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Vitrifrigo refrigerator frosts up excessively joyof10 at 1:19pm 10.10.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/4530 I've got a 2005 Beneteau 343 with a Vitrifrigo C 130L refrigerator. It cools well, but is constantl
Replacing Sherwood water pump Clydo at 12:34pm 10.10.13 Catalina 310 3/1199 Am replacing Sherwood water pump in my 2003 C310. Any mystery? Just remove two bolts holding pump
Random hairline cracks douga7002 at 10:52am 10.10.13 Catalina 22 2/1125 I have a 1977 catalina 22 that has random hairline cracks in the deck. Too many to route and fill w
Overheat or Oil Pressure?? Uno Mast at 10:44am 10.10.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/916 I'll be quick. My Volvo Penta Diesel (approx. 18hp) in my 1988 First 285 was beeping a long tone wh
Where to find Hunter 240 table support bracket (1) Indianabob at 10:34am 10.10.13 Smaller Boats 7/1973 For some reason, my Hunter 240 came with the table support brackets installed in some non traditiona
not working gas gauge/hour meter Jeffrey P. Booth at 8:29am 10.10.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/2154 I have a 2001 Beneteau 331 that gas gauge and hour meter have stop working. I would guess it was an
Hunter 240 in aus Justin at 7:23am 10.10.13 Smaller Boats 4/1126 Hi I was just wondering if anyone currently sails a hunter 240 in Australia? If so do they have a
Garmin Blue Chart G2 and G2 Vision (1) tricyclerob at 7:18am 10.10.13 Ask All Sailors 9/2508 Maybe it's me, but the Garmin site seems very confusing in the manner they present their information
Stress Cracks - Deck Edge - H376 (1) Donalex at 6:05am 10.10.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2358 The construction of the deck/hull joint on my H-376 is that the deck edge rises up in a 3" diameter
Lewmar Electric Winch conversion kit - on Legend 40.5 redunculous at 5:48am 10.10.13 Big Boats 9/3851 Has anyone upgraded their mainsail winch in the cockpit to an electric one? I'm wondering how muc
Reconditioning Perko raw water strainer IH82BL8 at 5:43am 10.10.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1060 I've bought the kit to restore the engine raw water strainer. It consists of three round cork gaske
Spreader Patches on Roller Furling Main Rick486 at 2:36am 10.10.13 Big Boats 0/829 Just a heads up for owners with roller furling main and spreader patches installed. The spreader pat
What's it worth? Cajun1900 at 6:54pm 10.09.13 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1203 I have been asked if I would like to make an offer on a very neglected mid to late 70's Oday30 that
crack in cockpit sole (1) Gene Neill at 4:33pm 10.09.13 Catalina 22 6/3005 Not my boat (yet). Present owner has had her for several years, in this same condition. Says there i
Thru Hull sizes cjfj at 4:16pm 10.09.13 Big Boats 7/3832 I know I've read this on here before but can't seem to find it anywhere. Does anyone know the sizes
Fram diesel fuel filter (1) trasel at 3:06pm 10.09.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1868 Does anyone know how to take this Fram diesel fuel filter apart to replace the element? I have alrea
Loose rubrail for H-376 John Murphy at 2:52pm 10.09.13 Big Boats 0/784 Please Advise, The mid-portion of my rubrail was recently dislodged from hitting the pier during an
Have you purchased from Fort Lauderdale office recently? Rejoiceful at 1:28pm 10.09.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/831 Hi, I was wondering if anyone has purchased a Moorings Beneteau within the last year, preferably wit
not sure if this is the right place to put it rufus1138 at 1:15pm 10.09.13 Destinations 4/2691 http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo_atl.shtml anyone think this thing is far enough south to make trouble
Prop for 1984 31 Mark Nooney at 12:59pm 10.09.13 Mid-Size Boats 3/1290 Hi all, I think I am under propped. I am looking for input on what props that are on your current bo

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1984 Hunter 31 - Cast Iron Keel Rust Ralph Johnstone at 9:18am 02.26.23 I recoated it with coal tar epoxy. Damn, I have seen coal tar epoxy used in some gawd awful place
1984 Hunter 31 - Cast Iron Keel Rust Ralph Johnstone at 9:11am 02.26.23 We, along with probably 80% of the boats in our area, haul out annually for winter storage. Our ins
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? Ralph Johnstone at 9:01am 02.26.23 There are some good puns in there somewhere. :beer: I thought the same for an hour or two but cam
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 8:57am 02.26.23
Petrel mast diameter please. (2) jssailem at 8:51am 02.26.23 Welcome Peter to SBO Congrats on your boat. The Petrel has a bit of a history. There were 2 designs
Eliminate topping lift Kings Gambit at 8:11am 02.26.23
Modifications to an Albin Viggen Scott T-Bird at 7:49am 02.26.23 Apparently this is a deck-stepped mast and my first guess would be that the plywood was a retro-fit
Eliminate topping lift Davidasailor26 at 7:36am 02.26.23 Another way to rig a makeshift topping lift when not sailing is to use the backstay (if you have on
Eliminate topping lift JBP-PA at 7:00am 02.26.23 Another way to rig a makeshift topping lift when not sailing is to use the backstay (if you have one
advice on auto chart plotter (3) JBP-PA at 6:40am 02.26.23 It feels salty to have paper charts, but basically they are a waste of space, in my opinion. If yo
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? Will Gilmore at 6:22am 02.26.23 Nikki should be able to whip one up in a few days on her lathe. She should probably use a hardwood,
VDO Multifunctional Display: Batteries, water and fuel levels Davidasailor26 at 4:05am 02.26.23 I see you don't have a key and that's good because my key has nothing holding it in place in the "O
1984 Hunter 31 - Cast Iron Keel Rust Davidasailor26 at 3:54am 02.26.23 OK, let me back up here to :hing with Interprotect ? If not, isn't it a little expensive to fully
Wind generators, yay or nay? Joe at 11:13pm 02.25.23 I'm a solar guy, but I live in a climate (except this week:)} conducive to sun rather than relying o
Eliminate topping lift Joe at 11:06pm 02.25.23 I would consider it a blessing that you will now learn you don't really need a topping lift if you h
VDO Multifunctional Display: Batteries, water and fuel levels Brians Mast at 10:58pm 02.25.23 Thank you for all the links and contacts. I'm in the process of reviewing them all. The engine ins
Eliminate topping lift Hollyberry at 9:19pm 02.25.23 We store our main halyard at the boom end while moored, stabilizes the boom then. Also rigid vang so
Wind generators, yay or nay? Benny17441 at 9:04pm 02.25.23 Be better off with solar panels and a lot quieter.
1984 Hunter 31 - Cast Iron Keel Rust BigEasy at 8:56pm 02.25.23 isn't it a little expensive to fully haul your boat for rust spot repairs as opposed to an inspecti
Wind generators, yay or nay? leo310 at 8:46pm 02.25.23 just to give you a idea I had 300 watts of solar and by 11am my house bank would be fully charged. A

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