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SD50 cooling water intake valve jimcowell at 7:38pm 05.08.21 Engines and Propulsion 3/527 I have an SD50, with Yanmar factory water intake valve. On the valve stem near the top end there i
D&R MARINE: Still in business? TPN at 6:59pm 05.08.21 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2582 I have been unable to get any response to inquiries of D'R Marine, in Assonet, Mass. D'R has been a
1980's H22 Main Sheet Traveler Replacement Options? (2) SeaTR at 5:30pm 05.08.21 Smaller Boats 21/1359 Howdy, After 13 years of work / sail, I'm (finally) looking to change out the OEM main sheet travel
stereo head replacement on catalina 350 NY_QT at 5:16pm 05.08.21 Big Boats 0/515 Hi all! Just bought a 2005 Catalina 350. Replaced the OEM JBL stereo today with a new Kensington. W
H23.5 1993 (1) joetr1955 at 2:05pm 05.08.21 Smaller Boats 8/878 Mast rivets loose on the mast base . Are they 3/16 ??? Aluminum or stainless ??? Anyone have solutio
3YM30 AE Temp Gauge Inter20sailor at 12:34pm 05.08.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/951 Hello, As most know, the newer Yanmar engines do not have a proper water temperature gauge, instead
Hurth Transmission Problem?? rpell1@msn.com at 8:18am 05.08.21 Catalina 30 2/893 Hi all, I hope everyone is safe and healthy? Just to get ahead of a potential transmission problem
Atomic 4 and muffler Admiral at 9:04pm 05.07.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1187 So I have a 1977 Cat 30 with the Atomic 4 engine. This is one that has the problem of water coming
sink exhaust hose advice AEarnshaw at 5:07pm 05.07.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/851 This one should be easy but living rurally with no suppliers locally finding sourcing the right part
Tabbing cracked on the travel trailer just now (2) SV_IdleHour at 10:44am 05.07.21 Ask All Sailors 11/741 Hey all-- Hunter 27; it's the tabbing on the water tank port side v berth. Doesn't look structural (
Flags (4) Bob S at 9:50am 05.07.21 Ask All Sailors 17/1637 My grandfather was a captain in the power squadron and I found some of his flags from 60 years ago.
Beneteau Spare Parts Update Atonement at 9:42am 05.07.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2222 Beneteau closed the Marion, SC plant in 2020 and all new boat purchases go through Europe. They did
Yanmar SB-8 Shift/Throttle Controls (1) npaulay at 9:28am 05.07.21 Ask All Sailors 3/1344 Hello - I am in process of fully installing my new(to me) Yanmar SB-8 on my 27 footer. This is repla
New addition to the fleet (1) SailingLoto at 6:02am 05.07.21 Ask All Sailors 4/530 193803picked up this c25 with a trailer and 8hp mariner today. Needs a bath but in great shape.
Outboard motor rail mount (2) Good Vibes at 5:59am 05.07.21 Catalina 310 6/968
Cutting port lights in hull LSCalifornia at 9:58pm 05.06.21 Big Boats 2/420 Has anyone enlarged or added port lights or fixed acrylic panels to introduce more daylight to the H
Heads up... really (1) Brian D at 8:17pm 05.06.21 Sails Call Lounge 7/766 Heads up folks, and I really mean it. The Chinese launched a rocket the other day and the main engin
cabin drain screens Richardwm at 6:07pm 05.06.21 Ask An Oday Owner 3/549 My 1984 34' had 2 drains to the bilge in the floor of the head and the drains have screen covers tha
Hull Damage (2) rukidn at 5:48pm 05.06.21 Catalina 310 14/2296 We launched on Friday with no trouble and I piloted Brio the 20 cold minutes to our marina. We began
I cheated today JRT at 4:37pm 05.06.21 Ask All Sailors 9/1142 Saw this in my inbox and asked for the price sheet. Don't tell may 310... https://www.cata-lagoon.

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Black Butyl tape? Sutric at 5:24pm 02.16.24 Check out McMaster-Carr. I seem to remember that's where I found mine.
Removing Fischer Panda 8 Mini-DP from Hunter 45CC (4) kbgunn at 4:50pm 02.16.24 Pictures would help. The genset should have a lift point (a ring?) on top that can carry the weight
Sunwind 311 - question about hull jssailem at 4:18pm 02.16.24 You have a challenging project. Rather than tell you some of the ideas, I am attaching a source of k
Musings On Boat Electrical Panels (1) BAD ORCA at 4:01pm 02.16.24 Follow up: yes, confirmed. On mine, because of the way the plus bus is attached to the breakers, o
Sunwind 311 - question about hull PaulK at 2:40pm 02.16.24 Ouch! Take Dave's advice (above). We were quoted $5000 (USD) for a new rudder. That did not include
Bilge pump fuse question? BAD ORCA at 2:10pm 02.16.24 No need for me, I understand what you're doing. Thanks, after re-reading your first post, i think
Seller's Beware - Scam related to SailboatOwners classifieds. Dave at 1:42pm 02.16.24 I edited the thread's title because it was misleading. The information in the OP's post is good to k
Seller's Beware - Scam related to SailboatOwners classifieds. dlochner at 1:30pm 02.16.24 Glad your bank was on top of this! In general when selling a boat, it is the buyer who is responsib
Kirie Elite 29 kappykaplan at 1:26pm 02.16.24 Hat trick, the OP hasn't been seen since 29 Nov 2022. Welcome to the forum! :beer:
Removing Fischer Panda 8 Mini-DP from Hunter 45CC capta at 1:07pm 02.16.24 The gen set was installed before the floor was put down so you are going to have to either take apar
Bilge pump fuse question? dlochner at 12:10pm 02.16.24 maybe i can do a wiring diagram if im describing it in a confusing way. No need for me, I underst
Sunwind 311 - question about hull dlochner at 11:48am 02.16.24 Repairs are generally better made with epoxy resin rather than polyester. Epoxy has much better adhe
Bilge pump fuse question? BAD ORCA at 11:45am 02.16.24 maybe i can do a wiring diagram if im describing it in a confusing way.
Sunwind 311 - question about hull (4) Kostas Metaxas at 11:39am 02.16.24 Thank everybody for the reply. My boat got some damages to rudder and rudder tube securing in hull
Bilge pump fuse question? BAD ORCA at 11:36am 02.16.24 I assume this is the switch: https://d2pyqm2yd3fw2i.cloudfront.net/files/resources/instructions/98
Bilge pump fuse question? BAD ORCA at 11:32am 02.16.24 I'm not sure why you would want to do that. I wired mine the way the manufacturer's wiring diagram
Bilge pump fuse question? BAD ORCA at 11:30am 02.16.24 I'm not sure why you would want to do that. I wired mine the way the manufacturer's wiring diagram
Sunwind 311 - question about hull jssailem at 11:18am 02.16.24 Welcome to SBO. The question is interesting. It is unlikely that a production boat would be constru
new mulitbank battery charger experiences dlochner at 10:54am 02.16.24 No I don't have a switch on the House bank. That's what I was saying here: I would have to disconn
Sunwind 311 - question about hull dlochner at 10:52am 02.16.24 Who could inform whether hull is based on Epoxy or Polyester resin? It is highly unlikely the hu

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