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34/35 Genoa Track Bolts njlarry at 2:26pm 05.04.14 Bigger Boats 5/1027 Both my Genoa tracks are leaking badly and need to be removed and re-caulked. An impact wrench made
O'Day 322 or Catalina 30T WellDrinker at 1:53pm 05.04.14 Ask All Sailors 8/2643 I want to get back into sailing after several years absence. I had a CS 22 for about 4 years and lov
Diagnosed and fixed my first electrical problem... Davefromoregon at 1:11pm 05.04.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/850 I have a 2008 343. Last night I noticed that the galley lights wouldn't come on but everything else
What did i break?!?! (3) Cambo at 10:18am 05.04.14 Engines and Propulsion 5/1527 I was attempting to remove the oil filter today, it is in a brutal spot on my boat and I managed to
Hardware bedding, factory rubber gasket. LoveTwoSail at 10:09am 05.04.14 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1156 In removing several deck hardware items from the boat to seal for leaks, I have found a piece of rub
Want to purchase Jerry21707 at 10:06am 05.04.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/1328 Hello all. I'm new to this so I hope I post this in the correct forum. I want to purchase a Catalin
BVI's Fresh Water rfrye1 at 7:02am 05.04.14 Ask All Sailors 12/4233 I'm headed back down to the BVIs for a much anticipated 10 day bareboat in a few weeks. I haven't be
Strange thing happening to keel (1) Dunham at 6:14am 05.04.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1645 We are experiencing something strange looking on our keel. See picture. We've been told that it ma
1994 Humter 29.5 fuel shut off timangiel at 5:47am 05.04.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/889 I have a new to me 1994 29.5 which was just launched for the season. It has a Yanmar 2GM20F engine.
Baby-Stays for raising Mast on H26 Bungalow Bill at 4:08am 05.04.14 Smaller Boats 2/1057 Does anyone out there have the exact specs (length mostly) of the baby-stays that are used with the
NOS Gas Stove/Oven caguy at 1:02am 05.04.14 Ask All Sailors 14/1863 I was at salvage yard today and came across a NOS gas stove with NOS tank 2500 PSI. Two gauge regula
Yanmar 2GM throttle issue nestorph at 8:21pm 05.03.14 Islander 4/3423 Still getting familiar with my I-30 having come from an I-28 with an Atomic 4. During my first seas
Propeller nut woes... (2) The Garbone at 7:26pm 05.03.14 Engines and Propulsion 8/2382 Put a new propeller on my 1" shaft. The old propeller was held on by two nuts and no cotter pin. I
Taking Venture 2-22 off trailer for paint...questions... tidal9 at 7:04pm 05.03.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1353 I plan on taking my Venture 2-22 off of her trailor for bottom paint. The plan so far is to bring h
SOS light Ken Cross at 7:01pm 05.03.14 Ask All Sailors 19/4665 Our current USCG regulations now allow USCG approved (SOS flashing) lights for night use. (And an S
Spinnaker Set Up Tobydaisy at 6:52pm 05.03.14 Catalina 22 4/998 The lake is still frozen, but, I am beginning to rig my new to me '74. I bought an asymetrical spi
Hard Starting Yanmar Rich M at 6:43pm 05.03.14 Mid-Size Boats 9/2157 I have an 85 28.5 with a 2gm Yanmar that is starting the apparently typical starting issues of an ol
Radar installation help wcletien at 5:57pm 05.03.14 Catalina 30 18/2494 I recently purchased a Raymarine a78 chartploter/radar/sonar system for my 1983 Catalina 30. I have
Sold my O'day GeorgiaBII at 5:13pm 05.03.14 Day Sailers 0/727 Thanks for all the help gents and admirals. But today I sold my first sailboat to another new sailor
bilge floor board cover floating in water! sdstef at 5:13pm 05.03.14 Day Sailers 1/866 I launched last Sunday and returned to the boat last night. Found the bilge overflowing and half in

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Engine raw water thru hole location Capt_Andy at 8:49am 06.14.23 Water flows continuously. The hose runs through the compartment where the stuffing box is accessed.
Schafer Outrageous Pricing dLj at 8:40am 06.14.23 Ha, ha! Wow, you have a dozen of those stanchion blocks? That seems like a lot. I. think I might
Edson wheel size and leather cover? BigEasy at 8:33am 06.14.23 Mine is a rougher, suede-like leather and is the same as what I have on the rear edge of my dodger.
Thru hole and keel crack, dlochner at 8:23am 06.14.23 Searched all over for a water trail leak but couldnt find anything. Only moisture was water beading
Should I switch to hank on? morbidfollower at 8:21am 06.14.23 I used to sail with hanked on and when I wanted to change to a smaller sail, I would point up and th
Yanmar Antifreeze Pump Bearing Problem BigEasy at 8:19am 06.14.23 I'm not a Yanmar guy, but that looks like a regular petcock, and used to bleed. I like to pump coo
Thru hole and keel crack, babadu at 8:13am 06.14.23 Yeah could be the condensation as described above. Ill look into the g-flex thanks
Edson wheel size and leather cover? jviss at 8:09am 06.14.23 Not sure what type of hide is used on my wheel; it is smooth reddish-brown hide with very little "g
Thru hole and keel crack, babadu at 8:08am 06.14.23 Searched all over for a water trail leak but couldnt find anything. Only moisture was water beading
Schafer Outrageous Pricing jviss at 8:08am 06.14.23 I ponder that Harken subsidies them secretly so that Harken can maintain higher prices, albeit real
Edson wheel size and leather cover? BigEasy at 8:06am 06.14.23 And that's a good thing! I didn't think you were supposed to put anything on elk hide. I rinse mi
Thru hole and keel crack, dlochner at 8:05am 06.14.23 Welcome to SBO. The hairline crack is a pretty common issue on boats with a bolt on keel. It is cau
Schafer Outrageous Pricing jviss at 8:03am 06.14.23 don't expect plastic to last forever but when it does fail, I expect a fair price on the replacemen
Thru hole and keel crack, rgranger at 8:03am 06.14.23 The drain looks fairly good to me. Why do you suspect it is the through hull? If water is entering
Steps for Replacing my HBW50 transmission with ZF 12M LouBegue at 7:42am 06.14.23 Hi Lou, I made the swap a few years ago. It was a lot of work, but doable. It is a good time to
Minor project: new teak companionway step (2) rgranger at 7:41am 06.14.23 I do need a replacement telescoping swim ladder, though, as the old one is getting pretty beat. The
Schafer Outrageous Pricing FastOlson at 7:40am 06.14.23 Schaefer. Yes... Sometimes great design and engineering... and sometimes not. I tried their stanchio
Need Mainsail mast slide fitting size. rgranger at 7:33am 06.14.23 Im planning on installing Bainbridge " Allslip" sail slides . On First 41S5---- come in dif
Should I switch to hank on? rgranger at 7:30am 06.14.23 One of the most personal of all choices! Just rambling here ... Solo sailing certainly tips the sc
Schafer Outrageous Pricing kloudie1 at 7:18am 06.14.23 I do understand manufacturing and retail, I just don't like to feel taken advantage of... I did note

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