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Watermaker (5) ELMAX at 2:27am 10.29.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/942 Hello friend, after a fantastic summer in Greece, here I am, the restoration of CALYPSO continues...
Anyone Else Feel the Need To "Soft Shackle" with Amsteel? (1) rardiH36 at 9:38pm 10.28.13 Ask All Sailors 14/6450 Over the last several years, for various reasons, I've sometimes opted to attach rigging hardware wi
On-board fresh water plumbing questions ArkadiyS at 9:38pm 10.28.13 Catalina 30 15/4815 We have just purchased a Cat 30 (1985), and in the process of getting her home (over 3 days) we used
oxidation on keel hunter 306 (1) brinky at 8:15pm 10.28.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1970 i just hauled my hunter 306 (built 2005) and applied a new coat of bottom paint. the connection b
ODay 19 lp_gilbert at 7:28pm 10.28.13 Day Sailers 1/943 I have a 19 footer that I bought a couple of yrs ago and the bottom paint ends below the water line.
fullt time cruisers, average monthly budgets? centerline at 6:45pm 10.28.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1686 based up on a couple that has a capable boat that is in good repair,... and that they were budget mi
e-mail wanted Spence at 6:11pm 10.28.13 Parts Search 3/2369 Does anyone have an e-mail contact for Rig-Rite company below? Fax is all I can find at the site.
Canvas coloring BobnCamie at 4:33pm 10.28.13 S2 12/2970 Greetings all. I am new here, having finally bought our "dream boat". Been waiting a long time. Firs
Cracking Lead Keel Old C&C Owner at 4:00pm 10.28.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1382 I am the owner of an old (1974) C'C 30 which I am interested in restoring. I have just begun the pro
Installing an Electric Windlass macalla at 3:37pm 10.28.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1305 Any tips for retro-fitting an electric windlass on an Oceanis 390? The original windlass was manual
Davitts for an Oceanis 390 macalla at 3:29pm 10.28.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2500 I'm thinking of installing davitts on our Oceanis 390, so that we can use a 3m RIB with the outboard
Battery wiring diagram (1) Sefuller at 2:17pm 10.28.13 Musings With Maine Sail 13/8113 I believe I am finally ready to begin the actual wiring part of my project. I have a lot of the cab
P26 portlights bblument at 1:30pm 10.28.13 Pearson 0/1437 Howdy, all... My 1972 P26 has some pretty messed up portlight windows. Instead of repairing or res
Winch Strong Direction markwbird at 1:00pm 10.28.13 Ask All Sailors 14/5558 I read the other day that most winches have a strong direction. Didn't know this. My understanding
Storage cabinets under V Berth on C-28 Captain Kirk1517 at 11:37am 10.28.13 Mid-Size Boats 3/1506 Purchased this boat new in 2002. The cabinets under the V berth are hinged at the bottom with a pia
charging system Hickdog at 11:14am 10.28.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1677 Need some guidance on charging system for my 26.5 Hunter (1987). at the present time my battery char
Holding Tank Oder seathumper at 11:12am 10.28.13 Big Boats 7/2371 A couple of years ago I removed the corroded aluminum holding tank and replaced it with a new 3M(?)
First post and question Guts1236 at 8:26am 10.28.13 Catalina 30 8/1542 Hello and thank you for letting me partake in your forum. My username is an old nickname from my co
Leaky port , hatch , ck o rings steve201 at 8:11am 10.28.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1043 just felt the need to post this, I had three ports that leaked bad.after reading about 15 posts on s
additional fins on cavitation plate on outboard henry53 at 7:57am 10.28.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1299 I have a 50 hp outboard on my 26x it seems to have to work hard to get on plane. I think a fin attac

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2008 H36 microwave replacement George Braun at 8:19am 07.05.23 our microwave gave up also, we are considering converting the space to storage instead. Take advanta
2009 Beneteau 40 rubber cutlass bearing. RitSim at 8:01am 07.05.23 My bearing seated fully. I seem to remember that there were two different lengths available, I wou
Beneteau Cockpit Speakers Original Replacement CABixler at 7:52am 07.05.23 Thanks BigEasy And Sven7. I did call Poly-Planar which is in Soumerville SC and talked to a very hel
Hunter 306 swim ladder jdrutten at 6:58am 07.05.23 There's a ladder listed in the store here for the 306: Hunter 306 ladder, telescoping Also, @jaysw
Damaged Keel on Hunter 410 wnischt at 6:44am 07.05.23 James! Is it possible that you would be willing to help me with advice? Walter Nischt
Damaged Keel on Hunter 410 (2) JamesG161 at 6:30am 07.05.23
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything JamesG161 at 5:59am 07.05.23 Rubber strap wrenches with 36" Actually there is a smaller one in that $8 kit, that fits 3/4th inc
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything (4) Claude L.-Auger at 5:39am 07.05.23 I unfortunately do not have the number of my Bomar hatch, but my boat being an 84 it's certainly an
Merit 22 owners Merit of the Bay at 5:35am 07.05.23
Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery dlochner at 4:38am 07.05.23 If you are going to hang your hat on just ABYC, you are missing the boat on this evolving technolog
cant identify my venture2? rgranger at 4:25am 07.05.23
Install New Winches? (1) jssailem at 3:43am 07.05.23 @Ken13559 , some winches are designed to be oriented in a specific manner. The orientation is based
Hunter 306 swim ladder Brinky63 at 3:42am 07.05.23 You should be able to get it here on SBO. I found swim ladders of various steps online but the widt
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything jssailem at 3:10am 07.05.23 I will try this after experimenting with a few new lubricants. I suggest a Canadian product made
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything Ralph Johnstone at 12:44am 07.05.23 How about extra torque? And where does it all end ? Rubber strap wrenches with 36" snipes on the
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything (1) JamesG161 at 10:29pm 07.04.23 How about extra torque?
Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery MikeHoncho at 10:13pm 07.04.23 Unfortunately, some of the information presented in the quoted post is misleading and irrelevant. W
Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery MikeHoncho at 10:08pm 07.04.23
cant identify my venture2? micmacirq at 9:16pm 07.04.23 i still need a main and head sail as well. rigging and mast seem all there and functional
cant identify my venture2? (8) micmacirq at 9:11pm 07.04.23 upon review i now realize these are terrrible photos. my appologies. as im refitting the interio

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