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Mainsail golf cart batt follow up question CYQK at 3:04am 01.29.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1062 Maine Great thread on use of two golf cart batts thats exactly what I am going to do THANKS!!!! Qu
Yanmar 4JH5E silencer gorkem at 12:57am 01.29.15 Engines and Propulsion 4/2597 Hi All, I have a Yanmar 4JH5E (2011 model) at approx. 1000 hours without any problem and I am plann
Removal of Waeco fridge Brahmany at 8:02pm 01.28.15 Mid-Size Boats 2/2243 Hi all, I need to remove the Waeco fridge to enlarge the bulkhead vent and to lag the icebox refrige
Help with Battery Charger Setting PGIJon at 6:41pm 01.28.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/759 I'm not sure which setting my charger should be on. I just repowered/rewired everything up to the p
Flexofold size for a 2007 B49 with Yanmar 75hp and ZF30M? boom23 at 6:02pm 01.28.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2812 Hi all, I am in the process of purchasing a 2007 B49 with the 75hp Yanmar engine (3000-3200 m
AIS pros and cons Juice6576 at 5:10pm 01.28.15 Ask All Sailors 44/10116 New boat has a pretty complete electronics package but doesn't include AIS. We would like to do the
table modification rleichtman at 4:00pm 01.28.15 Big Boats 11/1959 I want to make the table in the salon smaller and more convenient anyone tackled this one?
Genoa Lead Cars 8.0 Come Sail Away at 2:34pm 01.28.15 S2 9/2182 I am looking at my second season sailing (I am a novice) and thinking about Genoa Lead Cars for my G
Storing Sailboats (1) sea_casper at 2:29pm 01.28.15 Ask All Sailors 1/1114 Rhode Island's tall ship, a replica of the USS Providence, rests on its side on the dock at at the
Boom Support folmerb at 1:36pm 01.28.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 32/6311 I have a 26M. Since it doesn't have a backstay, the previous owner installed a nylon line that test
Fresh water bladder Larry D Calander at 9:59am 01.28.15 Smaller Boats 23/4722 Not too crazy about the bladder under my sink that has a fitting leak. Looks like manufacture sealan
Transducer Larry D Calander at 9:56am 01.28.15 Smaller Boats 12/1659 Any recommendations on type and location my GPS transducer. Not sure of through the hull with water
do you sleep head first in the island berth? iSailor at 8:27am 01.28.15 Catalina 310 11/2799 I am curious, for the 310 people, do you sleep head first (head at the bow) or feet to the bow for t
Gas tank for Cal 30 blavis at 7:53am 01.28.15 Cal 8/3281 Has anyone replaced the gas tank in a Cal 30? Suggestions? I have only found one place on the East
1973 C22 swing keel cwilliams64 at 7:53am 01.28.15 Catalina 22 13/1963 Hello everyone. This is my first time to post on here, and I have a question. When the keel is in th
Looking for a pop-up cover or pattern sunsetdiving07 at 6:46am 01.28.15 Sirius 21/22 3/3075 Hi There; I am a fairly new member on this forum(2012), and currently own a Sirius 21 on Lake of th
H 280 stanchion Tata duende at 5:03am 01.28.15 Mid-Size Boats 0/754 Recently acquired a '98 280 and a couple of the stanchion bases are a tad loose. Are those bolted (n
Maybe an obvious question but... Steener19 at 11:27pm 01.27.15 Big Boats 8/1898 I am writing a story for my grand kids that involve sailing. I am not a sailor so I may be asking a
Weaver Davits Panamax at 9:07pm 01.27.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1869 Have seen a few threads where folks speak of weaver David installations on sailboats but have yet to
Yanmar Cold Air Intake stollo770 at 8:21pm 01.27.15 The Cherubini Hunters 11/3585 Hello, I have a Yanmar SB8 diesel engine in a 1979 Hunter 27. With the boat out of the water for th

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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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