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Yanmar 1GM Water in Oil?? DayDreamer41 at 7:54am 08.03.20 Ask All Sailors 20/2926 My son and I have, as announced a few months back bought a new to us 1983 Soverel 33 with a single c
Hunter 35 charlie F at 7:22am 08.03.20 Ask All Sailors 1/299 I am looking for a used main sail for my Hunter Legend 35. Does anyone have one to sell?
More propane outboard questions john6206 at 6:02am 08.03.20 Trailer Sailors 16/1556 Hi Everyone - After two years of second guessing I finally pulled the string on the Mercury 5HP Sail
Do the math All U Get at 4:47am 08.03.20 Ask All Sailors 6/497 Hi all, If you add the shark sitings along the East coast, large tropical storm heading north, and
Need to repair a stripped deck organizer anchor (1) SoSound at 10:21pm 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 18/1521 The deck organizer screws are threaded anchors, not through bolts... I'm trying to clean up the clus
Forward latch dogs Odontoblast at 9:01pm 08.02.20 Catalina 22 2/341 I am doing some repair/replacements on my '88 Cat 22. Purchased a set of the Bomar latch dogs from C
Packing nuts question Steve L22188 at 5:30pm 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 26/1904 I've developed a slow drip around the packing nuts - was surprised to find a bilge full of water tod
Bow Roller on O'Day 30? Althea30 at 4:50pm 08.02.20 Bigger Boats 9/1493
1986 Oday 272 Nav lights LazurusLong at 4:37pm 08.02.20 Bigger Boats 6/1199 Jean and I were on our boat this weekend at the sellers slip. The dock power is not functional, so t
Anchorage magnet... NYSail at 3:36pm 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 24/1378 Just so funny (or not).... happened twice so far on this trip. Wide open anchorage and what happens.
porthole windows for a Balboa 24 Blessed at 3:22pm 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 3/460 I was given a Balboa 24 and am in need of new porthole windows and am having trouble finding the rig
Ballast Cracked Problem (1) Goatman at 2:25pm 08.02.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/2292 Hello, I recently purchased a 1990 26s that we trailer'd from Jersey to Ohio. When we put her into t
Lets talk tongue weight... rgranger at 12:55pm 08.02.20 Trailer Sailors 23/1944 I had an interesting experience this week. I towed my Hunter 26 a total of 465 miles from Montgomer
Installed Marvair CR330 Condensation (2) tfox2069 at 12:09pm 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 4/2174 Just finished installing a Marvair CR330 Condensation Removal Kit for my Dometic 16k a/c unit on my
Raymarine Bidata servicing??? (2) sbcwolff at 11:40am 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 1/281 Anyone know of where I could send this in to get fixed? Or should I just buy a new one? It came with
2005 H38 house batteries not charging while motoring? glonek5 at 10:07am 08.02.20 Big Boats 3/377 on the water right now and motoring home. went below and noticed that the house batteries are below
Saw the Comet last evening. Kings Gambit at 9:54am 08.02.20 Sails Call Lounge 5/656 Out on the boat at sunset last evening when the comet Neowise appeared in the western sky, maybe 30
Is this Boat a good boat? jssailem at 9:51am 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 21/1545 How many times do we hear the question: Can I sail this boat around Newfoundland? Across The Atlanti
Reef Hooks miketcook at 9:21am 08.02.20 Catalina 30 4/1652 Two quick questions - saw / read the other discussions. Appreciated the info and links. Have an '8
Cleaning Non-skid Gelcoat Surfaces? jviss at 6:27am 08.02.20 Ask All Sailors 17/4463 Greetings, My cockpit sole is textured gelcoat, a fine, sand-like texture. I can't pull the dirt o

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Thru Hull Replacement? Randall Schmidt at 2:36pm 12.04.23 Can you provide a picture of the thru hull for the engine ? Given my druthers, I'd rather not leav
Thru Hull Replacement? Randall Schmidt at 2:33pm 12.04.23
Thru Hull Replacement? Randall Schmidt at 2:30pm 12.04.23 Mild confusion in your post. You say the valve is frozen open, but you're talking about trying to
Is the mast on a 1978 Cape Dory 25 slotted or through bolted to the deck plate? (3) ekmar1991 at 2:03pm 12.04.23 Hope these pictures illustrate my question a bit better. I cannot find any images online that show t
Solar power systems dlochner at 1:25pm 12.04.23 As a general rule of thumb, count on an average of 3 times the nominal size for solar panel output.
MacGregor 27 trailer douglaskjensen@gmail.com at 1:02pm 12.04.23 Never heard of a MacGreger 27.
Hunter 36 Shower drain sump pump...keeps tripping its breaker tfox2069 at 12:21pm 12.04.23 On my 2009 H36 I'd turn on the pump as I turned on the shower, and ran it continuously until I was d
Coolant flush Sutric at 12:11pm 12.04.23 Thank you all for your responses. After some searching, I decided to just drain, refill, run and rep
The Sewing Machine Thread Mikem at 11:46am 12.04.23 I sent our old LSZ to Sailrite after many viewed videos and correspondence with them after I could n
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Justin_NSA at 11:34am 12.04.23 I don't see any no contact fluid sensors on Amazon? Amazon isn't always the best or cheapest place
Catalina 310 battery wiring question (2) marchem at 11:23am 12.04.23
CONFIRMATION PLEASE dlochner at 11:08am 12.04.23 Keel stepped masts almost always leak to some extent. One of the variables is the kind of rain, hard
CONFIRMATION PLEASE (3) eherlihy at 11:00am 12.04.23 I always had a little water that managed to find its way into the bilge after a rain storm. Little m
CONFIRMATION PLEASE Richard19068 at 10:41am 12.04.23 I am assuming that due to the mast being keel stepped that water will always enter into the bilge,
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? 4arch at 10:11am 12.04.23 I don't see any no contact fluid sensors on Amazon? Try this link.
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Ted10028 at 9:50am 12.04.23 if it works well can you give me the brand name please.
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? sailme88 at 9:39am 12.04.23 I bought a 3 tank external monitoring system from an RV website. Each tank has a HIGH, MEDIUM and L
CONFIRMATION PLEASE sailme88 at 9:33am 12.04.23 The bilge will also collect water from the stuffing box and condensate from the: hull, icebox, heat
CONFIRMATION PLEASE JoeWhite at 9:15am 12.04.23 The water in the bilge is due to capillary action of running rigging that enters the mast. After a r
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Ted10028 at 8:12am 12.04.23 I don't see any no contact fluid sensors on Amazon?

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