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Companionway Maintenance p369 at 4:24pm 10.24.17 Smaller Boats 2/521 Hello All, Has anyone had any luck or experience with replacing the wood strips around the companio
Moving to Jacksonville FL area 40Tudor at 3:06pm 10.24.17 Destinations 14/1837 We are moving our 30 Catalina MKII from the upper Chesapeake Bay aria to the Jacksonville Fl aria ne
Volvo MD2030 sail drive rubber seal replacement nightowle at 2:31pm 10.24.17 Engines and Propulsion 6/5850 What is your experience changing the engine bed/sail drive seal as well as the hull seal? Did you d
Help me choose a new compass (1) Kermit at 1:37pm 10.24.17 Smaller Boats 115/10980
Fuel or engine oil leak Kommy000 at 1:35pm 10.24.17 The Cherubini Hunters 11/2064 Hi, So after changing oil and fixing the belt situation and engine noise thanks to all the replies o
28 foot oday questions (1) Bo96 at 1:13pm 10.24.17 Ask All Sailors 21/2551 Im new to sailing going pick up a 79 oday 28 this saturday i was wondering if theres a detaild riggi
Rigger a Hunter 34 for a Spinnaker markwbird at 11:37am 10.24.17 Ask All Sailors 5/626 I am in process of rigging my '84 Hunter 34 with a symmetrical spinnaker. This requires a down-hall
Garmin EchoMap DV43 Installation Pat at 10:30am 10.24.17 Bigger Boats 4/786 Good afternoon, my wife purchased the subject Garmin product for installation in our O'Day 272 LE..
Common negative wire for solar panels? galynd at 10:13am 10.24.17 Ask All Sailors 8/4088 I currently have 2 - 100 watt solar panels connected to a 20 amp mppt controller. I'm planning to a
Navigation Light Dilemma (1) Capri at 8:21am 10.24.17 Ask An Oday Owner 1/491 Hi. Please see attached. I was rebedding a toe rail and discovered my starboard nav light is leaking
Beneteau 400 Forward Shroud Attachment (2) drdanj at 8:19am 10.24.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1171 I'm ready to make an offer on a '94 Beneteau 400. It seems a very good boat, but I see a problem - s
Anyone sailing in the Wurstfest keelboat regatta? Jackdaw at 7:31am 10.24.17 Racing 11/1098 Canyon Lake TX, Nov 11-12 I'll be down coaching and crewing on a Fareast 28r. Jodi is coming down a
What is the wing keel of a Cat 22 made of? catalanc at 6:40am 10.24.17 Catalina 22 5/1273 Hi Guys, I posted the question below on the general site and it was suggested that the Cat22 forum
New fresh water system advice SloopDogg at 5:58am 10.24.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/1108 Hello all, I decided it was time to replace the sole of the main salon in my 1985 Tartan 40. This p
Power take off (1) All U Get at 3:48am 10.24.17 Ask All Sailors 12/686 142153 Most boaters don't have a power take off on their engine so I thought I'd post ours. We had
Electric Windlass installation on Oday 34/35 rajhnsn at 3:03am 10.24.17 Bigger Boats 1/567 Has anyone installed a windlass on a 34/5? If so, can you share the particulars with me? I'm think
Portable fuel tanks All U Get at 12:18am 10.24.17 Ask All Sailors 2/264 Hi all, Just wondering how long most of you get out of a fuel tank. The one in our dinghy is five
Cutless Bearing Clydo at 7:14pm 10.23.17 Catalina 310 4/1105 Is it normal to replace cutless bearing at around 450 hours? Shaft is straight, eng mounts tight.
Restarting a 9hp Yanmar diesel on a Hunter 27 after draining the fuel heath18703 at 7:02pm 10.23.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/416 Had just a terrible problem with sediment in our fuel clogging up our fuel line filters, so we're in
What's under my antifouling? (2) Suncatcher at 6:41pm 10.23.17 Ask All Sailors 14/1543 I'm sanding the bottom of my 1982 Hughes Columbia and confused about what's directly over at least s

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1978 Pacific Seacraft 25 Roland5048 at 7:43am 01.12.24 Interesting. My 3YM30 does not have a glow plug but the schematic shows it as an option. Maybe a r
New Electronics - Is this about right? Ward H at 7:11am 01.12.24 I agree that the backbone is the hardest part of the install and on my C30 even that was easy. Havin
Acoustic guitar and boats. LaDonaMina at 6:44am 01.12.24 My acoustic guitar and bass on the boat. Both inexpensive and small, great for grabbing and playing
Acoustic guitar and boats. LaDonaMina at 6:41am 01.12.24 I have thought about a violin. Thankfully a Stradivarius is out of budget. There are multiturdes
Windshield H430 Leaking (4) ivieto at 6:33am 01.12.24 Updated pics
New Electronics - Is this about right? BrianQ at 5:57am 01.12.24 Thank you! Yes, the i50/i60 displays replaced the older ST series displays. The upgrade to STng wa
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure LakeShark at 4:59am 01.12.24 While you Ruddercraft guys are doing your off season inspections. Check the welds on the bottom on
Good Winter Read RoyS at 4:59am 01.12.24 2023
Help with a new sail rgranger at 4:47am 01.12.24 Fair winds....
Help with a new sail (2) NOLA at 4:41am 01.12.24 We could not salvage the threads when drilling the remainder of the old pin out. Inserted a 1 and 1/
St. Pete boat show party CYQK at 3:30am 01.12.24 Contacted the folks at Latts&Atts and they said no longer doing the party in St.Pete Sad!!
West Wight Potter 15 Center board replacement Captain Larry-DH at 2:41am 01.12.24 This note from Small Craft Advisor doesent make these boats sound like trailor sailers to me but be
New Electronics - Is this about right? Ward H at 11:51pm 01.11.24 @BrianQ Welcome to SBO! I'm a little late to this party so I just read thru the entire thread twice.
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure (3) pcharn01 at 7:34pm 01.11.24 While you Ruddercraft guys are doing your off season inspections. Check the welds on the bottom on
West Wight Potter 15 Center board replacement LloydB at 6:48pm 01.11.24 This note from Small Craft Advisor doesent make these boats sound like trailor sailers to me but be
Baby Stay shemandr at 6:43pm 01.11.24 I have great respect for Ted but I missed that on the sailboatdata.com. To me, the diagram looks li
Acoustic guitar and boats. Will Gilmore at 6:14pm 01.11.24 Or there is always the brass instruments like a clarinet You don't play the clarinet, do you? -Wi
60 best Boats 30' and under dLj at 6:04pm 01.11.24 I was under the impression that most, but not all, Hunters made better RV's than sailboats. The Che
Baby Stay Ted at 6:00pm 01.11.24 Sailboatdata.com doesn't show that boat with a baby stay' The line drawing on Sailboatdata.com cl
Baby Stay Richard Peters at 5:51pm 01.11.24

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