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Black Gold (1) kloudie1 at 9:09am 04.30.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1587 Got tax return .. went out and bought 4 new Yanmar motor mounts .. average price $116.85 each (diffe
Keel Shackle mbailey17 at 9:04am 04.30.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/992 Just recently Bought a 85 Mac 22 and doing a little work on her, mostly cosmetic stuff, bottom paint
Testing engine sensors wahoo42 at 9:03am 04.30.12 Big Boats 1/860 How does one go about checking engine sensors and gauges. I have a Passage 42 with a 4JH2-TE Yanmar
Sinking of the Aegean Hunter 376 noprob2 at 8:29am 04.30.12 Big Boats 0/1904 http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/30/11466954-gone-through-a-blender-no-signs-of-distress-be
What magazines do you read? Kermit at 7:53am 04.30.12 Ask All Sailors 28/3097 I just got a solicitation from "Soundings" magazine for a 12-month rate of $20.00. They don't offer
Replacement Navigation Lights ggooch at 7:09am 04.30.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 19/5241 I am replacing the original navigation lights on my 1982 MacGregor 25 and need a little advice. The
Ice box drain and Pirate defense gun RECESS at 7:04am 04.30.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1809 Just thought I would put out there an idea we stole from a fellow sailor. Our icebox uses a Jebsco h
Rudder richk at 6:42am 04.30.12 Big Boats 2/950 My boat (1988 H35 Legend) is currently hauled and I am prepping it for launch in two weeks. I notic
22oday doug brown at 5:39am 04.30.12 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2158 hi , i got a 22ft oday sailboat, i need to find out how to hook up the main, so i can let the sail s
Leaking bilge Deadline at 3:18am 04.30.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1049 My Hunter 320 is ten years old and pristine. But now one of my keel bolts is leaking. I estimate a q
Inner Child Toy Boat Question? Sail123 at 12:49am 04.30.12 Ask All Sailors 12/2195 Who here used to have toy boats in the bathtub as a kid? I am taking a bath and I just finished a
Goodbye, H23 (1) Brian M H23 at 11:27pm 04.29.12 Smaller Boats 7/1667 I know I haven't been very active lately, but some of you might remember me. In any case, I figured
Teak Rejuvenation Options (4) Sail123 at 10:53pm 04.29.12 Ask All Sailors 12/2613 Teak is over 35 years old. My 1976 Clipper Marine Aft Cabin 32 has always been a saltwater yacht. Fo
New boarding ladder (2) paulj at 10:09pm 04.29.12 Catalina 310 2/1341 Just can't make that one foot up on deck and bent knee jump any more.... Modification # 1 shown.
Vinyl stripe over Gelcoat stripe Skywalker at 9:42pm 04.29.12 Ask All Sailors 3/2056 I want to change the hull stripe color on my Beneteau. The waterline has a factory Gelcoat stripe th
Realized I left my water pump on Bigjer40 at 8:59pm 04.29.12 Ask All Sailors 10/2050 I am leaving town for the week and realized I didn't shut off all the swithces on my DC panel. The
Proposed sailboat rewire project (1) gray_penguin at 8:47pm 04.29.12 Ask All Sailors 17/2981 Hey, I have been researching and studying how to redo the 12V system on my 78 Hunter 33. If I could
Single-hand cast-off Joel H. at 8:07pm 04.29.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 23/3961 I need to hear some new solutions to casting-off single-hand. Last year I was fine using a midship s
Velcro-like door stopper pipes111 at 7:21pm 04.29.12 Ask An Oday Owner 14/2472 In building new bulkheads, I somehow misplaced "the device" that holds my cabin door open against th
Need Advice (8) grtsct at 6:47pm 04.29.12 S2 21/3241 I am looking at a S2 9.2C that I would like to buy, I know the boat needs some work but I feel that

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Lightning Protection Benny17441 at 10:28am 04.09.22 I don't. The fact that lightning is so powerful and unpredictable that it is deemed to strike wher
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 10:26am 04.09.22 Also Stu, my boat does have two separate 120v buses fyi. The 2 Dometic air conditioning/reverse cycl
PVC for Black Water Tank Vents Clutch Cargo at 10:18am 04.09.22 What is going to happen is that the ID of the hose is going to fit (snugly) over the OD of the PVC p
Strut Replacement jssailem at 10:14am 04.09.22 Smart. I have evolved onto a 6-8 month schedule of zinc on prop shaft replacement in my marina. I
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 10:14am 04.09.22 Been following and hope you get this sorted out to your satisfaction. Just a note to your quote:
Strut Replacement Arrigo666 at 10:10am 04.09.22 Thanks for your reply...the zink.was gone after new 6 months ago...and the front and back of strut a
Strut Replacement jssailem at 9:59am 04.09.22 Welcome to the SBO forum Arrigo666. Even in the best of situations, exposure to electrical stray DC
Wax or ceramic Rich Stidger at 9:52am 04.09.22 I have used Collinite Fleet Wax for years, and have been happy with it. I have found that the easie
Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts Scott T-Bird at 9:49am 04.09.22 Now it's looking more like a hole in the mast! :facepalm: Seems quite a bit more serious. Looks l
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank Stu Jackson at 9:30am 04.09.22 but I found that the shore power and generator have a transfer switch to line up one or the other o
Wax or ceramic Stu Jackson at 9:14am 04.09.22 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/tips-for-a-great-buff-wax.117266
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 9:13am 04.09.22 Oh and best wishes getting through your virus infection, my family and I caught cases Christmas 2020
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 9:09am 04.09.22 @hvac&r tech I fully agree. I am not fixing blame at this point, although there is "responsibili
compass Justin_NSA at 9:08am 04.09.22 Do you not have a pedestal compass or is yours in bad shape? There are some great places to get one
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 9:05am 04.09.22
Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts jssailem at 8:59am 04.09.22 Who ever did the weld, they may have weakened the mast. This sounds like a fix was made to a damag
compass BlowMeAway at 8:56am 04.09.22
PVC for Black Water Tank Vents jssailem at 8:53am 04.09.22 If I understand this, you plan to connect PVC pipe to Hose. Would that not leave the pipe edge expos
Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts (2) Learningthehardway at 8:50am 04.09.22 Got back out to the boat this AM. Took the sails down so we can get the mast down on Monday. It look
Lightning Protection Captain Larry-DH at 8:46am 04.09.22 I grounded my mast and rigging on my last boat. It was struck twice in 11 years. No hull damage, but

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