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Merry Christmas from Sunny Florida (1) Terry in Naples at 11:37pm 12.24.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1069 Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas and prosperous new New Year from Terry and Rhonda
Any info greatly appreciated tinman530 at 8:14am 12.25.07 Hunter Sailing Assoc. No. 1 0/1995 Does anyone have any information(Owners Manual, specs, Fixed keel, Rigging...etc... etc... regarding
happy chrismahaunaquanzaca sand sailor at 8:01am 12.25.07 Ask All Sailors 1/982 just thought i'd share this thrill ride with youhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoA-N62318c'NR=1
FAVORITE SAIBOAT SUPPLT (free boat) Needs stuff sailormanbigd at 9:24am 12.25.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1479 hi, I am going to replace the packing inside the rudder post on the morgan 33 out island on my next
3 blade prop BOB at 5:18am 12.25.07 Ask All Sailors 21/2260 I have a 30ft boat with a 5411, 11hp motor with a 2 blade prop. It is very under powered. Has anybod
Beneteau 331, 323, or the new 31 (2008) jveatch at 4:35am 12.25.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 17/10466 We are considering downsizing (for financial reasons) from a beautiful 2006 Hunter 36 to a smaller B
Catalina 380 Prop Size George8340 at 8:39pm 12.23.07 Big Boats 2/2768 I purchased my 2001 Catalina 380 used and it came with an Autoprop. I have trouble with the bearing
Discontinuous Rigging Question? Ian at 8:26pm 12.23.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1668 My previous boat 36' Beneteau had "discontinuous" rigging. Any particular reason they design boats
boat pictures (1) walt at 1:11am 12.24.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1298 Ive had this boat for nearly a year now and got a lot of great ideas from people posting pictures. I
Rear Motor Mount Replacements Tom Butner at 12:59am 12.24.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/910 How difficult a job is it to replace the rear engine motor mounts on the 2QM15 that was standard on
To all on SBO, and to the owners or SBO (1) Brian D at 1:34am 12.24.07 Ask All Sailors 1/1046 Thanks for a great year of boating
3 leaks Harvey at 1:51am 12.24.07 Big Boats 3/878 I have recently acquired three leaks in an otherwise absolutely dry boat, a 2002 model. The most bot
trailing a hunter 23.5 dennis11718 at 3:07am 12.24.07 Trailer Sailors 13/4156 Hi, looking at my first boat. Would a 04 trailblazer work for towing a hunter 23.5 or should i be l
Dry Ice??? johno12871 at 8:24am 12.24.07 Ask All Sailors 16/1557 Just curious, does anyone use dry ice to keep items cold on your boat?
Cable adjustment on steering quadrant for a P-37 Jerry at 9:36am 12.24.07 Pearson 1/2593 How does one tighten the steering cable on the quadrant below deck? Mine has a little play. Do you l
newport sailboats??? sand sailor at 3:10pm 12.24.07 Trailer Sailors 3/1979 looking at a newport 41'.and am looking for some input good and bad.i want to know how well they h
Holy Cow higgs at 2:45pm 12.24.07 Ask All Sailors 26/1918 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKusg6Jyc9Y
Garbage Island william24424 at 12:17pm 12.24.07 Ask All Sailors 35/2159 Has anyone seen the actual floating island of garbage? I've heard about this on the news tonight whe
Sanding Safety sam20916 at 11:56am 12.24.07 Ask All Sailors 4/1312 I have an extra rudder to my international 470 that is a bit beaten up. It has obvious repairs (epox
Very Nice Christmas here in the Great Lakes!!! lugeman at 11:29am 12.24.07 Ask All Sailors 1/887 Well just a few hours now till Santa comes and we just rode in to home after festivities with family

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Injector pump Benny17441 at 1:24pm 11.09.21 Check the obvious but I had an incident once where the injector pump in a boat that had been laid up
Running Rigging Line Type thinwater at 12:49pm 11.09.21 Plait. It is a weave description. Examples: rope spec rope spec 2 BTW, PET is polyester (polyethyle
2003 Hunter 270 DIY Yard Time! sail sfbay at 12:46pm 11.09.21 ..........2. Wax / Polish top deck & sides. Recommend a specific material? What's best practice for
Raymarine C80 Chartplotter Charts - 2005 Hunter 36 drm1 at 11:58am 11.09.21 NP. Bayport would most likely have put in a door in the shrinkwrap at the stern if you want to go
Raymarine C80 Chartplotter Charts - 2005 Hunter 36 Scott B at 11:56am 11.09.21 Thanks Scott! NP. Bayport would most likely have put in a zipper door in the shrinkwrap at the s
Raymarine C80 Chartplotter Charts - 2005 Hunter 36 drm1 at 11:50am 11.09.21 Most likely Navionics charts and you can go the Navionics site and either renew to update the chart
Raymarine C80 Chartplotter Charts - 2005 Hunter 36 Scott B at 11:49am 11.09.21 Hi. Now that we're up on Georgian Bay it just occurred to me that I'm not sure if the current memor
Hot Water tank Scott T-Bird at 11:44am 11.09.21 You CANT empty the water heater tank by just turning on the water pump and opening the hot water t
Tall Rig or Standard jeepbluetj at 11:30am 11.09.21 If the C36 is like the C30, the boom length will be the same even though the foot length of the mai
Winterizing Yanmar 2QM15 Wm. Gill at 11:26am 11.09.21 I found a way to run the engine and monitor input and out. problem is I couldn't really tell if exha
Raymarine ST6001 Smartpilot issue shemandr at 11:22am 11.09.21 As for the inner workings a fluxgate compass is the same as a "Fluxgate capacitor" to me.
New toilet and holding tank system Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:18am 11.09.21 Defender has SaniFlex in both 1.5" and 1"....and they sell it by the foot so you only have to buy th
Raymarine ST6001 Smartpilot issue SEMPERAVANTI41 at 11:16am 11.09.21 You can try disconnecting the Raymarine connectors and putting a dab of Dow Corning DC 4 Electrical
Raymarine ST6001 Smartpilot issue John6212 at 10:52am 11.09.21 Thanks to shemandr and twalker H260 for the responses. The "standby" worked fine yesterday but after
Teak Cockpit Table H49 chip veres at 10:48am 11.09.21 You could simplify the table-edge fiddles by using the 90 degree rounded corners made by Sea Teak. C
New toilet and holding tank system KZW at 10:26am 11.09.21 Thank you! I got the Sani-flex hose from Defender. I usually start there as I'm a member (discount
Removing furling drum on Legen 40.5 baycloud at 10:24am 11.09.21 Rich A lot of good points. May I expand? Yes, putting in a longer pvc pipe through the deck is a go
Finally went for a sail hunter34austin at 10:12am 11.09.21 Might be a later add on - mine doesn't have the loop either. Same engine.
Hot Water tank JamesG161 at 10:09am 11.09.21 2) Tank does not need to be full when your engine is running. ok true, but NO Hot Water...:pimp:
Zinc anode life, use of hanging zinc? JamesG161 at 10:00am 11.09.21 order the referenced book. You might see a few of the people on SBO referenced in that Link too li

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