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Catalina 27 Height? Sea Changer at 8:29am 04.20.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/2308 Does anyone know the keel to cabin top height of an 1982 27? I'm currently on the hunt for indoor
St Louis to Key West rblevens at 8:11am 04.20.14 The Cherubini Hunters 11/1813 Happy Easter everyone. As you know I've been restoring my Hunter 37C Drifter. I was curious if anyon
Check list Prime Time at 7:51am 04.20.14 Ask All Sailors 2/938 A funny thing happened on the way to the forum...... Actually not so funny. Last week moved my boat
Fold Down Cabin Table Re-Do Coyote at 7:32am 04.20.14 Bigger Boats 9/2612 Greetings: I have recently purchased an 85' Oday 28 in INCREDIBLE condition,, We are doing some ge
halyards... jaycrawford97 at 7:14am 04.20.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1376 Replacing internal CDI roller furling halyard and main halyard this weekend. Anyone have the correc
Starter for 28.5, Yanmar? JohntheJayhawk at 6:51am 04.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/925 Can my brothers suggest the best way of searching out a starter (new, used, rebuilt) for my 87 28.5?
Marine AC TimHunter340 at 6:22am 04.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1043 Hello all I have enjoyed reading this forum. I Have a Marine Air AC. Last month it stopped worki
SJ24, more than just a racer? Bigjer40 at 5:55am 04.20.14 San Juan Sailboats 5/17936 There are a couple of SJ24's for sale in my area. My son really wants to race but the wife and I lik
Bildge pump circuit breaker zrod at 1:41am 04.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1197 Hi. i am unable to find up where is located the bildge pump circuit braker on a hunter 340 1999? A
Servicing Jabsco Quiet Flush canuck at 9:36pm 04.19.14 Big Boats 1/777 We have a 37045 model on our Hunter 39. There is a small leak from below the motor so I guess the s
Can anyone help me identify which sails to use? gitpicker2007 at 8:40pm 04.19.14 Catalina 22 8/1409 I have 4 sails that came with the 1981 Catalina 22 I just bought. I believe 2 are mains, one poss
Mast Grounding on O'day 25? Mikesab at 8:25pm 04.19.14 Day Sailers 4/1644 In doing all the re-work on the cabin top and mast hinge, the only wiring I encountered was a 3 cond
Changing Strut on 40.5 (6) SVPardonMyFrench at 8:05pm 04.19.14 Big Boats 4/868 Anyone changed their Strut on a 40.5 or similar. Mine broke in half 2 inches under the hull due to
Side Power SE 55 Bow Thruster Marc14857 at 7:13pm 04.19.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/923 Anyone have any experience removing the Zinc from this unit. I've been able to unscrew the retaining
Engine shut off cable Calvin1Calvin at 7:09pm 04.19.14 Mid-Size Boats 6/1492 I have a 1983 Hunter 27 and the engine cut off cable is frozen. I have sprayed WD 40 on the cable,
Performing a fuel tank ectomy (7) 31seahorse at 6:23pm 04.19.14 Ask All Sailors 32/7716 Hello SBO Members, To describe Friday as "Good Friday" would be a misnomer in our case. Eileen and I
Rebedding stanchions on 1984 23-2 Ziradog at 6:07pm 04.19.14 Ask An Oday Owner 4/811 So, how do I get to the nuts/backing plates? It looks like they are under the liner material. Do I
What is the tube of fiberglass under the cockpit on an h23? (1) Paladin27 at 5:48pm 04.19.14 Smaller Boats 18/1731 Anybody know what this tube of fiberglass is that's on the bottom of the port cockpit seat in the la
Mast stepping darryl1974 at 5:31pm 04.19.14 S2 7/1983 Anyone have a good way to step the mast on a 7.3
Irwin 30 Citation slide out bunk? onthesea69 at 4:31pm 04.19.14 Irwin 4/3279 Hello all, new to the forum but hope someone can help me with this question. I have an Irwin 30 cit

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Need Help with my Spaghetti! jssailem at 9:28pm 07.18.23 Old boat's electrical were not always properly color coded as they are now. A thick black wire goin
Crack in the bilge where mast meets bottom hull - Catalina 320 catalinasailing at 9:15pm 07.18.23 I have ran a ground and the issue came up after the boat ran a ground and pulled by harbor master ve
Universal diesel M18 v belt replacement Richard19068 at 9:10pm 07.18.23
Crack in the bilge where mast meets bottom hull - Catalina 320 jssailem at 9:09pm 07.18.23 the following is My opinion based on the images and the statements made. The cracks like that on a
Head toilet not flushing to holding tank. BTC1984 at 8:41pm 07.18.23 Look for a hose running from the top of the waste holding tank to a vent somewhere on the boat. Min
Winch handle safe use TimFromLI at 8:39pm 07.18.23 Perhaps. It would be interesting to see how that handle would behave if a pawl gave way and set the
Need Help with my Spaghetti! dlochner at 8:07pm 07.18.23 The DC- (DC does not have a ground) ends up at a connection point on the engine, typically around th
Life vest inflated while stored on boat. Common? WayneH at 7:59pm 07.18.23 I have three in a locker on my boat and one of them popped sometime in the last year. Not sure when
Bulb Questions and Confusion - Automotive-type Bulbs ggrizzard at 7:07pm 07.18.23 "Dual Contact"! One for the red (hot) wire contact, one for the black (or yellow) wire (ground) cont
Life vest inflated while stored on boat. Common? rgranger at 7:03pm 07.18.23 I had three inflate when i didn't want them too... but it had nothing to do with the mechanism and e
Smoking St. Louis Ribs rgranger at 6:58pm 07.18.23 I need to get one of those eggs.... I keep looking for them on offer up and FB market place.
Need Help with my Spaghetti! Joe at 6:20pm 07.18.23 When anyone says "THICK BLACK WIRE" to battery and the same to the engine.... I can't assign any va
Against the wind - in the docks Don S/V ILLusion at 6:18pm 07.18.23
New Seaward/Whale S-600 water heater leaking fresh water? Rick D at 5:50pm 07.18.23 I think you are doing a good job of eliminating most of the common sources. FWIW, I had the same iss
Against the wind - in the docks PaulK at 5:13pm 07.18.23 How does that work with a 20 mph wind pushing the boat into the dock? If the boat is held by the s
Head toilet not flushing to holding tank. Tally Ho at 5:03pm 07.18.23 Pump may need to be serviced (or replaced), joker valve is probably shot, discharge hose could be pl
Merit 22 owners sloughsailer at 5:02pm 07.18.23 I have to drop the mast on my Merit 22 by myself. Other times I had friends helping and a place to h
Water proofing zippers.... Tally Ho at 4:52pm 07.18.23 Not a good analogy. Oil is oil. Sailcote is not the same as conventional zipper lube. Sailcote i
exhaust system on 1997 Hunter 310 CharlieAnn at 4:19pm 07.18.23 I will have to get back to the slip in a couple of weeks as I am recovering from a eye surgery. I'
Universal diesel M18 v belt replacement kappykaplan at 3:36pm 07.18.23 After I install the belt should I post the results on how it went ? Absolutely! :beer:

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