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SBO STORE OPEN FOR BUSINESS Crazy Dave Condon at 7:48am 10.15.24 Ask All Sailors 0/345 Recent hurricanes have little affect and is open for business
SBO STORE Crazy Dave Condon at 7:46am 10.15.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/719 The store is open for business with little affect from the hurricanes
Location of keel bolts 2006 Hunter 25 GeeBeeMe at 5:51pm 10.14.24 Smaller Boats 3/554 I have a 2006 Hunter 25. B and R rig, with shoal draft keel. Trying to find location of the keel b
Below Deck Autopilot Randy Bolander at 2:51pm 10.14.24 The Cherubini Hunters 0/395 Hi Everyone, I haven't posted in a while, but we've been sailing our 37 (Shadow) about every weekend
C30 start battery recommendation (1) lunasea6 at 12:25pm 10.14.24 Catalina 30 15/2030 Have a '86 C30 repowered with a Yanmar 2GM... currently Interstate lead acid start and house banks.
Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian friends! Richard19068 at 11:09am 10.14.24 Ask All Sailors 6/583 Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian friends!
Spin-Tec furlers cokomo at 10:50am 10.14.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/618 Does anyone have any experience with Spin-Tec furlers? Our newly purchased boat has one and we are
Circuit Breaker issue? RitSim at 8:30am 10.14.24 Ask All Sailors 8/979 Recent trouble with air conditioning unit solenoid chattering (constant buzzing). Voltage at unit i
Replacing Maxwell 500 Windlass buddybear at 6:19pm 10.13.24 Catalina 310 12/3277 Looking to replace my original windlass with one that will take chain. I want to put it in the same
Looking for a trailer for my Catalina 25 swing keel chimowoody at 5:09pm 10.13.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/730 Hi all I'm in somewhat of a desperate need to find a trailer (new or used) for my 1980 Catalina 25 s
Tool suggestion for grinding deep bilge areas. (1) BAD ORCA at 3:38pm 10.13.24 Ask All Sailors 13/1292 Im getting ready to haul out in a few weeks and drop keel and install some good backing plates. In
Leaking around Mast DanMaine at 12:06pm 10.13.24 The Cherubini Hunters 17/1977 My HC 37 leaks between the mast and the deck. There is s neoprene gasket there. The water seems to
winter Cover DanMaine at 11:50am 10.13.24 Parts Search 1/452 Looking for a winter cover for a 37' sailboat. I can modify it if need be.
Put-in-Bay and the Great Lakes Comment (1) Kings Gambit at 7:19am 10.13.24 Sails Call Lounge 2/1091 Just completing a 10-day visit of western MI and western OH with much exposure to eastern Lake Michi
A Fall adventure for a Sailor and his wife (7) jssailem at 4:50pm 10.12.24 Sails Call Lounge 37/4250 227979 Oh yes. Foilage. 227985 Weather is cooperating.
Thinking of downsizing waterman30 at 2:20pm 10.12.24 Smaller Boats 2/804 I am thinking of letting my 23.5 go and getting something in the 16' range. Any suggestions for a go
Conversation with a Catalina 22 dlochner at 7:57am 10.12.24 Catalina 22 0/957 Cat 22 owners might enjoy this article. https://open.substack.com/pub/loosecannon/p/q-and-a-catalin
B&G Vulcan 7 and Raymarine Autopilot Integration Schwarz633 at 6:18am 10.12.24 Ask All Sailors 11/2501 I just purchased an old sailboat with fairly new instrumentation and am wondering if there's a way t
How to Lock Rudder Down? (Capri 18') (1) FLsail at 5:46am 10.12.24 Smaller Boats 2/768 Hi, I am helping a friend fix his Capri 18' and we can't get the rudder to lock down. I was told we
Mix Axiom and C80? kblodorn at 7:00pm 10.11.24 Big Boats 10/1503

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Help me understand water depth on Navionics / Garmin Boating app. jssailem at 10:10am 11.19.25 Regarding the marina depths. You will need to consult local knowledge. They may have dredged the mar
Help me understand water depth on Navionics / Garmin Boating app. jssailem at 10:07am 11.19.25 Regarding the Water Level setting. It is a tool to establish the Datum of the water you are on. Char
Reinforcing stanchion (1) jssailem at 9:56am 11.19.25 I was thinking about another option. On planes, there is a "STEP HERE" sticker. Perhaps you could p
Direct fresh water feed into the boat when at the dock Don S/V ILLusion at 9:26am 11.19.25 Is it really such a pain to fill your tanks, say, 1x week? (A benefit: keeps your tanks fresh and c
Reinforcing stanchion (1) Project_Mayhem at 8:45am 11.19.25 Upon close inspection, you can see the glass is crushed around the washer also placed G10 plates un
Adhering wood strips to cabin walls Project_Mayhem at 8:38am 11.19.25 In this application it wouldnt be hard to keep some pressure on it. THere's trim that can be used fo
1984 Hunter 27: Bow/Deck Protection Project_Mayhem at 8:35am 11.19.25 Thanks; that's a sound observation; I will look at it closer. I'm a novice sailer and learning much
Shelf life of impellers Project_Mayhem at 8:33am 11.19.25 Yes, impellers have a limited shelf life. Exposure to air and sunlight ages them quickly. I perso
Direct fresh water feed into the boat when at the dock BCsailor-skier at 8:06am 11.19.25 Is it really such a pain to fill your tanks, say, 1x week? (A benefit: keeps your tanks fresh and cl
Rebuilt Pirate Brig. short videos and a few pics Lothar4550 at 8:03am 11.19.25 What form of Keel did you use? How is the ballast positioned? She appears to have quite a bit of fr
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging dlochner at 7:57am 11.19.25 It was the gear case pully that was difficult to remove when I converted to the serpentine pulleys.
Light-Weight Solar Panels dlochner at 7:47am 11.19.25 Let's back up a bit here. Batteries are placed in parallel for a variety of reasons. Once parallele
Help Me Understand The Basics Of Boat Battery Charging Scott T-Bird at 7:17am 11.19.25 Yes, I used a battery powered impact driver to remove the pulley retaining nut when I rebuilt my al
Direct fresh water feed into the boat when at the dock Scott T-Bird at 7:12am 11.19.25 I agree with @Don S/V ILLusion about the risk, but if boat plumbing is really inferior to house plum
Light-Weight Solar Panels dlochner at 7:06am 11.19.25 Just so I'm clear...I am not putting the panels in series or parallel. They are all just treated as
Light-Weight Solar Panels GeneraiT001 at 6:49am 11.19.25 Correct. If anything the two chargers is better because they can optimize production from each pan
Light-Weight Solar Panels High Current at 6:47am 11.19.25 If you use a separate controller for each panel....does that affect the charging rate for the batte
1984 Hunter 27: Bow/Deck Protection Hunter Enthusiast at 6:30am 11.19.25 From the pictures, it appears to me that the damage was done when the mooring line went from the cl
Direct fresh water feed into the boat when at the dock Don S/V ILLusion at 6:23am 11.19.25 Domestic water piping doesn't get the bejabbers beaten out of it the way boat piping does each time
Light-Weight Solar Panels dlochner at 6:22am 11.19.25 If you use a separate controller for each panel....does that affect the charging rate for the batte

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