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If Foresight was 20/20 and not Hindsight! Scubagirl62 at 10:58am 11.21.11 Smaller Boats 22/4047 If you had it to do all over again, what big dollar item that you purchased for your boat do you wis
Butane in cold weather timebandit at 9:00am 11.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1270 I have a question for those who use those cute single bunner butane stoves. Does the butane work b
disconnect shaft from engine (1) luvitt at 8:52am 11.21.11 Engines and Propulsion 7/3389 ok, i got all the motor mounts free and disconnected all of the hoses, wiring, etc. all thats left
Bent Spinnaker pole FourPoints at 8:41am 11.21.11 Ask All Sailors 15/4492 Last sail of the season this weekend, brought the boat up to Stratford where it is going to be haule
2 strokes on Lake Tahoe? Right On! at 8:16am 11.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/9037 Hi all, Anyone know here if the officials at Lake Tahoe will allow small two stroke out boards on
12 Gal Gas Tank in Hold GorillaToast at 7:41am 11.21.11 Catalina 22 15/2702 I suppose it's silly to ask if Catalina 22s come from the factory with a 12 gal Moeller gas tank in
Fresh Water Pump, Tank Location rkahan at 7:36am 11.21.11 Smaller Boats 8/5937 New sailboat owner. Bought a 1984 Hunter 25.5 as my first and working to restore all "systems". Th
Rardi, about that Rustoleum. Ed Schenck at 7:32am 11.21.11 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1866 I plan to bring my Edson pedestal home for refurbishing. The "silver" extension on yours is painted
Late season sailing in Maine Tim R. at 7:25am 11.21.11 Ask All Sailors 4/1635 Sailed to one of our favorite spots this weekend in Casco Bay and spent the night. Awesome sail DDW
Reseal keel on Seidelmann 25 ematheus at 7:04am 11.21.11 Seidelmann 20/12012 Ahoi everyone: I have my Seidelmann 25 on a trailer at home. I'm basically refitting the whole boat
Rigging for a 1983 Hunter 20 Pegfrayne at 6:20am 11.21.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1256 My Husband and I have been sailing a 1983 Hunter 20 for four years now on the Upper Barnegat Bay in
Rust Marks jorgefife at 6:18am 11.21.11 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1701 I have a sail for a Pearson 35 which I got, early days, before I knew the difference from port to st
Water in compression post on 29.5 GrantZ at 6:17am 11.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 4/2222 Recently, I have noticed water leaking out of the bottom of my steel compression post and collecting
Coin in hull of O'Day Sailboat (1) Shoaldrafter at 5:17am 11.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 48/8325 Rich, You said that you had been all over the hull of the boat while rebuilding. So was I. I did
Flotation in an O'Day dkahley at 3:44am 11.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 9/5775 I'm rebuilding an O'Day 20 and looking for a better alternative for interior flotation than the styr
1980 hunter chainplate glenn mosley at 2:43am 11.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 8/1847 looking for a chainplate for a 1980 hunter 33
Compression post surgery (5) Jared1048 at 12:52am 11.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 17/6167 I've been kicking around different ideas on how to fix this and finally took some action. Placing a
Packing Ralph Johnstone at 8:00pm 11.20.11 Ask All Sailors 0/2 For a number of years I have been chiming in here on packing glands and the fact I have run mine bon
Singlehanded Deck Hardware Removal GorillaToast at 7:04pm 11.20.11 Catalina 22 7/1745 Anyone got any tips and tricks on how to get at the nuts and bolts of deck hardware from both sides
S2 8.5 question fiatracer163 at 6:35pm 11.20.11 S2 5/2942 Is there access to the keel bolts on the 8.5? I looked into the hatch below the stairs, and tried to

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WWP 19 converted to power boat. Han Solo at 6:31pm 09.17.22 Capacity and charging the battery bank will not be a issue for next year. There are over 70 locks wi
DC Circuit Breaker Failures (2) quadrille38 at 6:24pm 09.17.22 Well they are not Blue Sea. They are Airpax pictures attached.
Fuel Polishing in St. Louis area jssailem at 6:21pm 09.17.22 Small tanks give you an advantage in that approach. When you carry a hundred or more gallons then
WWP 19 converted to power boat. jssailem at 6:11pm 09.17.22 Welcome to the SBO forum. Dave has given you a good start with solid data. Perhaps it would be more
Question regarding how to winterize seacocks when boat kept in the water all winter Monheganlover at 6:10pm 09.17.22 Thanks! Feel free to email me sometime at Islandme1996@gmail.com if you might like to compare notes
WWP 19 converted to power boat. Han Solo at 5:47pm 09.17.22 Thanks Dave. I have researched on how to charge lithium batteries in vehicles. I upgraded the altern
1985 Hunter 23' question peptobysmol at 5:32pm 09.17.22 Thanks Gentlemen!
WWP 19 converted to power boat. dlochner at 5:29pm 09.17.22 Welcome to SBO. You'll find a lot of experienced and knowledgeable sailors here. Before jumping in
Fischer panda generator Question seadaddler at 5:12pm 09.17.22 My 4200 FP has fuel out of tank into filter since 07 and runs great never problem.
Fuel Polishing in St. Louis area seadaddler at 5:08pm 09.17.22 I did it myself removed all fuel just had gunk on bottom of tank
Yanmar 3YM30 bell housing oil leak on Oceanis 37 seadaddler at 5:05pm 09.17.22 I did change rear seal lots of labor yes move forward to clear tranny remove tranny and lots of othe
FM Radio/CD player connected to starter battery (1) Davidasailor26 at 4:09pm 09.17.22 What model radio? This is the power wiring diagram for my PolyPlanar radio - n yellow line, but I d
FM Radio/CD player connected to starter battery smokey73 at 3:51pm 09.17.22 @Tally Ho. check the wires from the back of your battery. If your radio keeps the presets when the
FM Radio/CD player connected to starter battery Tally Ho at 3:21pm 09.17.22 I thought newer stereos had a ram memory or a small battery to keep the presets, etc. As far as I k
New mast came with wrong base Crazy Dave Condon at 3:20pm 09.17.22 @RitSim I have the mast mfg and sailboat owners owner involved. I am the one who submitted the p
Holding tank, stud finder Mike8193 at 2:46pm 09.17.22 Checked it out this week and it seemed accurate. Kept track of how many times it was used and number
New Mailsale Tally Ho at 2:46pm 09.17.22 Greg, if I could pull the stack pack out of the way I'd be wholeheartedly in favor. I'm probably go
What to do when the boat is not running... jssailem at 2:20pm 09.17.22 Isn't it time to quit your wining and run those sails up the mast again? Would if I could. The t
Carbon Monoxide Alarm going off due to the head? Leeward Rail at 2:07pm 09.17.22
What am I looking at here (surveying a C30)? Ward H at 1:50pm 09.17.22

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