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sea crown sailboat pupluv at 1:45pm 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 4/9149 Anyone know anything or have literature for Sea Crown sailboats? Apparently these were made in Ceres
Adding an Automatic Bilge Pump kpgraci at 1:44pm 08.10.10 Day Sailers 7/2189 Hey All, Got an '73 ODay 22, now in a marina (!) so I want (need) to install an automatic bilge pu
Scuppers and bilge questions radioguy at 12:59pm 08.10.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/3904 This is a two part question :) 1. I've yet to put my boat in the water. I can see when I wash the
Small Coolant Leak Marc14857 at 12:42pm 08.10.10 Big Boats 8/2307 I have a very small coolant leak on the Yanmar 4JH4E ever since I took possesion of the boat. After
Mainsheet Article Deadline September 10th bobjames at 12:29pm 08.10.10 Catalina 310 0/1271 Hi Captains and Admirals: How is your spring launch going? My launch on Lake Erie is scheduled for M
Moving to DC from SF with Catalina 30 pkremser at 12:17pm 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 18/4315 HI all: We just found out we might be moving from the San Francisco Bay Area to Washington DC with
Hunter 37 Owners Manual? mtownson at 12:09pm 08.10.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/4349 I just bought a 1987 Hunter Legend 37 and have looked everywhere for an owners manual. Does anyone k
Sad sight (2) PotomacDaysailer at 11:41am 08.10.10 Trailer Sailors 16/5816 Passed by the Washington (DC) Sailing Marina on a bike ride and saw this boat, looks like it has bee
Has anyone improved jib sheet "cleating"? Clark at 11:31am 08.10.10 Mid-Size Boats 6/1761 We have a 1996 280 and there are some jam (V) cleats for the sheets to be used until the wind streng
Zincs for hunter 33 yanmar 29hp engine??? paul1938 at 10:31am 08.10.10 Mid-Size Boats 2/1609 I just purchased 2 months ago, a 2005 H33 with the yanmar 3 cl. engine, that's the one with 29 hp. I
Fuel tank repair caguy at 10:23am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 11/2586
Wanted-Raymarine St4000 autopilot control head (2) joe-fran at 10:23am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 8/6181 My Ericson-28 was hit by lightning earlier this summer. All electronics were fried. Have replaced th
cradle design Bob 04 H260 at 7:39am 08.10.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1875 I have a friend with a Hunter 270 - (a 260 with a keel). He does not have a trailer or cradle and th
Opening Port Windows Piratenorm at 7:27am 08.10.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1250 I am going to change the fixed portlights on my Catalina 30 Mk 1 (1983) to at least 2 opening ones b
You guys were right I was wrong higgs at 7:19am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 13/2738 all the griping about West marine hit me as a bit picky. No more. I was wrong. 3/16' lifeline
Teflon grease, silicone grease can? Ken13559 at 7:19am 08.10.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 12/11173 Peggy, In one of your recent post, you mentioned using teflon grease to lub the inside of the Jabsco
up the mast Rob19574 at 6:54am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1920 Hi all - I have to make a lovely trip up my mast (Catalina 30) to replace a missing wind-vane fin.
ID boat - just for fun (1) higgs at 5:54am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1904 What is it? she is 29 ft. long. From the photo you can see the headsail extends out to a sprit, bu
Shrink Wrap Spreader Tips Ducati at 4:00am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2645 My experiments in finding other cool uses for shrink wrap continues. We rig our mast every spring
wanted " Dodger for a ODay 27 tony201 at 12:10am 08.10.10 Bigger Boats 0/1416 Looking for a dodger for my ODay 27 Tony

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Yeti Goal Zero (1) Windpilot at 10:08am 06.26.22 You should see this. It's the coolant lines going into the heater heat exchanger inside the heater b
"Powersport" and Lawn and Garden Tractor Batteries as Starting Batteries dlochner at 10:07am 06.26.22 As far as I can tell, from internet research, the vast majority of flooded lead acid battery failur
Yeti Goal Zero c07chrisjohnson at 9:57am 06.26.22 Hey Greg, appreciate the help, I'll check it out. So look at the water heater and see if any lines r
Sailing Brownsville TX A6C5O7 at 9:51am 06.26.22 I was stationed at Naval Air Station corpus and kitesurfed laguna madre for three years. It was ver
USCG Documentation Renewal Trap BigEasy at 9:28am 06.26.22 Had a friend who recently received the same notification. He complained to me about the renewal cos
Good exercise of older boaters Brian D at 9:26am 06.26.22 Water balloons and water cannons Less damage than a spud wacking you. Unless one needs spuds for d
Looking at a 1987 MacGregor 26D Kenflyet at 9:23am 06.26.22 In addition to the usual sail, motor, trailer, etc. condition, you want to check out the ballast ta
Water pump on a 2002 Beneteau 331 BigEasy at 9:14am 06.26.22 By all means, check the aforementioned items listed by Kappy, John, & Ralph. I have other thoughts,
Catalina 22' MK II Bilge Delamination Stringer leak jssailem at 9:13am 06.26.22 Clean up is first and foremost finding and controlling (stopping) the source. Is the boat in the wa
Catalina 22' MK II Bilge Delamination Stringer leak jssailem at 9:11am 06.26.22 Welcome to the SBO forum, Could it be coming from the hose? Where does the hose start and where doe
Raymarine C80 Chartplotter Charts - 2005 Hunter 36 drm1 at 9:05am 06.26.22 Great news! First, the chart plotter seems to have come back alive after i did a factory reset. Th
USCG Documentation Renewal Trap Don S/V ILLusion at 8:57am 06.26.22 Barnum was right. Good job recognizing it.
"Powersport" and Lawn and Garden Tractor Batteries as Starting Batteries jviss at 8:54am 06.26.22 As far as I can tell, from internet research, the vast majority of flooded lead acid battery failure
Water pump on a 2002 Beneteau 331 Ralph Johnstone at 8:49am 06.26.22 My vote is also air ingress in any fittings on the SUCTION side of the water pump.
Emerald Bay, Catalina Island Rick D at 8:44am 06.26.22 Didnt mean to imply that Emerald is bad all the time, cuz as you said its not. Thats the love part
Good places in BC to buy Catalina Mast? jssailem at 8:39am 06.26.22 You could try to match the extrusion design to one provided by Dwyer... https://www.dwyermast.com/fa
Hypalon vs pvc gettinthere at 8:37am 06.26.22 Yep. The old stuff was good stuff.
Hunter 376 Anchor Rode to Locker Routing (1) jssailem at 8:28am 06.26.22 it doesn't feel like the system would work just "free standing." Hi Doug, Some thoughts, though I
Emerald Bay, Catalina Island Rick at 8:13am 06.26.22 Didnt mean to imply that Emerald is bad all the time, cuz as you said its not. Thats the love part!
Hunter 26.5 owners. (1) jssailem at 8:10am 06.26.22 With this image of the 26.5 you can see there is some space between the mast head and the top of the

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