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Dedicated Breaker/Electric Head? SDcondogirl at 8:27am 05.04.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1061
Water Tank Inspection Plate FUP and More Questions nveater at 7:36am 05.04.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/663 A couple of weeks ago I posted with the query about installing an inspection plate in my poly water
What year did Hunter start making Engine hour meters standard equipment. Buddy Gold at 7:32am 05.04.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1759 I am looking at a 1994 33.5 that the owner said had no engine hour meter. I found that hard to belie
CO alarm problem (?) Justin_NSA at 7:28am 05.04.20 Ask All Sailors 36/2971 I installed a new Kidde CO monitor last Fall. Up to now it has been silent and the readout has been
1979 Hunter 33 - Porthole Replacement billredd1 at 7:16am 05.04.20 Ask All Sailors 4/635 My "new to me" 1979 Hunter 33 has plastic portholes. Many of them are cracked. Any suggestions on wh
Looks like I will have to isolate for the next 14 days. DaveJ at 6:12am 05.04.20 Sails Call Lounge 15/1162 Been married 38 years, this is the first time that my wife has cut my hair. They say the difference
Prout Catamarans Klaussic at 5:39am 05.04.20 Ask All Sailors 2/2283 Hello Everybody, I am in the market for a sailboat and I am currently evaluating a number of option
mast light wiring problems jsachetti at 5:00am 05.04.20 Ask An Oday Owner 6/917 Mast light works as I ran wire directly from battery to light and lit up. I then tested for power co
Sail Warehouse Sledge62 at 4:42am 05.04.20 Ask All Sailors 1/458 Anyone have experience with these folks?
Club racers. L.Christensen at 4:40am 05.04.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 22/2452 We have a 235 First with the wing keel and a roller furling jib and 3 year old standard dacron Preci
Galley Faucet - american standard wsconner at 4:28am 05.04.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/829 I have an older style American Standard faucet in the galley. It looks like the Reliant model, but
Epoxy induction CapnGL at 10:18pm 05.03.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1523 Hi all, this weekend ill be putting a few coats of interlux epoxy on my hull. In gearing up ive read
Man-o-war misery (2) djustice at 7:52pm 05.03.20 Chrysler 2/3077 I bought a man-o-war a couple years ago. The daggerboard trunk is poorly designed and the gussets t
2008 Beneteau in mast furling ? SycloneDriver at 7:39pm 05.03.20 Ask All Sailors 38/6436 Yesterday I took out an 08 B 31 for a test sail. Here are a few thing that I observed and a questio
Universal 5411 won't shut off with key Bob Kirkpatrick at 6:48pm 05.03.20 Engines and Propulsion 18/3159 Just bought 30 Catalina. Needed to bleed air from engine which went OK, but now engine won't shut o
Rub Rail End Cap (1) sjsflyer at 5:48pm 05.03.20 Catalina 310 6/1794 These are not available any more. Other than replicating it at a machine shop, any ideas?
Seeking rudder blade Catalina 22 jonathanwolfe at 5:08pm 05.03.20 Parts Search 4/834
1973 Mariner Kwkokonut at 3:04pm 05.03.20 Day Sailers 5/1326
Escape plastic is cracking peterbmn at 12:57pm 05.03.20 Ask All Sailors 8/3144 I have an 11.5ft Escape Mambo, one piece plastic hull.... it has cracked where the Keel slides into
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Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? (1) Tally Ho at 1:32pm 01.26.25
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? (3) Ralph Johnstone at 12:24pm 01.26.25 For all the reading I have done on GFO, I still don't understand GORE GFO packing. Or for that matt
1984 Catalina 30 Tall Rig - Questions about furling system & anchoring jssailem at 12:22pm 01.26.25 Retrieve the anchor by hauling in the rode hand over hand. The chain in the locker does not appear
1984 Catalina 30 Tall Rig - Questions about furling system & anchoring jssailem at 12:18pm 01.26.25 You can anchor the boat. Just grab the anchor, and let it drop over the side. I would tie off the e
Fuel filter size Richard19068 at 10:40am 01.26.25 I disagree about the swap and it's one of the only times I've ever disagreed with Maine Sail; if yo
Fuel filter size Don S/V ILLusion at 9:28am 01.26.25 Maybe im getting the terminology mixed up here, but why would you ever flow from a smaller micron t
What is this on my boom? Joe at 8:56am 01.26.25 The basic topping lift tackle that is rigged on the majority of 70's80's era small Catalinas is pret
Fuel filter size CrispyCringle at 8:56am 01.26.25 Maybe im getting the terminology mixed up here, but why would you ever flow from a smaller micron to
What is this on my boom? PaulK at 8:53am 01.26.25 We put a reef into a lazy-bagged sail on a Beneteau Oceanic last summer. It is possible, but needs t
Fuel filter size Stu Jackson at 8:19am 01.26.25 finally on the electric fuel pump an 80 micron. The last one I suppose is to stop the big stuff tha
Fuel filter size Stu Jackson at 8:16am 01.26.25 Then in that case you will swap out that 2-micron secondary for something larger. MaineSail says th
Sunken Treasure SailingLoto at 7:47am 01.26.25 Just to put a finer point on it, I'd wager that you can buy a decent Morgan 382 for $20-25K. There
Runaway diesel Alan Gomes at 7:30am 01.26.25 There is a situation where the engine can runaway at full bore and cause catastrophic damage. That
Fuel filter size Alan Gomes at 7:25am 01.26.25 On my 2002 310, I have a 10 micron racor primary, then a 2 micron secondary then finally on the ele
Fuel filter size (1) jssailem at 6:29am 01.26.25 Let's discuss this Service bulletin from FEB 2003. It specifies a new fuel pump inlet filter PN# 048
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? Blitz at 6:01am 01.26.25 Gore GFO. He also mentions a couple of others in the article Gore GFO, Duramax Ultra-x and GTU sti
Runaway diesel colemj at 5:20am 01.26.25 There is a situation where the engine can runaway at full bore and cause catastrophic damage. That
Through-Hull Fittings colemj at 5:03am 01.26.25 No marelon hits on a search at discount marine!? this is what I see on West Marine. Nothing indic
Runaway diesel jackhart at 5:03am 01.26.25 Unless your engine has a turbocharger, you shouldn't have to worry about it. The turbocharger is b
Fuel filter size east coaster at 4:28am 01.26.25 On my 2002 310, I have a 10 micron racor primary, then a 2 micron secondary then finally on the elec

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