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What Fabric Type For The Cushions Below Deck? Seahorse24 at 10:52am 11.11.14 Ask All Sailors 18/1788 We need to get new cushions made for our Yankee Seahorse 24 boat project. We have found a shop nearb
Boat Maneuvers Terry Cox at 10:25am 11.11.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/953 We have the original 18x15 three blade RH fixed bronze prop on our 1991 P42 and am very pleased with
M405 mjslaw43 at 10:05am 11.11.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/881 Just purchased very used 1995 M405. Anyone have reliable specifications? CHARM
modifing the 25 bert f at 9:46am 11.11.14 Lancer 10/4672 Hi All, glad to be aboard the LO site. I bought my 25, Cream Puff in 1987. That's some 27 years ago
Nimble Arctic & Dickinson Heaters unclecurt at 9:08am 11.11.14 Ask All Sailors 12/6220 Hi. New to this forum, and recent owner of a Nimble Arctic which I'm currently renovating after s
macerator trainmanjess at 8:21am 11.11.14 Morgan 8/3718 hello all I have a Morgan 35, and I am looking to add a holding tank and macerator to the head...
Happy Veterans Day Brian D at 6:04am 11.11.14 Sails Call Lounge 2/2573 We at SBO wish all a Happy Veterans Day. Find a vet and shake their hand. Tell them you appreciate a
Oday 28 keel bolts wmacken at 5:54am 11.11.14 Bigger Boats 4/1525 Does anyone have the torque specs for the keel bolts on an Oday 28 with the fin keel? I have alittle
update Crazy Dave Condon at 5:14am 11.11.14 Smaller Boats 7/1393 Gents; I am now on my third haul and last to the mountain home. The home is at the head waters o
experimenting with panoramic cam photos of the interior... (3) centerline at 9:03pm 11.10.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1543 I have often wondered how they take the wide angle view photos of the insides of a boat or motorhome
Motor Replacement... DannySonja at 8:31pm 11.10.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3637 I have just bought a Macgregor 26D. It has a 9.9HP 1989 Suzuki on it. The previous owner told me t
Mac 26X Stern Tower papamills at 8:08pm 11.10.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2307 My back stay limits moving my Bimini to Aft. Thinking about adding an arch tower behind seat in mo
Cal 28 CorJen517 at 6:53pm 11.10.14 Cal 0/1131 Greetings, My wife and I just purchased a 1964 Cal 28 for a very good price. Boat seems study so f
Re-blacking self-tailers IH82BL8 at 5:44pm 11.10.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1120 I'm dissembling, cleaning and lubing two self-tailing Lewmar winches. While I have them apart, is t
Propeller Replacement - Should I? salt water sailor at 5:21pm 11.10.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1321 My question has two parts. My 78 Hunter 30 is grossly under powered with a Yanmar YSB 12 hp which dr
handheld marine gps pupluv at 5:08pm 11.10.14 Ask All Sailors 22/5153 Garmin GPS 72H Bundle Handheld GPS Receiver Wal-Mart is selling this for $127, which seems very r
hunter 290 windlass fkudrna at 4:17pm 11.10.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/1354 I have a 2001 290, that came without a winlass. I am trying to install a lewmar v700, and would like
Introduction: Bought a 1974 O'Day 23 Convertible (1) sreidvt at 3:45pm 11.10.14 Day Sailers 8/5637 Hello All, Have been working my way through many pages of old forum posts and am looking forward
Do you Dress Ship? (2) Brian D at 3:06pm 11.10.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1578 If you do, post you photos of your ship all decked out.
fresh water tank Cat 30 Bill Hauskins at 2:10pm 11.10.14 Catalina 30 13/2920 Need to install fresh water tank on 79 cat 30 hull 999. There was no tank when I purchased boat. Any

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2003 Catalina 36 MK11 moisture in the stringers dlochner at 7:04pm 09.20.23 What is in the core of the stringers, wood or foam? The strength of the stringer is in the fibergla
Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging (2) SV Maverick at 6:52pm 09.20.23 Planning on another 300-400W flex cells on bimini and separate MPPT controller for a total of 800W f
Swing Keel locking bolt glassed over. Ryan61065 at 6:28pm 09.20.23 Mac 25 owner here -- I've been sailing my swing keel boat since 1985 and have never needed to lock
Hunter 23 wing keel mast raising system isaksp00 at 6:20pm 09.20.23 I used a home made system but not A frame. Kind of complicated, but used an aluminum tube gin pole.
Collision follow-up Terry Cox at 5:15pm 09.20.23 I had a hit and run several years ago that caused some hull, stern pulpit rail and dingy damage. Lon
Gelcoat flaking off - how to fix ...3TacksontheWater at 5:09pm 09.20.23 FWIW, in August of 22, I took pictures of that C-25 to the local marina and the quote to do the repa
Swing Keel locking bolt glassed over. Captain Ron 18 at 5:05pm 09.20.23 Mac 25 owner here -- I've been sailing my swing keel boat since 1985 and have never needed to lock t
Swing Keel locking bolt glassed over. LloydB at 3:15pm 09.20.23 If you turn the boat turtle the swing keel will retract whether you want it to or not it is after al
Raymarine ST60 Wind Instrument Ward H at 3:01pm 09.20.23 I have a 2006 Raymarine ST60 wind instrument and a C80 series system. My wind transducer on the mas
Alternator output to..... Justin_NSA at 2:41pm 09.20.23 We should hope so! :) But that wasn't your question, was it? Is there a connection between your AO
Raymarine ST60 Wind Instrument shemandr at 2:17pm 09.20.23 .. Anyone know of a possible cause... 17 years?
Alternator output to..... Stu Jackson at 2:09pm 09.20.23 the wire from my starter to the AB switch is much larger. We should hope so! :) But that wasn't y
Alternator output to..... Justin_NSA at 2:02pm 09.20.23 OK, so let's do some engineering. BlueSea wire sizing chart says 10 AWG good for 10A 30 feet, 30A 1
Alternator output to..... Stu Jackson at 1:53pm 09.20.23 That would make sense, but I don't OK, so let's do some engineering. BlueSea wire sizing chart say
Need help with part ID from 85 Mac 25 (4) Captain Ron 18 at 1:42pm 09.20.23 As THECUSCUS said, the strap goes behind the post and inside the head. I just shot some photos so yo
Raymarine ST60 Wind Instrument Captain Larry-DH at 1:31pm 09.20.23 ST60 Wind Testing To perform the check, you will need a multimeter, and a DC power supply. You will
Alternator output to..... Justin_NSA at 12:43pm 09.20.23 Do you have an ammeter in your cockpit panel? That would make sense, but I don't
Raymarine ST60 Wind Instrument BarryL at 12:38pm 09.20.23 Hi, More than likely the transducer needs to be repaired. There are lots of troubleshooting guide
C&C 30' MK II - Do you have a cage over the forward halyards on your mast head? sheardc at 11:26am 09.20.23 So we are using the same size line and my front halyards are binding at the cage/forestay clevis pin
Alternator output to..... Stu Jackson at 11:03am 09.20.23 My alternator wiring is untouched and it doesn't go to the starter motor unless it takes the scenic

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