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Air Canada flight helps locate sailor off Australian coast scorpio77 at 7:52pm 10.19.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1707 Hi all, can you believe this Air Canada Boeing 777 found this distressed sailor off the coast of Aus
Home Solar Space Heater experiment walt at 5:38pm 10.19.12 Sails Call Lounge 2/17818 I have had a little antique coal burning stove and an 80 watt solar panel laying around for a long t
Knot Meter location? ebsail at 5:05pm 10.19.12 Day Sailers 3/1995 I want to install a knot meter in my 25. Has anyone done this on this model? And if so, exactly wh
anyone towing with small suv Hollyweirdos at 3:36pm 10.19.12 Trailer Sailors 20/11747 We are thinking about trading our truck for a Honda element. Just wondering what to expect. It will
Water in the hull Sirius repair at 1:40pm 10.19.12 Sirius 21/22 3/3972 I opened the rear hatch inside the boat today to find water had accumulated in there. as I was remov
Replacements for opening port Mark Nooney at 12:47pm 10.19.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1611 I have a 1984 H31 - with the grey opening ports. Does anyone have suggestions for replacements. I ha
Potential Fischer Panda Safety Issue Marc14857 at 12:33pm 10.19.12 Ask All Sailors 7/3565 I was preparing to change the oil and filter on my FP P 6000 genset this morning and came accross th
Closing in open shelving jsalley at 12:17pm 10.19.12 Catalina 309 Group Forum 11/8250 One of the ways Catalina made the 309 a little more "affordable" was having open shelving along the
Webasto 3500 (1) carlager at 10:38am 10.19.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/965 I have a webasto 3500 heater in my beneteau 36cc Autumn started a couple of weeks ago. We now need
Racor on new genset is leaking BWagner at 6:17am 10.19.12 Big Boats 5/1755 Hello, I have a problem that doesn't make sense to me but maybe someone has some ideas. I have a F
Traveler (1) All U Get at 1:40am 10.19.12 Ask All Sailors 13/3022 Hi all, We put a bend in our traveler car connection plate and can't find a replacement. It appears
Weird water tank problem Rakuflames at 7:31pm 10.18.12 Mid-Size Boats 49/10241 I have a 31' Hunter (not Cherubini) built in 1983. I live on the boat exclusively and have owned it
Any of you stuck working on a boat for... (1) Sumner at 5:39pm 10.18.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1829 ...extended times in a yard with it on stands. We found ourselves working and living on the boat at
Please tell me i wont have any huge regrets Doc_holiday at 5:22pm 10.18.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 29/3954 When I put OHANA in this spring, I backed her in off the trailer and opened the valve to fill the ba
Gas Stovetop + Microwave (1) Ducati at 3:55pm 10.18.12 Ask All Sailors 14/2942 I spotted this combo gas stove/microwave on a 36.7 listed in Yachtworld. Anyone know where I can
Iam I sinking? ms. ndpndnt at 3:43pm 10.18.12 Catalina 22 11/1964 ok, every day when i go to the boat there is water under the port settee. i wipe it up and next
Mast Base - 40' 1989 Hunter 38lat at 3:01pm 10.18.12 Big Boats 8/2583 Hello: I'm back. Looking down inside the mast is two "pipes", one with the top mast wiring for w
Just when i thought all was well... (2) gpd955 at 2:56pm 10.18.12 Catalina 310 10/2671 Got hauled out today and this magically appeared. No groundings, no foulings. Familiar with the Ca
lewmar synchro block maintenance Joe2954 at 2:16pm 10.18.12 Ask All Sailors 2/3209 Any input on cleaning, lubricating Lewmar synchro blocks? Haven't used my asymmetrical for a coupl
Leak at windlass xsiddr at 2:01pm 10.18.12 Ask All Sailors 9/4297 Just finished rebedding the windlass. It still leaks! Am I missing something? The water seems to com

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Heart stopping drone footage dLj at 7:07am 03.25.23 I love the drone shots! That was awesome! @Joe Thanks for sharing. It's incredible how fast those
300A T Fuse 12V dlochner at 6:03am 03.25.23 The one you posted is 125v. A fuse rated for a higher voltage is good for lower voltages, but not
Heart stopping drone footage Crusty Ol Salt at 6:01am 03.25.23 That was cool
Heart stopping drone footage dlochner at 5:23am 03.25.23 That is certainly a young person's ride! Not for us old geezers. Thanks for sharing.
Keeping Seagulls off the Bimini sailliny at 4:37am 03.25.23 We had the same issue and the BIRD-B-GONE bird spiders with Sandbag worked. We have three to get t
Seeking Advice for New headsail 37c Jim Legere at 3:47am 03.25.23 Lots of discussion here on SBO about the merits of sloop versus cutter rig for the H37C, as a quick
37c holding tank questions, please help Jim Legere at 3:34am 03.25.23 Sorry, I thought this was posted in Hunter 37 cutter. Oe tank stainless, 1984, and they are known t
Looking for a day 23 mast around providence RI Rick486 at 3:11am 03.25.23 Rig Rite worth a call. Spars, Rigging, and Hardware for Sailboats Rig-Rite, Inc
Solar wires in arch on Hunter 356? (2) KiwiChris at 9:20pm 03.24.23 Snow! What's that! we enjoy sailing year round thankfully. Thanks for your answer. I guess I want
Its funny Friday! Michael Davis at 7:16pm 03.24.23
I thought I should post this warning. WayneH at 6:25pm 03.24.23 Are you planning to use the LFP battery as a start battery? Most LFP batteries can not be used as a
Its funny Friday! (1) Tally Ho at 6:01pm 03.24.23
Solar wires in arch on Hunter 356? chuckwayne at 6:00pm 03.24.23 yes you can - I ran my solar wires around the traveler and large tubes on the port side. the speaker
I thought I should post this warning. Captain Larry-DH at 5:48pm 03.24.23 Some time ago in another thread about boat odor, someone mentioned using an ozone generator. I wond
Sailing and restoring #9874 (3) AaronD at 5:47pm 03.24.23 Em-Trak B953 AIS Transceiver We've been caught out in fog a couple times, and decided we'd really l
Antenna size Project_Mayhem at 5:29pm 03.24.23 Generally speaking, the higher the frequency, the smaller the antenna. I'd guess at 32" it's for you
Starwind 19 project boat Project_Mayhem at 5:24pm 03.24.23 I went ahead and painted it What kid of paint and how did you apply it? It looks great!
Sourcing original hull decals Rjm st.petersburg at 5:02pm 03.24.23 putasignonit@gmail.com Duplicated my Hunter 41 for the hull and even the Deck Salon and bubble Hunte
300A T Fuse 12V Rjm st.petersburg at 4:45pm 03.24.23 There wasn't any burn marks, melted wiring or insulation. As I removed the starter to be checked out
Rolling furler question about foil (1) zinahewitt at 4:06pm 03.24.23 Well, to sum it up. If you are in racing mode. You turn the screw on the feeder like Claude said. Y

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