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When do you call it quits for the season? tsell at 2:27pm 10.04.12 Ask All Sailors 61/7075 Faced with the task of winterizing the boat, I keep putting it off, hoping to squeeze another day or
1982 C&C, Mark 1 Leo Crowley at 1:08pm 10.04.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1182 Our 1982 C'C 30 is fitted with an Atomic 4 and this past summer we experienced motor problems such t
looking for nice marinas VA/NC/SC KD3PC at 12:11pm 10.04.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1412 Planning the next phase of our boat life and hoping to explore these states a lot more in depth.....
Oday 192 rain leak Rpkoday at 10:21am 10.04.12 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1076 I have an '86 192 oday. I'm on a moring in brackish water. This year it's been taking on a good dea
Lowering mast for bridges 8826d at 9:56am 10.04.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/5300 Greetings! I am new to this forum and sailing - just to get that out of the way... I have seen al
H36 Arch Removal for Transport PKFK at 9:05am 10.04.12 Big Boats 6/1774 Hi - The search fiunction seems to be giving strange results - so apoliogies if this has been cove
Can I go with this weekend..? Squidd at 8:58am 10.04.12 Ask All Sailors 38/4281 I am so lucky... Heard that question from my wife as I was planning my week out eariler... She h
Motor mount disintegrating? Pinch at 6:29am 10.04.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1533 Has anyone seen a single motor mount disintegrating (appears as black rubber dust particles) on Ben
Wind Vane Self Steering on a Hunter 37 Cutter (9) Jim Legere at 5:11am 10.04.12 The Cherubini Hunters 12/7451 A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting a fellow H37 Cutter owner (Rainer of Fred V) for
lowering mast for the first time on hunter 23.5 sailboat738 at 4:31am 10.04.12 Smaller Boats 22/8599 hi guys i bought my boat in water at the marina i keep it at this is the first time working with
In-mast Furling/Main sail head/ H340 HELP Soul Surfer at 4:13am 10.04.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1512 So the webbing on the top of my main sail broke last week while sailing. Yesturday I picked up my re
Winterizing The Diesel Myself Ducati at 3:51am 10.04.12 Ask All Sailors 11/4543 Our boat has a Volvo MD2030 and last season I watched my mechanic winterizing the motor. I belie
Alternative Prop Shaft stuffing/Packing material syoun10 at 9:06pm 10.03.12 Mid-Size Boats 6/3156 My 2006 Hunter 33 bilge always has some water in it, and I've thought that that is the norm. Howeve
1974 Irwin 25' Help please (windows) (1) mwadkins at 8:14pm 10.03.12 Irwin 7/3686 Ok so we just bought our first boat a 1974 Irwin 25. One thing that drives my husband crazy is the b
Mast halyards lbsailor at 7:46pm 10.03.12 Smaller Boats 7/2316 We just bought a Hunter 18.5 from someone who didn't use it for 13 years and couldn't show us how to
Looking at H37C PamC at 7:07pm 10.03.12 The Cherubini Hunters 12/2330 Hi All, My husband and I are going to look at a Hunter Cherubini 37 on Saturday. I'm looking for
Starting to think about winterizing capejt at 7:00pm 10.03.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1388 Hi all, Winterizing isn't a new concept to me, but the past few winters (including the upcoming seas
1976 Pearson 26 auction drumbeater at 6:16pm 10.03.12 Pearson 11/6516 We got high and only bid on a boat at our sailing club in Augusta Ga. It needs cleaning but looks so
sailing in New York late oct early november robstone40 at 5:35pm 10.03.12 Destinations 3/2755 O bought a 25' fixed keel sailboat ( I own 3 other sail boats so this is nothing new) site unseen on
h37c local ads MATHURIN2 at 4:22pm 10.03.12 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1385 There is a h37c presently for sale in the local ads: http://www.lespac.com/vehicules/marins/st-pa

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All Sailors kappykaplan at 12:44pm 12.20.22 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Same to you and yours, and to all our SBO members! :beer:
STEEL RAILS Rick.johnson at 12:43pm 12.20.22 John I agree with that your saying is there any type of material that i can attach to the rails to g
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting Ralph Johnstone at 12:40pm 12.20.22 everything john said plus having the injectors cleaned and maybe the high presure pump serviced M
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting jon hansen at 12:30pm 12.20.22 everything john said plus having the injectors cleaned and maybe the high presure pump serviced
STEEL RAILS Rick.johnson at 12:27pm 12.20.22 What do you mean by engine frame ??? do you mean the 4 steel an rubber engine shock mounts if so th
Engine leaking diesel (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:26pm 12.20.22 @Ken13559 , @Ralph Johnstone did you ever notice any performance issue? I think the amount of fue
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting jssailem at 12:22pm 12.20.22 Hey Tom, Has this been bugging you for a while and your getting around too try and solving the chal
Electrical system dlochner at 12:21pm 12.20.22 Parallel FLA 12V 800 amps each battery.. This is unlikely. The batteries would be quite huge or a
STEEL RAILS capta at 12:15pm 12.20.22 There is no reason at all to pull the engine. Just build yourself an A frame strong enough to lift t
Electrical system Scott T-Bird at 12:08pm 12.20.22 Another question ... do you use a trickle charger only in the winter when you don't plug into shore
Anchor Bridle capta at 12:08pm 12.20.22 I've never understood the desire for a bridle if they aren't tying up to a mooring or have a bowspri
STEEL RAILS jssailem at 11:56am 12.20.22 Rick. Get into the engine bay and assess the condition of the metal used. How much metal is remainin
Electrical system Scott T-Bird at 11:48am 12.20.22 I was asking about capacity in amp-hours (ah) which is the typical capacity specification for deep c
All Sailors (1) jssailem at 11:44am 12.20.22 Merry Christmas to you, Alan and Eileen. Thank you for the well wishes.
Electrical system jssailem at 11:39am 12.20.22 it's amazing how much stuff the boat has accumulated over the years. Oh yes. Folk buy boats, then
Fuel Gauge (2) jssailem at 11:33am 12.20.22 I have the same issue as the OP Your display is showing "Half Full" when you suspect it is more or
Electrical system william24424 at 11:09am 12.20.22 Parallel FLA 12V 800 amps each battery... I think, I'll check this weekend, doing some winter jobs u
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting Alan Gomes at 11:08am 12.20.22 What position do you have the throttle in when you start it? For colder weather you should have it a
Fuel Gauge Project_Mayhem at 10:38am 12.20.22 Not trying to derail this post but I have the same issue as the OP. When is it best to seek the orig
Anchor Bridle jssailem at 10:37am 12.20.22 If saving money is the goal, I would encourage you to learn the seaman's art of ropes. Learn to buy

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