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SWEET GALE has left a trail of broken dreams from Texas to Maine that has spanned more than 70 years. (8) TomY at 4:54am 12.20.19 Ask All Sailors 19/2292 I'm seeing to her safe arrival in Rockport Harbor this week. She arrived on a rickety cradle, on a r
Compression test on Universal MX-25. Fudsdad at 1:42am 12.20.19 Engines and Propulsion 1/495 I have a Universal MX-25 inside a Catalina 36. I have white smoke when the engine is under load and
Support for hatch missing (1) ScottySailor at 12:02am 12.20.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1031 Hi folks upon inspection of my 84 Hunter 31 it looks like one of the supports for the forward hatch
The Instability of the AC75s AlastairLC at 6:10pm 12.19.19 Ask All Sailors 14/1573 GepoP_VAG50
water tank questions fred1diver at 6:09pm 12.19.19 Ask All Sailors 7/676 hey everyone, quick question regarding the water tank on my front 1975 grampian 26. the boat has bee
1989 Catalina 30 portlight updates? Newbie3 at 3:22pm 12.19.19 Catalina 30 3/771 My Catalina 30 has what looks like the original portlights and they need new gaskets and should be r
New NW hazzard. LeslieTroyer at 3:12pm 12.19.19 Pacific North West Cruisers 6/828 https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article238546348.html I thought birds were bad.
Shore Power joecool911 at 2:48pm 12.19.19 Smaller Boats 2/673 H26-Does the shore power system charge the battery, since the cabin lights etc run off battery?
Battery switch does not kill power Marrigoround at 1:44pm 12.19.19 Ask All Sailors 28/5291 HI all, I bought this boat a year and a half ago and noticed this problem while performing the initi
1980ish Hunter 22 Rick Webb at 1:23pm 12.19.19 Trailer Sailors 3/1083 The youth sailing program I am associated with are likely to take donation of a Hunter 22 tomorrow.
Wilcox Crittenden Head Parts (1) Shagdance at 1:02pm 12.19.19 Catalina 310 3/872 Parts and Pump for the original head. Pump has been rebuilt and was my spare. Decided to install all
How To Remove Letters from Sail? Yachtsman1686 at 9:24am 12.19.19 Big Boats 4/1060 Hi All, I picked up a used sail for my boat. it's off a Hunter 32. I know that because it says H 3
Small O'Day 20 mod (5) Noodat Lady at 9:16am 12.19.19 Day Sailers 17/2959 When I bought her last summer, the 6'3" previous owner told me of his struggles getting the battery
sliding companionway hatch tgrayson at 9:00am 12.19.19 Parts Search 5/788 looking for a sliding companionway hatch for a 1974 macgregor venture 17,any condition
Choosing a forward hatch ... any good ones? (1) Scott T-Bird at 8:46am 12.19.19 Ask All Sailors 20/4103 I want to replace mine with a very good quality hatch. About 14 years ago I replaced the original P
Helm chart plotter wiring Zencra at 8:26am 12.19.19 Big Boats 11/1168 Hi, I need help with running wiring from my new axiom. Im replacing the old C120 and have tried usin
modifying a boat cradle to a trailer fred1diver at 4:32am 12.19.19 Ask All Sailors 19/5239 hey everyone, quick question, is it possible to transform a cradle into a trailer? if so how do you
Smart mooring? Or dumb? Captain Larry-DH at 5:14pm 12.18.19 Ask All Sailors 13/1538 I saw this advertised and at first I thought it was a stupid idea certain to fail. The pictures mak
How To Replace Lenses on Gray (Bomar) Portlights (3) wpchrist at 1:58pm 12.18.19 Ask All Sailors 21/6291 Hello, I have ordered a replacement lens for my Gray Series portlight (made by Bomar, AKA Pompanet
Replacing VHF Coax--Mix and Match? dlochner at 1:51pm 12.18.19 Ask All Sailors 12/2564 At the end of the season the SWR on the VHF antenna was a little high according to the built in SWR

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Bilge Paint that doesn't stink PK123 at 7:21am 02.24.24 Thanks @dlochner! I used Total Bilge Paint on the internal lockers and it goes on much thicker than
CDI Reefer II head fitting Patience4489 at 6:10am 02.24.24 I assume you contacted CDI to see if they have NOS parts for it ? CDI could not help.
Yet another Yanmar overheating issue kloudie1 at 6:04am 02.24.24 I had a problem with the seawater strainer gasket leaking air into the pump intake line at higher rp
Bilge Paint that doesn't stink dlochner at 4:52am 02.24.24 I have used TotalBoat Bilge Paint, it is an epoxy based paint that leaves a hard shiny finish. After
B331 switchboard rail terminal block Allanco at 11:39pm 02.23.24 Thanks for all suggestions. I haven't found an identical Wago block, but it might be because mine ar
How Many Legend 37s? Ringydingydo at 8:30pm 02.23.24
How Many Legend 37s? Tally Ho at 8:08pm 02.23.24 Does anyone have educated guess (or facts :) how many Legend 37s were built? My HIN is HUN37711B98
Yet another Yanmar overheating issue dLj at 7:32pm 02.23.24 Have you sacrificed a virgin to Poseidon? I tried that in one of my last projects but couldn't fin
V berth leak from electric windlass dlochner at 7:07pm 02.23.24 If you are referring to the seal between the windlass and the deck, most certainly. All deck hardwar
Keel dlochner at 7:04pm 02.23.24 I would look here: Index of /wp-content/export/Miscellaneous And you will find an excel spreadsheet
Yet another Yanmar overheating issue garymalmgren at 6:10pm 02.23.24 Run the engine until it is warm. Disconnect the raw water line where it injects into the exhaust elb
Internet and telephone while off-shore in Canadian Pacific Northwest dLj at 6:04pm 02.23.24 The "cheap" antenna is used OUTSIDE 24/7, rain, shine or snow, on RVs, home and some boats, worldw
Yet another Yanmar overheating issue ggrizzard at 4:02pm 02.23.24 If you hire a mechanic to trouble shoot your engine he will ask these questions after you tell him
Resurfacing cockpit ranger rgranger at 3:58pm 02.23.24 @rgranger diid you do that on yours? Do you need to prepare before laying it? Is it custom cut or d
Internet and telephone while off-shore in Canadian Pacific Northwest Leeward Rail at 3:48pm 02.23.24
Yet another Yanmar overheating issue Scott T-Bird at 3:07pm 02.23.24 Hmmmm ...my instrument reads about 10F below the actual temp. Perhaps the issue is with the freshwa
Yet another Yanmar overheating issue geoffschultz at 2:58pm 02.23.24 This may be a dumb question, but if everything is functioning properly, are you sure that you are a
Yet another Yanmar overheating issue geoffschultz at 2:56pm 02.23.24 Im assuming you replaced the raw water hose and valve fro the thru-hull to the strainer? Check the
Keel Ringydingydo at 2:07pm 02.23.24 If you are paying the yard to do the work, I'd love to know what they estimate the cost to be? I am
Keel Ringydingydo at 2:00pm 02.23.24 I would look here: Index of /wp-content/export/Miscellaneous And you will find an excel spreadsheet

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