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Paint time or how to piss your spouse off (1) Jim Seamans at 12:01pm 04.26.12 Ask All Sailors 17/2831 After a hard day of work laying on your back and other anatomical body parts, sanding the love of yo
Anybody experiencing delayed subscription emails? Phil Herring at 11:05am 04.26.12 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/4696 A user contacted me today asking if our email notification system (for new forum posts) is experienc
bilge water problems Beeg at 10:12am 04.26.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1108 I'm new to forum, Please see my bilge water question in ask any owner. I posted in wrong place, and
Anchor Sail Etiquette Paul and Judy at 10:03am 04.26.12 Ask All Sailors 24/8837 My Hunter 33.5 swings like crazy while at anchor when the wind is blowing. I seem to swing more tha
LEGEND 40.5 font? zzub1942 at 7:44am 04.26.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1246 1993 Hunter LEGEND 40.5 What font was used to create the hull decal "LEGEND 40.5". Hunter Marine do
tach reading Don Lucas at 6:58am 04.26.12 Big Boats 3/1194 My tach doesn't read rpm all the time on my 410. The problem started last year and when onto the "wh
H19 trailer tampastockman at 6:29am 04.26.12 Smaller Boats 2/1081 I am picking up the H19 today. I have a trailer with rollers rather than bunks. The guy I got the tr
flooring for the Hunter water ballast boats Crazy Dave Condon at 6:22am 04.26.12 Smaller Boats 3/1620 Ladies and Gents The flooring that use to be offered thru the site store and Hunter is no longer a
Lowering Mast on H19 tampastockman at 6:21am 04.26.12 Smaller Boats 9/1694 I am going to pick up my H19 today. I will need to lower the mast. I am a big guy and strong (6'4 24
Pearson Wanderer John Bailey at 6:13am 04.26.12 Pearson 2/2144 I'm in the market for a Pearson Wanderer. Would like to hear anything that pertains to the boat --
Tall Ships - NYC lehigh375 at 5:24am 04.26.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1244 The tall ships will be coming from the south up the east coast for the parade into NY harbor at the
Restore teak Bigjer40 at 8:22pm 04.25.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1199 My 1984 H27 has teak grab rails topside and a strip just below the grab rails. They are very grey a
water tanks Golden Road at 7:58pm 04.25.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1610 Hey folks, I'm wondering what kind of water (drinking) tanks the O'Day 23 came with. My 1976 looks l
new keel winch cable GDTRFB at 7:46pm 04.25.12 Catalina 22 20/2922 I just picked up a new winch cable I had made. I showed the shop my old cable and wanted a new one
Engine Siezure Mystery Kallen at 7:41pm 04.25.12 Mid-Size Boats 11/1796 I am struggling with a perplexing mystery. A customer's Catalina 27 with an Universal diesel will c
Installing watermaker 393 Kordie at 7:39pm 04.25.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2801 After keeping an eye on the web I have found myself a brand new Katadyn 160 e Watermaker at a very g
Shaft Packing Size- 1982 H-30 Nelsonhow at 7:38pm 04.25.12 The Cherubini Hunters 2/936 Anyone remember the packing size for the shaft packing on a 1982 H-30 with a 1" shaft all originally
Hanging Blocks for Lazy Jacks/Stack Pack jimfrankelly at 7:29pm 04.25.12 Smaller Boats 0/1051 Matt at the Ottawa Chandlery suggested I use Llifting Eyenuts to hang the blocks for the Lazy Jacks/
Someone Else's Cherubini H37C rardiH36 at 7:15pm 04.25.12 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1324 I acknowledge that SBO forums shouldn't be a platform for boats for sale. But on this Cherubini for
Steering/Rudder Problems ljfiorenza at 7:12pm 04.25.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/2351 THe steering on my 1988 Catalina has always, in the three years I have owned her, been stiff, compar

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A lost art: Conserving ice. jssailem at 6:04am 04.08.22 I'll put a third coat of varnish on, just because it's too much fun not to. :) Lovely work Tom.
Sailing near Staunton Va Crazy Dave Condon at 5:59am 04.08.22 I will handle folks. This is right in my backyard and please advise who I am.
I blew a fuse! Maine Sail at 4:58am 04.08.22 Guy's I have said this before, many times. For any bank that may ever be called upon to start a moto
I blew a fuse! Scott T-Bird at 4:45am 04.08.22 I If the recommended fuse for 2AWG wire is 200 amps, why change wires because I blew a 100 amp fus
A lost art: Conserving ice. (3) TomY at 4:05am 04.08.22 A skilled stick-built boat builder knows (knew), that you'll be taking apart their work sometime in
THE R2AK... No whimpy Beer Can around the Harbor civilized afternoon on the bay... shemandr at 3:08am 04.08.22 You can use an ax handle for a tiller ...
inspectors estimated current market value vs asking price DArcy at 8:37pm 04.07.22 Way too many people buy a boat because she pleases their eye, rather than on whether that vessel re
Starting fluid MikeHoncho at 7:45pm 04.07.22 Jon Hansen I take it that starting fluid is ok in small amounts wont do damage this way thks Prob
I blew a fuse! (1) Tally Ho at 7:45pm 04.07.22 If you want to learn, here are two links that will help: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/forums/
Starting fluid MikeHoncho at 7:44pm 04.07.22 Thinwater You were writing as i typed that last one Thanks for a good technical explaination Guess
I blew a fuse! Tally Ho at 7:10pm 04.07.22 If you want to learn, here are two links that will help: https://forums.sailboatowners.com/forums/
I blew a fuse! Tally Ho at 7:10pm 04.07.22 If the recommended fuse for 2AWG wire is 200 amps, why change wires because I blew a 100 amp fuse?
Installing through-hulls in a Yamaha 33. jssailem at 7:09pm 04.07.22 Oh my. That sounds very exciting. Let me know about your progress. What size boat?
Reciprocal boat exchange? JoeWhite at 6:40pm 04.07.22 No exchanging of wife's or boats. They are too petsonal.
Desperate leakinhg Tom J at 6:23pm 04.07.22 I think its the pin that connects the handle to the diaphram on a manual Whale Gusher bilge pump.
Horizon Express Windlass - Just a clicking sound. Tom J at 6:21pm 04.07.22 Have you located the windlass circuit breaker yet? It is normally not on the dc circuit breaker pa
Re-Bedding a replacement through haul transducer Gene Neill at 6:05pm 04.07.22 Satan's Glue ? = 5200. You would be fine with 4200-- you can literally delaminate fiberglass pu
Re-Bedding a replacement through haul transducer pclarksurf at 5:51pm 04.07.22 Satan's Glue ? = 5200. You would be fine with 4200-- you can literally delaminate fiberglass pul
I blew a fuse! Stu Jackson at 5:30pm 04.07.22 So, I will freely admit that boat electricity is not my strong suit. If you want to learn, here ar
Ultra Sonic Anti-Fouling system Rjm st.petersburg at 5:05pm 04.07.22 I thought it sounded to good to be true. I didn't realize they were out there this long. Thank you f

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