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replacement rudder 25ft Oday smg522 at 7:41pm 10.18.08 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1936 Had a great day sailing and my rudder snapped off. Managed to get it repaired by a fibreglass techni
Need to know where the holes go on new rudder (4) v3n0m at 6:03pm 10.18.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1214 I was hoping someone has done this before and saved the measurements on where the holes are to be
More Soda-blast problems Barry7363 at 4:21pm 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 9/2182 Last week I posted a "cry for help" related to the discovery after soda blasting our C-34, that the
More Soda-blast problems Barry7363 at 4:11pm 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 0/18 Last week I posted a "cry for help" related to the discovery after soda blasting our C-34, that the
Why can't you view ads by brand? agaliha at 3:30pm 10.18.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/1978 I used to be able to look at the gear ads by boat brand (Beneteau, etc.) Now all the ads come up at
Wild Ride in Catalina Rick D at 1:40pm 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 7/1941 The Admiral and I went to Cat Harbor for a week in order to refocus off our dwindling assets and the
Alternator "smart regulators" for hunter430 rwblocker at 1:14pm 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1809 I have a 1995 hunter 430 with the standard two 8D flooded house batteries and a isolated starter bat
Winterizing Jabsco Head Buena Vela at 11:27am 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 8/14888 I have a boat which is new to me and have never winterized a Jabsco head before, I wonder if anyone
Bottom Paint Question bffatcat at 11:24am 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1304 When I bought my boat 9 years ago It had several layers of old blue epoxy bottom paint on it I sande
Passage 450 Rudder Charliepapa at 9:10am 10.18.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1579 I have a 1997 Passage 450 with relatively low hours - 900 on it. There is some play in the rudder po
Who's got the biggest, (heaviest) trailerable boat? okawbow at 8:18am 10.18.08 Trailer Sailors 51/40638 I've been thinking about a bigger sailboat; but wondering how big is too big to trailer. I only live
Splicing Rope AllenF at 8:12am 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 9/2288 OK...I've heard that there's no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people who ask question
Waste System Fittings John T1594 at 7:29am 10.18.08 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/2026 Peggy - I saw your reply to the post about a cracked holding tank fitting. You recommended using an
Sailing an 86 h23.5 in ocean derrickh23 at 7:11am 10.18.08 Smaller Boats 5/1474 I have never sailed my 86 h23 in the ocean but am planing a trip to the Keys in February. I have sai
Water Tank Sender/Gauge Wire Color Dan at 6:20am 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 3/1360 Hi all: The wiring between one of my water tanks and my tank gauge corroded. Instead of patching
New Water Pumps TonyW at 6:19am 10.18.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1990 Has anyone installed or had any experience with the new Variable Speed water pumps. Are they as quie
HOW TO...Pump out waste 1986 31' Night Wind at 6:13am 10.18.08 Mid-Size Boats 2/1468 With out sounding to ingnorant, I just purchased this boat about four months ago and to be completel
MERRIMAN-Yacht Specialties Pedestal Parts kloudie1 at 5:42am 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 4/10458 Several years back, the plastic control mounting section of my old Merriman pedestal broke. I found
H34 Jib Sheet Hangs Up Dave Perry at 5:09am 10.18.08 Big Boats 8/1819 Maybe it's unique to me... but more often than not, when I tack, my jib sheet gets caught up under t
Painting over old boat name on transom remo7e at 3:47am 10.18.08 Ask All Sailors 11/7104 Hello all, I bought a boat a few weeks ago and would like to rename her. The previous name is pai

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Seek Advice 1980 Hunter 37C: Do I need to add another halyard? Jim Legere at 7:16am 02.08.22 If you are running a spinnaker halyard through a block on one of the two bails on the masthead crane
Adding 115 AC NCBrew at 6:50am 02.08.22
Flexing Floor jssailem at 6:42am 02.08.22 Plymouth Sailor, could you share some images of the area you identify as the concern. It would help
Old transducer with new depth sounder? jssailem at 6:38am 02.08.22 As stated. Depth is an analog 2 wire transmission to a decoder. If you want to share the signal beyo
Tiller Will Gilmore at 6:27am 02.08.22 I waited six months for a special ordered "standard" transmission instead of driving its automatic t
Modification Impact Expert Advice Requested jssailem at 6:16am 02.08.22 WELCOME Capt Fantastic to the SBO forum. The MacGregor sounds like the boat design you would find s
Shower drain JamesG161 at 6:12am 02.08.22 Ok this is my best suggestion to clean and mop up the water after a shower. A small sponge mop. ht
C&C 30 Mk II rudder Jumpstart at 6:03am 02.08.22 I had this done professionally for my C&C 29-2 rudder. Critical that you get the right density foam.
ANNOUNCEMENT: One-to-one Support for your Hunter Sailboat MetricMountie at 5:57am 02.08.22 A huge thank you from a three time Hunter owner from the East Coast of Canada. Could not be more pl
Self tailing winches cb32863 at 5:55am 02.08.22 So forgive me but what are you using those giant winches for on a H260 16's are not giant. My Fir
Pop top trouble Ben4195 at 5:52am 02.08.22 The only difficulty I can imagine with raising the pop top might be the weight? Once raised, there
Pearson 30 fred1diver at 5:28am 02.08.22 Can anyone tell me the size of the icebox? the inking of getting cold plate refrigeration for it
Winter Cruising Question jssailem at 5:28am 02.08.22 Great pictures. Sounds like the outing was a lot of fun for all. You packed a lot of experiences int
Yanmar 2GM20F blew black smoke kloudie1 at 4:35am 02.08.22 A fouled propeller will also do that. Check that first then check the elbow before ordering one.. G
Yanmar 2GM20F blew black smoke kappykaplan at 4:22am 02.08.22 Although I don't have a Yanmar in my boat, the symptoms you describe are eerily similar to the sympt
C&C 30 Mk II rudder Apex at 3:22am 02.08.22 @Tally Ho: Thanks, I watched Mads just last night: ZMB0RUCwFvY using Sicomin PB250. My other optio
Aux fuel tank on H50 (1) Gianni65 at 12:20am 02.08.22 Hi, thanks for your explanation, I understand. Since I can see 49 and 50 with water/fuel capacity
Pacific Northwest Sailing Suggestions (US) Kings Gambit at 10:34pm 02.07.22 Is anyone really going to fine us for not having a US radio license? I doubt it.
B41S5 Mainsheet control (2) Tally Ho at 10:08pm 02.07.22 No specific boat pics, but it should be easy enough to route the mainsheet aft. But first, you sho
Shower drain Tally Ho at 9:54pm 02.07.22

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