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Winterization of Marine diesel tank and service of engine. Flammpz at 4:43am 11.29.19 Ask All Sailors 25/3591 Hi everybody. I live in Denmark and we are getting frozen temperatures now. I am the new owner of
How to Fix Throttle Creep? ggrizzard at 7:14pm 11.28.19 Ask All Sailors 24/4003 My 2GM20F Yanmar has developed throttle creep. If I set the revs at 2800, it slides down to 2100 o
Halyard sizes riversloth at 6:50pm 11.28.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/2943 I ask alot of questions, one because I'm still learning and two, because i get good answers from you
Happy Thanksgiving... sailme88 at 9:22am 11.28.19 Ask All Sailors 18/972 Happy Thanksgiving everyone.. Hope you enjoy smooth seas and favorable winds today... ~~(_~~
Beneteau 323 oceanis clipper 2006. Presentation , Sacrificial anode and manual. Flammpz at 5:52am 11.28.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1962 Hello everybody, I am a new owner of a Beneteau 323 Oceanis Clipper from 2006...it is my first boat
Getting Ready for an Offer On a 323 OCSailor at 9:48pm 11.27.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1001 Have looked at a specific 323 several times now, and have done a considerable amount of research on
BACK TO ALTERNATOR BELT PROBLEMS Valerio at 4:55pm 11.27.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 25/2520 Last year i had problems with my yanmar eating my belt, after a long and nasty travel my alternator
Third battery for 34/35 dmax at 1:22pm 11.27.19 Bigger Boats 14/1284 I would like to add a 3rd battery (2 house, one starter) and wondering where people who have done so
New prop Babette04 at 11:00am 11.27.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 18/1718 I am working on my engine this off-season. New bellows and o ring on the shaft, motor mounts, and tr
Chainplates shine at 10:28am 11.27.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/925
O'Day 19 Boom "down haul" Bennett Foster at 8:38am 11.27.19 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1098 I'm thinking about putting a new bale on my boom about 18 inches from the mast and a strong pad eye
OpenCPN Questions shemandr at 6:38am 11.27.19 Ask All Sailors 7/1298 On another thread some of the capabilities of OpenCPN, which far exceed my current use and ability w
Universal M25 Fuel Injector Removal Busy Living at 5:33pm 11.26.19 Engines and Propulsion 3/3122 The #3 injector is puddling diesel fuel when the engine is running, and I am debating removing the i
Recommend me a surveyor Drinky Crow at 3:00pm 11.26.19 Ask All Sailors 1/320 ...in Toronto area. Anyone here shipped a boat coast to coast? How.......
Anyone seen this tool before? I think it is a compass rose for tracking shifts (1) danstanford at 1:06pm 11.26.19 Racing 13/1479 172515
Pressure washer with lake water Project_Mayhem at 9:04am 11.26.19 Ask All Sailors 11/16277 I was wondering if anyone has ran their pressure washer off of lake water before? Was an extra pump
Hunter 27 AC Main breaker DC breakers (3) CMF Hunter 27 at 7:45am 11.26.19 The Cherubini Hunters 14/2803 Hi new owner to 1979 Hunter 27 and started to go over electric. Previous owner had a fresh water fl
F!$#ing Scupper hoses ontherocks83 at 6:03am 11.26.19 Catalina 30 38/5923 :banghead: I love my boat, but I swear to God that I am going to sell it before I ever have to repla*
Yanmar Serial Number NYSail at 4:16am 11.26.19 Ask All Sailors 7/1909 Hello all, Switching insurance carriers as current company is exiting marine market. New company i
US-Spars Mast Furling Main on Beneteau 343, Check the Halyard Tension joyof10 at 7:04pm 11.25.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/2558 Over the years, and worsening in the last year, my mast furling main became increasingly harder and

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First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level jssailem at 5:07pm 10.11.23 Water Slapping.. Hobby Horsing.. both of these are unpleasant. Some of this behavior can be mitigate
When to tack PaulK at 4:50pm 10.11.23 Dr. Stuart Walker, an expert Soling racer along with other classes, wrote a number of books about "w
Navionics price increasing Davidasailor26 at 4:35pm 10.11.23 I think the Navionics subscription goes across iOS and Android devices through account login, but no
First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level Davidasailor26 at 4:30pm 10.11.23
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Kupe at 4:02pm 10.11.23 If they won't give you a core credit, look for a scrap metal yard. Last time I took in some batteri
Hunter 18.5 Topping Lift Setup? Need Help Crazy Dave Condon at 3:56pm 10.11.23 @patbratton @Monsterfish @FreedomCrawler Look at my response in general Hunterowners
Funny Friday!!! SFS at 3:54pm 10.11.23 That was SO bad.
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Kupe at 3:49pm 10.11.23 For the kind of sailing you'll be doing, the GCs are probably your best bet both in performance and
Navionics price increasing stephen_i_w at 3:19pm 10.11.23 Question: how do you get to use Navionics on all your devices? I bought it for my cell phone and can
Fuel gauge Hunter 34 1985 kloudie1 at 3:06pm 10.11.23 There was no inspection plate in the original tank.. I haven't put one on my tank yet but before I d
1975 oday 22 (2) Anomymous 163294 at 2:57pm 10.11.23 heres a few more pics. one is the speed sensor the other is hole in the floor showing no rope or any
Legal Question Raymus at 2:44pm 10.11.23 Probable Cause is the operative word....Being in international waters is a term to assign the rule
Navionics price increasing dLj at 2:24pm 10.11.23 In my experience in the Great Lakes, OpenCPN worked great in US waters. However, the Canadian O-Ch
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? jssailem at 2:22pm 10.11.23 I assumed they would be smaller than a Group 27 NO... different - Taller. GC battery= Weight:64 lb
Universal M25 Diesel has "fuel system air leak" odaydokay at 2:13pm 10.11.23 I was talking about O'Day boats as sent from factory. No C-boats in that family. No Racors on O'Da
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? dlochner at 2:07pm 10.11.23 Four 6v GC batteries have roughly the same footprint of 2 Group 31s. The 31s are smaller than your 4
Nicro Solar Vent Malfunction odaydokay at 2:06pm 10.11.23 Thanks much. Will be on my weekend project list.
Battery advice for new-to-us Hunter 36...and why did these huge Northstar AGMs die so soon? Kupe at 1:41pm 10.11.23 If there is a BatteriesPlus nearby check them out. I bought my Duracell Ultra GC2s from them. The
Navionics price increasing stephen_i_w at 12:59pm 10.11.23 In my experience in the Great Lakes, OpenCPN worked great in US waters. However, the Canadian O-Cha
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar Zeek77 at 12:42pm 10.11.23 Have you removed the rear head yet ? After 24 years in place, I had mine apart for cleaning recentl

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