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Echo Charger Bob S at 6:13am 05.18.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1421 I know a lot has been posted on the subject. I have one question I couldn't find the answer in the a
Hooking electric bilge pump into manual pump dacheez at 5:54am 05.18.09 Bigger Boats 0/1275 Installing an electric bilge pump in an O'Day 272LE. Had read a thread last week from several years
bildge problem jim mcginn at 5:38am 05.18.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/2015 New owner of a Cat 34'. Typically have a couple of inches of water in the bildge. All tanks and seal
H33: what is normal water temperature Mike Oatsvall at 5:29am 05.18.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1407 I have a 33 with a Yanmar 3YM30. What is the normal operating range for the engine water temperature
Radio Interference from Battery Charger Phil K at 5:28am 05.18.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1898 When listening to FM (or AM) on my radio, I get interference whenever my battery charger comes on.
How much should bowl fill? SailingTerp at 5:05am 05.18.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1749 How much should the bowl fill up? I bought my 1982 Catalina 25 dinette model last year and it came
Dual Battery Connection 63284 at 4:53am 05.18.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1660 Last fall, I removed the the two batteries from the boat in order to trickle charge them over the wi
changing oil the ancient mariner at 4:36am 05.18.09 Catalina 310 0/1367 This may be an old solution but it's new to me. I connected the existing oil pan drain hose fitting
Upper Rudder Bushing or Sleeve on Y36 Yamaha (2) Rizzman at 4:25am 05.18.09 Yamaha 5/3310 My upper rudder post sleeve or nylon bushing (since I don't know what it is actually called?) is in
Lake Ontario Hunter Rendezvous Ken Palmer at 4:11am 05.18.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/994 :wow: Have all of you Lake Ontario Hunter owners heard about the rendezvous coming up in July? If
Refridgeration Bad Obsession at 2:40am 05.18.09 Catalina 30 2/1338 Who has installed a refridgeration unit on their boat? How much did it cost and how hard was it? W
Sailmaking Mark Major at 1:24am 05.18.09 Ask All Sailors 14/2105 I have been given 55 feet of 55" wide light nylon fabric, and have sewing skills enough to entertain
Stanchion Question hunter 28.5 (1) agittler at 9:19am 05.17.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1228 I must replace one of the Stanchion on my 87 hunter 28.5. While I have been able to remove the stanc
compression post noise ajsail1 at 8:46pm 05.17.09 Big Boats 0/986 I've finished my compression post project, minus one decision. There was a thin piece of nylon on t
Trailering with Motor??? tgrass462 at 7:42pm 05.17.09 Smaller Boats 6/1341 I'm taking delivery of our 'new' H-260 this Thursday. We'll be trailering down to Kentucky Lake (ab
water leaks CapN Bill 87 at 7:01pm 05.17.09 Sirius 21/22 7/4978 Hi Folks Has anyone out there figured out how rainwater gets into the cabin under seat lockers???
Whisker pole for H36 Ken Honeycutt at 6:03pm 05.17.09 Big Boats 4/1148 Thinking about adding a whisker pole. Has anyone had experience with an H36? Was it easy to install
priming a raw water impeller Don Crowther at 5:49pm 05.17.09 Mid-Size Boats 9/2779 The ice is off the lake the docks are in and we have launched!!:dance: But as we started the engine
Cheek Blocks jibjunkie at 5:09pm 05.17.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1481 Any of you '84 31 owners know where to buy new cheek blocks? I would like to be able to match up wit
Car Stereo jerry10848 at 5:08pm 05.17.09 Ask All Sailors 33/4631 I'd like to mount a car stereo (AM/FM/CD) over the nav table of my ODay 28 and control it from the c

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1977 O'Day 27. 1st Sailboat ever. Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:10am 03.12.22 Welcome aboard sbo.com! You're about to become a very busy person, 'cuz if you've never owned a "
New Catalina 30 Owner (1) mikeracca at 9:08am 03.12.22
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer (1) Maine Sail at 8:08am 03.12.22 That looks a lot like a Balmar regulator. I read the spec, it's a three-stage reg for lead-acid.
Here's something you don't see every day All U Get at 7:27am 03.12.22
Legend 40.5 (and likely others) - Princess stove 3372 grates (1) sail sfbay at 7:25am 03.12.22 Part 70114 per attached manual. Buy them here: 70114-SS Stainless Replacement Top Burner Grate Seawa
New Catalina 30 Owner Tally Ho at 7:17am 03.12.22
H30 cutlass O.D Tally Ho at 7:07am 03.12.22 The shaft would be removed and the strut is already broken so it will be clamped in a vise. Either
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer jviss at 6:59am 03.12.22 Perhaps they do. Not sure about LiFePO Power Accessories \| Xantrex Alternator Regulator \| Xantrex
refrigeration for a s2 11a Tally Ho at 6:58am 03.12.22 I can dream but I know that I am not going to be doing any long range cruising with this S2. Just h
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer JamesG161 at 6:57am 03.12.22 Xentrex does not make regulators. Perhaps they do. Not sure about LiFePO Power Accessories \| Xan
H30 cutlass O.D Cocoa Beach Sailor at 6:56am 03.12.22 Is the boat in question a Hunter 30 or a Hunter 430??? As per the title, it is a hunter 30. I will
H30 cutlass O.D Cocoa Beach Sailor at 6:55am 03.12.22
H30 cutlass O.D Cocoa Beach Sailor at 6:52am 03.12.22 What you are looking for is a press. A hammer may destroy the bond of the strut to the hull. See
Raymarine C120 Screen Rehab RoyS at 6:52am 03.12.22 Interesting. There must be two layers of film over the screen. The one I removed was very thin and p
H30 cutlass O.D Cocoa Beach Sailor at 6:51am 03.12.22 If you buy a new one you will have the exact measurement. Smashing! That never would have occurred
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer Maine Sail at 6:36am 03.12.22 I looked at the Xantrex site, and I can't find an alternator regulator designed or programmable for
What anchor and rode will physically fit the bow and anchor locker? RoyS at 6:07am 03.12.22 Rocna recommendations use 50 mph winds so their sizing is very conservative.
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer jviss at 6:04am 03.12.22 They must have listened. Too long of a story, but they helped me, by phone, with my new one. Their
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer JamesG161 at 5:50am 03.12.22 We had stopped installing Xantrex years ago due to on-going reliability and customer support issues
Shackleton's Endurance Found kappykaplan at 5:46am 03.12.22 Saw this a couple of times on the news. Great historical find! :beer:

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