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35.5 Legend Rudder bearing replacement Canonshooternb at 7:41pm 05.31.19 Big Boats 5/1451 I have dropped my rudder for some minor repairs to keep the water out and noticed some lower play in
Replacing sections of wood flooring in H 23 Breaux at 6:54pm 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 4/494 I bought my son his first boat, a 1989 H 23. I can't seem to find anything from Hunter or any where
26x props, Honda BF50A, 3 different altitudes gmcgough at 6:19pm 05.31.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2327 I have a (new to me) 1997 Mac26x with a Honda BF50A. Specs for speed test...... (to give an idea
Boat insurance is absolutely nuts! pumpkinpie at 6:11pm 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 18/2860 I received a quote from BoatUS on a 2011 39ft Hunter. Down payment $980 and 7 payments of $332 per m
Winter Rains Catching Up (1) JamesG161 at 4:34pm 05.31.19 Weather and Forecasting 9/1373 This is a picture of the Mississippi River at Baton Rouge, LA. And it is the HIGH Ground!!! water wi
Holes in Keel?? H376 rfrye1 at 1:05pm 05.31.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/679
H340 Spinlock XA Clutch Installation (1) Chew Oon at 1:04pm 05.31.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2327
Transpac Entry Loses Keel on Delivery Rick D at 1:01pm 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 2/1053 At least they had beer.... https://www.latitude38.com/lectronic/2019/05/31/#transpac-entry-loses-kee
Multi-tasking (1) Jackdaw at 12:57pm 05.31.19 Racing 11/1283 Last night our 4th G-series was called for lack of race-quality breeze. So while most bobbed while w
Hunter 460 electric halyard winch fitting jimali at 12:38pm 05.31.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1286 Hi We are converting one of our halyard winches to electric. Had fun running the cables. New winch
Chrysrler 26 rudder assembly (1) martinjohncarr at 10:03am 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 2/571 My chrysrler 26 fin keel has a rudder wich moves up and down about an inch. Two separate divers have
Do you know what it is? (1) Richardwm at 7:36am 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 15/1614 I found this on the boat I purchased last fall. Do you know what it is????
boat blunders ! MitchM at 5:54am 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 0/414 this big - boat forum just sent off a link to its ever-popular thread, Oops! A Decade of
Proposed Small Solar Setup (1) Northstar1014 at 5:21am 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 4/872 Hello all, I am adding a small solar panel to my Beneteau 343 -- my goal is for it to provide suppl
Epirb All U Get at 3:14am 05.31.19 Ask All Sailors 16/1384
Yanmar 2Gm20F shaking with New Yanmar Mounts Brinky63 at 6:10pm 05.30.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1885 I replaced the old mounts with Yanmar mounts specific for the engine, 3 years ago. The boat is 15 ye
Stackpak for Dutchman? rpell1@msn.com at 2:23pm 05.30.19 Ask All Sailors 11/1700 Hi all, I have a '97 Cat30 MKIII with a Dutchman mainsail system. I would love to add a Stackpak c
Battling Mildew and Mold dlochner at 1:48pm 05.30.19 Ask All Sailors 38/5260 Since owning Second Star we have been battling a musty moldy smell with limited success. Recently wh
Building a replacement shroud Minnesail at 12:43pm 05.30.19 Catalina 22 2/739 So, I was tensioning my port side forward lower shroud when I heard a snap. I couldn't tell what it
Cracked Muffler (1) sjsflyer at 12:40pm 05.30.19 Catalina 310 10/2183 165459 This original 2007 muffler has less than 400 hours on it. It was weeping water just above t

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Making new floorboards for a Beneteau Nonixskis at 1:30pm 01.01.25 Thanks for this detailed response. Your floor and steps look great! My Beneteau floorboards se
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau Nonixskis at 1:23pm 01.01.25 If only "Some" of the old floor boards that are water damaged, why not replace only those ? OR if
Shore Tender Project_Mayhem at 12:45pm 01.01.25 I used to use a trolling motor but eventually found that lugging it around was more hassle than its
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 jssailem at 12:38pm 01.01.25 Welcome to the SBO Forum. Happy New Year. It is best to have some help with this task. If this is
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 Calif. Ted at 12:37pm 01.01.25 I unstepped my mast for new standing rigging October of '23 at the DP shipyard using my own rigger a
how to lock my rudder while under way tailboom at 12:21pm 01.01.25 I have a 1983 C22 with the stock non kick up rudder. There seems to be no way on securing the rudde
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau (3) Ralph Johnstone at 11:50am 01.01.25 Some of the old floorboards on my 1998 Beneteau are water damaged If only "Some" of the old floor
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 Marniko at 11:27am 01.01.25 Thanks do much for you response. Really helpful and informative. I would rather have the transducer
how to lock my rudder while under way ShawnL at 11:19am 01.01.25 My '72 just uses the weight of the rudder to keep it in. Haven't had any issues with it so far.
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 Don S/V ILLusion at 11:07am 01.01.25
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 Marniko at 10:57am 01.01.25 Will I have to lower the mast?
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 Marniko at 10:56am 01.01.25
Pulling cable for wind transducer on C320 jssailem at 10:53am 01.01.25 Are you replacing the transducer or installing a new one? Replacement allows you to use the existing
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau dLj at 9:59am 01.01.25 Can you epoxy over a veneer? Of course dj
how to lock my rudder while under way Hayden Watson at 9:58am 01.01.25 On my C25, one of the pintles had a hole drilled through the bit that extended out of the Grugeon wh
Sarasota Bay Returning SteveHughessails at 9:55am 01.01.25
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau Nonixskis at 9:29am 01.01.25
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau Mark Maulden at 9:21am 01.01.25
Making new floorboards for a Beneteau dLj at 9:07am 01.01.25 You can use "regular" plywood that uses water proof glue - exterior grade plywood. It's got more voi
Shore Tender (1) jssailem at 8:27am 01.01.25 Reminds me of the KonTiki... dern-day vision of a coastal pond cruiser without the sail.

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