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Purchasing a new Inverter/Charger Rodd at 5:21am 07.08.14 Musings With Maine Sail 12/2631 Maine- I am getting set to replace an aging Heart Interface Freedom 10 which has served me very wel
Cruisers Labor Day Meetup Corpus Christi Bay (1) frimi_captain at 5:18am 07.08.14 Trailer Sailors 1/1422 We have a few sailors and partiers from Austin Sailing Society on a West Wight Potter.19. Looking fo
Pearson Electra 22' (1) mellowsail at 5:02am 07.08.14 Ask All Sailors 17/5798 Hello all! I recently acquired a 1963 Pearson Electra 22' from a dear friend who passed away. The bo
Pearson Electra 22' propulsion (1) mellowsail at 5:01am 07.08.14 Engines and Propulsion 3/1224 Hello all! I recently acquired a 1963 Pearson Electra 22' from a dear friend who passed away. The bo
Welded mast on a Vision 32? Selkie at 4:59am 07.08.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/853 I'm considering buying a 1992 Vision 32. The surveyor said the mast appears to be two pieces that w
Pearson Electra (1) mellowsail at 4:58am 07.08.14 Pearson 3/2348 Hello all! I recently acquired a 1963 Pearson Electra 22' from a dear friend who passed away. The bo
Hunter Legend 45 CE Certification CaptainMacBudgie at 2:37am 07.08.14 Big Boats 5/1604 Hi, I am considering buying a Hunter Legend 45 (1987) in Florida for export to UK. The yacht will ne
Rubrail Quest (3) Deadline at 2:30am 07.08.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/708 Following an accident, I need to replace the grey rubrail on H320. Hunter's third party vendor doesn
Sailing to Key West Tattoo60 at 11:18pm 07.07.14 Tattoo Owners 0/3481 Planning to sail directly to Key West from Goodland Florida. Any suggestions. Will carry extra fuel
Finally launched (1) vthardhatdiver at 9:36pm 07.07.14 Ask An Oday Owner 14/1274 After waiting nearly a month to get my outboard back from the shop I finally launched Tranquil Water
Jibs Willemvan at 8:59pm 07.07.14 Smaller Boats 4/791 WHat is the biggest Jin you have used??
What is this filler between the fiberglass and the balsa?" (2) Big Dave at 8:52pm 07.07.14 S2 3/1304 Can anyone tell me what this material is? It's black and feels like charcoal. I'm hoping that it's
Yamaha 6HP Four Stroke Oily Spark Plugs shanester at 8:23pm 07.07.14 Engines and Propulsion 13/9200 My new to me Yamaha 6HP four stroke has some minor issues. 2005 model F6MLHD. This is the one that I
Getting Power to the Pedestal Randy6414 at 8:09pm 07.07.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1670 Hi all, I've got a 1984 Catalina 27, with an Edson wheel, pedestal ' pedestal guard that are ori
Have you added 12v fans? njlarry at 7:51pm 07.07.14 Bigger Boats 6/1978 Has anyone added 12v cooling fans to their cabin for cooling? Where are best locations and how did y
keel rebuild question ShaggsV21 at 7:48pm 07.07.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/769 when i drop my keel and sandblast it do i need to enclose it in fiberglass again?or just smooth the
Hunter 420 Passage??? BayMan at 7:40pm 07.07.14 Big Boats 12/5288 I was on a "Hunter 420 Passage" last weekend - It was stenciled on the side of the boat. When I go
Is this how the water got in my rudder? (2) njlarry at 7:08pm 07.07.14 Bigger Boats 11/2122 Is this how the water got into my rudder? We knew there had been water in the rudder from the surve
Hunter 41 Jim Beck at 7:01pm 07.07.14 Big Boats 12/1836 My wife and I are considering moving up from our H33 and like the H41. However, we have some concern
Fun with an iPad, or what is the temperature (4) nolasafari at 7:01pm 07.07.14 Ask All Sailors 20/2837 A few screen shots of my iPad project. I didn't like that Yanmar uses idiot lights so I decide to wr

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Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? Ralph Johnstone at 9:15am 08.23.23 Morning @Tally Ho , could you please provide a link to a AAA+ video you produced and posted here
H34 Mast Wiring Disconnet Allan12210 at 9:08am 08.23.23 Thanks Allan. I'm reading your compression post repair document. That's what I'm working on. Can yo
Universal M25 Diesel has "fuel system air leak" jssailem at 8:58am 08.23.23 Hi Tim. Welcome to the SBO Forum. Thank you for the image. What I see is dampness on the engine head
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 8:51am 08.23.23 A while back, @Tally Ho produced a video which I "believe" was a demonstration of removing the cutl
What is this? (1) JamesG161 at 8:44am 08.23.23 Also for your live aboard Dog anchor. Thanks Ralphs:laugh:
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? Ralph Johnstone at 8:40am 08.23.23 The water tank and waste tank are both under the vberth. Fill them up to the top. Every little b
BOAT PREPARATION IDEAS for Storms JamesG161 at 8:39am 08.23.23 We decided to post this again for 2023 Jim and John
What is this? Ralph Johnstone at 8:35am 08.23.23 You win a brand new Chrysler Lebaron! :doh:
Anchors morbidfollower at 8:28am 08.23.23 I'll swear by our relatively lightweight 13lb Mantus M1. The instant that thing hits the bottom, it
Hunter Legend 40.5, 1983 Irek at 8:24am 08.23.23 Thx Smokey for the very valuable advice on how to deal with frozen bolts. Thx God I did not have to
Fuel tank issues jssailem at 8:08am 08.23.23 Might be that your fuel pickup is short. Found mine I think was cut down and sits about an inch and
Fuel tank issues JoeWhite at 7:38am 08.23.23 An earlier poster located a pinhole on pickup tube a few inches below the upper end. As long as the
Our Cherubini Chainplates Are 40+ Years Old -- Any Failures? chichiflys at 7:24am 08.23.23 Waaay scary. Get rid of them. All of them. Do it now. I guess. But yeah I'm in the process of rep
Our Cherubini Chainplates Are 40+ Years Old -- Any Failures? chichiflys at 7:23am 08.23.23 I don't know your specific model boat, but if you can see the chain plate, both from the inside and
Hunter Legend 40.5, 1983 smokey73 at 7:20am 08.23.23 You are right about dreading removing the radial and keeping it reusable. It took a long time and p
Fuel tank issues chp at 5:50am 08.23.23 Might be that your fuel pickup is short. Found mine I think was cut down and sits about an inch and
What is this? clw2000 at 5:25am 08.23.23 Thanks Ralph! You win a brand new Chrysler Lebaron!
new companionway doors john2 at 5:20am 08.23.23 Thank you for sharing your projects. Both are very nice. I'm impressed that the doors can hang be
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 11:10pm 08.22.23 Well, there's another idea... I thought of a few heavy ratchet straps, attach them to the fingers. I
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? (4) Ralph Johnstone at 10:59pm 08.22.23 I see you're between two fingers : cking in stern first, loading a bunch of junk on the bow and see

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