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Dinghy Tow Jpachill at 6:25am 06.19.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1153 I apologize in advance if this has been discussed. I tried searching the forum and found lots of dis
Auto booster as batter for day sailor dobrosailor at 6:27pm 06.18.16 Catalina 22 8/1043 I pulled most of the wiring out of my cat 22 since it was a rats nest. The basic wiring, running lig
gearbox lee oakley at 5:40pm 06.18.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/555 Hello , Anyone that could tell mewere to get a control cable for my gearbox? A 79 hunter with a yan
Most genius move for me sailnewbie at 5:06pm 06.18.16 Ask All Sailors 11/1120 Instead of my life lines tied off and need re-adjusted all the time I tied aprusic knots and just sl
Set Screwed!!!!! &%@(^$%$%#$$!!! topcat0399 at 2:29pm 06.18.16 Ask All Sailors 33/4423 Grrrrrrrr Does anyone make a damn set screw that doesn't strip the 2nd time you torque it down??????*
Bilge water Stormy26 at 1:20pm 06.18.16 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1093 I have a 1985 Oday 26. I keep getting water in the bilge when it rains. It appears as though it's
Batteries 2016 Tally Ho at 1:17pm 06.18.16 Ask All Sailors 18/2053 I need some new batteries for my O'Day 322. Read through Mainsail's post about manufacturer of th
Change location of fiddle for main sheet Photoman369 at 11:18am 06.18.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/626 i am a new owner of 26x 1999. The strap to attach the bottom fiddle on the main sheet is located on
Drawer removal tbilyeu at 10:51am 06.18.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/801 Does anyone know how to remove the drawer from under the V berth on an Oceanis 45? I can't figure i
Electrical Panel Glass Fuses Roger May at 10:31am 06.18.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/875 I'm looking for information on obtaining replacement electrical fuses. They are glass tube, smaller
Oceanis 45 electronics compartment & bilge water DRosen at 10:07am 06.18.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/933 2013. Under starboard aft cabin is main electronics compartment. Heeling on Port tack, about 1 gal
Help installing new Autopilot onto tiller (2) dailytrek at 10:03am 06.18.16 Ask All Sailors 17/4315 I bought a San Juan 28 which came with a new Raymarine ST2000 that the PO had begun installing. The
pelicanj45 pelicanj45 at 8:47am 06.18.16 Ask All Sailors 5/649 About four seasons ago I re-stained the wood below. At present I oil it with Old English Oil. It lo
26S Trailer Axle Doc_holiday at 7:04am 06.18.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2560 i want to replace my axle on my Mac trailer. I don't weld and therefore I need to get some info. W
UNIVERSAL M-25XP SHUTS DOWN Debevoise at 5:47am 06.18.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 26/6543 The problem I am encountering is that the Universal engine is "shutting down" at 2300RPM after 4-5 m
Low-hung boom on Pearson 30. Sailon1 at 11:58pm 06.17.16 Pearson 6/2565 I recently purchased a P 30 and am very happy with this fine boat. One issue that I do have is the l
Adding a ventilation system for the inboard diesel for a Hunter 30 KWE at 11:14pm 06.17.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1570 I have a 1990 30 ft Hunter Sailboat with an inboard Yanmar twin cylinder diesel. There appears to be
Mcgregor venture 21 Legth of forward and aft Stays pdstump at 9:41pm 06.17.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/636 Have a 1969 venture 21, but forward and aft stays are gone need to know lengths.
"The Wild Magnet" Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:09pm 06.17.16 Ask All Sailors 13/986 Found this in my files. It was posted on one of the sbo.com forums--Hunter, I think--several years a
Removing submerged objects Ted at 7:04pm 06.17.16 Ask All Sailors 15/1092 A friend of mind hit an uncharted submerged object in our local NY bay causing considerable damage t

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Replacing Prop Shaft for 84 Hunter 31 Tally Ho at 2:55pm 04.24.24
Not perfect launch day... twodzusfittings at 2:49pm 04.24.24 Congratulations ................... job well done ................. does this mean you're payin
Replacing Prop Shaft for 84 Hunter 31 anelso29 at 2:46pm 04.24.24 Ralph Thank you for your response! I purchased the prop shaft from this website, as it was listed
70 FT of LIFE LINE twodzusfittings at 2:46pm 04.24.24 What's the approximate weight? Off the wooden spool its about 10lbs
Not perfect launch day... Ralph Johnstone at 2:44pm 04.24.24 Congratulations ................... job well done ................. does this mean you're paying
Keel getting corrosion Tally Ho at 2:38pm 04.24.24
70 FT of LIFE LINE twodzusfittings at 2:32pm 04.24.24 Where are you located? dj Northern Delaware, but my boat is in Georgetown on the Sassafrass
Instead of PropSpeed twodzusfittings at 2:17pm 04.24.24 I cleaned my prop and shaft support two years ago, down to clean brass. Shiny like gold. Acetoned it
Metal lathe Rich Stidger at 1:47pm 04.24.24 If it were me, i'd cancel the charge with my credit card company and let PKYS fight to get it back.
Universal M25 front V-belt pulley. (1) Hayden Watson at 1:37pm 04.24.24
Keel getting corrosion dmax at 1:35pm 04.24.24 Maybe - was this area exposed (not sealed)?
Not perfect launch day... (3) Tally Ho at 1:24pm 04.24.24
Metal lathe BAD ORCA at 1:16pm 04.24.24 This sucks. If they are willing to screw over a customer with suck a minor part, how are they going
Keel getting corrosion Eagle2man at 1:08pm 04.24.24 Looks like the original casting may have had some impurities - hopefully that's the extent of it an
Keel getting corrosion Eagle2man at 1:07pm 04.24.24
Not perfect launch day... Tally Ho at 1:04pm 04.24.24 According to the PYI site: "The Max-Prop Easy is a step forward in Max-Prop design. This propeller
Metal lathe Hayden Watson at 11:55am 04.24.24 Hayden, what shop did you use? PBI Petrzelka Bros, Inc. Great guys and they did an excelent job o
Metal lathe (1) Hayden Watson at 11:46am 04.24.24 Who exactly did you speak with at Balmar? I spoke with Balmar twice the first was Mark Gembree. S
yard rate for gel coat repair work near annapolis ? George Braun at 11:43am 04.24.24 $90 to $150/hr here on the Chesapeake,, depending on what kind of yard and what kind of work
OEM Shroud Turnbuckles and Replacement Caps Calif. Ted at 11:34am 04.24.24 Recently replaced mine for open turnbuckles, I could never get anything but pins to fit in them. I'v

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