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Engine Ground wire! (1) PatTormey at 5:48am 11.19.17 Bigger Boats 12/5086 With the Yanmar (YGM20 1986 oDay 322) getting 'crankier' with each start AND I'd already beefed up
Silent cabin fan patrickkidd at 10:00pm 11.18.17 Ask All Sailors 20/7342 Anyone know of a really good and really silent 12V fan to move some warm air around the cabin? All t
Need a measurement off a 2003 356 (1) Former member 134612 at 5:20pm 11.18.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/329 Hi all: I need the exact distance between the toe rail and the stripe on the hull. It looks to be
What a difference a year makes (1) Jackdaw at 10:06am 11.18.17 Ask All Sailors 31/2646 Last November in Minnesota we had 12 days over 60F. This year, ZERO over 50F, and 1/2 have been free
Beckson portlights MitchK at 7:57am 11.18.17 Newport 7/3359 Hi all, still at the repairs on our N28. I had posted earlier about the fixed portlights leaking som
More experience/instruction track - ASA? Great Lakes? Ocean? Tyler Rippel at 7:09am 11.18.17 Ask All Sailors 8/727 I'm pretty green, but am a huge learning geek and like to dive in and figure things out. I bought a
Any 310 Owners in CT JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 3:12am 11.18.17 Catalina 310 5/904 We have some spare parts we might want to divest. Biggest is a canvas winter storage cover. Gray can
Sailing Trends: Your Perception? Rick D at 9:09pm 11.17.17 Ask All Sailors 71/6895 This might be better said as "Boating Trends". So, I'm thinking that there is something going on in
Folding Prop KZW at 4:58pm 11.17.17 Catalina 310 32/5925 I'm looking into a folding prop to replace the fixed three-blade 15x9 currently on the boat. Engine
Westerbeke (Bukh) DV20 Question (1) abinoone at 10:28am 11.17.17 Bristol 5/2885 Hi, My 1975 Bristol 32 has a Bukh DV20 marine diesel. At the end of this season I had a hard time ge
Looking at an S2 7.9 Bartman99 at 8:18am 11.17.17 S2 4/1262 I will be looking at an S2 7.9 soon. Anything specific I need to look out for? Bart
Looking at a Columbia T26 Bartman99 at 8:15am 11.17.17 Columbia 0/1656 I will be looking at a Columbia T25 soon. Anything I need to look out for? Bart
Thinking about buying a 245 Bartman99 at 8:14am 11.17.17 Seidelmann 0/1067 Anything I need to look out for? I've read the stringers can have rotting problems. Anything else. A
Just in time for Christmas (1) Kermit at 7:42am 11.17.17 Sails Call Lounge 9/976 Available now in the SBO store. Ask for Dave.
Heater day tank config? patrickkidd at 7:21am 11.17.17 Catalina 30 0/822 Has any of you C30 owners set up a day tank to gravity feed a heater? I have the Dickinson Newport d
The practical renaming ceremony. Will Gilmore at 6:08am 11.17.17 Ask All Sailors 64/13376 This is a repost of my description of the renaming ceremony I used to rename Dragonfly from Tempest.
Refinishing cockpit table peterbud at 4:51am 11.17.17 Ask All Sailors 6/1608 Just wondering what people use to refinish their cockpit table. The PO used Cetol and it hold up vry
Yam are engine problems mikew320 at 2:59am 11.17.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1099 Hi all, Having recently purchased a Hunter 326 I'm gradually working my way through it sorting out a
New Prop Southpaw at 6:38pm 11.16.17 Ask All Sailors 14/1085 I am looking at getting a flexofold prop and they asked what size the shaft is. Since my boat was ab
Liability insurance on a wooden vessel Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 4:38pm 11.16.17 Ask All Sailors 12/845 A neighbor has a Cross 34 that was damaged in Hurricane Ike. I rebuilt the entire outer side of his

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O'Day 28 Ritchie Compass (1) Tally Ho at 2:19pm 08.04.24
Thoughts about the Commoderizer? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:10pm 08.04.24 There's actually a much easier way that doesn't require installing anything but a tee in the sink dr
Hunter Rub Rail at the sugar scoop (swim deck) Ralph Johnstone at 2:09pm 08.04.24 Is this true? For you and me it's true. Any reason for your concern ? If you look on the interi
Yanmar 2gm engine died jviss at 2:06pm 08.04.24 How many hours on the engine? Have you checked the oil level yet?
O'Day 28 Ritchie Compass Ralph Johnstone at 2:04pm 08.04.24 Ritchie makes a ton of different types. Ritchie also provides dimensioned drawings of their compa
Catalina 25 - Barrier Coat and Bottom Paint Recommendations jviss at 2:04pm 08.04.24 One shouldn't get so worked up about blisters. For a boat that's spent a lot of its time on a trail
Hunter 28.5 2GM20 exhaust soot in bilge Ralph Johnstone at 2:01pm 08.04.24 I'm sorry but your post appears to be one contradiction after another. Could you please answer the
Yanmar 2gm engine died dlochner at 1:58pm 08.04.24 Same as above.. the switch turns the light on at 1-4 psi, .. They do go bad occasionally.. Addition
Taking/storing a 32 sailboat off a trailer, properly? (Im in over my head) dLj at 1:46pm 08.04.24 Bits, Sorry for your loss. I am new (today) to this forum and will take ownership of a broken down
O'day 22 kappykaplan at 1:42pm 08.04.24 Kudos to Kappy for his 5 minute response time! :thumbup::)
O'day 22 shemandr at 1:39pm 08.04.24 That one looks broken. Replace it with a metal one and with a cap. For example:: https://www.wholes
Catalina 25 - Barrier Coat and Bottom Paint Recommendations dLj at 1:36pm 08.04.24 If this be the case, how do you know when it is time to replace the barrier ? I was 23 years young
Taking/storing a 32 sailboat off a trailer, properly? (Im in over my head) Marty P. at 1:33pm 08.04.24 Bits, Sorry for your loss. I am new (today) to this forum and will take ownership of a broken down 1
Yanmar 2gm engine died smokey73 at 1:27pm 08.04.24 It is the "throttled back to idle" and it died that has me a little concerned along with the other a
Bolt-rope main won't go to top of the mast LakeShark at 1:24pm 08.04.24 I always recommend waters sails. Joe waters is the best sailmaker for a Catalina 22 by far. Great sa
Pressure in the outboard tank causing issues? JoeWhite at 1:23pm 08.04.24 Shawn, to be sure, pull the spark plugs, clean them and install them. They may have collected carbon
Yanmar 2gm engine died (1) Tally Ho at 1:18pm 08.04.24
Hard to raise mainsail Tally Ho at 1:10pm 08.04.24 I assume you used two people at the winch; one to operate the drill and the other to tail? Yup, th
Yanmar 2gm engine died jviss at 1:06pm 08.04.24 Took my Hunter 285 out for the first time last night. Ran fine for several miles. I pushed the thr
Invest 97L (1) Tally Ho at 1:05pm 08.04.24

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