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Mixing battery chemistry Stillatit at 12:33pm 10.06.16 Ask All Sailors 22/2762 I have 4 new AGM house batteries (2 x 2 parallel) plus one engine starter. The starter batt is now
Catalina 250 leaks John Kessler at 8:20am 10.06.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/4334 There seems to be a leak near the stern of my Catalina 250 which, with heavy rains, rally soaks the
Quick Release of Jib Sheets (1) catalanc at 5:37am 10.06.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 33/5190 Hi Guys, Well, I need to pull my boat from the lake in two weeks so this is a question for next year
h34 Keto Cowl Fix (2) dcalif at 1:48am 10.06.16 Big Boats 16/2672 Like most of us with a Hunter 34, my old cowls were worn beyond any hope of repair. I went with the
bilge water oday 28 blackout at 7:08pm 10.05.16 Ask An Oday Owner 27/3550 Oday 28 owners need some help. We are getting water in the bilge just sitting idle at the dock. We
FINDING THE MISSING SPEED TRANSDUCER PLUG Reg M at 6:13pm 10.05.16 Mid-Size Boats 5/936 I am posting this one to hopefully save someone the grief I just went through. When I removed the b
I got a new foot ! (6) Mike in Cape Cod at 6:12pm 10.05.16 Smaller Boats 31/2655 128867 128868 128869 128870 128871 128872 Last season (2015 )while winterizing my H23.5 I noticed t
Back support for cabin seating (5) RussC at 5:55pm 10.05.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1882 I haven't heard any other complaints or solutions to the lack of back support in the cabin seating,
Resurrecting The Blue Pearl (1) Brucker at 2:52pm 10.05.16 Trailer Sailors 24/2972 Here are some pics of what she looks like right now http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/brucker_l
South Coast S22 questions Brucker at 2:41pm 10.05.16 Trailer Sailors 23/4858 I just inherited one that is going to need some TLC to get back on the water. Does anyone here have
New Guy here Brucker at 2:37pm 10.05.16 Trailer Sailors 4/815 Hi Everyone. I am new on here and new to sailing. I just recently inherited an old South Coast S22 t
New foresail size Alctel at 2:08pm 10.05.16 The Cherubini Hunters 8/1615 So I am finally getting new sails - the main is the original I think and therefore older than I am,
M25xp impeller source JosefR at 2:07pm 10.05.16 Catalina 30 7/1907 I think I've done a pretty exhaustive search for this in this forum so I will ask where do those of
Winter Hauling Using a Hydraulic Trailer Rick486 at 1:04pm 10.05.16 Big Boats 7/962 Hi all: I have been hauling my 44DS at a marina using a travel lift for 8 years now with no problems
Sail Number Bill and Kathy McDonald at 12:46pm 10.05.16 Catalina 22 25/8785 Is the Sail Number and Hull Number the same thing? I was looking at the C22 NSA and noticed that th
Hunter Marine Trailer Weights Happy Camper at 11:55am 10.05.16 Smaller Boats 7/1113 I recently purchased a Hunter H240 in Illinois. Apparently in Illinois, it is not required to have
Cold start problems Reg M at 11:30am 10.05.16 Mid-Size Boats 24/4386 My Yanmar 2GMF has been starting and running fine all summer but over the past couple of weeks it se
Two Captains, One Boat--is this really possible? Kings Gambit at 10:16am 10.05.16 Ask All Sailors 22/9324 So, the latest (October) issue of Sail magazine has a story about an (evidently) unmarried couple cr
Harmonic (Hum) While Sailing Bill and Kathy McDonald at 8:59am 10.05.16 Catalina 22 14/1680 Our new to us...79 C-22, has a humming sound while sailing. It is hard to tell but the sound seems
Condensation inside cabin... Armyaviation at 6:07am 10.05.16 Trailer Sailors 9/1790 I went out to the boat yesterday and noticed there was condensation on the roof of the bow. The rest

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Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 JamesG161 at 3:33pm 05.09.24 You can find a lot of info on the H40.5 here H40.5 Manual and Owner Mods too Jim...
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION Tally Ho at 3:23pm 05.09.24
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 shemandr at 3:20pm 05.09.24 In defense of OP, berth was spelled right in the early part of the post. The second birth I'm going
trailer my boat to florida Tally Ho at 3:18pm 05.09.24
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 Marmalade at 3:10pm 05.09.24 We have a Legend 37 with the centerline/pedestal bed in the rear cabin. I loved the idea when we pu
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 jssailem at 3:09pm 05.09.24 waking up the outside person is very likely. With the right person in the proper (or improper) moo
Connecting bilge areas jssailem at 3:07pm 05.09.24 Welcome to the SBO forums.. Congrats on finding your boat at a discount.:biggrin: Boats are built to
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 Rich Stidger at 2:59pm 05.09.24 I second @Rick D opinion. Making up the berth is a total PITA. And depending upon the size of the
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 Rick D at 2:34pm 05.09.24 After 25 years with our 40.5, the issues with the aft berth are 1) making the bed and 2) one person
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 Windpilot at 2:20pm 05.09.24 Lol, nothing says newbie like asking how the bedrooms look and work. No worries, that's how I starte
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 danm1 at 1:49pm 05.09.24 At dock or anchor the transverse berth is not really a problem, except perhaps for the person aft. A
Whale Manual Bilge Pump Project_Mayhem at 1:39pm 05.09.24 Call the manufacturer. They've helped me identify the correct part for my pump in the past
Birth orientation in Hunter 40.5 rgranger at 12:42pm 05.09.24 Thanks! Nothing says newbie like confusing a bed in a boat with bringing human life into the world
trailer my boat to florida rgranger at 12:39pm 05.09.24 If WANKI means the trailer starts to sway... you need to move some weight forward in the boat and ge
Hot water tank rgranger at 12:32pm 05.09.24 Hope you find a good fix but if you do need to cut it out... I recommend a cordless sawzall with a
Rode hard and put away wet jssailem at 12:31pm 05.09.24 TESLA CYBERTRUCK ARMOR GLASS>>> https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxkDgWCW2iwNuw-mR6YE_hfXyplKgQDPQ2?si=d7V
Hot water tank (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:20pm 05.09.24 Lots of investigation first.... The job looks so bad, you may also want to consider prayer in the
Whale Manual Bilge Pump (5) jssailem at 12:13pm 05.09.24 224687
Rode hard and put away wet Project_Mayhem at 12:10pm 05.09.24
O'day 23-2 Topping lift jssailem at 12:04pm 05.09.24 Okay.... are we clear? KmKOVdAGtzM

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