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C30 engine stringers dj2210 at 5:31pm 12.26.13 Catalina 30 16/2280 Anybody ever replace their C30 engine stringers? My motor mount lag bolts are loose and don't tighte
Tarp Size chrisings at 4:57pm 12.26.13 Catalina 30 4/1460 Hello folks, Well, we're closing on a 1983 Cat 30 tomorrow (assuming tomorrows survey goes as expe
Oceanis 34 or 37 Platinum Edition Pilgrimtex at 3:26pm 12.26.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 80/16770 House is up for sale. Treva and I will be ordering a new Oceanis 34 or 37 Platinum Edition as soon a
H30 Main Halyard Winch is Loose (1) malyea at 1:22pm 12.26.13 The Cherubini Hunters 14/2254 The main halyard winch, mounted to port of the companionway on the cabin roof, has pulled loose. It
3YM 30 Mixing elbow Brahmany at 12:47pm 12.26.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/757 Hi all, Sure this has topic been done to bits BUT: 450 hours on my 2007 built 3ym30 and the mixing
Electronics - they're all the same Chinese toys (?) Skipper at 10:58am 12.26.13 Ask All Sailors 44/7395 It seems that all the chartplotters, instruments, etc are starting to look and feel like they were a
Auxiliary cruising rpm for Hunter Passage 42 Sirius50 at 10:45am 12.26.13 Big Boats 3/1176 I have a Yanmar 4JH2-HTE engine as the auxiliary on my Hunter Passage 42. Is anyone familiar with t
ANL fuses on batteries c130king at 10:37am 12.26.13 Catalina 310 19/3188 Sitting on Polaris this cool day getting ready to go sailing. During engine start I blew the ANL fu
Origo 6000 for sale??? a65sailor at 10:22am 12.26.13 Ask All Sailors 6/4827 Hi this might be a long shot. I was hoping someone might have a used Origo 6000 they would like to s
Transmission - trouble shifting into reverse csdurand at 10:15am 12.26.13 Big Boats 8/3351 I have a 1986 Hunter 34 and am having troubles shifting into reverse. When I shift between FWD ' N t
Rigging line sizes & Lengths 4packnpeanuts at 9:25am 12.26.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1939 Good afternoon folks, I have recently obtained a 2005 26M. All standing rigging had to be replaced.
Vent placement The Garbone at 8:04am 12.26.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/851 My water tank vent is busted. Sometime in the past someone thought it wise to place it directly bel
Yanmar engine panel ranchu56 at 6:38am 12.26.13 Big Boats 18/6221 All, Looking for the Yanmar engine instrument/control faceplate located in the cockpit. Mine was
Subsitute Ballast Chiriqui at 5:36am 12.26.13 Smaller Boats 12/1637 I'm visiting the states. I was given a blue water sailing magazine for Christmas. There was a advert
Raising and lowering mast on ODay 19 weh5748 at 5:07am 12.26.13 Day Sailers 7/2922 I believe it was in the spring of 2012 a contributor to this site described a fairly simple homemade
Best way to handle grounding with tide going out cadams at 5:03am 12.26.13 Catalina 30 18/4437 I would be interested in anyone's experience with grounding a Catalina 30 wing keel with the tide go
Sailing video Andreas7699 at 4:49am 12.26.13 Big Boats 4/1398 Hi everyone and merry christmas. Here is a sailing video from the area rond my home town. It is made
Hope you had a Merry Christmas! (1) CaptDon01 at 7:48pm 12.25.13 Catalina 22 2/32508 I just want to take a minute and wish our C-22 and Trailer-Sailor Family a Merry Christmas and we lo
HIN Location & CG Marking 1990 35.5 Steverhnm at 3:07pm 12.25.13 Big Boats 13/2064 Can anyone tell me where I will find the HIN on my boat as well as does anyone have good examples of
Thru-Hull fitting question mainsailman at 3:00pm 12.25.13 Smaller Boats 7/1244 Has anyone ever used these 3/4" thru hull fittings ? I am curious how well then stand up or do th

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Clock/barometer over winter? (Canada) (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:33am 09.05.22 Alcohol is liquid to about -120C so you should be good for MOST Canadian winters. for the winter.
Windlass Power Source (1) dlochner at 9:20am 09.05.22 I just got my first boat with an electric windlass and I've been worrying about that very thing, so
Hunter Europa transom bung Ralph Johnstone at 9:16am 09.05.22 Glad that's cleared up.
Hunter vision in mast wires P Lund at 9:00am 09.05.22 I put a bore scope camera into main halyard mast hole. Looks like 3/4 in PVC. This might be a chal
Windlass Power Source Tedd at 8:53am 09.05.22
Hunter 326 running rigging sail sfbay at 8:43am 09.05.22 9.5 -10mm (3/8") low stretch is fine for your length sailboat. This article recommends 8-10 mm for
Bottom Paint Clarification colb218 at 8:36am 09.05.22 Paint the through hulls, marine flora and fauna will grow on the thruhull as well as the fiberglass.
Windlass Power Source dlochner at 8:29am 09.05.22 Second Star's windlass is wired to a Positive Bus Bar before the battery switch. All of the charging
Main sheet line Hunter 326 jssailem at 8:23am 09.05.22 Beautiful scenic water. Kind of explains why boats developed so many different sails. Trying to capt
Hunter 326 running rigging RobAL at 8:22am 09.05.22 One more question on this topic - for some reason the main sail halyard spec isn't in my manual, my
Bottom Paint Clarification dlochner at 8:13am 09.05.22 Paint the through hulls, marine flora and fauna will grow on the thruhull as well as the fiberglass.
Windlass Power Source jssailem at 8:13am 09.05.22 The Studer MBI 100/3 is using a diode/capacitor technology. This is different from the BlueSea ACR w
Main sheet line Hunter 326 (2) RobAL at 8:06am 09.05.22
Airmar ST 800 Odd Problem dlochner at 8:02am 09.05.22 Sounds like there might be fault in the cable or connector. When the transducer is installed the wir
Windlass Power Source Scott T-Bird at 8:01am 09.05.22 I think to a greater extent it depends on your start battery. I don't think you have described it e
Clock/barometer over winter? (Canada) dlochner at 8:00am 09.05.22 I leave my clock and barometer on board all year. Even leave the battery in. It gets cold here on th
Clock/barometer over winter? (Canada) Davidasailor26 at 7:48am 09.05.22
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 SycloneDriver at 7:35am 09.05.22 Hi @SycloneDriver thanks a lot for your pictures! You'r welcome. I hope the pictures were helpful
1977 O'Day 27 - Water damaged bulkhead / Chainplate Repair MarionAdele at 7:33am 09.05.22 O'Days can/do have issues with moisture in the deck core - they didn't seal the core at the opening
1977 O'Day 27 - Water damaged bulkhead / Chainplate Repair MarionAdele at 7:28am 09.05.22 Hello K. Welcome to the SBO forums. Congrats on your new to you boat. While it is natural to shout

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