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Tachometer replacement K-Mac at 3:07pm 08.11.08 Catalina 30 3/1546 I have a 1984 Catalina 30 and my tach died recently. Thus far I have been unable to locate a replac
Bilge repair Randy Church at 2:51pm 08.11.08 Big Boats 2/1643 I'm fairly certain I've read all posts regarding the cavity beneath the sump floor that holds water
CDI furler on ebay sailaway78 at 2:12pm 08.11.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1428 Anyone interested, there is a CDI flex furler on ebay. Listed under sailboat parts. It is the FF6, w
It is going to get messy Recess at 2:10pm 08.11.08 Ask An Oday Owner 0/884 I am starting the sanding and prep work for the paint job. Luckily my carports are freaking huge so
Need Help Evaluating a 1980 28' Oday (1) jbrosser at 2:02pm 08.11.08 Ask All Sailors 11/2087 My wife and I are new to sailing and this will be our first buy. We are looking at vessels in the 2
west lake Erie Bogdan at 1:54pm 08.11.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/919 can anyone tell me about sailing in western L.Erie, would live to do this in Sept
club racing swamp irish at 1:48pm 08.11.08 Cal 2/1627
Buying a Daysailor. Your Thoughts?!?! Flotsam at 1:11pm 08.11.08 Ask All Sailors 11/10282 Ladies and Gentlemen, I humbly seek your advice in boat purchases. I am seeking a daysailor with
Top off the Tanks??? A survey for those that don't MoonSailer at 12:47pm 08.11.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1645 It seems to be popular opinion not based on any physics or experiments that topping off fuel tanks i
US tourist hacked to death in Guatemala Steve22116 at 12:32pm 08.11.08 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 2/2603 Sorry to report this attack in Guatemala but felt others should know this danger. I've included the
Dodger sharkdive1 at 11:52am 08.11.08 Smaller Boats 10/1325 I have a 96 H26. Does anyone know if there is a Dodger that I can buy for my sailboat or do I just h
Loose Steering on Mac 26 Hogan at 11:48am 08.11.08 Trailer Sailors 5/3844 A friend of mine has a Mac 26 trailer sailor and his wheel steering is quite loose; difficult to mai
Port Townsend to Sidney Seattle Scott at 11:46am 08.11.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1479 As in Sidney British Columbia. I am going to cross the straight next week ( first time). Boat go
No COmpression on VOlvo MD2020 Sea Fever at 11:11am 08.11.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1971 Hi, My friend has a MD 2020 and has not started the engine in 2-3 years. He just started to check
Roller Furler Tom23400 at 10:52am 08.11.08 Mid-Size Boats 1/1185 I have a 1994 vintage Harken roller furler. It furles in the Genoa nice and smooth. When unfurling
San Domingo Creek (back door to St Michaels) Velero49 at 10:42am 08.11.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1981 How is the anchorage at thee nd of San Domingo Creek and ho far is to dingy to the town? Any land/w
Keel isolated or not ? ZIncs warranted? Jellyrum at 10:41am 08.11.08 Ask All Sailors 1/1233 As background to my question, I have a Freedom 21 with the fin keel. I imagined that the lead keel (
93 26s back stay MontanaSailor at 10:13am 08.11.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/2281 I just bought this boat. I'm a total newbie. I sailed it this past weekend. WOW it was great! I'
diesel exhaust below water when underway (2) M at 10:02am 08.11.08 Lancer 1/1674 The previous owner of my Lancer 25 added an inboard Yanmar 1GM10, and ran the exhaust pipe out over
Lost my mooring - (1) Randy Burns at 9:57am 08.11.08 Ask All Sailors 7/6083 In about 14' at low water. Its a mushroom with chain. It doesnt seem logical, but I have trolled abu

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Shroud Protector Installation Don S/V ILLusion at 8:11am 01.05.22 I used a plastic spatula (putty knife) with reasonable success. Anything similar should help. As to
Shroud Protector Installation dlochner at 7:56am 01.05.22 The current thinking on lifelines is to leave them bare. The vinyl coverings will hide corrosion whi
O'Day 20 - new member sail sfbay at 7:51am 01.05.22 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! In the event you do not have a manu
Custom full boat cover jssailem at 7:44am 01.05.22 Pretty snazzy Bernie. Christmas gift for a Christmas snow. Your boat will be so grateful. I wonder
Replace Cockpit Drain Hoses - Beneteau 44cc rgranger at 7:33am 01.05.22 Are you asking how to do it while the boat is in the water? Okay well I have not done anything lik
Adding Batteries RoyS at 7:24am 01.05.22 If you are installing lead/acid batteries, I would not store sails near them.
Custom full boat cover RoyS at 7:19am 01.05.22 I should have bought one of those twenty years ago instead of installing shrink wrap every year.
Replace Cockpit Drain Hoses - Beneteau 44cc dLj at 7:18am 01.05.22 Yes. Where's the water line? is it above the bottom flange where these hoses attach? dj
Catalina 30 exhaust flow RoyS at 7:17am 01.05.22 If your idle speed is too low water will build up in your water lift muffler and blow out in spurts
Catalina 30 exhaust flow Ward H at 6:46am 01.05.22 Chris, Your 89 MKII most likely has the Universal M25XP diesel, same as my 93. @Davidasailor26
Classic or external bow thruster for Hunter 38 Legend? MarcinS at 6:11am 01.05.22 Yes I did install an additional charger for the Thruster Batteries. The Thruster is a 24v system. I
Classic or external bow thruster for Hunter 38 Legend? (1) Nodak7 at 5:53am 01.05.22 Have you installed an additional charger and a battery dedicated only to the bow thruster or connec
Classic or external bow thruster for Hunter 38 Legend? MarcinS at 5:49am 01.05.22 It was an independent installation. There was no "Hunter" installed anything for a thruster on our
Classic or external bow thruster for Hunter 38 Legend? (1) Nodak7 at 5:45am 01.05.22 Great, thank you for the information. I still have a question, did you plug into the original Hunte
Replace Cockpit Drain Hoses - Beneteau 44cc Dcashman2 at 5:40am 01.05.22 Yes.
Classic or external bow thruster for Hunter 38 Legend? MarcinS at 5:39am 01.05.22 Marcin, I installed one of these external units on our H41DS and have been very pleased with it. No
O'Day 20 - new member shemandr at 5:00am 01.05.22 Welcome to SBO. There is an owner review page accessible thru Home page>Owner resources>downloads by
Replace Cockpit Drain Hoses - Beneteau 44cc shemandr at 4:49am 01.05.22 Are you asking how to do it while the boat is in the water?
Replace Cockpit Drain Hoses - Beneteau 44cc Dcashman2 at 4:12am 01.05.22 My understanding since it is connected to a pipe that goes below the waterline it must be a '250' ho
Catalina 30 exhaust flow Davidasailor26 at 4:03am 01.05.22 It is typical for the flow to be irregular, not a constant stream like a garden hose. Water tends t

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