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Speeding up brass polishing njl at 8:13pm 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 12/2854 I have 12 brass portholes that the PO neglected pretty badly. Today I worked away with a copper wire
Gluing Polyethylene ......................... Ralph Johnstone at 7:40pm 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 14/7463 I am looking at trying to attach a small 1/2" thick plate to the top of a 3/16" polyethylene potable
Demensions for the main sheet MLampner at 7:33pm 11.13.11 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1437 Oes anyone know the spec on the main sheet on a hunter 30 from 1977. Mine is in need of replacement.
Battery box? ami342 at 6:35pm 11.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1810 Hi Folks, Does an Oday 22 owner know where the battery originally was located ? I have a wiring n
Lowering a mast Bill Ellis at 6:03pm 11.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/4907 I would like to lower the mast on my 1985 Hunter 25.5. The mast is pinned to the cabin top. By remov
Installing inboaard motor on an O'day 23 AWalker at 5:55pm 11.13.11 Day Sailers 11/3731 I have been toying with the idea of putting an electric motor inboard on my O'Day 23. I ran across a
Mac 25 Electrical acox271929 at 4:50pm 11.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2071 I have a 1984 Mac 25. Need electrical schematic if someone has one. Thanks, Al Cox
The expanding bunk on the old Hunter 30 rochesterdriver at 4:43pm 11.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2178 Yep, it's a 78 model, Cherubini of course. There is no evidence that there was ever any fold out,
Slogging Roger Long at 4:21pm 11.13.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2809
Hunter 340 Mainsheet Replacement broble at 2:37pm 11.13.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1319 I recently purchased a Hunter 340 and on the trip home from San Diego the mainsheet let go. It shatt
Hunter 410 Blower Don Lucas at 1:46pm 11.13.11 Big Boats 3/1133 My 410 has a Blower breaker and there's wires to it. But to date I haven't seen a blower in the boat
H22 asy spi cabbyjprs at 10:43am 11.13.11 Smaller Boats 1/1427 Going 7.5 kts spi, jib and main sail http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4dnvjKhmPQ'feature=youtube_gd
Preparing to Head South From Puerto Montt Sequitur at 10:01am 11.13.11 Big Boats 0/874 I have just added a new post to our blog at: Preparing to Leave Puerto Montt There is a lot of info
All i want for xmas is 40+ feet of water. gabriel.donnelly at 9:04am 11.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1804 My lake is dry, my marina is gone. The Knotty Girl is somewhere out there down the channel couple mi
Sail types - ratio? voltzwgn at 9:02am 11.13.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1464 Ok I'm sure the question will give it away but I'm pretty new to sailing at leasrat at more than a c
SIMONIZ ROYALE MARINE cleaner/wax VBJOEY at 8:59am 11.13.11 Day Sailers 0/2300 Why can't I find one thread on this product? I've kept an old can for many, many years and just tri
Engine odor... Doug/Karen at 7:59am 11.13.11 Big Boats 8/3555 As we prepare to close the boat for the season, we bring home several items of bath and bed linens.
Replaceing halyard mike pace at 7:38am 11.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1995
Cockpit floor repair captdaveglass at 5:52am 11.13.11 Mid-Size Boats 2/1866 Having started the job and determining that the plywood under the top surface does not extend to the
Keeping food longer MORNING LIGHT at 4:55am 11.13.11 Ask All Sailors 36/9682 In my boat, I only have an ice box, like most of us I guess, but when you go sailing for more than 5

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Help! Engine problem :( flightlead404 at 7:10am 11.08.22 Could something have happened in the accessory case to the gear driving the raw water pump? Seems u
Help! Engine problem :( flightlead404 at 7:09am 11.08.22
7:1? (1) rgranger at 7:02am 11.08.22 Right! So how does a person who is otherwise to lazy or ill equipped to master the things they have
Single handing WI Rigger at 6:58am 11.08.22 I gather you put the name on the sides of the boat not on the stern? I have not installed mine as of
Any Guesses Kings Gambit at 6:49am 11.08.22
Tips and Tricks from John Harries Timm R Oday25 at 6:26am 11.08.22 Thanks for passing that along..some of us are always trying to learn..
Battery and Electrical system upgrading questions dLj at 6:13am 11.08.22 My first question for you is how are you going to sail? Will you be mooring? Live aboard? Weekend tr
Help! Engine problem :( smokey73 at 6:10am 11.08.22 Description of "timing" of events might help pin down the problem. How long from the odd rubber sme
Help! Engine problem :( smokey73 at 5:56am 11.08.22 Did you get a chance to check the engine visually when you got the high temp alarm but before you sa
7:1? dLj at 5:34am 11.08.22 If I were you, I'd take a close look at where my boat was anchored w.r.t. that boat and make sure I
In-boom outhaul rigging. Could use some help... shemandr at 5:16am 11.08.22 I don't know if you should use dyneema or not. But I would choose the lowest stretch line I could f
Help! Engine problem :( Kings Gambit at 5:12am 11.08.22
Help! Engine problem :( Davidasailor26 at 5:10am 11.08.22 Maybe a blockage in the sea water intake? Does water come out the thru hull when the seacock is open
Any Guesses rgranger at 4:46am 11.08.22
Hunter 23 mast base replacement. rgranger at 4:43am 11.08.22 That is a very common style Do a Google for mast base. I bet they have it here at the SBO store. G
Solar Confusion Nodak7 at 4:32am 11.08.22 OK I need to help! I have a pair of LG395 Fixed Panels connected to a single Victron MPPT Smart 15
Any Guesses justsomeguy at 4:04am 11.08.22 called the "Happy Hooker".. And the "EasyMoor".
What is the proper response? Apex at 3:08am 11.08.22 you said no contact, thus you kept clear. The leeward boat could have continued to pinch up, forcin
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater All U Get at 3:02am 11.08.22
What is the proper response? thinwater at 2:56am 11.08.22 No overlap, no problem. As I understand it, they were clear astern at all times. If they could not r

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