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Height of deck organizers (3) George Da Porge at 7:27pm 03.08.15 Catalina 30 9/1960
Bottom of hull rudder post issue (5) George Da Porge at 7:20pm 03.08.15 Catalina 30 11/3527
The Dogs of SBO: Gus (3) Phil Herring at 6:11pm 03.08.15 Sails Call Lounge 3/2367 SailboatOwners.com is a dog friendly office and on any given day there are two to four mutts hanging
New to me Joe308 at 6:07pm 03.08.15 Catalina 22 9/930 How yall doing I looked at my Catalina 2weeks ago I made a offer had no idea of what I was looking
ODay 28 head trouble (1) schenckd at 6:06pm 03.08.15 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1868 I have a 1981 Oday 28 on freshwater lake. 15 gallon holding tank under V-berth. The marine toile
Hatch gasket cording Mark Maulden at 6:05pm 03.08.15 S2 9/2301 Found a few threads dating back a few years on hatch gaskets. Internet searches showed a myriad of
OMC Saildrive schenckd at 5:54pm 03.08.15 Engines and Propulsion 10/3314 Any idea on how long the gasket or main seal (where sail drive passes through the hull) should last.
hole in transom (1) TerryAnne at 5:24pm 03.08.15 Sirius 21/22 1/1654 While admiring photos of your boats, I noticed a flanged hole in the transoms of some 21s. Found out
Galley maid 3 burner alcohol stove/oven sdstef at 2:45pm 03.08.15 Ask All Sailors 10/5724 I am moving up to a new to me 87 Newport 30 mk 3. It has an alcohol stove/oven with 3 burners and i
Steering System 1983 Hunter 31 HMT2 at 2:08pm 03.08.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/874 Can anyone confirm that the steering system on the '83 Hunter 31 is an Edson? or is it some other br
Mac Sailors in San Diego Izzy at 1:39pm 03.08.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1264 Guys, Can anyone in the SD area recommend a low cost place to get some time on a sailboat at the en
Hunter 340 Bottom Painting smoothsailing at 12:14pm 03.08.15 Big Boats 2/916 Hey all you happy 340 owners, Spring is almost here in the Northeast and the ugly job must be don
REmoving mbaker269 at 12:02pm 03.08.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/890 My Catalina is actually a 380. I am trying to remove the prop, probably for the 1st time. Its a 199
O'day 39 toe rail replacement Panta Rei at 11:20am 03.08.15 Bigger Boats 3/3382 As noted in a earlier Thread, Crest aluminum has sections of toe rail and rub rail for the O'day 39
Universal Kubota experts - water pump (2) Skipper at 11:02am 03.08.15 Ask All Sailors 25/11337 This is related to previous post pump failure. I've found about 4 different Kubota part numbers to
Yanmar panel rebuild - indicator and alarm questions... (1) holdech at 11:00am 03.08.15 Engines and Propulsion 14/7798 I'm building a custom engine panel for our Yanmar 3GM30 and wondering if I should mount the alarm un
Hatch seals! (3) ttac at 10:33am 03.08.15 Big Boats 2/910 Hello all. I am looking for some new seals / gaskets for the hatches on our 1991 42 Passage. If some
Old through-hull holes brand name model? (3) steveinusa at 9:55am 03.08.15 Ask All Sailors 11/1605 The Through-hull holes have dummy plugs in them where the old transducers went. Are there new replac
rudder shaft noise wolf at 9:52am 03.08.15 Pearson 2/1026 our 1967 Pearson Coaster developed a grinding noise in the rudder shaft assembly after a severe stor
No Joke All U Get at 9:36am 03.08.15 Ask All Sailors 23/4449 Hi All, I've been thinking about the Joker valves in the head and pose this question. During eve

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Remove Prop barnstormer at 6:02am 11.04.23 The easiest way to remove a prop that has been on a long time is to heat up the prop with a mapp gas
Remove Prop RoyS at 5:54am 11.04.23 Slide hammer will apply unwanted force on your transmission. Heat applied to the prop while using th
Remove Prop jssailem at 5:23am 11.04.23 If you are in a marina see if a shop will lend you a prop puller. The larger ones have a slide hamme
New winterizing mod - done! sailme88 at 5:21am 11.04.23 All of my supply water lines have brass garden hose couplings. The tanks empty into the bilge befor
New winterizing mod - done! Apex at 4:36am 11.04.23 I use a dedicated vacuum hose: suck out the last bits of water in the tanks, and then move to the w
Thru Hull Replacement? Davidasailor26 at 4:27am 11.04.23 What. is the risk in me leaving this frozen open fitting in place? I did change the impeller in the
H50 master cabin headliner ceiling Gianni65 at 11:35pm 11.03.23 Thank you for your tips guys. I'll arm myself of time, patience and courage end start this endeavor
Oday keel jssailem at 9:49pm 11.03.23 Welcome to the SBO forums. Some one said you got to squeeze a few lemons in order to find a juicy o
2gm20f water heater circuit (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:22pm 11.03.23 Please advise, if I don't want to have water heater, I trust this is a temporary isolation at bes
Low voltage connectors AaronD at 7:11pm 11.03.23 @Maine Sail wrote up an article at his old pbase.com URL that I think never made it to his newer mar
2gm20f water heater circuit kloudie1 at 6:47pm 11.03.23 Yes, or remove the hose barbs and install plugs in the openings.
Low voltage connectors Hello Below at 6:25pm 11.03.23 For connecting hair-thin NMEA wires. What's your favorite? I have had very good luck with both of
309 water leaking from mast area with main furling (5) bradm at 5:40pm 11.03.23 I finally addressed this problem while the mast was down to replace standing rigging. The photo pos
2gm20f water heater circuit JoeWhite at 5:30pm 11.03.23 Yes. Take a hose connect from one to the other at the engine.
Its funny Friday! Kermit at 5:29pm 11.03.23 Kermit, here's my boat book on the coffee table. awmill cut the top and bottom flat but when we pul
Oday keel Yoho Yoho at 5:22pm 11.03.23 Thanks for the info. That makes sense. No picture because I am probably not going to get this boat
Oday keel kappykaplan at 4:41pm 11.03.23 The fin keel on this boat has a drain plug near where the keel is fastened to the boat. It is poss
Rebuild of high pressure fuel pump for Yanmar 3GM30F Tally Ho at 4:12pm 11.03.23 2595 Not THAT many hours, my old 2GM20F has over 2000 hours. I hope you can get it sorted out (a
MaxProp prop (1) Tally Ho at 4:09pm 11.03.23 Thanks for the replies. I went over the recommendations from PYI and FoF again, and PYI is recommen
Rebuild of high pressure fuel pump for Yanmar 3GM30F Alan Gomes at 3:51pm 11.03.23 Update: apparently there is also significant scoring on the nozzle pins of two of the three injecto

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