day Sailers 2/1142 Would someone please explain to me how the sealant/caulking seals the wedge area. Where would water
O'day 25 c/b pin wedge seal gene at 6:20am 07.22.06 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1096 Would someone please explain to me how the sealant/caulking seals the wedge area. Where would water
wanted cushions/ covers leftovers fm redo 28.5 ohpoppy at 7:00am 07.22.06 Mid-Size Boats 0/965 My Hunter 28.5 is a hurricane survivor and I am trying to get it nice again.I plan to do it right so
Internal mast wiring??? Lyn at 2:03am 07.22.06 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1535 I have a 1982 Hunter 27' with a tall rig mast. Because of the internal halyards and electrical wirin
HELP, PEGGIE! MY DUCKBILL IS SQUIRTING! Bob Todd at 8:01am 07.22.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1299 My duckbill valve on the vented loop began squirting a steady stream on the downstroke straight up t
Head portlight Replacement Robert at 8:01am 07.22.06 S2 2/2217 My S2 9.2A ia in need of a replacement head portlight. Does anyone know of a replacement?Best Reg
TV antenna AndrewB at 8:35am 07.22.06 Big Boats 1/952 I am installing a TV antenna halfway up the mast and have got the rf cable to the base of the mast.
refrigeration 1990 C30 sully at 10:09am 07.22.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1422 I have a 1990 C30 and want to convert the wonderful ice box to AC/DC refrigeration system. The box h
under the floorboards concrete ballast mfi at 10:28am 07.22.06 Ask All Sailors 2/1382 I'm fixing up what I believe is a 1973 Columbia 22 foot. I took up the floor boards and found concre
concrete ballast mfi at 11:36am 07.22.06 Columbia 1/1833 The concret ballast under the floor is pretty rotted away. What is the procedure for replacing it.
26M additional cockpit seats Bill19553 at 12:00pm 07.22.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/873 I have seen an installation of additional cockpit seatings attached to the aftermost lifeline stanch
Victoria O'Day owners coolbreeze at 12:00pm 07.22.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1068 HI. I was just at Bosun's Locker in Victoria talking about O'Day rigging and Fern was saying there

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Yanmar 2GM visegrip at 5:34am 07.23.21 This is the cooling system.. I found a small fish in the thermostat cover on a friend's 2GM .. it ov
Yanmar 2GM visegrip at 5:31am 07.23.21 This is the cooling system.. I found a small fish in the thermostat cover on a friend's 2GM .. it ov
H310 outhaul rigging shemandr at 5:24am 07.23.21 OK. I have completed the job and would like to publish the entire project here.... Which leads to
Understanding Victron SmartSolar Synchronized Charging dlochner at 5:22am 07.23.21
Yanmar 2GM (1) kloudie1 at 5:00am 07.23.21 This is the cooling system.. I found a small fish in the thermostat cover on a friend's 2GM .. it ov
VHF radio or antenna problem NYSail at 4:51am 07.23.21 Another good place to start is your mast fitting where vhf is spliced for mast removal. When I bough
Understanding Victron SmartSolar Synchronized Charging HMT2 at 4:44am 07.23.21
Understanding Victron SmartSolar Synchronized Charging dlochner at 4:05am 07.23.21 That sounds weird. Why would the port controller show such a low voltage? When charging if there we
Huckleberry Friend Huckleberry Friend at 2:26am 07.23.21 Peggie I don't see where it could go anywhere else. I'm wondering about a bladder type if it exists
Yanmar 3GM white smoke Brucegra at 11:09pm 07.22.21 It is a 3GMF. I contacted a Yanmar dealer and they told me that when the thermostat is fully open, t
79 h37c soft deck spot by starboard cleat sandpiper10471 at 7:45pm 07.22.21 MMOST - If you can't decide between poly and epoxy, you could split the differences and go vinyleste
Port Lights: Who made these? Brazil at 7:32pm 07.22.21 Indeed they are. Thank you very much. I will get in contact with them for repair parts.
Understanding Victron SmartSolar Synchronized Charging Davidasailor26 at 7:31pm 07.22.21 No, and both are different from the SG 200. P =12.48 v, S = 13.21v SG200 = 12.6 The SG 200 is proba
Yanmar 2GM Blitz at 7:27pm 07.22.21 Sailor Sue - if you do that the water will pass to the mixing elbow both via the overflow and thro
H310 outhaul rigging sbkidd001 at 7:05pm 07.22.21 @wdonovan 20 posts, 1 per pic would be great. Maybe you'd need to put them all in a new thread and r
37 Cutter Portlights Brazil at 6:49pm 07.22.21 Previous Owner replaced all portlights (11) with rectangular TriMatrix from New Found. I've had boat
Help with identifying my boat? rgouette at 6:33pm 07.22.21 No HIN means older than Nov 1972, if that helps narrow it down any. ok, well that's good to know.
VHF radio or antenna problem Ken Cross at 6:32pm 07.22.21 I have the impression that a marginal antenna will receive and fool you into thinking it is OK but
Funny Friday!!! Will Gilmore at 6:21pm 07.22.21 What kind of experiments, exactly? -Will
Yanmar 2GM Ken Cross at 5:51pm 07.22.21 It's pretty easy to put that thermostat in a pan of water and test it. My biggest concern would be c

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