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Fuel Gauge rsotomayor at 5:38pm 01.29.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/1762 I am having issue with the fuel gauge on a diesel tank. The dial moves to "empty " when the engin
electrolisis hotrodderjim at 5:13pm 01.29.14 Ask An Oday Owner 7/862 My boat is out of the water for the winter so I pulled the prop off( Yanmar/saildrive 2 bladed). It
outboard bracket on Venture 21 1971 pupluv at 2:53pm 01.29.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/979 A friend has bought a lovely Venture 21 circa 1971. I'm concerned that the stock outboard bracket
San Juan 26 rudder marvin at 2:24pm 01.29.14 Parts Search 2/1774 Looking for a San Juan 26 rudder ?? will a SJ 21 work?? marvin
Ports on a H-23.5? tallswede at 12:57pm 01.29.14 Smaller Boats 7/1350 Well, it's about time to start on some boat projects for spring and a big one I have is replacing th
installing electrical system (1) willsnow at 12:30pm 01.29.14 Trailer Sailors 10/3670 im getting together parts to install a new electrical system on my Mac26D... to replace the non-exis
Wonder Where The Boats Went? Rick D at 11:29am 01.29.14 Ask All Sailors 34/3837 In 2007, we moved our boat from SoCal's Marina del Rey to Long Beach. Long Beach had a three year wa
Lazy Jack mike pace at 10:40am 01.29.14 Ask All Sailors 6/4426 I have been thinking about adding a LAZY JACK system to our O'DAY 25. there seems tobe some diffrent
Snowed over Mississippi beaches (2) JonnyQuest at 10:12am 01.29.14 Ask All Sailors 23/2698 It's a rather unusual sight down here, the beach is covered with snow. We had a grand time running a
pumping out raye at 9:57am 01.29.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/4062 silly but important-first time in pumping out you-know what-does the macerator pump have to be turne
transducers raye at 9:22am 01.29.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/639 I have a 38M beneteau- currently it has a thru hull transducer, the speed does not work and someone
Hunter 18 tabernacle fix (3) fckohn at 7:44am 01.29.14 Smaller Boats 7/1332 Have 1989 Hunter 18. The circular pin hole on rear of tabernacle broke so that loop is no longer cl
Question about a documented boat I bought kito at 6:53am 01.29.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/2500 My 79 H30 project boat is a documented boat. I purchased it from a guy that made it his project boat
ODay 25 Bow Anchor locker Panera at 5:51am 01.29.14 Day Sailers 22/5458 Hello, Just purchased an 1978 O'Day 25 full keel in Portland ME. Formally I owned an 1960 vintag
Just for Laughs (1) ShotgunSlim at 4:52am 01.29.14 Catalina 22 10/1385 For all you sailors patiently awaiting the spring thaw from the 3 feet of snow accumulated at your p
Re-painted my 80's Coleman Stove (1) dgreen1991 at 11:36pm 01.28.14 Catalina 22 6/1463 Don Green Since I got a snow day from work, I decided to refinish my old coleman stove to somethi
Mounting a vertical windlass in a 1978 Catalina 30 Guts1236 at 9:57pm 01.28.14 Catalina 30 7/2121 I have a 1978 Catalina 30 and I would like to mount a windlass. Has anyone here done that? I have a
My kitchen sink (1) dgreen1991 at 9:12pm 01.28.14 Catalina 22 15/2566 Had to install a pump because the angle of the drain pipe was not enough to drain completely. I adde
1986 Hunter 34 Mast halyard sheave Marc Rivest at 7:38pm 01.28.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1861 Does anyone happen to know which mast manufacturer supplied the mast for the 1986 Hunter 34? I want
Should I or shouldn't I? Tony E at 7:03pm 01.28.14 Ask All Sailors 27/3094 Hello all. I am about 5 years away from retiring and I am trying to figure out what exactly would be

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Identify 6M O'DAY? mike sail at 9:17am 09.11.22 Trundled thru some photos on other sites and have now seen a few others without the hatch on the com
Traveling alongside LloydB at 9:05am 09.11.22 I would and tell the trucker so he would know why that Honda seems to be following. Are we there yet
Holding tank, stud finder Ralph Johnstone at 8:54am 09.11.22 Just headed out the door to the boat and I know the tank is near full. I've got to try this for cal
Traveling alongside BigEasy at 8:49am 09.11.22 When my boat was transported from Charleston to a yard in New Orleans, the trucker called me from C
Identify 6M O'DAY? (4) mike sail at 8:41am 09.11.22 Welcome to the SBO forum. Congrats on your boat. Sounds like you are looking to refurbish it. Tuni
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum justsomeguy at 8:40am 09.11.22 Seals Why'd you capitalize the word?
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum Leeward Rail at 8:34am 09.11.22 Same seals used on the shuttle tank? :biggrin:
Jabsco Head Wont Pump In Seawater Tally Ho at 8:14am 09.11.22 For the same reason we N E V E R ask for directions when we're out driving with the family. It's a
H280 To Winch or Not To Winches Tally Ho at 8:13am 09.11.22
Yamaha 33 standing on keel? mermike at 8:08am 09.11.22 I have the tall rig with lead keel. Keel looks like the diagram, not the photo. I have some bottom p
DC Circuit Breaker Failures LloydB at 8:08am 09.11.22 Random thought here as I seem to remember occasionally reading in the installation instructions some
Toilet Joker valve replacement schedule FastOlson at 8:02am 09.11.22 It is a matter of convenience. It is better to replace at the comfort of your dock vs. the interr
H36 2008 holding tank issue isaksp00 at 8:00am 09.11.22 Just out of curiosity, is it possible with thermoplastics to melt in a "weld" on the cracked fitting
Back to the Moon, Sailing in a Vacuum JamesG161 at 7:48am 09.11.22 NASA has changed all the Seals associated with the Hydrogen leak that scrubbed this launch. The new
DC Circuit Breaker Failures quadrille38 at 7:45am 09.11.22 Not sure that matters. At least not much. There are too many things that simply break down with the
Catalina 320 exhaust water hose lengths Ferris Wills at 7:37am 09.11.22 The exhaust water hose coming out of the muffler is leaking. It's the original hose from 1997 so w
DC Circuit Breaker Failures dLj at 7:31am 09.11.22 in looking on line I see postings that the estimated life is supposed to be around 30 years. Given
DC Circuit Breaker Failures quadrille38 at 7:19am 09.11.22 The toggle going limp does sound like it could be leaning towards a mechanical failure. Have you ta
DC Circuit Breaker Failures quadrille38 at 7:18am 09.11.22 A breaker may remain limp as long as there is a short circuit in the wiring or appliance. Make su
Traveling alongside JBP-PA at 7:01am 09.11.22 Hello again Quick question... Is it common for owners to supervise/travel alongside the tractor tra

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