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SEAWATER. FILTER (3) ELMAX at 6:39am 02.16.16 Big Boats 10/1783 I cleaned the engine seawater filter. What material they are made these seals? They are on sale? wha
Boathook All U Get at 4:50am 02.16.16 Ask All Sailors 12/1906 Hi all, I did a search for boathooks and didn't find much, probably they way I search. What I was
Little help on 340 salon lite Rick Templeton at 6:39pm 02.15.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/698 Lookin for some guidance on the large skylite glazing in the bow side of the salon of a 340. It appe
Sailboat learn/ride near summerville S.C. sailnewbie at 6:17pm 02.15.16 Ask All Sailors 17/1008 I'll be in summerville S.C. for a few days march 5-8, and as you can tell by my name I'm a complete
Beneteau 375 rudder lower ring s2fast4u at 6:16pm 02.15.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2165 Hi, rudder has been removed on my first375 and I'm looking to remove slight play in lower rudder bea
New to site. Have headsail question for H34 Johnhawkk at 5:35pm 02.15.16 Ask All Sailors 9/739 I have been a lurker on this sight for 2 year and I've found it to be invaluable for sailing info. F
Shoutout to Nova Kool druid at 4:07pm 02.15.16 Ask All Sailors 3/1205 I just installed the Nova Kool LT201 icebox conversion kit and I'm more than impressed. The icebox i
Seafurl Unit hard to furl in. ChrisHunter at 4:03pm 02.15.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1100 I have a 92 Hunter30, where the Seafurl unit is below deck. Most times it is difficult to furl in t
Any Irwin 23s near Annapolis? snizort at 3:38pm 02.15.16 Irwin 0/907 We may be crazy, but four of us are considering buying an Irwin 23 that is located 900 miles from ho
Who make/made the wiring harnesses for late 1990s Yanmar 3JH-2E powered Hunters Diablito at 3:06pm 02.15.16 Big Boats 6/2143 I've read multiple forums about the endemic intermittant starting problems. It seems that it is very
Anchor Roller. What Have You Done for Your 25? geehaw at 2:27pm 02.15.16 Ask An Oday Owner 2/847 I am having a hard time coming up with ideas to raise my anchor without dragging the rode along the
How to Disinfect H2O Ballast for Zebra mussels Hugh Burton at 11:32am 02.15.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1921 Rather than piggy backing on previous state line inspection thread: How does one go about disinfecti
Catalina 350 Cmp1110 at 10:45am 02.15.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1049 my wife and I are in the process of upgrading our boat and have been looking at 350's. Would appreci
1970s-1980s Hunter 25 - Bilge Help?!?! atphelan at 9:54am 02.15.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1841 Just purchased a 1980 Hunter 25; am fixing some odds and ends and gearing up for maiden voyage. I h
Photo of the week Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 9:29am 02.15.16 Ask All Sailors 3/487 In the weekly email newsletter, where does the Photo of the Week come from?
Un-stepping mast disaster (2) curtia at 8:38am 02.15.16 Catalina 22 22/10104 I know you want to pick a nice day to un-step the mast but back in November 2015 I had run out of ti
Increasing handheld range flynhi4u at 6:33am 02.15.16 Ask All Sailors 45/3043 I am looking into how to increase the range of our 6 watt handheld. I have it set up to tie into our
Jabsco toilet pump "stuck" in the up position mz4wheeler at 9:05pm 02.14.16 Ask All Sailors 26/13818 Very odd. I just returned from a bronco ride, 20KT winds, boat smashing up/down, serious spray over
Info Irwin Citation 35 glenn.225 at 7:36pm 02.14.16 Irwin 0/3220 Hi folks I'm kicking about the idea of a new (to me) boat and came across the Irwin Citation 35, see
EV-100 JohnVTX at 6:45pm 02.14.16 Ask All Sailors 27/3157 I am installing the EV100 on an 86 Catalina 30. It says to not install the the control unit within 3

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Bilge pump fuse question? BAD ORCA at 11:32am 02.16.24 I'm not sure why you would want to do that. I wired mine the way the manufacturer's wiring diagram
Bilge pump fuse question? BAD ORCA at 11:30am 02.16.24 I'm not sure why you would want to do that. I wired mine the way the manufacturer's wiring diagram
Sunwind 311 - question about hull jssailem at 11:18am 02.16.24 Welcome to SBO. The question is interesting. It is unlikely that a production boat would be constru
new mulitbank battery charger experiences dlochner at 10:54am 02.16.24 No I don't have a switch on the House bank. That's what I was saying here: I would have to disconn
Sunwind 311 - question about hull dlochner at 10:52am 02.16.24 Who could inform whether hull is based on Epoxy or Polyester resin? It is highly unlikely the hu
new mulitbank battery charger experiences DArcy at 10:45am 02.16.24 Do you have a switch on the house battery output? As it is drawn it is not possible to isolate the
new mulitbank battery charger experiences dlochner at 10:43am 02.16.24 Here is the DC distribution wiring diagram I drew up for my boat. I kept the 1/2/Both switch to all
Bilge pump fuse question? DArcy at 10:42am 02.16.24 I'm not sure why you would want to do that. I wired mine the way the manufacturer's wiring diagram i
Bilge pump fuse question? dlochner at 10:39am 02.16.24 I assume this is the switch: https://d2pyqm2yd3fw2i.cloudfront.net/files/resources/instructions/983
new mulitbank battery charger experiences (1) DArcy at 10:27am 02.16.24 Here is the DC distribution wiring diagram I drew up for my boat. I kept the 1/2/Both switch to allo
Kirie Elite 29 Hat trick at 10:15am 02.16.24 Hey there. Wondering how your restoration project is going? Just got an old 84 kirie elite 29 myself
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina Apex at 9:49am 02.16.24 @LloydB , I am not so sure about that....that was a never-ending stream of thoughts. Not quite sure
1987 Catalina 27 rigging upgrades jssailem at 9:46am 02.16.24 I've recently aquired a 1987 Cataline 27 standard rig I note that you have been a Catalina 22 owne
Searching for my 40 O'Day stolen from Sandusky Harbor Marina LloydB at 9:19am 02.16.24 three years to complete a post but at least now it won't be a never ending story. thx for the outcom
Removing Fischer Panda 8 Mini-DP from Hunter 45CC LloydB at 8:22am 02.16.24 A picture would help, was the generator installed by hunter?
new mulitbank battery charger experiences Davidasailor26 at 8:17am 02.16.24
new mulitbank battery charger experiences LloydB at 8:09am 02.16.24 Remove the unused battery from the boat and make sure that the disconnected cables cannot short out
new mulitbank battery charger experiences (1) twodzusfittings at 7:56am 02.16.24 @Davidasailor26 You mean line this:
new mulitbank battery charger experiences JamesG161 at 6:20am 02.16.24 I would explore this before I began... Why did the Xantrex BURN UP? My New Xantrex is wired like
Outboard Transom Mount w4swk at 5:32am 02.16.24 Thank you for the info! I looked at the Catalina Direct mount you have...the photo looks like what I

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