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fixed port trim ring replacement John24475 at 9:25am 04.14.15 Mid-Size Boats 0/592 I have a 2003 Hunter 326 and am in need of finding a supplier for the plastic fixed port trim ring f
General opinion of Nesting dingy's? MrBill_FLL at 8:15am 04.14.15 Ask All Sailors 3/1141 Starting a new thread... I've though of building one of these stitch and glue boats. the nesting
Sound Proofing Panel Fire Rating PGIJon at 8:07am 04.14.15 Musings With Maine Sail 0/895 Good Morning... I am looking at replacing my engine's soundproofing with a material that is fire
Mast Wires in Compression Post? TDudley at 7:57am 04.14.15 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1033 I saw a gentleman post pictures of his compression post from a Hunter 36 and it had a channel runnin
Fuel fitting on HDPE tank (1) Claude_Labrecque at 7:50am 04.14.15 Big Boats 6/1018 I need to remove the flexible hose on this fitting on top of my fuel tank. Unfortunately the tank w
mast head light mmsailor at 6:56am 04.14.15 Smaller Boats 7/1602 Last year I replaced the bulbs in my mast head light as well as the lenses . I just assumed (wrong )
23.5 motormount mmsailor at 6:52am 04.14.15 Smaller Boats 20/2934 The wood motor mount on my 23.5 needs some attention . It appears to be secured with two bolts . I w
average life of aluminum tanks richny at 5:03am 04.14.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/2788 I'm looking at a 2003 Hunter 356. Am I close to replacement after 12 years since new of the water,
Anchor roller extension clarsen at 3:22am 04.14.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2809 I need some sort of extension on my 381 to keep my Bruce anchor away from my bow. Any suggestions?
Larger Crank Case Pulley rajhnsn at 3:18am 04.14.15 Bigger Boats 3/923 I needed to replace my crankcase pulley on my M25 21 horse power Universal Diesel motor. When the t
Hunter 40.5 displacment/weight. Hunter legend collabsa at 3:17am 04.14.15 Big Boats 2/1012 Hi, Going to have my 40.5 launched soon, first time since I bought it and first time in 15 years fo
Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity, Jig. Roger Long at 2:10am 04.14.15 Roger Long - The further adventures of Strider 3/1621 This old piggy in his little trawler yacht disguised as a sailboat is feeling pretty good. C ' D C
Steering quadrant access on H36 sailboss at 1:03am 04.14.15 Big Boats 6/2174 I'm in the process of buying a 2004 H36. The surveyor wanted to take pictures of the rudder head, s
New Lancer 25 owner here who needs rigging help. jk651 at 11:47pm 04.13.15 Lancer 4/2971 I bought a 1984 Lancer 25 on April 4th. The boat hasn't been in the water in 14 years (maybe more).
HIN Number Location? Fantasia MkI (1) Ron Inglis at 9:35pm 04.13.15 Fantasia 35 4/4148 Hi there... I'm the new owner of what I believe is Fantasia 35 hull #45. This is a Mk I version.
adventure CCrane2299 at 8:33pm 04.13.15 Ask All Sailors 46/5724 Just finishing up my 51st birthday. Been puny feeling all year. Its been cold all winter. While I en
Decking Tommy T at 8:18pm 04.13.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1788 I am going to build new covers for the bilges. I am thinking about using exterior grade plywood. I
Fav ipad app for sailing Canonshooternb at 6:48pm 04.13.15 Ask All Sailors 11/2542 I just bought a new to me 28-2 Pearson and looking some electronics. For this summer I think i wil
Prepping iron keel Canonshooternb at 6:30pm 04.13.15 Ask All Sailors 11/2193 This past season has cause some water to penetrate the surface of the iron keel on my boat. The r
Progress on recoring project. (1) jguyer at 5:46pm 04.13.15 S2 8/1752 I spent the winter cutting off the bottom skin on the coach house and side decks, removing rotted co

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Downeaster Fourm Argyle38 at 2:35pm 10.23.23 A very salty looking design.. To be honest I do take exception to a CA company naming the line Dow
Another dipsh@# trying to read a dipstick... Michael Davis at 2:33pm 10.23.23 This is what I love about SBO. Have a problem and someone will have a couple of great solutions.
Plugged Waste Vent Line Nodak7 at 2:29pm 10.23.23 Help! I am certain this brain trust has some innovative system for this! It appears that my vent li
Halyard mast clutch question thinwater at 2:29pm 10.23.23 The main cause of rope damamge by clutches is releasing them under load. The rope has to skid past t
Cockpit drain not draining pgandw at 2:16pm 10.23.23 Small toilet plungers are the favorite of ODay Mariner sailors to keep their cockpit drains cleared.
Plugged Waste Vent Line Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:12pm 10.23.23 Nice article, Terry! Holding tank vent lines 101: All tank vents have two main functions: to pr
Hunter 216 in light air (1) rgranger at 1:55pm 10.23.23 What @shemandr said... plus give this a try and see what it does... o senter line.
Square top main on water ballast? rgranger at 1:50pm 10.23.23 Two sets of reef points.... very nice! :clap:
Lantern Advice dLj at 1:49pm 10.23.23 OK, I don't know the models being discussed, but having grown up with kerosene lamps, it doesn't loo
Hunter 216 in light air shemandr at 1:47pm 10.23.23 It sounds like lee helm. Have you tried changing the mast rake? A longer forestay will increase th
Plugged Waste Vent Line Hayden Watson at 1:46pm 10.23.23 I rinse my vent line every time I pump out. I get the pump running and then hold the rinse hose so
Racor filter size jssailem at 1:03pm 10.23.23 You can always check with Universal. recommended filter #298854 is a 10 micron filter not a 2 micro
Hunter 216 in light air Alan Backus at 12:38pm 10.23.23 A traveler will help but... try this. Just before you come about, fall off a few degrees... pick
Hunter 216 in light air Alan Backus at 12:32pm 10.23.23 It can be frustrating trying to get used to a different boat. I had an 18 foot sloop that I built
Plugged Waste Vent Line Nodak7 at 12:25pm 10.23.23 Yup. Happened to us when we first purchased her. Wrote an article about that experience awhile ago.
Serial numbers/year built. dlochner at 12:18pm 10.23.23 Ya, hard to tell for sure. I found some stuff online for how to interpret old serial numbers, but
Serial numbers/year built. CliffA at 12:07pm 10.23.23 Ya, hard to tell for sure. I found some stuff online for how to interpret old serial numbers, but i
Square top main on water ballast? shemandr at 12:03pm 10.23.23
Plugged Waste Vent Line dmax at 11:57am 10.23.23 I disconnected the vent hose at the tank and hooked up the inflatable dinghy foot pump - cleared it
Plugged Waste Vent Line Terry Cox at 11:51am 10.23.23 but I thought maybe someone has had this happen before and came up with a better way! Yup. Happene

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