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T4 vs T5 oil njlarry at 7:02pm 11.03.17 Ask All Sailors 2/6023 Any difference between T4 vs T5 diesel engine oil. I have always used T4 15 40 wt before but WM only*
Fire Extinguisher Recall Hello Below at 9:58am 11.03.17 Ask All Sailors 40/3888 Primary manufacturer is Kidde but sold under many other names. https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t'rct=j
Replacement Rudder Alan Stephenson at 9:28am 11.03.17 Catalina 30 3/1192 The rudder on my Catalina30 mk3 TR is saturated and should be replaced or rebuilt. Has anyone used t
Boat Plumbing - Potable Water - Backflow Preventer Before Heater? (2) jviss at 8:24am 11.03.17 Ask All Sailors 35/5692 My previous boat had a backflow preventer between the pump and the water heater input. My current b
The Elissa...Who Knows About Her? (1) Simon Sexton at 7:21am 11.03.17 Ask All Sailors 30/2164 http://www.tallship-fan.de/images/segl543b.jpg Who knows their Nautical History?! Step right up an
Winterizing the Yanmar 1GM10 engine w/o starting? heath18703 at 1:52am 11.03.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/2014 We usually winterize the engine by disconnecting the water intake line and running a gallon of antif
Raritan Phil won't flush in dry mode redhead78 at 12:11am 11.03.17 Ask All Sailors 6/1672 Hey all havin a little trouble wf my head water in bowl won't flush in dry mode pump seems limp rea
1977 Venture 25 Hal P at 4:38pm 11.02.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/737 Question 1: Could someone post a picture of how the Canopy is held up or connected to the boat. Qu
H37C Accommodation Layout Change, too much? (1) cobright at 4:04pm 11.02.17 The Cherubini Hunters 21/2262 Skip ahead to the TL:DR to get to the meat of this... 6 months ago my wife asked what I thought abou
Shroud Cleat Project (8) Jacktar at 2:57pm 11.02.17 Catalina 22 29/6031 5 Ta dah ready to go to boat, and best of all check out the price143256 143257 Finally (I know h
Hunter 49 / 50 AC with 12kw generator problems artboas at 1:49pm 11.02.17 Big Boats 19/2005 Ok, so this is going to get a little technical. First of all, how many out there with 12kw FP genset
Raymarine ST60 plus package Voyager1 at 1:37pm 11.02.17 Ask An Oday Owner 18/3473 I purchased my ODay 302 two months ago and the boat came with a raymarine ST 60 plus value electroni
Catalina 22 Cooler Step Options (1) brockway at 12:24pm 11.02.17 Catalina 22 9/4859 My Cat came with a blue cooler. Worked ok but not the best ice chest. I've got a 48qt Igloo Island
Port propane holder modified for a scuba tank Tucsonsailor at 10:21am 11.02.17 Big Boats 4/575 Hi All: I own a 380 Hunter. As you who own this boat know there are built in containers on the port
M25xp Oil plug washer size Ron Allen at 8:45am 11.02.17 Catalina 30 1/575 Hi I have a 1989 with a M25xp engine that has developed a small oil leak from the pan plug. What siz
Who Else Loves The Bruce Kirby Sonar?! (1) Simon Sexton at 8:38am 11.02.17 Ask All Sailors 9/1377 http://shumwaymarine.com/images/sonar/library/rolexUpwind.jpg
Cutter rigged foresails with two furlers cajon409 at 7:49am 11.02.17 Big Boats 2/597 I have a habit of looking for like Hunters for sale, love the heck out of mine, so just looking. Cam
Hunter 340 Windlass georgewd at 7:04am 11.02.17 Big Boats 5/3564 Hi All, I am contemplating adding a windlass to my 1998 Hunter 340. I know I will need to run wirin
Cold Weather Cruising ... JoeRickard at 6:45am 11.02.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 35/6953 I'm a Great Lakes sailor and have an Oceanis 45 (5th season). I'd like to prepare my boat for early
Fitzgerald report JohnShannon at 7:55pm 11.01.17 Ask All Sailors 39/2685 Navy has released a report on the McCain and Fitzgerald collisions. http://s3.amazonaws.com/CHINF

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Mosquitoes and Other bugs shemandr at 5:48am 05.20.24 The short answer is no. There are measures you can take but if the bugs are on the boat more than yo
Dufour 500 GL shemandr at 5:38am 05.20.24 ..Seemingly, the boat reviews provide optimistic praises regarding the boats sailing performance.
Mooring ball pennant question dlochner at 5:28am 05.20.24 Yes. Just drop the pennant and go sailing. Attaching some kind of float to the pennant will make p
Dufour 500 GL PaulK at 4:39am 05.20.24 Hi and thanks. Seemingly, the boat reviews provide optimistic praises regarding the boats sailing
Fresh water pump dlochner at 4:29am 05.20.24 Johnson makes some similar sized pumps, don't know if they are drop-ins. I've had an Aqua-King pump
Mosquitoes and Other bugs dlochner at 4:18am 05.20.24 Spiders are a fact of life in a freshwater marina. After 40 years of Great Lakes boating and a decad
Raymarine wind instrument wiring fred1diver at 3:47am 05.20.24 Cool, thanks everyone for the answers, I ended up using a waterproof cable clam for this year, might
Oceanis 343 In Mast boom assembly BigEasy at 9:30pm 05.19.24 Appears to be a US Spars make Yes! I suggest contacting US Spars for advice on how to repai
Mosquitoes and Other bugs catsails8 at 9:26pm 05.19.24 Welcome Paul, to SBO forums. Congratulations on your new to you boat. One solution would be to mov
Mosquitoes and Other bugs jssailem at 8:16pm 05.19.24 Welcome Paul, to SBO forums. Congratulations on your new to you boat. One solution would be to move
Replacing exhaust hose (2) Sutric at 7:16pm 05.19.24 I finished replacing the hose yesterday and what a PITA! I had to cut a 14" by 18" hole in the aft c
Raymarine wind instrument wiring (1) Dalliance at 7:12pm 05.19.24 I installed my RayMarine wind instrument with a five pin waterproof connector at the mast base. Bou
inline blower question shemandr at 7:01pm 05.19.24 https://www.westmarine.com/search?q=blower%20hose Looks like it could be 3" or 4".
Raymarine wind instrument wiring Captain Larry-DH at 6:05pm 05.19.24 I use a Blue Sea Systems or Scandvik Cable Clam to bring the cable through the deck, then inside the
Raymarine wind instrument wiring Don S/V ILLusion at 5:02pm 05.19.24 They come in a variety of forms generically called Molex plugs. Check Mouser electronics which has a
Dufour 500 GL Bluesmoods at 2:04pm 05.19.24 Hi and thanks. Seemingly, the boat reviews provide optimistic praises regarding the boats sailing
P42 head system solenoid Terry Cox at 1:59pm 05.19.24 Any advice would be grateful. Hmm. I've never checked our original 1991 toilet siphon breaks. Our
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project (1) SailingCal21 at 10:39am 05.19.24 Took a plug from a deck area that was wet, but not soft in order to compare to what I practiced layi
Raymarine wind instrument wiring Scott T-Bird at 9:57am 05.19.24 Hello everyone I am currently installing a wind instrument on top of my mast, all is done on the ma
P42 head system solenoid BBC16385 at 9:09am 05.19.24 I have tried to take the solenoid temporarily of service by putting tape over the air intake. Pump s

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