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Old wifi question, new angle KandD at 12:44pm 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2412 I want to connect to the marina's hotspot, but we don't get a solid connection below deck. While I
Looking for a Hunter 310 Manual Steve E. at 11:35am 04.09.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1653 I am soon getting a 1999 Hunter 310 and was curious if anyone had an electronic copy of the owner's
Whale Flipper Pump Mark III (1) Rich Stidger at 11:21am 04.09.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 7/373 I have two of these removed from service around 1990. Free for the postage.
Extra Water Tank D Finney at 11:03am 04.09.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1022 As anyone added an extra water tank to a 331? Im thinking aabout trying to add one under the aft ca
Mast Step pin on 2002 Hunter 306 Philip1126 at 10:13am 04.09.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1756 I have a 2002 Hunter 306. I have a problem that I did not really resolve for last season's launch (m
navpod mods Banooma at 8:41am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 5/3206 Has anyone used Starboard plastic, or other cutting board material as a patch for differently-shaped
Starter issue Deadline at 8:34am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 18/4307 The starter button on my Yanmar 2GM20F (Hunter 320) continues to vex me. Last year I replaced the
condensation between hull and liner ncbrydon at 7:59am 04.09.09 Big Boats 0/1084 I am a new owner of a 2002 Hunter 380. I noticed a small spot of water on the floor in the aft cabin
473 Cutter Rig Jester II at 7:48am 04.09.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1651 Has anyone modified their rig (preferably on a 473) to a cutter rig?
OMC Zephyr Saildrive Brucer at 7:22am 04.09.09 S2 0/1596 I've found lots of documentation for my S2 7.3 except info about the saildrive as installed in our b
spider crack repair Susan at 6:46am 04.09.09 Irwin 1/2467 Can you tell me the best procedure to repair small spider cracks? And, we have taken the lettering o
Gas consumption jkincannon at 6:15am 04.09.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1480 I had an 8 HP motor on a 12 foot alum boat once, but have not run my 9.9 Johnson 2 stroke enough on
Play in Rudder wally252 at 5:54am 04.09.09 Columbia 0/2014 How do you install shims in the rudder to eliminate excessive play at the tiller?
Cheap cleaning tricks (1) Jumpstart at 5:47am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1857 Over the years I've picked up a couple of tricks to solve pesky cleaning problems. The tannin stain
Garmin 3000 series data card questions Roger Long at 3:52am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 13/4389 I have the Garmin 3205 for my radar installation on order from Tiger. Looking at the downloaded man
Depth finder Tony2367 at 7:26pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 7/3497 A few weeks ago we were returning up the St. Mark's River and ran aground. I knew the tide was low b
Motor Mount Bolts Stripped Out Deucer at 6:45pm 04.08.09 Smaller Boats 8/2016 Has anybody had this happen to them? I was puttig the boat in a slip and fighting about 15kts of cr
Re-bedding fixed lexan Ports Tstein at 4:55pm 04.08.09 S2 5/4711 Aloha; The lexan port is leaking and I'm trying to decide what is the correct product to use to r
New Orleans area weather sailaway78 at 3:20pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1411 Have read a couple post recently, not to mention mine, where someone got pounded pretty good by the
Electric polisher and buffer paulj at 2:20pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 21/3941 My 26 year old Porter Cable is broken and beyond reasonable repair. I'm looking for recomendations f

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Custom graphic on a cruising spinnaker Apex at 4:38am 03.14.22 @JRacer thats a lot of numbers.....but no boat number? :)
Icebox conversion kits jviss at 4:09am 03.14.22 The The 120 volt dorm fridge I had before the Isotherm would start out at about 70 watts and as i
How to cleaning halyard on the boat shemandr at 3:28am 03.14.22 With no sail up I'd knot the tail of the halyard so it can't get lost in the mast. Then pull as muc
Lightning strike BigEasy at 2:07am 03.14.22 Unfortunately, a lightening strike has the potential to extensively damage a boat. Electronics incl
H41 inner forestay? DCGULL at 1:30am 03.14.22 That looks GREAT! And, it's a great set-up for dead downwind! How is the custom SeaTek Chainplate a
Looking for artists for a logo mikeracca at 11:45pm 03.13.22 My daughter is an artist and architect, a RISD graduate (Rhode Island School of Design) and has don
Icebox conversion kits Hayden Watson at 10:58pm 03.13.22 I installed my icebox conversion 23 years ago and it is still working. I have needed to fix a few l
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Update Tom J at 10:11pm 03.13.22 Don't forget, a lot of us contributed to Compass Marine before there was the GoFundMe.
H41 inner forestay? (1) Windpilot at 9:46pm 03.13.22 I went with the furling, not disappointed yet.
Icebox conversion kits Johnb at 8:41pm 03.13.22 The 120 volt dorm fridge I had before the Isotherm would start out at about 70 watts and as it ra
How best to change from Shore power to Ship Power Mike M. at 8:41pm 03.13.22 Mike, As SFBay & David advised, your are going to have to trace and check the bilge pump DC ci
Icebox conversion kits DArcy at 8:40pm 03.13.22 What does that mean? You mean a 60W, 120V bulb? That would only be 1/2A, which is ridiculous - ab
Lightning strike jssailem at 8:35pm 03.13.22 Welcome to SBO. Mother Nature can really doo a number on our boats. What exactly did the lightening
Icebox conversion kits jviss at 8:17pm 03.13.22 Even my old system only draws the equivalent of a 60w light bulb when it comes on. What does that
Lightning strike Ralph Johnstone at 8:08pm 03.13.22 How do the electronics look ? I understand those can be vulnerable.
Looking for artists for a logo jviss at 8:05pm 03.13.22 My daughter is an artist and architect, a RISD graduate (Rhode Island School of Design) and has done
Allied Titanium? dLj at 7:47pm 03.13.22 I did not say titanium was not prone to crevice corrosion. In fact crevice corrosion is the corrosio
New S2 ( to me :) Md80max at 7:34pm 03.13.22 DArcy, thank you, good advice... I have been contemplating this decision for several days now...and

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