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Swing Keel Offshore Don K. at 11:04am 01.23.05 Ask All Sailors 9/3004 How safe is a 26' Chrysler with a 850# swing keel going offshore in the Gulf Of Mexico.
Detailed tuning George Bush at 10:58am 01.23.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/1006 Hello Bill again,Thank you for your earlier suggestion regarding the back-winding of my main. I hav
Paul's photo Phil Herring at 10:40am 01.23.05 Forum Help (Site Talk) 3/1051 nm
Headstay Sag Ted at 10:36am 01.23.05 C&C 1/1897 Is there a general formula for maximum headstay sag. I know that headstay sag should be increased wh
"Show Off" Spinnakers Herb Parsons at 10:21am 01.23.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/832 OK, not one of those technical type questions, but I'm still curious. Why is it that, traditionally,
Who Do You Think Makes The Best Motor? Why? o Ray at 9:47am 01.23.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1020 I am in the market for a motor for the inflatable I tow behind my 26M. I am looking for a four stro*
Fluxgate compass installation for autopilot Debra B at 9:39am 01.23.05 Ask All Sailors 7/4010 OK am still in the planning stage of autopilot installation and am haveing trouble figuring out wher
anyone for sailing Bob at 7:29am 01.23.05 The Cherubini Hunters 3/933 Anyone for sailing
Trailer Tongue Extension John S at 5:45am 01.23.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1710 I cut off the hitch from the tongue of my trailer last night to start the process of lengthening the
canvas surround for pop-up Jay Saunders at 5:28am 01.23.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1635 Where can I find the canvas surround for the pop-up feature on the M25? Alternatively, where can I
Cordage and Shackles Bob C at 4:09am 01.23.05 Ask All Sailors 3/968 I plan to replace my main and jib halyards. Looking for some Internat sites that sell cordage and w
Anybody know the "Carolina Moon" John Myers at 4:05am 01.23.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/881 In the early 90's I rented a Catalina 27 named the "Carolina Moon" on Hilton Head. I'd love to find
Lowering the swing keel of a 192 on land J P Turkey at 3:55am 01.23.05 Day Sailers 0/1139 I have a 1986 O'Day 192. Nineteen years seems long enough to think about replacing the line and pos
windpower generators/ turbines ken at 3:23am 01.23.05 Ask All Sailors 4/1193 Looking for advice on a windpowered generator. Was looking at the CET Air 403 turbine..runs $870...
St.Johns River sailing Steve Kamp at 3:15am 01.23.05 Smaller Boats 12/5124 All,this post may be more appropriate for the Destinations Forum, but I'll post it under General In
propeller Don at 2:21am 01.23.05 Ask An Oday Owner 1/901 Can anyone suggest where the best place to purchase a new/used prop? I have a 1986 35' O'day sloop
Capsize Screen Bruce trotter at 1:39am 01.23.05 Ask All Sailors 12/6536 This in reference to a previous posting "sailing my 22' oday across the atlantic". A reply to that p
Hardware for cabin/companion way steps Before the Bell at 1:36am 01.23.05 The Cherubini Hunters 6/4023 I recently bought a a HJC 25 "76" with missing cabin steps. The vessel has an inboard Yanmar with a
Morgan 413 OI a good blue water boat? DreamBIG at 12:45am 01.23.05 Ask All Sailors 0/1402 I'm looking for your opinion on if a 1972 Moran OI 413 could handle a blue water crossing and such a
Lake Superior sailing Kevin13821 at 11:56pm 01.22.05 Trailer Sailors 0/1697 Does anyone have experience with sailing between Wawa and Thunder Bay? The cruising books talk abou

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Yanmar 3GM30F - Injection Pump sensitivity -Help? Michael Davis at 1:03pm 03.09.21 english engines. well at least mine doesn't have a lucas fuel pump My Perkins has a CAV injector p
Help with shore power Justin_NSA at 12:50pm 03.09.21 How many watts is your heater? a 1500 watt heater will draw 12.5 amps. Like David mentioned, your bi
Yanmar 3GM30F - Injection Nozzles justsomeguy at 12:47pm 03.09.21 I have a torque wrench. You may also need (a) crowfoot wrench(es).
Keel Bolts corroding fast Hunter 22' ('81) newsailor130 at 12:21pm 03.09.21 yes. i like mcmaster. good idea. ty for the research
Yanmar 3GM30F - Injection Nozzles tfox2069 at 12:13pm 03.09.21 This is an interesting question I'll follow for the experience of others. I paid $350 to have thre
Help with shore power Davidasailor26 at 12:10pm 03.09.21 The bilge pump should* not be related to the shore power system. The only way it might be is if the*
Help with shore power Tom J at 12:04pm 03.09.21 Shut off shore power at the pedestal and then disconnect the shore power cord. Look for melted, bur
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

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