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OMC Zephyr sail drive (2) ewilkar at 3:13pm 09.07.20 Engines and Propulsion 2/2349 Water in the cylinder head coming from the intake port. Where can the problem be?, the engine does n
H23 after maintenance (6) P100D at 2:55pm 09.07.20 Smaller Boats 5/596 2 weeks worth of maintenance complete. Keel to Hull joint re-faired. Sanded to gelcoat. Barrier coat
Rigging turning while raising the mast (3) patrickfarley at 2:16pm 09.07.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 17/2089 I have a mast raising system that clips onto the two standup poles that support the rail. A rope le
Color fading in grey hull (2) Dr. D at 12:38pm 09.07.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1665 As you can see from the pictures below, the grey hull of my 35.1 seems to have some faded area. I do
Negative Bus Location SlideRule at 10:35am 09.07.20 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1349
1962 Rhodes 19 - does it float? rbaevergreen at 9:48am 09.07.20 Day Sailers 2/918 I'm working on fixing up my new-to-me 1962 Rhodes 19 centerboard. The previous owner said it almost
Cal 29 - loose rudder post lokeypod at 9:21am 09.07.20 Cal 5/3041 Hello, new 1969 Cal 29 owner here! Hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I have been
Family Hunter Rendezvous (1) Mikem at 8:38am 09.07.20 Ask All Sailors 3/463 From left to right. My daughter in her new to her 1984 H37, Harmonic, me in our 2003 H466 Wings of G
Owners manual - B�n�teau First 33.7 lawyer33.7 at 7:38am 09.07.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1360
Fall Mainbrace... rpludwig at 6:25am 09.07.20 Catalina 22 0/640 some good C22 info here, especially on Ruddercraft... https://www.catalina22.org/index.php/download
Repairing cockpit floor Jan Z at 5:33am 09.07.20 Columbia 1/1028 I have a 1975 Columbia 26 MKII with a crack along base of port side locker and would like ideas on h
Sonar transducer in San Juan 23: chirping sonar? (1) idouglas1304 at 11:47pm 09.06.20 San Juan Sailboats 1/2068 I am involved in a San Juan 23 restoration project at the Calgary Yacht Club in Alberta, Canada. I
San Juan 23 pendulum stabilized non encoding wind indicator replacement (1) idouglas1304 at 11:21pm 09.06.20 San Juan Sailboats 2/1618 Hello, I am involved in restoring a San Juan 23 at the Calgary Yacht Club in Canada. The wind indic
Is the C25 capable of traveling from Fort Myers FL, to the Bahamas. circledog at 7:18pm 09.06.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/2873 Hello Everyone, hoping you Can give some advice on the boat. It would be our First sailboat. Our Pl
Battery charging question Weasel at 6:17pm 09.06.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/7
Battery charging question Weasel at 6:12pm 09.06.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/2634
Westerbeke W21 Oil Dipstick Location Greatdaner6 at 5:12pm 09.06.20 Big Boats 1/583
Someone boarded us while we were gone Rick at 4:39pm 09.06.20 Sails Call Lounge 28/3662 Had an interesting trip to Catalina Island two weeks ago. Was a miserable crossing, probably the wo
Lewmar DC1 (1) Drinky Crow at 4:04pm 09.06.20 Racing 4/1122 The "domino" ones. https://www.defender.com/images/secondary/DC_CLUTCH_2.jpg Anyone get slippage w
Galley or Cabin "Door" on 1983 H22 SonShine at 10:48am 09.06.20 Smaller Boats 11/1327 I'm just wondering.... My 1983 H22 has a door consisting of 4 slats of wood leading into the galley

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Thoughts on replacing 9 year old agm batteries on a B323 JBP-PA at 12:57pm 03.31.25 You can use an older charger with AGM/gel settings for LFP, but you have to monitor it and turn it o
Thoughts on replacing 9 year old agm batteries on a B323 dlochner at 12:39pm 03.31.25 Thanks. I was surprised at the current price of lithium batteries and unhappy that the agms have j
Emergency Manual capta at 12:33pm 03.31.25 With over 6 decades of seafaring, professionally and for pleasure, I never found a need for such a t
Thoughts on replacing 9 year old agm batteries on a B323 Phil Mac at 12:23pm 03.31.25 Thanks. I was surprised at the current price of lithium batteries and unhappy that the agms have ju
Refresh teak - exterior (1) skunther at 12:08pm 03.31.25
Y33 bimini and dodger Riptide33 at 12:01pm 03.31.25 This is perfect, thank you!
Refresh teak - exterior skunther at 11:54am 03.31.25 Thanks. It is attached to a removable fiberglass helm seat. The princess/pulpit seats have removable
Table in cabin? Arrgh at 11:32am 03.31.25 I had an Oday 22 that had the holes in the floor for that base, but never actually had a table. I a
Engine Stern Tube for Hunter 29.5 jssailem at 10:36am 03.31.25 Is your stern tube solid and in place? If so, no need to repair/replace. The OP said that his stern
Sailing Season(spring) jssailem at 10:33am 03.31.25
Thoughts on replacing 9 year old agm batteries on a B323 (1) jssailem at 10:31am 03.31.25 9 years on an AGM battery, that is damn good. Your house bank has two AGM 80Ah batteries that mean
Sailing Season(spring) RussC at 10:14am 03.31.25 Here in SW Oregon the snowpack is 150% of normal right now. our main sailing lake is already 15-20%
EPIRBS Timm R Oday25 at 9:59am 03.31.25 We have the ACR brand .They have been excellant in getting our units battery replaced and back to us
Catalina 30 electrical system feedback dlochner at 9:57am 03.31.25 Had a chance to enlarge the drawings so I can actually read them. :) When designing an electrical
EPIRBS Cptd at 9:41am 03.31.25 Great, thank you, was looking at ACR, mellow yellow !
Sailing Season(spring) Terry Cox at 9:38am 03.31.25 Coyotes bout the only wild critters in our precincts. Don't care much for grass, just rabbits, cats
VHF SWR results... BAD ORCA at 9:32am 03.31.25 From your post 33 I take it that you found that the previously made fittings were defective so ever
EPIRBS dlochner at 9:28am 03.31.25 ACR or Ocean Signal are good brands. Not much if any difference. Both brands are owned by the same c
Pearson keel PaulM317 at 9:26am 03.31.25 Hi Paul. I have sailed on a Pearson. Great boat. Your crack on the keel is not unique to Pearson 30
VHF SWR results... BAD ORCA at 9:11am 03.31.25 Can you share any details of the crimp connectors? Sure, I used these. https://www.amazon.com/dp

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