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H26 Leak Bungalow Bill at 4:49pm 08.26.15 Trailer Sailors 1/1028 I have the dreaded water in the bilge/subfloor in my H26. I found a leak in the rear center barely a
Batteries - More Questions KZW at 4:24pm 08.26.15 Catalina 310 25/3670
Leak in H26 Bungalow Bill at 1:15pm 08.26.15 Smaller Boats 2/806 I have the dreaded water in the bilge/subfloor in my H26. I found a leak in the rear center barely
Possible Hurricane this weekend. Need Advise. pateco at 12:44pm 08.26.15 Ask All Sailors 48/4013 Forecast is calling for possible category 1 storm late Sunday/early Monday. This will be my first st
Thoughts and comments about my Long Trip I'm planning (4) allen-deckard at 12:20pm 08.26.15 Catalina 22 20/2711 Hey guys I've been wanting to take this trip for the last year and am finally working up the nerve I
Repairing Teak/Holly Cabin Sole Floor Dents kvalerio at 11:36am 08.26.15 Mid-Size Boats 6/5110 I made the rookie mistake of momentarily storing our hatch boards on the top stair of the cabin. My
CDI Furler Halyard Tension (1) cb32863 at 10:49am 08.26.15 Ask All Sailors 11/3490 For you all that own a CDI furler, you know that the halyard situation is not the best. I find mine
Owner's Manual for 1983 H31 SFS at 7:35am 08.26.15 Mid-Size Boats 1/798 Bought a 1983 Hunter 31 yesterday, and I'm spending this morning accumulating manuals, etc. I nee
climbing an installed rollor reefing.. Needosh at 5:07am 08.26.15 Ask All Sailors 15/1094 Hi Folks,I am just wondering if there's a way to get up the furler on the forestay.. one screw worke
Before Boat Ownership (1) Kermit at 4:43am 08.26.15 Sails Call Lounge 8/2396 This explains a lot! Or Since you're thinking of a project boat... Or You will NEVER see this
Mast wiring/electronics install taboni at 4:34am 08.26.15 Mid-Size Boats 7/2929 Mast wiring/electronics install cost Just trying to get a sense of how much a job like this costs t
Dropping the rudder ODay 31 Okia42 at 3:58am 08.26.15 Ask An Oday Owner 0/581 Hello from Long Island New York. Just purchased an Oday 31 need to drop rudder this fall during th
Is $5k reasonable for a rough 78 C30? dailytrek at 9:36pm 08.25.15 Catalina 30 24/3542 I'm looking at a C30 which has all the original sails, rigging and interior. It therefore needs, sai
Determining Tall or Standard rigging dailytrek at 9:24pm 08.25.15 Catalina 30 15/5198 I'm viewing a C30 which the owner is uncertain if its a tall rigging or not. How would I determine?
Yamaha 33 would you buy one today? Oysterpirate at 6:14pm 08.25.15 Yamaha 16/15751 Hello All Looking at a 1978 Yamaha 33. It is outfitted with all fairly new electronics, set up f
Kent Narrows, current conditions? njlarry at 4:02pm 08.25.15 Destinations 11/2355 Hello All, Have a trip planned that will involve the infamous Kent Narrows channel. Just realized t
Hunter 38 Water Leaks Seadaze38 at 3:54pm 08.25.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/4826 Hello, My recent purchase of a 2007 Hunter 38 keeps turning up problems, so I am wondering if t
2001 Hunter 410 autopilot Jim D at 1:50pm 08.25.15 Big Boats 4/1511 Hi Looking to install the original autopilot drive designed on a h 410. its a Raymarine drive moun
Power issues Craig Cook at 12:25pm 08.25.15 Mid-Size Boats 2/1003 Hey all, we just purchased a very lightly used 2008 Hunter 27. It was ordered with the shore power
Water problem aliebnick at 10:57am 08.25.15 Mid-Size Boats 7/1302 I have a 1986 Hunter31. I recently noticed that there is blackish water acccummulating in the area w

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Wiring issue with 3ym20 & Beneteau 31 SycloneDriver at 8:26am 08.24.23 Mine didn't require farther diagnosis, it was obvious the broken wire was the problem. I'll look ov
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Hayden Watson at 8:21am 08.24.23 My gauge has the opposite problem. the needle moves from the first usage but when It stops moving a
Wiring issue with 3ym20 & Beneteau 31 (1) sailAnnapolis at 8:13am 08.24.23 Thank you for the update. I looked at the connectors and even replaced the relay and still no luck.
Deception Pass. (1) Hayden Watson at 8:10am 08.24.23 Nice writeup, Hayden. thank you. Been through the pass many times and have found the slack water ti
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Kings Gambit at 8:05am 08.24.23 So, anyway, I'm back in my home port, having completed the cycle. I sailed onto the mooring in We
Do you use bumper boards? JBP-PA at 7:45am 08.24.23 Mine are fairly short, perhaps 4 ft. so they are easy to stow in a cockpit locker. Definitely nice
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice jssailem at 7:08am 08.24.23 Welcome to the SBO Forum. Sounds like a divergence of expectations. You wanted details and the brok
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice tfox2069 at 6:52am 08.24.23 Brokers can be very much hit or miss. The seller should have fired his broker, and you were right t
Do you use bumper boards? jssailem at 6:38am 08.24.23 :plus: Depends on the waters you sail and the piers you tie up to. Having them can be a real plus to
Exhaust for Cat 34 jssailem at 6:29am 08.24.23 Congrats on your first posting. Is this a source? https://www.catalinadirect.com/shop-by-boat/cat
Do you use bumper boards? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:25am 08.24.23 You forgot to include bathrooms. --Peggie
Exhaust for Cat 34 RitSim at 6:14am 08.24.23 try Googling "unversal diesel exhaust flange". match the pics to your situation
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice shemandr at 6:11am 08.24.23 That's a long post which has a lot of detail that may or may not be relevant to the broker's compete
Deception Pass. Terry Cox at 5:09am 08.24.23 Good morning, Mike. Ditto my chart plotter. I tend to use published paper tide table predictions, su
Anchors Gene Neill at 5:06am 08.24.23 Where does your forestay attach in this pic? Also do you think there is clearance for my roller fur
Regarding a 1987 ODay Sailor 1 17ft in Length. chuckwayne at 4:55am 08.24.23 the DS 1 doesn't have a mechanism - the pivot on the lever handle just goes into a square cutout in
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice RoyS at 4:55am 08.24.23 Which broker?
Kent Ranger 26 Topping Lift Help dlochner at 4:29am 08.24.23 The topping lift is the short cable hanging from the backstay and attached to the boom. The primar
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 4:01am 08.24.23
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