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Look ma, no hands (1) walt at 1:01am 09.18.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/811 Some modifications are over the edge of acceptability - this one is probably in that category althou
bent stanchion on a 420 Persy at 3:36am 09.18.07 Big Boats 2/967 I have a 420 and bent a stanchion to about a 30% angle an inch up from the base. What is the best w
Annapolis Boat Show/Sailboat Owners.com Rendezvous tcbro at 3:41am 09.18.07 Ask All Sailors 21/1879 Somebody on another thread mentioned how nice it would be to put a face to some of the names we keep
Starter manufacturer for a H34 Andr�L at 3:57am 09.18.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/949 I have a H34 1983, I've read many articles in the archives regarding cold start thats goes well and
Catalina 27 holding tank Gary8065 at 5:09am 09.18.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2486 I have a 1986 Catalina 27. I would like to remove the old holding tank which is under the v-berth an
Hull Specs Tide-N-Knots at 5:01am 09.18.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/826 I am making a trailer for a Hunter 30 1978 and was wondering if all the Hunter 30 1974-1984 have the
Zinc my swing keel? Monica at 6:03am 09.18.07 Catalina 22 3/2106 I keep my 25 swing keel Catalina in the marina year round, Do i need to zinc? I was chatting with so
Foam in mast Kevin at 8:08am 09.18.07 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1024 I have an Oday Mariner 2+2. My question is that everytime I step up and lower the mast there seems
should I upgrade to a macgregor? don at 8:29am 09.18.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1358 Ok heres the deal.... In the past I have had some sailing experiance, but mostly in small boats. We
Trailering and Roller Furling Aldo at 8:36am 09.18.07 Catalina 22 3/1546 What's the story on trailering and roller furling? I know that when I trailer my C-22 without rolle
Bypassing The Racor Joe Mullee at 8:40am 09.18.07 Ask All Sailors 7/1481 Thanks to everyone who has helped me with my engine problem. I have a new list of things I will chec
Hull Speed Mergatroid at 9:43am 09.18.07 Smaller Boats 8/1144 The specs show the hull speed of 6.4, is that knots? MPH would be aprox 7.36, sound about right?
Forestay Failure Yes Dear at 9:51am 09.18.07 Mid-Size Boats 5/1020 My forestay was sheered off by the Jib Furler! The boat is only 5 months old.Luckily she was at po
Mounting transducer (1) Kevin C 26S at 8:34am 09.18.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 19/1679 Hi,I got my new chartplotter/depth finder and it comes with a transom mount transducer. I know it
How difficult is it to pull injectors? Persy at 8:32am 09.18.07 Ask All Sailors 5/996 My generator (Northern Lights) has black smoke coming out of the exhaust. I have had some problems
Where to buy a dodger for S299? Peter Reynolds at 11:16am 09.18.07 Seidelmann 1/1631 Hi,Still searching for information on upgrades to my new boat.I am looking to add a traditional
owners manual brian herr at 11:25am 09.18.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/829 I'm loking for an owners manual and a stern railing for my 1990 mac 26d. Any help would be appreci
Lectrasan Lid broken! Alan Pond at 10:23am 09.18.07 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 0/1198 Had the boat since last Feb. Sailed her to NOLA and the Lectrasan in the aft head was new to me, so
ODay 27 Bathroom ports oday27jfc at 10:16am 09.18.07 Bigger Boats 4/1399 Anybody know the Original Manufacture and or who to use as a replacement?
Recent 10 Day Trip (1) Dick Dixon at 12:23pm 09.18.07 Ask All Sailors 10/1175 Just wanted to let my fellow sailors know that my sailing buddies and I just returned from a ten day

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Electric head on 340 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:41pm 11.02.21 Except for Raritan's own Fresh Head, they only match the mounting bolt pattern on MANUAL toilets fro
Tall Rig or Standard (1) sail sfbay at 1:31pm 11.02.21 Congratulations on your new sailboat!! Interesting question..........tall vs. conventional will not
2007 41DS Water Heater Issue dkinzer at 1:30pm 11.02.21 By the way, SeaTech is now known as AquaLock. There is a video on the Watts website (and on YouTube)
2007 41DS Water Heater Issue dkinzer at 1:22pm 11.02.21 Thanks for the tips. I think that the mixing valve has union type connections on it so it likely won
Removing furling drum on Legen 40.5 baycloud at 1:20pm 11.02.21 I live near Portland. If your coming up after the 16th of NOV let me know. Perhaps we can look at t
Who is successfully using a small solar panel? (less than say, 30 watts) Richard19068 at 12:55pm 11.02.21 BTW, love this forum! Thanks to everyone for your help. I'm researching my solar panel options. I
Who is successfully using a small solar panel? (less than say, 30 watts) berner73 at 12:48pm 11.02.21 @dolchner's point is absolutely spot on. "To really understand how well a charging system is worki
New Hunter 41DS Owner jssailem at 12:46pm 11.02.21 Congrats @dkinzer on your new boat and Welcome to the SBO Forums. Good to have another PACNW sailo
Advice on running solar wires in 1999 H410 (1) Windpilot at 12:30pm 11.02.21 My 99 410 has panels (hard) behind the arch 380w and another 200w on the dodger. Each with it's litt
2007 41DS Water Heater Issue SEMPERAVANTI41 at 12:22pm 11.02.21 I remember removing the mixing valve when I owned a 41without any difficulty, to clean the valve. I
2007 41DS Water Heater Issue Scott B at 12:20pm 11.02.21 I've looked at the plumbing briefly and I know that it is Pex but I don't have much experience wit
Who is successfully using a small solar panel? (less than say, 30 watts) (1) Stu Jackson at 12:03pm 11.02.21 The other question to ask is how much power is actually drawn from the battery each week and what p
2007 41DS Water Heater Issue sail sfbay at 11:35am 11.02.21 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new sailboat!! You are doing an excellent job work
Battery box over prop shaft Scott T-Bird at 10:54am 11.02.21 I think it looks like a good location. I assume that clearance under the cockpit might be limiting.
Battery box over prop shaft Jaxn at 10:39am 11.02.21 That would work fine and it is best to keep the batteries close together and the jumpers between the
Marelon Seacock fail! jssailem at 10:32am 11.02.21 Not surprised. Send them a link to this thread. They are probably not enlightened as to the number o
Outboard weight on a San Juan 21 jssailem at 10:21am 11.02.21 With all things boat, there are compromises. On the waters of lake Coeur D'Alene the 4hp light wei
I think I just bought a 30. rpell1@msn.com at 9:45am 11.02.21 Offer accepted. 1979 in great shape, though I've yet to see the bottom. Why is the Bimini so low?
SAE 2-pin vs MC4? jeepbluetj at 9:44am 11.02.21 The SAE connector is also polarized, so no problem there. Most of them have covers to keep them clea
H260 Furling Main Sail Tedd at 9:40am 11.02.21 I don't know if this boat model has a good set of baby stays to support it sideways. The H260 comes

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