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Spinlock Powercleat (6) shanker at 10:27am 11.27.15 Smaller Boats 8/2549 117562 117563 117564 117565 117566 117567 My first post on the new web page! I installed some spinl
Changed Windlass to Maxwell VW500 Shagdance at 10:19am 11.27.15 Catalina 310 17/2926 Anybody upgraded your VC500 windlass to the VW500? Would like to go all chain, trying to find a way.
Weight hornet911 at 9:22am 11.27.15 Sirius 21/22 13/4589 I'm looking for a Sirius 21 but worried about total trailer weight as my limit is 3500 for towing. A
Rigid vang shawanaga at 9:17am 11.27.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/869 I have a 1990 35.5 and am thinking if installing a rigid vang Has anyone done this and what did you
Standard Horizon GX2200 w/AIS ? deltaten at 7:06am 11.27.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1731 I've been researching new. VHFs and find the details in the blurbs/descriptions a bit confusing. On
What's up with the pic albums? jlillie at 5:25am 11.27.15 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/817 They really messed up my pic albums. All my comments are gone and some of my pics are no longer orie
Forward hatch weather strip tubing. jlillie at 5:12am 11.27.15 S2 18/4062 I ripped the old, hardened weather strip tubing from my forward hatch thinking I could run up to my
Salon table extension Cat 387. Where do I stow it? Darren Wohl at 4:20am 11.27.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/928 Bought my boat last year. The larger table came with an extension that extends the table to the benc
Any advise on keeping cockpit drains from freezing on the hard (1) H3newdog at 6:37pm 11.26.15 Ask All Sailors 21/4880 This will be my first winter with my "new" H34. It's on the hard so I have power available for a hea
Happy Holidays (1) Mike4116 at 8:19am 11.26.15 Sails Call Lounge 1/491 To all who post here and go down to the sea in ships (boats) I wish you the grandest holiday time.
Happy Thanksgiving, SBO Family! Scott T-Bird at 6:36am 11.26.15 Ask All Sailors 5/644 Thanks for advise and information! Let's see some T-Day sailing!
What type of wood trim trijohn at 6:19am 11.26.15 Catalina 22 10/7948 I have an '86 Catalina 22 full keel New style. I bought it in October, 2015. The outside woodwork is
Worse than a Spanish galleon? PotomacDaysailer at 4:42am 11.26.15 Ask All Sailors 25/2945 I wonder how bad my performance to windward was on my last sail - as I told my brother, I think I'd
Digital Owners Manual Skulldaddy at 10:19pm 11.25.15 Catalina 309 Group Forum 2/1863 When I first bought my boat I printed all the documentation I could find. I though I got the digital
Where's the oil? toliver at 9:24pm 11.25.15 Ask All Sailors 25/1811 Changing the oil: I can only "suck-out" about 3qts of used oil thru the dipstick tube from my Yanmar
Raymarine AIS 350 Bob 04 H260 at 8:00pm 11.25.15 Ask All Sailors 26/3466 We are thinking about adding AIS to our boat this year. We have a RM C120W MFD on board so thinking
Gettin' nekked (4) SailShannon at 7:56pm 11.25.15 Catalina 22 10/1727 It has begun. Yesterday Shannon got a thorough bath inside with Mr Clean. I know I'll need to do it
Danphilgreen - "Drydock" picture in your album Macboy at 7:44pm 11.25.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1745 Okay - so the "drydock" picture in Dan's album really got me thinking about our Mac that's sitting u
Yanmar Transmission Oil Level ggrizzard at 6:40pm 11.25.15 Ask All Sailors 18/22764 Does anyone know how much oil should be in the transmission of a Yanmar 2GM20F. The dipstick on mine
Garmin DV44 remodel (9) Ritdog at 6:06pm 11.25.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/765 I will finally be getting my Oday 25 into the water this coming April- bought a Garmin DV44 Chartplo

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First Sailing Forum! getting the sailing bug to the owner ship level Qomomoko at 6:38am 10.26.23 I see the JSO 32 this sunday. It has no traveller, adding a traveller to the top of the companionwa
Evaluating a Beneteau 323 for Purchase - Keel Boat / Matrix Questions jbmia at 6:20am 10.26.23 Thanks for the feedback folks. While I appreciate jssailem's counterpoint, my response would be tha
Lantern Advice JBP-PA at 6:10am 10.26.23 More than just the flammability, I was thinking of the Chicago experience with Mrs. O'Leary's cow.
Lantern Advice JBP-PA at 6:09am 10.26.23 32 comments and so far no one has mentioned the fire danger of liquid fuel, especially with lantern
Lantern Advice dlochner at 6:00am 10.26.23 I have to agree with @Terry Cox . Kero and lamp oils fall in the diesel range of fire hazards. I wo
H310 Propane Tank (1) JamesG161 at 5:55am 10.26.23 HunterOwners.com downloads Jim... PS : Buy from SBO Shops fo the H310 Hunter 310 propane tank
26' wiring to bow Nav Light 1986 sloop Project_Mayhem at 5:43am 10.26.23 I believe my O'Day 25 has 16 awg tinned wiring. I think black was positive and white was negative. I
P42 VHF Masthead Cable Routing Jim_H42 at 5:37am 10.26.23 Thanks for the replys. Terry - my VHF is a Standard Horizon - not the original unit. It is a r
26' wiring to bow Nav Light 1986 sloop RoyS at 5:31am 10.26.23 Most boat builders ran three wires out from the panel for the cabin lights and the bow light. The po
MaxProp prop RoyS at 5:14am 10.26.23 I installed one of those nineteen years ago. Took me a few years to get the pitch adjusted correctl
C&C 40-2 Rudder Bearing Replacement smo10018 at 4:48am 10.26.23 It was built in 1983 so your assessment is most likely spot on. Thank you for the link I didn't kno
Lantern Advice cymeyer at 4:14am 10.26.23 Hi, Can anyone tell me if the Weems and Plath yacht lanterns (link below) give off enough light to
C&C 40-2 Rudder Bearing Replacement Jim Legere at 3:37am 10.26.23 What year is your C&C - 1980s I am assuming? Back then very few production boats with spade rudders
Evaluating a Beneteau 323 for Purchase - Keel Boat / Matrix Questions Davidasailor26 at 3:32am 10.26.23 Is the boat keeping the water on the outside? If so it has possibilities. Possibilities yes, but
Lantern Advice dLj at 2:10am 10.26.23 Hi Dave. I'll go out on that proverbial limb by saying that all fuels, to some degree, pose a fire
Rebuild of high pressure fuel pump for Yanmar 3GM30F Mark Maulden at 12:13am 10.26.23 Take it to Northland Diesel. Just off Bakerview..
Rebuild of high pressure fuel pump for Yanmar 3GM30F skunther at 9:40pm 10.25.23 Based on what I just turned up on this page, if I'm reading it right, that sounds correct! But just
H310 Propane Tank Gerry17155 at 8:30pm 10.25.23 they are almost always 5lb tanks. We have a 2008 H36, had only a single tank when we purchased her
Rebuild of high pressure fuel pump for Yanmar 3GM30F Alan Gomes at 8:20pm 10.25.23 Agreed. The tech told me new pumps are no longer available, but cost over $2k when they were. Base
H310 Propane Tank Gerry17155 at 8:20pm 10.25.23 Have you measured the locker? I am currently not able to get to the boat and wanted to get dimensi

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