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Universal 35B Intermittent Overheat adelboat at 6:20pm 08.13.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 15/1553 Hi, all - hope you are enjoying a great season! A bit of unseasonal weather this season in NE, but a
Guest 900 Oscillating Cabin Fan (1) jviss at 6:10pm 08.13.18 Ask All Sailors 7/1263 I have two of these on my boat. https://newcontent.westmarine.com/content/images/catalog/large/24
Anti-Foul on a Mac 26M annon2019 at 5:14pm 08.13.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/556 My husband and I are VERY novice sailors, who bought our Mac 26M because it seemed the ideal boat to
Dinghy Outboard Motors: Mercury versus Johnson jviss at 4:08pm 08.13.18 Ask All Sailors 5/725 I have two 15HP Mercury 2-stroke motors for my 9' RIB, the tender for our sailboat. I have been on
How do I run a new main halyard? DStegs49 at 4:00pm 08.13.18 Big Boats 4/1189 I have a legend 37 and over the winter the wind and ice caused one of my main halyards to chafe and
C270 New Sails Sailfish03 at 11:35am 08.13.18 Mid-Size Boats 8/1368 Hi All, Our main and 155 genny are in need of replacement and our Variable winds at Bear Lake are an
Chart plotter choice Jimski at 11:19am 08.13.18 Ask All Sailors 29/5174 It is time to replace my aging Garmin 178 chart plotter. The other instruments (depth and speed thro
Boat Capacity Limits jimedwards at 9:42am 08.13.18 Ask All Sailors 28/8491 Is there a maximum capacity for my 1981 Catalina 27? Weight or number of persons? I know number of l
Time to Let Her Go... Simon Sexton at 8:09am 08.13.18 Ask All Sailors 14/1024 Hey Everyone, I am sad to report that we are selling Valiant, our first boat. She's been great fun
Well, sold my boat Kommy000 at 7:49am 08.13.18 The Cherubini Hunters 6/987 Well, after all the work, I ended up selling my boat. Moving on to a bigger boat, hopefully my last
Hunter Vision 32 engine to water heater lines. SonnyMarshall at 7:23am 08.13.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/1143 Found some chaffing on the coolant lines that go to the water heater. Chaffing has occurred on the
Port Replacement Screens carriemeaway at 7:02am 08.13.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1027 I have been looking to replace the screens in my small ports on our 2006 38 foot hunter. Has anyon
Adding Air conditioning to a 38 ft 2006 Hunter carriemeaway at 7:00am 08.13.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/1549 We own a 2006 38 foot Hunter. We would like to add air conditioning. The electrical panel has th
Dodger Jeff Scheid at 6:35am 08.13.18 Catalina 30 17/4031 Hi All, Looking for a Dodger pattern or and old dodger, so I can fab a new one. My boat 1980 C30 T
New 1/2"� genoa sheets. Hayden Watson at 9:41pm 08.12.18 Ask All Sailors 8/493 I need to replace my genoa sheets and want something different than the stay-set that I am replacing
Universal diesel multiple sudden symptoms Skipper at 8:13pm 08.12.18 Ask All Sailors 60/5470 UPDATED POST 8/25 page 2 UPDATED AGAIN 9/20 page 3 -- it was the air cleaner. Pretty sure I know w
Lawnmower-type battery for starting small diesel? Gene Neill at 4:02pm 08.12.18 Musings With Maine Sail 5/1266 My Beta 14 (Kubota) engine recommends 350-400 CCA for starting. To me, that's what I consider a lawn
Careful out there Ken Cross at 3:24pm 08.12.18 Ask All Sailors 7/555 I heard a call this morning to the US Coast Guard. Seeing the name of the boat right near us we moto
O'Day 322 replacement sliding hatch Mickstr at 1:51pm 08.12.18 Bigger Boats 17/2886 Has anyone replaced their sliding hatch on a 322 or similar boat (the horizontal sliding hatch, not
Source for SeaLube jviss at 1:49pm 08.12.18 Ask All Sailors 7/680 Greetings, I've heard people talk about this many times, as a lube for manual head pumps. Now that

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Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Project_Mayhem at 12:56pm 09.22.24 This is like an autoshop taking a bunch of nuts and pins off of your suspension, refuse to fix it, n
Cutter rig Crazy Dave Condon at 12:42pm 09.22.24 @Willemvan Both the 26 and the 260 were designed as a conventional mast head rig only
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks Crazy Dave Condon at 12:37pm 09.22.24 @robm Keep us posted. final two questions Look at bottom of motor to see if it ever dragged on an
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? Benny17441 at 12:36pm 09.22.24 You can't, your information will be floating around for eternity.
Galley and propane help in an old catalina Benny17441 at 12:31pm 09.22.24 A propane installation kit including a vented locker and switches is needed if you want a safe and h
Upgrading and Bedding Chainplates Project_Mayhem at 12:11pm 09.22.24 Try placing the roll of BedIT on a heated seeding mat. Even the smaller ones work well, they're wate
Galley and propane help in an old catalina (2) jssailem at 12:11pm 09.22.24 Lillian, welcome to the SBO forums. A search on the site will likely provide a lot of ideas. Here i
ODay 25 - Relocating the battery Project_Mayhem at 12:07pm 09.22.24 There's various configurations for the O'Day 25. My 78 with an inboard has them mounted in the cockp
Galley and propane help in an old catalina Tally Ho at 11:53am 09.22.24 Sounds like a fun project! First, for the propane locker, it needs to vent/drain out the bottom of
jabsco macerator paper gasket Ed whatnot at 10:10am 09.22.24 Ed, i was responding to your question if you could use permatex and the answer is yes. You can buy
Angled Engine Control Enclosure (1) BAD ORCA at 9:18am 09.22.24 I do have a router, radial arm saw and table saw along with the skills to fabricate something like
Angled Engine Control Enclosure jssailem at 8:49am 09.22.24 When joining Fiberglass parts in a permanent way, I would resort to Epoxy Resin. Thinking about thi
Lubricating outhaul car/track BAD ORCA at 8:45am 09.22.24 Thanks for replies. I need to take the sail off for mast/boom maintenance so will give the track a
jabsco macerator paper gasket JoeWhite at 8:29am 09.22.24 Ed, i was responding to your question if you could use permatex and the answer is yes. You can buy t
Angled Engine Control Enclosure Schwarz633 at 7:06am 09.22.24 They are custom fabricated. I used to make the angled panels for them. We heat bent the two sides
Hunter 376 holding tank discharge Terry Cox at 7:02am 09.22.24 Hope someone can help Do you have a macerator breaker If your boat came equipped with an overboar
Non skid hairline cracks Crazy Dave Condon at 5:33am 09.22.24 You will need some reverse non skid which the forum store might have for your boat
Forestay Broke Away Crazy Dave Condon at 5:26am 09.22.24 @moorglade1 Look at your standing or stainless steel rigging to determine there are no broken stra
info on catalina 22 Joe at 5:25am 09.22.24 The "new design" was introduced in 1986. Fixed or swing keels seem to be the only difference below
My rudder broke off Crazy Dave Condon at 5:02am 09.22.24 Foss Foam and New Rudder are basically the same company. In addition this forum store should have t

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