Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

PNW Summer Cruise 2017 Terry Cox at 9:53am 02.15.20 Pacific North West Cruisers 12/2089 DVD finally available for public viewing here: KUryNchQfT8
PNW Cruise 2017 Terry Cox at 9:48am 02.15.20 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/1 Finally, finally, finally, YouTube lifted their restriction on the 2017 summer cruise video here: KU
Internal halyards ? little breeze at 7:34am 02.15.20 Catalina 22 26/6200 Hey guys , My C22 still have the wire to rope halyards. I would like to convert over to rope halyard
Strange Winter? (1) JamesG161 at 6:32am 02.15.20 Weather and Forecasting 26/4306
Could Winter be over? DayDreamer41 at 5:17am 02.15.20 Ask All Sailors 89/9443 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 7/1091 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 41/5165 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 16/25741 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 7/3349 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 5/1919 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

Recent Replies

Home Pumpout System dlochner at 7:26am 01.30.25 Mine had smooth ports as well. The vintage hose was like aquarium or bilge hose with a reinforced p
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks (1) Project_Mayhem at 7:10am 01.30.25 It looks like some are still being sold with the RC Marine name on them https://defender.com/en_us/f
Outfitting a little bare boat Urban Hermit at 7:07am 01.30.25 Couple of throw pillows and blankets are handy when it gets chilly, in addition to your regular sle
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Project_Mayhem at 7:00am 01.30.25 We owners are a penny pinching lot. For various reasons between 1994 and 2024 the boat challenged t
Home Pumpout System Project_Mayhem at 6:58am 01.30.25 Hi @Project_Mayhem , Yes, the Guzzler pump I bought has completely smooth ports--no barbs or textu
Outfitting a little bare boat JBP-PA at 6:48am 01.30.25 Couple of throw pillows and blankets are handy when it gets chilly, in addition to your regular slee
Handcrank starting a small engine. PaulK at 6:40am 01.30.25 After trying hand-cranking several times on the Yanmar 3GM in our J/36 we got a battery jumper pack.
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks jssailem at 6:21am 01.30.25 I'm wondering why I have an RC branded valve on a 94 Catalina. We owners are a penny pinching lot.
Handcrank starting a small engine. dlochner at 6:19am 01.30.25 Are electric fuel pumps necessary once the engine is running? Perhaps a bulb could be used just for
Outfitting a little bare boat Urban Hermit at 6:14am 01.30.25 Gary -- thankee. Enjoyable to watch; very interesting the difference in craft down under.
Handcrank starting a small engine. Project_Mayhem at 5:55am 01.30.25 Nice! I love your PVC cleat! On one of the big ocean races a boat had a dead starter on their new en
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Project_Mayhem at 5:36am 01.30.25 I think I'm most nervous about overtightening these plastic threads. The resistance increases very l
Handcrank starting a small engine. Davidasailor26 at 4:56am 01.30.25 hand cranking is non starter. I see what you did there. :biggrin:
Handcrank starting a small engine. garymalmgren at 4:54am 01.30.25 RE: Hand cranking only works on engines that are entirely mechanical Yep. Handcranking only works o
Handcrank starting a small engine. dlochner at 4:19am 01.30.25 Hand cranking only works on engines that are entirely mechanical, no electric fuel pump, no glow plu
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks colemj at 4:18am 01.30.25 The one I pulled was made by RC. I looked them up and discovered that Forespar had bought them in t
Handcrank starting a small engine. Terry Cox at 4:12am 01.30.25 Nice tip, but of no help for our 4J. Several years ago we experienced a dead start battery while out
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail colemj at 4:11am 01.30.25 I think Joe is on the right track, and that mast (and sail) isn't original to the boat. I think the
Handcrank starting a small engine. Jim Legere at 4:08am 01.30.25 While this is creative and fits my ethos, it is anachronistic in today's world. Today, one just ca
Handcrank starting a small engine. colemj at 3:41am 01.30.25 While this is creative and fits my ethos, it is anachronistic in today's world. Today, one just car

Contact
About
Terms of Use