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Racing a MacGregor or Venture 21 MacGyver at 7:41pm 08.24.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/4239 Greetings from Galveston Bay area Texas. I'm in my 5th year of racing a Venture 21 in the local We
Why no jeanneau?? NYSail at 7:13pm 08.24.16 Other Sailboats 1/1006 Jeanneau very nice boats.... Why no forum? Anything I should know??? Looking at at 42 ds
Diesel runaway RAD88 at 6:36pm 08.24.16 Engines and Propulsion 1/837 Is it possible for a clogged fuel filter to cause the engine to runaway? I have a 1977 Yanmar YSB-12
Starter Switch problem? (1) armandolio at 6:33pm 08.24.16 Catalina 30 29/3581 Starting my 1989 C30 can be inconsistent. Sometimes I warm the glow plug for 45 seconds and it star
A Bad Taste Bob S at 6:25pm 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 13/1451 I'm not one to vent and I generally wouldn't say a bad thing about anybody but I am a little ticked
Battery Bank Wiring Question catawbahunter at 6:03pm 08.24.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2040 My Hunter 36 has 2 4D house batteries and a separate starting battery. The engine alternator rechar
Three fresh water system issues. (1) Zeus2012 at 5:39pm 08.24.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 17/2102 127293 1. We are currently living aboard, for the past year, using fresh water from our tanks, which
Isomat mainsail gate (1) Sefuller at 5:02pm 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 9/3587 127290 My O'day 34 came with a cotter pin on a string riveted to the mast which is inserted into the
4 hours after buying a boat and already questions... Kommy000 at 4:51pm 08.24.16 The Cherubini Hunters 25/2419 Well, after lurking on these forums for a while I finally took a plunge and bought a 1981 Hunter 27.
1996 hunter 29.5 autohelm wind (2) middle river at 3:37pm 08.24.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/451 Hi, my autohelm wind stopped giving direction and speed. It still has power to unit. A rigger went u
AIS/PLB HMT2 at 2:45pm 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 7/827 I am preparing my list of safety equipment and maintenance items for a 150 mile off shore race in th
Sticky Tachy dehler25 at 2:17pm 08.24.16 Big Boats 6/590 The original Yanmar tach is behaving badly! It seems that the needle movement has become stubborn at
Catalina 30 cockpit hose replacement Cabin by the Sea at 2:09pm 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 3/1393 Both of my cockpit drain hoses were leaking. I found the marine exhaust hose that Catalina used on
Companionway boards Doug J at 12:47pm 08.24.16 Smaller Boats 20/8900 If anyone has replaced their OEM companionway boards with something new and nice looking I would lov
Pearson 37-2 1989 H33CRich at 12:23pm 08.24.16 Pearson 4/3686 Considering the purchase of a 37-2. Have arranged for a survey and will potentially commit of the su
What's the best way to make a "Dark and Stormy?" jibes138 at 12:14pm 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 45/7325 Looking up the recipe I get all kinds of differences everything from 3 ounces of ginger beer to 10 o
Apostle Islands were great! TortugasRoyal at 11:56am 08.24.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/804 Apostle Islands were great! Bayfield city ramp and parking lot nice to launch from. Want to go aga
Columbia 22 Manual/Blueprints SJ77GrahamWA at 8:54am 08.24.16 Columbia 11/9026 We're restoring a 1968 Columbia 22. Interior pretty much gone. Sails shot. But definitely worth savi
Satellite TV Don Lucas at 8:29am 08.24.16 Ask All Sailors 2/603 Looking for feedback for satellite TV on the boat. What service are you using? Good/bad and costs
Icebox drain fitting (1) oldlaxer1 at 7:04am 08.24.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/726 I have a two section ice box on my Tartan 30 with access from both the galley as well as from the co

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1978 Pacific Seacraft 25 Roland5048 at 7:43am 01.12.24 Interesting. My 3YM30 does not have a glow plug but the schematic shows it as an option. Maybe a r
New Electronics - Is this about right? Ward H at 7:11am 01.12.24 I agree that the backbone is the hardest part of the install and on my C30 even that was easy. Havin
Acoustic guitar and boats. LaDonaMina at 6:44am 01.12.24 My acoustic guitar and bass on the boat. Both inexpensive and small, great for grabbing and playing
Acoustic guitar and boats. LaDonaMina at 6:41am 01.12.24 I have thought about a violin. Thankfully a Stradivarius is out of budget. There are multiturdes
Windshield H430 Leaking (4) ivieto at 6:33am 01.12.24 Updated pics
New Electronics - Is this about right? BrianQ at 5:57am 01.12.24 Thank you! Yes, the i50/i60 displays replaced the older ST series displays. The upgrade to STng wa
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure LakeShark at 4:59am 01.12.24 While you Ruddercraft guys are doing your off season inspections. Check the welds on the bottom on
Good Winter Read RoyS at 4:59am 01.12.24 2023
Help with a new sail rgranger at 4:47am 01.12.24 Fair winds....
Help with a new sail (2) NOLA at 4:41am 01.12.24 We could not salvage the threads when drilling the remainder of the old pin out. Inserted a 1 and 1/
St. Pete boat show party CYQK at 3:30am 01.12.24 Contacted the folks at Latts&Atts and they said no longer doing the party in St.Pete Sad!!
West Wight Potter 15 Center board replacement Captain Larry-DH at 2:41am 01.12.24 This note from Small Craft Advisor doesent make these boats sound like trailor sailers to me but be
New Electronics - Is this about right? Ward H at 11:51pm 01.11.24 @BrianQ Welcome to SBO! I'm a little late to this party so I just read thru the entire thread twice.
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure (3) pcharn01 at 7:34pm 01.11.24 While you Ruddercraft guys are doing your off season inspections. Check the welds on the bottom on
West Wight Potter 15 Center board replacement LloydB at 6:48pm 01.11.24 This note from Small Craft Advisor doesent make these boats sound like trailor sailers to me but be
Baby Stay shemandr at 6:43pm 01.11.24 I have great respect for Ted but I missed that on the sailboatdata.com. To me, the diagram looks li
Acoustic guitar and boats. Will Gilmore at 6:14pm 01.11.24 Or there is always the brass instruments like a clarinet You don't play the clarinet, do you? -Wi
60 best Boats 30' and under dLj at 6:04pm 01.11.24 I was under the impression that most, but not all, Hunters made better RV's than sailboats. The Che
Baby Stay Ted at 6:00pm 01.11.24 Sailboatdata.com doesn't show that boat with a baby stay' The line drawing on Sailboatdata.com cl
Baby Stay Richard Peters at 5:51pm 01.11.24

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