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Re-anodising boom and holes (1) PK123 at 8:27am 11.29.23 Ask All Sailors 6/1290 Boom - renovation Ive got a great local company that will remove existing anodizing and re-do that f
Groco raw water strainer winterization hack (1) tfox2069 at 6:57am 11.29.23 Ask All Sailors 4/1618 Completed winterization on the boat after my first season of ownership. Most everything was straigh
Charts recommendation bob45 at 5:55am 11.29.23 Ask All Sailors 7/1411
Replacing Hunter 44DS windows (1) Upwind at 4:18pm 11.28.23 Big Boats 4/974 Attached, please find my solution/procedure for replacing Plexiglas window inserts on (most) Hunter
Electrical issues West Wight Potter 19 Steve LD at 1:57pm 11.28.23 Trailer Sailors 18/3189 I bought a used and neglected 2001 WWP 19 that had not been on the water in at least 10 years. Other
Bonding Cable rbroad9 at 12:37pm 11.28.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/652 Does anyone know where I can purchase the green/yellow bonding cables used on a Hunter 38? I believ
V32 Halyard Lead Blocks (2) Belzoni at 6:50am 11.28.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/851 Hi. New owner of a 1989 Vision 32. Among the many things I need to do, is to replace sheaves in the
Water tank syphoning? serenisea at 9:23pm 11.27.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 14/1982 I hope Peggie Hall still has her ears on for this one....We now have a Seawind 1160 catamaran. Rece
Raytheon ST7000+ screen burn out eianm at 8:15pm 11.27.23 Big Boats 4/793 My original Ray autopilot still function perfectly, BUT, the screen is burning out- going dark in t
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib (2) NYSail at 6:59pm 11.27.23 Ask All Sailors 24/4461 So going through all my stuff this off season and came across a long forgotten Hank on storm jib fro
Manual Bilge motosail_SD at 3:53pm 11.27.23 Seaward 15/1959 Hello, Hope someone can help. I have a new to me 1988 Seward 25. What was told to me is that it has
Too many ads Crazy Dave Condon at 8:53am 11.27.23 Forum Help (Site Talk) 25/7499 The other day looking under boat information, there were too many pop ups and ads. Trying to x ou
Bavaria 36 autopilot install photos (1) George P at 5:28am 11.27.23 Bavaria 4/2218 Hi, I'm new to this group. Just purchased a 1999 Bavaria 36 with a Volvo Penta 29 hp saildrive. T
Hunter 326 Running Rigging (1) Missionalan at 3:48am 11.27.23 Ask All Sailors 4/1169 2002 Hunter 326 Need some thoughs from the hive mind. Here are the running rigging specs from the
Just purchased C30 MKII! Brooke89 at 9:17am 11.26.23 Catalina 30 9/2116 My boyfriend and I are super excited about this purchase. Its a 1989 C30, looking forward to learnin
Couple of questions for Hunter 18 Owners CurtisC at 8:33am 11.26.23 Day Sailers 0/899 I've been wanting hiking straps in my Hunter 18 since I bought it. Curious whether any 18 owners ha
ID this old boat please (2) SailingLoto at 5:01am 11.26.23 Ask All Sailors 10/1549 The unused sailboats that reside on this lake amaze me.... any ideas? 30ft 1976 Peterson according
2GM20F engine issue Ken13559 at 11:36pm 11.25.23 Engines and Propulsion 42/6379 1. I've never had this problem before. But 2 weeks back, starting engine after sailing it gets overh
1991 H42 with Heart interface Freedom 20 inverter charger- I think i have a problem! (1) eianm at 7:41pm 11.25.23 Big Boats 3/1080 When i get back to my slip and reconnect shore power and turn my switchboard switch for shore power
Hunter 35.5 FLWestCoast at 5:23pm 11.25.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/921 Hello: I am looking exclusively at 1989-1995 Hunter 35.5 because I like the size, layout and feature

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Damaged Rudder on Hunter 23 Winged Keel @rgranger @Crazy Dave Condon Billleathen at 8:43pm 10.11.25 I did the same repair you need to do on my H23 Rudder. Removed damaged glass. Rebuilt using west
Swing keel delrin rod stuffing box termitec4 at 8:43pm 10.11.25 What's it for? What's the cable for? Just curious.
Irwin 1970 23ft Project_Mayhem at 8:43pm 10.11.25 I'm not seeing any evidence that the Irwin 23 ever had an inboard so I'm a bit stumped on what the s
Delrod suffing box termitec4 at 8:41pm 10.11.25 Ok but my boat doesn't have an inboard motor so what is that/those on mine? Any idea? I haven't had
Delrod suffing box jssailem at 7:56pm 10.11.25 A Delrod stuffing box is a specific type of marine stuffing box (also known as a packing gland or sh
Swing keel delrin rod stuffing box jssailem at 7:51pm 10.11.25 Hello @termitec4 and welcome to the SBO forum. Yes you have a stuffing box. It is made up of two nut
Irwin 1970 23ft shemandr at 7:20pm 10.11.25 Does this boat have a centerboard in the keel?
Roller furling question Timm R Oday25 at 6:49pm 10.11.25 No . it's referred to luff tape size .Number 6 I believe is the most common . This is based on the b
Swing keel delrin rod stuffing box (2) termitec4 at 6:34pm 10.11.25 Is the stuffing box on these normally sealed with packing or is there a compression nut type of thi
Irwin 1970 23ft (2) termitec4 at 6:28pm 10.11.25 I have better pics now.not sure what this these are but any help is appreciated. The cable runs to a
Merit 22 owners (2) RussC at 6:24pm 10.11.25 Someone do me a huge favor and see if your Merit 22 has this rough "seam" in the inner liner alongsi
Electrical Project Almost Complete Timm R Oday25 at 6:17pm 10.11.25 I appreciate the time and effort . When you get to the eastern part of our state, I highly recommend
Broken prong on shore power cord rgranger at 4:30pm 10.11.25 That looks like a fun boat. Your dagger board truck is probably not the leak. If it were my boat,
Engine Rod Knock Hayden Watson at 3:35pm 10.11.25 Great thanks guys...here is a short video (Youtube link hopefully works) of the sound. I still ca
Engine Rod Knock BAD ORCA at 12:51pm 10.11.25 Apropos of Whatever, I replaced our high-hour Universal M25XP, in 20218. While I could have removed
Annapolis Sailboat Show Sunday?? dlochner at 12:46pm 10.11.25 Ward, Thanks for the almost invite. I was presenting at 1 pm so I would have declined the invitation
Replacing ALL of the plumbing dlochner at 12:39pm 10.11.25 Last year I replaced all the tubing with PEX, using off the shelf PEX and fittings. No fancy marine
Engine Rod Knock FastOlson at 12:33pm 10.11.25 Apropos of Whatever, I replaced our high-hour Universal M25XP, in 20218. While I could have removed
Replacing ALL of the plumbing Ralph Johnstone at 11:29am 10.11.25 The obvious strategy would be to replace it run by run, because someone else already figured out th
Engine Rod Knock BAD ORCA at 11:28am 10.11.25 I agree - sure sounds like rod tap. It's not too bad, I wouldn't spend any money on that engine giv

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