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Fuel Vacuum Gauge sailboatracer at 5:53pm 07.31.22 Ask All Sailors 43/3424 Here's the situation. A vacuum gauge is installed in the fuel output hose immediately after the prim
swing keel will not drop on Santana 21 sailingwithquestions at 4:08pm 07.31.22 Trailer Sailors 28/2322 After a lot of banging and working at it, we've managed to mostly free up a rusted frozen swing keel
Stinky Bubbly Hot Water asalotto at 12:27pm 07.31.22 Catalina 310 9/1196 Hello, I haven't used the hot water in several months, and when I turned it on today it was stinky
Wobbly wheel. Rattlenebang at 9:50am 07.31.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/859 Hey all, Ive noticed on my 97 Oceanus 400 that the wheel is quite "wobbly". Removing the wheel I fin
Any Hawaii Big Island sailboat owners here? patagoniadave at 9:47am 07.31.22 Destinations 13/2071 In the ever changing ebb and flow of life, there is a possibility coming up that I can spend a coupl
just sailing jon hansen at 9:24am 07.31.22 Sails Call Lounge 3/782 Qmms913uBVs
Broken transom shower holder (1) arthur.goldberg at 8:27am 07.31.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/1541 Dear Beneteau owners As I've written before, I love the 2002 Beneteau Oceanis 331 I recently bought
Sailing Dingy Questions (O'Day Widgeon) Onoahimahi at 5:02am 07.31.22 Ask All Sailors 15/1847 Hi - I am a long-time powerboater learning to sail my new 1974 O'Day Widgeon. (It's a ~12 foot saili
Reparing fix keel Tsula-H18 at 9:10pm 07.30.22 Smaller Boats 2/636 Hunter 18.5 water come boat from keel
Need a used Catalina 22 swing keel ytao125 at 8:51pm 07.30.22 Parts Search 2/922 Last Saturday when I sailed back from Atlantic City to Little Egg Harbor my swing keel hit an object
Exhaust blower on an 11a Halvern at 7:46pm 07.30.22 S2 4/914 Where is it wired for switch. Both wires going into starter panel on cockpit blkhd.
Beneteau 361 companionway hatch is tight at night or in cold weather Harry Mathias at 4:18pm 07.30.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/759 I have a 2001 Beneteau 361 in excellent condition. The companionway hatch is very tight at night or
Winch replacement Bubbadog at 2:02pm 07.30.22 Ask All Sailors 20/2504 Would like suggestions for replacing my Lewmar 6 winches with self tailing Was wanting to replace t
Patching up a breached water ballast rrt1shaw at 1:08pm 07.30.22 Parts Search 0/506 My dear Hunter 26, 1994 landed on the rocks and needs to be fixed. Swing keel, rudder are gone. Is w
Hunter 26 keel, rudder and Tiller wanted rrt1shaw at 1:05pm 07.30.22 Parts Search 4/613 My dear boat ended up on the rocks and these parts are needed. She is a Hunter 26, 1994. Thank you
Water dripping through bimini at ends of the traveller AndyL at 9:25am 07.30.22 Big Boats 5/1145 We have a 356 and the bimini has a gap each side where the traveller ends. In the rain, water comes
Sail-drive will not engage, stopped suddenly Milt Fuehrer at 7:53am 07.30.22 Ask All Sailors 13/2219 Saildrive has 280 hours on it, model 130S-B cable engages shifter fine. There was no warning, it wa
What Brand and Size Battery Charger should I buy? rajhnsn at 7:15am 07.30.22 Bigger Boats 16/2351 I just replaced my house bank of (4) six volt flooded batteries on my O'day 35. One week later whe
Link 2000 amps function Rodd at 6:00am 07.30.22 Musings With Maine Sail 4/1582 Gents- My ancient Link 2000 has been pretty reliable for 20 something years, but recently I have an
New owner ANGELS at 11:04pm 07.29.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/735 Hi everybody. I have just been an owner of a Hunter 340 year of 1997. I'm really new to this with ve

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2006 Hunter 41DS House Bank Charging off alternator LloydB at 10:55am 08.12.24 When connected to shore power the source is the shore panel providing AC, Neutral & Ground to the bo
A problem in Mystery, a solution, and disappointment jssailem at 10:51am 08.12.24 When one considers the science of eelgrass in Puget Sound and the players who have claimed dreadful
Plastic stuffing box? BigEasy at 10:30am 08.12.24 We've just got our hands on Fjord MS33 (1970s vintage). PO mentioned that the stuffing box would li
Plastic stuffing box? jssailem at 10:05am 08.12.24 Andy, the plastic (most likely nylon) part is inexpensive. It will have a shorter life than bronze b
A problem in Mystery, a solution, and disappointment SoSound at 9:55am 08.12.24 Part of my report is to give a heads up to anyone who might want to use the state park facilities.
New Hand Held Nationwide Radios ggrizzard at 8:58am 08.12.24 Thanks for the responses. Ah yes, semantics. "No monthly fees ever"... Just yearly. "Coast to Coa
Anchor, dock, or buoy? Hello Below at 8:56am 08.12.24 Where do you do your banking, HB? I believe currently, a buck USD is a buck and a thirty-three cent
O'Day Tempest Cockpit Drain Problems jssailem at 8:34am 08.12.24 Hi, and welcome to the SBO Forums. As @shemandr shares, cockpit drains are intended to drain all wat
Taking/storing a 32 sailboat off a trailer, properly? (Im in over my head) Marty P. at 8:33am 08.12.24 I have hydronic heating on my boat. The unit was initially designed to heat sleeping space on a tru
Solar Voltage (1) Johann at 8:24am 08.12.24 This is two of the 335W Panasonics in parallel. Partly/Mostly cloudy days back in May.
Putting a hole in the transom jssailem at 8:24am 08.12.24 Welcome Jorob, to the SBO forums.
Anchor, dock, or buoy? jssailem at 8:22am 08.12.24 Where do you do your banking, HB? I believe currently, a buck USD is a buck and a thirty-three cent
Solar Voltage Johann at 8:10am 08.12.24 Interesting discussion - over the past year of running my panels, I've never seen them even reach t
Anchor, dock, or buoy? Hello Below at 8:06am 08.12.24 ~$25/ft?!?!!!?!!?!?!?!!?!?!? Keep in mind that Ralph pays in Canadian currency so that converts to
Putting a hole in the transom Jorob at 8:03am 08.12.24 there appears to be a recessed area under the locker (where the red funnel is), where you can drill
Solar Voltage (1) Hello Below at 8:01am 08.12.24 Interesting discussion - over the past year of running my panels, I've never seen them even reach t
Putting a hole in the transom jssailem at 7:56am 08.12.24 Is that locker vented? Important question. How of you plan to address the accumulation of gas vapo
Putting a hole in the transom American_Mainsail at 7:32am 08.12.24 Hi Joe, Thank for the response. The reliability is definitely something that I'm after, and the pe
Putting a hole in the transom BigEasy at 7:21am 08.12.24 Does anyone have experience of running fuel lines through the transom? What is best practice/equipm
Solar Voltage dLj at 7:04am 08.12.24 Interesting discussion - over the past year of running my panels, I've never seen them even reach th

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