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Low water pressure? Beneteau 40 SRShatz at 7:33pm 03.08.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/3093
Are you a Lexophile? JamesG161 at 5:14pm 03.08.18 Sails Call Lounge 17/1233 Please Mr SBO Police Bot this not a bad word.:pray: It is a person who loves words. Examples... 1
hunter 240 swing keel issue waveform at 5:07pm 03.08.18 Smaller Boats 7/1764 Just bought 1998 240. I've heard the swing keel will get us into places we were unable to get into w
Hand operated Sink pump not working Hunter 23 scott hall at 3:15pm 03.08.18 Ask All Sailors 10/1450 I have a 1986 Hunter 23 with a hand sink. There is a water spout handle that you push up and down.
Static Roland5048 at 1:04pm 03.08.18 Ask All Sailors 16/1344 When hooked to shore power, I noticed some static coming from my VHF and stereo when the battery cha
Y26 rig tuning advice hoosgow at 10:34am 03.08.18 Yamaha 6/1241 I was hoping to get some feedback/advice regarding tuning the standing rigging on a Y-26 tall rig (f
How to Completely Empty A Fuel Tank? rardiH36 at 7:42am 03.08.18 Ask All Sailors 21/4798 I have just completed installing a new Moeller plastic diesel fuel tank in an vacant/unused location
Lower lifeline hole plastic insert (1) Intrepid-II at 4:53am 03.08.18 Parts Search 22/4295 I am replacing the lifelines on my 82 Hunter 30 and I am looking for the plastic inserts that go int
Forward hatch 1987 28.5 (1) thetone at 1:10am 03.08.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/435 Can anyone help find a replacement forward hatch for my Hunter 1987 28.5?
Line management in the C22 cockpit.. Leeward Rail at 9:14pm 03.07.18 Catalina 22 8/1177 CD has mesh halyard bags listed in their catalog. (can't seem to find similar in the SBO store.) Ha
Lets talk, Lewmar, Harken, (ect)and dotcoms HighCs123 at 3:15pm 03.07.18 Ask All Sailors 20/1527 So enlighten me, which sites do you prefer to buy your gear? For example swivel blocks, stand up bl
Refinishing Pop Top slider Rltgold at 10:49am 03.07.18 Catalina 22 24/2550 Hi Everyone, My slider top on my pop top is pretty chipped and ragged on the leading edge so I am pl
Replacement water fill caps AlastairLC at 10:07am 03.07.18 Ask An Oday Owner 13/886
Trust starts at an early age... (1) Brian D at 6:45am 03.07.18 Sails Call Lounge 7/590 147384
Aluminum Water Tank firehoser75 at 10:32pm 03.06.18 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 13/4785 I am wondering if I need to add anything to my freshwater after I fill using a good quality filter.
Liability Issue thetone at 9:47pm 03.06.18 Ask All Sailors 17/1246 I posted on this forum a few month's ago about this. I was being denied coverage on a third party li
Internet entrance test (1) Brian D at 8:21pm 03.06.18 Sails Call Lounge 84/7954 147371
Screw anchors? For interior modifications. Macboy at 7:51pm 03.06.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/1165 Are there any shallow anchor sort of things I can use for attaching interior additions to the inner
Proper wire colour coding? Macboy at 7:47pm 03.06.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/830 In planning my battery relocation and general rewiring I'll be adding some stuff. Cabin lighting, re
New to the forum SvOblio at 6:57pm 03.06.18 Irwin 19/2293 Hello, I recently bought a Irwin 40 MKll.

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WARNING : Sailrite Machine (240v/international) version does not work with inverters dlochner at 7:17am 02.14.24 If the OP knew how to use an oscilloscope to check the quality of the sine wave, they wouldn't be p
WARNING : Sailrite Machine (240v/international) version does not work with inverters Project_Mayhem at 7:15am 02.14.24 If the OP knew how to use an oscilloscope to check the quality of the sine wave, they wouldn't be po
Solar powered vents PaulK at 6:21am 02.14.24 Nicro still makes one, though it seems to be plastic, not ss.
Oceanis 36cc Line Information kappykaplan at 5:08am 02.14.24 Archangel36cc, the OP hasn't been seen since 01 May 2023.
WARNING : Sailrite Machine (240v/international) version does not work with inverters Ken13559 at 11:50pm 02.13.24 Could it be your inverter is modified sine wave instead of true sine wave? Have/will you try using H
Oceanis 36cc Line Information Archangel36cc at 8:51pm 02.13.24 Hi, i own a 2000 36cc in Bristol condition. I have a detailed sheet of all running rigging for then
Water Leaks JamesG161 at 8:26pm 02.13.24 Going to put some water tracer (green) in the tank to be 100% sure as it has rained constantly for
Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? PaulK at 7:53pm 02.13.24 Our yard uses jackstands and allows owners to leave their masts up all winter. We've used them for m
Cradle: transport 4000nm? Sell, buy/build new? Sail 365/yr and stay off the hard? (1) Tally Ho at 7:44pm 02.13.24
Swim platform NYSail at 5:45pm 02.13.24
Free chafe guard jssailem at 5:02pm 02.13.24 You do not need chafe protection of that to happen. I had new dock lines survive a night of high win
WARNING : Sailrite Machine (240v/international) version does not work with inverters Project_Mayhem at 4:57pm 02.13.24 Love this post on SailNet: "So if I get this right, new user joins to complain that product works as
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 3:07pm 02.13.24 Be very careful regarding the title. the only seller who can convey good title is the human o
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? elink at 2:05pm 02.13.24 Thanks for all the input folks. I should have enough info for an attempt once I have enough crew on
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? elink at 2:03pm 02.13.24 I've been interested in obtaining a Selden sprit with a gennaker but it seems that mounting the spr
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? BarryL at 12:38pm 02.13.24 Hi, Yes, you can just slide the tube back and completely remove it. There are a number of options,
Free chafe guard rgranger at 12:06pm 02.13.24 The problem with fire hose is the lining. If it were just polyester braid it would be fine. I read
New owner of sailboat with Seldon genaker bow sprit. Questions??? Scott T-Bird at 9:48am 02.13.24 I've been interested in obtaining a Selden sprit with a gennaker but it seems that mounting the spri
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 smokey73 at 9:41am 02.13.24 Thanks @Rick D Looks about the same as mine.
Picture of mast pre-bend on Hunter 40.5 (2) Rick D at 9:15am 02.13.24 I seem to recall 4" bend, but I'd true that up. Here are a couple of photos sort of showing the bend

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