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Long shaft or short shaft? Barry1957 at 10:12am 01.08.12 Day Sailers 4/9425 How does one go about determining which motor "shaft" length will do the job, long or short? Current
Determining correct "local" time at sea manus at 9:59am 01.08.12 Ask All Sailors 13/4290 Knowing that one can obtain (1) correct UTC time via either WWV or WWVH on SSB radio or via GPS whil
Vents For The Engine Compartment Joe Mullee at 9:20am 01.08.12 Big Boats 27/8724 On my Hunter 34 there are no vents to allow air to pass in and out of the engine compartment. I was
Mast step leak on Hunter 36....on the hard only! deacm at 7:09am 01.08.12 Big Boats 4/1398 I have a 2006 Hunter 36 where the mast step leaks into the salon but ONLY when we're up on the crad
Technical Electrical/Electronic Question (2) Shoaldrafter at 7:07am 01.08.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2274 All, I normally reside over on O'Day Owners Forum, but am making a double entry post over here also
Technical Electrical/Electronic Question (2) Shoaldrafter at 6:52am 01.08.12 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1627 All, I routine point folks to archives on questions. I asked our archives several questions using
Deck Hardware Backing Plates JimLor at 6:00am 01.08.12 Pearson 14/5062 You may notice from another post that I am chasing leaks on our new to us Pearson 28. I also noticed
Head refit on 1977 Hunter MLampner at 8:15pm 01.07.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/4181 Peggie have been following your forum as I begin to think seriously about an overhaul of the head. H
Running rigging storage blue dolphin at 8:09pm 01.07.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1176 in the cockpit there are round plastic rings with string attached/mounted on bulkhead. String is lo
Wiring question Kestle at 8:00pm 01.07.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2138 OK, wiring is my weak spot on boats. Here's what I want to do, and I'd appreciate feedback... I'm
Chartplotter/Autopilot Lost Parent at 7:02pm 01.07.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1627 I am picking up a Raymarine A57D Chartplotter and looking at buying a new Raymarine Smartpilot X5 a
Deadline approaching, still undecided Bonzai at 6:49pm 01.07.12 Ask All Sailors 13/2745 Well,the time is fast coming up,end of January,when I need to move my newly acquired sailboat to new
Rigging on French built 411 Jorgeusa at 6:41pm 01.07.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1460 I own a French built 411 2001 and was wondering what threads are used on the rigging hardware (I'm p
Marine SSB Functionally Obsolete? Rick D at 6:35pm 01.07.12 Ask All Sailors 17/6451 I have a single sideband marine unit installed. It works; I have talked to others hundreds of miles
H410 Windlass FrankT at 6:13pm 01.07.12 Big Boats 5/1335 I have a H410 2002 that's equipped with a Simpson Lawrence windlass. The owners manual indicates the
Getting farther along on the wiring (4) toddco at 5:29pm 01.07.12 Day Sailers 5/1555 Since the weather doesn't want to cooperate for goose hunting, I've been running the electrical thro
Macerator Freezing Up Between Uses Rick D at 5:23pm 01.07.12 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 10/6808 OK, so I have a Johnson macerator in a non-boating application emptying the contents of a 15 gallon
Speaking Of Cutting Stainless... Rick D at 5:07pm 01.07.12 Ask All Sailors 10/2098 (Rather than taking another thread in a different direction) So I was modifying a bimini frame. I sc
Best way to lower a Dodger (1) rpwillia at 3:39pm 01.07.12 Ask All Sailors 9/3020 My dodger is the Catalina Factory Dodger which is the exact perfect height that when I stand at the
Blaise: Blue water H37c ? MATHURIN2 at 3:01pm 01.07.12 The Cherubini Hunters 26/5149 Blaise or others, I'd like some serious first hand impression on the handling of our H37c in heavy w

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Used Furler Parts rgranger at 7:19am 12.05.22 SBO does support a "Parts Search" forum here https://forums.sailboatowners.com/forums/parts-search
House battery recommendations dlochner at 7:19am 12.05.22 Start with calculating the amount of energy that you will need to power your toys for as long as yo
Selden rigid boom vang rodkicker without gas strut? George Braun at 7:17am 12.05.22 I have always thought about putting a guide block on the end of the boom to use the topping lift as
Helm Seat RoyS at 7:08am 12.05.22 My helm seat is shown above and left. I like it a lot. If you are considering one like it keep the f
Propeller decipher (1) JamesG161 at 7:05am 12.05.22 211357 I bought the new one from this site and it was re-pitched for my transmission. Jim...
Propeller decipher JamesG161 at 7:01am 12.05.22 I had to replace my 14 year old prop. There has been much advancement is propellor design. If you a
Propeller decipher Arctic Hawk at 6:53am 12.05.22
Selden rigid boom vang rodkicker without gas strut? tfox2069 at 6:37am 12.05.22 2009 Hunter 36 here, no gas piston when I bought the boat 4 hears ago. Sourced one and installed (v
Change taps didiercat at 6:36am 12.05.22 Very good idea to cut the fiberglass panel ... Thank you ..
Used Furler Parts Brian D at 6:21am 12.05.22 Look here - Used sailboats, sailboats for sale Rules on SBO will not allow the selling of items wit
My worse boat nightmare... What is yours? dLj at 6:16am 12.05.22 Apparently there is very little debris when that happens. It isn't as though she was sinking in pla
Propeller decipher Dave Groshong at 4:22am 12.05.22 Metric, so I think 15 diameter x pitch 10
1974 morgan 36 oi cc. jssailem at 4:09am 12.05.22
1994 33.5 Recessed Hood Furling system rubbing jssailem at 3:46am 12.05.22 When I first saw the image of the drum going thru the deck I wondered if the way the drum was secure
1974 morgan 36 oi cc. dlochner at 3:42am 12.05.22 Welcome to SBO. Have you tried searching for Morgan Sailboat Owners Association?
handheld VHf? Iris thomas at 12:42am 12.05.22 I have used this radio throughout the boating season. I ride my boat quite often and haven't had any
1994 33.5 Recessed Hood Furling system rubbing gotons at 9:30pm 12.04.22 Figured I'd post an update....sort of. I haven't resolved the issue yet. I did have a tuner look
It's never easy. Autopilot install. Mark Maulden at 9:03pm 12.04.22 I would not just fill the gap with whatever comes out of a tube. There is a fair amount of torque a
Its funny Friday! dLj at 8:07pm 12.04.22 Clearly I'm in need of a vacation... dj
DC distribution panel in Hunters artboas at 7:48pm 12.04.22 Ok, here is the logical answer. There are many breakers on your boat that you regularly switch on an

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