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Dufour 1998 35 Classic Help crbboca at 9:24pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 2/413 .....The upper spreaders were lost during the transportation of my boat. It is a two spreader mast.
Beneteau certification or CE of the Boat merlera at 9:19pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 3/492 please anyone knows where or how i can get the CE of my boat ocean clipper 361 of 1999 or a nenete
Dufour 35 Classic Help crbboca at 9:11pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 1/8 I need the Upper spreader length on a two spreader mast 1998 35 classic. Mine were lost during tra
Honey, where are the shrunken kids? (2) SoSound at 7:30pm 08.10.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 17/1686 Has anyone installed a tilt davit system (or snap davit) on the swim step of a recent vintage (small
Sad day, and no way to fix Daveinet at 6:59pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 59/5147 As a matter of a couple of hours ago I lost my sailboat. We got a very abrupt tornado warning. I pre
im trying to locate the pin that holds the keel on a 1969 mcgrager 21 ft i need to re due the keel any help would be great thanks howard2383 at 4:45pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 7/475 i have a 1969 macgrager 21ft sailboat,Im need to remove the keel but cant find pi locating to remove
Fuel Starvation and The Obscure Ball Check Valve (1) Stu Jackson at 4:05pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 34/15993 On September 20, 2019, I was motoring back from a few enjoyable nights at my favorite local anchorag
I am looking for a mainsail for an 77 oday 22 sandmfhb at 4:03pm 08.10.20 Ask An Oday Owner 6/594 Hello, My Wife and I just bought an 77 oday 22 and we are looking for a mainsail for it. That was th
H-34 Manual Fuel Check YVRguy at 2:34pm 08.10.20 Big Boats 15/1984 We have a Hunter 34 with no fuel gauge. (The PO had installed a Snake River system but it has never
Johnson raw water pump: leaking seal (2) jaysweet at 2:13pm 08.10.20 Engines and Propulsion 8/8120 So this is more of an informational / sparking conversation posting, as I don't really think I have
CDI (Cruising Designs Inc) Reefer I continuous line furler (1) oldlaxer1 at 2:11pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 1/574 I have an old CDI continuous line furler on our new to us boat. I hate it. Partly because the PO d
Spinnaker Halyard exit (1) dmax at 1:57pm 08.10.20 Bigger Boats 2/1336 I'm replacing my halyards and masthead sheaves, adding a spinnaker halyard as my boat did not have o
Fresh water pressure problem on my 2014 385 johnperri55 at 1:55pm 08.10.20 Big Boats 4/1484 My new baby arrived about 6 weeks ago. Having fun learning the boat and some good sailing. on fresh
Boat with CDI needed for photoshoot in Los Angeles area DrJudyB at 1:39pm 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 0/334 Hi all, I'm looking for a boat with a new-ish CDI furler so a photographer can take a couple of pi
Install Life raft bracket/cradle on bow of Hunter 41DS. Jonkistemaker at 12:55pm 08.10.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 21/2515 Hey everyone, I just purchased a Hunter 41DS and was wondering if anyone has installed a life raft
Propane tank questions Dr. D at 11:08am 08.10.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 21/5038 My Oceanis 35.1 has the small 5 lb propane tank in a very tight locker. Since it is so small and I'm
Mast rake, how much? SteveLKN at 11:07am 08.10.20 Catalina 275 7/3380 It seems to me that my boat has a lot of mast rake (approx 12" at the top of flaked mainsail), how m
Foamy Water (1) FlyorSail at 10:42am 08.10.20 Catalina 310 6/1176 Any ideas as to why the water in my 2002 Catalina 310s Head is foamy?
TS Josephine <--- TD Eleven <--- Invest 95L (3) JamesG161 at 8:17am 08.10.20 Weather and Forecasting 5/833 Time of year for more West African LOWs to spin off. BD is best for next 2 days. A quick look, at t
Foamy Water (1) FlyorSail at 7:28am 08.10.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 17/2869 Any ideas as to why the water in my 2002 Catalina 310s Head is foamy? Thanks!

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Cutless Bearing Set Screws LakeOntario270 at 2:14pm 02.04.25 I don't remember what my set screws were made of. They were 1/4" x 20 that I bought at the marina.
Easy solution for Catalina 310 companionway crib boards BC Bernie at 2:00pm 02.04.25 I went super simple: Home Depot - used a sheet of corrugated roofing sheet. Cheap. Strong and light.
Runaway diesel dLj at 1:59pm 02.04.25 You kind of changed the focus from "the engine has to be at 200rpm to start" to something about han
Cutless Bearing Set Screws dlochner at 1:49pm 02.04.25 Even though you are in freshwater, do not put brass below the water line. Bronze only or 316 SS.
Cutless Bearing Set Screws duck21 at 12:37pm 02.04.25 Oo, indeed -- McMaster-Carr has a ton of bronze/brass options. Thanks for the recommendation!
Runaway diesel Jumpstart at 12:32pm 02.04.25 so what actually caused the crank oil to generate the run-away condition? I.m not sure. When the p
Cutless Bearing Set Screws dlochner at 12:23pm 02.04.25 You can try McMaster-Carr for bronze set screws, they seem to have just about every fastener known t
Runaway diesel dlochner at 12:18pm 02.04.25 My terminology may not be precise or even correct, and may be confusing. Go back to the section of
Runaway diesel (2) Ralph Johnstone at 12:18pm 02.04.25 I have the same engine and even after I cleaned/repainted it and varnished surrounding wood it look
Runaway diesel colemj at 12:09pm 02.04.25 I'm confused by this sentence. I've always thought RPM was rotational speed, velocity is synonym fo
Runaway diesel colemj at 12:00pm 02.04.25 I'm not sure what you are pointing out with the above. When one wants to hand crank a diesel engin
Runaway diesel dlochner at 11:57am 02.04.25 The engine doesn't have to get to a 200rpm velocity to start - it only has to achieve a 200rpm rate
Rhode Island - Expired Flares Turn-In Events Don S/V ILLusion at 10:56am 02.04.25
Cajun Ground Hog Day! (1) Will Gilmore at 10:25am 02.04.25 Here in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand, "Chedi," the stupa of Wat Phra Mahathat, felt a raindrop toda
Runaway diesel (1) Calif. Ted at 10:16am 02.04.25 I always hate when Ralph posts pictures of his engine compartment because I have the same engine and
Runaway diesel MikeHoncho at 9:41am 02.04.25 I had a runaway engine with a Yanmar 1gm10. Motoring at 3000 rpm. Martec prop spun off shaft. Engin
Seattle Boat Show (1) jssailem at 9:27am 02.04.25 I mentioned Gig Harbor Boat Works. They are now producing the little boat work horse for PacificNW w
Looking to replicate this transmission cable bracket. MaryEllaRose at 8:56am 02.04.25
Runaway diesel dLj at 8:42am 02.04.25 Cranking speed is a rate of change, not a velocity, as explained in the text above. The engine doe
Yanmar 2GM20F Shifter Reversed kappykaplan at 8:41am 02.04.25 CSTim, welcome to the forum. Recommend you create a new thread instead of resurrecting one that is

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