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New Battery Storage Fred Villiard at 6:16pm 10.22.13 Musings With Maine Sail 14/5223 Hi Maine, Friday I bought 4 GC2 batteries from Sam's, was going to install them on Sunday. Satur
Genoa - repair or replace? scmartin257 at 5:05pm 10.22.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1763 We have a new-to-us 2000 C320 with in mast furling and a 135 genoa on a Schaefer roller furler. We
Penetrating Oil Study John T1594 at 4:45pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 19/6867 A friend sent this to me and I have no way to verify it but I thought I would pass it along for comm
Bulkhead replacement fitting problems Ritdog at 4:42pm 10.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1553 I'm in the process of refurbing an Oday 25- I pulled the bulkheads out because they were getting old
core klif at 4:36pm 10.22.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1255 Does the 29.5 1994 hunter have a core center hull?
Rudder bearings Replacement bobcat30 at 4:23pm 10.22.13 Catalina 30 1/1376 I have a 1995 30. My rudder has a slight give to it when I shake it (on the hard) My zinc on the sh
Cradle construction question Sefuller at 2:31pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 7/3561 I need to have a storage cradle built this year, and have been working with a local welder, but woul
vibration in rudder under sail? puddlejockey at 2:19pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 6/4450 Hi guys; I'm getting a vibration...more like a throbbing, in the rudder of my H27 while under sail,
new owner trainmanjess at 1:54pm 10.22.13 Kittiewake 2/3109 hello all I am the new owner of a kittiwake 23 sailboat... it is a full keel boat designed by Carl
What PFD/Harness bootht at 12:27pm 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 7/3904 My wife and I have been sailing for several years managing to survive with your basic orange Type II
Annapolis Power and Sail Boat Show observations Mikem at 11:40am 10.22.13 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 0/2895 As Ruth and I represented HAPSat both the Annapolis Power and Sailboat shows this year (in conjuncti
Running an additional halyard bshock at 11:03am 10.22.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1090 Hi All, As a new-ish owner I'm running into a lot of "firsts" with this boat. This next first has
Lost half my rudder! (2) Flyboy69 at 10:42am 10.22.13 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1749 Afternoon all! Look what I noticed when my Karma Girl was hauled out of the water for the winter las
Date & Time on a Raymarine Nodak7 at 10:32am 10.22.13 Big Boats 4/8295 I have a Raymarine E80 MFD on board our boat. I have a Navionics Map set up in it and within the Map
smelly bilge smell solved cherub78 at 9:37am 10.22.13 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1092 Hi thanks for all the ideas.my cross timbers were delaminated and saturated for years of my 78 27ft
Mothball Fleet (1) Benny17441 at 8:03am 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 23/6096 Ran into this Mothball Fleet in the California Delta. Just waiting to be sold for scrap I guess.
Hunter 31 or 34 in Seattle? Phil Herring at 7:29am 10.22.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/769 If you have a 1980's vintage 31 or 34 at Elliott Bay, Shilshoal, or on Lake Union (or elsewhere, eve
Repowering from a 40 yr old Volvo SailMaster at 7:20am 10.22.13 Engines and Propulsion 7/1618 Hello all, We are going to stop throwing money into our old Volvo MD2B and repower with something
wet/dry storage dlewis812 at 6:43am 10.22.13 Ask All Sailors 1/909 after 2 past seasons wet storage thought about dry this winter; maybe good to let sit out for awhile
hunter 33 traveller mod? rufus1138 at 6:22am 10.22.13 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1542 anyone with the cherubini 33 ever modded the traveller to line control instead of the dummy stops? i

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ISO - S2 7.3 Owners Manual mtb369 at 6:56pm 06.19.23 Fantastic! I did get in touch with tiara yachts and they had some marketing materials they sent me.
ISO - S2 7.3 Owners Manual FDL S2 at 6:54pm 06.19.23 I have most of the paperwork and books that came with my boat when it was new. They are on the boat,
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? mhessick at 6:42pm 06.19.23 Thanks! I ordered some muffs.
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? FDL S2 at 6:33pm 06.19.23 Will the muffs allow the engine to be started out of the water? I assume they circulate the needed
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L jviss at 6:19pm 06.19.23 UPDATE: My new pump arrived today, one day early, from the UK. As expected it was a dead ringer fo
Tropical Depression 3 (1) JamesG161 at 6:17pm 06.19.23 what the Atlantic high (the big dog Capta spot on! :clap: own on my HEAT graph. Jim...
Diagnosing engine issues - Universal M25 (1) Dave96734 at 6:17pm 06.19.23 Found the culprit:
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? mhessick at 5:56pm 06.19.23 Will the muffs allow the engine to be started out of the water? I assume they circulate the needed
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? ricksoth at 5:35pm 06.19.23 Decided to remove it. Everything else is now secured. Ready for the next of task pulling out the anc
Do you trailer with the motor attached? john6206 at 4:57pm 06.19.23
Changing FRESH water pump on VP MD22L (7) Rich Stidger at 4:50pm 06.19.23 UPDATE: My new pump arrived today, one day early, from the UK. As expected it was a dead ringer for
Water Heater - Heat Exchanger Problems Ralph Johnstone at 4:48pm 06.19.23 Your water tank, your choice. Another first world problem solved right here on SBO.
Help finding the right boat rgranger at 3:59pm 06.19.23 I think the boat you describe is called the Colgate 26 https://www.colgate26.com It is mostly cock
Tropical Depression 3 rgranger at 3:50pm 06.19.23 Thnx
34 Hunter Anchor Locker Question (1) Allan12210 at 3:43pm 06.19.23 To All I was looking at my anchor locker today and was trying figure out what the purpose of th
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? JBP-PA at 3:31pm 06.19.23 You can put it in a trash can of water to test it. Depending on the motor, you can also connect a g
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? JBP-PA at 3:30pm 06.19.23 It will not overheat in a minute however you will damage, possibly ruin, your impeller because it re
Safe to start outboard while out of the water? jon hansen at 3:25pm 06.19.23 NO! unless you hook up water to cool it. you will destroy the water impeller in 3 seconds
Shroud anchor point Gene Neill at 3:22pm 06.19.23 Could there be some extensive core rot in the vicinity of the original chainplate? I can think of no
trailer info, Hunter 23.5, 1994 RTsailsJ29 at 3:20pm 06.19.23 Group, Does anyone have the Majic Tilt BG0088 trailer designed for the 240? Are the bunks and the p

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