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Jabsco Manual Toilet Hard to Pump mnmpizza at 7:19pm 10.14.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/9770 My pretty new Jabsco toilet is suddenly hard to pump when switched from wet to dry. It pumps (fills
Holding tank mystery William Panek at 7:09pm 10.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/881 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 3/1207 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 4/437 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 8/1211 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 5/1530 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 14/1705 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 8/4140 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 26/5409 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 4/681 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 1/636 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 11/1182 170801
Congrats Christoper - Sailor - Adventurer (1) jssailem at 6:38am 10.14.19 Sails Call Lounge 11/2299 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 14/4253 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 14/3455 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 5/940 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 19/5379 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 5/562
Will it pumpkinpie at 3:15pm 10.13.19 Ask All Sailors 7/1058 .
Experience with Sailwarehouse sails? djmeaney at 7:58am 10.13.19 Day Sailers 2/1164

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Decking project Gene Neill at 4:21am 11.19.24 That looks fanatstic! I'd be keenly interested in some future updates on its performance over time
Adding Electric Bilge Pump (1) Davidasailor26 at 4:20am 11.19.24 I would probably run the output to someplace on the stern quarter, maybe a little higher than where
Winter Weather forecasted for PacificNW mermike at 3:57am 11.19.24 A Thanksgiving sail to Olympia might be off the table.
Adding Electric Bilge Pump Captain Larry-DH at 3:50am 11.19.24 If I decide to go to the Chart table, then I assume if the bilge is dirty it will mar the boat. I a
Adding Electric Bilge Pump dlochner at 3:18am 11.19.24 @garymalmgren is correct, if the boat is sinking due to a hole or failed seacock, no bilge pump will
Sewing bags for gear garymalmgren at 2:35am 11.19.24 Show me 20 year old velco and I will show you 40 year old toggles. Only one will be still functional
Adding Electric Bilge Pump garymalmgren at 2:33am 11.19.24 Hi Zina. RE: The big pump is where I am not sure how big I need to go. Correct me if I am wrong ,
Adding Electric Bilge Pump Don S/V ILLusion at 1:54am 11.19.24
Taking the mast down john2 at 1:18am 11.19.24 Also check the weep/drain holes at the mast base. mine were missing and when the mast base sealed d
Heart Freedom 20 Inv/charger dLj at 8:58pm 11.18.24 Dave, I'm not suggesting the batteries are deader than a doornail or have a bad cell, just that sig
Heart Freedom 20 Inv/charger Davidasailor26 at 7:11pm 11.18.24 Now we are anchored out and it is blinking again. Batteries are 12.84v. Is the voltage 12.84 ant t
Heart Freedom 20 Inv/charger dlochner at 5:57pm 11.18.24 Since your batteries are less than a year old, I respectfully disagree with the above assessment th
Good Evening dlochner at 5:11pm 11.18.24 You have quite a project boat. In addition to missing the boom, you need to build a rudder. That in
Heart Freedom 20 Inv/charger dLj at 5:00pm 11.18.24 Since your batteries are less than a year old, I respectfully disagree with the above assessment tha
Heart Freedom 20 Inv/charger dlochner at 4:34pm 11.18.24 Is dip switch #4 on or off? I assume yours is a 12-volt system? y or bad wiring. That's why I a
Heart Freedom 20 Inv/charger (1) HoosierSailor at 3:47pm 11.18.24 All dip switches are selected off
H340 Midship Cleat Access Rich Stidger at 3:31pm 11.18.24 It's a 25 year old boat. Not everything is going to be pristine. The photo of your cleat looks prett
Good Evening bbuucckk at 3:30pm 11.18.24
Good Evening (4) bbuucckk at 3:29pm 11.18.24 Photos please. https://marinehowto.com Don Casey's book:
Heart Freedom 20 Inv/charger (1) Tally Ho at 3:26pm 11.18.24 Is dip switch #4 on or off? I assume yours is a 12-volt system?

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