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H410 Air Conditioning Seawater Lines sailing gal at 10:48am 04.10.22 Big Boats 17/2741 The seawater line for my aft air conditioner on my H410 always clogs up over time. It isn't scaled u
Mast step H310 wdonovan at 9:33am 04.10.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/680 My massive step plate needs to be removed and resealed. I have all the hardware off and I separated
Hull Rot (1) Scott300 at 8:48am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 16/2751 I'm about to look at a used Catalina from 1979. I see that it will definitely need some fixing up wh
Boating Flares Disposal - My new pet peeve Crusty Ol Salt at 8:12am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 33/3385 This has been building for some time, but has come to a head since purchasing Prometheus. It is almo
Surveyor recommendation - Hilton Head Gold70 at 7:12am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 2/479 Hi, Anyone have a recommendation for a good surveyor in the Hilton Head SC area? Also best Marina'
Plastic Crack Repair, lessons learned over time and busting myths.. (1) Shorefun at 6:49am 04.10.22 Day Sailers 3/1198 I am on my third year of doing crack repairs. My first order of note is to tell you drilling a hol
Volvo shaft seal NYSail at 6:06am 04.10.22 Ask All Sailors 3/574 Hello all, so on my beneteau I have a volvo shaft seal. I have to slide the shaft aft about 2 inche
O'day 23 need sliding companionway hatch wbliss at 8:57pm 04.09.22 Parts Search 9/1362 I need an O'day 23 replacement sliding companionway hatch cover. The previous owner lost it while d
H34 Seahood ScottFreeRick at 5:31pm 04.09.22 Big Boats 9/1321 Today I removed the seahood from my boat. We have leaks from the starboard side, over the galley an
Questions after removing bottom paint from keel on 44DS 2007 (4) ramoore at 3:21pm 04.09.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1430 Hi, I just had the bottom of my (relatively new to me) 2007 44DS soda blasted for a full re-barrier
Manual bilge pump replacement bracket doesn't line up with bilge pump (1) REDPOPPY at 2:01pm 04.09.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/346 Yikes! I just bought a 1992 Catalina capri 16, with a cracked patay bracket and ripped rubber gasket
External parts of engine control (2) SeaDogRun at 10:24am 04.09.22 Mid-Size Boats 2/735 I have a 1987 Catalina 27. It has an inboard universal diesel. There are several outputs behind the
240 tiller extension replacement (1) jblersch at 10:18am 04.09.22 Smaller Boats 1/573
Bottom painting - Stupid question.....or not? odaydokay at 9:59am 04.09.22 Ask All Sailors 20/2035 So today I am doing my engine prep work; you know the usual... filters, fuel pump clean out, anodes
Lightning Protection captcoho at 8:22am 04.09.22 Ask All Sailors 25/4099 After reading older and not so old threads, how many sailors favor grounding their mast and rigging
Navigation Lights Beneteau Oceanis 31 Gigagybe at 7:03am 04.09.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/2192 I was thinking to install navigation lights on the deck of my Oceanis 31 to replace the one on top o
PVC for Black Water Tank Vents Clutch Cargo at 6:28am 04.09.22 Ask An Oday Owner 4/692 I'm laying out how the 1" waste tank vents will run, and for the long straight sections, I want to u
compass gypsywind1980 at 4:49am 04.09.22 Ask All Sailors 4/729 i have a hunter 27 1980 looking for compass that fits the helm pedestal and if anyone has knowledge
Wax or ceramic Hayden Watson at 9:47pm 04.08.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1540 Finish protection has been changing so much in the last few years that I do not even know how to tal
Spreader Snapped from mast - Need Advice/thoughts (1) Learningthehardway at 2:12pm 04.08.22 Ask All Sailors 24/3168 Newbie sailboat (Oday 240) owner here and of course one of my lines snapped in a recent storm I wasn

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Mainsail Question dLj at 7:50am 04.08.25 Like everything else on a boat, sails are a compromise. Start with the intended use, ocean crossing
Mainsail Question Joe at 7:24am 04.08.25 Hi all! I am just wondering if a Hunter 23 mainsail will work on an O'Day 25.?.? I know the size i
Mainsail Question Crazy Dave Condon at 7:18am 04.08.25 The Hunter 23 wing keel was the last trailerable sailboat with a backstay as the ones following afte
Mainsail Question dlochner at 6:52am 04.08.25 I have to agree with this. The problem for me, lies in the term "best". What does that mean? How do
Deck Painting Joe at 6:50am 04.08.25 I refinished my worn, molded non-skid area with Kiwi-Grip. The molded surface had developed many sma
Wisps of blue smoke dLj at 6:39am 04.08.25 Do you have a surveyor? Have you considered having a diesel mechanic take a look at the engine? Any
Mainsail Question dLj at 6:26am 04.08.25 I've posted before and others have posted that having quality sails is not just for racing. It is
Should I put a 9.9 HP outboard on my 32' Catalina? (1) william24424 at 6:24am 04.08.25 I asked AI to make fit an outboard engine into the stern of a sailboat....
Mainsail Question kappykaplan at 6:24am 04.08.25 I encourage sailors to buy the best sails they can afford. :plus:
Mainsail Question shemandr at 6:15am 04.08.25 I've posted before and others have posted that having quality sails is not just for racing. It is a
Does an '"e" in a Hunter model name indicate a primary electric engine? kloudie1 at 5:52am 04.08.25 Hunter did make a couple of electric powered boats that had "E" in the model , like E 27. There were
Should I put a 9.9 HP outboard on my 32' Catalina? smokey73 at 5:41am 04.08.25 @Urban Hermit Sorry, I see you are not the original poster and just providing prospective, so disr
Wisps of blue smoke jssailem at 5:22am 04.08.25 Welcome George. Congrats on your first post here on SBO. Smoke on a diesel engine always creates a
Deck Painting jssailem at 5:07am 04.08.25 Hi Rod. Congratulations on your first post. Have you looked at the offerings by TotalBoat? What
1984 30-2 questions jssailem at 4:57am 04.08.25 Welcome to the SBO forum. Congrats on the boat. The stuffing box for your boat is pretty universal
Does an '"e" in a Hunter model name indicate a primary electric engine? dlochner at 4:43am 04.08.25 Hunter sold boats in Europe. The e probably stood for European model.
Does an '"e" in a Hunter model name indicate a primary electric engine? jssailem at 4:22am 04.08.25
Mainsail Question SailingLoto at 3:32am 04.08.25 Hi all! I am just wondering if a Hunter 23 mainsail will work on an O'Day 25.?.? I know the size i
Aqua Lift muffler C310 Clydo at 10:49pm 04.07.25 Yes, yet another good reason to NOT run the pump dry. From what you've told us, it sure doesn't se
Sailing Tender dLj at 9:40pm 04.07.25 I don't believe it is photoshopped, just an example of bad seamanship. They probably left the sail

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