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Prop Shaft Knock Richard Deep at 5:20pm 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 12/3093 OK, this is driving me nuts. My boat has developed a strange knocking (thumping?, slapping?) sound t
First 285 DC panel & water heater qiestion? SoSound at 5:19pm 11.04.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1907 First 285 DC panel ' water heater question? Thanks for bearing with me, I'm working on a lot of thi
Prop Shaft Knock Richard Deep at 4:54pm 11.04.08 Mid-Size Boats 8/1881 OK, this is driving me nuts. My 85 H31 has developed a strange knocking (thumping?, slapping?) sound
Yanmar 3GMF ranchu56 at 4:20pm 11.04.08 Big Boats 9/1831 Looking for advice. Meter shows 3518.6 hrs on the engine. I only had the boat in the water for 4 mo
A new look to the cabin woodwork (4) Trinkka at 4:17pm 11.04.08 Day Sailers 1/1463 It seems that every year I need to make a change or do some kind of a modification to my O'Day 222.
Depthsounder Question Buck420 at 3:54pm 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 11/1460 I have an '01 H420 w/ a Raymarine depthsounder. If, in addition to the existing depthsounder, I were
chain plates puckliny at 3:52pm 11.04.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1498 I have just purchased a 85' Hunter 25.5. The chain plate for the backstay snapped when the marina h
Breathing new life to an old forward hatch (4) Trinkka at 3:42pm 11.04.08 Ask An Oday Owner 0/946 The old hatches that came with some of the O'Day sailboats were prone to break very easy. I don't kn
Uss Freedom Wayne M at 3:27pm 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1380 Hello everyone I went down to do some work on my boat yesterday. I have it stored at the Milwaukee C
Oceanis 351 sunworshipper at 3:18pm 11.04.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1694 Hi all, New to the forums. I was curious if anyone has any real experience or owns an oceanis 351
Bareboat Martinique and St. Lucia David10790 at 2:07pm 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 7/1573 Five of us will be chartering in St. Lucia in March. Anyone with experience there? Anyone know whi
Stern pulpit spdycml at 12:57pm 11.04.08 Mid-Size Boats 5/3157 Hello everyone, I'll start by saying that I'm new to sailing and have just purchased a 1976 Cat 27
Winter Boat Cover for Hunter 31 asmits at 10:38am 11.04.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2610 I'm entering my first winter season with my 2006 Hunter 31. Does anyone know of a supplier for sailb
Abnormal Waves Franklin at 10:38am 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1721 http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2008/11/04/massive_waves_a_mystery_at_maine_harbor
1993 H23.5 Mark H at 10:09am 11.04.08 Smaller Boats 5/1656 Novice question1..Does the boom vang attach from the mast base plate to the same point on boom as t*
Looking for rain guards for Hunter 29' Jan Peters at 9:43am 11.04.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/876 We have a 1987 Hunter 29 in our sailing fleet. We need to replace the rain guards and are having dif
Access to Electrical Conduit inside Mast liberty at 8:18am 11.04.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/2251 My mast lights are inop (anchor, box and deck lights). I had the lights replaced and rewired after
Vent pipes Bob S at 7:27am 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 10/1664 I've been searching the archives for info on replacing or clearing a blocked vent pipe. Both the toi
Hunter 25.5 Rudder Specs Rebel Glover at 6:58am 11.04.08 Ask All Sailors 7/2624 Looking for the dimensions for a 84 Hunter 25.5 rudder. Any help or info on the specs would be much
Hunter 306 LED Navigation Lights and Masthead Anchor/Steaming Light Combo dennisp at 6:52am 11.04.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/3550

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Bimini...what does it refer to? JohnShannon at 10:54pm 06.02.21 There must be some way to contact SBO. I see you have a Hunter, is that one with the spoiler? Mayb
What do you use for fire extingushers?? FastOlson at 10:35pm 06.02.21 One added note regarding our particular boat, it's equipped with two 5# bottles and one 2.5# bottle.
Tricks to prevent topping lift snags FastOlson at 10:28pm 06.02.21 We use the TL to keep some of the strain off the springs at the dock, but I guess I could unclip it
Bimini...what does it refer to? Tom J at 10:05pm 06.02.21 I've always thought of the bimini as the whole structure, frame and cover. I have spent some time i
Simrad WP30 Autopilot Drinking on the Job Richard19068 at 10:01pm 06.02.21 Remember the belt is not necessarily a chandlery item. As Brian said it is an AT5-825-10 belt (5mm
Odd Discharge Tom J at 9:57pm 06.02.21 JRT / Justin_NSA and Tom - oil was as black as night, so I just repositioned the hose. Did not ne
Traveler Bar replacement -- Has anyone succeeded? pclarksurf at 9:51pm 06.02.21 Did this ever work? Partial-- I ordered the new traveler and it is backordered so I didn't get i
Reefing Line Size(s) swshogren at 9:21pm 06.02.21 thank you all for your recommendations and sharing.
Bimini...what does it refer to? Ken13559 at 9:20pm 06.02.21 Well I think of it as the whole thing frame and fabric. Why do you ask? Did you buy a bimini and
Bimini...what does it refer to? Leeward Rail at 9:01pm 06.02.21 Frame and the cloth covering cockpit, mostly for sun protection but also rain. (I assume the name is
Bimini...what does it refer to? JohnShannon at 8:57pm 06.02.21 Well I think of it as the whole thing frame and fabric. Why do you ask? Did you buy a bimini and o
garmin NMEA 2000 backbone and Ray EV100 wheel pilot (1) Hayden Watson at 8:52pm 06.02.21 Well it is getting serious now because I am ordering the EV100 tomorrow. I think I need to have my
Bimini...what does it refer to? HMT2 at 8:44pm 06.02.21
Jabsco Sensor Max 14 ramoore at 7:56pm 06.02.21 Hi, I have a 2007 44DS, which had the same fresh water pump. I just recently replaced it with a Fl
keel bolts ? - buying boat Scott T-Bird at 7:36pm 06.02.21 Well Beneteau still uses bolts and they are Dacroment and I replaced mine and so have many others
Window gaskets The Captain at 6:55pm 06.02.21 @jssailem That's correct. They used "vinyl glazing channels", same as camper trailers of the era.
Pearson 33-2 caretakers 31seahorse at 6:47pm 06.02.21 In my earlier post I should have mentioned, bragged, name-dropped, or otherwise said that we first d
keel bolts ? - buying boat Mechone at 6:30pm 06.02.21 Well Beneteau still uses bolts and they are Dacroment and I replaced mine and so have many others
Simrad WP30 Autopilot Drinking on the Job SabreToothedEngineer at 6:08pm 06.02.21 Thanks for all the help, everyone. I think the belt tension is going to be the answer. During the l
Odd Discharge AwwShucks at 5:50pm 06.02.21 JRT / Justin_NSA and Tom - oil was as black as night, so I just repositioned the hose. Did not nee

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