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Stern tube hose oday 26 jfschena at 2:46pm 04.25.14 Ask An Oday Owner 4/966 Anyone changed this themselves? Mine has a slight bulge in it towards the middle. Otherwise it looks
Outboard For 30' Catalina lydiao at 2:35pm 04.25.14 Catalina 30 10/5674 Diesel is dead. Can I use a 20" long shaft outboard on my catalina or do I need a 25" extra long sha
long or short shaft motor on a capri 18 sailorsteve1 at 2:20pm 04.25.14 Smaller Boats 7/1516 do i need a longshaft outboard on a capri 18?
Shorepower and running engine kasishunter30 at 1:37pm 04.25.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/4418 Hi! I am new to this site and a new Hunter Owner :). I have a quick question.... when I am plugged
mercury 5 hp 4 stroke sailorsteve1 at 1:13pm 04.25.14 Smaller Boats 5/5420 does anyone have experience with the mercury 5 hp 4 stroke outboard motor? ive read some scathing re
Installing adjustable backstay on a 192/222 Brian S at 12:19pm 04.25.14 Ask An Oday Owner 2/828 Guys, my 192 has the typical backstay with about an 18" strop from chainplate to triangle bracket, a
Duracell 230AH Golf Cart Batteries kito at 11:39am 04.25.14 Ask All Sailors 5/2071 I picked up a couple Duracell 6v wet cell golf cart batteries at Sam's Club yesterday. $109 for a 23
93 Hunter 40.5 How tall are we Marco Garcia at 10:07am 04.25.14 Big Boats 15/2901 My 93 40.5 has the tapered Zspar mast with full batten sails. The whip VHF antenna is at the top a
Honda outboard on Edson controls Regular Guy at 9:02am 04.25.14 Smaller Boats 5/1769 Hi, I exchanged the Mercury 8 hp, 2-stroke outboarder, which came with my boat, with a Honda 9.9 hp,
winch handles suvh8er at 9:00am 04.25.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2187 Are all winch handles universal? I see them for sale on eBay for 20 bucks but are these junk?
Power Washing dirtbike at 8:52am 04.25.14 Ask All Sailors 14/3246 What is the highest psi that I can use to power-wash my fiberglass deck? I'm worried that too much
Shifter Cable & Throttle Cable 88' 28.5 Hunter kenwhaga at 8:27am 04.25.14 Mid-Size Boats 11/3595 Just snapped my shifter cable and I may as well replace the throttle cable. Let me know if anyone h
Installed new sanitation hose in H336 Rxman47 at 7:29am 04.25.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/531 Installed new sanitation hose in my H336 yesterday. The job went well and wasn't as tough as I had
Set me straight on this "bluewater" talk Bigjer40 at 6:11am 04.25.14 Ask All Sailors 41/7773 I have been looking for my second boat for a while now. Am I the only one that struggles with the th
Mounting winches Ted at 6:09am 04.25.14 Ask All Sailors 9/9306 I was having a conversation with one of my marina mates the other day regarding mounting winches. I
Fuel Overflow in Cockpit - Hunter 33.5 1992 (2) pariseaux at 5:56am 04.25.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1643 When we fill up our fuel tank, it tends to overflow out of the area under the captain's seat in the
Taking mast down Tom Marini at 5:48am 04.25.14 Ask All Sailors 1/3276 I'm scrapping my 30' 1981 Islander that was dropped. I have never taken that mast down. It does ha
Silly Racor Drain Valve question wonkodsane at 5:37am 04.25.14 Ask All Sailors 3/1001 Hi all, hope the spring is finding you well. What's the OD size of the drain valve's outlet nipple
23.5 Stern Rail Seat kit doc2b4fun at 5:30am 04.25.14 Smaller Boats 2/1032 anyone know any good places to look to find a stern rail seat kit for a 1994 23.5? i know they
Thru hull depth finder... jaycrawford97 at 4:49am 04.25.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/891 As you can see, we are busy preparing the '97 26x for the season... next question with the Garmin

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Skimmar Seagull 12 Genaker Mason13 at 7:16am 08.06.23 I was also wondering what extra hardware would need to be added to the mast.
Skimmar Seagull 12 Genaker Mason13 at 7:11am 08.06.23
New Campbell Sailer Prop (1) SycloneDriver at 7:09am 08.06.23 The nut might have been just more than finger tight. The prop came off so easily I don't think I e
New Campbell Sailer Prop (1) SycloneDriver at 6:56am 08.06.23 Just by fact that you are missing a couple of sections of blade while adjacent sections look smooth
Head toilet not flushing to holding tank. chriscampbell at 6:33am 08.06.23 Replacing the joker valve helped a lot with the pumping efficiency. Super fun job, too. Haha. The ol
Skimmar Seagull 12 Genaker Joe at 6:14am 08.06.23 Why not. Beats learning to punctuate.:D
Outboard Fuel Hose Recommendation JBP-PA at 6:12am 08.06.23 Hmm. The only fuel hose I've had that hardened were ones not compatible with ethanol. The ethanol s
Catalina 30 push-button start mystery barnstormer at 6:09am 08.06.23 Geez, sorry to have stirred up a hornet's nest about battery cables! I was just trying to tell jonel
Flush Thru-Hulls replace with Mushroom Type Ward H at 5:35am 08.06.23 Catalina flush mounts the thru hulls on their boats, at least earlier boats. Mine are flush mounted
Flush Thru-Hulls replace with Mushroom Type dlochner at 5:07am 08.06.23 Welcome to SBO. I'd take Option 3.
Life Is Good (2) ShotgunSlim at 5:00am 08.06.23 Late spring weekend boat camping with all the fun: swimming, lounging, drinking, cockpit cooking, lo
Catalina Metal Plaque ShotgunSlim at 4:54am 08.06.23 When I first looked into having my plate re made by the factory, it was $35. When I finally got aro
Bomar hatch dog jviss at 4:35am 08.06.23 I saw your post about the punch. So I went to harbor freight and bought a basic pin punch set. It
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment Maine Sail at 3:36am 08.06.23 Manual lift pump seems pretty fickle on my 3GM. On Yanmar engines, the manual pump just needs th
Catalina 30 push-button start mystery jonelli at 12:51am 08.06.23 I don't refute any of these claims about battery cables. My experience is the polar opposite. My
New Campbell Sailer Prop jssailem at 10:44pm 08.05.23 Now I need to inspect all the thru hulls. :plus: Yes. Do you have room for a shaft zinc? You will
New Campbell Sailer Prop (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:42pm 08.05.23 Just by fact that you are missing a couple of sections of blade while adjacent sections look smooth
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment skunther at 8:51pm 08.05.23 I am skipping putting a priming bulb in the engine compartment. Seems a bad idea. Putting a bulb clo
Bomar hatch dog BTC1984 at 7:02pm 08.05.23 I saw your post about the punch. So I went to harbor freight and bought a basic pin punch set. It w
J/24 anchor roller? Joe at 7:00pm 08.05.23 :Again, check with Garhaurer Marine. I found one that fit my new Mantus perfectly. That style ancho

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