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Fuel Pipe ID (2) jaysweet at 7:09pm 06.16.23 Ask All Sailors 8/471 I noticed that one of the metal pipes (presumably a diesel "fuel oil" pipe) which runs under the hea
34 Hunter Anchor Locker Question (2) fetterswr at 4:47pm 06.16.23 Big Boats 16/1598 To All I was looking at my anchor locker today and was trying figure out what the purpose of the
Deck leaks Petermilne at 3:56pm 06.16.23 Sabre Sailboats 5/1096 Sabre 28. Mine leaks from somewhere on the deck and the only thing I can get to are the stanchions.
Stuck screw on prop anode (1) SycloneDriver at 2:58pm 06.16.23 Ask All Sailors 16/767 I thought I would take care of simple task today. Replace the prop anode. Had to shave to get my m
100 Liter Plastimo flexible water tank (3) Captain Larry-DH at 2:00pm 06.16.23 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/88 This has only been used with fresh water from a chlorinated city water dock hose. The white marks on
Leaving the dock 87Jayhawk at 1:09pm 06.16.23 Ask An Oday Owner 20/1949 I am looking forward to the replies to this post. I park port side parallel to the dock facing down
Lowering mast before expected storm? ScottHamann99 at 9:44am 06.16.23 Catalina 22 8/1182 Anyone have advice on -if I have the time-, should I lower the mast and keep keel down before a stor
Thru Hull Transducer port - repurpose (1) WesternTraveler at 9:32am 06.16.23 Ask All Sailors 16/672 Hello all, On my hunter 26, there is two of the pictured thru hulls already in place. Do any of you
Fresh water cooling system elcojo2 at 5:34pm 06.15.23 Ask All Sailors 7/533 To whom it may concern, We just bought a catalina 28 with an M320 universal diesel engine. As I am
2gm20f will not start CharlieAnn at 2:15pm 06.15.23 Ask All Sailors 10/730 found peacock open and drained all engine coolant, engine over heated and shut down, closed peacock
Volvo MD11C - Mysterious Overheat Issue SailMaster at 9:35am 06.15.23 Engines and Propulsion 8/928 ThIs engine starts up beautifully and runs like a sewing machine. However she heats up after about 1
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L Rich Stidger at 6:28am 06.15.23 Ask All Sailors 51/2517 I just had my fresh water pump fail on my 25 yo Volvo Penta MD22L I'm stuck at Onset Bay, MA. I can'
11th hour, Bavaria 41 rudder service in yard. what to do? boaterbob at 5:25am 06.15.23 Bavaria 5/1870 Getting rudder down required using a car jack to force it out of bearing. Very noisy and hard. Lower
1990 Hunter 27 resin type dsrawlins at 2:42pm 06.14.23 Mid-Size Boats 5/703 I need to repair a hole in my hull and I'm wondering whether Hunter used epoxy or polyester resin.
Selling Used Boat Gear Dave at 1:35pm 06.14.23 Ask All Sailors 1/373 Hello SBO Members, Lately we've had a number of members posting gear for sale in the "Ask All Sailo
30 amp service to 15 amp system (1) Dantheman at 1:25pm 06.14.23 Ask All Sailors 21/2603 Hi all, Trying to set up shore power on my Irwin 27 for when I move aboard in September for refrige
Mast deck plate removal help on Macgregor19 (4) Maxcromic at 11:43am 06.14.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/927 Hello All I need to repair fiberglass around the Mast deckplate/tabernacle you see me very confus
Changing transmission fluid in my ZF Hurth HBW 50 transmission. How simple is it? (1) Muttondressedaslamb at 8:44am 06.14.23 Engines and Propulsion 10/1822 I purchased a 2003 Catalina 310 back in september 2015. It has the OEM universal M25XPB diesel eng
Solar Panel karen lilly at 8:33am 06.14.23 Big Boats 0/31 Our beloved Hunter 40.5 got severely damaged in a freak storm. The solar Panel and Regulator never g
Thru hole and keel crack, (2) babadu at 7:53am 06.14.23 Ask All Sailors 8/850 Novice owner looking for best way to patch a sink drain thru hole suspected of causing water to come

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Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Hello Below at 9:40am 09.19.24 Marina Park Marina is located in Sidney, BC, Vancouver Island. If that is his location, a 15 nm tr
Westerbeke 18 jssailem at 9:40am 09.19.24 :plus: I concur with what has been said about your engine. These small diesels are remarkable. They
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Belzoni at 9:35am 09.19.24 Looks like New Castle Marina in Nanaimo may be a good option for you if the boat can make the trip.
Westerbeke 18 Davidasailor26 at 9:23am 09.19.24 If it starts well, runs at high throttle settings without much smoke, and can get close to its maxim
1982 Tartan 33R Diesel Filter (2) jssailem at 9:05am 09.19.24 Pictures might help. Here are Racor 500 series filters. The Racor500FG hat it meets the CG design r
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Belzoni at 9:00am 09.19.24 My advice: take a deep breath. Think of those bottom blisters as a force 7 wind with 3' seas; In thi
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard jssailem at 8:56am 09.19.24 The hull has hundreds of blisters Oh, No, the Pox! Well, what do you know? A boat built in 1982,
Yanmar 2gm20f - Suspected fuel line blockage jssailem at 8:44am 09.19.24 Manic... Yes it is a pertty picture. All that clean white poly mounting base. There has been a bit o
Thoughts on locating Battery switch (3) Belzoni at 8:40am 09.19.24 ok, good point. I was weighing the relatively low risk of high water (above cabin sole) against bene
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard SoSound at 8:28am 09.19.24 Marina Park Marina is located in Sidney, BC, Vancouver Island.
Engine Alignment (1) jssailem at 8:21am 09.19.24 I Believe! I feel redeemed! When was this miracle of Starboard created? I think about 30 years ago.
Westerbeke 18 WayneH at 8:13am 09.19.24 Case in point: My 1980 Westerbeke 50 is based on an MGB diesel engine. I bought a new fresh water pu
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard kappykaplan at 8:04am 09.19.24 Simple question. Where are you? His profile says British Columbia.
Adding a Bimini shemandr at 8:02am 09.19.24 I forgot to mention that my wife sewed the dodger on her Singer sewing machine. She was careful abo
Yanmar 2gm20f - Suspected fuel line blockage ManicFarmer at 8:00am 09.19.24 I don't remember if you mentioned what type of fuel filter you have but the reason my filter is loc
Adding a Bimini Ward H at 7:54am 09.19.24 I can sew, have a machine that goes through canvas/leather ect, although I'd rather have a professi
Adding a Bimini Ward H at 7:53am 09.19.24 I second the Sailrite Kit route. If I was starting from scratch that's the route I'd go. Even i
Adding a Bimini william24424 at 7:51am 09.19.24 No dodger (we've done without for many years), I really want a place to hide in the shade while cru
Adding a Bimini dlochner at 7:45am 09.19.24 Havin shade became more important as I got older and now my Dermatologist wishes I'd had more shade
Adding a Bimini shemandr at 7:38am 09.19.24 I think a Bimini is a big upgrade to a cruising boat. I would avoid the Amazon route. They are ge

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