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Sea water filling holding tank tadd5181 at 6:50pm 10.10.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/965 I own a 2000 Hunter 420. Recently the rear holding tank guage has show full when it should not be f
Hunter 23.5 Trailer Fender Source Tom L at 6:46pm 10.10.22 Smaller Boats 2/898 The fenders on my trailer for my Hunter 23.5 have rusted out and are starting to crumble. The trail
Leaky screws holding steering gear cover on Hunter 36 - any better solutions? AndyL at 2:39pm 10.10.22 Big Boats 12/1379 On my 2004 Hunter 36 the steering gear cover just behind the helm is held down by coarse threaded sc
Inherited a 1980 Cat 30 Cederholm at 1:42pm 10.10.22 Catalina 30 24/3688 Hi all, excited to join the group here. After restoring and enjoying a Catalina 27 for many years I
Boat damaged by IAN (3) dave_and_dd at 1:08pm 10.10.22 Ask All Sailors 17/2232 Well, in spite of damage, we were VERY lucky in IAN. I'm in Port Charlotte and were pretty much hit
Looking for recommendations for Porta Pottie with MSD Project_Mayhem at 9:30am 10.10.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 60/13082 My Dometic 975 MSD no longer pumps water into the bowl and has sprung a leak between the bowl and th
Oday 28 want to know more before I buy cryptotech at 7:18am 10.10.22 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1465
maybe a dumb water heater question.... Banooma at 6:44am 10.10.22 Ask All Sailors 5/666 I am planning to drain the water heater tank and bypass it for winterizing before the boat is hauled
Sailboat with Original Engine - Ya or Nay? smo10018 at 4:44am 10.10.22 Engines and Propulsion 20/3304 Am in the process of selling a smaller sailboat and looking for a larger (38 to 40 foot) boat. For
Hole in Keel Hunter 25 2008 (2) Richardd at 4:28am 10.10.22 Smaller Boats 5/959 Hi All, I have noticed hole in my keel of Hunter 25 2008 ( Shoal Keel) pictures attached, is that
Hunter 40 Series Davits (1) mpearce at 7:51pm 10.09.22 Big Boats 1/1069
Nice boat, but has an extra rust keel, how big of a risk? HeelBoy at 7:09pm 10.09.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1871 Found an 84 Mac 25 boat that I want to be mine, and I would have given asking price tonight if not f
CDI FF2 patbratton at 1:35pm 10.09.22 Smaller Boats 45/7153 I am getting ready to pull the trigger on roller furling for my H240. I have settled on a CDI FF2 (p
Loose footed main vs bolt roped main fred1diver at 12:07pm 10.09.22 Ask All Sailors 25/3291 Hello everyone, yesterday we removed my mast, so I raised the main for the last time this year to le
Is the boat sitting low in the water?? (1) Jamesiv1 at 10:31am 10.09.22 Catalina 22 45/4971
Removing a mid-ship cleat after 25 years (Hunter 40.5) (3) Rich Stidger at 8:32am 10.09.22 Ask All Sailors 52/5026 I have a 1997 Hunter 40.5 and I have a broken roller on both mid-ship cleats. I have machined new r
Tongue Extensions (1) Tedd at 7:46pm 10.08.22 Trailer Sailors 26/4490 My trailer has a very short extension capability--just a couple of feet. I'm planning to modify it f
Marine head on a 1972 Macgregor Venture 24 Kenflyet at 4:40pm 10.08.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/1091 I am looking at purchasing a 1972 MacGregor Venture 24. It has a marine head. A couple of question
For the Canadians: Licensed or unlicensed MMSI? Tedd at 4:31pm 10.08.22 Pacific North West Cruisers 22/5741 Posting in PNW Cruisers on the assumption that there are greater proportion of Canadians on this for
I'm picking up a new to me '87 H23 tomorrow. Tb0n3 at 2:09pm 10.08.22 Smaller Boats 50/6398 I've never been sailing, and never owned a boat. I've done a fair bit of research on what in general

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Electrical charging problem dlochner at 12:08pm 07.26.25 Everything is working perfectly there's not much to see on it. Except everything isn't working pe
Electrical charging problem Ted10028 at 11:56am 07.26.25
Electrical charging problem Davidasailor26 at 11:29am 07.26.25
Electrical charging problem dlochner at 11:20am 07.26.25 Problem is solved at least temporarily. I flipped the master breaker back-and-forth a couple of tim
Catalina 30 Steering radial well question (1) Mikes 87 at 11:15am 07.26.25 My 87 has five through hulls, two for the propane locker, one for the bilge (both manual and eclecti
Electrical charging problem Ted10028 at 11:06am 07.26.25 Problem is solved at least temporarily. I flipped the master breaker back-and-forth a couple of time
From a Catalina 22 to a 310 Stu Jackson at 10:52am 07.26.25
Urgent : Probl�mes graves sur notre Sun Odyssey 440 (2019) Dave at 10:49am 07.26.25 While we at SBO are sympathetic to your plight, we hesitant to allow the forum to be used in a campa
Sailboat Salvage Shopping Spree Richard19068 at 10:30am 07.26.25 After many years of putting it off, we finally went out to look around Lynden Sailboat Wrecking Yar
Catalina 22 refurbishing morbidfollower at 10:20am 07.26.25 I want to refurbish my 1986 Catalina 22. Where is the best place to buy interior curtains etc. I'v
Urgent : Probl�mes graves sur notre Sun Odyssey 440 (2019) kappykaplan at 10:18am 07.26.25
Urgent : Probl�mes graves sur notre Sun Odyssey 440 (2019) kappykaplan at 10:15am 07.26.25
Urgent : Probl�mes graves sur notre Sun Odyssey 440 (2019) kappykaplan at 10:11am 07.26.25
Electrical charging problem Dave at 9:55am 07.26.25 Let's give @Ted10028 a bit of a break. It may be hard to believe, however, some SBO members do have
Help identifying this grease BAD ORCA at 9:08am 07.26.25 It appears that it has separated. Put it in a pan of hot water for an hour and see if it becomes li
Help identifying this grease BAD ORCA at 9:02am 07.26.25 I just bought a $12 bottle of "I'll Never Use This Again" oil. I'm installing new refrigeration and
Help identifying this grease BAD ORCA at 9:00am 07.26.25
Sailboat Salvage Shopping Spree PaulK at 8:47am 07.26.25 You are lucky to have such a resource nearby. The closest we have to that is a metal scrap yard whe
Urgent : Probl�mes graves sur notre Sun Odyssey 440 (2019) PaulK at 8:39am 07.26.25
Help identifying this grease dlochner at 7:03am 07.26.25 Lanocote has a funky, nasty aroma. Lanacote is lanolin, aka sheep oil. It is derived from raw woo

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