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Coolant pumpkinpie at 9:12am 07.02.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1233 .
Do I have a 25 or 26? wdonovan at 7:32am 07.02.19 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1010 Hi all. New owner. Boat was sold to me as a 25 but the title says 26. Looking at pictures of both mo
Mainsail for MacGregor 25 anyone? gezook777 at 7:15am 07.02.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/424 I am in need of a new mainsail for my 25' MacGregor. Any suggestions? Anyone have a used sail that w
How to plug in Lat/Lon into chartplotter or GPS Ben4195 at 7:06am 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 14/1868 Hi folks, I've never needed to do this when I had my little boat, but now that I have a bigger boat
Older Autopilot Fly By Night at 6:36am 07.02.19 Catalina 30 8/969 I just obtained an older Raymarine autopilot. It is an ST6001 controller with an S3 base. I would
Need help with "Last Hurrah" boat - 411/393 issues? bugbitten at 5:44am 07.02.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/1578 I've just turned 70 and am shopping for a boat I can sail on the Chesapeake, but, more importantly,
Rudder repair (9) blakslee720 at 3:17am 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 11/2204 Hello all. My sister and I were recently offered a free 83 Bruce Roberts 34. We have some experience
H 28.5 Cabin top winches Hope'sAnchor at 9:33pm 07.01.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1327 Anyone have any info on the original manufacturer and size of the cabin winch for the main and head
Synthetic Rigging for a Trailer Sailer theluckyone17 at 7:06pm 07.01.19 Trailer Sailors 34/6149 There's a couple of dinged up standing rigging bits on my O'Day 19... a crimped backstay tail, a ben
Taking on water thetone at 5:56pm 07.01.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 36/2483 Hello, I just purchased a 1990 Beneteau 35s5. It's taking on water when sailing on a port track. I c
1988 O'Day 192 Restoration (10) GSBNY at 5:02pm 07.01.19 Day Sailers 69/9853
Mast Light for Isomat mast on a Hunter 31 (1) Galind at 4:44pm 07.01.19 Ask All Sailors 4/992 Looking for a mast light for a Isomat mast. Mast has two slots on each side and not sure why they a
Epoxy clay as reinforcing filler sreidvt at 11:24am 07.01.19 Ask An Oday Owner 13/889 I am in the process of adding a teak beam (for a traveler) that will mount at the far ends (port and
Freshwater Anode Magnesium Daron at 10:53am 07.01.19 The Cherubini Hunters 3/760 Hi, my 82 Hunter 27 with a yanmar 1gm is on a freshwater lake in NC. Does anyone have ideas to use
Failing headliners. Tomandaly at 8:04am 07.01.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/777
H26 V Berth leak: anchor locker, drain or worse? JimSails at 7:57am 07.01.19 Smaller Boats 19/1492 Found 2 gallons of water in my v berth the other day. Trying to pinpoint: Did not have this last s
Advice on Selling Alden Challenger 949C Bo Huhn at 7:29am 07.01.19 Alden General Chat 12/8589 I'm planning to sell Spring Tides, 949 C. I haven't been an active follower of the forum, since I a
stepping mast on beneteau 461 sgiarc at 7:17am 07.01.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/729 Just recently purchased a Ben 461. The marina stepped the mast but didn't adjust the rig. I started
Icebox Drain pump (1) Bama Boy at 5:53am 07.01.19 Pearson 2/795 My icebox/refrigerator drain pump is on its last legs. I've have searched every site I know of but c
Hunter356 Sump pump issue (5) star302 at 5:02am 07.01.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/549 Hi, Our sump pump is not working. If we turn sump pump switch on, on control panel and push down o

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Replacing the Switch Panel on an 88 boat (1) LakeShark at 5:51am 09.16.23 For reference here is the OEM manual for the new design catalina 22s. The original design had the pa
Replacing the Switch Panel on an 88 boat LakeShark at 5:47am 09.16.23
Replacing the Switch Panel on an 88 boat (2) ...3TacksontheWater at 5:26am 09.16.23 LakeShark, thank you for your quick and, informative reply. I listed the positions from top to botto
Discharge of sewage over 3 miles Johann at 3:56am 09.16.23
Hunter 40.5 topping lift stuck - considering a rod kicker. garymalmgren at 2:04am 09.16.23 Your topping lift is wire? That would make it a spare mainsail halyard, wouldn't it? That would be a
Hunter 40.5 topping lift stuck - considering a rod kicker. Mark Maulden at 11:35pm 09.15.23 Why dont you just get rid of the current topping lift of rope to wire and replace it with Samson 1/2
Adding Additional/Sub DC Panel (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:58pm 09.15.23 Welcome to the site. p your (+) and (-) lines from the original panel most likely with the (+) afte
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. (2) mikeracca at 9:15pm 09.15.23
Problems Accessing the SBO Forums Stu Jackson at 8:44pm 09.15.23 https://sbo.sailboatowners.com/recent-fx.php Use that ^^^ instead until it's fixed.
Monoceros 37c continues monocerosin at 8:20pm 09.15.23
Hunter 40.5 topping lift stuck - considering a rod kicker. smokey73 at 7:45pm 09.15.23 Thinking outside of the box a little for the interim until I can get up the mast or install the rodk
Where are these blocks used dlochner at 6:41pm 09.15.23 Snatch blocks are extraordinarily expensive. Take good care of them. The side of block can open so
Monoceros 37c continues Dave at 6:34pm 09.15.23 There seems to be an issue with part of the SBO website. That may be the cause of your issues access
SBO Off Line??? Dave at 6:28pm 09.15.23 There appears to be an issue with the generic sbo.sailboatowners.com url. We are investigating the p
Discharge of sewage over 3 miles (2) Tally Ho at 6:21pm 09.15.23 My surveyor noted that the sewage discharge system should be permanently disabled and the thru- hul
Legend 43 stock propellor Tally Ho at 6:16pm 09.15.23 How do you know where to start? All of the prop manufacturers will give you a recommendation based
Monoceros 37c continues Tally Ho at 6:12pm 09.15.23
SBO Off Line??? Davidasailor26 at 6:10pm 09.15.23 Paging @Dave in case he can help.
SBO Off Line??? Tally Ho at 6:09pm 09.15.23
Where are these blocks used Tally Ho at 6:07pm 09.15.23 I assumed that was what it was for. That makes sense, the Genoa came from an s2 with aluminum toe

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