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Looking to replace cockpit instrument panel on 1979 Newport 30 mkll (2) coreth at 3:09pm 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 6/1015 Greetings Sailors, I am looking to replace the broken instrument/engine panel in the cockpit of my
Hunter 26 2wd or 4wd jbreland at 2:34pm 07.31.18 Smaller Boats 10/755 Hey guys what are you using to launch and retrieve your hunter 26 or 260's ? 2 wheel drive or 4 whe
Axiom 7 Screen Mystery (1) CrazyOldMan at 1:46pm 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 4/456 Forgive the noob question, but I have just purchased an Axiom 7 MFD and I am trying to set up the sc
Best LIS Ports Monterey385 at 1:38pm 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 7/675 Will be travelling back from Block Island to Atlantic Highlands NJ from Sunday 8/12 to Friday 8/17.
Climb my Mast in Annapolis? 4arch at 12:30pm 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 3/451 I'm looking for someone in the Annapolis area who can help me complete a mast coax replacement and a
Magic Erasers for cleaning dull gel coat Coppertone at 9:46am 07.31.18 Catalina 22 3/4539 I don't recall seeing anyone refer to these, but I am finding that plain heavy duty magic erasers ar
"All Is Lost". Should I give it another chance? Justin_NSA at 9:38am 07.31.18 Sails Call Lounge 43/3900 I started watching the movie last night on Amazon prime. I only got a few minutes into it and said t
Sailboat surveyor Miami BobHorn at 9:02am 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 0/292 Looking for a sailboat surveyor in the Miami area. Thanks, Bob
Dimension of fiberglass v berth hatch jerryf609 at 8:33am 07.31.18 Catalina 30 0/566 Hi sailors. I'm a 2 hour drive from my boat. Can someone pleas give me the dimensions of the forwar
Windicator for Escape Mambo NorCalSail at 8:20am 07.31.18 Parts Search 3/2962 Hi- I recently purchased an Escape Mambo and am looking for a "windicator " or another Escape owner
New Tow Vehicle w4swk at 7:28am 07.31.18 Catalina 22 26/3786 Soooooo, after 250,000 miles on my pickup, I think I will look for a new tow vehicle. I've always ow
Can't post in Owners Mods (1) pateco at 7:06am 07.31.18 Forum Help (Site Talk) 5/883 I wanted to add a project in Owners Mod's, but when I go to submit an article, it says I need to log
Hunter Legend 40.5 water in oil S.V. Windshadow at 6:22am 07.31.18 Engines and Propulsion 1/671 Yesterday we found brown thick oil up about 4-5 quarts. How can water get in there? My mechanic said
Water in the oil S.V. Windshadow at 5:58am 07.31.18 Big Boats 36/4929 2 hour sailing in following winds. Then 30 minutes of motoring to a slip. After sitting 4 days, our
Seawater Pump Identification? jviss at 5:23am 07.31.18 Engines and Propulsion 8/1592 I replaced the impeller on my Westerbeke seawater pump, part number 33636. Now the back of the pump
Hood furler bugsboat at 3:30am 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 4/485 I have a 1995 Hunter 37.5. The bearings in my Hood 810SL are good. But I had to use a vise grip to h
Block Island sunrise. (1) TomY at 3:19am 07.31.18 Ask All Sailors 14/1358
Does anyone know what the 36 was designed for? Alctel at 12:07am 07.31.18 The Cherubini Hunters 7/2821 The 36' cherubini hunters seem to be a bit of an odd ball out of the whole series - only made for 2
Has anyone tried digital /wireless radar? Kings Gambit at 10:03pm 07.30.18 Ask All Sailors 25/2188 The radar was swept off me boat in a weird collision that I may come back to someday here. In the m
Finding the elusive oil leak (2) LeslieTroyer at 9:55pm 07.30.18 Big Boats 3/1253 in the middle of my 3week Cruise I noticed oil leaking from the engine. It was very hard to pinpoin

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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
Hunter 376 holding tank discharge marcham at 10:13pm 09.21.24 Your owner's manual should have a diagram of all the plumbing. If you don't have a copy, it should b
Fan inside fridge/icebox marcham at 10:08pm 09.21.24 Hi and welcome, can you post some photos? Congrats on the new boat! Are you talking about a fan be
Lubricating outhaul car/track (1) thinwater at 10:01pm 09.21.24 Or switch to a clew strap and ditch the car. That is what I have on on two boats. But it depends. Y
Hunter 376 holding tank discharge jmarty32 at 8:56pm 09.21.24 Thanks...this makes sense. Since there is a locker that has a hose that is just hanging. The manual
Yamaha 25 bilge pump / packing Michael Davis at 8:43pm 09.21.24 am thinking I should be tightening the nuts closest to the collar (or loosening them to replace the

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