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New owner with some questions PM in TO at 6:40pm 04.16.10 Catalina 310 2/1901 Proud new owner of 2005 310 with some questions.
what are the differences in the 222's mike tobe at 5:03pm 04.16.10 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1402 I am very intrested in the O'day 222's but I can't seem to find any information on what the differen
Moving Catalina 30 over land MargaretMacklin at 4:01pm 04.16.10 Catalina 30 1/1938 We have a 1980 Catalina 30 regular rig, fin keel, 5'3 draft, that we are moving 30 miles inland to d
Swim Ladder Rung Treads BrianW at 3:52pm 04.16.10 Ask All Sailors 6/16069 My swim ladder's flat plastic rungs covering the stainless round tubing are breaking apart. Basicall
water in bilge ScottD at 2:48pm 04.16.10 Ask All Sailors 16/3704 I may have a problem(s). Went to open my S2 9.2. Had not been up to it for a couple of months. Ther
I need sails for my venture 222 mullinb at 2:28pm 04.16.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/4882 I got a Venture 222 " I think" for the price of 2 canoes. But she didnt have any sails or a rudder.
Best Route, NY to Kentucky Lake? sigbear at 2:13pm 04.16.10 Destinations 2/3472 What would be the best route to take a 30' sailboat with 4'4" draft from NY to final destination Ken
No Telltales ? Joe1924 at 2:01pm 04.16.10 Catalina 309 Group Forum 2/1961 Next week we are going on our first sail on our new 309. All the glowing magazine reviews that I've
Identify this Number (1) betzhunter at 1:59pm 04.16.10 Big Boats 3/1429 Can anyone identify this number for me. I have a 1984 34' and it is located inside on the starboard
Dropboard Makers Delphis at 12:31pm 04.16.10 Ask All Sailors 10/3262 Hi, After years of repairing our old dropboards with epoxy, I decided its time to by new ones. I'm
Datamarine Depth Sounder S200DL Sailing Morning at 10:51am 04.16.10 Ask All Sailors 8/6739 I am having a problem reading the depth numbers on the face of my S200DL. I've checked the settings
New Impeller tgrass462 at 10:03am 04.16.10 Smaller Boats 2/1305 I tested my OB last week (a 8 hp Tohatsu) it started fine - but no water flowed (I had ear muffs on
Water System tgrass462 at 9:58am 04.16.10 Smaller Boats 1/1090 Last week I removed the antifreeze fluid in my water system on my H260. I got rid of the pink antif
calling all Boston, MA sailors Dave D at 9:12am 04.16.10 Ask All Sailors 6/1788 hello all. I have been a long-time visitor, frequent reader and sparse contributor here for the last
Replacement tang for 7.3 shroud sloopcitysailing at 9:07am 04.16.10 S2 1/1443 Hello all! I am looking for a replacement tang for my S2 7.3 lower shroud. I can't seem to find one
Epifanes vs Cetol??? Blue Nose at 8:48am 04.16.10 Ask All Sailors 8/8222 I have used Cetol on my boats in the past but the boat I recently purchased has been using Epifanes.
Barient Winches: Great Instruction/Diagram Location rardiH36 at 8:45am 04.16.10 The Cherubini Hunters 6/25466 For those of us with Cherubini's that still have original and probably still working just fine Barie
Mast bend-luff curve Quoddy at 7:31am 04.16.10 Ask All Sailors 6/5216
CNG and refill sources. oldjags at 7:31am 04.16.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/4164 I've got the original Saf-Gas CNG setup on both my Catalina 27 and my Hunter Legend, and both CNG ta
Tuning question H26 WB Sanford H. at 7:20am 04.16.10 Smaller Boats 1/1170 Ok... Time to tune the boat... I'll be doing it on the trailer. The fore stay is covered by a CDI Ro

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Auto Bilge Pump Wiring/Water? jssailem at 6:08am 04.14.22 Welcome to SBO. Yes the bilge looks like it needs maintenance work by an owner that cares about his
Auto Bilge Pump Wiring/Water? Scott T-Bird at 5:00am 04.14.22 The bilge pump and the switch is manufactured to be underwater, so if both are working, you should b
Starting fluid CYQK at 4:58am 04.14.22 Man that is a good tech explaination. Looks like mms is not a good starter fluid Thks
Hunter 27-2 Leaning to one side Tally Ho at 4:56am 04.14.22 As @Ted said, be sure to inspect the boat carefully and get a pre-purchase survey. I would want to
Vernazza, Italy TomY at 4:37am 04.14.22 You know it will be. We travel, the airlines get more expensive and more restricted in what we can
Auto Bilge Pump Wiring/Water? dlochner at 4:29am 04.14.22 Most bilge pumps can not completely dry out the bilge. It has to do with the type of pump typically
Vernazza, Italy Will Gilmore at 4:27am 04.14.22
H410 Air Conditioning Seawater Lines Sailgunner at 4:24am 04.14.22 Did you install a second pump? Yes. Actually I installed the system so installed two pumps initial
Raymarine ST4000+ Auto Pilot clutch pop out Growl at 10:55pm 04.13.22 But first, I need some dry lube!
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult Skipper John at 10:23pm 04.13.22 After about 5 years the line on the drum started binding, softened enough that the wraps would push
Selden Furlex Extremely Difficult Skipper John at 10:21pm 04.13.22 Also, the furling line on my c315 was not led properly to the cockpit, resulting in excess friction
High SWR on VHF Cabling/Antenna jssailem at 9:38pm 04.13.22 Don. US VHF FREQUENCY RANGE. 156.050 Channel 01A to 162.55 NOAA Weather Channel 1 AIS Primary Chan
Hunter 27-2 Leaning to one side Ted at 9:31pm 04.13.22 Never buy a boat without looking at the bottom, especially one that had blistering problems in the p
Raymarine ST4000+ Auto Pilot clutch pop out (1) jssailem at 9:19pm 04.13.22 Growl. It is difficult to give directions when i feel like walking through a mine field. Or suggesti
Auto Bilge Pump Wiring/Water? mermike at 9:05pm 04.13.22 Welcome to boat ownership! I see evidence of old abandoned wiring, questionable connections and corr
Legend 40.5 Removing the Traveler Salt26 at 8:50pm 04.13.22 Hi Karl, yes of course you are metric in Canada! So sad to have lost your 35.5 in a hurricane, hard
Whale Grey IC Waste Management System. Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:43pm 04.13.22 With the exception of a very few closed inland lakes, gray can legally be discharged directly overbo
Vernazza, Italy rgranger at 8:08pm 04.13.22 You know it will be. We travel, the airlines get more expensive and more restricted in what we can
Burning insense on a boat rgranger at 8:05pm 04.13.22
Raymarine ST4000+ Auto Pilot clutch pop out Growl at 7:43pm 04.13.22

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