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Pencil Zinc Joe DiCianni at 1:43am 04.28.03 Mid-Size Boats 5/1450 I removed my zinc for the first time ,from the heat exchanger ' it was dissolved down to the brass b
Help keep my car out of water ! Edward Steenstra III at 1:39am 04.28.03 Ask All Sailors 5/1218 Need to devise a way of keeping car out of salt water at boat ramps. Strap system perhaps or bar wit
Marine Carpet in cabin Steve at 1:06am 04.28.03 Smaller Boats 11/2520 Has anybody installed marine carpet in the cabin of an H240? Was it installed with glue, tape, velc
Catalina 27 with 5411 & 2:1 trans. How fast? John at 12:50am 04.28.03 Mid-Size Boats 2/1066 My boat has a three bladed prop (I've also tried a two bladed) and under normal conditions I can do
Flexible couplings.... Anthony Bavuso at 12:20am 04.28.03 Smaller Boats 2/925 Greetings,I have some questions about the drive train installation on your Yanmar inboard powered
engine replacement cables draft at 12:19am 04.28.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1123 I need tips from anyone who has replaced control cables on Hunters with edson steering pedistle
Shaft Alignment Randy Chitwood at 12:16am 04.28.03 Mid-Size Boats 5/1050 Does anyone have any experience with any changes in shaft/engine alignment as a C30 is moved from th
BOOM VANG Dennis Rielly at 11:20pm 04.27.03 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1213 I will installing a rope boom vang on my '81 30 shortly, but I'm a little concerned about where to a
Raritan PHII Not Pumping Laura Bertran at 10:40pm 04.27.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1626 My one year old PHII, which was working perfectly at layup last fall, is not pumping in raw water. P
Replacing Exhaust Flap Assembly Jamie Taylor at 10:34pm 04.27.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/1533 I recently purchased a stainless steal exhaust flap assembly from Catalina Direct. Any advise on rem
Drilling into my Mast Doug Dannen at 10:31pm 04.27.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1041 I'm installing a Lazy Jack system on my Oday 272 and it requires me to install two cheek blocks on t
Finding woodwork? Mark Nelson at 9:50pm 04.27.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1041 I've just purchased a 1976 Catalina 30 and would like to replace all the woodwork on the deck. Where
Installing a new halyard Lewis at 8:16pm 04.27.03 Ask All Sailors 6/2572 I plan on installing a new main halyard and outhaul. Are there any tricks to insure a smooth operati
Loose pulpit screws Leif Arneson at 5:15pm 04.27.03 Smaller Boats 6/1274 The (machine) screws attaching the after pulpit stanchions to the deck on my Hunter water ballast ar
Looking for a good sailboat pls help! Tim at 4:21pm 04.27.03 Ask All Sailors 3/1082 Being a temporary "landlocked" sailor I have "caught" the fever agin to purchase a sailboat. I used
3 Blade Propeller?? Leif Askeland at 3:41pm 04.27.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/963 My 36 Hunter Vision has the factory installed 2-blade propeller. The boat has always seemed to be s
Pacific Sail Expo Rick Dober s/v Baytrek at 2:20pm 04.27.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1294 Peggie, It was a pleasure meeting you at the boat show yesterday. Too bad the publisher didn't
Engine belched out an oily slick Hans Baart at 1:41pm 04.27.03 Big Boats 1/756 Can anyone give some insight on this?I started my Yanmar 3GMF today after not having run it for abo
Centerboard Repairs Arnie Hoffman at 1:25pm 04.27.03 Ask An Oday Owner 1/969 Just a FYI to those with C.B. 30's. When I bought my '82 last summer the previous owner had wedged
Bottom Paint and a centerboard? Geof at 1:09pm 04.27.03 Ask All Sailors 9/3827 So, last year, our first year with our O'Day 25, and I let the yard do the bottom paint. We were ou

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High winds srimes at 12:37pm 09.30.20 What causes you to think you need to adjust your rake and tension shrouds? I was unable to tack. M
Windlass install (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:33pm 09.30.20 Can you please make some guesstimates here ?
20 or 25hp for a WM 350 tender planoron at 12:30pm 09.30.20 If you visit us up here , remember that small craft harbours have speed limits ( 5 knots Or minimum
SEA -FIRE FM200 MODEL FG and FD Fire EXTINGUISHERS sail sfbay at 12:08pm 09.30.20 ..............Also reached out to a "marine" fire extinguisher business in MD to determine if they s
Windlass install (2) vmaks at 11:54am 09.30.20 Back atcha,no pun intended...already had back surgery and ice climbing did me in for 2 shoulder reco
What to do if you lose your rig. dlochner at 11:53am 09.30.20 I found myself down the Google internet rabbit hole looking for a hand tool that would be useful to
High winds rgranger at 11:49am 09.30.20 Just to make sure we are using the correct terms, when you say you are on a starboard tack, you mean
New sailer Glsawyer at 11:44am 09.30.20 If you liked that one the second book will be even more enlightening. Happens right on the waters t
Anchor locker drainage Ralph Johnstone at 11:38am 09.30.20 What is the need to drain that last inch of water in the anchor locker ?
Windlass install (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:27am 09.30.20 My problem (as well as many others here) is that we don't have a Pearson 31 to refer to. Sorry to sa
Hunter 386 HeadStay issue sail sfbay at 11:07am 09.30.20 Ouch!! My two cents is this looks like a candidate for a rigger to resolve.
Skeg sail sfbay at 11:05am 09.30.20 Welcome to the forum!! You might find these threads on this subject helpful: https://forums.sailbo
New Solar Panel and MC4 Connectors Richard19068 at 10:42am 09.30.20 The "solar panel wire" may have thicker insulation because part of the run will be exposed to UV. A
Needed Santana 22 Stanchions Ron20324 at 10:42am 09.30.20 I have a 1967 Santana 22 I am restoring and the original Stanchion were bent/broken. 719-641-3461
20 or 25hp for a WM 350 tender Michael Davis at 10:41am 09.30.20 I agree with capta. i had a 9.9 on a ten footer that easily put it up on plane. How fast do you n
Connecting NMEA 0183 from nexus classic daydreamerjr at 10:39am 09.30.20 Anyone?
3D Printed Tiller Tamer Captain of the Tipsy at 10:38am 09.30.20 Thanks! Works great on my Hunter 240.
Windlass install (4) vmaks at 10:28am 09.30.20 OK, small problem...boat is now in dry storage for the winter,4.5 hrs away. The pics I have is it ti
What to do if you lose your rig. Hunter216 at 10:26am 09.30.20 I found myself down the Google internet rabbit hole looking for a hand tool that would be useful to
Yanmar SB8 - Shut off Cable copaco at 10:17am 09.30.20 I have had this shut-off problem with my Yanmar sb 8.I drilled a hole in the throttle lever and rigg

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