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GPS Mount for 26 Classic FlyboyTR at 3:02pm 01.01.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/7881 I wanted a way to mount my Garmin 441s GPS/chart-plotter on our 26 classic. I considered options ar
Rabbits on boats? twalker H260 at 10:36am 01.01.16 Ask All Sailors 10/3529 My youngest daughter is looking to get a pet bunny. Has anyone ever taken one on their boat for 2-5
Best Sailing Games Monterey385 at 9:45am 01.01.16 Ask All Sailors 2/752 iPad, iPhone, Xbox ... What are the best electronic sailing games to fend off the winter blues?
Hunter 30: transom reinforcement Renat at 9:43am 01.01.16 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1712 Hi, I recently purchased a Hunter 30 1978 and looking for ways to reinforce its transom to hold alum
Gas tank location options ODay 20 DanaT at 8:30am 01.01.16 Day Sailers 3/2657 In the ODay 20 I recently bought the portable gas tank was sitting at the transom in the cockpit. Th
Mast Stepping Bene 311 House2349 at 7:41am 01.01.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/3175 I am buying a Beneteau 311 soon. Is there a mast raising system I can purchase or a design that I co
Solar Panels JohnVTX at 6:41am 01.01.16 Catalina 30 3/1332 I am a lake day sailor. Go out sometimes after dark. Will a 5 amp solar panel keep my batteries char
Fittings onto a new Vetus tank Tim M at 6:47pm 12.31.15 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/878 Does anyone know: Is it a good idea to spread a thin coat of adhesive - e.g. PL5200 - on both sides
Noisy New Raritan PHC DavidMac at 3:51pm 12.31.15 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1517 We just replaced our old Groco HF with a new Raritan manual PHC toilet. It works great, but the pum
STERN RAIL SEATS FOR MAC25 mick hodapp at 3:00pm 12.31.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/2017 hello folks ' happy new year to everyone ! my question to you is, has anyone had any experience putt
Catalina Owners West Coast in Florida Alansails at 2:22pm 12.31.15 Catalina 310 0/707 My wife and I are going to be in The Punta Gorda/Charlotte Harbor/Lake Suzy area for about 6 weeks s
How Big Is Your Dinghy (1) Squidd at 2:10pm 12.31.15 Ask All Sailors 27/9358 I'm in the market for a new dinghy, something I can hang a motor on, I'm getting tiered of rowing in
Electric windlass for 1987 Pearson 33 obdoor at 12:29pm 12.31.15 Pearson 9/3143 Has any Pearson 33 owner installed an 12 volt electric windlass , if so which brand and model
Finding sailors 201 25yearslater at 11:32am 12.31.15 Ask All Sailors 2/634 A while back I inquired how some folks were finding crew. One of our group here at SBO suggested Me
Happy New Year! Curious Sailor at 9:18am 12.31.15 Ask All Sailors 4/895 As the winds of time carry us into the New Year, I wish you the courage to face every storm, the str
Re-bedding Stanchions on 1989 33.5 Rich T at 7:18am 12.31.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/573 Hi, Just bought a 1989 hunter 33.5 and some of the stanchions are lose. I want to re bed them but c
Edson pedestal video-documented failure Skipper at 6:23am 12.31.15 Ask All Sailors 0/631 Am posting specific to an actual Edson steering failure: I have read warnings here and elsewhere abo
Hunter 44DS holding tank Deformed Grant6290 at 8:32pm 12.30.15 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/832 I have a 2005 Hunter 44DS, we purchased it new and have really enjoyed the last 10 plus years. While
Columbia 23 owners manual lbcatcher at 8:11pm 12.30.15 Columbia 3/2798 I have a copy in PDF. Columbia and Coronado are the same boat. However it is to large to upload. If
Thought you would enjoy this... (1) Brian D at 3:58pm 12.30.15 Ask All Sailors 26/2400 Went to AAA to register my yacht (LOL) and dinghy and I got this... So what kind of questions would

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Hunter 240 Broken Mast Struts (1) patbratton at 4:44am 02.18.24 Up date on struts. I went to the boat today to take the broken ends of the struts off of the studs o
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH A DOMETIC Dual Zone Portable Refrigerator and Freezer, Powered by AC/DC or Solar east coaster at 4:22am 02.18.24 Have you considered an Engels? Low battery drain, 110/12 v, compressor works very well at almost any
Advice on transcontinental shipping captain69 at 3:49am 02.18.24
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH A DOMETIC Dual Zone Portable Refrigerator and Freezer, Powered by AC/DC or Solar captain69 at 3:45am 02.18.24
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH A DOMETIC Dual Zone Portable Refrigerator and Freezer, Powered by AC/DC or Solar twodzusfittings at 3:25am 02.18.24 (plus Sam Holmes has one!). Who? :D:laugh:
Bilge Wire Size Question. jssailem at 2:56am 02.18.24 :plus:
Moving Up... w4swk at 9:16pm 02.17.24
Air conditioner replacement TimFromLI at 8:44pm 02.17.24 I also looked at the Mabru also, not sure the 12V system would be suitable in your case, but they se
Bilge Wire Size Question. Davidasailor26 at 7:53pm 02.17.24 There are two factors at play here - ampacity and voltage drop. The first limit to consider is max
Solent or Slutter added to a new fractional Selden in-mast furler rig shemandr at 7:30pm 02.17.24 Well I hope "Chop and drop" doesn't apply! The Fractional masts have different characteristics. T
Air conditioner replacement Crusty Ol Salt at 6:27pm 02.17.24 Let's start here. For the last 25 years I have tested commercial HVAC systems in new construction an
37c hose size for stuffing box ggrizzard at 5:50pm 02.17.24 :laugh: Sorry, I don't have a clue except to suggest that since you know the shaft diameter, could
Running cables through the headliner on a 2001 Hunter 380 (3) CAVU at 5:32pm 02.17.24 I suppose if you wanted them exposed in the salon. The tunnel is definitely designed to carry wires
Advice on transcontinental shipping dLj at 5:16pm 02.17.24 You also have Sailors moving sailors... F Google them. dj
Running cables through the headliner on a 2001 Hunter 380 Sailgunner at 4:56pm 02.17.24 Can you get from the post to panel outside the tunnel? Been a long time when I ran some wires up th
Dock and Go Override How-to RichKS at 2:24pm 02.17.24 Hi all, Just to follow up, I managed to get hold of the ZF support helpline "wrenchline" and the re
Air conditioner replacement GryphonGirl at 12:50pm 02.17.24 It is a 2009 Oceanis 31.
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? kappykaplan at 12:49pm 02.17.24 Simrad VHF and wireless remote years ago :plus:
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? FastOlson at 12:42pm 02.17.24 Having been thru a mast-down re-rig recently and before that a replacement of the ancient VHF..... I
Cockpit vhf replacement Mike? Rich Stidger at 11:50am 02.17.24 You can test your coax, connectors, and mast head antenna with a SWR meter. If you don't have one,

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