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Garboard plug installation pamacm at 3:44pm 02.07.15 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1663 where do you put a garboard plug in an oday 25
Draft question Yellowjeepman at 2:50pm 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 57/8413 Just a newbee question. I have an O'Day 34 listed as having a 4'3" draft. I assume this is dry weigh
25XP Fuel Priming Conundrum Anonymous 121765 at 2:47pm 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 44/5316
Lake Tahoe marinas... and area attractions? centerline at 2:29pm 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 2/913 we are planning a trip to lake tahoe at the end of july, for several days, and we are trying to find
H31 H34 tie rod chain plate (2) state2state at 1:11pm 02.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2177 What's your opinion on this H31 chain plate? Freshwater only vessel.
Teak stripping a H40 forward cabin inner liner sides waternwaves at 12:57pm 02.07.15 Big Boats 1/957 Kicking around an idea of removing the original carpet glued to the inner liner of the forward cabin
Stainless Steel Fabricator sailor420 at 12:12pm 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1499 I have a new radome and it will require some modification of my exsisting mast support. The support
Gauges MLampner at 11:44am 02.07.15 The Cherubini Hunters 0/561 Though it didn't feel like the right day to start on it, it was cold this morning, work for the comi
Dinghy Davits on Catalina 387 surlymermaid at 11:35am 02.07.15 Big Boats 4/3476 I am installing Garhaeur Davits on my Catalina 387. I am going to install the davits and suport post
Anchor locker bottom... woodster at 11:26am 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 8/2130 ...mine is flat and everything sits on that surface ropes, chain, anchors and all else that may be s
Keeping Bottom Siders In Place Dan_Y at 10:25am 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 15/4247 Has anyone found a way to secure Bottom Siders to the fiberglass cockpit seats, or at least keep the
Will Non-Bonded Anode Sacrifice? (1) rardiH36 at 10:01am 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 16/2724 Question for the long-time boat owners and (if reading) the electrochemical engineers or scientifica
Laser Flare... Receiver? agprice22 at 8:53am 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1036 I Have seen the Laser Flare product online, and an idea came to mind. How about equipping search pla
1990 35.5 new owner shawanaga at 8:19am 02.07.15 Big Boats 7/1452 Hi just purchased 1990 and starting to figure out what to add before it is launched in a few weeks.
Gooseneck connection Isail at 8:05am 02.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/802 Greetings; I was given a Hunter 18.5 that needs a lot of work. At present, I'm trying to rig the
Cutting mainsail shorter chp at 7:47am 02.07.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/9187 I know the subject of raising the boom has come up before, but I haven't found anything about having
Electric horn? Ken Cross at 7:12am 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 17/6480 It seems odd to me that many power boats have a built in electric horn. I've never seen one on a sai
LED bulbs sailnoproblem at 7:08am 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 27/4063 I want to replace my interior lighting with LED bulbs. I have the old Perko dome lights. Can I repla
The things i do for my boat DAVA390 at 6:51am 02.07.15 Engines and Propulsion 17/3346 Bought some Glycerin based lubricant this AM for the water pump impeller. In a pharmacy. Guess wha
TV marine freindly DJN51 at 4:33am 02.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/682 What brand tv handles marine enviorment the best. will be on a 23.5 Hunter so it will take a little

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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
H50 master cabin headliner ceiling artboas at 3:50pm 11.03.23 I believe that @artboas has posted on this, but couldn't find it. I'm attaching a link to a YouTub
Rebuild of high pressure fuel pump for Yanmar 3GM30F skunther at 3:45pm 11.03.23 2595
Engine Sensor ID DyverDown at 2:50pm 11.03.23 From the yanmar parts catalog it looks like you are correct looking for part number 127610-91350.
MaxProp prop jssailem at 2:48pm 11.03.23 I was going to say (from memory in talking with WestbyNorth) 10-15% OF PROP DIAMETER. Then I though
MaxProp prop dlochner at 2:43pm 11.03.23 The distance between the end of the prop and the strut should be about 1 shaft diameter, but it is n
Rebuild of high pressure fuel pump for Yanmar 3GM30F Tally Ho at 2:35pm 11.03.23 How many hours on your engine? Greg

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