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Deck cleaning and restoration cbyl at 12:05pm 04.15.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/775 I purchased a 1967 O'Day Tempest last year and am looking to brighten the deck. Has faded badly over
Reasonable Canvas guy in Annapolis? Skipper at 11:54am 04.15.13 Ask All Sailors 41/5490 I'm educated, experienced, and talented at what I do. So why is it that a guy who sews canvas is ent
Bimini Top For Catalina 22 (1) karmadog at 11:36am 04.15.13 Catalina 22 5/1511 Hi all! I want to add a bimini top to my Cat22, but I have the main sheet release about two feet
Manuel Hunter 280 in French fredvanbochoven at 10:12am 04.15.13 Ask All Sailors 1/1059 Hi there all Hunter sailors all over the world. Proud owner of a 1996 Hunter 280 based in the South
The GRAND Plan. Good or Bad idea mdsdurango at 9:49am 04.15.13 Trailer Sailors 16/4084
Universal diesel engine wiring harness jcb2 at 9:44am 04.15.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1315 I have an O'Day 31 and just pulled my Universal diesel (M18) out to remove the prop shaft. In doing
Convert Jabsco Manual Head to Electric robfmcc at 9:38am 04.15.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/2105 I am thinking of converting my manual Jabsco head to an electric head on a 1998 Beneteau 352. I've
Ditching the Salon Table (1) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 8:04am 04.15.13 Catalina 310 13/2669 We are ditching our salon table. The area just feels so much bigger with the table gone. For now
Battery Isolation Nrmlspeed at 7:26am 04.15.13 Catalina 22 20/2292 I may be overdoing it but my technique for putting the boat away is to disconnect the battery. Is th
Commissioning my first time. Stormydog at 6:01am 04.15.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/1057 Hello all, this will be our first time commissioning our boat. Our boat is a 28' Catalina MKII. We d
swing keel removal (3) ancbob at 5:48am 04.15.13 Catalina 22 28/8857 Ok, so I have the sled built and under the boat. 3 of the 4 keel bolts loosened just fine. For the f
Fitting a life raft on a Hunter 33 Bertus at 5:29am 04.15.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/932 Does anyone know where a life raft is supposed to be fitted on a Hunter 33?
Electric Head seadaddler at 4:13am 04.15.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1793 Anyone put a electric head on a 2007 H-36,my wife talking to our friends with a raritan electric hea
Aircon & Genset Ken13559 at 4:11am 04.15.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1658 I've a 12000BTU Cruiseair Zephyr ZF12K aircon. Borrowed a friend's Elemax SHX2000 genset just for tr
Deck Recore Ajay73 at 3:14am 04.15.13 Mid-Size Boats 2/3243 Last week I cut into my deck under a turning block because of some wet plywood when drilling out one
Need to buy sail(s) airshac at 8:45pm 04.14.13 Trailer Sailors 11/2689 I just bought a Mac 22 and need sails for it. Looking mostly for the main sail to get started, I'm
need some help identifying Nosidamt at 7:42pm 04.14.13 Balboa 1/1107 I just purchased a Balboa Sailboat. It measures 24' LOA. I am not able to find a hull plate on it
Hull make up Tom Joad at 6:21pm 04.14.13 Newport 3/2691 Can anyone tell me about the makeup of the hull of a 1974 newport 27? Specifically thickness, mat
Asymetrical Spinnaker halyard on 35.5 Barquito at 5:45pm 04.14.13 Big Boats 0/753 Has anyone run a new spinnaker halyard in a 35.5. We are now the proud new owners of a 1992 Hunter L
What's the 1st thing you should do... (4) rgranger at 5:24pm 04.14.13 Ask All Sailors 10/2236 ... when you buy a 35+ year old sailboat? :troll: Remove the 10 layers of bottom paint to see w

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Outboard mounting bolts seized skunther at 11:26pm 07.06.22
Low oil indicator fading in and out mermike at 10:15pm 07.06.22 The terminal strip fits very nicely in that box. I'm going to have to steal this :biggrin: I've bee
Wiring schematic mermike at 10:01pm 07.06.22 Respect, not fear. That's the approach to take. Charlie Wing has an excellent book, as does Nigel Ca
Wiring schematic Halvern at 9:50pm 07.06.22 Electricity has always scared me, my wife has to change lightbulbs. I know basically how it works bu
Lines Aft on an old Precision 18 jssailem at 8:52pm 07.06.22 Just a thought... While running the sheets and lines to the cockpit feels like it is safer, I conjec
Low oil indicator fading in and out Kingjim91 at 8:44pm 07.06.22 I did this on a C36 and I liked having the terminal strip. It really neatens things up, and makes
Mast gate for old Precision 18 ? jssailem at 8:41pm 07.06.22 Hello. Welcome to the SBO forum. Sorry I can not help with the Sail Stops on your boat. Most of the
The one armed electrician... jssailem at 8:35pm 07.06.22 THAT IS TERRIFIC. :wow3: Well done. Nothing like a garden automatic watering system. Keep'er goin.
Fuel tank size on a 1992 Hunter Vison 36 jssailem at 8:16pm 07.06.22 Welcome @MPaul to the SBO forum and sailing the SALISH SEA. Sounds like you have been around a bit.
Starting my LFP build. Hayden Watson at 8:09pm 07.06.22 Very nice. I don't suppose you'd make these parts available? :) I'm curious about not getting th
Hot Water on 2009 Beneteau 31 SycloneDriver at 7:34pm 07.06.22 I have a 2008 B 31. It has no factory bypass valve. It does have a mixing valve. How long are you
Remove headliner to replace clutches arthur.goldberg at 7:20pm 07.06.22 Thank you everyone! Your uniform consensus will give me a lot of confidence when I do the same thing
Fuel tank size on a 1992 Hunter Vison 36 Rick D at 7:13pm 07.06.22 I purchased my Hunter 36 at the beginning of the year and I am taking it on its first real voyage w
Replacement Parts dlochner at 6:42pm 07.06.22 Maybe. What kind of replacement parts?
Friction on CDI Furler DanMaine at 6:18pm 07.06.22 I found a used Harken MK 2.
Cheap Fuses/Breakers be careful! jaysweet at 5:51pm 07.06.22 Yikes! Thanks for the tip!
Sailing with a depth finder (1) jaysweet at 5:26pm 07.06.22 I will add one thing. If my boat had a draft of 3 1/2 feet I wouldn't worry much about water depth
2003 Hunter 356 Hot water tank to engine, hose replacement Richardckrug at 5:25pm 07.06.22 Thanks all for your input. I did find one tie rap and cut it initially when I started this. That o
What's your required electronics aboard a 31 hunter shemandr at 5:16pm 07.06.22 It may seem inconsistent, but I would definitely want depth on Lake Erie, especially the Western par
Do you use checklists? jssailem at 5:06pm 07.06.22 To take a 27ft sailboat out I would guess you want her to feel confident about what she is doing. E

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