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Deep keel vs Shoal keel experience ontherocks83 at 7:32pm 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 16/4431 I understand that this is an anecdotal experiment and not scientific in any way, but I want to share
Drain plug pulsewave at 7:23pm 06.29.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/991
Portable Generator fbcoache at 6:45pm 06.29.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 57/15050 I have a 92 30T Hunter and was planning to get away for a week or so sailing in Oklahoma. I want to
Hunter 36 Fridge Replacement acevedolc2 at 5:37pm 06.29.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/715 I own a 2008 Hunter 36 and the refrigerator is not cooling enough. It maybe time to replace. It has
Shakes Tiller MaryEllaRose at 5:30pm 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 5/1132 The tiller on my Cat 25 started shaking today whenever I reached about 4 knots. Did it under power a
digital engine senders for old yanmars?? eianm at 4:35pm 06.29.20 Big Boats 21/4593 I have a 1991 H42 that i simply love! I also have a current Raymarine axiom MFD. Does anyone know of
New Life for Old Instruments (1) Georgedoyle at 3:46pm 06.29.20 Big Boats 1/691 This post is for all of those boaters out there with old Raymarine ST 60 instruments. I've had troub
Whitlock engine control bracket (volvo) (1) OWI at 3:10pm 06.29.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/845 The bracket holding the throttle cable for a volvo penta 2002 broke and i need a new one. Did anybo
Anchor hatch/door Waggs1 at 1:56pm 06.29.20 Smaller Boats 2/865 Purchased a 1986 Cat 22 about a year ago. Looks good except for forward locker storage hatch/door.
New tiller for Oday 27 (1974) (1) sbcwolff at 1:21pm 06.29.20 Ask An Oday Owner 3/842 We just restained and varnished our tiller from our "new" boat (1974), and it snapped when we went t
YANMAR 4JH3TE Slow throttle response when hot Sofraniaeth at 12:59pm 06.29.20 Engines and Propulsion 31/7159 On my last two 8-10 hour passages when I started heading in to the dock I noticed the engine RPMs to
Trading No kaboom for BIG KABOOM!!! Converting stove from CNG to LPG. TomY at 12:54pm 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 26/5283 The New England supplier for the CNG exchange, Corp Bros out of Mass, was sold. The new owner won't
Method for attaching external portlights for V222 RevRol at 12:35pm 06.29.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/968 Anyone have any experience/recommendations for affixing portlights externally on any model boat? My
Expected performance JohanSweden at 11:39am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 7/3928 Hi sailors! I'm looking into buying a boat in the 45 ft range. Beneteau O 46 or Jeanneau Sun Odyssey
How does a roller furler work? John G. Davis at 11:32am 06.29.20 Ask An Oday Owner 15/5122 I recently purchased a new to me boat and the roller furler has a single line. I thought they had to
Cooler Upgrade ('86) (1) TheSoggyDollar at 11:05am 06.29.20 Catalina 22 0/520 Thought I would share: The cooler/step that came with our boat was probably as old as the boat and w
Kink in Line Tantor at 10:59am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 7/1654 what double braided line kink or twist minimum... actually i am using it for inside forestay with do
Windlass wiring Charlie98117 at 10:59am 06.29.20 Musings With Maine Sail 18/7759 I'm finally getting around to installing a windlass on my H34. I have a question regarding the fact
Refrigerator - Compressor and Evaporator gscottnelson at 10:47am 06.29.20 Catalina 310 13/4088 Boat team, I have a 2002 Catalina - that has a 18 year old Adler Barbour - C100, and the fan starts
The WTF Thread ontherocks83 at 10:40am 06.29.20 Ask All Sailors 49/6161 I thought it would be fun to start a thread where people can tell stories (i.e. gripe) about how th

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The holy grail of all questions nautical dlochner at 9:54am 04.04.25 Ziplock bags, plastic containers with snap on lids, or an always dry compartment. Don't keep them
The holy grail of all questions nautical Stu Jackson at 9:37am 04.04.25 I've had my own boat(s) since 1983. Keep the extras in their original packaging or use zip lock bag
The holy grail of all questions nautical kappykaplan at 9:36am 04.04.25 Here goes . "how does one keep toilet paper from becoming soggy when onboard for any length of time
Replacing nuts on keel bolts Stu Jackson at 9:33am 04.04.25 Does Catalina recomend 235 ft. lbs.? I set mine to 110 which is around what Catalina reccomends for
Removing the Steering Shaft on a Merriman/Yach Specialties Pedestal Sable Sailor at 9:29am 04.04.25 Apologies for being so late in replying. Thanks for the suggestions. The manual just shows a pin (ro
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit fred1diver at 9:12am 04.04.25 Did you by any chance try to contact a Honda dealer to ask them? it might be a common issue that t
Starting battery Davidasailor26 at 8:38am 04.04.25 Yeah, maybe. Engineers are pretty conservative to begin with. Adding another safety factor on top o
Replacing nuts on keel bolts dLj at 8:35am 04.04.25 Another option might be a deep-offset box wrench. But I'm not sure you have the clearance on those n
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit dlochner at 8:31am 04.04.25 Forgive me for starting with the obvious: Is the engine getting fuel, air, and spark? Make sure the
Starting battery mermike at 8:26am 04.04.25 And a pinch of reserve.:biggrin: Yeah, maybe. Engineers are pretty conservative to begin with. Add
Cracks in the bilge HermanHunter at 8:18am 04.04.25 From what can be seen in the picture, nothing looks alarming. Those bolt look brand new. It does
Cracks in the bilge HermanHunter at 8:12am 04.04.25
Hunter 38 2006 what color gelcoat number? marcham at 8:07am 04.04.25 In that case, since you have a big repair area, it would be best if your contractor were to do a co
fresh water flush jssailem at 8:05am 04.04.25 Whatever resolves your need makes sense. :biggrin:
Cracks in the bilge HermanHunter at 8:05am 04.04.25 To me, that just looks like what happens to really thick gelcoat if there is the tiniest amount of
fresh water flush Arrgh at 8:03am 04.04.25 Wow! I didn't think this would gain so much attention. Interesting to read everyone's solution. I
Replacing nuts on keel bolts MFD at 7:58am 04.04.25 If you know what a crews foot wrench is, looks like you could get one of those in to tighten those
Replacing nuts on keel bolts MFD at 7:56am 04.04.25 First of all, congratulations on doing this, it is inspirational and on the backlog of maintenance t
Replacing nuts on keel bolts dLj at 7:50am 04.04.25 If you know what a crews foot wrench is, looks like you could get one of those in to tighten those n
Replacing nuts on keel bolts dmax at 7:44am 04.04.25 That's a lot of keel bolt - my O'Day 35 had 7 that were 3/4" for a 4600 lb. keel. The most forward o

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