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MaxProp Settings Roger Hutchinson at 12:00pm 10.24.01 Big Boats 2/1760 I recently installed a MaxProp with a 13 degree pitch but I can no longer get the RPMs above 2400, n
Hunting for Hunter Parts Off Salvaged Vessels Jeffrey Brown at 8:16am 10.24.01 Ask All Sailors 5/1376 An October 2001 storm caused my mushroom to drag and a prolonged night-time collision with new Farr
selling my boat steve at 5:07am 10.24.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/976 can anyone give me an idea on what is involved on selling my boat here in california? what steps do
ST50 Wind Gene at 1:48am 10.24.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/968 Bill,On the 20th I asked a question about making an above splice joint on the cable to the transduc
goiot furling Matt Wagstaffe at 11:27am 10.23.01 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1507 Looking for a section of foil for a Moorings 43 1984. Any bites? Can be reached at waggy@direct.caC
Wanted: New or used Cruising Spinnaker Rich at 11:06pm 10.23.01 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1121 I am wanting to buy a new or used cruising spinnaker for an o'day 25. I would like to hear from anyo
which year hunter 28 nick at 4:36am 10.23.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1125 I am new to sailing and very much interested in hunter 28 and notice a big difference between model
The Trailer is Floating! Aldo at 2:20am 10.23.01 Smaller Boats 5/965 Last Saturday, I backed the trailer into the water to pull the boat out for the season. I used the
HSB2 Follow-up Question Patrick Blair at 2:13pm 10.22.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/3086 An earlier article mentioned the ability to do a software upgrade from HSB to HSB2. What is the proc
2nd Go at Fixing Boom Vang Mal Trotter at 11:26am 10.22.01 Big Boats 3/975 I asked this question a while ago with no replies but maybe if I make it clearer, someone can help m
RL70C Errors Scott Broad at 9:53am 10.22.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1059 Has anyone encountered this problem? I have a RL70C Radar/Chartplotter hooked up with a GPS 300 thr
Rattling Autohelm Gene B. s/v Paradigm at 7:47am 10.22.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 7/1394 My brand new Autohelm 4000 rattles and lurches when you turn it. I tried completely removing the be
Stainless rigging for Catalina 36 Steve Rasmussen at 6:25am 10.22.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1057 I recently bought a 1984 Catalina 36. I don't believe that the rigging has ever been changed. I lo
Recharging the batteries Stuart Gordon at 8:34am 10.28.01 Mid-Size Boats 2/837 My house battery seems to lose its charge very quickly - after 1 hour of sailing. The only electron
H23 Forestay turnbuckle Joel at 10:10am 10.27.01 Smaller Boats 2/893 Has anyone made any modifications to the H23 forestay / turnbuckle setup? This was the firstyear I h
Too many choices ??? Ed Schwerin at 2:50am 10.22.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 6/1044 I'm interested in a radar.It's going on a Legend 40'. Not sure about a mast mount or stern post moun
Hunter 31 keel joint rust Jim Braun at 11:10am 10.26.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1329 I have a 84 H31 with the cast iron keel. I have rust forming at the joint where the keel is attache
Ice box Measurements (cubic ft) Mark Hudson at 2:17am 10.26.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1228 I am lloking at installing a refrigeration unit in my new 1984 C-30. There are several different mo
What to do with the LPG tank? Debra Blatnik at 11:50am 10.25.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/922 Trying to figure out what to do with the LPG tank. A previous owner had put it in the space that us
Raytheon R10XX Radar Michael McCann at 1:32am 10.25.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/3176 Bill;Is the IC board for Sea Talk interface to R10XX radar still available?

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R20 centerboard Will Gilmore at 2:54am 05.17.20 I am unfamiliar with your model boat. Can you post a picture of your situation? It's pretty concer
R20 Outboard length? Will Gilmore at 2:46am 05.17.20 Welcome to SBO, R20Sailor. That's a sweet looking boat and I like the name. 'Mariah', right? "They
My new saildrive Stewart stephenbson at 12:25am 05.17.20 Hi Stewart. It is mostly resolved. As you could previously ascertain, I have to draw raw water thr
Sliding/pop-up Galley and stovetop for 1985 Oday 23? esightler at 10:42pm 05.16.20 Thanks for the reply, I will check them out.
R20 centerboard R20Sailor at 9:55pm 05.16.20 Hi There, Were you able to find any more info? The previous owner of my R20 (very) carefully install
Stuck throttle? (15hp Chrysler/Johnson) Benny17441 at 9:55pm 05.16.20 It might no be possible to engage the gears with the engine off. It looks like you have a throttle
R20 Spreaders R20Sailor at 9:49pm 05.16.20 I am actually looking to purchase new spreaders. Any recommendations on where to order them? Thank y
Need help identifying these lines Undertow at 9:21pm 05.16.20 Thanks, everyone! Now that I know what they are I can study up on how to use them.
Sail Trim and Aeronautic Theories. Joe at 9:08pm 05.16.20
Need help identifying these lines Justin_NSA at 9:01pm 05.16.20 Another vote for lazyjacks :plus: Your sailcover probably has slots to allow then to pass thru
Grampian 31 classic mast step. Captain Dor at 8:50pm 05.16.20 the point of the post is that yes i need to fix and replace being it is a 1965 grampian i dought i w
Need help identifying these lines rgranger at 8:49pm 05.16.20 :plus:
C22 Removable instruments Gene Neill at 8:47pm 05.16.20 Our boat came with that setup, with a nice lit bulkhead compass. Hated it the first time i used it
Need help identifying these lines fred1diver at 8:30pm 05.16.20 That looks to me like lazy jacks
cabin top hood removal -leak deck crack d-marko at 8:26pm 05.16.20
How to remove 30 yr. old tape. (2) DAVA390 at 8:13pm 05.16.20 Well, count me in as a 3m wheel fan. Heating and peeling the upper stripe proved problematic, tape
13hp Yanmar 2gmf de-winterization Fashin at 8:07pm 05.16.20 Probably fell apart and got sucked into the engine. I guess at one point or another they had the eng
Toilet Issue AwwShucks at 8:05pm 05.16.20 Thank you Peggie!!
C22 Removable instruments Leeward Rail at 7:56pm 05.16.20 This was something we experimented with. We found it too awkward to step over, though, and it went
13hp Yanmar 2gmf de-winterization Tally Ho at 7:54pm 05.16.20 The foam filters deteriorate (my boat was the same when I bought it).

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