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Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. wmikewhite at 5:35am 08.10.21 Smaller Boats 24/4406 There are 3 pockets for the keel bolts with small holes on either side of the keel bolts allowing wa
Touching up with polyurethane DinghySailor at 9:28pm 08.09.21 Ask All Sailors 2/1024
Newish Beneteau 41.1 2017 owner with a few questions Larrycadman at 6:56pm 08.09.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1341 1. I'm looking to install two air conditioners. Does anyone have this boat that can tell the BTU's
Will 3/8" Sta-Set X be a good replacement? Rabe at 3:33pm 08.09.21 The Cherubini Hunters 8/1943 It looks like the previous owner used 3-Strand Safety line in either 1/2" or 7/16". Do you think 3
Raymarine Ray 55 Transmits but Won't Receive Sun Catcher at 3:09pm 08.09.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/899 The Ray55 vhf on our Beneteau 31 transmits well but will not receive. Nothing - no weather stations
1984 Hunter 34 Standing Rigging (1) david21837 at 2:56pm 08.09.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2040 Hello, Does anyone have information on how the shrouds get assembled? My rigger took it apart and i
Can I unkink this bilge pump hose? (1) Greg Kyle at 2:45pm 08.09.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2225 Pulled some panels off to do some AC work and found that the manual bilge pump drain hose was really
Repairable or time for new ones (2) SaltySasquatch at 12:38pm 08.09.21 Ask All Sailors 8/1067 Message
best places to install vents on a H280? matts997 at 11:05am 08.09.21 Mid-Size Boats 5/862 I need to install a couple small passive (or maybe solar) vents on my H280, but--other than the forw
Beneteau courtesy light controller kodiak1120 at 10:21am 08.09.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/2274 I have a 2009 Beneteau 37. It has two courtesy lights installed in the cockpit that are controlled
Do marine a/c units with dehumidify function need raw water intake? kodiak1120 at 8:49am 08.09.21 Ask All Sailors 9/4266 New boat owner. Trying to decide whether to leave the AC on when away from the boat. The alternat
Routing Depth Finder Transducer Cable? snoopy_ at 7:43am 08.09.21 Catalina 30 3/982 I am looking for advice on routing a depth finder's transducer cable. My initial thought was to run
Hunter 23.5 Mast Raising with Roller Furling (2) RAPTORFLYR at 7:40am 08.09.21 Smaller Boats 9/2309 Hi All, I'm totally new to this forum and just purchased a '93 Hunter 23.5. The boat is in good sha
San Diego Bay (1) Kings Gambit at 7:26am 08.09.21 Destinations 11/2861 At anchor in La Playa behind Shelter Island. SDB is a great destination for a couple of weeks away f
fastnet race jon hansen at 5:31am 08.09.21 Racing 3/1358 ulBX2jTivYg
Shore Power AC Reset Breaker (2) smokey73 at 6:42pm 08.08.21 Ask All Sailors 5/1419 1994 Hunter 40.5 One of the two 30A AC Reset Reset "Pop-Up" resets seems to be weak on holding curr
Network Power Connection- SeaTlkng Fred at 6:25pm 08.08.21 Mid-Size Boats 14/2385 My auto helm ST4000+ has its own power feed and circuit breaker. My other instruments have a separat
Yikes! We need whisker pole 101 Jimongee at 4:01pm 08.08.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1737 Ok so we are on the western shore of Lake MI. Tomorrow we have to sail north. We will have at least
Line length for traveler AwwShucks at 3:42pm 08.08.21 Catalina 310 6/2306
I lost a second batten! Orbweaver at 3:34pm 08.08.21 Ask All Sailors 7/793 earlier this summer I managed to spit a batten out at some point during a day sail. Yesterday we had

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More Scams PaulK at 11:15am 06.25.25 Came across something like this looking for a snowplow for my tractor. Really cheap. In Alaska. Th
Cheap outboard PaulK at 11:10am 06.25.25 I'm thinking that if you've got a battery big enough to start a diesel that you can't start anyway,
Windlite 14 jssailem at 11:07am 06.25.25 Let us know if you have additional questions.
Cheap outboard LLoyd B at 10:17am 06.25.25 I'm thinking that if you've got a battery big enough to start a diesel that you can't start anyway,
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. BigEasy at 10:06am 06.25.25
Windlite 14 Bfran1966 at 9:22am 06.25.25 If so the spelling is Windflite. It is a AMF built boat. Here is some info from 2010 that may help.
Windlite 14 Bfran1966 at 9:21am 06.25.25 Welcome to SBO. You post location is fine. Is this your boat.
Quick connect fittings - how to remove BAD ORCA at 8:52am 06.25.25 That dark grey fitting is a no name Chinese fitting. They are all over Amazon. The white ones look
Windlite 14 jssailem at 8:50am 06.25.25 If so the spelling is Windflite. It is a AMF built boat. Here is some info from 2010 that may help.
Weight of Hunter 23.5 trailer plus boat i.e. including boat, mast, furling jib, single axle trailer and 5HP motor Steve Bailey at 8:49am 06.25.25 You could take the boat, motor, trailer and all related gear to a truck stop that has a scale and pa
Windlite 14 (1) jssailem at 8:48am 06.25.25 Welcome to SBO. You post location is fine. Is this your boat.
Quick connect fittings - how to remove colemj at 8:35am 06.25.25 Sometimes there is a collar inserted between the grey and beige parts that prevent it from coming of
Tohatsu Outboard Mystery! MaryEllaRose at 8:31am 06.25.25
More Scams Stu Jackson at 8:27am 06.25.25 One conspicuous absence is a phone number. That's a good "tell." IIRC, it's become a repetitive i
Hunter 170 spinnaker install Crazy Dave Condon at 8:27am 06.25.25 There is information under boat information for the hunter 170 for the spinnaker i installation but
Quick connect fittings - how to remove Hello Below at 8:17am 06.25.25 Hold that little gray bit against the beige bit. When the gray part comes away from the beige part
Cheap outboard Stu Jackson at 8:16am 06.25.25 It will work. I pushed a 25 footer with a 1.2 HP Johnson, my "egg beater" air cooled outboard. Fla
Gas 4 stroke for a Hunter 146 Crazy Dave Condon at 8:15am 06.25.25 3.5-4 hp will work with a long shaft wii be fine as I was a dealer for that boat. I preferred those
My Refrigerator stopped over the weekend Stu Jackson at 8:12am 06.25.25 and the part is shown as "out of stock" at rparts, I'll call them later I'm not sure it uses 4 pi
How to access shower sump hose on Catalina 310 for replacement? jssailem at 8:11am 06.25.25 Be careful with the holes. Catalina uses a solid pan insert to stabilize the hull and provide struc

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