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53 'Cheoy Lee Motorsailer vatab at 9:50am 11.07.11 Ask All Sailors 2/4420 I am looking for a large sail boat in size 50-55 foot for sailing around the world. I wonder if the
Bow plate Dreamgate at 9:48am 11.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1129 I read a great article by Bob Skalkowski in 2004 on how he modified the bow plate for an anchor set
Solar panels in the pacific northwest Jared1048 at 9:47am 11.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2035 I'm looking at getting a 65watt panel added to the top side of my deck below the main. I know its no
Bent Mast drterryh at 9:44am 11.07.11 Ask All Sailors 8/1814 I have a friend with a small daysailer who has a bent aluminum mast. The mast was in it's cradle and
Attention all O'day Refurbishers /Recyclers (1) Panta Rei at 8:49am 11.07.11 Bigger Boats 19/5390 Picking up on Joe's (25 years later) recycler concept , I have decided to make a set of rub on dec
Pettit Ultima SR 60 Questions..... (1) Sumner at 8:23am 11.07.11 Ask All Sailors 11/9992 First thanks for the help on the Zipper/Enclosure Window question. I'm going to get some 303. We a
Feathering Prop & barnacles Ken13559 at 8:00am 11.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1315 Those who uses feathering prop e.g. Kiwi Prop, could you advice me if barnacle growing around the pr
Some Photo sharing allen-deckard at 7:57am 11.07.11 Catalina 22 0/1016 Just thouught it might be fun for people to share some photos of this past boating season with each
Main sail question allen-deckard at 7:41am 11.07.11 Catalina 22 4/1466 This spring I plan on buying a new main sail. When I was at the anapolis sailboat show I went arou
oil filter question hmurmur at 7:24am 11.07.11 Engines and Propulsion 7/2333 I successfully changed my oil on my Yanmar engine. I drained the oil, removed the old oil filter and
Well, I did it! Now what? joes new addiction at 7:08am 11.07.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1847 Got the sailing bug in '88 after a pisser of a motorcycle wreck and 18 months in a leg cast, (raced
peeling bottom paint DJN51 at 6:29am 11.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/890 Just helped buddy pull his boat for season 79 S2.He had painted it with Blue Water ablative bottom
hunter 376 on a run with swept back spreaders captcwc at 5:57am 11.07.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/2651 Am interested in observations of ability to sail on a run with swept back spreaders thank you
O'Day 23 Backing Plates and Jib Sheet sba55 at 5:51am 11.07.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1346 2 questions that hopefully someone can help me with. The boat I just bought is missing the 2 bow cle
New Tide App timebandit at 5:45am 11.07.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1569 Check this out--- http://www.chronglobal.com
Party Photo Roger Long at 4:33am 11.07.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 12/3983 Here's a photo of the SBO forumites at the SOS Blue Lips cruise party. From left to right are, RON2
Battery Chargers AtlanticAl at 12:48am 11.07.11 Ask All Sailors 8/2298 I am at present re wiring my boat. I am doubling up the batteries, bought a load of stuff, includin
Annapolis Gathering happening on Nov 11! PrincessoftheLake at 10:38pm 11.06.11 Ask All Sailors 10/2844 The date is set! Let's meet at the Boatyard Bar and Grill in Eastport on Friday November 11th at 4:
Hunter23.5 jetboatn at 10:08pm 11.06.11 Smaller Boats 0/1060 Would someone mind giving me the size of the plastic shackles needed to connect the sail to the mast
Has anyone bought sails from BlueWater yachts Hollyweirdos at 7:51pm 11.06.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2555 They have good prices on OEM Mac sails. Have yinz used them?

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Water filter not needed right? xavpil at 3:34am 10.24.22 You asked and I be tellin' ya : ll as I mentioned in post #7. When the handle is in line with the
Replacing Old Shore Power Connection with Smartplug Tin Kicker at 2:01am 10.24.22 303 is made for UV protection and is at many Home Depots, Walmarts, Amazon, etc. https://www.homede
Replacing Old Shore Power Connection with Smartplug Ralph Johnstone at 11:06pm 10.23.22 New one from West Marine said "store out of sun when not in use" !!!!!!!. Is that a Smartplug. G
Alternator NYSail at 11:03pm 10.23.22 what is the alternator directly wire to? On my beneteau the alt was originally wired directly to
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar (4) Ralph Johnstone at 10:56pm 10.23.22 I cleaned out my2GM20F HE last winter and replaced the gaskets. Really quite easy and the two block
Replacing Old Shore Power Connection with Smartplug Clydo at 10:48pm 10.23.22 That is DEFINITELY the way to go Greg. When I purchased mine, purchasing the fittings only was an
Water filter not needed right? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:55pm 10.23.22
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar jssailem at 8:55pm 10.23.22 You can take the heat exchanger to a radiator shop. They can flush and clean the unit. Then pressure
alternatives for 26-27ft shoal draft JohnShannon at 7:57pm 10.23.22 A shark? Not a dog shallow enough draft. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_24
Water filter not needed right? Justin_NSA at 7:32pm 10.23.22
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection terry_buda at 7:20pm 10.23.22 Says they have a fixed keel: "We have the 2500 lb lead deep profile fixed keel. " Yes, we have the
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection terry_buda at 7:13pm 10.23.22 I'm pretty sure O'Day 28's of that era had encapsulated keels and therefore no keel bolts. Do an in
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection (10) terry_buda at 7:06pm 10.23.22
New Mac 25 owner Wyo George at 6:41pm 10.23.22 Noice! That boat looks good even on the trailer. Thanks!
New Mac 25 owner stickinthemud57 at 6:31pm 10.23.22 Noice! That boat looks good even on the trailer.
Water filter clarification... xavpil at 6:12pm 10.23.22 It sure appears to be a mystery... Here is what your filter looks like on the shelf. e sideways) t
Water filter clarification... (1) xavpil at 6:11pm 10.23.22
Morse dual lever controller lever question xavpil at 5:49pm 10.23.22 Could it be a rpm set point indicating that it is safe to change gears? It could totally be that a
Water filter not needed right? xavpil at 5:47pm 10.23.22
Water filter not needed right? xavpil at 5:47pm 10.23.22 It looks like (I'm hoping) there is a valve in there. @xavpil , please check to see if there is a

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