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$25 Oil Filter!! rfrye1 at 4:17pm 03.26.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1841 Ok so I go online and find a Yanmar place and order an OEM oil filter for my 3JH2E for like $10-13.
Looking for cradle or stand designs for my Catalina 27 AtLastGSL at 4:11pm 03.26.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/925 Alas, The great salt lake is having a very bad water year. I need to pull my 27 out of the water and
solent or cutter? Mahayana1 at 12:43pm 03.26.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/3396 We have a sloop rig, 120 roller furling jib and RF main. We are headed down US coast to Carib then o
Maderator Pump bobcat30 at 12:26pm 03.26.15 Catalina 30 6/1421 AS I decommissioned my boat last fall, I always run the Macerator pump after flushing the holding ta
Mooring vs. Docking S. Shaner at 11:23am 03.26.15 Smaller Boats 11/3504 Greetings all. I will be moving my Hunter 22 from Lake Arthur in PA to Lake Chautauqua in NY in a
1986 Beneteau Idylle 51' (15.5) Falcon at 10:52am 03.26.15 Ask All Sailors 1/2306 Does anyone know if Beneteau built any 1986 Beneteau Idylle 51' in the USA? I was always of the impr
Wood supplier in SF Bay area markwbird at 10:15am 03.26.15 Ask All Sailors 2/754 So, tomorrow I'm heading over to Svenson's to have the mast on my H34 removed to begin the dreaded c
holding tank BillKlarer at 10:00am 03.26.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1055 1996 Beaneteau Oceanis 50 has three five gallon holding tanks ~ previous owner never used deck waste
extended gearshift lever mick hodapp at 9:56am 03.26.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1829 good morning folks. i have a 1989 honda bf8ah fourstroke long shaft out board on my mac 25 ' am havi
Heating water at anchor KenKindrick at 7:32am 03.26.15 Big Boats 19/3310 At anchor I've been using a Honda 2000 watt portable generator to heat up the water tank for showers
Mooring pendant jjsbiggs at 7:00am 03.26.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/791 I'm going to be mooring my Macgregor 25 for the first time this year. What size pendant should I be
What Modifications have you made? (4) Coyote at 6:58am 03.26.15 Bigger Boats 9/2186 While I spent a fair bit of time in my Captain's Berth (Quarter Berth) last week with my Battery Cha
Racor problem seadaddler at 4:03am 03.26.15 Ask All Sailors 16/2098 I have a Racor R20 and a Racor 500 before it and this week decided to change all my fuel filters bef
Topping lift Ken13559 at 12:19am 03.26.15 Ask All Sailors 17/2563 Should I do away with Topping Lift? I've Selden Rodkicker with gas spring. After sail, I would tens
buy a Catalina 22? spartacus99 at 8:00pm 03.25.15 Catalina 22 27/3648 If I post some pics of some of my concerns will ya'll be able to talk me through some stuff?
Well bought a 1980 Hunter 30 today (1) JohnCle at 6:51pm 03.25.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1495 I might be a little over my head. This is my first cruiser. I put a down payment down and bought it
Can't find manufacture gary at 6:18pm 03.25.15 Smaller Boats 3/783 Does any one out there have a clue as to how I might find the company who makes the CDI roller furle
O'Day 39 and 40 Replacement manual bilge pump nramsey at 5:03pm 03.25.15 Bigger Boats 2/1385 After nearly 2 years I found a direct replacement for my cockpit mounted manual bilge pump. From wh
1978 Hunter 25 Cherubini HurricaneJHaines at 4:45pm 03.25.15 The Cherubini Hunters 23/4580 Hello, I am the proud owner of a 1978 Hunter 25 Cherubini. I bought it last May and was pretty hard
diesel engines viking2 at 4:40pm 03.25.15 Engines and Propulsion 5/2347 I'm looking for a diesel for my cal 34 and want to know if a two cylinder will have enough power for

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Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 jssailem at 9:33am 08.27.23 @Davidasailor26 has provided the cliff notes. The devil is in the details. Having Lithium batteries
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Davidasailor26 at 9:27am 08.27.23 I will probably wait to switch it and slowly make the decision and leave it in its current configur
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Johnny Sails at 9:23am 08.27.23
Gulf Storm Potential Johann at 9:23am 08.27.23 It's now officially Idalia Tropical Storm Idalia Update Statement (noaa.gov)
Gulf Storm Potential (2) jssailem at 9:19am 08.27.23 Good morning Sailors. It has been a busy morning exploring the weather developments. TEN, the sto
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Davidasailor26 at 9:19am 08.27.23
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Johnny Sails at 9:05am 08.27.23 I had not considered the altinator charging my batteries. I'll probably never be motoring anyways th
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 9:04am 08.27.23 What I did was go to my local parts store and ask for permission to spend some quality time prowlin
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Johnny Sails at 9:02am 08.27.23 I will be putting bms on them and then connecting it to a very nice solar charge controller and inve
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Davidasailor26 at 9:00am 08.27.23 I already have Marine grade Lithium batteries which I was using with solar offgrid out in Oregon. I
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Johnny Sails at 8:55am 08.27.23 Don't do it. Far too expensive in your case for what you get in return. Stick with deep cycle floo
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Ralph Johnstone at 8:46am 08.27.23 I'm switching it all over to Lithium. Don't do it. Far too expensive in your case for what you g
Catalina 30 vs O'Day 25 Hayden Watson at 8:26am 08.27.23 I do not know about the new boats but to the best of my knowledge Catalina has modified this detail
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. Hayden Watson at 8:18am 08.27.23 What I did was go to my local parts store and ask for permission to spend some quality time prowling
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Johnny Sails at 8:14am 08.27.23 Welcome Johnny to SBO. Congratulations on your getting a boat. Rule #1 on boats that the owner valu
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice Scott T-Bird at 8:08am 08.27.23 Really, I've had car salesman and real estate brokers lie straight to my face, with no response whe
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Johnny Sails at 8:03am 08.27.23 I knew these forums would be a wealth of information because I have been using forums to help me bui
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Johnny Sails at 7:55am 08.27.23
Wayfarer MKI - floor clamp- after market ideas? dLj at 7:36am 08.27.23 A window latch is what it looks like. Not sure how it attaches to the boat. You may have to find som
Stowing Winch Handles stickinthemud57 at 7:32am 08.27.23 Thanks. Yes, I was aware of, but didn't want to get into the discussion of failed winch horror sto

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