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cockpit light bryan crites at 12:37pm 07.05.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2190 Does anyone have a led light in the cockpit on the bimini frame. If so what type waterproof, rope li
Sprint Atlantic A Windlass needs repair BradWhite at 11:45am 07.05.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2925 I have just returned from 8 months in Mexico. 44DS did great but the windlass started leaking water
Pearson 362 Packing Material Width CirrusP362 at 11:43am 07.05.15 Pearson 5/1418 Hello I have a 1985 Pearson 362, with a leaky stuffing box. Does anybody know the width of the pac
New Simrad MFD - Old Std Horizon transducers RonRelyea at 10:37am 07.05.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1815 Has anyone had success using a depth transducer from an old Standard Horizon Depth Instrument with
Oil filter Five Stringer at 10:13am 07.05.15 Ask An Oday Owner 0/582 How do I service the oil filter screen on my Yanmar ysm 12?
speaker placement in a Hunter 240 luis_bonilla at 9:35am 07.05.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 25/2171 I would like to install two Bose 131 marine speakers in my Hunter 240. Anyone have any recommendatio
Intermittent starting jimtraskos at 9:15am 07.05.15 Big Boats 25/5965 Good morning, Can anyone shed any light on intermitant starting problems? I have replaced the star
Sail Battens Sailing Poodles at 8:51am 07.05.15 Big Boats 7/1182 I'm looking for a new set of battens for my Doyle main. Two split on crossing of the pond. Can't f
Holding tank Gabrielwes at 5:34am 07.05.15 Big Boats 13/2303 I have a Catalina 390, 2002 with a Raritan SeaEra Toilet that pulls sea water verses pressurized fre
Main sail Willemvan at 10:49pm 07.04.15 Smaller Boats 3/783 I'm looking for a main and genny for my 1995 h26. Ant ideas.
Hunter 27 (89-94) Battery Charging MarkW11 at 5:26pm 07.04.15 Mid-Size Boats 3/2309 Hello, I'm a new owner of a Hunter 27-2 (1990) and trying to understand when batteries are being ch
Moving diesel tank above decks in oday 26? jfschena at 5:04pm 07.04.15 Ask An Oday Owner 1/869 According to records I can find, it's been about a decade since the fuel tank in our boat has been p
Parasitic current through outboard motor Fred at 1:36pm 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 7/975 I have been having problems with my battery running down over time. I have discovered that my stereo
ODAY DSII small cracks in hull patriciasailing at 1:25pm 07.04.15 Ask An Oday Owner 22/4266 We just purchased an ODay SDII and did not notice until we brought the boat home (inexperienced boat
dingy jmczzz at 1:12pm 07.04.15 Catalina 22 26/2507 My long range plan for an extended cruise with the economics of anchoring out makes me think a Dingy
New Heat Exchanger c130king at 12:36pm 07.04.15 Catalina 310 4/1468 Full coolant loss Thursday evening. Looking things over on Friday discovered "weak" spot and crack
Stepping The Mast Manually FlimFlamII at 12:21pm 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1225 The other day I helped another sailor step his mast using a gin pole he had built. I'm wondering wha
looking for a good gas engine mechanic in Annapolis/Baltimor stx203 at 10:44am 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 4/830 Hope everyone is out enjoying the 4th.....my 1977 Oday 25 with VIRE 7 inboard is sitting in the slip
gas engine mechanic in Annapolis/Baltimore area stx203 at 10:40am 07.04.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/798 Hope everyone is out enjoying the 4th.....my 1977 Oday 25 with VIRE 7 inboard is sitting in the slip
Delivery Captain Wmbrewer at 10:28am 07.04.15 Ask All Sailors 4/851 Sailing Lake Michigan I just purchased a 1994 27' Catalina in Waukegan IL and need to sail it acros

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Re-rigging without mast removal. kbgunn at 9:59am 12.19.23 The B&R rig is a different beast than a typical bermuda rig. You can check this document starting on
H36 "Bulkhead" separation? tfox2069 at 9:55am 12.19.23 Just looping back on this. It would appear SBO no longer has a consulting team for older Hunters.
Through-Hull to Ball Valve Joint cyryc at 9:48am 12.19.23 Apparently the usual problem of vintage Groco rubber core seacocks is that the rubber expands and op
Through-Hull to Ball Valve Joint (1) cyryc at 9:43am 12.19.23 Often times you'll find marine life in the valve. Small mollusks shells can raise havoc. Do yoursel
Cover for Hunter 39 diduljc at 9:23am 12.19.23 Greg and others who offered advice on a winter cover for my Hunter 39. After reviewing several webs
Painting or removing headliner? jssailem at 9:13am 12.19.23 Spray painting is one option. You need to consider many issues when spray painting. Those little dro
Opinions? Navigation Laptops! kbgunn at 7:55am 12.19.23 I wrote a post here about using a Dell ruggedized tablet PC running Ubuntu as a chart plotter at the
How dispose of sailboat? QCI at 6:39am 12.19.23 Thank you, Rick! I downloaded the doc and appreciate the advice. I needed options and a some info on
Re-rigging without mast removal. Don S/V ILLusion at 6:14am 12.19.23
Prop rotation question RoyS at 5:52am 12.19.23 I would agree but with feathering prop I don't have any prop walk. :cool: You certainly do, as yo
How dispose of sailboat? (1) Rick Webb at 5:51am 12.19.23 I am with an organization that accepts donations of boats that we sell and use that money to help fu
Re-rigging without mast removal. Screen Saver at 5:38am 12.19.23 If your focus is low loss coax - strongest signal output, LMR400 cable should be considered. Ah y
Through-Hull to Ball Valve Joint sailme88 at 4:57am 12.19.23 Often times you'll find marine life in the valve. Small mollusks shells can raise havoc. Do yourself
Re-rigging without mast removal. dlochner at 4:19am 12.19.23 B&G/Simrad and Garmin do use an ethernet protocol and connectors for data transmission and separate
Re-rigging without mast removal. (1) jssailem at 4:09am 12.19.23 If your focus is low loss coax - strongest signal output, LMR400 cable should be considered.
Through-Hull to Ball Valve Joint CYQK at 4:07am 12.19.23 I went thu hull the same issues when i bought all my stuff from Groco Yeah it cost more to do it the
Hatch leak repair Tom TH at 3:48am 12.19.23 Thanks to all for the advice. Looks like hatch removal is the way to go.
New to me boat with rotting bulkhead G Newboat at 1:56am 12.19.23 The compression post repair lasted for a couple seasons, which was nice. The boat is now back on the
Re-rigging without mast removal. Screen Saver at 11:26pm 12.18.23 As I recall the VHF cable is something like RG213, I remember it was about the size of my thumb and
Pneumatic Nail/Staple Guns Terry Cox at 9:33pm 12.18.23 I think you're correct. Reaching into tight spots with an angled head is usually easier than with s

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