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Reefing a Self-Furling Sail Rik at 9:49pm 09.20.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/951 We are looking to buy a new 22 MarkII and right now the factory is giving away to self furling syste
Autohelm 5000 Joannes at 11:34pm 09.20.06 Hallberg-Rassy 2/1927 Hello everybody, my Autohelm 5000 gave up this summer. It is not reparable, no prints available anym
Another great boat restoration page John P at 11:42pm 09.20.06 Ask All Sailors 0/899 what agreat site. Quite the detailed breakdown of the projects, but still a great read. Just gets
22 MK II Height On Trailer Rik19504 at 11:52pm 09.20.06 Smaller Boats 1/1313 We are working on ordering a new 22 MK II and would like to purchase a portable garage for it (like
Catalina 22 Engine Type & Size Rik19504 at 11:48pm 09.20.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1470 After living and working in dry Arizona for many years we are back in the northwest and getting quot
White Smoke John at 12:28am 09.21.06 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1146 I recently noticed alot of white smoke coming from my engine exhaust. What could be the problem?
How much of a drip? Doghouse at 1:25am 09.21.06 Ask All Sailors 6/1197 Ok so I am looking at the packing gland and wondering if I am getting enough of a drip from there.
Edison pedestal shifter adjustment? soling42 at 1:31am 09.21.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1332 The shifter on my H260's Edison pedestal won't quite throw the attached Yamaha 9hp outboard into rev
Aruba Sine Nomine at 2:32am 09.21.06 Ask All Sailors 2/1192 Anyone familiar with Aruba that may have a tip as to where I may rent a small sailboat (daysailer).
MacGregor 26 yngvepau at 3:57am 09.21.06 Ask All Sailors 24/6160 During my research I found the MacGregor 26 planable sailboat. If you have a 50 hrs outboard it can
Bulb/wing keel '95 h40.5 Capn Grumpy at 4:17am 09.21.06 Big Boats 5/1272 The Princess-of-the-Lake and I are looking at purchasing a 1995 h40.5. Overall, the boat has had ex
Rudder/tiller connection on Pearson 26 Lawrence Jean at 5:27am 09.21.06 Other Sailboats 2/1725 My question:The metal fitting at the top of the rudder post, to which the tiller is bolted, crack
Shower drain into bilge Hugh4753 at 6:38am 09.21.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/3130 Does anyone know how to run the shower drain so that it doesn't drain into the bilge?
Mast Steps Florian at 6:07am 09.21.06 Other Sailboats 0/1312 Purhaps for the first time ever, I pulled the mainmast on my Irwin 52. The mast step looked a lot wo
Putting Back a sink/Water Tank on my 23 SweetTrade at 5:59am 09.21.06 Smaller Boats 10/1704 Hi I have 87' Hunter 23. When I bought her she had her water tank and sink taken out. I was thinking
Perkins Engine Performance Ken Hammer at 8:37am 09.21.06 Other Sailboats 2/1572 My 52' has a Perkins 4236 engine, recently tuned. I'm concerned that the engine is not performing a
Shrink Wrap question Scott21120 at 9:12am 09.21.06 Ask All Sailors 16/2123 I am looking for a torch for shrink wrapping, and am a little confused by the range of prices - I se
Can you use 2 cycle fuel in a 4 cycle outboard? abe at 9:10am 09.21.06 Ask All Sailors 9/1329 I have some left over 2 cycle gas+oil mixture and I was wondering what would happen if I put in my 4
Hunter charters Ted at 10:37am 09.21.06 Big Boats 4/936 Anybody use any of the charter companies linked on the Hunter website?We're considering buying a la
H356 Water Tank Problem Steves at 9:09am 09.21.06 Big Boats 4/894 I thought that I posted this but maybe I forgot to push the correct button. Anyway, were out in 30

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Yanmar 3jh3e alternator upgrade Gary Ryan at 11:19am 07.31.21 I'll have to check. I replaced the house batteries last year, so I'm good there. It's a 2002 Hunte
Rudder woes, don't trust it! Leeward Rail at 11:17am 07.31.21 @rpludwig. hehe I not only missed multiple typos, I also suggested to do what you mentioned in your
Cleaning dLj at 11:08am 07.31.21 Short answer - yes. dj
Rudder woes, don't trust it! rpludwig at 11:02am 07.31.21 LR.....yea, exactly, thinking of drilling a pintle for a cotter or ringding if long enough as a quik
Linear drive fitment dLj at 11:00am 07.31.21 I do a lot of coastal sailing but I am planning to sail to the Med next year from the UK The CPT i
Catalina 309 Osmosis Damage Hull Sailfanatic at 10:54am 07.31.21
Installing Battery Monitor Captain Larry-DH at 10:49am 07.31.21 Are those two batteries wired in parallel as one bank? Or is one the house, and the other for engin
Olympic Swimmers JamesG161 at 10:47am 07.31.21 For any Fluid Dynamics , certain shapes matter. The resistance to movement is called Drag. The Ene
Linear drive fitment sunandsmiles at 10:43am 07.31.21 I do a lot of coastal sailing but I am planning to sail to the Med next year from the UK
Linear drive fitment dLj at 10:36am 07.31.21 You could also look for a better wheel mount autopilot. CPT makes a very solid unit but doesn't have
Linear drive fitment sunandsmiles at 10:11am 07.31.21 i think my other option due to lack of space around the quadrant is to mount a rotary drive directly
Olympic Swimmers Don Guillette at 10:00am 07.31.21 I wonder if orangutans would be good swimmers!!
Catalina 309 Osmosis Damage Hull jssailem at 9:50am 07.31.21 There are a lot of thoughts about blisters. Some focus repairs when they are in the laminate. Others
What Starter Battery??? BOSSailor at 9:47am 07.31.21 I've got a cheap Costco group 31 battery isolated from my main house battery and charged via an ACR.
Linear drive fitment jssailem at 9:41am 07.31.21 Welcome to the forum here at SBO. There are several methods to install a below deck AP on a boat. L
Linear drive fitment senang at 9:29am 07.31.21 Look at the models they have at Jefa in Denmark. They have very compact drive units. They are OEM fo
Yanmar 3jh3e alternator upgrade Ralph Johnstone at 9:23am 07.31.21 In addition to all of the above, do you have an external alternator regulator ? Stock alternators a
Catalina 309 Osmosis Damage Hull Kazdude at 9:20am 07.31.21
How to know if you need more power or less drag? Don Guillette at 9:18am 07.31.21 Regarding lift and drag. I do discuss it BRIEFLY on page 22 and it's true balancing act. It's called
Life line specs and material sail sfbay at 9:10am 07.31.21 I replaced the coated lifelines on my Hunter 386 and 46 sailboats myself with Suncor uncoated 316 SS

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