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Sea water faucet and pump Valerio at 7:26pm 07.29.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1653 i have a H 41, woul you instal the foot pump for sea water inside the cabinet below the sinc so you
Yanmar 2GM20F strong exhaust odor matts997 at 7:00pm 07.29.18 Mid-Size Boats 19/4381
McLube Sailkote Substitute BigEasy at 6:50pm 07.29.18 Ask All Sailors 37/12367 Appears that Sailkote is no longer available in 14-16oz spray cans; now its available in 8oz spray o
Sail vs hang glider wing (3) BobbyFunn at 6:20pm 07.29.18 Ask All Sailors 16/4017 Always thinking sails are the last technology to be updated in the wing world I wonder if hang glide
Tiller Extension juradog at 5:00pm 07.29.18 Catalina 22 8/1533 Sailing single handed when raising the mainsail to point into the wind can be problematic at times.
Catalina 28 mkii decklight MurphyGirl at 3:32pm 07.29.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/510 This is going to be a stab in the dark but I'm hoping someone knows what bulb to use in the deckligh
Homemade forestay tensioner and furler (5) Rowlando at 2:45pm 07.29.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1040 I am working on a furler and am waiting for parts (new forestay, blocks, fairleads etc.) so I came u
H31 Mk1 deck organizer dasreboot at 12:38pm 07.29.18 Mid-Size Boats 10/1171 was thinking of replaceing the deck organizer with a triple or a quad. Where is the attachment under
Anchor - Oceanis 36 cc carlager at 12:25pm 07.29.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/902 We are in the Med with our Beneteau Oceanis 36cc and are planning to spend some of the nights anchor
Sailing Phrase's Don Guillette at 11:49am 07.29.18 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 90/11416 Years ago, when I was wondering if I'd ever master the skill of sail trim, I came across some articl
Man the Universal M-12 is forgiving! (1) odaydokay at 11:25am 07.29.18 Engines and Propulsion 0/439 The threads about engines overheating or running sharpened my senses (Thanks, folks!), so this seaso
Sourcing a replacement stern light bulb for 1996 Hunter 280 bmcgowan5200 at 11:13am 07.29.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/346 Need to replace my stern light bulb. Went to the Hunter OEM parts site but can't find the right bulb
Need 3 inch plastic mast hoops heritageadam at 8:07am 07.29.18 Ask All Sailors 7/585 Hello, I have a fiberglass S-12 Alumnacraft sailboat. It is from the 1960's. It uses 3 inch plasti
shake down success! (2) tipsyravensailing at 7:57am 07.29.18 Ask All Sailors 34/1582 Heya all. finally made it out. not a lot of photos but i was... busy. Day started with a motor pr
O'Day 34/35 questions dmax at 7:47am 07.29.18 Bigger Boats 8/2585 Good Day, I just purchased an 87 O'Day 35 in excellent overall shape but of course, it needs a few t
Anyone ever 'wide load' trailer / haul their S2 9.2? unhinged schoolboy at 7:23am 07.29.18 S2 27/2989 It struck me to sail from Galveston to Port Aransas as a fun idea at first. However, in a short amo
Aw nuts, toasted (1) All U Get at 6:59am 07.29.18 Ask All Sailors 13/754 Hi all, Just had our toaster/oven do the spark and smoke routine so I took it home to pull it apart
Look To the Skies!! JamesG161 at 5:52am 07.29.18 Sails Call Lounge 13/995 January 31 2018 Super Blue Blood Moon Is coming!!!!:yikes: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/super-
470 Franklin at 3:39am 07.29.18 Big Boats 0/977 Been looking at bigger boats and I saw a listing of a 470. It seemed to have a very high ceiling fo
How big of a trailer winch? ScubaGuy2 at 8:45pm 07.28.18 Catalina 22 7/1458 Our 34 year old winch (like much of the trailer) has seen better days. It just does not want to loc

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Removing Paint from PVC Pipe. JamesG161 at 2:13pm 05.10.24 Sand paper! Or Fine Grit Rubbing Compound. Jim... PS: be careful with Acetone.
Removing Paint from PVC Pipe. rgranger at 2:03pm 05.10.24 Citrus strip! Sand paper!
Window unit AC install Tally Ho at 1:49pm 05.10.24 All good: g on that search page. Greg
Major Sun Storm Alert ! JamesG161 at 12:41pm 05.10.24 kiss our collective arses goodbye only if you store your cell phone there :laugh: This does affe
Self Tailers and the Catalina 22 New Design morbidfollower at 12:09pm 05.10.24 I added lewmar 16st winches on my 88. Put them basically where the 6's were (they were actually not
O'day 23-2 Topping lift Timm R Oday25 at 11:51am 05.10.24 Good afternoon. We also have an Oday 25 . We installed a boom kicker brand rigid vang and that alllo
Removing Paint from PVC Pipe. kappykaplan at 11:31am 05.10.24 Acetone should work, too.
Removing Paint from PVC Pipe. ggrizzard at 11:26am 05.10.24 Maybe Acetone? That I got by the quart,
Removing Paint from PVC Pipe. kappykaplan at 11:23am 05.10.24 Nail polish remover or WD-40 should do the trick.
Major Sun Storm Alert ! jssailem at 11:16am 05.10.24 It has the NOAA folks anxious
Major Sun Storm Alert ! ggrizzard at 11:08am 05.10.24 So James, what you're telling us is that we should all bend over and kiss our collective arses good
Connecting bilge areas LloydB at 10:13am 05.10.24 Seems to me that you should verify the easiest weep hole to test with a half quart of water and go f
34.1: Code 0 or Spinnaker? cymeyer at 10:11am 05.10.24 I have a 2023 Oceanis 34.1. Due to the location of the shrouds, I am extremely limited in how far
Window unit AC install cymeyer at 10:08am 05.10.24
IS your GPS, AIS, Home Power Grid acting funny? JamesG161 at 9:05am 05.10.24 For continuing updates look here... Major Sun Storm Alert Jim...
Stove Cover (1) william24424 at 8:54am 05.10.24 Thin water, you are making too much common sense, less is indeed more. Here is where I have left the
Shroud adjusters - Newport 17 jssailem at 8:37am 05.10.24 First... Welcome to SBO. Annd congrats on your new boat. I have used a variety of adjustable tensi
Rudder crack jssailem at 8:12am 05.10.24 Accidents happen. The challenge is to do a thorough inspection and not try to slap a little fibergla
Connecting H23 bilges? Crazy Dave Condon at 7:50am 05.10.24 Sent you a private message Crazy Dave
Stove Cover thinwater at 7:45am 05.10.24 When is an upgrade not actually an upgrade? Sometimes we just want to "do something for the boat."

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