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GPS blanking with Auto pilot islandrunner70 at 7:17pm 08.03.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1293 Looking for some trouble shooting guidance. 93 Oceanis 370 with Garmin GPS 498 installed on the Acc
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Blue water over the bow BillyK at 6:22pm 08.03.12 Ask All Sailors 15/4618 Tried to go out into the ocean today off the cost of Atlantic City NJ.. the longport inlet has real
Sailing with just the Jib JasonC at 6:07pm 08.03.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1311 O when the Marina put my boat in the pulled the main sail line all the way to top. Still had great
oday 28' owners Dragon Fly at 4:41pm 08.03.12 Bigger Boats 11/3803 [ about to purchase an 28' oday 1984. 2 questions: 1. 10 h.p. universal diesel enough powe
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Bimini Top on a Lancer 25? keys2heaven at 1:58pm 08.03.12 Lancer 2/3371 Has anyone added a bimini top to their Lancer 25? If so, can you give me specifics on it? This is t
Attaching Jib Sheets (3) Roger Long at 1:52pm 08.03.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 20/17251 I was putting left over epoxy from the last coat on the strut over various patches on the keel when
Can My Rigging Hold a 200lb Guy in Bosuns Chair? JoelHoover at 12:50pm 08.03.12 Ask All Sailors 14/7818 I've got to replace a nav/stern/anchor light doodad on the top of my mast (see posting "I Hit a brid
Assistance in some coding for sailing tracking site redunculous at 12:32pm 08.03.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1365 Well.... I recently read about the Aegean loss (I've been stuck without access to the civilised w
Garmin Data Card 182C Florida sail at 11:57am 08.03.12 Ask All Sailors 11/5566 Does anyone know where I can get updated Data cards for my Garmin 182 C GPS/ chart plotter? Garmin
Saga of crazed hatch lens replacement info (3) John T1594 at 11:37am 08.03.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/7189 E-Mail message from ME to LEWMAR: I have a number of Lewmar hatches on my 2000 Hunter 340 sailboat t
Transporting a Catalina 25 Milwaukee Protocol at 11:23am 08.03.12 Smaller Boats 7/8208 My brother-in-law and I are looking to transport his Catalina 25 from NY to WI and to put it bluntly
Fwd cabin question Dana and Luba at 9:32am 08.03.12 Big Boats 3/1221 I have a 2001 Passage 450. When the forward macerator decided to quit, it leaked out on the compart
Resale of an Older 22 Slow Mo^cean at 9:11am 08.03.12 Catalina 22 8/1634 I'm really getting into restoring the '84 C22 I have and so far have done minor free and cheap tasks
Battery Bank & Charger Wiring Questions (3) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 8:17am 08.03.12 Musings With Maine Sail 17/12357 Battery Bank ' Charger Wiring Questions Edited Hi Maine, I am planning to redo the charging/wir
Leaking water tank valve connection irwin30 at 7:25am 08.03.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1257 I have a 1979 Irwin Citation 30 water tank that is leaking around the output water valve connection.
Hunter 450 Wire Chase? Bowedtoothdoc at 7:08am 08.03.12 Big Boats 2/910 On my Hunter 450 there is a wire chase with a string behind and to the right of the starting battery
Hunter 23.5 Listing - should I move Battery? Rasemans at 6:52am 08.03.12 Smaller Boats 3/1485 Hi, My Hunter 23.5 lists to starboard when sitting in a slip. I am not sure why, but I suspect it is

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1984 Hunter 31 Floor Board (1) JamesG161 at 8:17am 02.11.23 For reference... s the piece above. Jim...
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 8:16am 02.11.23 Given the V drive and poor access are you going to go with a dripless seal this time around? Yes.
1984 Hunter 31 Floor Board (1) JamesG161 at 8:13am 02.11.23 This is back side of the Floor in my other post. ... PS: I will post another section that had wa
mooring pendants Alansails at 8:04am 02.11.23 I equate the lines to insurance and the value of what your boat is worth-would you use clothes line?
mooring pendants dlochner at 8:03am 02.11.23 Does the new ball does have a steel shaft that connects the pendant to the anchor chain? Mooring pe
Newbie installing a new thru hull transducer Hayden Watson at 7:59am 02.11.23 Makes sense. What type of consistency would be best for the epoxy? (mayonnaise, ketchup or peanut
Meet your new Forum Administrator Alansails at 7:52am 02.11.23 Much appreciation for all everyone who have had their hand on this, Takes alot of work that is somet
Floor board replacement on a hunter 306 StephenM at 7:45am 02.11.23 The Deck in the cabin is meant to support weight. Not on my boat Jim... rt weight. Not on my
Newbie installing a new thru hull transducer Hayden Watson at 7:44am 02.11.23
mooring pendants egreen024 at 7:40am 02.11.23 You may find that your bow cleat is too small for the recommended pendant. cleat can handle 3/4 si
mooring pendants egreen024 at 7:39am 02.11.23 Welcome to the SBO site. It is tough to make these decisions. Money. Will it be a calm water experi
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hayden Watson at 7:38am 02.11.23 Good choice. I used The Prop Shop in Mukilteo, and they did a nice job of the fit and face. Are you
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hollyberry at 7:38am 02.11.23 Given the V drive and poor access are you going to go with a dripless seal this time around?
Newbie installing a new thru hull transducer mforum at 7:38am 02.11.23 Its a sailboat, its an Internet forum, there will be conflicting advice almost by definition. :big
mooring pendants egreen024 at 7:37am 02.11.23 Welcome to SBO. What are other boats in your mooring field using? I would start there. https://x.
mooring pendants egreen024 at 7:34am 02.11.23 Kept my 25 footer on a mooring in a field where waves occassionly reached six feet. I use two 5/8"
Stale Forum mermike at 7:08am 02.11.23 I took pictures but my phone is a couple of years old and they're pretty blurry. My passenger has a
Newbie installing a new thru hull transducer dlochner at 7:00am 02.11.23
Newbie installing a new thru hull transducer mforum at 6:55am 02.11.23 The best way to drill the hole out to a larger diameter is to use the proper hole saw to cut a hole
Vhf splitter for ais transceiver jssailem at 6:47am 02.11.23 As Dave shared, the AIS for class B transceivers is 30 seconds. I posted a white paper with details

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