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New (to me) Catalina 250 MkII (1) gosenbach at 10:23am 06.03.15 Smaller Boats 11/4695 I just purchased a nice 2009 Catalina 250 MkII, which is now the first sailboat I have ever owned (y
Boat Lift Modification to support stub keel sailboat (1) Seahorse24 at 9:27am 06.03.15 Trailer Sailors 27/8670 I have been researching boat lifts and trying to determine a way to modify an existing power boat li
110v outlet Kloudkckr at 9:02am 06.03.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2374 One of the 110v power outlets in our 2005 Beneteau 343 shows some black residue and slight disfigure
Main Halyard Clutch Installation Macboy at 9:00am 06.03.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1637 We'd like to install a clutch on the deck for the main halyard so we can use both winches for the ji
Battery Box on New Style C22 Leeward Rail at 8:54am 06.03.15 Catalina 22 18/3146 Hello all, I've got a new battery box and my C22 no longer had one installed. Eventually I plan on
Lines aft to AVOID single-handing! SoundWave at 8:44am 06.03.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/4894 During a recent cruise in the Pamlico sound, I almost lost the Admiral. We just celebrated our 25
Standing water in cabin raycraft99 at 7:36am 06.03.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1166 Hi! Just bought my 1985 Mac last year. For the first time i had some standing water in the cabin,
Companionway light - 2009 B37 (1) Vegas at 5:04am 06.03.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1333 A light is just to the port side of the companionway...see picture. I haven't figured out how to
help me please caper27 at 8:47pm 06.02.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/1234 I just bought a sailboat for my 65 the birthday . I want to try something new . However , I have a b
Anyone else ever tried sailaway78 at 7:48pm 06.02.15 Ask All Sailors 34/3264 Anyone else ever tried flying a small quadcopter drone from a sailboat. I gave it a try on my recen
Short cruise sailaway78 at 6:36pm 06.02.15 Ask All Sailors 7/1042 Just back from a two week plus cruise over to the Tampa area from New Orleans on a friends H36. W
Catalina 27 Hull/Deck joint leak Kopite at 6:21pm 06.02.15 Mid-Size Boats 8/4705 Hi, My 1984 boat has a leak at the joint, near midship on the starboard side. Water show
Beneteau powerboats - Gran Turismo david hines at 6:16pm 06.02.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1202 Hello all - has anyone experienced problems with Beneteaus new power boats? We are finding major pro
Disappearing engine coolant CrazyLegs at 5:39pm 06.02.15 Ask All Sailors 3/2133 On our odyssey to get our boat back home to BC. Having run the Yanmar 4JH4E for @ 90 hrs thus far an
Zarcor doors installed on 83 oday 28 (3) Euphoria2011 at 5:32pm 06.02.15 Bigger Boats 3/1383 Installed these on my boat this past weekend, looks pretty good.
Propane Pigtail -- Loose the wrench roriol at 5:10pm 06.02.15 Big Boats 0/882 Hi, After spending an hour searching the boat for the propane wrench for the old POL style propan
Deck to cuddy cabin repair help rsafr at 3:44pm 06.02.15 S2 2/1180 I own an S2 5.5 Grand Slam and during my Spring cleaning, I noticed a gap opening up between the sid
Original price glmdoc62 at 2:45pm 06.02.15 Smaller Boats 2/782 Does anyone recall the original price of a Hunter 26?
Keel Separation smarsh at 2:41pm 06.02.15 Cal 4/3001 Last year I purchased a Cal 22. I had it in the water on Lake Ontario for a little over a month. I s
Mounting a Loudhailer / Foghorn FlorDLuna at 2:27pm 06.02.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1543 Have any of you installed a loudhailer / foghorn speaker anywhere up the mast? I just installed a ne

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Seeking a precise pattern for a Hunter 260 jib (1) rburt at 7:53am 11.27.23 First, I've got to say how impressed I am with the friendly and helpful advice I've received here fr
CLosed must be postponed. Dave at 7:35am 11.27.23 After 20 or so years Beneteau objected to SBO's use of the BeneteauOwners.com url. They sent a cease
CLosed must be postponed. (1) Thaniel at 6:54am 11.27.23 Thread still works. See in url bar "forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/closed-must-be-postponed.124
Bavaria 36 autopilot install photos (1) kappykaplan at 6:41am 11.27.23 And here is an image of the mounting for the drive unit:
Bavaria 36 autopilot install photos (1) kappykaplan at 6:16am 11.27.23 Here's what I did on my Pearson. Welcome to the forum! :beer:
Just purchased C30 MKII! Hayden Watson at 6:08am 11.27.23 Welcome. I will not tell you that the C30 is a great boat. I will say that I have owned mine for t
Hunter 326 Running Rigging kloudie1 at 5:54am 11.27.23 Welcome aboard the group! That table in the manual would list lines for factory options so ya might
Raymarine GPS antenna sensor Lee Hadjiosif at 5:19am 11.27.23 Yes, the heading data is from the autopilot heading sensor. The AIS antenna works fine. I ordered th
Hunter 35.5 24jmanley at 4:17am 11.27.23 We actually own hull#1 of the 35.5s. We have had her since 2016 and have put over 4k nm under her ke
Just purchased C30 MKII! shemandr at 2:41am 11.27.23 Since there are many Safe Harbor Marinas across the country, could you be more specific about your l
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Hayden Watson at 11:39pm 11.26.23 That is the published efficiency. Actually they claim 98.5%. The claimed max efficiency of the 12-1
1991 H42 with Heart interface Freedom 20 inverter charger- I think i have a problem! JamesG161 at 11:08pm 11.26.23 You might check the 12VDC batteries it charges. A Bad Battery will cause similar problems. Jim....
Captiva 240 bbriley at 9:58pm 11.26.23 The clearance is normal and does not create issues. No centerboard keel is great upwind, but off the
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Johann at 9:11pm 11.26.23 Great info. The Orion XS isn't out yet though. Is the efficiency rating a published number? As an a
2GM20F engine issue Ralph Johnstone at 8:06pm 11.26.23
Mid LiFePO4 Cruisers? Hayden Watson at 7:38pm 11.26.23 If it helps, the current batteries should dictate what gets replaced when. If the current batteries
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 7:02pm 11.26.23
ID this old boat please (1) Marmalade at 6:50pm 11.26.23 We had the 3/4 Ton IOR big brother, a Chaser 33, for a number of years... loved that boat. It worke
2GM20F engine issue rgranger at 6:04pm 11.26.23
Hunter 356 - electrical issue when plugging in on the hard SV Maverick at 5:58pm 11.26.23 You could test it with a battery powered inverter also. Does it still trip? If you are not comfort

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