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Harness tether came unclipped srimes at 7:09am 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 15/3287 Went for a solo sail Saturday in rough conditions, making sure to wear my tether. At one point I loo
Help me with mainsail please! Bubbadog at 6:13am 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 19/1602
Laguna 26 (2) SailingLoto at 5:31am 08.10.20 Ask All Sailors 6/1430 picked this up for $800. I've already gutted it and started repairs. Anyone familiar with these bo
New to us, 1981 Catalina 22 Hull #10001 (6) Naglfari at 5:20am 08.10.20 Catalina 22 7/898 Ahoy all, I recently talked a group of fools into buying the aforementioned cat. I've previously ow
Looking to replace sea frost refrigerator and freezer 2007 Bene 373 Larrycadman at 4:48am 08.10.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/782 Has anyone replaced the seafrost system including changing out the existing refrigerator and freezer
First Weekend as a Widgeon Owner (1) Kyle Partain at 8:07pm 08.09.20 Day Sailers 9/1454 So, I bought my 1973 Widgeon on Thursday morning, hauled it home, worked a few hours and then rigged
What conditions can a water ballast boat sail in? Bdeller at 6:28pm 08.09.20 Trailer Sailors 48/5495 Hello, I am considering a trailer sailboat. I have been researching all the various options. The wat
Beneteau 331 galley storage above fridge compressor BayGirl at 5:41pm 08.09.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1668 The galley storage above the fridge compressor is obviously hot. I find it more convenient to store
Coolant "filling neck" 4JH4E yanmar...... (1) NYSail at 5:11pm 08.09.20 Engines and Propulsion 9/1200 Hello all! So yanmar 4JH4E has a pressed on filling neck for coolant. Have heard these are an issue
Tohatsu 9.8 JBird at 3:23pm 08.09.20 Ask All Sailors 7/2309 I have a Tohatsu 9.8hp outboard that shifts fine from neutral to forward and neutral to reverse but
Help! Fresh water system sucking air? Stephentrapani at 2:14pm 08.09.20 The Cherubini Hunters 23/4572 I have a '79 H33 and my fresh water system started acting like it was sucking air, spitting out air
Anyone have any idea what this is? (1) ShawnL at 1:35pm 08.09.20 Catalina 22 4/1205 This was in the boxes of boat stuff the PO gave me with the boat. Anyone have any idea what it is,
Top it up and hope???? odaydokay at 1:15pm 08.09.20 Engines and Propulsion 15/1165 My Honda 2.3 dink OB was attached to the stern pulpit and during the storm somehow managed to do an
Widgeon - another replacement question - buoyancy foam replacement tdol87 at 11:36am 08.09.20 Ask An Oday Owner 6/988 1964 Widgeon has buoyancy foam running along the top of port and starboard sides, under the fibergl
More heavy-air practice in my Mac26D (1) srimes at 11:35am 08.09.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/2568 Went out solo yesterday! Weather buoy recorded 29kts gusting 37 and very steep 8.2/8.9ft waves at 5.
Widgeon - rotted transom - suggestions on how to cut the stern bench (or not) to replace the full wooden transom (4) tdol87 at 10:52am 08.09.20 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1024 Looking for suggestions - including repair folks local to north/central NJ or Ithaca NY - for repl
Below Decks Autopilot Install on 92 C-30 gvsho at 8:59am 08.09.20 Catalina 30 6/2454 Looking for guidance on installing a below decks AP on a 92 C-30 Tall Rig. I inherited a B'G NAC-3
Precision 21' - self righting ? Bluenoser at 7:58am 08.09.20 Precision 3/4008 Purchased a 98 Precision 21' and having lots of fun but am a little concerned about what might happe
1998 H376 Cutlass Bearing Part Number or Dimensions pparker99 at 7:57am 08.09.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/464 Hi All, Anyone have a PN or dimensions for '98 Hunter 376 cutlass bearing? Phil
Specs of the backrest panel on the aft port side ironmig at 7:08am 08.09.20 Catalina 22 15/1300

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Runaway diesel Jumpstart at 8:35am 02.04.25 I had a runaway engine with a Yanmar 1gm10. Motoring at 3000 rpm. Martec prop spun off shaft. Engine
GPS Antenna Quandary (1) DRhoads at 8:27am 02.04.25 From the original question see below in red_ish. I think I may have to replace the RS120 GPS antenn
Yanmar 2GM20F Shifter Reversed CSTim at 8:18am 02.04.25 The painted bracket looks like it is a Yanmar part, while the unpainted is the modification. Am I c
Raritan Seara bowl fills with water Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:09am 02.04.25 but how often does a "vented loop" need servicing? On the discharge side it seems like a replacement
GPS Antenna Quandary marcham at 7:28am 02.04.25 What I may do is in stall my Em Trak B954 and see if it sends sentences (it has its own internal GP
GPS Antenna Quandary jssailem at 7:23am 02.04.25 Sounds good. Test and Verify. The unit is either transmitting GPS strings on the network or it is no
Cajun Ground Hog Day! (2) jssailem at 7:18am 02.04.25 It's time to call the winery and order up 6 cases of WVV Estate Pinot Noir. It looks like winter
Motorhome Mariners Urban Hermit at 6:56am 02.04.25 If everybody in the marina rushes you with boat hooks and fenders. (Or if you call fenders "bumpers
Motorhome Mariners danm1 at 6:44am 02.04.25 You might be a motor home mariner if you come into the dock shouting "Where are the brakes?"
Motorhome Mariners Urban Hermit at 6:30am 02.04.25 If you believe everything NOAA tells you.
Motorhome Mariners Urban Hermit at 6:27am 02.04.25
GPS Antenna Quandary nhodgson at 6:23am 02.04.25 A great idea. I looked up the C80 install manual. The RS120 was connected to Seatalk backbone. It a
GPS Antenna Quandary jssailem at 6:12am 02.04.25 I may see if when I connect my Em Tral B954 AIS (it has its own internal gps) to the the MFD via NM
Runaway diesel colemj at 5:36am 02.04.25 Cranking speed is a rate of change, not a velocity, as explained in the text above. The engine does
Motorhome Mariners DaveJ at 5:05am 02.04.25
Cajun Ground Hog Day! (1) Tally Ho at 4:52am 02.04.25
Retired person with too much time on his hands? Tally Ho at 4:46am 02.04.25 Yeah, it does get hot! Not to be used as a clothes dryer! Greg
GPS Antenna Quandary nhodgson at 4:29am 02.04.25 Thanks MFD, I think you and Marcham are right What I may do is in stall my Em Trak B954 and see if
GPS Antenna Quandary nhodgson at 4:26am 02.04.25 I have a C120 plotter and one of the old RS12x (0 or 5, can't recall). It only feeds the C120, noth
GPS Antenna Quandary nhodgson at 4:25am 02.04.25 RS125 had it's own list of issues.... you probably won't get an accurate date with that one either.

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