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A Mystery sea_casper at 6:53pm 05.23.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/2498 Tonight, Public Television, Pearl Harbor, Midget Sub ' Roger.
Hunter e33 humming GreggL at 6:29pm 05.23.12 Mid-Size Boats 11/2087 Fellow Hunter owners, newbie here. Just took delivery and spent my first few nights aboard the ne
dripless shaft seal woes jwadd at 6:27pm 05.23.12 Catalina 30 4/2166 I'm in need of a dripless shaft seal for a 1988 Catalina 30 with a Universal 25XP engine. After laun
Diesel Engine Shaft Seal Packing Sail123 at 6:26pm 05.23.12 Engines and Propulsion 5/3298 I have a 1976 Yanmar diesel engine that should have the shaft resealed before it leaves the hard of
88 Cat 30 forsale questions (1) Howeman at 6:18pm 05.23.12 Catalina 30 18/2438
Only 15k, what to buy? orokusaki at 6:04pm 05.23.12 Sails Call Lounge 3/3742 I'm wondering what sort of boat I can get into for 15k. I only care about A) lasts long, B) can be s
looking for a 96 23.5 owner manual sailboat738 at 5:49pm 05.23.12 Smaller Boats 4/1110 hi guys just bought a 96 23.5 and looking for an owners manual . if you have one could you post a
Fin Keel sailboat stored on a boat lift: recommended? (2) Freeblowing at 5:44pm 05.23.12 Ask All Sailors 20/8799
Halyards in Mast and Back to Cockpit Fred Villiard at 5:34pm 05.23.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/5502 Don or anyone, I'm running my halyards in my mast and back to the cockpit and am wondering is ther
Water seeping in at keel bolt Dave2424 at 5:21pm 05.23.12 Big Boats 8/3116 Hello Assembled Luminaries I have some seepage from the forward keel bolt. I assume that I need to
Beneteau 393 (3) locogato at 5:19pm 05.23.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/50 A client is buying a Beneteau 393 in Raiatea Tahiti and I will be delivering her San Diego. I had po
water in engine oil trichardson at 4:53pm 05.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2174 I have a Hunter 430 with a 50hp Volvo engine. A couple of weeks ago I came up with water in my engin
Static battery charger rgranger at 4:45pm 05.23.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1924 Hey All I read this article on using static electricity from wind blowing over a wire to charge a b
Chesapeake Hunter Rendezvous Aug 9-12 (1) Carl sv WINDROSE at 2:59pm 05.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2216 The Hunter Sailing Associations of the Chesapeake are pleased to announce The Hunter Chesapeake Rend
Stem Fitting Sealant (1) Clark at 1:26pm 05.23.12 Musings With Maine Sail 5/2964 Rascal, my Capri 22 got into an argument with a Hunter 28.5 and lost. I have to replace the stem fit
painting copper sallylynnh at 1:16pm 05.23.12 Engines and Propulsion 2/2721 I have cleaned my heat exchanger and now need to paint it. I'm having trouble finding what paint to
Securing Swim Ladder reworb at 1:04pm 05.23.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2900 The swim ladder on our new to us 311 is held in the up position by a ratty old sticky bungee cord.
Stern Boat drain robert19954 at 11:42am 05.23.12 Ask An Oday Owner 10/2880 Water gathers on my stern deck. It used to drain out of the back but for some reason it doesn't and
Leakage into the bilge Brian Aldeghi at 11:31am 05.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1767 Just bought a Mac 26s. Has a few issues--the worst of which is about 10 gallons of water coming fro
Mast steps, Fixed or foldable? Gyberman at 11:13am 05.23.12 Catalina 30 1/1399 Hello Catalina 30 Owmers, I recently purchased a 1987 MK 2 Cat 30. My problem is the Spreader lights

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Any sailor peppers out there? markwbird at 11:12am 01.02.23 Exactly what makes you think Suriname is safe from the fallout? Exactly?
Older sailers kappykaplan at 11:10am 01.02.23 When two boats are sailing on a similar course, it is likely they are racing whether either of the
Raymarine Axiom SEMPERAVANTI41 at 10:59am 01.02.23 David, can you provide more details? Not sure I fully understand exactly what is a Rasberry Pi.
1991 Hunter 42 passage Gooseneck (3) jssailem at 10:57am 01.02.23 Welcome to the SBO Forum. Pictures are helpful. These are the parts available here on the SBO websi
Older sailers higgs at 10:51am 01.02.23 My father sailed until his early 90's, When he was in his late 80's he was still winning sailing co
Older sailers jssailem at 10:48am 01.02.23 The look on their faces when the "Coastal Grandma" at the wheel waved while ducking under them and
Older sailers Calif. Ted at 10:40am 01.02.23 Time does help teach one how to sail.... Warmest memory of the holiday season for me was passing a
Original cabin heat/air system for 2007 Hunter 45cc? SV_Gonromin at 10:36am 01.02.23 Thank you, @Terry Cox, @MFD, @jssailem, @BobH57 for all your thoughts and suggestions. We intend to
Any sailor peppers out there? capta at 10:26am 01.02.23
Westerbeke 42b coolant questions jssailem at 10:25am 01.02.23 curious if reusing the bolt and insert new zing instead of whole assembly will make this more or le
Happy new year to all jssailem at 10:18am 01.02.23
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting Ralph Johnstone at 10:17am 01.02.23 I think it is as lean as 35:1 at idle and closer to 12:1 at WOT. Does the 35:1 ratio refer to 35
OEM water heater for 1997 oceanis 400? bmadan at 10:14am 01.02.23 I wanted to say "thanks" for this post. I'm replacing my HWH in my Beneteau 36.1 and this was the p
Warped Rudder JBP-PA at 10:07am 01.02.23 No fiberglass. The coating a penetrating epoxy sealer from Total Boat. You did varnish on top of t
Original cabin heat/air system for 2007 Hunter 45cc? SV_Gonromin at 10:00am 01.02.23 deeper will still have moderate water temps due to Pacific Ocean tidal flows. I can attest to that
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting SycloneDriver at 9:51am 01.02.23 One easy thing that can be done for a hard to start diesel is to add a fuel supplement containing a
Corrosion On Engine Scott T-Bird at 9:48am 01.02.23 That doesn't look like corrosion to me. All that whitish stuff is mineral deposits from leaking wat
1991 Hunter 42 passage Gooseneck Ralph Johnstone at 9:44am 01.02.23 or if I need to repair? Thanks Dean Welcome to the site. I know someone here has the experienc
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting SycloneDriver at 9:41am 01.02.23 @SycloneDriver , from what I've been able to find, a diesel is constant air intake. Does this af
North Atlantic rescue off Delaware coast Scott T-Bird at 9:40am 01.02.23 I suspect the rescued sailors over rated their sailing skills which lead them to make a risky deci

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