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Fish in the raw water intake (1) Dr. D at 3:39am 05.27.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 14/2422 Yesterday I was finally able to take the boat out for the first time this year, just to knock off th
Purchase advice - Puffer, Sunfish or other? Bkmama at 9:28pm 05.26.20 AMF 18/9909
Error Bkmama at 9:03pm 05.26.20 Day Sailers 0/576 Error error
Crew Dragon Launch Time Weather (2) JamesG161 at 8:43pm 05.26.20 Weather and Forecasting 13/1825 The first time USA will launch 2 astronauts from American soil to the Space Station, since Space Shu
Bob and Bill's excellent Covid19 adventure (1) Jumpstart at 8:26pm 05.26.20 Sails Call Lounge 5/1107 One of my racing crew, relatively new to sailing, scored an unbelievable deal on a 1984 S2 9.2. Eba
Xantrex inverter not inverting TimFromLI at 7:23pm 05.26.20 Ask All Sailors 7/3273 I have a Xantex freedom 458 2000 watt inverter/charger that is on the fritz. When in invert mode it
First motor out in the ditch (2) Grotto at 5:43pm 05.26.20 Catalina 22 7/804 Rigged and ready but blowing like stink elected to give the motor a stress test ran for 5 hours stea
Frameless fixed portlight removal stonybrookpictures at 4:50pm 05.26.20 Catalina 22 6/1079 I have a 22 MKII with frameless fixed portlights. One has a leak. Any instructions for removing? Pre
New stuffing box overheating bertram at 4:50pm 05.26.20 Ask All Sailors 12/4288 We recently removed our 13 year old PSS system on our Catalina 350. It didn't fit right and we're l
Anatomy of a hole (1) pclarksurf at 2:22pm 05.26.20 Catalina 22 10/2031 Strange but interesting-- I had asked a question previously about overdrilling/ potting the 1/2" hol
Been a busy May (6) cb32863 at 1:15pm 05.26.20 Ask All Sailors 2/678 With racing put on hold until further notice, I have kept Seeker on the hard, aka driveway, for the
Motor Size? Christian Nally at 11:09am 05.26.20 Sirius 21/22 10/2938 What's the appropriate size for an outboard for the Sirius 21? Before I describe the size we have,
feathering prop Oday 39 henrykorous at 10:38am 05.26.20 Bigger Boats 12/2472 Was wondering if any on had a folding or feathering 3 blade on their oday 39. Looking at brands, per
Hunter 336 salon table Lulu Belle at 8:42am 05.26.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/411 The bolt that tightens the collar under my salon table has stripped (threads). Since the nut that t
Cockpit cushions for Hunter 41DS (1) tfox2069 at 7:54am 05.26.20 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/1076 Full set of closed cell foam cushions for Hunter 41DS. Good condition. For delivery/pickup only in W
Bent Stanchion Intel Joshua Radice at 6:54am 05.26.20 Catalina 309 Group Forum 3/1521 Hi everyone, Just took delivery of a 2011 Catalina 309 (Hull 195) after sailing an early 80's Catal
Rolls Batteries CYQK at 6:46am 05.26.20 Ask All Sailors 6/1162 Looking at these batteries Anyone experience these? Double the money to upgrade to agm the 250 ah ag
Mid-boom sheeting/loose footed main MikeyJ at 6:34am 05.26.20 Smaller Boats 6/1235 Many are going with loose footed mains. Is that advisable for a boom that is designed for a bolt rop
Repacking the Stuffing Box (7) SawyerCurt at 4:48am 05.26.20 Catalina 310 13/4428 As I've mentioned on this forum before, I'm not the most handy guy but owning a sailboat means doing
Genoa lines Dhamil6490 at 11:46pm 05.25.20 Ask All Sailors 21/5221 Still getting used to the small details of rigging my Seaward 17. Where do you run the lines on a ge

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fresh water flush Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:18pm 03.28.25 @Peggie Hall HeadMistress , do you see any reason for using fresh water flushing as opposed to sea w
Emergency Manual Foswick at 12:43pm 03.28.25 Like MFD said, too bad there isn't a good way to collaborate on something like this on SBO. Let's tr
Emergency Manual Foswick at 12:36pm 03.28.25 Absolutely unnecessary and useless. Why? It's because of whenever I hear this story: "We expla
Funny Friday!!! RussC at 12:34pm 03.28.25 The Professor started the class by telling them, "In Veterinary medicine it is necessary to have tw
Emergency Manual Foswick at 12:30pm 03.28.25 Not what you have in mind - but instructions for guests on conserving water: Right, not for the "R
Emergency Manual Foswick at 12:28pm 03.28.25
7 Years no haul out Foswick at 12:20pm 03.28.25 It's not that I "believe" in entropy or not. But, are you saying that boats are not constantly in a
fresh water flush Tally Ho at 12:07pm 03.28.25 That does a fine job of rinsing out the toilet DISCHARGE line, but it's the micro--and not so micro
fresh water flush Stu Jackson at 11:15am 03.28.25 @Peggie Hall HeadMistress , do you see any reason for using fresh water flushing as opposed to sea
Emergency Manual Stu Jackson at 11:11am 03.28.25 Absolutely unnecessary and useless. Why? It's because of whenever I hear this story: "We expl
fresh water flush Ralph Johnstone at 10:49am 03.28.25 @Peggie Hall HeadMistress , do you see any reason for using fresh water flushing as opposed to sea w
Emergency Manual BigEasy at 9:46am 03.28.25 I'm only familiar with outboards. What is the reason for this? Supposedly, turning off a d
Emergency Manual JoeWhite at 9:30am 03.28.25 My US SAIL bareboat chartering certification course instruction for MOB is to use figure 8 maneuveri
7 Years no haul out dLj at 9:10am 03.28.25 I kind of feel like you've either missed the point or you just don't believe in entropy. Every phy
Emergency Manual MFD at 8:51am 03.28.25 I'm only familiar with outboards. What is the reason for this? No spark plug with a diesel and oft
Emergency Manual Gene Neill at 8:40am 03.28.25 "Do not use key to shutoff engine, push and hold the black rubber button. AFTER engine is off, turn
fresh water flush Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:40am 03.28.25 We have fresh water flush on both of our toilets. They just use the existing water tank. Unless you
Catalina 22 New Design - Dinette Table Size? Gene Neill at 8:35am 03.28.25 Any luck with Catalina?
fresh water flush Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:32am 03.28.25
Need New Spreader Bracket and Spreader for 1982 H25 David in Sandusky at 8:27am 03.28.25 What John said above.

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