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BOMAR Hatch Acrylic John Hosty at 10:13am 07.04.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/618 I recently had trouble finding a new acrylic for the 13" hatch on my H41. Just wanted to let everyon
House Battery Location Aking7667 at 10:05am 07.04.13 Big Boats 1/1058 Hello. Does anyone happen to know where the original location of the house battery bank for a 1987
Valuations John Hosty at 9:29am 07.04.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1150 Does anybody have any thoughts on how I might be able to find historical fair market values? For exa
Boat Cover Billycor6 at 8:08am 07.04.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1252 I am renting dock space ,what kind of cover should I use and where is the best place to buy it?
Bilge Discharge Hose Routing Blitz at 7:27am 07.04.13 Ask All Sailors 11/4888 I'm having the common issue after relocating my bilge pump to the deepest part of my shallow bilge (
Sailing at 46kts YVRguy at 6:22am 07.04.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1571 Saw this in the Times this morning. I had no idea they had come this far... http://www.nytimes.c
Hunter 30??? piball at 10:26pm 07.03.13 Mid-Size Boats 7/1582 This question will drive mathmatitions and engineers nuts. Probably English teachers too. My yacht
Repair of cracks in deck of 1983 O'day 25 ddooher at 8:23pm 07.03.13 Ask An Oday Owner 4/4451 I am developing thin spider cracks on the deck, that I have seen in numerous older O'Days. The crac
Finally got to Two Harbors caguy at 7:20pm 07.03.13 Ask All Sailors 17/2481 Could not get a better mooring especially 1 day before the 4th https://plus.google.com/app/basic
Tangier Island rgranger at 6:34pm 07.03.13 Destinations 5/6226 Hey All I'm heading to the Chesapeake Bay in the morning with my family and my new-2-me Balboa 26
Windspeed, heel, and comfort zone. Sixgun77 at 6:15pm 07.03.13 Smaller Boats 8/1589 I'm curious: What windspeed is the max that is safe to take my 25 out in? It's the 4 foot draft vers
Please don't laugh at me.... cymeyer at 5:59pm 07.03.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1550 We have had a 321 for about 14 years and love the boat. Have not done any cruising and had never le
dang,,,grounded again kpgraci at 5:12pm 07.03.13 Ask An Oday Owner 22/2250 in preparation for launch day I put the motor (72 merc 7.5) through its paces, well, no tell tale.
Question About Draft flabrewer at 3:58pm 07.03.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1132 Hi folks, new sailor here looking at a '83 30' Tall Rig with 5'3" draft. I plan on doing most o
Furling Gennaker on my h23 C Jones at 3:53pm 07.03.13 Smaller Boats 5/1171 I think this will help with our low winds every summer. I flew it today, alone with 3 knots of air a
need a new outboard mdsdurango at 3:16pm 07.03.13 Trailer Sailors 14/3769 The little Nissan 3.5 two stroke that came with my Montgomery 15 was, as I expected, the weak link t
Yanmar 3G Overhaul DavidWDempsey51 at 2:37pm 07.03.13 Big Boats 4/1593 Hello Hunter Owners. Our 1986 Hunter 34 has a 3G F Yanmar diesel with 2225 hours. Seems to get gre
ex-liveaboard available for boat sitting KD3PC at 2:21pm 07.03.13 Ask All Sailors 0/820 Retired couple, ex liveaboard available for boat sitting. Mid-Atlantic to FL for sure, other areas
Sink through hull fitting russlmiller at 12:27pm 07.03.13 Ask An Oday Owner 4/873 Sure this has been asked before however I am about to put my 1973 Oday 22 back in the water and was
WC Headmate flap valve assembly marchem at 12:14pm 07.03.13 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/1443 I did a rebuild on my WC Headmate and realized that I'm not sure which way the inlet flap valve goes

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MPPT controller location leo310 at 8:14am 03.07.23 I use 2" velcro strips to hold down my solar panels on the bimini . Yes it holds been in 35kt with n
Loose Stanchions (1) LaDonaMina at 8:08am 03.07.23 213567 I made these support brackets to stiffen the stanchions and they work great. The stanchions
Synthetic standing rigging for a mac 25 whudatt at 7:58am 03.07.23 Good morning, no this wasn't my post but thank you for posting this because it has some product info
MPPT controller location Grichelli at 7:51am 03.07.23 Close to batteries but out of the way of corrosive fumes. Without knowing which MPPT hard to advis
Engine oil drain hose adapter (1) jonelli at 7:38am 03.07.23 When I replaced my motor mounts, I used the two picking eyes on the top of the engine to lift the e
MPPT controller location Maine Sail at 7:32am 03.07.23 Close to batteries but out of the way of corrosive fumes. Without knowing which MPPT hard to advise
Synthetic standing rigging for a mac 25 Wyo George at 7:28am 03.07.23
gooseneck tack hook Scott T-Bird at 7:24am 03.07.23 Usually there are holes on a flange at the topside of the gooseneck. Usually a shackle secures the
Chainplates LakeShark at 7:18am 03.07.23 @kclancy the bend occurs when raising the mast because someone forgot to check the turnbuckles durin
Hunter 22 or 216 keel flaps dlochner at 7:12am 03.07.23 A photo would help. Centerboard/swing keel boats often have a gasket running along both sides of th
Engine control panel modification (1) Scott T-Bird at 7:12am 03.07.23 Replacing the rim is the crux of the problem ... first off, it's been butchered and the biggest prob
MPPT controller location dlochner at 7:05am 03.07.23 I will be installing the MC4 connector fuses right after the solar panel. Fuses always go close t
Knock off that racket! JBP-PA at 7:04am 03.07.23 A previous owner of my boat used pool noodles. They were horrible to remove. Despite being inside
Engine oil drain hose adapter Hayden Watson at 7:02am 03.07.23 Not exactly that easy. Open end wrenches fit, couldn't get a full socket ratchet in there, the kee
Synthetic standing rigging for a mac 25 whudatt at 7:02am 03.07.23 I ran into him yesterday, and he says he does not have any experience with anything other than SS c
gooseneck tack hook dlochner at 6:56am 03.07.23 Welcome to SBO. The hooks on a gooseneck are usually for a reef point. Can you post a photo of t
Synthetic standing rigging for a mac 25 whudatt at 6:53am 03.07.23 I've done a fair bit (OK, an unreasonable amount) of thinking about this; considering synthetic for
First time sailboat owner JamesG161 at 6:35am 03.07.23 Thanks to some sage advice from jsailem; I found the slot. He told me to look up and there it was!
Loose Stanchions MT28.5 at 6:30am 03.07.23 Not a bad thought jdrutten, I will check that this weekend.
Synthetic standing rigging for a mac 25 stickinthemud57 at 6:10am 03.07.23 Thank you, I really appreciate that! I ran into him yesterday, and he says he does not have any ex

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