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Now thats what I call wind! Russell Egge at 10:31am 05.30.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1245 We left Wickford on Saturday after hearing the 10:30 NOAA forecast that called for 15-25 knots on Na
Cat 22 Vibration Rick at 10:15am 05.30.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1177 I just put my Catalina 22 in the water and was sailing it for the first time this year. For some re
Low RPM Tach on '98 Hunter 376 Larry Stewart at 9:29am 05.30.04 Big Boats 7/1056 Ok today when we went out for a sail; all went well until we dropped the sails and motored in. Even
YSM Single-Lever Engine Control Installed Debo Cox at 8:55am 05.30.04 Mid-Size Boats 1/1407 I thought I'd post this message because back a while ago when I was searching the archives on the su
Daysailer II DannyHatt at 8:20am 05.30.04 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1598 Well folks, Great site and good to be here. I am now a proud owner of a Daysailer II and the only
Yamaha Blues Steve Zweigart at 5:49am 05.30.04 Ask All Sailors 12/1222 After much analysis and many recomendations, I have decided that I want to put a Yamaha 9.9 high-thr
Stern to dock? nancy thompson at 2:18am 05.30.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1095 We are having to moor the Hunter 19 with the stern backed up to a u-shaped floating dock, because th
Oday 272 vs. Precision 27 Doug Dannen at 11:27pm 05.29.04 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1066 I lost my Oday 272 last Aug. because of a lightning strike and I'm searching for a replacement. I f
Opening a NavPod unit Bill C320, Papillon at 11:18pm 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 7/5898 I have a 3 gage (wind, speed, and depth) NavPod housing. I need access to the back of the gages for
Won't Start ( NOW RUNNING) (1) nick maggio at 10:17pm 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1010 I got my yanmar running yesterday afternoon,I was not able to get a diesel pro to look at it and so
YSB12 Diesl ran awayfor 4 mins! No it won't start Dave at 9:23pm 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1152 My YSB12 ran away for four minutes while I went to get ice. Then it shut itself down. Now it won't s
Profurl Track Mis-alignment Steve Carpman at 8:30pm 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 3/1329 We cannot raise our jib on our Hunter Legend 37.5. There is a hnag-up about 30 feet up the headstay
Adding air conditioner Lowell at 7:16pm 05.29.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/909 For those of you that have air conditioning on your Hunter 45 or simular boat where did you locate i
Main Cabin Table Andrew Rose at 6:48pm 05.29.04 Big Boats 0/970 Does anyone have any experience with the extension leaf for the main cabin table? My wife and I have
mooring auger Dan Connelly at 4:03pm 05.29.04 Smaller Boats 5/3486 Does anyone have experience with using an auger as a mooring anchor. The auger in question is 1 inc
260 otboard question free-toe at 11:33am 05.29.04 Smaller Boats 2/874 greetings, today i put my 260 into san diego bay for the summer. when i left the launch ramp i no
Angled Mast (new mast plate) Tom at 11:22am 05.29.04 Smaller Boats 4/1085 I bought the new, improved mast plate from Catalina Direct for my '79 C-22, installed it last month,
connecting a hobbs meter carl1553 at 11:02am 05.29.04 Ask All Sailors 1/1952 hello, what is the prefered way to connect an engine hobbs meter to my yanmar 2qm15 motor. just bou
Boom connection for a boom vang Bill18593 at 10:13am 05.29.04 Smaller Boats 8/1191 We splashed yesterday and got the mast raised while we were at it.As I was rigging the boat today,
Toronto sailor interested in 27 or 30 Catalina John Gilinsky at 9:37am 05.29.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1046 Can any previous or current Catalina owner of any 27 or 30 foot model(S) please advise me as to the

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Garmin striker 4 Tally Ho at 8:16am 01.18.21
Amount of Exhaust Water out the back Michael Davis at 8:06am 01.18.21 I had to DuckDuckGo to find out but it looks like the 5411 is sea water cooled so no HX. I would b
Amount of Exhaust Water out the back Ward H at 7:58am 01.18.21 I had to DuckDuckGo to find out but it looks like the 5411 is sea water cooled so no HX. I would b
1 pound Propane bottles for Kenyon cook top Tally Ho at 7:57am 01.18.21 The 1# bottles should work fine with the appropriate adaptor. I use 5# tanks...but mine are stored
Smallest boat with dedicated shower? Justin_NSA at 7:48am 01.18.21 I think you'll have to go big. My H30T is a wet head. Makes no sense unless you just want to hose of
Prop removal DougM at 7:47am 01.18.21 I had good luck pulling the prop (fresh water boat). Loosening the nut, soaking the shaft on both en
Smallest boat with dedicated shower? Marc the army sailor at 7:44am 01.18.21 How separate? My Sabre 362 has a divided head, one side is the shower, one the head and vanity. It
Smallest boat with dedicated shower? Marc the army sailor at 7:43am 01.18.21 One thing you and your wife will likely find more important than a dedicated shower, is a standard
Smallest boat with dedicated shower? dlochner at 7:38am 01.18.21 One thing you and your wife will likely find more important than a dedicated shower, is a standard s
One more plumbing project checked off dlochner at 7:35am 01.18.21 :plus::beer:
Smallest boat with dedicated shower? dlochner at 7:34am 01.18.21 Or, just offer Dave enough $ to buy his excellent S-362... !! (all boats are said to be for sale
BATTERY BASICS DougM at 7:33am 01.18.21 I have had batteries remaining in the boat in winter storage, completely disconnected, that have sti
Beneteau 373 Single Handing scottthardin at 7:32am 01.18.21 My shoal draft Bene343 is also tender and has a similar setup to a 373. I sail mostly solo and IMO
BATTERY BASICS FastOlson at 7:31am 01.18.21 Mine last 3-4 years. I am getting 9 years out of each set of Trojan deep cycle batteries (golf car
BATTERY BASICS JamesG161 at 7:06am 01.18.21 Battery acid is sulfuric acid, it reacts with the lead plates to make electricity. Lead sulfate for
Smallest boat with dedicated shower? FastOlson at 7:05am 01.18.21 Several choices for a separate-shower design. Ericson 38 and 38-200, and the Ericson 35-3. Strong of
BATTERY BASICS (1) jssailem at 7:03am 01.18.21 Perhaps one of these might help in checking your batteries chemical makeup. eze Refractometer Ethy
BATTERY BASICS dlochner at 7:03am 01.18.21 NO. There are chargers on the market that say you can re condition the batteries back to new. Thi
Nasty smell in heads dlochner at 6:58am 01.18.21 There are a couple of prime suspects. 1- Dead critters in the intake water. When you flush water co
Smallest boat with dedicated shower? (1) dlochner at 6:53am 01.18.21 How separate? My Sabre 362 has a divided head, one side is the shower, one the head and vanity. It i

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