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Heat exchanger David Moon at 5:49am 05.13.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/977 I have taken apart the raw water system on my 1990 c30 M3-20 and cleaned it for the season but wonde
Mast Height Eric Swift at 4:42am 05.13.03 Big Boats 6/5190 Does anyone know the mast height for an H34 from the water line. The specs on this web page say 51 f
Boat Cradles Craig Boise at 4:29am 05.13.03 Ask All Sailors 0/1384 Does anyone have experience with JOWI boat cradles. They are about twice as much as some other crad
Frozen Mike at 4:17am 05.13.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1130 I sail my 28' Oday on the Great Lakes and when I put her on the hard for winter lay-up it means it w
Universal M-18 oil leak Patrick at 4:09am 05.13.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1279 I just discovered I have an oil leak and it seems to be coming from the pan.It appears to be coming
Renault RC8D Mike Zylka at 4:03am 05.13.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1103 Back in March 2003, someone mentioned that they had an old parts manual for 1979 Renault RC8D engine
main sails from hunter chandlery- any experience? Bob Perkowski at 3:59am 05.13.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/893 i need a new main for my 1984 hunter 31. i have a quote from uk sailmakers out here for $1998 which
Mold Lex at 3:58am 05.13.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1035 I have a Catalina 27. Below the "v" bunk is alot of mold. There is just no way to get in to clean
Delivery Recommendation needed Dave at 3:53am 05.13.03 Ask All Sailors 0/855 Can anyone recommend a captain to deliver a 30-footer from Manitowoc to Waukegan?
looking for a paddle/boom cradle 14' oday w hallett at 3:41am 05.13.03 Day Sailers 2/1757 do you know where i can find one of these for an older oday 14 plus the hardware?
Help - Rigging an O'Day 28 Mark at 3:34am 05.13.03 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1599 Hello.I am thinking of purchasing an O'Day 28, and would like to know procedure to "tune the rig";
Dimensions of prop shaft H 31 0 Peter Hoenderop at 2:47am 05.13.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/879 I am owning a Hunter 310 build in 1997 with a yanmar engine. The propellor shaft is 25 mm. Can anybo
Anchor locker Carl Lebo at 2:19am 05.13.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/957 I've been kicking around the idea of adding an anchor locker. Is there a kit that would help or woul
Setting for a three blade PYI on new Hunter 386 Floyd at 1:27am 05.13.03 Other Sailboats 1/921 We are about to launch a new Hunter 386 with a PYI three blade prop and want to be sure on the corre
Spotlight electrical connector (1) Gary at 12:20am 05.13.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1118 I have a Catalina 30 on which there is a small electrical connector (fitting) just below the engine
Gelcoat repair Tim at 11:02pm 05.12.03 Ask All Sailors 4/1065 Does anyone here have any experience with the gelcoat repair kits that marine stores sell? Do they
non skid deck paint vendor and color John Fisher at 10:30pm 05.12.03 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1029 WE HAVE A FEW HAIRLINE CRACKS IN THE NON-SKID SURFACE AREAS OF OUR 86 272 .WE HAVE FILLED THE CRACKS
How identify source of engine problems? Stuart at 9:13pm 05.12.03 Big Boats 10/1069 Have a 1999 Hunter 340. We've had two instances of issues with our Yanmar.First occured while m
Internal Halyard Sheave JimR at 9:02pm 05.12.03 Smaller Boats 1/1014 Trying to find the replacement No. of the Internal halyard sheaves P'S located at the bottom of the
Boom topping lift (2) Ray Dobmeier at 8:59pm 05.12.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1519 We just launched and rigged our 1994 26S Mac. Nowhere in the manual does it even mention the boom t

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Sea Tow to discontinue Automated Radio Check Service shemandr at 6:39am 10.24.20 After I got mine I spent hours on programming. If I test it I will need be be within 5 miles or les
Battery Sizing RoyS at 6:36am 10.24.20 Your autopilot will not draw anywhere near the value you used here. In your calculations half of you
Yanmar 3JH3E Engine Maintenance Gary Ryan at 6:35am 10.24.20 Hey, I went online to Yanmar where they have a Marine Portal. Long story short, I messaged them reg
Sea Tow to discontinue Automated Radio Check Service Jackdaw at 6:35am 10.24.20 I spent a little time trying to remember the process. I got the name and MMSI added , turned to Ch
Balboa 24 ; water getting in thru-hull somehow shemandr at 6:33am 10.24.20 ...stupid question; what is the difference between a thru-hull and a bilge area. maybe it is the
Replacing Danfoss 101N0210 with 101N0212 RitSim at 6:29am 10.24.20 JK Boston's comment is valid. Most of these controllers have a low voltage cutout.
Sea Tow to discontinue Automated Radio Check Service All U Get at 6:24am 10.24.20 I spent a little time trying to remember the process. I got the name and MMSI added , turned to Ch
98 hunter H26 - Add chair? RoyS at 6:18am 10.24.20 CaptainRan, You mentioned that you are looking for a tall seat at the helm. Hopefully you can find a
Osiris Rex? justsomeguy at 6:17am 10.24.20 Whoopsie... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-asteroid/nasa-probe-leaking-astero
Can't Connect Hose to Seacock jssailem at 6:15am 10.24.20 :plus: With @dlochner. I would not grind anything. Silly question, you measured the hose inside
The kind of year it has been shemandr at 6:14am 10.24.20 ... Handrails are waiting on enough courage to buzz up $90 worth of teak. Pictures to follow. When
Fell in love with the MacGregor 26M, but... Jim26m at 6:02am 10.24.20 @Tally Ho brings up some great points from the other side of the force. 1. If you can afford the s
Can't Connect Hose to Seacock dlochner at 5:43am 10.24.20 Clean and lubricate the hose barb. Dish detergent works, a water based lube works (KY-Jelly). Heat
Problems with fresh water manual supply Jammins2 at 5:34am 10.24.20 Thank you. I will have a look.
Can't Connect Hose to Seacock surfstud31 at 5:31am 10.24.20
Converting from roller furled to hank on Joe at 5:22am 10.24.20 What kind of furler do you have? Does the foil have twin grooves. Can you remove the drum and stil
problems filling diesel tank sailme88 at 5:10am 10.24.20 Thanks, sailme88, i appreciate it. Any idea where the nipple is? Looking at the first of your 2 p
Diesels love their oil like a sailor likes his rum. DayDreamer41 at 3:14am 10.24.20 I don't have any experience with a Westerbeke, but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night..
Replacing Danfoss 101N0210 with 101N0212 JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 12:16am 10.24.20 I replaced the Danfoss module, still compressor would not come on. I bypassed the thermostat same p
Can't Connect Hose to Seacock sgiarc at 12:06am 10.24.20 Don't grind anything down. Just use boiling water. If you can't dunk it in the water just boil a ket

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