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Power Tiller RichardL at 2:39am 01.19.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/969 Has anyone had any experience with "Power Tiller"?If it works, it would be so much easier to contr
what is it? patrick at 2:22am 01.19.05 Ask All Sailors 6/1068 does the logo on this sail go to a boat or is it just some sort of name brand or what?? Its on a C38
Motor Size of B323 vs B331 George Liu at 2:08am 01.19.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1307 I am considering buying a new sailboat and have a question related to engines in standard B323 and B
Cutter Rig Variation Paul at 1:19am 01.19.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1036
The Color of Teak? ian19147 at 12:47am 01.19.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1139 I am replacing some of my teak/holly flooring and I'm having a terrible time getting the color to ma
Please see note on home page Phil Herring at 11:57pm 01.18.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 0/812 We experienced a web site problem yesterday that caused Bill's replies from Tuesday to be lost. Unf
Spade or Delta anchor Mat at 11:19pm 01.18.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1230 I sail a 37.5 and currently have 2 Danforth anchors. I am planning a trip from CT down the ICW and b
My old but good sails Camerons Macgregor at 11:10pm 01.18.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/887 After saving my Macgregor Venture 24 from the junk yard crusher and beginning the restoration proces
Boom tent Bluebird at 10:53pm 01.18.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2160 Hi every body, hope one of you can help me out. I spent 4 months looking boats up on the net just t
Jeanneau Sun Way 25 joboy at 10:44pm 01.18.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1759 Can anybody let me know where i can get a copy in SPANISH of the Owner's Manual for the Jeanneau Sun
Legend 44 - what's the battery capacity ? Tracker at 10:40pm 01.18.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/849 I can't find the battery specs for the 44 model anywhere. Can anyone tell me what the UK spec factor
Can you reef a Roller Furling Jib Steve Carpman at 10:31pm 01.18.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/2592 Bill,We are having a new jib made and would like some advice on what can be done to make this new
Tethers? Tony Litvak at 10:21pm 01.18.05 C&C 3/2120 Hello,I am preparing my boat for single handed sailing next season (I will be doing day long cruis
c34 loose rudder bob at 9:32pm 01.18.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/937 Towards the end of last season, I felt a shimmy in my stearing. When hauling the boat for the winter
Sail Set Purchase John S at 2:26pm 01.18.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/908 The time has definitely come to replace the stock sails on my 26 D (1987). This has probably been ad
Ideas on how to re-bed stanchions? Ivan Edwards at 12:38pm 01.18.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1400 On my First 285, 1990, a couple of stanchions are loose, and leaking through the bolt hole beneath
O'Day 25 center board specs Jocelyn (Nipan 2) at 11:25am 01.18.05 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1404 I look for the O'Day 25 (1977) specs (dimensions)Can any one help?Thanks!
C-30 Wing vs Fin Keel Steve Romero at 11:21am 01.18.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1195 I'm thinking about buying a 1990 Catalina C-30, with a wing keel. I sail out of San Diego Bay where
lost digits patrick at 11:18am 01.18.05 Ask All Sailors 1/1124 where might one find the serial # on a universal m-30 5424? OK, OK, yes, I admit ...its a little dir
And now for the bad news: data loss Phil Herring at 10:48am 01.18.05 Ask All Sailors 30/2284 Today at 5:57pm Pacific time a delete command misfired and instead of deleting one reply, it deleted

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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
2000 H450 Passage, Starter Battery JamesG161 at 10:01pm 02.27.21 On the subject of the generator, doesn't that feed my inverter, which charges my batteries? If you
Air Conditioning unit in 37.5 JamesG161 at 9:57pm 02.27.21 No solution to your question but... We have used 2 counter top 120VAC fans to blow Cold air from ou
Hatch lens replacement Puget Sound area mermike at 9:07pm 02.27.21 Thanks for the input. I'm a DIY kinda guy and the hatch is custom. About 25x27. I sent emails to Hat

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