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Tahatsu 5hp propane gtg at 2:13am 02.07.20 Engines and Propulsion 2/697 It drops below freezing here. Should I run/turn over my water cooled engine out of the water to empt
Should I purchase a Hunter 18? Eismin at 6:57pm 02.06.20 Smaller Boats 8/7463 Hi folks I am new to this forum, but have been sailing for a long time. Call me Skipper Tom. I am cu
Inner Hull Moisture O'day Day Sailor (1) ntbonds at 11:19am 02.06.20 Ask All Sailors 7/2535 I recently purchased my first sailboat, an old O'day Day Sailer II that needs some work. My biggest
B & R rigging with A Sail Bill Small & Lisa Grossi at 8:51am 02.06.20 Ask All Sailors 9/1164 does anyone have experience setting an A Sail with B ' R rigging? Many thanks, Bill Small 2001, 380
Companionway Cover Soup1942 at 7:28am 02.06.20 Com-Pac 1/3381 Has anyone purchased a companionway cover for their CP 23II? Or custom made one? Thanks, Don
HEAT EX CHANGER PENCIL ANODE twodzusfittings at 5:17am 02.06.20 Bigger Boats 8/1496 What would be the normal replacement period for the pencil anode in the heat exchanger? Also, and th
Keel Attachment Question (1) Captain Wind Song at 3:32am 02.06.20 Catalina 22 9/1816 I am finally doing maintenance on my swing keel this winter. I'm wondering how the eye the wire atta
Outboard Motor Mount recommendation? bmccormick at 9:46pm 02.05.20 Day Sailers 12/8125 Hi, am replacing my older, flimsy aluminum motor mount and 5 hp pull start Honda outboard with a new
Bottom Paint, centerboard lift replacement, and shroud problem on Hunter 240 (3) Dolphin55 at 6:25pm 02.05.20 Smaller Boats 14/2757 This thread contains three questions for my 2002 Hunter 240 (I have attached pictures for each quest
Air Conditioning - $300....? Manete at 6:05pm 02.05.20 Catalina 30 30/6957 Okay - so this idea keeps running through my head this week. To install AC on a Catalina 30 is a si
Which Filter? rpell1@msn.com at 12:16pm 02.05.20 Engines and Propulsion 8/1560 Hi all, My last oil change was Rotella Synthetic Blend for Diesel. Since this is a blend, I was won
Nissan SailPro Battery Cable Soup1942 at 11:57am 02.05.20 Com-Pac 4/1848 Recently purchased a used (2006) Nissan SailPro OB. It didn't have a battery cable come with it. W
zinc plated copper sleeve on a stainless steel wire rope in salt water -- should I risk it? Lord Gothington at 10:37am 02.05.20 Ask All Sailors 37/9067 I am replacing the pennant cable on my Tartan 27 centerboard. Tartan sent me a 1/8"-7x19 stainless
Panda Generator Starter Know Egrets at 9:00am 02.05.20 Ask All Sailors 10/1225 Hello. My Panda generator starter seems to have broken. It just makes high pitched whine and will no
Boat Registration Display (1) sail sfbay at 6:25am 02.05.20 Ask All Sailors 16/2811 Anyone displaying their boat registration on a placard attached to the bow rail vs. sticking on the
Waste Pump Out Sizing Problem. ontherocks83 at 5:36am 02.05.20 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/1889 I am in the process of replacing all of my black water hoses and macerator (yay for me). I removed t
Mold adjudication? Randall Schmidt at 5:38pm 02.04.20 Ask All Sailors 12/1696
Universal diesel thermostat housing petcock valve thread size Richard19068 at 5:22pm 02.04.20 Ask All Sailors 0/321 Does anybody happen to know the thread size for the petcock valve in the thermostat housing on the u
Hunter 356 in mast main overpowered Neil Spooner at 5:02pm 02.04.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1737 When sailing my 2003 H356 on a reach in any more than 15 kts I need to reef my in-mast main to preve
outboard motor shaft length tgrayson at 2:46pm 02.04.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2572 have a 1974 macgregor venture 17 would a long or short shaft 5 hp outboard be best,it has an outboar

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Bilge Pump in Keel? Project_Mayhem at 9:54am 01.10.25 Don't screw into your bilge. There's wood in there. Even when its properly sealed, water will still
Pulling new cable up Mast Night Watch at 9:08am 01.10.25 I pulled new cable thru my conduit by using the existing cable to run the pull string as described.
Pulling new cable up Mast RitSim at 9:00am 01.10.25 I pulled new cable thru my conduit by using the existing cable to run the pull string as described.
Outhaul for a MORGAN 28 dLj at 8:49am 01.10.25 R/F booms are not a good system because there is no outhaul for the leech and the sail sets poorly.
Are 30 year old sails worth anything?? JBP-PA at 8:19am 01.10.25 While using the right material for important projects can be essential, for many projects using exac
Are 30 year old sails worth anything?? JBP-PA at 8:11am 01.10.25 AFAIK, skin on frame boats normally use a heat shrink material like polyester or shinks when dry mat
Outhaul for a MORGAN 28 PaulK at 8:05am 01.10.25 Pretty sure that is a crank attachment for roller boom furling. You'd slack the main halyard and cr
Outhaul for a MORGAN 28 PaulK at 7:49am 01.10.25 On the forward end of the boom there appears to be something that may accept some type of crank but
Outhaul for a MORGAN 28 dLj at 7:36am 01.10.25 another note: since the boom was designed to roll, the outhaul would not have been led aft at the b
Outhaul for a MORGAN 28 kloudie1 at 7:06am 01.10.25 another note: since the boom was designed to roll, the outhaul would not have been led aft at the bo
Outhaul for a MORGAN 28 kloudie1 at 6:57am 01.10.25 Pretty sure that is a crank attachment for roller boom furling. You'd slack the main halyard and cra
Pulling new cable up Mast Night Watch at 6:54am 01.10.25 What year is your C30? The later years like my 88 have a conduit in the mast for the wires and it
Pulling new cable up Mast dlochner at 6:44am 01.10.25 Then pull the new wire and coax back in with the messenger line. And leave a messenger line in th
Oldest Boat to Buy FastOlson at 6:32am 01.10.25 My old boat has an agreed value of $30,000. I pay $14.67 a month or $176 a year. My sailing seaso
Outhaul for a MORGAN 28 (1) FROCKY at 6:28am 01.10.25 On the forward end of the boom there appears to be something that may accept some type of crank but
Outhaul for a MORGAN 28 FROCKY at 6:25am 01.10.25
Pulling new cable up Mast Hayden Watson at 6:23am 01.10.25 I appreciate all the responses so far. One thing I've tried, so far, was to push a metal (electric
Are 30 year old sails worth anything?? (1) Will Gilmore at 5:52am 01.10.25 And what of the shaker chair, made of wood with traditional methods, that easily withstands 50 year
Outhaul for a MORGAN 28 Tally Ho at 5:15am 01.10.25 Aside from where the cable goes I'm wondering why the cart has to be such a beast? And it's on a t
Are 30 year old sails worth anything?? thinwater at 5:06am 01.10.25 ^^ Interesting. This reminds me of the folks that built bicycle frames from bamboo. The rest of the

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