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Catalina C310 3rd most popular Catalina on SBO JRT at 8:43am 07.29.19 Catalina 310 6/1365 I find looking at the statistics interesting that the top 3 boats on SBO under Catalina Forum are:
the power boating scene. I'm behind the times Justin_NSA at 8:03am 07.29.19 Sails Call Lounge 13/1506 As this forum says, this has nothing to do with sailing. Some good friends of ours invited us down t
Hunter Legend 37.5, Moving Furler from below deck to above deck Maraj at 8:00am 07.29.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2650 I have a Furlex 200S furler on a Hunter Legend 37.5 that is below deck. I do not like this configura
Replacing floor on a Passage 42 Bonanza II at 7:54am 07.29.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/469 We have a 1990 Passage 42 in the Caribbean. The floor is developping soft spots in the galley and s
Hunter 37 cutter - mainsheet configuration. rugger at 7:08am 07.29.19 Ask All Sailors 4/559 Help - I painted my boom and now am not able to set the mainsheet blocks up properly. Sounds like a
Nylon Cutlass Bearing (4) Saltwaterand seaweed at 3:44am 07.29.19 Yamaha 3/1890 Is anyone here familiar with the nylon cutlass bearing inside the nylon shaft log on the Yamaha 33?
Fish finder glued inside the hull (3) jonelli at 10:30pm 07.28.19 Ask All Sailors 11/1679 Not a really important topic, but I was messing around with a fish finder transducer in my Cat30, an
Searching for S2 6.7 rudder jubels at 6:19pm 07.28.19 Parts Search 4/853 I need a rudder for a 1981 S2 6.7. Does anyone have one or know where I can find one?
AMF Alcort Puffer ARC7 at 5:23pm 07.28.19 Ask All Sailors 1/418 I recently bought an AMF Alcort Puffer but it is missing a mast and jib. Can anyone refer where I ca
No Electrical power Mbfhunter at 4:45pm 07.28.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/778 An intended day on the water ended up being a day of dead batteries. 2006 Hunter 27. Pulled them off
Rodkicker Repair (1) Bill19233 at 3:40pm 07.28.19 Racing 23/9971 Has anyone had the cable pull out of the inside of their Selden Rodkicker boom vang? Having trouble
Longer rudder Slacker at 2:04pm 07.28.19 Smaller Boats 11/2520 If I installed a longer rudder would that help prevent my Catalina 18 from rounding up so quickly?
Where the heck is my electric bilge pump? spethier at 1:11pm 07.28.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 14/2064 I have now owned a 2008 Beneteau 37 for a couple of years now, and this weekend, my bilge pump faile
"The time has come," the walrus said, "to speak of many things . . ." Red_Dog at 11:38am 07.28.19 Ask All Sailors 25/2740 In this case, it's boom vangs, main sheets and travelers. Ok, I think I've got an understanding thos
H376 Holding tank jcrews63 at 9:39am 07.28.19 Big Boats 0/615 Has anyone here replaced the holding tank of their 376? I'm just in discovery mode now and thought i
Supercapacitor starters & "batteries" agprice22 at 6:54am 07.28.19 Sails Call Lounge 4/1048 I have been around powerboats and sailboats my whole life, and I own one of each. My father was more
Nylon cutlass bearing inside the nylon shaft log Saltwaterand seaweed at 11:01pm 07.27.19 Yamaha 3/1171 Is anyone here familiar with the nylon cutlass bearing inside the nylon shaft log on the Yamaha 33?
2006 Hunter 146 Centerboard Repair Hunter146Owner at 9:33pm 07.27.19 Day Sailers 24/4419 I just bought a 2006 Hunter 146 that is in very good condition. To my dismay, the cleat holding the
Interior Teak Finish Help (4) DYFLWD at 8:35pm 07.27.19 Ask An Oday Owner 12/3389 Hi all, I am refininshing my settee shelf which I believe to be made of teak. It isnt varnished but
Nice sailing on Seneca agprice22 at 6:17pm 07.27.19 Telstar 12/2845 nice day one Seneca today... fRSaPbyOEUU

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Runaway diesel dlochner at 9:16am 01.29.25 Shouldn't that be "without" ? My 1993 Yanmar 3JH2E does not have a decompression lever.
Runaway diesel Ralph Johnstone at 9:11am 01.29.25 but I haven't seen an engine since the 90's with a decompression lever. Shouldn't that be "withou
Home Pumpout System dlochner at 9:09am 01.29.25 I forgot to mention that my vintage bilge hose liked to slide off of the pump inlet and outlet. May
Home Pumpout System Tedd at 7:47am 01.29.25 Hi @Project_Mayhem , Yes, the Guzzler pump I bought has completely smooth ports--no barbs or textur
Home Pumpout System Project_Mayhem at 6:43am 01.29.25 I forgot to mention that my vintage bilge hose liked to slide off of the pump inlet and outlet. Mayb
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail shemandr at 6:38am 01.29.25 It's odd. Not only is there no clew cringle, the sail isn't built to have one. Is it possible that
Look inside 1979, 25 Catalina (1) SailingLoto at 6:31am 01.29.25 I like the storage divider/cubby under the cockpit. Mine doesn't have that.
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Project_Mayhem at 6:22am 01.29.25 Why not just replace any OEM "valve on a thruhull" with a stronger seacock valve? Forespar and (mor
Runaway diesel colemj at 3:55am 01.29.25 Never had it happen to me, but in a runaway diesel situation, couldn't you just flip the decompress
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks colemj at 3:31am 01.29.25 I should also note that 3 out of 4 of mine had leaks between the thru hull and seacock when sealed
2000 Oceanis 411 Rudder Issue KStolten at 9:48pm 01.28.25 Hi jssailem thanks for the advise! I will try that. digging will not work for me as the boat is on
Runaway diesel dLj at 9:18pm 01.28.25
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks (1) Hayden Watson at 6:54pm 01.28.25 One challenge that you will have is how to deal with the deep recess in the hull. Catalina used the
Runaway diesel Davidasailor26 at 6:49pm 01.28.25 I feel like I'm playing devil's advocate on this post, and its not intentionally challenging, but m
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Hayden Watson at 6:48pm 01.28.25 Thanks for the clarification. Mine has the same. I'm ok with the marelon valves but it's the plasti
Runaway diesel Hayden Watson at 6:42pm 01.28.25 Never had it happen to me, but in a runaway diesel situation, couldn't you just flip the decompress
Runaway diesel Robert Strickland at 5:59pm 01.28.25
Runaway diesel Robert Strickland at 5:55pm 01.28.25 Huh. My 2GM20, circa mid-80s, has 2 levers (one/cylinder), easily accessible at the top of the engi
Runaway diesel Davidasailor26 at 5:00pm 01.28.25
2000 Oceanis 411 Rudder Issue jssailem at 4:26pm 01.28.25 Karsten. Welcome to SBO. I would use a tape measure to identify the distance from the boat bottom (

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