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Evaporative A/C shipwreck66 at 8:25pm 05.21.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 22/4040 Ok Phil, here is your update. I Purchased a Kuulaire Evaporative AC to put on my boat to run off an
Outboard alternators ebsail at 7:36pm 05.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1509 What happens if you run an outboard with an alternator and your battery switch is in the off positio
Forward wheel on Pearson 10M JudeHey at 7:31pm 05.21.11 Pearson 1/1722 Why is the wheel forward in the cockpit on the 10M? How do people like it? Thanks
Ilya is Launched! arknoah at 7:01pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1175 After many frustrating weeks of waiting and trying not to be a major pain at the marina, Ilya was fi
Winch to eye relationship (1) dscribner at 6:29pm 05.21.11 Trailer Sailors 12/6695 In one post I posted a photo of my boat on the trailer. One fellow piped up and said that my winch
Hunter 40 Mast Step Well jmag at 6:10pm 05.21.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1060 Our Hunter 40 (1986 vintage?) has a shallow well for the mast step. It's a problem. It collects but
Battery life Ross at 6:02pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2478 I had to change my batteries this year they lost 3 volts over the winter and won't hold a charge. Th
Patronus is home Juice6576 at 5:59pm 05.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 6/2113 Shakedpwon cruise is in the books. The weather was crappy and not much sailing got done, but we sure
Crack In Mast (1) plannen at 5:45pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 36/10297 My mast has a 12" crack at the lower section of this 50 ft mast. (see photo) Is there a risk sailing
Motor mount installation and access to bolts? jrale at 5:37pm 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1999 Macgregor Owners, RE: 25 ft Macgregor sailboat: How do you gain access to motor mount bracket bolts
barlow winch Jerry C at 4:52pm 05.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1391 how to take apart a barlow australia on a 222 mast
Rudder Line Question Ledhead51879 at 4:34pm 05.21.11 Day Sailers 2/1626 I recently purchased an Oday DSII but it has a DSIII rudder, I took the rudder assembly apart to cle
Removing bent dipstick Raftco at 4:09pm 05.21.11 Engines and Propulsion 2/2892 I have a Universal 25XP diesel. Today, I went to check the oil level and found the dipstick seems t
Boom vang ehudm at 3:10pm 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/6095 Did anyone try to use 2 boom-vangs? one connected to the port side and the other to starboard side.
Breaker Sizing FourPoints at 2:59pm 05.21.11 Musings With Maine Sail 27/14859 I'm trying to size the breakers for the new electricial panel, right now on the old panel everything
What would you do with this fitting? Roger Long at 2:15pm 05.21.11 Musings With Maine Sail 18/7035 This fitting on my Yanmar, just downstream from the RW pump, has a NPT thread but has to end up orie
Grand opening of New dock in Anacortes paulj at 2:08pm 05.21.11 Catalina 310 2/1761 New dock at Port of Anacortes - Cap Sante Boat Haven Anacortes,Wa is not for Catalina 310's ..
Normal cracks in keel? (3) bustedrudder at 2:03pm 05.21.11 Big Boats 3/2142 Looking at a 376 shoal draft. On haulout it was noted there is a 2' crack on the port side starting
trouble logging in Bob 04 H260 at 1:41pm 05.21.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/2892 I can login fine on the home page but if I try to login on the Hunter forums I get an error, user na
Coolant Change Siamese at 1:26pm 05.21.11 Catalina 309 Group Forum 2/5014 I need to change the coolant on my 309's 3YM20 Yanmar. Can anyone speak with authority on the best

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Structural Foam (8) teacherspet at 4:01pm 09.25.22 What tank did you replace with aluminum or poly. Im doing a refit on a vision 32 and po did not lav
Invest 98L (1) JamesG161 at 2:33pm 09.25.22 Through precise calculations and applying Science to maximum, John and I created our own model.
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries jaysweet at 2:26pm 09.25.22 As far as fore/aft vs. port/starboard differentiation in motor mounts: all I can say is that Hunter
Gray Enterprises Portlight lens replacement H33C kloudie1 at 2:12pm 09.25.22 A note on the pins.. Be extremely cautious removing and reinstalling the hinge pins. The little post
Hurricane prep in mast furling capta at 2:08pm 09.25.22 It would depend on the strength of the storm, but as a rule, I'd remove that weight from aloft. Ther
Hurricane prep in mast furling Davidasailor26 at 1:44pm 09.25.22 We pull ours IMF main in as far as it will go, then we disconnect the outhaul, wrap the clew around
Bottom paint - Required? (in freshwater) Leeward Rail at 1:22pm 09.25.22
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries dLj at 1:21pm 09.25.22 @Tally Ho - I would certainly want a way to measure the need to change a mount. Looking back at all
Two Holder/Hobie 12s AaronD at 1:17pm 09.25.22 @HenryHester : Could you say a little more about the painting process? What did you use, and how is
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries Tally Ho at 12:51pm 09.25.22 Just sayin', every 4 years to change engine mounts seems mighty frequent to me. I'd be looking to h
Bottom paint - Required? (in freshwater) sail sfbay at 12:48pm 09.25.22 How am i even going to do it while on the trailer? Do an internet search on "how to bottom paint a b
Bottom paint - Required? (in freshwater) Jamesiv1 at 12:43pm 09.25.22 Depends...........an unprotected hull in a freshwater lake, is vulnerable to both soft growth (alga
Bottom paint - Required? (in freshwater) sail sfbay at 12:38pm 09.25.22 Depends...........an unprotected hull in a freshwater lake, is vulnerable to both soft growth (algae
1975 C22 Poptop Restoration C_Level at 12:20pm 09.25.22 This guy did: "Chip Ahoy" - The Pop Top Restoration - Page 1 (chipford.com) AND "Chip Ahoy" - The P
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries dLj at 12:16pm 09.25.22 Just sayin', every 4 years to change engine mounts seems mighty frequent to me. I'd be looking to ha
Hurricane prep in mast furling dLj at 12:10pm 09.25.22 I also have in boom furling. I also do something very similar to what Rich says above. I have two he
Any 7.3 owners out there? jssailem at 12:05pm 09.25.22 Welcome Confluence 2022 to the SBO forum. We enjoy seeing new members! Add a picture of your boat, a
HELP Jamesiv1 at 11:31am 09.25.22 While it might work now, you still have a hole in your boat which hasn't been fixed. Not a comforti
Hurricane prep in mast furling Rich Stidger at 11:19am 09.25.22 I don't have in-mast furling, but I do have in-boom furling. What I do is roll the sail up tightly
1975 Cat 22 Chainplate Location (1) C_Level at 11:16am 09.25.22 Good Afternoon, I just wanted to let anyone that may be interested know that I did find out the pro

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