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Draining bilge water Wallace Watson at 2:28pm 08.19.10 Day Sailers 2/1698 I'm seeking advice on draining bilge water from my Oday Widgeon. I'd particularly like to know if th
St. Vincent Bareboat KenG at 2:27pm 08.19.10 Destinations 7/4432 Hi there We are just starting to put together a bareboat holiday to St. Vincent ' the Grenadines i
Where to refill CNG tanks in Long Beach, CA? Alacrity at 2:19pm 08.19.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/2569 Where I can refill my CNG tank near Long Beach, CA? Thanks.
Buying a First 260 Antos at 1:58pm 08.19.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1690 I'm looking at buying a 2003 First 260 Spirit fixed keel. Interested in any known issues or areas I
Fishing Jfelkins at 1:12pm 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 33/4922 I'd love to hear how you fish from your boat. What setup up do you use? What do you fish for? When d
Head Faucet lehigh375 at 1:10pm 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1647 I need to change out the faucet in the head of my 6 year old Hunter. Can I use one from Home Depot
NEED TO REFINISH STAIRS ON A h33 paul1938 at 1:07pm 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 13/3169 I'm going to have to refinish the stair treads on my H33, 2005. I know that the balance of the inter
Yanmar ignition panel puzzle Sailor Sue at 12:26pm 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 4/2831 Recently I've noticed the warning buzzer does not sound when turning the key to the pre start positi
Reinforcing Transcom on Oday 25 glong3 at 12:01pm 08.19.10 Day Sailers 1/1753 I'm a newer owner of an Oday 25. The boat came with a 5hp Nissan 4 stroke outboard. I've noticed som
Bilge Sewage Gbetsch at 7:56am 08.19.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2908 I discovered sewage in the bilge compartment under the aft head in my 2003 - 393. While it is not cl
H23.5 Cockpit Cooler VT Fitz at 7:56am 08.19.10 Smaller Boats 2/1518 I have had a notion to install a cockpit cooler on Grasshopper and thought I'd find out if anyone el
PSS bellow sailaway78 at 7:46am 08.19.10 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/963 A couple weeks or so ago I posted up that I had a PSS bellow for a 1" shaft and 1"' 1/2 shaft log.
H23.5 Front Hatch Replacement VT Fitz at 7:36am 08.19.10 Smaller Boats 1/1071 With the greatest regret, I confess we didn't get Grasshopper's keel wet last season due to baseball
Staying Awake wflowe2 at 7:32am 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 24/4111 How do you keep yourself awake on watch in the middle of the night when things are going smoothly?
H31 versus H33 advice sea_casper at 7:11am 08.19.10 Mid-Size Boats 6/2077 Looking at newer H31 2006+ and H33 2004+ models with in-mast furling and shoal keel. Has anyone act
Mounting bulkhead compass Chiriqui at 6:15am 08.19.10 Day Sailers 0/1400 I have this Ritchie compass I purchased and now I'm faced with mounting it in the Bulkhead. I'd lik
Rules of road Quoddy at 5:32am 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 27/4959 I was on starboard tack with our H260 in no particular hurry. A small sailboat off the port bow on
Dinghy Repair Questions adirondackbob at 5:21am 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 9/2969 When I bought my Catalina 30 last fall, it came with a 15-year-old Zodiac dinghy, the kind with the
Broader batten, any difference? Ken13559 at 5:21am 08.19.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/933 My mains has two full batten (upper) and 2 short ones (lower). The batten width is 5/8". The batten
radar / chart plotter Chuck Creel at 5:14am 08.19.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1726 does anyone have information where i can get an owners manulal for a raymarine SC70 radar /plotter d

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Strut Replacement jssailem at 9:59am 04.09.22 Welcome to the SBO forum Arrigo666. Even in the best of situations, exposure to electrical stray DC
Wax or ceramic Rich Stidger at 9:52am 04.09.22 I have used Collinite Fleet Wax for years, and have been happy with it. I have found that the easie
Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts Scott T-Bird at 9:49am 04.09.22 Now it's looking more like a hole in the mast! :facepalm: Seems quite a bit more serious. Looks l
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank Stu Jackson at 9:30am 04.09.22 but I found that the shore power and generator have a transfer switch to line up one or the other o
Wax or ceramic Stu Jackson at 9:14am 04.09.22 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/tips-for-a-great-buff-wax.117266
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 9:13am 04.09.22 Oh and best wishes getting through your virus infection, my family and I caught cases Christmas 2020
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 9:09am 04.09.22 @hvac&r tech I fully agree. I am not fixing blame at this point, although there is "responsibili
compass Justin_NSA at 9:08am 04.09.22 Do you not have a pedestal compass or is yours in bad shape? There are some great places to get one
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank hvac&r tech at 9:05am 04.09.22
Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts jssailem at 8:59am 04.09.22 Who ever did the weld, they may have weakened the mast. This sounds like a fix was made to a damag
compass BlowMeAway at 8:56am 04.09.22
PVC for Black Water Tank Vents jssailem at 8:53am 04.09.22 If I understand this, you plan to connect PVC pipe to Hose. Would that not leave the pipe edge expos
Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts (2) Learningthehardway at 8:50am 04.09.22 Got back out to the boat this AM. Took the sails down so we can get the mast down on Monday. It look
Lightning Protection Captain Larry-DH at 8:46am 04.09.22 I grounded my mast and rigging on my last boat. It was struck twice in 11 years. No hull damage, but
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 SycloneDriver at 8:38am 04.09.22 I'll try to take a few pictures today if I make it to the boat.
Desperate leakinhg Halvern at 8:21am 04.09.22 Mark, you hit it right. That is what I was getting to. I would have tried to explain how a gusher wa
New Catalina 30 Owner Mikem at 8:18am 04.09.22 I have a solution to that disaster that just showed up in a brown box that was delivered from a bro
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 Gigagybe at 8:15am 04.09.22 Mine is 2009 and does not have deck ones. But googling on Internet I see it is the same configuratio
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 SycloneDriver at 8:08am 04.09.22 What year is your boat? My 2008 has the usual, red and green, mounted at the front and a white mou
My new 40.1 ran down the house bank smokey73 at 8:04am 04.09.22 @hvac&r tech I fully agree. I am not fixing blame at this point, although there is "responsibilit

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