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Holding tank mystery William Panek at 7:09pm 10.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/857 I have no way of knowing if my holding tank is ready to explode with waste or is only partially full
Hunter 30T 1991 abinkc at 6:36pm 10.14.19 Mid-Size Boats 3/1182 Is there a liner in the water tank or is the tank just the inside walls of the "V" in the bow?. I ha
LOOKING FOR CATALINA 22 USED MAIN FULL BATTEN DANIEL'S CATALINA22 at 5:30pm 10.14.19 Ask All Sailors 4/413 I HAVE 1983 CATALINA 22. I AM LOOKING TO UPDATE THE MAIN TO FULL BATTEN. I AM WANDERING IF SOMEBODY
Shout Out to The GPS Store and (gasp) West Marine Ward H at 5:01pm 10.14.19 Ask All Sailors 8/1140 I went to the Annapolis show with the intent of coming home with a Standard Horizon GX6000. The GPS
Can anyone confirm something about a 93 Hunter 27-2? MikeMikeMike at 4:02pm 10.14.19 Mid-Size Boats 5/1465 Can anyone confirm that the 1993 Hunter 27-2 does, in fact, use glassed-in and threaded backing plat
Proper tying up at slip jbreland at 3:05pm 10.14.19 Smaller Boats 14/1663 Hunter 26 and 23.5 how do you guys tie up in a slip. I don't like the fact that these boats only ha
Rigging preventer lines H260 Chuck C. at 11:47am 10.14.19 Smaller Boats 8/3871 Anyone have experience running preventer lines on a H260, and how did you set them up?
Remote start on Yanmar 2GM20? Tally Ho at 11:01am 10.14.19 Ask All Sailors 26/5202 I bought a remote starter switch that I hope will allow me to start the engine from my engine room w
H23 floorboards (1) ULost at 10:42am 10.14.19 Smaller Boats 4/655 Quick question about the floorboards above the bilge area. Mine have to be replaced and the one in
Newport 27 Mast OBXJim at 9:25am 10.14.19 Ask All Sailors 1/618 Recent hurricane rendered my long time pal more damage then I want to repair. A split along starboar
Weather has cooled off in Austin Texas!!! (1) SteveATx at 8:17am 10.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1137 170801
Congrats Christoper - Sailor - Adventurer (1) jssailem at 6:38am 10.14.19 Sails Call Lounge 11/2238 170787 Finding land after at 3 month voyage. Makes my coastal sailing seem insignificant. Oh wel
Worst Bottom Paint evah.... sailme88 at 4:52am 10.14.19 Ask All Sailors 14/4016 Thought I'd do my boat a good and try Interlux. 4 coats of barrier and 2 ablative.. Top ablative
New gear - night vision camera from SiOnyx Captain Larry-DH at 7:06pm 10.13.19 Racing 14/3293 One item that intrigued me at the Annapolis show was a nifty little monocular camera that uses avail
Happy Birthday US Navy (1) Brian D at 6:09pm 10.13.19 Sails Call Lounge 5/847 To all former and active duty/reserve US Navy personnel on SBO, I wish you and your service a Happy
Diesel Heater sail sfbay at 5:54pm 10.13.19 Ask All Sailors 19/5171 Planning to install a diesel heater(Espar maybe) on my 2005 Hunter 46 in the aft starboard lazarette
Happy Canadian Turkey Weekend Hunter216 at 3:47pm 10.13.19 Ask All Sailors 5/529
Will it pumpkinpie at 3:15pm 10.13.19 Ask All Sailors 7/1005 .
Experience with Sailwarehouse sails? djmeaney at 7:58am 10.13.19 Day Sailers 2/1142
Procedure to reef in mast furling main RNC725 at 4:42am 10.13.19 Ask All Sailors 9/5452 We are lake sailors. Our old boat was a 1967 Cal 30. We never reefed her even in winds over 25---whi

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Fan inside fridge/icebox marcham at 10:08pm 09.21.24 Hi and welcome, can you post some photos? Congrats on the new boat! Are you talking about a fan be
Lubricating outhaul car/track (1) thinwater at 10:01pm 09.21.24 Or switch to a clew strap and ditch the car. That is what I have on on two boats. But it depends. Y
Hunter 376 holding tank discharge jmarty32 at 8:56pm 09.21.24 Thanks...this makes sense. Since there is a locker that has a hose that is just hanging. The manual
Yamaha 25 bilge pump / packing Michael Davis at 8:43pm 09.21.24 am thinking I should be tightening the nuts closest to the collar (or loosening them to replace the
Yamaha 25 bilge pump / packing (1) Nunavut at 8:12pm 09.21.24 Managed to install a Rule mate 500 in the Yamaha 25-II - fits in the first compartment of the bilge
Upgrading and Bedding Chainplates Not Too Shabby at 7:12pm 09.21.24 Thanks Gene! try heating one of the inserted chainplates with a heat gun to see whether it would
Lubricating outhaul car/track Hello Below at 6:37pm 09.21.24 Remove the car and clean the grooves, maybe a little McLube in the grooves. :plus: If there are ba
Lubricating outhaul car/track Davidasailor26 at 6:36pm 09.21.24
Lubricating outhaul car/track dlochner at 6:24pm 09.21.24 Any lube will just attract dirt and salt. Give the track a good cleaning and maybe a little light wa
Would loose outhaul lead to weather helm? Davidasailor26 at 6:19pm 09.21.24 Flattening the main can definitely reduce weather helm. A looser outhaul tends to power the sail up,
Hunter 376 holding tank discharge jssailem at 5:52pm 09.21.24 When looking for your Holding Tank outlets, start at the holding tank and follow the hoses. If your
Non skid hairline cracks jssailem at 5:46pm 09.21.24 :plus: Researching the info on BoatworksToday.com. Is well worth the time.
Non skid hairline cracks azambella at 5:31pm 09.21.24 You need to check out Boatworks today on youtube. He did an episode on making a mold on your nonskid
First galley mod.... Terry Cox at 5:31pm 09.21.24 put up a shelf Hi Rich. Nice idea. If I were doing it, I would cut the vertical SS post and instal
Angled Engine Control Enclosure BAD ORCA at 5:30pm 09.21.24 ACDC Marine is telling me that those enclosures are custom fabricated from Plexiglass. The picture
First galley mod.... DaveJ at 5:29pm 09.21.24
My rudder broke off smokey73 at 5:26pm 09.21.24 Did you talk to Foss Foam in Florida? The one in Florida website is called newrudders.com I think t
Starter motor burned up? heritage at 4:55pm 09.21.24 You might consider fusing your start battery to prevent any severe meltdowns of the starter, solenoi
Upgrading and Bedding Chainplates Ralph Johnstone at 4:24pm 09.21.24 Don't know what the temperatures are like in your neighbourhood but you want the Bed-It to be a litt
Upgrading and Bedding Chainplates Gene Neill at 4:13pm 09.21.24 That is totally normal. It's not really possible to use too much tape. You are doing it perfectly. T

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