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Isolation in ground circuit? (2) BobT at 7:52am 08.23.15 Musings With Maine Sail 9/2832 Electrical guys please enlighten. This little gizmo was between the ground wire and the negative bus
Leading lines aft on an O'Day 22 PamC at 7:30am 08.23.15 Day Sailers 6/1518 Hello all, I haven't posted here in quite a while. So by way of introduction, my husband and I r
Engine Alarms haebby at 6:50am 08.23.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1406 Recently, we were sailing with the engine (Yanmar 2GM) OFF and no key in the ignition, when the engi
theft from boat trainmanjess at 5:11am 08.23.15 Ask All Sailors 60/11365 hello all I live along way from my 45ft sailboat... at present I have my boat at a dock behind a
Bypass hose for a Seaward Waterheater sailcapt340 at 5:00am 08.23.15 Big Boats 11/2087 How do you by pass the Seaward 600 Water-heater when you winterize? I am currently in the process
Cabin Lights Gerald Tibbo at 4:01am 08.23.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1490 I'm looking to change the bulbs in the cabin of my 2007 Beneteau 343. Before doing this, can someon
Fuel spill Manureva at 9:31pm 08.22.15 Ask All Sailors 10/1411 The kid at the marina was more interested in girl then fuelling this evening, the result being a few
Catalina 30 fuel tank Socalsurfer at 7:28pm 08.22.15 Catalina 30 5/4798 Hi everyone. I bought a '78 C30 MkI TRBS a few months ago and have been having a blast sailing her.
Emergency tillers cookcwayne at 3:37pm 08.22.15 Bigger Boats 5/843 anyone know what size the O'Day 27 takes and where to locate one Previous owner replaced steering a
Sun Cat water in the hull hensonrick5 at 2:55pm 08.22.15 Com-Pac 14/10877 I'm brand new to sailing and got a free Sun Cat that has been swamped. I have it cleaned up and sai
Starting Issue - Universal M3=20 plorette at 1:33pm 08.22.15 Engines and Propulsion 7/1319 I have had two instances where I have motored out to sail, and when I attempt to restart after a sho
Minor Blistering in Gelcoat of Hunter 380 sandiegosailor99 at 9:53am 08.22.15 Big Boats 4/1171 Does anyone have any experience with minor blistering in the gelcoat of a large Hunter? I believe
Battery terminal fuses nctxia at 8:35am 08.22.15 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1780 I am installing MRBF fuse blocks on my battery. Does anyone know what size fuse (they come from 30
taking out a PH II pump and putting in a Jabsco woodster at 7:32am 08.22.15 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1521 i was in Long Beach Ms on Wednesday looking at docks and slips and while i was there came across a p
Waste tank treatments DockH at 5:17am 08.22.15 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/3350 Any suggestions for treatments before and post pump out especially when passenger used it both ways
Need CNG primary regulator Jtoben at 4:50am 08.22.15 S2 2/1158 The primary regulator on the CNG stove/oven has a bad diaphragm and spring. We replaced the seconda
Need primary CNG regulator Jtoben at 4:12am 08.22.15 Ask All Sailors 2/805 Looking for a primary CNG regulator. For a Gas Systems Inc, Hille Range stove/oven. I don't suppos
New stripes. Karyon at 9:33pm 08.21.15 Smaller Boats 5/1065 last week we picked up our new to us H23.5, the former owner removed all the old striping and that s
Hunter 146 cockpit floor sag kmbrink at 8:27pm 08.21.15 Day Sailers 3/1418 Boat purchased new 2004, original owner. For years, have noticed boat takes on some water in hull a
Sail Size - H19-93 tom flatley at 7:53pm 08.21.15 Smaller Boats 2/618 Just got a H-19-93 anybody know the dimensions of the main and jib? all I know is that the total

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Running lines aft on Oday 25 (2) jssailem at 10:47am 10.14.23 TC. The organizer is a "Three Cheek Block". Are you thinking something like this, triple block with
Running lines aft on Oday 25 Stu Jackson at 10:46am 10.14.23 (headsail halyard will be winched/cleated on mast) Do you have a jib furler? If so, this is the r
Running lines aft on Oday 25 (1) tcbailey67 at 10:30am 10.14.23 Is this what you are looking for? I thought about a deck organizer like that. This is what is on
Engineering Help Needed capta at 10:19am 10.14.23 Capta, I will have a pontoon on each side. My knees are just too sensitive these days to put them l
Cannot get genoa down. Gaps in profurl furler extrusions. capta at 10:09am 10.14.23 I agree with jssailem on this one. We only had it happen once, (we only dropped the sails once a yea
Need help to identify spare part - Transom Helm Seat support argentum at 10:00am 10.14.23 I am in Missouri and I do not have a Beneteau dealer here. Do you know any dealer that would sell th
WATERLOCK MUFFLER QUESTION twodzusfittings at 9:58am 10.14.23 We'll hold you to it. Nah, never happened. More "Life" got in the way of this happening. Maybe nex
Precision 23 dock size LloydB at 9:20am 10.14.23 I say go for it. You are a close distance from the slip and it is a trailer sailor if conditions get
Legal Question Don S/V ILLusion at 9:12am 10.14.23 . Thank you for asking that question. I'm sure many have wondered the same thing. I am a "newbi"
Cannot get genoa down. Gaps in profurl furler extrusions. jssailem at 9:07am 10.14.23 Welcome @JohnnyP to SBO. Really no way to address the issue other than going up the mast and helping
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try mermike at 9:05am 10.14.23 I assign my NOAA ENC and RNC charts each to their own chart group. I also have my Canadian O-charts
Legal Question Raymus at 8:55am 10.14.23 I found it interesting that a person new to the forum asked about boarding by the Coast Guard in na
Engineering Help Needed LloydB at 8:53am 10.14.23 "My knees are just too sensitive these days to put them low as the Scouts taught me" Be careful that
Running lines aft on Oday 25 (1) jssailem at 8:53am 10.14.23 triple cheek block Is this what you are looking for?
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try jssailem at 8:21am 10.14.23 It might be an issue to submit to the Cruiser Forum site as a glitch. They keep a record of all of t
Engineering Help Needed (1) kloudie1 at 7:53am 10.14.23 Think of it as torque or righting moment; with both pontoons out of the water, everything is balance
Columbia keel question James River Sailor at 7:36am 10.14.23
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try JBP-PA at 5:59am 10.14.23 I experience the same behavior. I think you can compound this issue if you have both the ENC Charts
I decided to install OpenCPN and give it a try jssailem at 5:06am 10.14.23 I experience the same behavior. I think you can compound this issue if you have both the ENC Charts
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter Apex at 4:49am 10.14.23 do the VHF with AIS (receive or Tx) require a separate antenna. For the PO, a separate antenna moun

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