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can any body tell me what this is??? (1) sand sailor at 5:35pm 06.11.09 Ask All Sailors 24/3504 http://www.rernetworking.com/craigslist/boat3.JPG O.K. its a sail boat , but what kind???:neutral:
Yanmar 2QM15 mixing elbow garylinger at 3:25pm 06.11.09 Ask All Sailors 10/9515 My U shaped mixing elbow (Yanmar 2QM15) finally blew out, big time. Fortunately I was close to the
Diesel hard to start RAD88 at 3:01pm 06.11.09 Ask All Sailors 25/15000 I have a Yanmar YSM12. It has gotten very hard to start without the use of a touch of starting fluid
Universal M-25XPB JCDSAIL at 2:20pm 06.11.09 Catalina 310 15/10589 Just replaced the broken fuel filter bracket that is part of the ongoing bugs that plague this engin
New owner Mac26M! rmhoover at 12:36pm 06.11.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1340 My wife and I recently purchased a Mac 26M and are extremely excited to take her out for her madain
LEDnavigation lights james turner at 12:15pm 06.11.09 Ask All Sailors 18/3273 I recently bought some LED bulbs for my navigation lights from Dr. LED. I was disappointed when I r
4lb LPG bottles contagious at 12:09pm 06.11.09 Big Boats 5/1943 I need to replace the propane bottles on my 98 340 and am having trouble finding 4lb bottles.
Sailboat Living curious1 at 11:38am 06.11.09 Ask All Sailors 29/7283 How many of you currently live on your sailboat or have very lived on a sailboat and would your reco
Is MMSI Tied to Call Sign? geoffschultz at 10:26am 06.11.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1844 I have a MMSI (367390040) issued by the FCC. Is this tied to my call sign (WCZ5101) permanently? I
ranger 29 mast step compression and cabin seperation sunny at 9:39am 06.11.09 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 4/4938 I have a ranger 29 that someone has pointed out a little compression around the mast step and some c
we need sails quick! Blu Beverage at 9:15am 06.11.09 Ask All Sailors 14/2195 my girlfriend katie and i recently got a 22 O'Day that we've been working endlessly on. it was aban
Rigging Plan For 1986 21mcgregor NORTHWIND at 9:14am 06.11.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1303 Hello, I just picked up a 21 ft mcgregor last weekened and do not know how to rig it properly, an
STA-LOK installation tips BobM at 8:55am 06.11.09 Ask All Sailors 13/7847 My new backstay arrived yesterday from Rigging Only. I had it cut a little long and supplied with a
Marina Etiquette - Halyards rardiH36 at 7:54am 06.11.09 Ask All Sailors 13/5418 Expect that lots of forum members have been marina renters/residents for a long time and have more e
1984 vintage motorola alternator infamous-bob19215 at 7:26am 06.11.09 Catalina 30 3/1888 Anyone out there know the modle of the Mortola Alternator provided on the Universal Engine in a 84 C
Topping lift Block Blitz at 5:56am 06.11.09 Ask All Sailors 18/11191 SBO forum members: I was wondering if many of you upgrade your topping lift to include a block for
Trip to Kingston , NY mudtertel at 5:50am 06.11.09 Smaller Boats 2/1054 My wife and I , left from Ossining,NY on Sunday 6/7/09. It was a beautiful day , not much of a breez
NavPod sailliny at 5:24am 06.11.09 Catalina 310 5/2576 I need to open up my NavPod to remove an instrument. Does anyone know the size and type of tamper re
VMR What is it? Quoddy at 5:12am 06.11.09 Ask All Sailors 12/3855 VMG What is it? Someone said that VMG on a GPS doesn't take into account many factors such as curre
vertical batten retrofit prosmile at 4:44am 06.11.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1422 Does anyone have experience converting Beneteau 2000 roller furler to the new vertical batten roller

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looking hard at a 2006 Hunter 36 - we have a couple of questions. tfox2069 at 10:40am 03.20.22 looked yesterday at a Hunter 36 from 2006. Can the forum answer a couple of questions? 1 - the ori
Wheel Lock Question - Beneteau 311 with Wheel Steering (2) Caboteur at 10:40am 03.20.22
Bristol 24 water tank SV Gutsy Lady at 10:36am 03.20.22 Update I cut in and made an access panel so I can get to the hose connection to replace and to clean
Pinhole of light through hull. Best way to fix? shemandr at 10:14am 03.20.22 ...Other observations: Before accepting it as fact I'd like to see some support for the comment "wa
can't pump out waste tank bawlmer at 10:03am 03.20.22 Wow, that stinks! My macerator stopped working last season. I don't even know where it is! Serio
Auto Pilot Stu Jackson at 9:51am 03.20.22 Welcome William. With your new boat, you might also be interested in the active C34 forum. Here's
Christmas in March Tom J at 9:50am 03.20.22 I have a number of extra parts that I would like to see gone, no flea markets nearby. I wish there
Auto Pilot jssailem at 8:46am 03.20.22 Welcome William to the SBO. Congrats on the Catalina. Is this an upgrade from the Irwin? Did you ha
Auto Pilot dlochner at 8:37am 03.20.22 Welcome to the forum. Be prepared for a plethora of answers and suggestions. :) Start with the fir
Catalina 30 starboard water tank fox9988 at 8:14am 03.20.22 For future readers, I was able to access the starboard tank drain fitting through the 4" access port
Isomat reefing line length jviss at 8:09am 03.20.22 Hi Dan, well, at least you know where you are. Do you have the shuttle blocks, i.e., those two-shea
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard jviss at 8:04am 03.20.22 A GFI will trip if plugged into another GFI. Is that so? I can't imagine why. Not an expert on t
My NEWEST radio is "obsolete" ? Brian D at 8:02am 03.20.22 Your HX851 was built by Icom. There may be other Icom Handhelds that use a similar battery pack that
Wheel Lock Question - Beneteau 311 with Wheel Steering joker460 at 7:58am 03.20.22 I'm still confused after reading the above posts and looking at the sites. Kloudie and sail sfbay,
My NEWEST radio is "obsolete" ? smokey73 at 7:53am 03.20.22 Agreed on at least one "simple" VHF hand held. That is why I had the "battery rebuilt" on my old RM
My NEWEST radio is "obsolete" ? Kings Gambit at 7:23am 03.20.22 Newest and only DSC is handheld and has dead Li battery, google search reveals radio is obsolete, n
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard Rick Webb at 7:03am 03.20.22 A GFI will trip if plugged into another GFI. Is the outlet you are plugging into GFI protected?
Wind angle jon hansen at 6:53am 03.20.22 https://www.wd40.com/myths-legends-fun-facts WD40 is a lubricant.
Isomat reefing line length Dan Kelly at 6:47am 03.20.22 Is this the reefing system you have? rs; but it may be the same system. Mine had been horribly ha
Yet another LiFePo4 query LeslieTroyer at 6:45am 03.20.22

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