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Cutless bearing Rxsail at 1:47pm 04.01.21 Mid-Size Boats 2/1154 1992 Hunter 30T Can a cutless bearing be replaced in the water? If not, is it a one day event...hau
H44 AC Shaft size. wyctoronto at 1:43pm 04.01.21 Big Boats 3/622
ST7000 Autohelm (1) All U Get at 11:47am 04.01.21 Ask All Sailors 2/607 Hi all, Someone asked me in the past about my old Autohelm autopilot. I had that replaced a few ye
P 36-2 cb keel bolts. Jeff Miller at 10:07am 04.01.21 Pearson 5/2536 I'm in the process of buying a 1986 P36-2 cb and just had the land portion of the survey done. The
Facebook Data Sharing cb32863 at 10:01am 04.01.21 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/1556 Turned it off but thought others here would want to know that SBO does share your data from here wit
Running a sounder transducer cable on an H376 DSqr at 9:45am 04.01.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/279 I'm upgrading my electronics and one of the projects involves running the sonar transducer cable fro
Height of Catalina 310 for shipment? Fleet at 8:16am 04.01.21 Catalina 310 4/1474 Does anyone know the height of our 310, for shipping purposes, with a wing keel?
do you think his insurance will cover it duality at 7:38am 04.01.21 Ask All Sailors 6/1000 pSXVYuQsKm8
Oday 34/35 vang mister_j at 6:54am 04.01.21 Ask An Oday Owner 13/1146
Looking for 25.7S owners capdad at 6:27am 04.01.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1347 Hi forum, I've just agreed to purchase a 25.7S ' very excited indeed. It's a 2008 boat but immacula
Electric Head Recommendation (2) Jtacqua at 5:13am 04.01.21 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/2522 Good day Ms. Hall, I wasn't sure how to convert the original private message to this forum, so I am
Gulfport FL Bridge Clearance gulfcoastlinz at 3:52am 04.01.21 Destinations 1/1440 Hi everyone. We are planning to go into Gulfport, FL on a Lucia 40 catamaran, with a mast height ju
Ceramic coatings Mark Maulden at 10:37pm 03.31.21 Ask All Sailors 10/1948 Anybody have any experience with the ceramic coatings being advertised? Replacement for wax?
C Map or Navionics DAVA390 at 8:00pm 03.31.21 Ask All Sailors 12/12703 All these years in my P23 I have had a little Garmin in the hatchboard,nothing more sophisticated th
Catalina 28 MKII Shore Power herbesco at 6:14pm 03.31.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/2126 Hello -- we're brand new to Catalina and sailing. First of many dumb questions: where is the Shorepo
Starter/solenoid submerged Collin Williams at 3:20pm 03.31.21 Ask All Sailors 9/1309 Helping my brother get his boat going again after a partial submersion (floorboards awash) at the ma
new battery charger install, & new solar panel project.... MitchM at 12:46pm 03.31.21 Ask All Sailors 8/1054 just got the info i need from maineSail's great site...my 2 spring projects are : #1--
Does my hull have a barrier coat? (3) SurfaceStAug at 11:43am 03.31.21 Ask All Sailors 7/1214 I am in the process of stripping the bottom paint off of my trailer sailor hull (Oday 192, 1988) and
Confused on outhaul rigging (2) wdonovan at 9:15am 03.31.21 Ask All Sailors 14/2768 Hunter 310 1998. Tried getting other 310 owners to chime in on the specific forum but not much luck.
Unknown email request Crazy Dave Condon at 8:52am 03.31.21 Ask All Sailors 18/1631 Recently, I had an email sent to me but it went to spam as the contact is not on my email list. He

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fresh water flush dlochner at 8:33am 03.30.25 Same boat in fresh and salt. Odor after a week of freshwater use, less odor after a week of saltwate
Refresh teak - exterior Art12050 at 8:07am 03.30.25
Water Tank Drains When Heeling Urban Hermit at 8:05am 03.30.25 Install a piston-type electric water pump.
Moisture stains. Bob607 at 8:01am 03.30.25 Agree, for the aft stain my original thought was rainwater used the strap to run down to the wet ar
Emergency Manual dLj at 7:57am 03.30.25 I've been watching this thread but as I am in the camp with @Stu Jackson - I haven't posted. However
fresh water flush colemj at 7:33am 03.30.25 Odor from flush water in the bowl is much less with frequent use. Nonexistent in fresh water, unles
fresh water flush colemj at 7:28am 03.30.25 Not sure where you are getting your information. The main ingredient, about 70% is ordinary salt. T
1990 Hunter 35.5 deck wiring pass through, has anyone made it larger? ice breaker at 7:23am 03.30.25 I have the same one on my 41, and no water ever. However it is a bug path. I stuffed my with close
fresh water flush (2) Clutch Cargo at 6:50am 03.30.25 As some other members mentioned, Peggie's book is a marvelous reference and my head rebuild project
Stiff Rudder 1996 Catalina 28 dmax at 6:33am 03.30.25 Make sure the wheel brake isn't tightened down. If that's not the case, you need to determine if it'
Emergency Manual thinwater at 6:17am 03.30.25 My takeaway from the thread is to do everything you can to make the chances negligible. If the crew
Moisture stains. PaulK at 6:15am 03.30.25 The spot on the keel looks like it is above the joint between the sump and the keel, so there would
fresh water flush dlochner at 6:06am 03.30.25 Any thoughts on the difference between living aboard vs. occasional use? Any differences in pump o
7 Years no haul out pgandw at 5:54am 03.30.25 As far as trailerable boats go, there are perhaps far more "raised flower gardens" or "leaf collecti
fresh water flush colemj at 5:25am 03.30.25 And a weekly dose of Camco TST Max (amazon link). TST is an oxygenating compound that enriches the
Hunter 240 owners here? Crazy Dave Condon at 5:18am 03.30.25 Thank you for sharing your stories. Shiver me timbers, no grog was mentioned ye old sailors. I enj
fresh water flush colemj at 5:15am 03.30.25 Our experience is not consistent some of the statements made here. When we were on the Great Lakes
Stiff Rudder 1996 Catalina 28 Foswick at 3:04am 03.30.25 She's in the water or out?
Sailing Season(spring) kappykaplan at 3:00am 03.30.25 My boat should launch the week of 08 Apr. :beer:
Emergency Manual DanInCali at 10:45pm 03.29.25 Oh and based on some YouTubes I saw that reported the incredibly poor results in the real world of t

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