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Priming the keel McZube at 2:23am 03.05.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1081 My H31 has an external iron keel. After blasting it down to bare metal, should it be primed before
Yanmar 3QM30 Variant Greg Olausen at 10:33pm 03.04.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1590 Hi, I've got a 1982 37c with a Yanmar 3QM30 which has been overheating. I've been systematically goi
How to rotate Yanmar 4JH for valve adjustment CaptainFred at 9:50pm 03.04.13 Engines and Propulsion 5/7372 I have a 4JH3 diesel that I would like to do a valve adjustment on. Prior small diesels I have rota
Water in the People Tank! (1) kemewag at 8:31pm 03.04.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1245 The water ballast on our Hunter 26 appears to be leaking in-board. I'm in the process of replacing
Engine control panel light Slipstream at 7:31pm 03.04.13 Big Boats 2/1824 1986 Catalina 34. I have two lights on my control panel. one is a red light that says alarm under i
Cantered prop shaft BayMan at 7:10pm 03.04.13 C&C 2/2007 Looked at a '78 C'C 36 that had the prop shaft cantered to port. This was a new one. This was how i
Battery selection Chuck T at 5:59pm 03.04.13 Smaller Boats 2/1750 Need advice on what battery and solar charger I should purchase for a 1986 Catalina 25 I recently bo
looking for a line drawing surfing at 5:51pm 03.04.13 Bristol 2/11777 howdy, Im looking for a simple line drawing for a bristol 32' sloop. I have seen drawings with alo
Stability Larry33 at 5:17pm 03.04.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3710 I have heard that some owners have put lead pellets in the keel for better stability, is this true?
Roller furling jib cleaning info beeryboats at 4:44pm 03.04.13 Trailer Sailors 12/5525 Hi all, It's almost that time of year. Clean and launch. My roller furled jib is looking the wors
Bilge pump switches Bill1565 at 4:25pm 03.04.13 Ask All Sailors 8/2027 Anyone have a switch that turns on in shallow water? I have used Rule floats for many years, but th
Fooling Around Roger Long at 4:10pm 03.04.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 9/3372
3GM30F exhaust elbow tip (1) Bob 04 H260 at 3:16pm 03.04.13 Engines and Propulsion 7/8108 Our engine is 10 years old and has 400 hrs on it. As far as I know the mixing elbow is original. I
Volvo Shaft Seal peoples1234 at 2:45pm 03.04.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1313 We bought a 321 last year and have been doing some deferred maintenance this winter. The PO has rece
Opinions on MasterVolt MICC Battery Monitor? Solstice at 2:05pm 03.04.13 Musings With Maine Sail 3/2801 A friend of mine is outfitting a brand new boat with a MV Inverter/Charger and they are suggesting t
Racing on Charlotte Harbor Butch23065 at 2:01pm 03.04.13 Big Boats 4/932 I know some of you are still snowed in, so I thought I would give you a pick me up. The Punta Gorda
On Morning News Owner of 82' Sailboat Sees It's Not at Dock rardiH36 at 12:53pm 03.04.13 Ask All Sailors 15/2860 A 82' modern sailing yacht went aground last night on the Pacific Coast just a few miles south of th
Cockpit Table (1) Don Crowther at 11:22am 03.04.13 Big Boats 8/2198 Just thought I would show off my new cockpit table. The old one was too small (not wide enough). I g
Going to look at a possible new boat akhartung at 9:52am 03.04.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1005 Mostly for parts depending on the condition of the boat. What do you guys think? Could be a little g
Bottom paint John Britten at 9:36am 03.04.13 Bigger Boats 6/1554 Am planning for Spring and ready to buy bottom paint for my 28' O'Day...thinking of Pettit Hydrocoat

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A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't (2) jssailem at 8:21pm 04.05.23 While the engine still lacks it Varoom having lost the magic smoke, progress has been made on the bo
Life lines questions Will Gilmore at 8:08pm 04.05.23 Do you sail offshore or where the weather could change suddenly? Do you host children aboard? I'm a
Tachometer needle broken - help smokey73 at 7:56pm 04.05.23 OK, I have the programmable tach. VDO no longer makes tachs mentioned and a company called Veratron
Life lines questions Joe at 7:54pm 04.05.23 That's the way it was built, many boats of that era were. In fact, many boats did not come lifelin
Life lines questions jssailem at 7:54pm 04.05.23
AITA? Racing situation that came up stickinthemud57 at 7:38pm 04.05.23 Man, I watch those videos and I am green with envy. The idea of flying across the water as they do.
Yanmar 1gm questions Gerry DELICH at 7:36pm 04.05.23 Thanks, I'll do that
AITA? Racing situation that came up Leeward Rail at 6:42pm 04.05.23 No, I got that, but I was also sensing a bit of "Why take a perfectly good hobby and turn it in to
Zinc on strut? heritage at 6:23pm 04.05.23 I had to replace the shaft log because of corrosion. I connected a bonding wire internally from the
Head Floor Non Skid fox9988 at 6:17pm 04.05.23 I use these on our boat when showering and cut to fit. Low cost, easy to replace, hang to dry when
Yanmar 1gm questions dlochner at 6:15pm 04.05.23 Welcome to SBO. The first, easiest and cheapest fix is to track down and clean the terminals on the
FET Battery Isolator and Different Charging Voltages heritage at 6:10pm 04.05.23
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question JES7 at 6:04pm 04.05.23 Thanks to everyone who provided input and answers to my post. Special thanks to Crazy Dave who I cau
oil filter for Universal M25 aka Kubota D 850 acudavid at 6:00pm 04.05.23 Thanks to everyone who responded, particularly jssailem for the super-quick response. I was able to
Troubleshooting wind display Don S/V ILLusion at 5:54pm 04.05.23 Could be many causes but start with the easy (read - cheap) stuff. Remove all connectors, clean and
1980 Hunter 33 Shaft Bearing Dimensions? MikeHoncho at 5:52pm 04.05.23 I got the one on my ski boat out (same set up) by cutting the inside of the bearing until I was just
Zinc on strut? MikeHoncho at 5:46pm 04.05.23 Mine had one when I bought it. After 5 days of ownership I replaced it this year. It has a hole, 5
Compression Post--1978 30 foot MikeHoncho at 5:43pm 04.05.23 Wow, quite a job and supremely helpful! Your posts and pictures are exactly what I've got going on
Shaft Alignment Tally Ho at 5:37pm 04.05.23 When I aligned my prop shaft (1" shaft in 1 1/2" log), I disconnected the coupler and used a couple
Zinc on strut? Terry Cox at 5:16pm 04.05.23 Any recommendations or best practices? Every year since we purchased our boat in 2002, I've instal

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