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My Beneteau Carol12886 at 5:31am 09.26.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1257 Hi, I am working on buying a 1997 Beneteau 40CC and I would like to have comments about these ser
Rebuild kits for my Hillerange alcohol stove.... dbrandt622821 at 4:06am 09.26.05 Islander 0/2859 Greetings.... any idea where I might find and rebuild kits for my alcohol stove burners? Thanks...
40.5 leaks Bob Willett at 3:47am 09.26.05 Big Boats 5/883 My 40.5 turns 12 years old this year and I have some persitant leak problems. First I have strugeled
Anybody Need Crew Joe Phibbs at 3:37am 09.26.05 Ask All Sailors 0/963 I am going to be free (almost retired and taking some well-deserved time off) latter part of October
Furling jib Jeff S at 3:32am 09.26.05 Ask An Oday Owner 1/973 What is a good furling jib sytem? The current sytem is lightweight and installsbehind the foresta
Installing spreader lights john karuzas at 3:07am 09.26.05 Big Boats 0/1233 Can any help with the wire routing for spreader lites. Would like to tap into the existing anchor/de
Propane solenoid Tom Chastain at 2:58am 09.26.05 Big Boats 2/824 I see in the archives that several owners have replaced the solenoid for their propane. I need to d
unstepping masts Tom at 2:49am 09.26.05 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1011 It is about time to haul and this is my first time with this boat. How do I get the mast down withou
Anyone have info on the Boat fire/sinking catalina Alex 2740 at 2:46am 09.26.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1083 We were coming back from a few days at the island yesterday and I heard the tail end of and interact
FUEL Ron Roman at 2:30am 09.26.05 Ask All Sailors 9/1203 It's getting time to pull the boat for the season. I filled my tank (38gal.) two years ago. When I p
Hughes 38': Hull-Identification-Number Location? Dana M26D at 2:30am 09.26.05 Ask All Sailors 4/3371 I'm in the process of purchasing a 1980 Hughes 38' and the surveyor did not locate the HIN. The surv
Portal Gasket Material SailorDance at 2:16am 09.26.05 Other Sailboats 1/955 Hello, I'm looking for a source to replace the gasket material on our 1990 Caliber 33. We have the
Great day sailing Jeff Prideaux at 2:06am 09.26.05 Smaller Boats 12/970 We had a great day sailing Sunday on the York river in VA. This was the first time I had taken the
water in the bilge for a month after launching th jrsail87@altell.net at 2:02am 09.26.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/826 After launching in the spring water collecs in a the bilges and stops coming in after a month or so
Mariner Owner/operators Manual??? frank bristol at 1:42am 09.26.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/897 Good Morning, New owner of a 19' Mariner 2+2 1972. Can anyone tell me if there was a owners/operato
Here is a strange question... Tim McCarty at 1:42am 09.26.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/840 I have a 2005 Cat 310. Just painted the cradle. Does anyone know if there is any kind of relations
Rub rail coming OFF !!! Marc at 1:04am 09.26.05 Big Boats 3/874 Have you folks ever experience this or a friend of yours, I was taking a Hunter 340, 2000 year model
Headlining recommendations? Cat-a-tonic at 12:54am 09.26.05 Other Sailboats 2/929 Have any Prout owners had a good job done on replacing the headlining in their Quest/ Snowgoose/Even
Short in Navigation Lights Solace at 12:17am 09.26.05 Big Boats 1/914 The navigation light circuit breaker trips after a few hours of beating into the wind. After a few
Limited water intake into toilet cmorin at 12:17am 09.26.05 Catalina 30 4/1334 When I wet bowl pump the head, very little water comes into the head, the seacock is open. When I f

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New Owner 28.5 jssailem at 6:28am 02.28.21 Welcome M Marin to SBO. Congrats on the sailboat and joining the club of sailors. It is a fun experi
FCC Moves Ahead With 5G Regardless chuckwayne at 6:16am 02.28.21 For a little more insight: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/05/millions-of-gps-devices-at-
Sheaves needed DayDreamer41 at 6:08am 02.28.21 Kristian at Chicago Yacht rigging kristian@chicagoyachtrigging.com Great source of information, resp
HUNTER 320 ENGINE ROOM. RoyS at 6:06am 02.28.21 In the photos the front engine mounts are at the ends of the stringers. There does not appear to be
Wet bilge and oil glops: troubleshooting tips? Steve k at 5:52am 02.28.21 Do you have a dripless bearing fitting? If it's a normal stuffing box it will drip while motor is ru
New to me Hunter 26 clean/refit kappykaplan at 5:31am 02.28.21 Lookin' good, @Thaniel ! :beer:
Main hard to raise Steve k at 5:25am 02.28.21 I have the same issues. I love the Free rope track cleaning idea. I will do that first thing next ti
Sheaves needed SFS at 4:56am 02.28.21 The store here on SBO sells sheaves, or did at one time. Dave tried to help me track down an oddball
New to me Hunter 26 clean/refit (6) Thaniel at 4:54am 02.28.21 Thanks for the commends on the thread. Motivates me to continue to post :) Last week we had freezi
Sheaves needed Joe at 4:46am 02.28.21 Rig-rite.com will have what you need. Also check Riggingonly.com
1995 - 40.5 - Rudder Bearings MetricMountie at 4:15am 02.28.21 Thanks for the quick reply and the thread. Will have a look at the drawings and hopefully a machini
Jason Whyte at 3:00am 02.28.21 I'd have to agree with all the suggestions here. To me it doesn't look like a whole lots need to be
New O'Day 20 owner with no sailing experience and a project boat I didn't need Jason Whyte at 2:37am 02.28.21 Don't sweat the no experience bit..you've operated boats before. Sailing will come naturally without
New O'Day 20 owner with no sailing experience and a project boat I didn't need Jason Whyte at 2:33am 02.28.21 Ah yes I see now they're are 3 pages of replys..I have been refitting an O'Day 25 the last couple ye
New O'Day 20 owner with no sailing experience and a project boat I didn't need Jason Whyte at 2:25am 02.28.21 these sails might work. sorry if this is a repeat reply. https://vancouver.craigslist.org/bnc/bpo/d/
New O'Day 20 owner with no sailing experience and a project boat I didn't need Jason Whyte at 2:24am 02.28.21 https://vancouver.craigslist.org/bnc/bpo/d/new-westminster-northeast-sails/7258570714.html
New O'Day 20 owner with no sailing experience and a project boat I didn't need Jason Whyte at 2:17am 02.28.21 not sure where your located but there is an ad up currently on Craigslist Vancouver with a full kit
Air Conditioning unit in 37.5 BigEasy at 11:37pm 02.27.21
Onan 8K Gen losing coolant Terry Cox at 10:29pm 02.27.21 The model number of our 1991 Genset is 8MDKDR31457C, which is likely the same/similar as the poster'
Hatch lens replacement Puget Sound area Mark Maulden at 10:13pm 02.27.21 Seattle plastics made mine. Nice job. All holes in the same place as the old hatch. CNC made

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