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catalina 320 cockpit enclosure Ian McColl at 9:17am 08.15.17 Parts Search 1/818 trying to find a template for a complete cockpit enclosure or even a picture of someone that has enc
Photo in this weeks email add for Hunter Owners morsail779 at 8:21am 08.15.17 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 0/1018 Hey, not sure where to post this but the photo of the Hunter on the email advertisement for Hunter O
Adding a cabin fan (1) Gunni at 7:21am 08.15.17 Ask All Sailors 18/2136 I want to add a cabin fan to my aft cabin and I want to do it sort of right... I want to tap into a
Oil Pressure Gauge Marie T. Murphy at 7:00am 08.15.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/625 PLZ, On my H376 (1997), my Oil Pressure Gauge arrow doesn't move off of " 0 " at low RPMs. Have to "
Fresh water pump replacement options? Puesta del sol at 6:49am 08.15.17 Big Boats 5/799 Looking to replace a water pump on my 1991 P42. Recommendations? Current one is a jabsco 5GPM
Hard to understand VMG and speed values danstanford at 6:20am 08.15.17 Racing 11/1706 First let me say that I have been having some problems with my autopilot and seemingly sometimes wit
84 H31 Diesel Smell in Cabin choover at 5:23am 08.15.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/914 Our '84 Hunter H31 has a bothersome diesel smell in the cabin. There are no leaks in the fuel system
Uploaded old original Yanmar QM series Operation Manual kloudie1 at 4:33am 08.15.17 Ask All Sailors 0/286 Came across an old (1978) Operation Manual for the Yanmar 2QM20 and 3QM30. The oil information is ou
Sorry - Another Hitachi Alternator Question Rick486 at 4:27am 08.15.17 Engines and Propulsion 9/1665 I have read all the existing Hitachi alternator threads looking for this answer and I couldn't find
Catalina 350 deck crack and transom crazing fsarmast at 3:39am 08.15.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1244 We purchased a catalina 350 two years ago and it had a crack in the deck extending into the port aft
Leak under nav table/head bulkhead Dean Strong at 11:14pm 08.14.17 Mid-Size Boats 2/861 I've got a 1990 H30, and the port side bulkhead between the head and the nav table is often wet abou
Another great outing on the H23.5 (3) stackwalker at 9:30pm 08.14.17 Smaller Boats 2/504 Had a quick overnight this past weekend. Another trouble free outing. It feels so good when you ge
Convertible hard top on Venture of Newport 23: how to secure it? Kayakeur at 6:46pm 08.14.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1507 MacGregor Venture of Newport 23: has the hard top section of deck that raises kind of like a hard bi
H235 Lee Helm mmhamer at 4:13pm 08.14.17 Smaller Boats 20/2371 I noticed this weekend that the helm on my H23.5 is neutral or slowly dives downwind (lee helm) if I
Fraud Alert cb32863 at 4:00pm 08.14.17 Ask All Sailors 21/2545 So I am selling the chart plotter that came with my boat. I placed an ad here on SBO. A day later I
Fresh Water Pump Question shemandr at 2:25pm 08.14.17 Ask All Sailors 38/5798 On my new to me boat there is "Running" fresh water. But the faucets only work when the pump is run
Common Catalina 30 issues CaptJay at 2:03pm 08.14.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/12095 Looking to buy a 76 or 81. Both seem in pretty nice shape. Just joined forum today. What is a Cat
Alternator Regulator jviss at 1:09pm 08.14.17 Ask All Sailors 13/726 I think my InCharge smart charging regulator has failed. Is there an answer to the question "what r
Oday 28 outboard motor mount ANTHONY PASSAFIUME at 12:36pm 08.14.17 Ask An Oday Owner 1/618 Anyone have specs on the angle of the wedge you have to put on a motor mount where the part that bol
SoCal - San Pedro-area - bottom diver recommendations marke14 at 10:47am 08.14.17 Ask All Sailors 3/598 Greetings SBO friends, Please send me a private message if you happen to keep a boat in any of the

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Yanmar 2gm kill switch issue 3GGG at 8:10pm 07.12.24 Good news. Did you try moving the fuel cutoff by hand to make sure it works properly? Greg Yes
Yanmar 2gm kill switch issue Tally Ho at 8:07pm 07.12.24 Update: removed cable and pulled wire out, but could only get about 3ft of an 8ft cable to come out
Catalina 16.5 Mast Flotation Rick Webb at 8:05pm 07.12.24 Absolutely a great idea. We played around with all sorts of ideas but the only one that truly worked
Yanmar 2gm kill switch issue 3GGG at 7:47pm 07.12.24 Update: removed cable and pulled wire out, but could only get about 3ft of an 8ft cable to come out
electric windlass BigEasy at 7:47pm 07.12.24 Could you also use something like this on a simple windless system? Maybe? Have a friend who use
Yanmar 20gm starting issue 3GGG at 7:45pm 07.12.24 Update: started up just fine today.
Cockpit table project. Still looking for a part. SoSound at 7:26pm 07.12.24 I like that idea, @Will Gilmore, the clip more than the velcro. But I wouldn't rule out a clever us
Cockpit table project. Still looking for a part. (1) SoSound at 7:21pm 07.12.24 @twodzusfittings (if I've never told you so, I love that name!), I don't have pedestal guard tubes b
Cockpit table project. Still looking for a part. (2) Will Gilmore at 6:24pm 07.12.24 I'm thinking something like these to catch the two leaves to the center board. Plastic cabinet latch
electric windlass dmdiehl64 at 6:22pm 07.12.24
Replacement for bose 321 artboas at 5:47pm 07.12.24 I would reccomend going with Garmin Fusion. It's meant for the marine enviroment, and can be control
charging problem with new batterie artboas at 5:24pm 07.12.24 I call BS on the 3000 aH.
Hunter 38 - disassembly in rear cabin artboas at 5:23pm 07.12.24
Installing a simple solar system to charge a one-battery ? MitchM at 5:19pm 07.12.24 excellent ideas, thank you all. I have been running AGM s as house batteries in m
Hunter 38 - disassembly in rear cabin quadrille38 at 5:18pm 07.12.24
T3800 Depth of Plastic Waste and Water Tanks? dlochner at 5:08pm 07.12.24 Forget the float senders. Get yourself a couple of Gobius Cs. https://gobiusc.com
TotalBoat Lust vs. Cetol dlochner at 5:06pm 07.12.24 Ah, please elaborate! I was thinking of a bunch of coats of Cetol natural followed by a couple of
TotalBoat Lust vs. Cetol dlochner at 5:03pm 07.12.24 I'm also curious about the differences between Lust and Gleem. I've used Gleem and like it, but not
charging problem with new batterie dlochner at 4:53pm 07.12.24 I just upgraded my house band to 3000 AH. After first doing this I didn't detect a problem. A few
electric windlass Ralph Johnstone at 4:48pm 07.12.24 Forgive me for my attitude; No forgiveness required. These guys never cease to amaze ALL OF US.

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