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H410 Air Conditioning Seawater Lines sailing gal at 10:48am 04.10.22 Big Boats 17/2933 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 5/753 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 16/3143 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 33/4004 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 2/519 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 3/1308 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 3/609 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 9/1444 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 9/1432 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 12/1511 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 0/381 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 2/764 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 1/647
Bottom painting - Stupid question.....or not? odaydokay at 9:59am 04.09.22 Ask All Sailors 20/2234 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 25/4922 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 9/2409 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 4/770 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 4/766 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 8/1691 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 24/3566 Newbie sailboat (Oday 240) owner here and of course one of my lines snapped in a recent storm I wasn

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Shaft Seal (almost a fail) duck21 at 8:35am 06.29.25 FWIW, We just did the Volvo shaft seal as a part of a prop shaft/coupling/bearing refresh. We've onl
Sailing LI (Huntington) to Catskill. NEED ADVICE! Zero experience. jssailem at 8:33am 06.29.25 Welcome to the SBO Forum. An exciting trip ahead. Not from your area. I would suggest you anticipat
Keel stub damage leaking kloudie1 at 8:25am 06.29.25 Opinion: That crack is the result of striking something at a fair speed. The strike typically pushes
Sailing LI (Huntington) to Catskill. NEED ADVICE! Zero experience. martensonpassingwind at 8:20am 06.29.25 Thank you both for the responses. Danm1, we plan on getting to Port Washington Thursday night and le
Troubleshooting mainsail trim jssailem at 8:20am 06.29.25 Even Better! The coast of Maine is a wonderful place to sail. Your boat will give you plenty of new
Roller Furling Line Replacement and Reinstallation jssailem at 8:10am 06.29.25 I was thinking that using the sheet line (the lines used during tacking) would deploy the sail. The
Can a mast be repaired? If no, where can I buy a mast for my Hunter 23.5? Rick Webb at 8:09am 06.29.25 Not sure why that would concern anyone. A lot of work for $1150 but you know that mast better than m
Troubleshooting mainsail trim FastOlson at 8:07am 06.29.25 That bagged out main may.... I say "may" be made much much better with a re-cut. When we acquired ou
H23.5: can the mast be lowered stepped after the rigging is tuned? Rick Webb at 8:06am 06.29.25 When replacing the cracked mast, I made very precise measurements and placed everything on the new
Circumnavigating Vancouver Island (4) Michael Davis at 8:02am 06.29.25 232531 Mitlenatch Island location. 232532 Taku resort where we meet up with my High School friend
Troubleshooting mainsail trim Scott T-Bird at 7:47am 06.29.25 You may be pinching a little too high when close-hauled. Your old mainsail comes with limitations i
Roller Furling Line Replacement and Reinstallation JoeWhite at 7:47am 06.29.25 If the line is in the drum when furled (rolled up for storage with sunbrella covering the sail), pul
Roller Furling Line Replacement and Reinstallation kappykaplan at 7:45am 06.29.25 If the line is in the drum when furled (rolled up for storage with sunbrella covering the sail), pu
Sailing LI (Huntington) to Catskill. NEED ADVICE! Zero experience. danm1 at 7:44am 06.29.25 Three days is ambitious for this trip in that size boat. You will be motoring. Bring extra gas. If
H23.5: can the mast be lowered stepped after the rigging is tuned? FWBpilot at 7:40am 06.29.25 When replacing the cracked mast, I made very precise measurements and placed everything on the new m
Keel stub damage leaking Don S/V ILLusion at 7:40am 06.29.25 A proper repair would be to remove and reglass the damaged area, not spreading a non-flexible epoxy
Shaft Seal (almost a fail) dmax at 7:28am 06.29.25 When I installed a PSS and compressed the bellows as specified (3/4"), it looked pretty much like yo
Sea Flo Dry Bilge System - Impressions dmax at 7:19am 06.29.25 Nice job - glad to hear it works as advertised.
H23.5: can the mast be lowered stepped after the rigging is tuned? MrEd at 7:17am 06.29.25
Can a mast be repaired? If no, where can I buy a mast for my Hunter 23.5? FWBpilot at 7:17am 06.29.25 I bought a new "mast section" for $2850 and moved everything over from the cracked mast to the new m

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