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Charging the Boat Pat at 7:19pm 09.02.13 Ask An Oday Owner 1/893 I've solved my GFCI issue and have also installed two new batteries. The boat has a Statpower 10 am
Docking in a slip (4) Richie50 at 6:48pm 09.02.13 Ask All Sailors 132/24127 I will be moving off a mooring and into a slip. I need advice on how to dock, as I have never done t
22cat verses 24 hunter 19jib39 at 6:44pm 09.02.13 Ask All Sailors 8/2119 i have 22ft cat am 75 years old any comments if a hunter would be easier to sail over my 22 ft catal
C30 mast step drain and access port dan8152 at 6:33pm 09.02.13 Catalina 30 8/2838 I have been trying to figure out how the mast drains. Mine dose not have any drains in the step too.
Wood for the swim platform Go For It at 6:01pm 09.02.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1684 Folks I have a 1994 Oceanis Ben 40. I am thinking about replacing the wood on the swim platform. I
pro and con of hunter 24 over 22 catalina 19jib39 at 5:32pm 09.02.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2436 any ideas i have 22 cat. am 75 years old was wondering if 24 ft. hunter would be easier to sail
Using sails while under motor JOHNEVERARD at 5:06pm 09.02.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/4484 Is there ever any benefit to keeping the sails up while under motor with no wind?
Engine Stop Cable Errol A Sonnier at 4:23pm 09.02.13 Big Boats 31/12776 My engine kill cable finally froze up. I have attempted to replace without any luck yet i.e. to lon
Battery Safe Mode? 25yearslater at 4:17pm 09.02.13 Musings With Maine Sail 6/3256 Here is a strange situation that perhaps I might find an answer to. In March of this year I purchas
ONAN generator vibration capta at 3:17pm 09.02.13 Ask All Sailors 5/2102 My Onan 8 kw mkdk with the Kuboda 3 cylinder engine has developed a vibration. This vibration is so
Leaking galley mixer tap (1) philg71 at 3:08pm 09.02.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/2002 The mixer tap on my 343 has a small but annoying leak. It seems to be coming from the join between t
What's the idea behind this design? (1) kpgraci at 3:08pm 09.02.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1709 68227.vB
First overnighter on P23 DAVA390 at 2:04pm 09.02.13 Ask All Sailors 9/1319 Sailed to Rock Hall Sat, left about 11:00 AM> . Tough ride, wind was out of southeast, right where w
Desolation Sound Trip Log YVRguy at 12:32pm 09.02.13 Destinations 2/1935 Well I am back from my trip to Desolation Sound on GeMara and my buddy and I had an amazing time wit
New to me 26 (4) agprice22 at 12:01pm 09.02.13 Bigger Boats 2/827 Just picked up my 26! She is in good shape. New 9.9 Yamaha, electric tilt, electric start, extended
Need some handling suggstions ODay 28 dennisv at 11:10am 09.02.13 Bigger Boats 8/1534 Fellow ODay owners, Need some sugestions. My diesel powered 28 seem to have incredit torque, pullin
Standard Horizon WS100 toasted gettinthere at 10:51am 09.02.13 Ask All Sailors 2/1147 We just took a small lightening hit. The only thing to get toasted is my Standard Horizon WS100 wind
Radio/CD location korchinskyp at 10:37am 09.02.13 Day Sailers 1/864 I am going to install an AM/FM/CD radio in my O'Day 25 and am debating a location. One thought is to
Interior Cushions Peeling Sailnut01 at 9:55am 09.02.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1310 I own a 2010 34 Oceanis purchased new - I care for the boat carefully and the vessel is impecable. I
Instrument Panel Problems New Horizons at 7:56am 09.02.13 Catalina 310 22/4689

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Superstitous steps rgranger at 7:23pm 02.14.23
Water system leak rgranger at 7:22pm 02.14.23 If you can drain any remaining water you might be able to pressurize the lines with low pressure ai
Newbie installing a new thru hull transducer (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:21pm 02.14.23 Very nice looking indeed. As a matter of fact, I think it would be even better if you didn't instal
Water system leak twalker H260 at 7:00pm 02.14.23 If you can drain any remaining water you might be able to pressurize the lines with low pressure air
Newbie installing a new thru hull transducer Ward H at 6:03pm 02.14.23 Very nice! Remember, we all started somewhere.
Newbie installing a new thru hull transducer (2) mforum at 5:59pm 02.14.23 I found a local engineering shop and the really nice guy there cut the G10 backing plate for me for
4JH-2TE oil sender Passage 42 juznip at 5:41pm 02.14.23 Yikes, I just looked up the price for that part at one supplier, ~$150! I have the 3 cylinder ver
Halyard Diameters 1979 H37C Haul Away Jeff at 5:13pm 02.14.23 Thank you. You confirmed my decision.
Yanmar 2GM Tune Up Kit Crusty Ol Salt at 4:40pm 02.14.23 Because it sat for five years, I would be inclined to change out the fluids and filters before star
Yanmar 2GM Tune Up Kit dmax at 4:31pm 02.14.23 Because it sat for five years, I would be inclined to change out the fluids and filters before start
Yanmar 2GM Tune Up Kit kloudie1 at 4:12pm 02.14.23 Couple of other things: check and set valve clearance and replace the anodes after the salt away. Si
Yanmar 2GM Tune Up Kit (1) Alan Gomes at 3:53pm 02.14.23 I've seen some kits, but they seem pretty sketchy. This is a raw water cooled engine so I'm thinkin
Mk III aft locker hatch question Hayden Watson at 3:41pm 02.14.23 If it is bonded with 5200 or even 4200 you can get it loose with little trouble by using Debond Mari
Yanmar 2GM Tune Up Kit justustoo at 3:30pm 02.14.23 I've seen some kits, but they seem pretty sketchy. This is a raw water cooled engine so I'm thinking
Liveaboard Marinas New England to New York berner73 at 3:08pm 02.14.23 I have to spend this summer in the Northeast and I'm looking for recommendations for live aboard ma
Yanmar 2GM Tune Up Kit dmax at 3:05pm 02.14.23 There really isn't a tune-up kit per se as diesels don't have spark plugs or points or anything. Thi
Superstitous steps stickinthemud57 at 2:38pm 02.14.23 I suppose cryptocurrency is out of the question.
Superstitous steps jssailem at 1:22pm 02.14.23 Traditionally it is a gold sovereign of the crown. But that may make your boat worth more than you
Hunter 27-2 1989-94 traveller jssailem at 1:20pm 02.14.23 do you recall dimension between your bridge riser mounts Measure your boat for the mounts. Get the
Water system leak dlochner at 1:11pm 02.14.23 Welcome to SBO. Finding leaks can be challenging. Look for the lowest points in the system first an

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