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Covering boat for winter NYSail at 5:51am 11.12.17 Ask All Sailors 33/3560 so with new boat I am getting ready to put her to bed. Figure I will have a cover made next year so
LIPO BATTERIES SVEN MARTINEZ at 1:42am 11.12.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 28/2510 Hi Folks, Question on using LIPO's for house bank. Anyone have experience they can share?
Barlow winch designations/model numbers Robert Weiss-Malik at 7:58pm 11.11.17 Cal 4/5297 My Cal 24 T/4 has a pair of Barlow winches that are stamped with the number "18" designation. These
Artistic Flair to Companionway Hatch Boards: Very lengthy project post (20) Will Gilmore at 6:58pm 11.11.17 Day Sailers 34/4995 New Companionway Boards Repost from the Mariner Class Association Web site's Maintenance and Restor
1982 Newport fixed portlights (2) MitchK at 5:18pm 11.11.17 Newport 0/523 Got a question for you owners of N28's. The fixed portlight on mine leak a bit, and I would like to
How long mixing elbows last/reduced flow (1) Skipper at 4:54pm 11.11.17 Ask All Sailors 18/1218 -update 11/13 below- How long do mixing elbows last? Mine in 6 years old. About 300 hours. Looks new
Steaming light Pompadi at 4:51pm 11.11.17 Catalina 309 Group Forum 5/1253 Our Steaming light has blown, does anyone know the size of the light bulb for the steaming light on
Raritan PHii pump rebuild Sefuller at 3:13pm 11.11.17 Ask All Sailors 27/4684 I needed to rebuild the pump on our PHii, and was surprised that I could not find any videos documen
Keel bolts (2) Voyager1 at 12:58pm 11.11.17 Ask An Oday Owner 8/963 when my boat was hulled out for the winter I noticed a 1/8 inch or so crack around the keel. I torqu
Marking jib sheet position danstanford at 11:14am 11.11.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 17/3727 Having never done this, I am thinking through the implications of marking my jib sheet for a beat so
Tarp v. Custom Canvas Winter Cover Tyler Rippel at 10:59am 11.11.17 Smaller Boats 22/5566 I am behind schedule on getting a couple things fixed and covering my boat for winter, but I recentl
Today is Veterans Day, 2017 (1) Brian D at 10:58am 11.11.17 Sails Call Lounge 22/1077 In honor of today, I want to thank all the Veterans here on SBO. And also thank their significant ot
Do magazines (and forums) focus too much on larger boats... thinwater at 10:40am 11.11.17 Ask All Sailors 96/6234 ... at the expense of smaller boats and beginning sailors? I can see why Sail would do this; the ad
how to winterize the elec. system ? Pat at 10:12am 11.11.17 Musings With Maine Sail 11/1481 Maine Sail, thank you for your great contributions and forgive my crazy question....Our O'day 272LE
How best to winterize a two battey/one charger O'day 272? Pat at 10:01am 11.11.17 Bigger Boats 7/803 I need advice on how to secure the batteries and charger for the winter lay-up....I have access to m
Job Fueled for O'Day 222 kdmjme at 8:58am 11.11.17 Ask All Sailors 0/266 Hi, I was wondering if anyone knows a marine salvage shop near me where I may purchase a furle r for
Auxiliary Battery Bigfish at 6:29am 11.11.17 Mid-Size Boats 13/768 On my 1978 Hunter 27 I have had to replace the auxiliary battery that runs the GPS, depth finder, li
Hunter 49 / 50 shore power transformer artboas at 11:52pm 11.10.17 Big Boats 25/2495 Ok, first of all, I'm just not sure how many owners have this transformer mounted in their boats. It
Sprucing up the galley on 26S need advice on glue for cabinets Bfranchini at 6:43pm 11.10.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/1223 I am planning of passing the winter months building cabinetry to spruce up the galley on Egret. For
Diesel fuel stabilizer for winter layup Capt Robbie at 5:47pm 11.10.17 Ask All Sailors 3/445 Had a full tank of fuel at end of season and I added stabizer last year before winter layup as I hav

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Request Help Deciphering Trail-Rite Capacity Decal brockangelo at 7:55am 06.27.23 No mine is a single axle. And I definitely think that's a 5806, not a 5800, whatever that means
Request Help Deciphering Trail-Rite Capacity Decal Chase Hartzell at 7:50am 06.27.23 Thanks. I'm guessing yours is a dual axle?
Request Help Deciphering Trail-Rite Capacity Decal (1) brockangelo at 7:49am 06.27.23 I don't think it is helpful, but here's my tag. I think they are too different, but just in case it
Can scoop a 25' trailer space.... LloydB at 7:49am 06.27.23 Check with the renter of the parking lot as to specific rule of measurement because they may limit p
Hunter 326 - Yanmar Engine Vibration - New mounts and maybe more?? Breezy1 at 7:43am 06.27.23 So I guess what you're saying is that you didn't read the article on shaft alignment. Actually, I'
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 7:42am 06.27.23 The desire is strong but the progress on the engine tells me... not this year. Still not in the wate
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Michael Davis at 7:36am 06.27.23 Hi John, we arrived home last evening after a very restful tour of the northern half of the Salish
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake (1) JamesG161 at 7:30am 06.27.23 This is from the Workshop manual. your last description, is in Red Oval. Jim... PS: The bottom 2
Do you trailer with the motor attached? Crazy Dave Condon at 7:15am 06.27.23 @john6206 Sailboat manufactures when designing the transoms, designed the transoms to carry a max
Captiva 240 Crazy Dave Condon at 6:45am 06.27.23 @bbriley Thank you for stepping up as an owner of a Captiva 240 owner to hep others. Dave , forme
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? BigEasy at 6:14am 06.27.23 Is it 15 seconds or two minutes that you can go? Dont know but because I dont, I NEVER run an outbo
Can scoop a 25' trailer space.... Rick Webb at 6:13am 06.27.23 Itsa gonna be close and there is not really a standard trailer There are hinges that can be added t
Can scoop a 25' trailer space.... rgranger at 6:05am 06.27.23 I think he means total on-trailer length. He found a 25 ft parking space. Yeah... I got a little
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? jon hansen at 5:59am 06.27.23 a6pHSn8lLAQ
Can scoop a 25' trailer space.... Crazy Dave Condon at 5:53am 06.27.23 Is the Catalina 22 a fixed wing keel, swing keel or a fixed Finn keel? How much overhang will there
ampacity of disconnects Maine Sail at 5:51am 06.27.23 As long a the circuit is below 20A quick-disconnect/fast-on terminals are ok. The best & most relia
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? Project_Mayhem at 5:34am 06.27.23 I've been using Seafoam on and off for the past 20 years. Only once, did it appear to make a differe
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? walt at 5:20am 06.27.23 The first outboard I owned was a new 4 HP Tohatsu 4st. A friend thought no problem to run the outboa
Hi guys, I have been trying to get the bolts out of my Hunter 27 anchor chain holder - I've tried heat, oil, a hammer and they won't budge. Crazy Dave Condon at 5:18am 06.27.23 Which 27 is it or year of boat? @twalker H260 may be correct as I have seen 5200 sealant used. If
Hi guys, I have been trying to get the bolts out of my Hunter 27 anchor chain holder - I've tried heat, oil, a hammer and they won't budge. JBP-PA at 5:16am 06.27.23 I'm all for the impact wrench, but since they had nuts, can you pound them up from inside? Maybe usi

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