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Two Steps Forward - One (or more) Step Back (4) Flamingo1 at 10:28am 05.12.16 Catalina 22 2/651 Made some progress this week - prepared the stern for a new motor mount, drilled a template and yest
Halyard knots mm2347 at 10:05am 05.12.16 Ask All Sailors 37/6340 I've been using a Buntline hitch for my halyards. Would there be an advantage to go to a halyard hi
Centerboard yoke holes donaldbeavin at 8:27am 05.12.16 Smaller Boats 5/926 Does anyone know if you use the same roller pin hole and pivot pin hole on a 240 as you do on a 26/2
Keel Schematics for 322 O'Day Sprague at 7:01am 05.12.16 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1062 Does anyone know where I can get a copy (electronic) of the schematics for the keel for a 1987 O'Day
Hunter 50 Transmission Oil SEMPERAVANTI41 at 6:26am 05.12.16 Big Boats 5/962 What type of transmission oil does my new to me 2011 Hunter 50 require? I think it's Dextron ATF, bu
Hunter 450 Battens protrude Chuck Cohen at 5:49am 05.12.16 Ask All Sailors 4/454 We have 5 horizontal battens in our old Dacron cruising sail. The sail is in the shop for a variety
New Halyard installation time flynhi4u at 5:32am 05.12.16 Smaller Boats 0/520 Well the new halyards finally showed up. The boat was already sitting in her slip so that meant chan
Weldment Repair Turned Hull Repair (4) RustyPelican at 3:15am 05.12.16 Catalina 22 5/2585 Hello, I am a new owner of a 1974 C22 which was gifted to me. This forum has been incredibly helpf
Dangers of spinakers sailnewbie at 2:22am 05.12.16 Ask All Sailors 96/18774 I have a 24' Mac and am new to all this, I have a spinaker but never attempted to try it yet, I hear
brown spots on hull brad minda at 10:35pm 05.11.16 Ask All Sailors 10/2468 I have three fiberglass boats all with white hulls from two different manufacturers. all are from th
Perkins Perama M20 103-06 Parts Scott2 at 9:23pm 05.11.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/2669 Does anyone know where I can get a diagram with engine parts labeled for a 1993 Perkins Perama 103-0
Can This Paint Job Be Saved? (2) GorillaToast at 8:38pm 05.11.16 Ask All Sailors 2/438 123246 123247 I just finished painting the hull with one-part poly, let it dry for a couple of wee
Terminating return fuel line with angled pipe inside the tank. (8) DinoKanuck at 5:24pm 05.11.16 Ask All Sailors 15/2136 Hello All, Time has come to replace the fuel lines, the fuel pick up and the fitting that takes the
Last coat of Varnish: what now? Ilanortho at 5:23pm 05.11.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/5016 Last coat of epiphanes gloss varnish. What do you use for final sanding and how do you then make it
knot meter fred1diver at 5:16pm 05.11.16 Ask All Sailors 2/667 Thinking about re-plugging the knot meter on my dolphin. but I'm not sure on how to wire the system,
1985 H31 Stern Bilge (2) Capt-Jack at 3:19pm 05.11.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/897 I've known for several years that my 1985 H31 has a small bilge behind the main bilge. It is under
Knot meter paddle wheel abinkc at 12:41pm 05.11.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2014 I'm told you can remove it from the inside on a Hunter 30 ('90). How do you do that?
deck organizer removal on a Oceanis 35 Sailor_D at 11:56am 05.11.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 18/2619 Hi there, I'm having trouble with some of my lines getting jammed between the organizer sheaves and
Finish in Salon lifting Babette04 at 11:53am 05.11.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/1063 The finish in my salon is lifting leaving the stained wood below. Just had a very professional marin
The Dreaded Click Click BayMan at 10:59am 05.11.16 Ask All Sailors 24/1606 Hunter 450 with the Volvo Penta. New to me so I know almost no history on it. Sailed it 120 nm with

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Priming AC/heat pump. Ted10028 at 6:50am 12.02.23 I don't have a bypass kit for my hot water heater either. I simply run all hot and cold water lines
Priming AC/heat pump. TimFromLI at 6:48am 12.02.23 Another method is to use use a pony pump to pump the antifreeze through the thru-hull outlet from ou
Electric Motors Scott T-Bird at 6:43am 12.02.23
How are lines run to cockpit for 150% genoa from roller furler? (1) rgranger at 5:57am 12.02.23 I used this fairlead to run the lines outside the stanchions
Priming AC/heat pump. Davidasailor26 at 5:55am 12.02.23 The 4 gallons is probably overkill. The first couple are what I recover from my water heater after w
Priming AC/heat pump. Ted10028 at 4:15am 12.02.23 thanks. wow 4 gallons seems like a lot.i have no idea how many gallons my ac/heat pump requires for
Dodger Needed FastOlson at 10:12pm 12.01.23 Have you thought about building a hard dodger? Lots of YouTube videos on howto and I think would be
Dodger Needed Michael Davis at 8:59pm 12.01.23 Have you thought about building a hard dodger? Lots of YouTube videos on howto and I think would be
Priming AC/heat pump. Davidasailor26 at 7:34pm 12.01.23
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? sesmith at 7:15pm 12.01.23 Mine has a monitor strip on it that's pretty useless. A tap with a calibrated knuckle is more accur
Dodger Needed sesmith at 7:04pm 12.01.23 That price sounds very high to me, but you're in the state of California, where all parts of the pro
How are lines run to cockpit for 150% genoa from roller furler? (1) Tally Ho at 6:52pm 12.01.23
Hunter 410 Temp Reading High shemandr at 6:32pm 12.01.23 Maybe the engine is running hot - that's what the temp gauge is telling you. I mean why blame the g
Catalina 310 battery wiring question Monheganlover at 6:01pm 12.01.23 Thanks!
Catalina 310 battery wiring question (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:33pm 12.01.23 Thar she be : which is what you paid for. a artillery on board. That's why the heavy wiring.
2013 Oceanis 48 with termites Mechone at 5:29pm 12.01.23 Watch this your not the first , thankfully I live in Canada we don't have them yet 2 Our boat is bei
2013 Oceanis 48 with termites vcirelli at 4:57pm 12.01.23 How did termites get into the boat? No idea. I saw dry wood termite droppings in the galley, on th
Hunter 410 Temp Reading High (1) jssailem at 4:55pm 12.01.23 I replaced both the sender and gauge. Maybe the gauge range is, and has been, wrong Temp Gauges
2013 Oceanis 48 with termites smokey73 at 4:48pm 12.01.23 How did termites get into the boat?
Shaft Diameter, T3800 (1) jssailem at 4:41pm 12.01.23 WELCOME TO SBO. The simplest and most accurate method to "KNOW" the diameter of your shaft is to mea

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