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Fuse Protection for House Bank (1) H33CRich at 1:28pm 03.22.12 Musings With Maine Sail 7/3941 Maine Sail I have 4 new 6 volt EGC2 batteries from SamsClub (thanks for the tip) and want to addequa
bilge water Mick143 at 12:41pm 03.22.12 Bigger Boats 2/1285 Hello, Now that the warm weather is here and the cover is off the boat, I have slid the hatch and en
Remote Starter Switch Sagehen at 12:05pm 03.22.12 Catalina 310 2/1842 Have a 4-year-old Universal M-25XPB engine. Want to use a remote starter switch for bleeding the fu
Upper Chesapeake sailors THECUSCUS at 11:14am 03.22.12 Ask All Sailors 0/987 I participated in this last year, and it was alot of fun. Thought I would pass along so others may
Bottom paint gary at 10:22am 03.22.12 Smaller Boats 7/1700 I posted this question some time ago and received many good thoughts. I tried to retrieve the threa
Sewing Awl kpgraci at 8:46am 03.22.12 Ask All Sailors 10/3139 I've read many times that every sailboat should have one of these gadgets, and it was on my list of
How best to re-seal outboard motor mount to transom hubbardo at 8:22am 03.22.12 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1411 We are rebuilding the outboard mount on are 1978 H-25 and will be replacing the thru hull bolts that
Amanda Clark's Olympic Quest Soundbounder at 8:07am 03.22.12 Racing 0/4570 Former Shelter Island Reporter sailing columnist Jonathan Russo interviewed 29-year-old Shelter Isl
IMHO,This is why MacGregor used the 26D for testing (4) r.oril at 7:13am 03.22.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 29/5145 The MacGregor 26D has always been known as a fast boat. Since I upgraded to the rotating mast, it ha
ENC's c_witch at 6:46am 03.22.12 Trailer Sailors 3/1761 Hiee all, Anyone in here use the CM-93 version 2 charts? I have the entire set of world charts of
Sail Replacement Beneteau 321 at 4:14am 03.22.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1409 We are looking to replace our #1 roller furling genoa.Any suggestions as to cut ,material ,manufactu
Just Bought an Electric Outboard nick at 12:28am 03.22.12 Ask All Sailors 20/3387 Hope this generates some debate. My 2 hp BD2 Honda 2004 outboard went bang accompanied by blue smoke
Bow Repair (2) Kokani at 11:44pm 03.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/1899 Hi everyone, i have owned this boat for 22 years sailing in several places, a month ago i tried to s
Keel cable, Mac21... centerline at 8:53pm 03.21.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1761 what is the length of keel cable required on a Mac21? the one that is on mine is kinda fuzzy with
Gladiator 24 Ranahan at 8:00pm 03.21.12 Other Sailboats 5/3149 I'm helping fix up this boat. One issue it has is, the self draining cockpit drain plugging up. Ther
Main Halyard Lost Parent at 7:49pm 03.21.12 Ask All Sailors 18/2408 Has anyone run there main halyard to the cockpit on a Catalina 30 I would like to make it easier for
Dingy facelift (4) All U Get at 7:48pm 03.21.12 Ask All Sailors 16/3217 Hi all, Our dingy had a slow leak last season so I did a little search and I found Inland Marine had
Painted the Topside and added Grab Rails (11) Squidd at 7:34pm 03.21.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1371 Painted the topside , re bedded the hardware and added grab rails http://img.photobucket.com/albu
Dual Duty For Battery Fuse? -- OK or Not? rardiH36 at 5:14pm 03.21.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2218 I've been reading the "Lack of Fusing" thread -- also other fusing threads often started by Mainsail
Combine solar and wind charge controllers? Argyle38 at 5:13pm 03.21.12 Musings With Maine Sail 5/4330 I'm installing 48W of solar this spring and am looking for a charge controller. I'm looking mainly a

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Miss sailing rgranger at 6:56am 11.18.22
Questions About Bottom Paint fstbttms at 6:49am 11.18.22
Questions About Bottom Paint cousineddy at 6:46am 11.18.22 So we should use bottom paints that are highly toxic to aquatic life to keep our sailboat bottoms c
Hunter 30T issues before buying? Justin_NSA at 6:32am 11.18.22 I paid twice that for my '91 H30T a few years back. My biggest peeve is the cast iron keel that like
Occaisional Head Smell Monheganlover at 6:29am 11.18.22 I have a 2002 Catalina 310. I bought the boat in 2020 and had the issue you describe with the head
Coasta Rica - Where to charter lessons and days aboard Don S/V ILLusion at 6:17am 11.18.22
Hunter 30T issues before buying? RoyS at 6:11am 11.18.22 IMHO it is better to take out a loan and buy a better boat than to buy an older boat with cash on ha
ProFurl S26 with Failure at Sail Attachment Point GaborSolyom at 6:05am 11.18.22 I think this is a very good solution! I would like to ask if anyone has an assembly guide or parts
Questions About Bottom Paint fstbttms at 6:03am 11.18.22 What's your deal? Not one positive or helpful comment... just snarky criticism. Really uncool, my
Hunter 30T issues before buying? David in Sandusky at 5:48am 11.18.22 What jssailem said.
Electric dinghy engines dlochner at 5:38am 11.18.22 West Marine and Defender are having a sale on Torqeedo Travel 1103, about $250 off list.
Questions About Bottom Paint Joe at 5:30am 11.18.22 OK, if you say so. What's your deal? Not one positive or helpful comment... just snarky criticis
Questions About Bottom Paint Joe at 5:27am 11.18.22
Do not lick this Toad! BrianH at 5:22am 11.18.22 He refused to own a handheld circular saw I wish I had that same fear for circular saws... I had o
Electric winches? My crew and I aren't getting any younger. Tally Ho at 5:00am 11.18.22
Occaisional Head Smell Deleted member 117556 at 4:28am 11.18.22 This is our 3rd cruising season (Nov-May) using Noflex and it works amazingly well. Never an odor.
Freeing rusty bolts - best penetrating oil danooxnard at 4:24am 11.18.22 In applications where you can apply a little heat, bees wax is the best! dano
Miss sailing jssailem at 9:39pm 11.17.22
Engine replacement Oceanis 411 Clipper jssailem at 9:36pm 11.17.22 Welcome to you. Glad you joined the SBO forum. Repowering a boat is a major decision. An engine tha
Challenge with replacing Sanitation Hose (1) JoeWhite at 9:36pm 11.17.22 Here is a spring collar hose clamp that may be used. Available in autostores..

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