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Bug netting for entire cockpit? Take Five22434 at 2:10am 04.19.05 Big Boats 4/2171 I am trying to find a system for covering the entire cockpit with mosquito netting. Wasps have ruine
Spinnaker for 16 ft-Daysailer 1 Paul C at 1:50am 04.19.05 Day Sailers 2/2240 Bought Daysailer1 with North Sails and Spinnaker, but no spinnaker pole. I am looking for a source
Head Stay Tension Dan Breen at 1:29am 04.19.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1087 I have a Beneteau 42s7. It is used primarily for crusing (with a couple of club races) and has the
Depth sounder vs. fish finder Chris I. at 11:47pm 04.18.05 Ask All Sailors 14/15274 Hi all,I just bought an '87 Catalina 22 that I'll use here on the west coast of Florida. It's a gr
Placing Bilge Pump JFS at 11:46pm 04.18.05 Smaller Boats 10/956 I want to put an electric bilge pump in my '84 Hunter 25.5, but I do not know where it should go (i.
Cameron's 1970 Mac Venture 24 Camerons Macgregor at 11:42pm 04.18.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1071 Brion,Without using a gauge or special tool, how can I make sure the tension for my forestay and s
Tuning a Catalina 27 Dan B at 11:37pm 04.18.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1839 Had a dealer install a new roller furler this winter. I believe that had to include a new forestay
Running Jib Sheets on an H22 tbarnby at 11:37pm 04.18.05 Smaller Boats 5/1141 I have just started sailing my H22 this past weekend and seem to have a problem with proper jib shee
My rigging is "thumping"!! windchaser22 at 11:24pm 04.18.05 Chrysler 8/2210 Hi,I have had several suggestions on how to remedy this situation, but so far, no results.My 197
Mast rack Big Al at 10:54pm 04.18.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 0/916 This mast head rig performance cruiser has single swept back spreaders
Poliglow Bob Teasdale at 10:50pm 04.18.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1020 Just tried Poliglow on my 1987 Catalina 30 ' there is no comparison to Island Girl as I have tried b
Mast pre-bend Monty Miller at 10:45pm 04.18.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 9/1237 Hi Brion,I appreciate all of the rigging information that you are giving us. The Hunter B'R system
Tiny Tach Rick Warner at 9:31pm 04.18.05 The Cherubini Hunters 2/951 Has anyone out there installed a diesel Tiny Tach for their sailboat? I have a 1981 H30 and would li
Fuel Tank O'23 Jonathan at 8:57pm 04.18.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/907 What is the largest fuel tank that will fit in the fuel locker of an O'23? My 3 gal. is too small.
Dry Bilge Sean at 8:38pm 04.18.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/766 I've finally got a dry bilge. I installed the GOF Teflon packing that I purchased from emarine.com.
Screens for portals Belle at 7:25pm 04.18.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/943 We are looking for screens for our 1985 Catalina 30 for the portals over the head and wet locker. A
standing rigging question Rich at 6:06pm 04.18.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1180 The shrouds on each side of my H35 attach to a plate on deck which somehow further connects to a rod
Taking a Bearing (not accurate) WJ at 3:29pm 04.18.05 Ask All Sailors 27/2161 I am practicing taking a bearing and my accuratcy is way off by approx 5 points on the compass.I am
What should be the life-expectancy of anchor chain Rich Stidger at 3:07pm 04.18.05 Ask All Sailors 3/3315 This topic has been discussed briefly before, but now that the season is upon us I am looking at my
sea water flooding toilet H2Odreamer at 2:43pm 04.18.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/8377 Hi, I'm a new boat owner of a 1982 27' foot Hunter. I'm guessing my sanitation system is not set u

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Yanmar 3GM30F - Injection Nozzles dmax at 12:00pm 03.09.21 Regarding cleaning the engine: I would clean around the injector holes with a Qtip and get some bolt
Single or double line reefing Sailfanatic at 12:00pm 03.09.21 To implement single line reefing you need a forward boom end cap with two upper sheaves and two lowe
Covid-19 Vaccination Roland5048 at 11:54am 03.09.21 Just got my one and done dose of J&J vaccine 24 hrs ago. No fuss, no muss, in and out. No side ef
Yanmar 3GM30F - Injection Nozzles Whatfiero1 at 11:34am 03.09.21 Take to industrial diesel shop they will test. I paid $50 each test and that $ went towards payment
Covid-19 Vaccination Daveinet at 11:28am 03.09.21 Yes, I noticed a lot of claims without supporting evidence. Not arguing if the premise is true or no
Help with shore power rgranger at 11:13am 03.09.21 Without more info, it would be a wild guess. Here are a few guesses... You have a circuit breaker
Hunter Sonata 7 Lifting Keel centerboard either replacement or fabricatoin options UK (2) rgranger at 11:08am 03.09.21 I don't know where to get specs but I did find these two drawings... It looks like you can get the
Newport 30, exposed keelbolts? dmax at 11:06am 03.09.21 It's possible the nuts are not stainless but the bolts are - that's what it looks like in the pictur
Help with shore power kappykaplan at 11:01am 03.09.21 Some photos might help us help you. :beer:
Yanmar 3GM30F - Injection Nozzles jon hansen at 10:59am 03.09.21 they are copper crush washers. any dealer will have them i'm sure and spares are nice to have aboar
Yanmar 3GM30F - Injection Nozzles Michael Davis at 10:57am 03.09.21 Not brass. They are copper, made to compress and seal.
Yanmar 3GM30F - Injection Nozzles Scott T-Bird at 10:55am 03.09.21 scott, the banjo bolts at the top are for the return fuel feed. they are not to be used to bleed th
Yanmar 3GM30F - Injection Nozzles Scott T-Bird at 10:52am 03.09.21 scott, the banjo bolts at the top are for the return fuel feed. they are not to be used to bleed th
Yanmar 3GM30F - Injection Pump sensitivity -Help? jon hansen at 10:51am 03.09.21 all copper 'crush' washers need to be replaced every time. that said, in a pinch you can heat them
Yanmar 3GM30F - Injection Nozzles Scott T-Bird at 10:51am 03.09.21 The copper washers seal the joint. Should be two on each banjo bolt. The spec. torque crushes the c
Yanmar 3GM30F - Injection Nozzles Michael Davis at 10:45am 03.09.21 Scott are those banjo bolts out of the top of your injectors? Then just one washer, maybe. The conne
Yanmar 3GM30F - Injection Nozzles Michael Davis at 10:39am 03.09.21 scott, the banjo bolts at the top are for the return fuel feed. they are not to be used to bleed th
M25XP PCV Question brett_howard at 10:37am 03.09.21 Sounds like its time for a compression check. I've already got a million other projects I really n
Yanmar 3GM30F - Injection Nozzles jon hansen at 10:34am 03.09.21 scott, the banjo bolts at the top are for the return fuel feed. they are not to be used to bleed the
Yanmar 3GM30F - Injection Nozzles Michael Davis at 10:33am 03.09.21 The copper washers seal the joint. Should be two on each banjo bolt. The spec. torque crushes the co

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