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Re-wire "entertainment" and have inverter power Line 1 AC Outlets flightlead404 at 8:20am 03.31.22 Big Boats 4/850 I want to reconfigure my "Entertainment" breaker. Currently it turns on both the cockpit radio circ
Air conditioning Banooma at 8:01am 03.31.22 Ask All Sailors 18/2828
Rub rail and deck hull joint. kendyoozed at 11:53pm 03.30.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2885 I am about ready to tackle the run rail on my 26D. Since the trim insert is no longer available, and
Engine stalls when raising or lowering anchor Building a boat at 9:23pm 03.30.22 Engines and Propulsion 39/3585 Hello, I have a weird issue which has me and the mechanic and several people I have asked stumped. I
Luck Be A Lady... (7) mikeracca at 8:49pm 03.30.22 Ask All Sailors 7/737
Beneteau 473 Dripless shaft seal Alex S at 7:22pm 03.30.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 19/3449 Hello, I recently purchased a 2002 Beneteau 473 and one of the required items I have to repair from
Load on an on mast main halyard clutch? Richard19068 at 5:21pm 03.30.22 Ask All Sailors 23/3667 Does anybody know of a calculator to determine or estimate the load on a main halyard at any given w
New electrical panel installed (1) waterman30 at 3:19pm 03.30.22 Smaller Boats 0/444 Today putting the new electric panel into my new/30-yr-old 23.5. I like these cool new style panels
TV removal Hunter 50 joshw5144 at 2:55pm 03.30.22 Big Boats 11/1237
Trailer specs for c22 swing keel Whadidido at 2:28pm 03.30.22 Smaller Boats 3/955 Newbie here. My failure to control an impulse has left me with a c22 swing keel in decent condition
Engine gaskets and parts (2) mikeracca at 11:10am 03.30.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1002 Well I made the decision to remove my engine and make sure everything checks out and fix the corrosi
Reuse shrink wrap? Boomer2it at 11:06am 03.30.22 Ask All Sailors 23/2964 First year I have had the boat shrink wrapped. Quite expensive but being in the Northeast winter it
Beneteau 361 - Replacement of cockpit teak John Dibb at 8:13am 03.30.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1321 I am about to replace the cockpit and stern teak panels on my 2002 B361. I have the factory replace
In support of the shop brockangelo at 7:45am 03.30.22 Forum Help (Site Talk) 9/2425 Hey guys I have really appreciated this site in the short amount of time that I've had my boat, and
Bent Wing (1) W.P. Smith at 7:15am 03.30.22 Ask All Sailors 28/3323 Hello all, The attached photo is of a bend wing on the keel of a Hunter 410 damaged during launch.
Bent Wing W.P. Smith at 7:06am 03.30.22 Ask All Sailors 1/16 Hello all, The attached photo is of a bend wing on the keel of a Hunter 410 damaged during launch.
T3800 Prop Shaft Diameter? jviss at 6:45am 03.30.22 Tartan 1/845 I can't remember, and I want to buy new zincs online. I think it's 1 1/8". Anyone?
capacitor size for Polar Bay 16K BTU AC in 2005 Hunter 33 (4) buddy0 at 5:47am 03.30.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/1574 I am trying to determine the size of the run capacitor needed for my Polar Bay AC SLW16DHS-1 on my 2
Help Identifying Grounding System (1) chuckdrew at 5:46am 03.30.22 Ask All Sailors 1/329
Hollow keel fairing sending stinky water into basin under cabin sole NJKennard at 5:24am 03.30.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/567 Its a 1997 hunter 376. I have stink water coming up into the glassed in basin located under the cabi

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Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks colemj at 3:31am 01.29.25 I should also note that 3 out of 4 of mine had leaks between the thru hull and seacock when sealed
2000 Oceanis 411 Rudder Issue KStolten at 9:48pm 01.28.25 Hi jssailem thanks for the advise! I will try that. digging will not work for me as the boat is on
Runaway diesel dLj at 9:18pm 01.28.25
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks (1) Hayden Watson at 6:54pm 01.28.25 One challenge that you will have is how to deal with the deep recess in the hull. Catalina used the
Runaway diesel Davidasailor26 at 6:49pm 01.28.25 I feel like I'm playing devil's advocate on this post, and its not intentionally challenging, but m
Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Hayden Watson at 6:48pm 01.28.25 Thanks for the clarification. Mine has the same. I'm ok with the marelon valves but it's the plasti
Runaway diesel Hayden Watson at 6:42pm 01.28.25 Never had it happen to me, but in a runaway diesel situation, couldn't you just flip the decompress
Runaway diesel Robert Strickland at 5:59pm 01.28.25
Runaway diesel Robert Strickland at 5:55pm 01.28.25 Huh. My 2GM20, circa mid-80s, has 2 levers (one/cylinder), easily accessible at the top of the engi
Runaway diesel Davidasailor26 at 5:00pm 01.28.25
2000 Oceanis 411 Rudder Issue jssailem at 4:26pm 01.28.25 Karsten. Welcome to SBO. I would use a tape measure to identify the distance from the boat bottom (
Help with Catalina 25 Rudder Repair (1) jssailem at 4:19pm 01.28.25 My plan is to drill out, fill with epoxy, and re-drill hole For holes larger than a 3/16th, I pref
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail kappykaplan at 3:49pm 01.28.25 what are all those lines and hardware under the boom for? Recommend you find another Mac 26D nearb
Help with Catalina 25 Rudder Repair Stu Jackson at 2:47pm 01.28.25 You should also get to know these skippers: https://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Von Clipper at 2:35pm 01.28.25 what are all those lines and hardware under the boom for?
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail kappykaplan at 1:23pm 01.28.25 Sooo ya think I should have a shop sew in a cringle with reinforcement? Yep . . .
Engine anode missing on a Volvo Penta 2002? dlochner at 12:27pm 01.28.25 Zinc is ineffective in freshwater. In freshwater the zinc forms a hard shell that insulates it from
Help with Catalina 25 Rudder Repair dlochner at 12:22pm 01.28.25 You're pretty much on the right track. The tiller should have a bracket that sits on top of the rud
Runaway diesel degas at 12:11pm 01.28.25 My Yanmar did not have one, or not one that I could find. Huh. My 2GM20, circa mid-80s, has 2 lev
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Von Clipper at 12:07pm 01.28.25 Sooo ya think I should have a shop sew in a cringle with reinforcement?

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