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Preventing water in Diesel Tank Tom Wingo at 9:15am 03.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/941 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 3/1067 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 6/938 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 0/1068 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 5/1844 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) 1/829 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 5/1006 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 9/839 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 6/958 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 2/2253 My father an avid sailor recently passed away and has left me his MacGregor Venture 23". I am not a
Bottom Job Question. . . Chris McLoughlin at 4:17am 03.10.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/780 I have removed the old bottom paint on our 12 year old Legend 37.5 with the idea of sealing the bott
Blue Water mr tim at 3:42am 03.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/1057 Any of the 30'-32' hunter owners do any trans atlantic crossings in their boats. I'm thinking of ge
Volvo Saildrive leaks oil (somewhere) Jim Cook at 3:28am 03.10.03 Other Sailboats 3/4088 The first contractor I hired to do my bottom 2 years ago painted bottom paint on my VolvoPenta S110
Key Largo Sailboat Marina Seabee at 2:51am 03.10.03 Ask All Sailors 2/935 Need recommendations of good sailboat marinas in Key Largo, FLorida for a 2-3 overnight. Prefer a s
Loking for information....O'Day/Dolphin 1961-1967 Louis Claassen at 2:25am 03.10.03 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1772 I just purachased a 24' sailboat built by O'Day/Dolphin series, in 1961.I have discovered that ther
Threw hull fittings craig shaw at 1:42am 03.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/962 How do you check your threw hull fittings? We have a 1985 28.5 Hunter and all the fittings are facto
center board woes Rusty rusman88 @aol.com at 12:52am 03.10.03 Day Sailers 2/1046 first time owner long time O'Day admirer from my years in Annapolis; Just "aquired" poorly maintaine
Need suggestions on splice Paul Aubrecht at 12:48am 03.10.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/809 I have a 1993 Hunter 28 with a Profurl Headsail furling.It has a continuous loop line that controls
Swing Batten Rollaway Mains Drexel Bradshaw at 12:45am 03.10.03 Big Boats 1/1070 I am considering purchasing a Swing Batten Rollaway Main from Doyle. Does anyone have any experienc
Where to install Nicro solar vent on Catalina 30? Weston Van Wambeke at 11:15pm 03.09.03 Mid-Size Boats 4/2026 I'd like to improve the ventilation in my 1982 Catalina 30. Can anyone recommend a good deck spot t

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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
SEA -FIRE FM200 MODEL FG and FD Fire EXTINGUISHERS tfox2069 at 10:07am 09.30.20 tfox2069, below is your local Sea-Fire dealer: ine if they sell Sea-Fire products (its about 45 m

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