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Free Practical Sailor Magazines 2004-2014 John T1594 at 8:03am 06.12.15 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/3687 I have been cleaning out my old files and found almost complete sets of Practical Sailor magazines f
Link 10 always showing neg amp draw ddegange at 8:00am 06.12.15 Big Boats 3/594 I have a 1999 Hunter 410 and it has a Link 10 which has been working really good until about a day a
Cockpit Fresh Water Shower mlindberg1 at 6:33am 06.12.15 Ask An Oday Owner 1/605 I would like to install a fresh water shower in the cockpit of my Oday 26. I want to utilize the 20
Oday 222 mast Main braket Luisecoco at 6:24am 06.12.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/852 I just got this boat I need to font some parts: The bracket that's hold the mast The brackets that
Mast raising Gin Pole for a 22 Macgregor (2) FloridaSailor1949 at 5:46am 06.12.15 Trailer Sailors 29/7333 I recently built a modified trailer winch operated gin pole. It only requires three pieces to const
Tender/Dinghy for a C22 Leeward Rail at 4:59am 06.12.15 Catalina 22 5/6044 I noticed in a recent photo posted by "CaptDon01" that he has an inflatable boat for use as a dinghy
electric outboard lizdom at 10:30pm 06.11.15 Engines and Propulsion 4/1370 Ship ahoy as my new old Mac 25 did not come with a motor. I've been looking into a minnkota saltwat
my 23 CB is missing a bolt ewait at 8:32pm 06.11.15 Day Sailers 5/909 how long are these bolts for the CB and what do they screw into
Mast Raising Systems Leeward Rail at 8:08pm 06.11.15 Catalina 22 96/10613 Hello All, In a recent thread, the usual discussion of the various methods for raising the mast on
rub rail replacement ewait at 7:48pm 06.11.15 Day Sailers 1/726 does anyone have advice on replacing the rub rail assembly
Princess Royal Island Cruise Terry Cox at 6:55pm 06.11.15 Pacific North West Cruisers 7/9492 AMEE flotilla (four solo sail boats) plan on departing around June 15 for Princess Royal Island, BC.
Tiller refinishing stiggy456 at 6:54pm 06.11.15 S2 11/2927 My wife and i just recently purchased our first boat. The tiller on the boat is very badly in ned of
Oceanis 36 cc standing rigging Photoman60 at 6:23pm 06.11.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1153 We got our new to us 1998 Oceanis 36cc in the water this last weekend and spent our first night aboa
leaking oil sender BillyR at 6:18pm 06.11.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/672 I own a 1980 Catalina 30 with a Universal 5411 diesel engine. A few weeks ago I noticed an oil leak
there have been threads about gas tanks. piedpiperIII at 5:08pm 06.11.15 Catalina 22 9/1285 Our old design cats have an open fuel storage as we all know someone wanted to know about closing it
What to use to rebed all deck hardware Jeff222 at 5:07pm 06.11.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1526 Looking for some suggestions on what to use to remount all the deck hardware. I have an O'day 222 a
what do you use to clean piedpiperIII at 5:02pm 06.11.15 Catalina 22 10/1229 Okay I have read and read for something to use as a cleaner for the black grime on my top side. I gu
fuel tank cleanout wheelsteering27 at 4:51pm 06.11.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1725 I have determined I have a dirty fuel tank. I ran my fuel hose to a bucket of clean fuel and engine
Marthas vineyard BHennessy59 at 2:50pm 06.11.15 Destinations 4/2182 E are sailing the last week of June to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. I'd love some input as to wh
Pro-Set Two-part Expanding Epoxy rgranger at 2:39pm 06.11.15 Ask All Sailors 2/1329 Hey All I'm looking for something like this product http://www.prosetepoxy.com/custom_foam.html A

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Head Discharge Pump Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:08pm 01.24.23 You forgot to mention a blocked tank vent that's pressurized the system, Terry. One other possibilit
Swing Keel Fittings pcharn01 at 8:05pm 01.24.23 Delrin washers from industrial supply house? Looks like a pack of 10 are $15.
Marine Head to Water Ballast Tank? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:58pm 01.24.23 HeadMistress ansering your call to weigh in: I've been trying to figure out the toilet and plumbin
Teak Rub Rail pcharn01 at 7:41pm 01.24.23
Chart plotter choice overwhelm mforum at 7:21pm 01.24.23 Hi. Hope you are enjoying SBO. See you had a coolant leak. Hope you got it fixed. Many ideas and q
45' mast for Buchan 37 Project_Mayhem at 7:20pm 01.24.23 Have you tried reaching out to local fabricators? I know it's a stretch but it might be doable, espe
Crazy? Mast, rigging for H26 Project_Mayhem at 7:09pm 01.24.23 A cheap boat is the most expensive type of boat. Also, you'd be totally messing with the engineering
Marine Head to Water Ballast Tank? Project_Mayhem at 7:03pm 01.24.23 Oh am I definitely following this thread! :biggrin::facepalm::laugh::yikes:
best 'dual purpose' AGMs , max Group 27, for start and house use ? Scott T-Bird at 6:50pm 01.24.23 This is really over simplified. A standard OEM alternator will not last long due to the high charge
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 6:23pm 01.24.23 Do any of you have strobe lights attached to your PFDs? If so, are they the water activated type? T
Salinity tester stickinthemud57 at 6:11pm 01.24.23 I would think this would be more accurate than strips, and you could use it for a variety of things
best 'dual purpose' AGMs , max Group 27, for start and house use ? Davidasailor26 at 6:04pm 01.24.23
Marine Head to Water Ballast Tank? rgranger at 5:03pm 01.24.23
Slip n slide! rgranger at 4:53pm 01.24.23 It had the chemical structure for Mestranol, the active ingredient in birth control pills. SICK!
Head Discharge Pump Terry Cox at 4:47pm 01.24.23 Hi Jeff. Had a similar problem many years ago and wrote an article about it here: Hunter 42 Owner Mo
Single handing kappykaplan at 4:42pm 01.24.23 Do any of you have strobe lights attached to your PFDs? If so, are they the water activated type?
Single handing WI Rigger at 4:27pm 01.24.23 Do any of you have strobe lights attached to your PFDs? If so, are they the water activated type? Th
Marine Head to Water Ballast Tank? Orbweaver at 4:12pm 01.24.23 Yea...I think this qualifies as a SPOT. (St---- Previous Owner Trick).
Crazy? Mast, rigging for H26 Orbweaver at 4:08pm 01.24.23 It might be worth asking: WHY are the sails and rigging missing? Does the boat have any damage that
Head Discharge Pump Ralph Johnstone at 4:01pm 01.24.23 Any suggestions? Yes. The make of the head and what you've done so far to determine the cause of

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