Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Hatch and lens restoration with wood (5) trevoratlarge at 5:02pm 10.07.25 Ask All Sailors 5/349 Hi folks. I bought my boat in April and the previous owner was in the early stages of refurbishing t
Had KBW20 tranny rebuilt on a Hunter 42 Passage and now Fwd is reverse and Rev is forward (1) mesmith1122 at 2:58pm 10.07.25 Big Boats 7/518 Just had my Kanzaki KBW20 tranny rebuilt. Shift lever is facing towards the stern of the boat with t
Eye splice for Samson MLX3 halyards Hayden Watson at 12:36pm 10.07.25 Ask All Sailors 7/423 I recently got some Samson MLX3 line to make new halyards with. This is a moderately high-tech core
Tropical Storm Jerry (1) JamesG161 at 8:42am 10.07.25 Weather and Forecasting 8/528 234774 Dammit Jim...
Precision 280 Oriondriver at 7:35am 10.07.25 Ask All Sailors 9/446 Anyone have experience with this boat? Thanks in advance.
SWANSEA, MA Listed: 09-28-2025 Dave1act at 7:00am 10.07.25 Ask All Sailors 0/14 2006 Hunter 36 SWANSEA, MA Listed: 09-28-2025 My name is Dave, I am interested in your boat. You
Head - Raritan PHII outlet connector bowed (2) skunther at 6:02pm 10.06.25 Ask All Sailors 26/1319 I recently replaced the joker valve, and the outlet connector and hose adapter facets are bowed towa
Shower drain on 1993 Legend 35.5 skunther at 5:51pm 10.06.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/218 I modified my shower drain to pump overboard via the galley drain (https://defender.com/en_us/whale-
Reefing lines jamming (2) skunther at 5:39pm 10.06.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/592
Deck light fixture missing? (2) skunther at 5:25pm 10.06.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/716
Rudder packing Gland failing (1) boris2point0 at 2:02pm 10.06.25 Yamaha 6/433 Hi Sailors. I am looking for some advice form other Yamaha owners. I have a Y30 there is signifi
Catalina 30 Stanchion issue DPotter at 1:37pm 10.06.25 Catalina 30 0/172 Hi all - 1994 Catalina 30 here. I have a loose stanchion that looks to have been bent at one point.
H50 generator Laid-back at 11:04am 10.06.25 Big Boats 3/396 I have to replace or repair the FP 12 mini generator on our Hunter 50 and are trying to weigh my opt
Splendide WD2100 - F13 Error on Hunter 460 FatSteveTheBoatCat at 9:10am 10.06.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/300 We have a vented Splendide washer dryer combo WD2100 that came installed on our 2002 Hunter 460 in t
Teak/ Holly woodworking question. (2) BAD ORCA at 9:03am 10.06.25 Ask All Sailors 19/608 I had to cut away a chunk of floor to get access to the forward part of the bilge/keel bolt in recen
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Woodworks1 at 7:15am 10.06.25 Catalina 30 26/1290 My stuffing box seal packing nut has bottomed out, I think. it feels like the nut has bottomed out
Aft Cabin adding Cabinets or Shelves buddybear at 8:47pm 10.05.25 Catalina 310 1/331 Normally the aft cabin is used for storage we call it the garage. Has anyone put cabinets or shelvin
Electrical Project Almost Complete (4) AP0196 at 3:33pm 10.05.25 Ask All Sailors 14/741 Spend the last two weekends (And two cases of beer) redoing the electrical on my Cat 22. I wish I ha
Xantrex 1800 just died, do I get similar or cheap generic inverter? sailbadsinner at 2:56pm 10.05.25 Ask All Sailors 7/447 My Xantrex 1800 inverter just smoked and died. It has been in my Morgan 43 since 2007. 18 years i
Hunter bow and stern seats, and helmseat teak strips in Digital Dumpster Dive (3) PAC3142 at 1:43pm 10.05.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/23 Hi, I just posted free Hunter bow, stern, and helmsman seat items in the Digital Dumpster Dive forum

Recent Replies

Seaflo Dry Bilge System marcham at 10:17pm 11.23.25 You can build it yourself for a fraction of the price...
Buying and cutting G10 Rich Stidger at 9:28pm 11.23.25 This thought crossed my mind when I saw smoke come off of it last time. I don't have enough use for
House SOC while on shore power Decisions at 9:12pm 11.23.25 Hi! I have epsilon super b lithium batteries. I thought the battery charger was automatic on shore
House SOC while on shore power jssailem at 8:55pm 11.23.25 Welcome Dan to the SBO forum and your new boat. What type of batteries do you have for your house?
Teak upkeep Kayakeur at 8:48pm 11.23.25 To fine tune your finishing process. Keep a log each time you paint of your finishing process of:
Automatic inflatable life jacket solo sailing Leeward Rail at 8:42pm 11.23.25 From the mini globe website. It is timely to this discussion. https://minigloberace.com/tough-test-
Electric Outboard Motor for Cat22? (2) Zinger88 at 8:11pm 11.23.25 I have the hp equivalencies of the electric outboards to reasonably accurate when it comes to using
Teak upkeep Kayakeur at 8:09pm 11.23.25 If you you sand wood on a windless or stable tack out a proper distance from land I think its ok to
EFOY Fuel Cells - Thoughts? SycloneDriver at 7:27pm 11.23.25 I was just looking over the specs on these units a short time ago. The thought of silent almost eff
EFOY Fuel Cells - Thoughts? marcham at 7:22pm 11.23.25 Pros: 1. Simple installation 2. Will recharge batteries automatically based on state of charge 3. Wa
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar dlochner at 6:17pm 11.23.25 We have ACR's that have completely programmable connect/disconnect voltages. Who makes them? The
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar dLj at 6:11pm 11.23.25 For sure the Balmar is the least feature-rich of the current offerings, but I just cannot figure ou
Merit 22 owners RussC at 5:38pm 11.23.25 Russ, that is a great upgrade which I also did. I think every Merit 22 should have 5/32" shrouds an
Merit 22 owners Hedgeman at 5:22pm 11.23.25 Russ, that is a great upgrade which I also did. I think every Merit 22 should have 5/32" shrouds and
Buying and cutting G10 Project_Mayhem at 4:37pm 11.23.25 For straight cuts of G10, use a (water lubricated) tile saw, cuts like butter with no dust, edge is
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar colemj at 4:08pm 11.23.25 We have ACR's that have completely programmable connect/disconnect voltages. Any AGM or sealed FL
Depth sounder replacement on C30 (2) Hayden Watson at 4:05pm 11.23.25 I had that same depth gauge on my C30 but went a different direction. I replaced it with a Garmin G
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar colemj at 4:02pm 11.23.25 I do prefer the Wakespeed controller. When I looked at them compared to Balmar there was no contest
Charging LiFePo4 Batteries With Just Solar colemj at 3:52pm 11.23.25 Perhaps my wording was not as clear as it could have been, but I meant exactly what you said; X hou
Depth sounder replacement on C30 jssailem at 3:31pm 11.23.25 What other electronics do you have on board? What other displays are in your eyesight when you look

Contact
About
Terms of Use