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Could Winter be over? DayDreamer41 at 5:17am 02.15.20 Ask All Sailors 89/9441 This looks promising for us in the Great Lakes region https://www.mlive.com/weather/2020/02/intense
Flushing of Raw Water Cooled Engine Circuit (1) Blitz at 2:05pm 02.14.20 Engines and Propulsion 5/1017
Storage under H23 gas tank decktosser at 1:26pm 02.14.20 Smaller Boats 7/1090 All Hunter 23 owners will know that there is considerable storage space under the cockpit sole. A p
Water ballast valve on H26 Big Rog at 1:12pm 02.14.20 Smaller Boats 10/1552
Nautique all-electric ski boat a game changer - Plugboats Bob J. at 11:47am 02.14.20 Ask All Sailors 9/2620 I know this is a sailing site but thought in light of the recent discussions about electric boats th
Known object (1) Stratus3 at 10:20am 02.14.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1208 174996174996came with the boat bottom drawer
Low Power/RPM Universal M25XP jonelli at 10:13am 02.14.20 Engines and Propulsion 41/5161 I've been trying to figure out why my motor is having a hard time recently getting up to 2000RPM whe
Hunter 34 rudder bearing project Colibri at 9:37am 02.14.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2441
Powering Nespresso Pixie (1) william24424 at 8:58am 02.14.20 Ask All Sailors 16/25708 Can I power this machine with two 12V boat batteries? Will this duracell 3000w inverter handle the s
Installing halyard organizer plate Lovetosail21 at 6:37am 02.14.20 Ask An Oday Owner 7/3348 I am installing a halyard organizer plate on my ODay 23. There are four bolts, all appear through t
Dodger Oday 28 rogjack2 at 8:02pm 02.13.20 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1283 Can anyone show a photo of a dodger on an 81 Oday 28 keel centerboard with main sheet traveler mount
Marines! (1) Brian D at 6:41pm 02.13.20 Sails Call Lounge 3/667 174985
Fuel Prep vs Biobor JF OCSailor at 4:52pm 02.13.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1917 I had my fuel tank cleaned and the diesel polished today. Am I glad I got that done. I figured it
Rudder Spacer for 29.5 Sovereign7.0 at 1:22pm 02.13.20 Mid-Size Boats 1/845 Hi, I'm trying to find out where I might find a replacement part for the plastic (?) ring that acts
Bow Roller for S2 9.2C BarbW at 12:57pm 02.13.20 S2 3/1097 I just purchased a 1979 S2 9.2C. I'd like to add at least a bow roller (possibly a windlass) for eas
Legend 40.5 - Cracking/Jerking noise (1) fero at 10:00am 02.13.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1252 Hello again, When rolling, at anchor or while sailing off-wind, there is an annoying cracking / jerk
Electric re-sale value? Hogdriver at 9:10am 02.13.20 Ask All Sailors 79/10875 Thinking of converting Catalina 310 to electric power. Anyone have thoughts on how that would affect
Jib Furling Parts (2) Golfpro at 8:12am 02.13.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/2264 Greetings fellow sailers. Just retired and purchased an '87 Hunter H-31. Great boat. Getting ready f
Switch to PSS shaft seal or repack the stuffing box on my H33? Maurice Doran at 7:48am 02.13.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/2250 I'm thinking of installing a PSS shaft seal on my 2005 H33 and I would like other owner's thoughts o
US Sailing Vid cb32863 at 7:02am 02.13.20 Ask All Sailors 29/2872 Nice video, 5 minutes, from US Sailing. Sure, its a little geared towards racing but, getting the ki

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Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 5:51pm 01.29.25 When I was a kid living aboard, my parents signed my two brothers and me up for the Calvert Correspo
Outfitting a little bare boat Urban Hermit at 5:20pm 01.29.25 Thank you both for your suggestions. I've got a bunch of old halyards for larger boats in the past
Runaway diesel Alan Gomes at 5:12pm 01.29.25 Decompression levers were only used on engines that were designed to be hand cranked for starting a
Runaway diesel Alan Gomes at 5:08pm 01.29.25 It is a starting and maintenance aid. Right. Like if your batteries are run down.
Runaway diesel garymalmgren at 4:53pm 01.29.25 It is not unusual for (very) large engines to have manual or automatic decompression to aid starting
Runaway diesel Charles Erwin at 4:32pm 01.29.25 When running in a larger diesel motor (ie in the shop - to break in the camshaft and achieve some ri
Outfitting a little bare boat dLj at 4:00pm 01.29.25 I probably would worry about the 100' of drag line. I'd bring a minimum of 4 dock lines. (I actually
Outfitting a little bare boat kappykaplan at 3:53pm 01.29.25 Your list looks pretty complete to me, but I'd add at least another dock line. I actually carry fiv
Runaway diesel dLj at 3:12pm 01.29.25 Strange. The levers (one / cylinder) are intended as a starting assist. Why discontinue a good id
Runaway diesel dlochner at 2:59pm 01.29.25 Strange. The levers (one / cylinder) are intended as a starting assist. Why discontinue a good id
Runaway diesel Ralph Johnstone at 2:56pm 01.29.25 My 1993 Yanmar 3JH2E does not have a decompression lever. Strange. The levers (one / cylinder) a
Runaway diesel Davidasailor26 at 2:42pm 01.29.25 None on my 2014 3YM30 either.
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Von Clipper at 2:35pm 01.29.25 This gear is definitely not original to a Mac 26d. First, he has a boom kicker which we all know
Its funny Friday! Urban Hermit at 2:33pm 01.29.25 Somewhere, someone hasn't heard this yet: Oh, what a strange bird is the pelican! His beak can hold
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 HermanHunter at 11:46am 01.29.25 YES. Ice box drain & bile pump. The big pump exits the boat on the starboard side just below the
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 azambella at 11:45am 01.29.25 Wow, Dumb-A spelling on my part. Sorry. New PC and not used to small keyboard I have had the 1982 H
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Joe at 11:22am 01.29.25 This gear is definitely not original to a Mac 26d. First, he has a boom kicker which we all know i
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Richard19068 at 11:12am 01.29.25 I notice the sail has a logo "WHIRLWIND". Looking that up it seems they are a company in San Diego
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks FastOlson at 11:10am 01.29.25 Ancient history at this point, but I believe that ForeSpar bought up the RC Marine line in the very
Home Pumpout System Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:10am 01.29.25 Perhaps a bit of RTV or 3M 4000? In any other installation, I'd say "nope...never use sealant on sa

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