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Trying to identify my boat Don Drake at 2:44am 10.17.06 Grampian 2/2047 I am trying to identify which boat I recently purchased. I believe it is Grampian 26. It originall
Innerfore stay as an SSB antenna Velero49 at 3:22am 10.17.06 Big Boats 5/916 I want to install an SSB Antenna on my H46. I thought about cutting the stay as someone did on thei
SSB antenna suggestion for b&r rig EOS at 3:26am 10.17.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1721 How have others mounted a ssb antenna on the b'r rig?thnksrit
Diesel won't start Jack at 4:12am 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1052 My problem is solved but I thought I would post this for the archives so it may help someone someday
Instruments and wiring John Ehricht at 4:09am 10.17.06 Big Boats 3/1112 At last we may be approaching the end of getting our new 36 properly commissioned. It has been a ye
Jib sheets Sine Nomine at 5:14am 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 6/1519 I have a small pocket cruiser 25' and I'm wondering how one positions jib sheets. I found early on
Give me hot water GThorne at 6:01am 10.17.06 Big Boats 13/1032 I would be interested in hearing what solutions some of you have used to address getting a plentiful
st4000 autohelm reads Gene at 5:55am 10.17.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1450 our ST4000 autohelm give a "low batt" error after about a minute. The batteries are new, a 12v start
Cruising on a P323 tom at 5:38am 10.17.06 Other Sailboats 0/760 My Pearson 323 has been a pretty good boat so far. We have owned her 3 years. Anyone out cruising on
StarTron allsail at 6:16am 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 6/1050 Has anybody been using StarTron,a Star Brite product for fuel treatment? It uses enzyme technology.
Hey all, sailaway78 at 5:37am 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 7/1023 Thanks for all the kind words and encouragment. Had no cell signal last night, so couldn't post up.
Furler for Hunter 18.5 EdC at 9:27am 10.17.06 Smaller Boats 1/2861 Anyone who installed a furler on the 18.5 ' can offer suggestions? Make/model, etc.
C25 Owners/Operators Manual Eric at 9:48am 10.17.06 Smaller Boats 6/2553 New boat owner and recently bought 1986 model, but the previous owner lost the operations manual. D
Oil Change time. How about the oil suction device Jack at 10:16am 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 29/4626 What's your opinion of the oil section device? The one where you would stick a small tube down the d
Forestay Margaritaville at 10:21am 10.17.06 Mid-Size Boats 7/1177 I have looked at the specs for my 1984 31H. I think I am stupid because the letter designations I d
Boat Transportation Richard at 10:23am 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 4/903 Has anybody shipped a boat recently. I am curious about pricing, pitfall's etc.ThanksRichard
Catalina 30 Ship's Lines Drawing Scott Kramer at 10:26am 10.17.06 Catalina 30 6/3173 I am looking for a ship's lines drawing of the Catalina 30. Any other drawings for this vessel woul
310 owners...Keel question... Tim McCarty at 10:33am 10.17.06 Catalina 310 7/1859 when I hauled out two weeks ago, I noticed a small crack on the back end of my keel up by the keel j
weekend racing Jon Redifer at 11:06am 10.17.06 Seidelmann 0/1316 Anyone care to crew with me on my 28 ft Triton this coming Saturday and Sunday in the Annapolis area
My Invention sailaway78 at 8:45am 10.17.06 Ask All Sailors 7/1016 Had not thought to post this on previous posts. I made a nice invention Sat. night when it was real

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Dark Days (2) BlowMeAway at 1:43pm 07.11.21 While my youngest son is a jet ski offficionado with the ability to make his own major wake and then
Dark Days PaulK at 1:25pm 07.11.21 Paul... Sidewinder? Do PWC's put our enough of a heat signature to make that even practical? They
Hunter Stainless Arch ScottySailor at 1:17pm 07.11.21 Thanks George I can see up in there I drilled a hole you definitely helped me head on the right dire
Hunter Stainless Arch Georgedoyle at 1:15pm 07.11.21 There is probably a hole in the arch on either side for running wiring. You will probably need to us
Work Load Advise - Damper, Motor Mounts, Exhaust Elbow (2) MikeHoncho at 1:13pm 07.11.21 I pretty much did the same thing previously but opposite. I made the bulkhead into two pieces and ma
Casting dLj at 1:11pm 07.11.21 Hi all, Anybody ever do any bronze casting or other metals? I was attempting to get into a class
Casting sail sfbay at 12:58pm 07.11.21 Sounds like new hobby!! This is a class on Bronze Casting for Boatbuilders - The process of pattern
Question about Jib Furling System Jaxn at 12:48pm 07.11.21 I was worried about the ability to maintain tension the first time I swapped headsails on my CDI. I
Work Load Advise - Damper, Motor Mounts, Exhaust Elbow ggrizzard at 12:35pm 07.11.21 FYI, I made several amendments to previous post.
Dark Days dLj at 12:29pm 07.11.21 I am a bit surprised to hear so many negative comments on the jet ski - they look like a major blas
Work Load Advise - Damper, Motor Mounts, Exhaust Elbow ggrizzard at 12:26pm 07.11.21 When I repowered, I removed the port side, quarter berth rear bulk head. I think it was 4 screws. T
Work Load Advise - Damper, Motor Mounts, Exhaust Elbow MikeHoncho at 12:12pm 07.11.21 Going off of my "while it's out" theme.......I'm considering lapping the drive cones on the transmis
Yanmar 3jh3e rpm's up and down sail sfbay at 12:08pm 07.11.21 In 6 ft swells with the prop coming out of the water it does not surprise me that the diesel engine
Yanmar 3jh3e rpm's up and down kloudie1 at 12:02pm 07.11.21 I think you are correct that you are seeing the classic symptom of plugging in the fuel system. Firs
Legend 45 1986 mast wiring Brett Seiders at 11:49am 07.11.21 Brett, who is your rigging guy. I have dealt with one of the best in Everett. If your running new
Wanted Used PWC Dock Mike M. at 11:44am 07.11.21 Thanks This was very helpful.
Wanted Used PWC Dock Mike M. at 11:43am 07.11.21 Thanks
1989 C&C Mk2 Bow Roller and Windlass jssailem at 11:29am 07.11.21 Welcome @tfletche to the SBO forums. Congrats on your boat. Looking at the space in your anchor Loc
Care and Feeding of Oceanis 343. BigEasy at 11:26am 07.11.21 My next question is how I determine the health of my batteries? They look like large lead acid,
Swing Keel Question Aquarius 23 sail sfbay at 11:18am 07.11.21 toddfather..........please be VERY careful and maybe use 2 slings and ensure the sailboat is safely

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