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Bunk Rollers for O'Day 222 Jim at 2:20am 03.25.03 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1091 Does anyone have experience using bunk rollers vs. boards ? Getting our 1986 O'day 222 on and off a
Charger/Inverter Cycling Rick at 1:10am 03.25.03 Big Boats 3/982 I have noticed lately that I have to put about half a gallon of water in my two house batteries ever
Jib Replacement - Hunter 25 Steve Hall at 12:58am 03.25.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1261 Over the weekend I tore-up my jib sail in high winds. I am looking to replace mine, which was the o
Rub rail Stewart at 12:40am 03.25.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1079 About a six inch section of rubrail on my 26x has deteriorated pretty badly, it looks crumbled, is i
Head Replacement - Hunter 410 Dave Jackson at 12:25am 03.25.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1695 I have a two year old Hunter 410 and have had it with the two Jabsco heads. I'm getting ready to re
Crusing the Chesapeake or North Rob at 11:41pm 03.24.03 Ask All Sailors 6/1029 My soon to be wife and I are planning a 2 week sailing trip on our 46' Morgan this July.....We are s
Simrad WP30 installation on H280 Adrian at 11:33pm 03.24.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/1207 I just purchased a Simrad Wheelpilot WP30 to install on my '99 H280. All the installation hardware i
haatch installation Barry at 11:32pm 03.24.03 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1007 Has anyone installed a hatch aft of the mast on a 1975 H30. I would kike to put in a 17x17 hatch th
Mac 26X in rough waters Miquel Vernet at 10:31pm 03.24.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1356 Hi everybody,I just bought a Mac 26X (1999) second hand in UK. I am based in Belgium, and I will b
Boom Rigging - Outhaul? Dave France at 10:24pm 03.24.03 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2102 We've been puzzling over the rigging setup on the starboard side of our 81' Oday 23' boom. It looks
Venture Newport 23 Bowsprit Question Chip Giles at 9:01pm 03.24.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/4345 I bought a '73 Venture of Newport and it has no bowsprit. I used to own on a while back, and figured
Non-skid repair Part II (part I above) Jim willis at 8:15pm 03.24.03 Other Sailboats 0/743 Thought you might find this interesting.Part II Molded in Gelcoat Non-skid decks. There are t
Air conditioning jerry zaslaw at 3:51pm 03.24.03 Big Boats 11/1162 I plan to install Mermaid A/C on HP450. Has anyone else used this manufacturer and what is your exp
volvo tmd22 engine oil consumption jerry zaslaw at 3:48pm 03.24.03 Big Boats 5/3113 I have Volvo tmd22 engine in 450. I am using about 1 Qt. oil every 35 hours. This does not seem ri
Trying to find hardware Jason Patterson at 11:07am 03.24.03 Smaller Boats 4/829 Could someone help me find a T-bolt with toggle. I want a Johnson Marine 1/4" T-bolt. West marine ha
Help! Replacing the distribution box Lee at 9:36am 03.24.03 Smaller Boats 6/887 I am replacing the distibution box on my H23 with a West Marine 6 switch panal. In the original box
Cabin Accessories Tom at 9:30am 03.24.03 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1082 I own a beautiful Beneteau First 29, named TARDIS. I have three questions pertaining to cabin acces
Concave bottom, port side Rich Bringe at 7:17am 03.24.03 Day Sailers 3/1176 Greetings from Nagawicka Lake I recently purchased a 1986 Daysailor 3 and later noticed the port
PSS Shaft Seal For The P42 Rich Wallace - KANDU at 6:30am 03.24.03 Big Boats 3/912 I spent this weekend changing belts, filling batteries with water, and doing some general maintenanc
Crazy Crazy Crazy Dave (1) Unknown at 6:26am 03.24.03 Smaller Boats 4/878 Crazy Dave wins the best dress award!!!

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Fresh water manifold ggrizzard at 5:14pm 10.05.20 Looks like a lot of PVC/contact cement/glue(?) on the left branch. Could that be where the leak is
322, my winter project acarter at 4:45pm 10.05.20 Thanks for the responses. I'll be doing my best to take lots of pictures and post my findings as I g
Looks Important Maybe heritage at 4:40pm 10.05.20 From the way it is bent and its size, I would guess that it came from a turnbuckle. As the shroud
Cockpit Cushions smokey73 at 4:39pm 10.05.20 Careful, Smokey That was the "then" wife, not the "now" wife.
Wisdom Stu Jackson at 4:37pm 10.05.20
Can you identify this? Gene S at 4:32pm 10.05.20 Does it also run off of engine coolant? My boiler does and shore power 1200 watts. Too much for an i
Looks Important Maybe Bill19233 at 4:24pm 10.05.20 There is the off chance someone's shoe picked it up from the dock or parking lot and decided to drop
cooling water/exhaust hose leak Ron20324 at 4:16pm 10.05.20 Be safe man! Don't tell her you are putting her up there because of her weight! Tell her she's the
cooling water/exhaust hose leak Richard19068 at 4:09pm 10.05.20 Thank you very much! I think I'll duck under with my scuba gear and see if I can plug it from the
Wisdom Mr. Dave at 4:08pm 10.05.20 You're drifting pretty far off topic here, King, but he was pretty outspokenly against drug use.
cooling water/exhaust hose leak SteveO77 at 3:57pm 10.05.20 Welcome to the forum!! I hope yours looks like the diagram below of a 1984 Hunter 27. I don't hav
cooling water/exhaust hose leak SteveO77 at 3:54pm 10.05.20 Welcome !! Kinda close one there Steve. I think that the little glassed in nozzle that the exhaust
Fresh water tank vent - geometrical problem - vent to bilge an option? Fredct at 3:53pm 10.05.20 Fresh water gets into the vent line from heeling, it is not seawater. A vent needs to work in both d
Wisdom Kings Gambit at 3:50pm 10.05.20 I really have no idea what that means. But I liked FZ. One probably has to be stoned to make sens
Wisdom shemandr at 3:47pm 10.05.20 "Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth..." Frank Zappa I real
Looks Important Maybe shemandr at 3:41pm 10.05.20 All cotter pins matter.
Wisdom Kings Gambit at 3:36pm 10.05.20 "Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth..." Frank Zappa Yeah.
Cored hull for 1992 Beneteau First 265 Leakie Marine at 3:35pm 10.05.20 I will be installing a new transducer on my 1992 45f5 soon, following with interest!
Toe rail corrosion fix forbin at 3:35pm 10.05.20 Don't know if this tread helps you at all or not. But makes for some reading... LOL Oh, I'm havin
Wisdom Mr. Dave at 3:28pm 10.05.20 "Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth..." Frank Zappa

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