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Adding Jeanneau as a specific ..... sailing now at 6:50am 04.04.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/2093 Manufacturer... Is is possible?? Thanks
Testing Battery State of Charge / Volts Only (8) Maine Sail at 6:32am 04.04.09 Musings With Maine Sail 30/9080 I have seen the discussion many times here where folks say they monitor their batteries state of cha
Crew Wanted in Florida ggrizzard at 5:35am 04.04.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1673 It's prime sailing in Florida now and I would like to share the opportunity with local sailors befor
VPP & Ratings in Design 356_Steve at 5:29am 04.04.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1425 Glenn, When you do a design, do you normally do the VPP or polars as part of the process? I have c
Sounding stick Roger Long at 4:34am 04.04.09 Ask All Sailors 2/3308 The lady with the tape in the tank reminds me that I should mention my better sounding tube. This i
Self tacking jib Quoddy at 4:34am 04.04.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1732 Would a self tacking jib on a track be a design improvement for the H260 as far as ease of sailing?
Inmast furling Outhaul replacement on B321 cymeyer at 4:32am 04.04.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2008 Our boat is 10 years old and have not replaced any of the furling lines. I saw some time ago how to
26s height for shed Jansen at 8:19pm 04.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1490 I am away from my 1992 26s and my son asked me how much clearance he needs for a shed to put the boa
steering David21856 at 6:58pm 04.03.09 Morgan 1/2193 We have a 33 O/I with hydraulic steering . How do you bleed the system? I have noticed some noise li
Springs for a Drydock trailer for Mac25 Mack Toles at 5:59pm 04.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1136 Need to replace the springs on the trailer. Can't find the capacity of the trailer. Would like to
Polishing SS (2) Tim R. at 3:13pm 04.03.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2155 Why buy new when all it needs is a little polishing. Here are the 2 pedestal guard bases from my bo
Remote Security Cameras? NotCook at 2:48pm 04.03.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1586 Like the idea of being able to check on my boat at the marina while I am at home. When we were at Ba
replacing upper shroud Hunter 20 1983 DaveHunter20 at 2:29pm 04.03.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/1719 I live in N. Carolina and need a replacement upper shroud. Does anyone know the length or rigging s
Lake Coeur d' Alene? cptzeon at 12:54pm 04.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2311 We're thinking about doing two weeks on our 26x on Lake Couer d' Alene. Anyone been there? We'd lov
Design considerations of the 49 wing keel Brezzin at 12:49pm 04.03.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1634 Glenn- Thanks for taking the time. I'd like to know your thoughts on the design of the wing keel f
Boat vibrations selkge at 12:38pm 04.03.09 Catalina 30 2/1440 When idling and slow speeds I have a noisy vibration. This is most evident when idling in the slip.
Top Climber TexasLakeSailor at 12:37pm 04.03.09 Ask All Sailors 18/4630 Has anyone used an ATN Top Climber? Did you find it easy to use? Is it worth the money or is it easi
The Henderson Bow Sequitur at 12:09pm 04.03.09 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 5/3017 Hi Glenn, It is easy to watch the evolution of the Hunter designs under your hand; your very disti
Running Spinnaker Halyard inside Selden Mast Dmac336 at 11:32am 04.03.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1846 I have an In-mast Furling mast from Selden....there is a Halyard chamber on fore side of mast...also
Warpage in the pop deck jkincannon at 11:09am 04.03.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1124 I am replacing the wooden part for the horizontal sliding hatch on my V22 and noticed the pop top de

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Fireboy CO Monitor Replacement MikeHoncho at 10:04am 06.27.21
Recommendation on Tablet to use for Navionics App? MikeHoncho at 9:39am 06.27.21
Beneteau 311 Hatch Handle Leaking JamesG161 at 9:35am 06.27.21 Try looking here or Call Tony at this site to ID them and the right part kit to fix the drip. LEWMAR
Trying to find the location of Primary Fuel Filter and Y-valve on 2005 H36 jssailem at 9:34am 06.27.21 Well Hi Demetrius. Welcome to the SBO Forum and congrats on your boat. Everett is a good place to
EV-100 auto helm issues markwbird at 9:34am 06.27.21 Yup. Same issues. Id love to know more about the Canadian fellow
Beneteau 311 Hatch Handle Leaking BigEasy at 8:59am 06.27.21 Try the Beneteau spare parts site to at least determine what hatch was used.
Recommendation on Tablet to use for Navionics App? jssailem at 8:58am 06.27.21
Soft floor/hull FastOlson at 8:55am 06.27.21 BTW, while some folks make fun of using proper/correct terminology, it REALLY helps strangers, who w
tachometer not accurate Stu Jackson at 8:53am 06.27.21 The battery acceptance determines the voltage for a given current coming into the battery so if you
tachometer not accurate Hayden Watson at 8:49am 06.27.21 Stu, you might be surprised to find that I concur with 99% of every thing in your post. The disconn
New to sailing dLj at 8:37am 06.27.21 Thoughts: Dexter lake? NY? OR? Somewhere else? I'm guessing Oregon but might help to know. Both Dext
12v Fridge/Freezer (3) Doug J at 8:32am 06.27.21 Well, I've been testing the new fridge/freezer for a few days now, using only my 80 watt solar panel
Soft floor/hull MikeHoncho at 8:29am 06.27.21 Ward- Thank you for clarifying for me and God thank you for understanding what is wrong. It is no
New to sailing jssailem at 8:05am 06.27.21 Welcome Sabrina to the SBO Forum. Congrats on your new boat. You say you have been restoring her.
Yanmar 2GM20F Failure - reality check needed JoeWhite at 8:04am 06.27.21 If I may guess, the problem is not fixed yet. Your observation of no fuel in the primary indicated t
New to sailing kloudie1 at 8:02am 06.27.21 Welcome aboard ! Lots of great info and contacts on this forum site! The Cat 22 is a fine boat for l
EV-100 auto helm issues jssailem at 8:02am 06.27.21 Sailme88 Raymarine, and before them Autohelm, designed in the possibility to turn the wheel by forc
Mast foot caulk type kloudie1 at 7:58am 06.27.21 Check out Maine Sail's DIY site: Marine How To - DIY for Boaters - Marine How To Look at the "beddi
Soft floor/hull jssailem at 7:51am 06.27.21 I know it sounded onerous. Explain your boat and your problem. Perhaps only a Catalina owner could u
Setee supports on Hunter 23 Doug J at 7:43am 06.27.21 If the original panels lasted 36 years, I see no reason not to replace using the same method. Just

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