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CABIN HEAT Bob Schnekenburger at 6:23am 05.12.03 Mid-Size Boats 8/1204 In order to extend my sailing season, I'm about to take the plunge and install a permanent cabin hea
Spring Start Up Yanmar 2gmf Dan o. at 6:11am 05.12.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1093 My engine was properly winterized and this being my 1st diesel engine, is there anything to be done
Suggestions for traveler replacement C 27? mjbliemel at 6:10am 05.12.03 Mid-Size Boats 13/2094 I am a bit confused as to what I should get to replace the stock traveler system on my 1978 Catalina
A/C for Hunter 28.5 Jim Clower at 6:08am 05.12.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1072 Has anyone added A/C to their Hunter 28.5? I recently purchased a 1988, 28.5 and want to add A/C.
Water In The Bilge Allan B. at 6:00am 05.12.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1018 I have an O'day 322 and never had any problems with water leaking into the bilge (their is always so
Butyl Tape for WIndows? Randy Kolb at 5:54am 05.12.03 Smaller Boats 1/1835 The windows on my 1986 C22 leak. I am about to repair them (remove ' reseal with the black caulk-li
Anybody know who made the traveler on the 90's 28 Paul Aubrecht at 5:48am 05.12.03 Mid-Size Boats 8/864 I need to replace the endstops and the main sheet on my 93 28 but I cant find any info on the travel
Roller Reefing Lines Chic Lasser at 5:31am 05.12.03 Big Boats 3/932 On our boat the past owner has the reefing line for the headsail on the starboard side of the boat.
Holes in Head wall over door Bill at 5:23am 05.12.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1018 There is a series of 5 holes over the inside of the head door frame and 2 down the latch side of the
Leak at Launching Steve Carpman at 5:22am 05.12.03 Ask All Sailors 1/1077 When launching our 1991 Hunter 37.5 last Friday, almost as soon as we dropped her in, water began co
3GM Engine shudders Bill at 5:19am 05.12.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1183 While trying to back into my slip this weekend on my new Catalina 320 I gave short bursts of power i
7 days of water? Bryan at 5:11am 05.12.03 Ask All Sailors 12/1093 7 day bareboat. 6 people ( 3 adult, 3 kids). 80 gal water tank. No place to reprovison. Any ideas
Slip docking Rob at 5:05am 05.12.03 Ask All Sailors 52/11109 My soon to be wife (new to sailing),and I had our first semi heated debate on docking last weekend..
Repower from 5411 to an M18? Todd Osborne (Windwalker) at 4:59am 05.12.03 Mid-Size Boats 0/870 I'm looking at repowering ' found a used M18 to replace my aging 5411. Anyone have experience doing
Condensation Frank Mott at 4:59am 05.12.03 Other Sailboats 1/822 The refrigerator on our new C-350 forms a significant amount of counter top condensation and runs (a
inflatable how to? how to get the motor mounted, jim c at 4:58am 05.12.03 Ask All Sailors 5/1036 just purchasing a 10 ft air floor inflatable- can handle an 8 hp outboard- have a question as to how
Serious Rebuild Chuck at 4:53am 05.12.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/864 Just thought I'd share my project with ya'll. It's an 71 Oday 23 Poptop. Have to admit, I'd rather b
Looks like the moon. Joe at 4:23am 05.12.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/902 I recently became the owner of a 22 that needs some TLC. I'll be scraping and painting the bottom s
1977 Cataline 30 gas tank Brian at 4:03am 05.12.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/793 Hi - Does anyone know the dimensions of the original gas tank shipped with the 1977 Catlina 30s?
H26 wheel steering Tim Daley at 3:41am 05.12.03 Smaller Boats 15/1534 Has anyone here retro-fitted an H-26 (the one I just purchased is a '94) for wheel steering ? Any id

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I win! Hayden Watson at 7:19pm 10.23.20 I think you will find that solar is less costly and more consistent.
problems filling diesel tank Ralph Johnstone at 7:04pm 10.23.20
Engine Heating Hot water Ralph Johnstone at 6:57pm 10.23.20 Wild guess says it's an air release fitting, if it's on the coolant side.
problems filling diesel tank kloudie1 at 6:56pm 10.23.20 Sounds like the bugs have plugged your vent outlet fitting..
eye candy (2) Jim26m at 6:47pm 10.23.20 Well, maybe not compared to all of the above, but my new galley for my 50 shades of beige boat inter
Temporary Plug for Thru Hull Fitting Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:34pm 10.23.20 Only one thing left to do: install a vented loop in the toilet INTAKE. You'll see where it has to
Toerail damage B323 finding a replacement Mechone at 6:11pm 10.23.20 I don't believe from what I have read on forums that the Beneteau rail is no longer available. If yo
New Sails tkwhalen at 6:08pm 10.23.20 I replaced mine last year with North 3Di sails. The change from my original sails to these is night
Balboa 24 ; water getting in thru-hull somehow Blessed at 6:03pm 10.23.20 How non-porous is that tarp and how much of the deck it covers. Any fixture affixed to the deck c
I win! Glsawyer at 6:02pm 10.23.20 Need help to find a wind generator. 200 or less. I found some on Amazon. 400w for $150 500w for $20
Balboa 24 ; water getting in thru-hull somehow Blessed at 6:00pm 10.23.20
Balboa 24 ; water getting in thru-hull somehow Blessed at 5:59pm 10.23.20 Most boats leak rainwater to some extent. There are so many possible places a boat might leak it w
Converting from roller furled to hank on dlochner at 5:57pm 10.23.20 You can sorta have both. Sorta. My old Harken furler foil has the ability to fly a deck sweeper by
Balboa 24 ; water getting in thru-hull somehow Blessed at 5:54pm 10.23.20 I used to have a Balboa 26. I would also get a lot of water between the cabin liner and the hull.
Drop-in Lithium batteries Johann at 5:54pm 10.23.20 Then again, there's this https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/28718/multiplus-temp-sense-v
H 34 anchor locker hose (5) Mike Oldak at 5:53pm 10.23.20 As requested here are pictures of my repairs to the anchor storage drain
Balboa 24 ; water getting in thru-hull somehow Blessed at 5:52pm 10.23.20 I don't understand why you suspect a thru-hull when you are describing rain water getting into a bo
Battery Sizing sail sfbay at 5:40pm 10.23.20 $168 from this site: https://www.fisheriessupply.com/dyno-battery-dno-30tmx-30tmx
Drop-in Lithium batteries Johann at 5:28pm 10.23.20 Well, I was referencing this thread on victron community: https://community.victronenergy.com/quest
Fell in love with the MacGregor 26M, but... (2) Jim26m at 5:22pm 10.23.20 So probably 350-400 lbs of motor and a big hole in $10K ! I can see why you would choose 60hp! :)

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