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Xantrex Freedom 2000 combi- charging LED fail eianm at 3:31pm 04.11.21 Big Boats 0/339 Has anyone successfully replaced dead LED's for either charge or invert on this style unit please?
cleaning a marine head fred1diver at 3:07pm 04.11.21 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 17/7143 Any tips and tricks to cleaning an overdue disaster of a head, the PO didn't clean it and the boat h
Epoxy Primer Don Crowther at 2:44pm 04.11.21 Ask All Sailors 15/2231 The keel on the new to us boat has to be ground/sand blasted down to bare metal. After that I would
MRBF Fuse Block question sailcapt340 at 12:45pm 04.11.21 Ask All Sailors 11/3391 I have been watching, with great interest, a posting about adding an ACR Switch to a battery bank ar
Pulling prop shaft to change Stuffing Box - Hunter 310 rjadelsohn at 12:07pm 04.11.21 Mid-Size Boats 8/2036 We are getting ready to replace the stuffing box and the shaft log rubber tube. What should we ant
Racor R26 Filter Puizzle odaydokay at 11:17am 04.11.21 Engines and Propulsion 3/698 Installed this filter as replacement numerous times int he past. Now I see they do not sell as such,
S2 8.6 1985 Stern rail, Rub rail JerseySailors at 10:36am 04.11.21 Parts Search 1/558 To repair/replace storm damage on our 1985 S2 8.6, looking for small amount of vinyl rub rail and th
good morning's work on the boat fred1diver at 10:22am 04.11.21 Ask All Sailors 1/452 Hey everyone, just spent the morning on the boat tackling a few projects, the PO had installed a bra
Time for New Insurance BigEasy at 10:10am 04.11.21 Ask All Sailors 53/4515 I received notification from my insurer that the program that provides insurance coverage for my '06
Catalina 30 Mk II engine dying in rough seas Franzcat at 9:45am 04.11.21 Catalina 30 11/2043 I've owned my boat about 5 years but three times recently have had problems with the engine slowing
M 25 Damper Plate Mount on Adapter Plate (3) sailnski at 7:28am 04.11.21 Ask All Sailors 0/321 I am replacing the damper plate on my Universal M 25. The damper plate has a slightly larger diamet
O'Day 25 Shoal Draft Centerboard Water Leak (1) supercub at 6:44am 04.11.21 Bigger Boats 23/3830 My keel has water trapped inside of it. I found that I had a missing screw on one of the plates- sta
Title Transfers and Registrations Brokenarm at 12:32am 04.11.21 Ask All Sailors 7/1039 Just a important tip, With the current restrictions at State offices that handle boating registratio
Seaboard mast winch DianaOfBurlington at 7:52pm 04.10.21 Parts Search 1/483 Seeking the small-size Seaboard (with 6-sided winch socket) winch typical of 1970s for Hunter 25 and
H34 1983 Ritchie Helmsman Compass model number Capt.Yap at 5:56pm 04.10.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/929 Hi I am looking for the model number of the Ritchie Helmsman Compass on my 1983 H34. I am almost ce
Need Impeller for RC8D Renault engine in 1980 27 mkenneth22 at 5:47pm 04.10.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/306 Does anyone know where to find the impeller for the Renault RC8D engine? Is there a knock-off that w
Catalina 36 v berth mattress jmaresh at 1:40pm 04.10.21 Ask All Sailors 7/1737 Has anyone ordered the catalina 36 v berth mattress from Catalina Direct? If so, how did you like i
Quick Oil Q - 10w30 vs 30 SV_IdleHour at 12:15pm 04.10.21 Ask All Sailors 3/482
Hunter 41 dinette table doesn't lower enough for a berth spadaforaj at 12:05pm 04.10.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/767 Hi - has anyone had this problem - a Hunter 41, 2003 - tried to lower the dinette table to set up an
WLL discrepancy on standing rigging hardware astevens at 11:51am 04.10.21 Ask All Sailors 5/672

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fresh water flush Clutch Cargo at 2:30pm 03.31.25 RE: "This is the alteration I made to my existing system although I didn't bother to install the ha
Rope clutch replacement yelkenli at 2:19pm 03.31.25 I am open to replacing with a new brand and different foot print. What is a good brand - quality but
Emergency Manual Will Gilmore at 2:18pm 03.31.25 I do not believe that "sht happens". It only happens when one loses their situational awareness. A*
ericsontachts.org? Lazy1 at 2:18pm 03.31.25 I was referring to the ericsonyachts.org forum. I could not post to the forum because I could never
How to mount a Force 10 2 burner stove (1) jssailem at 2:08pm 03.31.25 I think the pivot point it either the screw at the top of that swing arm or they use the screw knob
EPIRBS kappykaplan at 2:05pm 03.31.25 ACR :plus:
Rope clutch replacement Foswick at 1:58pm 03.31.25 Staying within that footprint narrows your options. It looks like, though you showed two different c
How to mount a Force 10 2 burner stove jssailem at 1:51pm 03.31.25 Well, that is a bummer. My Force 10 over/grill installed very simply Let me look at the manual.
Hunter 240 owners here? Crazy Dave Condon at 1:50pm 03.31.25 @SteveHughessails there is a write up by @rgranger on how to replace the centerboard up line under
How to mount a Force 10 2 burner stove 4lane at 1:48pm 03.31.25 @jssailem this I know. The stove pictured above appears to have a different mounting approach. It do
Connecting a battery Charger to 1977 Hunter 27 with Yanmar 2qm15 dlochner at 1:46pm 03.31.25 We really need to know more about the specific devices, especially the brand, size, and model of the
How to mount a Force 10 2 burner stove (1) jssailem at 1:45pm 03.31.25 You screw this part abinets at the side of the space you plan to set the burner. The burner then sl
How to mount a Force 10 2 burner stove dlochner at 1:43pm 03.31.25 Perhaps if the opening is too wide for the standard brackets and there is a shelf below, the extra m
ericsontachts.org? Dave at 1:41pm 03.31.25 If you are referring to the Ericson forum here on SBO, there is no specific admin. As for the Ericso
Emergency Manual Will Gilmore at 1:30pm 03.31.25 with Photo of the kill toggle and the on off key showing the location on your particular boat will
Rope clutch replacement dlochner at 1:22pm 03.31.25 When you narrow down your search look for the installation instructions online The instructions may
Bow Eye SteveHughessails at 12:57pm 03.31.25 The bow eye on my Mac 25 pulled out too. Thankfully prior to our purchasing it, fortunately. The pre
Thoughts on replacing 9 year old agm batteries on a B323 JBP-PA at 12:57pm 03.31.25 You can use an older charger with AGM/gel settings for LFP, but you have to monitor it and turn it o
Thoughts on replacing 9 year old agm batteries on a B323 dlochner at 12:39pm 03.31.25 Thanks. I was surprised at the current price of lithium batteries and unhappy that the agms have j
Emergency Manual capta at 12:33pm 03.31.25 With over 6 decades of seafaring, professionally and for pleasure, I never found a need for such a t

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