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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
Sea Waif spinnaker Bazzer at 11:43am 07.03.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1837 I have a small spinnaker on my Hans Christian called a Sea Waif by Watts Sails. It's old and left by
"Y" Electrical Connectors Stu Jackson at 11:41am 07.03.13 Musings With Maine Sail 4/2577 What's been your experience with these connectors? I paralleled the power wires to our refrigeratio
The ship is dressed! (1) Brian D at 11:11am 07.03.13 Ask All Sailors 20/2381 Anyone else "dress their ship" for any reason?
Icom 402 going mental hoges in wa at 11:10am 07.03.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1142
Eyebrows GreenLight at 9:57am 07.03.13 Catalina 30 2/1427 My 1992 Catalina 30 has wood trim strips (eyebrows) running below the handrails on either side of th
winch repair parts Paul In Boston at 9:52am 07.03.13 Catalina 22 8/1763 Hi, looking for a source of the small pawl and spring (not a wire spring, but a U-shaped piece of fl
Replacing rubber strips in cockpit seating twdevore at 9:00am 07.03.13 Ask All Sailors 5/2804 I'm ready to begin refinishing the teak seats in my cockpit. There are rubber strips between each st
Best starting battery pamac12 at 8:36am 07.03.13 Day Sailers 6/1283 Need new starting battery, which is best to purchase?
Capri 25 - Sacrifical Anode? Capt Canuck at 6:18am 07.03.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1056 Good morning! We just purchased a Catalina/Capri 25 and am curious if this model uses a sacrificia
Bedding Hardware Into Exposed Plywood Floor (4) DinoKanuck at 5:55am 07.03.13 Ask All Sailors 12/1775 Good Wednesday Morning: Looking for suggestions on bedding hinges into a wooden cockpit floor. The
Are You The Master of Your Vessel? Roger Long at 4:30am 07.03.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 13/4734
Lake Scum (1) hercguy at 4:05am 07.03.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1408 I just pulled my 23.5 out of the water after being in the lake since March. I took the power washer
Catalina Traitor! (1) Hamsandwich at 11:10pm 07.02.13 Catalina 22 14/2790 So...fellas. I have a c-22 of course, but I saw this for sale and I just could not pass it up. It'
Kenyon Alcohol Stove question Sixgun77 at 11:06pm 07.02.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1357 My H25 has one of these Kenyon stoves in it. Until I replace it with a non pressurized type I'd like
rewiring the boat trainmanjess at 9:43pm 07.02.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/997 hello all I am in the process of wiring my Mac25... I am looking to buy a marine 5 stage battery c
Javelin - install new bow eye Fred D. at 9:19pm 07.02.13 Day Sailers 4/1727 Greetings - new Javelin owner here. 1978, Hull # 4343. The bow eye is missing. First of all, I can
cherubini 36 hidden HIN rudewarrior at 9:01pm 07.02.13 The Cherubini Hunters 8/1231 I have a 36 cherubini, have some issues with my HIN, ive been told theres always a second hidden HIN
How much ice should we be using? SleepingGrizzly at 8:52pm 07.02.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1665 Hi there, My wife and I recently purchased a Legend 35.5 and until now never used an ice box (our p
Racing a Beneteau first 310 jcollins at 8:36pm 07.02.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2978 I have been club racing a Beneteau first 310 SD for the past 4 years on an inland lake in the US. I

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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
Synthetic standing rigging for a mac 25 whudatt at 6:07am 03.07.23 I can see you dilema. Our local rigging guy is good, but old school, and I am not sure if he has an
MPPT controller location Grichelli at 6:05am 03.07.23 We are probably 50% done at this point. I have ran the wire from the bimini top, down the backstays
Cleats?????? Project_Mayhem at 5:23am 03.07.23 No issue here as well with nylon cleats from '84 when I sold the boat 3-4 years ago
Cleats?????? rpludwig at 4:51am 03.07.23 Timely question! I have an '84, in a slip year round, no moon tide but occasionally a significant
Knock off that racket! dlochner at 4:49am 03.07.23 I love the PVC idea but a little unclear on how it's possible to install a rivet every 8-10ft or so
First time sailboat owner hatchclan at 4:16am 03.07.23 *enough so
First time sailboat owner hatchclan at 4:15am 03.07.23 Also, a heat gun on lowest setting; very lightly applied works pretty good on getting the old letter
Looking for rig tuning info for a 1990 C&C 30' MKII Apex at 3:16am 03.07.23 there are several sources online with graphics. But you have a masthead double spreader rig with in
Bareboat Charter in Bahamas vs BVI? Captain Larry-DH at 3:07am 03.07.23 COVID.... while eased is not gone. Should a spike re-occur you'd have issues getting in. Assumin
Bareboat Charter in Bahamas vs BVI? sailme88 at 3:01am 03.07.23 COVID.... while eased is not gone. Should a spike re-occur you'd have issues getting in. Assuming
Bareboat Charter in Bahamas vs BVI? Captain Larry-DH at 2:51am 03.07.23
No Engine Alarm buzzer when key is on senang at 11:30pm 03.06.23

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