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Spinaker Furler mounting for hunter 34 joel.w.leach@us.abb.com at 6:17pm 10.29.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1237 I have a 1984 Hunter 34 ' am interested in mounting a Spinnaker furler. The bow Sprit area is really
Mac / Venture 222 gcallender at 5:57pm 10.29.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1786 I just recently purchased " rescued" a 1972 Venture 222. That I am planning on restoring from the k
seacocks john van pelt at 4:51pm 10.29.13 Big Boats 1/1248 Can anyone assist in giving me details on the sea cock size for the saltwater intake for the toilet
Dinghy Repair Nereussailor at 4:48pm 10.29.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1234 I've got an old Achillies inflatable that I inhereted back in the 90's . It's in good shape and has
Things to do while bored... (2) Jim Seamans at 4:27pm 10.29.13 Ask All Sailors 27/5353 Bored Bored.... Boat is on the hard until April.... So thinking it was about time to refinish th
Buying stuff for Cat 30...recommendations of good places ArkadiyS at 4:03pm 10.29.13 Catalina 30 6/1889 we have just bought Cat 30 and I am looking to replace my O'Day network of places to get O'Day stuff
Refreshing external teak.. ArkadiyS at 3:56pm 10.29.13 Catalina 30 2/929 Our new (older) boat came with pretty beaten-up outside teak (pretty much everywhere). In some area
Selecting a tow vehicle crashdummy at 3:44pm 10.29.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/3233 Selecting my first boat, have narrowed it down to the MacGregor 26, just haven't decided on the C, X
beneteau 411 max mcneil at 3:04pm 10.29.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1391 Looking for advice on 3 bladed prop my 411 (folding or feather prop). What mfg. you would recommen
Ray Marine Auto pilot Ronniebrown at 1:40pm 10.29.13 Catalina 30 7/2223 Trying to replace my old RayMarine auto pilot (black) with a new one (Gray) on my 2001 Catalina 310
Buying a boat Sunshine Girl at 1:08pm 10.29.13 Mid-Size Boats 16/2829 I have been sailing for approximately one year and have completed up to ASA106 certification. I wan
Instrument circuit breaker trips cclxxxz at 12:20pm 10.29.13 Pearson 1/1292 So after a few hours of operation my instrument circuit breaker trips, shutting off my chartplotter
Missing plug tmckeesc at 12:19pm 10.29.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1475 Hello everyone and thank you in advance for your help. I recently purchased a 1990 Macgregor S and
Bomar hatch lens. KingAirDriver at 12:18pm 10.29.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 24/8494 I have the 10 inch square Bomar hatches on the top of the deck, just about on either side of the mas
H26.5 Marine head Worldwalker88 at 11:23am 10.29.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/1766 Ok, at the risk of sounding stupid... :redface: I am winterizing my new (to me) H26.5. Trying to be
Haul it home or leave it at the marina? Ward H at 9:08am 10.29.13 Ask All Sailors 17/3195 Last spring was my first season prepping, repairing and basically getting my O'day 25 ready for our
Running new cable down a mast Bill5155 at 8:36am 10.29.13 Big Boats 3/1482 Got a 34 Catalina, 1989 model. Need to put on a new wind instrument. Can a new cable be dropped down
Vhf Ch 83a Stretch at 7:23am 10.29.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1872 I monitor 16 all the time and have noticed that since the Vancouver coast guard station closed, Vict
Jack lines for H34 YVRguy at 7:21am 10.29.13 Big Boats 15/2780 I recently posted a thread on single handing and one of the themes that came out of it was the need
Discuss... IH82BL8 at 6:57am 10.29.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1293 http://www.weather.com/tv/tvshows/hero-next-door/video/hero-next-door-hiker-saves-bullet-wounded-dog

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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
Doesn't hurt to ask eherlihy at 6:46am 06.14.23 Check the dimensions of your track and, as eherlihy said, "call them". Guido, who was the traveler
Alden 44 - 1984 Windlass Model Number jviss at 6:44am 06.14.23 What's wrong with it? It can probably be repaired. I had a Maxwell-Nilsson vertical capstan wind
Flimsy deck on bow and tabernacle. Backplate THECUSCUS at 5:49am 06.14.23 I keep track of keel position by counting turns of the winch handle. I know how many turns it take
Yanmar Antifreeze Pump Bearing Problem jviss at 5:22am 06.14.23 By the way, you might want to rebuild the old pump and hang on to it. I'm sure those are not cheap
Yanmar Antifreeze Pump Bearing Problem jviss at 5:21am 06.14.23 I'm not a Yanmar guy, but that looks like a regular petcock, and used to bleed. I like to pump cool
Schafer Outrageous Pricing jviss at 5:15am 06.14.23 I'm sure you are right, but $75 X 12 = $900 and I was not interested in spending about a grand so I
Schafer Outrageous Pricing dLj at 5:01am 06.14.23 Well, that's going to be list price, $75 each. You can get them for $58 through WalMart. Maybe ev
New Alternator Regulator? jviss at 4:41am 06.14.23 Digi-Key rocks! Ordered MOSFETs Sunday night, they will arrive today, via USPS first class mail, ch
In mast furling main working much better now JamesG161 at 4:23am 06.14.23 Artistic licence Why have a in-mast mainsail in that Selden drawing? It is unfurled already, on t
Yanmar Antifreeze Pump Bearing Problem (1) arcadiahunter28 at 4:01am 06.14.23
Edson wheel size and leather cover? jviss at 3:55am 06.14.23 One thing that it doesn't do is make my Yanmar sound like a Harley! And that's a good thing! I di

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