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Oday 272 le Rick D at 12:02pm 03.10.03 Ask An Oday Owner 14/1995 Comcidering moving uo to a 272 but I'm a little concerned about the short wing keel. I prefer sailin
Depth Sounder Install on 23.5, Where's Yours ? Rick Webb at 11:05am 03.10.03 Smaller Boats 2/756 I bought a depth sounder off of ebay, did not think I needed one but got a great deal so figured wha
Dry Tortugas Bryan at 10:37am 03.10.03 Ask All Sailors 9/1240 I am planning to bareboat out of Key West and sail to Dry Tortugas. One week trip on a PDQ 36 catam
Any Power Thruster experience? Mike at 10:34am 03.10.03 Smaller Boats 0/799 Has anyone any experience with the Power Thruster product? It attaches to the outboard motor and go
Epoxy on Hunter 212 David Fisher at 10:12am 03.10.03 Smaller Boats 1/851 Can anyone can tell me if you can use regular Epoxy with the Hunter 212 composite material. We want
Scuba/Swim Platform Suggestions?? Phyllis at 10:07am 03.10.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1262 We definitely need a swim platform and would even like to eliminate the support rail above the swim
Genoa Again Zach Heir at 10:06am 03.10.03 Smaller Boats 1/967 I am about to purchase a 135% Genoa for my Capri 18, however I didn't realize how much paper work is
Swing Keel Dimensions Bert Burton at 10:03am 03.10.03 Smaller Boats 3/1715 Can anyone give me the dimensions of the swing keel (width, mainly) and how much keel is exposed bel
autopilot paul arceneaux at 10:03am 03.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 12/1102 i'm iterested in autopilot for my 28.5 . any suggestion on unit. thanks kennyslipaway
Wing keel repair Pat at 9:51am 03.10.03 Smaller Boats 0/1082 We bent the wing keel of our '89 C22 when loading her on the trailer last fall. Any experts on this
Preventing water in Diesel Tank Tom Wingo at 9:15am 03.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/900 I know water in the diesel tank is part of having a diesel engine on a boat. 100% humidty is part of
mariner with leak frank mergen at 8:51am 03.10.03 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1030 Recently looked at a '76 Mariner. After 2 hours in the water there was several ozs. of water in th
Battery drain even with DC master off Martin Cole at 6:42am 03.10.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/892 I have a puzzling electrical problem and I hope someone can give me some advice, because I'm definit
O'Day 192 Info Bill at 6:12am 03.10.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1045 Was looking thru the archives and found two questions I May be able to help> with. > > These reg
Galley for Catalina 22 Mike McKeown at 6:05am 03.10.03 Smaller Boats 5/1767 I am looking for the sliding galeey for a Catalina 22. Wondering how to get one? Is there someone ou
Why can't I edit anymore Hayden Watson at 5:15am 03.10.03 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/793 I posted an reply which had a typo I didn't see. When i viewed the article there wasn't an edit rep
Backing Up and Walking to Port Kenneth at 4:52am 03.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 5/955 Our Catalina 27 seems to have a severe walking to port problem when trying to back up. Is this prob
Trailerable Rendevouz cancelled Crazy Dave Condon at 4:24am 03.10.03 Smaller Boats 9/795 Earlier, I had proposed an East Coast Rendevouz located on Kerr Lake, NC. I had arranged for the si
Thinking of buying a 290 Dan at 4:22am 03.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 6/903 Does anyone know of any problem areas with this model that I should look for or any bad habits that
MacGregor Venture 23' Kathleen Powers at 4:20am 03.10.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/2210 My father an avid sailor recently passed away and has left me his MacGregor Venture 23". I am not a

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Inspecting the hull/ballast tank and looking for a trailer for a Hunter 23.5. Crazy Dave Condon at 9:33am 08.04.20 On the new trailer you need to have a minimum of three supports but better four supports as the weig
Adding a Marine Head Capt jgw at 9:33am 08.04.20 We're going to the C-Head composting toilet this Fall. Solid waste gets tossed into any dumpster, pe
More propane outboard questions Capt jgw at 9:14am 08.04.20 I like the standard 20# grill tanks. They're cheap and almost every gas station in the country has a
New Boat srimes at 9:11am 08.04.20 Wow! Nice find! I had just looked on craigslist but did not see this one! I have also heard that th
New Boat capta at 8:53am 08.04.20 Unless I missed the news, there's no bridge from the US to the VI. How exactly would you expect to t
Adventure 21 by Cornish Crabbers (1) sail sfbay at 8:51am 08.04.20 Welcome to the forum!! Nice discussion about this sailboat on this web site: Adventure 21 - Corn
Cutlass bearing specs Mechone at 8:51am 08.04.20 Here's the one I bought took a week delivery however it's 20 mm longer going into tube holes for scr
Fuel filter questions Perkins 4108 jssailem at 8:47am 08.04.20 many electric fuel pumps have a fine screen that needs to be removed, body inside wiped and that sc
Hot water coming through cold lines Ron20324 at 8:39am 08.04.20 While looking for the information for another thread for a cutlass bearing, I found the box the valv
Part Shout-Outs: What add-on do you love? Revv up at 8:29am 08.04.20 I forgot. I used the mallet to break up the bag of ice I bought for the cooler in case we lost pow
Part Shout-Outs: What add-on do you love? capta at 8:27am 08.04.20 Not to mention surly crew. Gee, I thought that was what winch handles were for, now that we have
Second Bilge pump markwbird at 8:22am 08.04.20 If you get offshore any distance a second pump is prudent. In particular, a manual pump. It is a g
Packing nuts question capta at 8:21am 08.04.20 I gotta check this out to make sure I'm not the one going nuts here. In the beginning (post #3) @c
Cutlass bearing specs Ron20324 at 8:18am 08.04.20 Anyone know of a source for specs on the cutlass bearing for the beneteau 323? You're in luck- "th
Anode needed on inside shaft? (1) Suncatcher at 8:07am 08.04.20 Maybe a picture of the "inside anode" would be helpful. Maybe it "is" a SS retaining collar. The
Anode needed on inside shaft? Suncatcher at 8:04am 08.04.20 I once rescued an old Chris Craft runabout whose shaft pulled out. Didn't fall all the way out so t
Chirping alarm sound while engine running arf145 at 7:55am 08.04.20 I'm with @jssailem. If you thought you heard/smelled/saw something, pay attention to it like it real
Just bought a 22 (2) rlongfield at 7:51am 08.04.20 Right, the HIN contains the serial number of the hull found on the brass plate inside the transom,
Chirping alarm sound while engine running Hydro Therapy at 7:51am 08.04.20
Packing nuts question tfox2069 at 7:49am 08.04.20 After futzing with adjustable wrenches which were too wide to work well, and risking rounding off th

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