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Need Advice on Painting Windlasses (2) caguy at 11:16pm 12.02.14 Ask All Sailors 2/832 I picked up a. couple of windlasses and would like to paint them,. The case and warping drum are mad
Echo Bay, Sucia Island Terry Cox at 8:31pm 12.02.14 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/4183 A year or so ago the admiral and our five year old granddaughter had been out for a week long cruise
First WEMA failure (1) Delezynski at 7:47pm 12.02.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/4396 We installed our WEMA quantity system back in 02 or 03. We have one gauge for two water tanks, and o
Masthead sheaves replacement FlightRisk1 at 7:03pm 12.02.14 Ask All Sailors 8/11436 Can I change the halyard sheaves with the mast in place? I don't need to Unstep the mast for at lea
Electrical panel - cut or no? Ritdog at 6:42pm 12.02.14 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1187 Am finished installing all the lights in my 25, and am now thinking about the main electrical sectio
Remote Control Outboard bigpapaporsche at 5:58pm 12.02.14 Smaller Boats 0/967 I am in the process of planning the installation of a Remote Control Box (RCB) on our Catalina with
Depth display erratic (Raymarine ST60) davjonLegend at 4:41pm 12.02.14 Big Boats 23/6755 My Raymarine ST60+ depth display started flashing "LAST", indicating either a bad display or a bad t
Florida bareboat charter dscribner at 4:10pm 12.02.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1283 Thinking about a short charter in Florida this winter. Can't afford BVI again for a couple of years.
Hunter 356 mainsheet traveler Dave Groshong at 1:20pm 12.02.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1331 Calling for help please, can a h356 owner send me a picture of the arch mounted mainsheet traveler?
mast raising system knotatwork2 at 1:18pm 12.02.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1938 Hello, I purchased a 1987 Hunter 23 this year and would like to know if there are any simple to use
Some before and afters - 8.0a restore jlillie at 10:45am 12.02.14 S2 10/1585 I just created several albums in my profile showing before and after pictures of my restore and some
Raymarine EV-200 or Garmin GHP 12 Autopilot system? down_shift at 10:12am 12.02.14 Ask All Sailors 5/4005 Thinking I have narrowed the choice of autopilots to one of these two systems. For the correspondin
Replacing bimini canvas IH82BL8 at 9:42am 12.02.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/5596 I want to replace my bimini canvas. One source has a price of $1,249 for a complete bimini (with fr
Hose for septic tank oyvst@statoil.com at 6:32am 12.02.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/939 Need a new hose going from the bottom of the septic tank in a Benetea Oceanis 343 from 2006. Inner d
Transmision replacememt hvbaker at 6:10am 12.02.14 Catalina 30 36/12520 I have a M 25 XPB with a Hurth HBW-50 transmission. The transmission need to be replaced and the don
Free Ritchie B-80 Compass (cloudy and missing pieces) Hooks at 8:22pm 12.01.14 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/4823 Taken -Free Ritchie B-80 Compass (cloudy and missing pieces) Not sure how to delete this post but i
Changing 302 Isomax furler to something else Mackaroni at 6:42pm 12.01.14 Bigger Boats 10/2008 I had someone out to measure sails today and he was perplexed by the Isomax furler for the Genoa.
thoughts on the condition of this sail? (1) hawk232 at 6:38pm 12.01.14 Ask All Sailors 47/4650 i am wanting to send my main off to have a second set of reef points added, but would hate to spend
Deck to Hull Joint - 460 vs 466 txH2oSkier at 6:24pm 12.01.14 Big Boats 7/1963 Hi All, I'm about to purchase a Hunter 466 and have heard about problems with the deck to hull join
OpenCPN and Google Earth... (1) Sumner at 5:33pm 12.01.14 Ask All Sailors 3/2136 Some of you probably know that in Florida we used SeaClear on the ship's computer to do all of our n

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Heave To Question Andrew of Oracle at 7:46pm 08.04.23 we often heave to for a quick lunch or breakfast break under full sail on Oracle , she is a Bavaria
Black Water Tank Reading 75% Full Andrew of Oracle at 7:36pm 08.04.23 I have the same problem on my 2022 Bavaria 37 , it is a conductive probe gauge and will reset after
Another What is It? Will Gilmore at 7:12pm 08.04.23 150 feet of anchor line may not just fall in, and chain along with an anchor stowed on the bow rail
Tank Monitoring Systems like SeeLevel Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:51pm 08.04.23 Check out the SCAD tank level monitors Scad Tank Monitors They're top rated, use sensors that are
H41 inner forestay? (2) Windpilot at 6:32pm 08.04.23 @Windpilot couple more questions. You mentioned the double turn blocks and additional deck hardware
Winchbit driver Tally Ho at 5:16pm 08.04.23 I use the Milwaukee right angle drill and really like it. It is a heavy duty drill, and it reverses
Its funny Friday! stickinthemud57 at 4:58pm 08.04.23 LOL
To Rebuild or Replace, that is the question- Yanmar SB8 in 1979 Hunter 27 heritage at 4:42pm 08.04.23 The used motor in running condition is also an option. https://www.intermarinepower.com/product-pag
Help with Low Oil Pressure troubleshoot Rick Webb at 4:32pm 08.04.23 Looks like a standard generic oil pressure switch. Duralast Oil Pressure Switch PS114 (autozone.co
The secret of life. kappykaplan at 4:31pm 08.04.23 That is why I rigged Papillon with a good working single line reefing system. My boat isn't rigged
The secret of life. Hayden Watson at 4:27pm 08.04.23 :plus: If you think it's time to reef, you're too late. That is why I rigged Papillon with a good
H41 inner forestay? jericks3 at 4:22pm 08.04.23 @Windpilot couple more questions. You mentioned the double turn blocks and additional deck hardware
170 Motor Mount Fasteners stickinthemud57 at 3:36pm 08.04.23 Trim the top, as you suggested, or route out the recessed portion as needed. A few tips on jib unfu
To Rebuild or Replace, that is the question- Yanmar SB8 in 1979 Hunter 27 MikeHoncho at 3:35pm 08.04.23 When cranking is it pushing out any smoke? If so, blue or white?
DIY Electronics? jviss at 3:26pm 08.04.23 It comes with a brief manual and is pretty straight forward. The only real difficulty was getting
Its funny Friday! Davidasailor26 at 3:21pm 08.04.23 38v51JvIv0A
Is my Fischer Panda 4200 trash? jviss at 3:04pm 08.04.23 I have heard that this happens with FP generators, that the engines don't last and are basically dis
To Rebuild or Replace, that is the question- Yanmar SB8 in 1979 Hunter 27 jssailem at 3:02pm 08.04.23 Rum Runner. I have had a similar story. I posted it here on SBO. https://forums.sailboatowners.com/t
Is my Fischer Panda 4200 trash? Rick486 at 2:59pm 08.04.23 I think the cylinder head, specifically the seats, on my Fischer Panda 4200 are trashed. Its low h
The secret of life. cymeyer at 2:57pm 08.04.23 Nuff said!

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