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Can you reef a Roller Furling Jib Steve Carpman at 10:31pm 01.18.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/2600 Bill,We are having a new jib made and would like some advice on what can be done to make this new
Tethers? Tony Litvak at 10:21pm 01.18.05 C&C 3/2129 Hello,I am preparing my boat for single handed sailing next season (I will be doing day long cruis
c34 loose rudder bob at 9:32pm 01.18.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/938 Towards the end of last season, I felt a shimmy in my stearing. When hauling the boat for the winter
Sail Set Purchase John S at 2:26pm 01.18.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/915 The time has definitely come to replace the stock sails on my 26 D (1987). This has probably been ad
Ideas on how to re-bed stanchions? Ivan Edwards at 12:38pm 01.18.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1401 On my First 285, 1990, a couple of stanchions are loose, and leaking through the bolt hole beneath
O'Day 25 center board specs Jocelyn (Nipan 2) at 11:25am 01.18.05 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1407 I look for the O'Day 25 (1977) specs (dimensions)Can any one help?Thanks!
C-30 Wing vs Fin Keel Steve Romero at 11:21am 01.18.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1197 I'm thinking about buying a 1990 Catalina C-30, with a wing keel. I sail out of San Diego Bay where
lost digits patrick at 11:18am 01.18.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1125 where might one find the serial # on a universal m-30 5424? OK, OK, yes, I admit ...its a little dir
And now for the bad news: data loss Phil Herring at 10:48am 01.18.05 Ask All Sailors 30/2284 Today at 5:57pm Pacific time a delete command misfired and instead of deleting one reply, it deleted
no dc power John at 9:44am 01.18.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/853 I have recently purchased a 1987 28.5 .I have power everywhere except the ignition panel. I can star
Safety Rails and 250 Sails John Kessler at 9:08am 01.18.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/932 My Jib always seems to hang up on the safety rails on my Catalina 250. Any suggestions? Thanks!Jo
Full Batten Sail Adjustments Paul at 8:58am 01.18.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/966 Bill, my Seaward carries a full batten mainsail which supports quite a large roach. I read the previ
Show Off Your Boat! Jack4865 at 8:02am 01.18.05 Ask All Sailors 49/2856 What does your boat look like? C'mon, let's see it. Jack"Friendship"C350, #80
H22 Centerboard rope or cable replacement? Pete at 8:00am 01.18.05 Smaller Boats 3/1032 Among things that I need to replace on my first sailboat (H22) is the rigging for my centerboard. I
DC Power Panel Michel at 7:57am 01.18.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1075 Can someone tell me what is the purpose of the two switches (labeled 1 and 2) on the top left hand s
Update on Fuel Tank/Engine Problem JohnEh at 7:48am 01.18.05 Mid-Size Boats 12/1034 My problem seems to be water again from the Hunter tank which is mixing with the fuel while the boat
Battery switches panel Michel at 7:46am 01.18.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/920 Just bought a 1996 430.Can someone tell me what are the purposes of the 2 two small breaker on the
Removing 5200 Michael at 7:30am 01.18.05 Ask All Sailors 11/8415 I contacted 3M about removing 5200. Thought it might help others too.Thank you for contacting 3M M
Let's talk price... Bob Todd at 6:57am 01.18.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/807 I requested a quote from four sailmakers (Doyle included) and for the same material, same specs, sam
honda ob work john withrow at 6:33am 01.18.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1133 Would like to work on my 94 9.9 honda ob. Looking for a good service manual and an online source of

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Survey on C310 #217 Grichelli at 4:52pm 02.28.21 Be wary. I think you have seen enough on this boat to realize she has issues. If you don't want a
Glow plugs $$$$$$ capta at 4:50pm 02.28.21 Westerbeke is I believe, a Perkins. Before spending money, do a compression check.
Fuel valve location Michael Davis at 4:44pm 02.28.21 Mine is right at the fuel tank. Should be somewhere between the filter and the tank. If not I would
Issues removing cutless bearing. snoopy_ at 4:37pm 02.28.21 You could try something like this to reinforce the collet https://www.amazon.com/Climax-2C-125-Two-
Issues removing cutless bearing. (2) Michael Davis at 4:29pm 02.28.21 190927190928 It got a lot easier after I discovered that there really was two set screws that I hadn
Glow plugs $$$$$$ Michael Davis at 4:06pm 02.28.21 I found when I rebuilt my 5411 that I could use Kubota plugs, much cheaper than Universal. I believe
HUNTER 320 ENGINE ROOM. skipperclaud at 4:05pm 02.28.21 boat. Installed 2014. Looks nice!!
HUNTER 320 ENGINE ROOM. skipperclaud at 4:04pm 02.28.21 In the photos the front engine mounts are at the ends of the stringers. There does not appear to be
Electric start connections on 9.8 Tohatsu Leatherneck at 3:58pm 02.28.21 Thanks so much. I'll go down to the slip tomorrow and check it out.
Issues removing cutless bearing. DayDreamer41 at 3:08pm 02.28.21 You could try something like this to reinforce the collet https://www.amazon.com/Climax-2C-125-Two-P
Boarding step build Hayden Watson at 2:45pm 02.28.21 I purchased a Hunter 466 this spring and it came with a dilapidated rigid step that was made of ply
Issues removing cutless bearing. snoopy_ at 2:41pm 02.28.21
Onan 8K Gen losing coolant HandsOnTech at 2:41pm 02.28.21 Ok, after several iterations of video recording with my cell phone I have determined that there are
Follow up to creating Seatalk Network 19thol at 2:41pm 02.28.21 I can't answer all your questions, I can just tell you I have an Axiom 7. ST60 speed and depth, whi
Onan 8K Gen losing coolant Terry Cox at 2:31pm 02.28.21 Ok, after several iterations of video recording with my cell phone I have determined that there are
i got carried away... SailingLoto at 2:06pm 02.28.21 Quite the craftsman, @SailingLoto ! :beer: thank you sir
Onan 8K Gen losing coolant HandsOnTech at 1:51pm 02.28.21 Ok, after several iterations of video recording with my cell phone I have determined that there are
Issues removing cutless bearing. DayDreamer41 at 1:50pm 02.28.21 Just wondering, if there are no set screws what holds it in the strut? I guess the next move would
new to sailing i seek experience Capt Robbie at 1:45pm 02.28.21 welcome aboard ???????? always great to see a power boater cross over from the dark side ??
Issues removing cutless bearing. Rick486 at 1:40pm 02.28.21 No set screws. I checked for set screws a few months ago, but wanted to wait for the boat to be so

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