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Exhaust hose leaks John at 10:19pm 08.28.05 Ask All Sailors 5/946 I have a small leak when I shut down my M25 on my 83 Catalina 30. The leak appears to be in the OLD
Winter Cover Larry Guptill at 10:07pm 08.28.05 Morgan 2/1806 For many of you southern owners this qiestion will be of little interest but for us northerner's it
Lifting sailboat with a forklift? Cactus Jack at 10:01pm 08.28.05 Ask All Sailors 7/3174 We keep our Catalina 25 in a wet slip at a marina that also has dry storage. I need to pull the boa
Home Depot anchor shackles Bob F at 3:28pm 08.28.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1294 While shopping at Home Depot for a household project, I foung stainless steel anchor shackles in bot
M25 main sail got shreaded Mark at 3:09pm 08.28.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1060 Well, I got caught in a thunder storm yesterday. My main sail was badly torn and ripped in several
pan pan and millibars gunter meyer at 1:56pm 08.28.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1001 does anybody have a clue why the coast guard goes to coordinated universaltime when sending LOCAL d
fuel system Greg at 1:54pm 08.28.05 Morgan 1/1845 I just experienced running out of diesel. Not pretty. I am in the process of changing all my filter
Steel hull? Pete at 1:49pm 08.28.05 Ask All Sailors 9/1657 What are the pro's and con's for a steel hull? 60'
Circumnavigated in our H170 JerryA at 1:28pm 08.28.05 Day Sailers 6/1332 Well we circumnavigated South Bass Island. It's not the planet, but it seemed big in a 170. The wi
Shower leaks Gary Coopr at 12:58pm 08.28.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/957 I have a Catalina 380 and have a leak in the shower stall. I have tried sealing allof the seams but
Sailing magazines ex-admin at 12:51pm 08.28.05 Ask All Sailors 32/3666 How are you ever going to find the time to read all the boating magazines that arrive at your home o
"stalled" the rudder? doug miller at 12:26pm 08.28.05 Smaller Boats 2/1884 on several occassions, this newbie sailor, has noticed that after tacking, and especially if i'm try
water spout Jeff Prideaux at 12:19pm 08.28.05 Smaller Boats 7/1021 I had a great sail on Saturday with my H216.It didn't look good Saturday morning.It was raining
Chartplotter Install at Helm Bill Saint at 11:28am 08.28.05 Big Boats 8/2116 I want to install a 8" or 12" Raymarine C series chartplotter/radar receiver at the helm. My 380 ha
ANF Puffer Mainsheet layout ? Ed14032 at 11:15am 08.28.05 AMF 1/2494 Just purchased an '81 puffer in good condition but mainsheet and associated items were missing. We w
Anyone have a manual for a '72 Morgan 35? Donald6441 at 10:57am 08.28.05 Morgan 1/1950 looks like im going to buy one, i am trying to get all the info possible on it.
26S bill van at 10:40am 08.28.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1098 Anyone out there have any opinions on a 1990 26S??I have a 1993 19' and am looking to trade up to a
Renault engine Rc8d load change problem Marc Villemaire at 10:20am 08.28.05 Mid-Size Boats 5/1442 I have a problem with my Renault engine concerning load change, if i put the engine in forward gear
Katrina Don Guillette at 9:56am 08.28.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 0/1090 To you guys in the path of the storm - good luck mates and our prays are with you.
places to sail in Michigan John Kivel at 9:44am 08.28.05 Day Sailers 11/3383 Hi all, I've been surprised by how many people in this forum are in my area, so I thought I would

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Using Maxwell VW800 Windlass Team118 at 12:22pm 05.10.21 So I will try your thoughts about re--flaking the line. I would assume that if I wrap the rope arou
H216 Bilge Water. Don S/V ILLusion at 12:18pm 05.10.21 Welcome. Its hard to suggest a repair when we don't know the source(s). Check the mast step and any
self centering rudder/tiller? markwbird at 12:17pm 05.10.21 Yes. This appears to be a reference to rudder design. A balanced has the center of force at the rud
Cracked motor mount on Hunter 26 MySong at 12:15pm 05.10.21 Thanks for the ideas. May try to get a smaller plate to reinforce the cracked area and clamp it all
Need a clean SS cut Justin_NSA at 12:12pm 05.10.21 Porta-a-band. More likely, an angle grinder with fresh cut-off wheel. Mark it first by wrapping wit
Need a clean SS cut Justin_NSA at 12:10pm 05.10.21 Do you have access to a band saw with a fine tooth metal blade? I do have a Delta bandsaw but I've
Cracked motor mount on Hunter 26 rgranger at 12:09pm 05.10.21 I'm partial to JB weld and have used it for many things. But it probably does not matter that much.
self centering rudder/tiller? RussC at 12:07pm 05.10.21 Returning to my dad's home for a visit sometime in the '80s, he loaned me his Ford Probe to go visi
Need a clean SS cut thinwater at 12:05pm 05.10.21 Porta-a-band. More likely, an angle grinder with fresh cut-off wheel. Mark it first by wrapping with
Need a clean SS cut thwilson at 12:04pm 05.10.21 I have some new stainless steel tube, 7/8" diameter, 0-065" wall thickness arriving from Go2Marine
Instruments on panel not working. Justin_NSA at 11:45am 05.10.21 Could be just a bad ground somewhere. Polarity is correct I assume.
Can you climb the mast on a Hunter 26? twalker H260 at 11:41am 05.10.21 If it is a cdi furler you do need to clean out the black top piece of it occasionally to allow the i
Yanmar SB-8 Shift/Throttle Controls (1) npaulay at 11:34am 05.10.21 Photo of the setup for reference.
In-mast furling Outhaul car on boom Rubber Upstand replacement SailJunkie at 11:28am 05.10.21 Thanks! Great Information. Ordering from Lewmar today!
Instruments on panel not working. Don S/V ILLusion at 11:24am 05.10.21 Time to pull out the voltmeter and start tracing where the voltage issue is. Guessing isn't producti
H40.5 Forward Head sump circuit shorted. edguy3 at 11:17am 05.10.21 Jim, I'm using this Rule 20F . Good suggestion on threading with the old. I'll report after I star
Detroit River transport stephen_i_w at 11:15am 05.10.21 We were planning a similar trip for this season but were advised that the Canadian border is closed
Yanmar SB-8 Shift/Throttle Controls npaulay at 11:15am 05.10.21 Hi Gary - was able to test the cables over the weekend. Throttle hooked up nicely. Still have some i
Replace Headliner Hunter 306 Pat cool skip at 11:07am 05.10.21 I just did the job last weekend. Quite easy. I used a plastic roler (for installing mosquito scree
Cracked motor mount on Hunter 26 MySong at 10:59am 05.10.21 If you can wrestle the motor into the cockpit, you should be able to remove the mount, put a dab of

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