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BOAT SERIAL NUMBER Robert H. Wood at 3:09pm 02.18.20 Ask An Oday Owner 22/7910 ON THE TRANSOM OF MY BOAT IS THE NUMBER XDYN06598686. WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR?
1984 Catilina 22 mast caterer10 at 2:37pm 02.18.20 Ask All Sailors 28/2930 Hi Looking for help/info on our 1984 Catalina 22. We recently acquired the boat with a mast with 3
2002 Hunter 326 RNC725 at 12:56pm 02.18.20 Mid-Size Boats 7/1955 Am getting ready to purchase and install a flexible 150 watt solar panel on the top of our bikini. I
New member cdi ff2 question Jerry Parks at 12:17pm 02.18.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1194 I had a cdi ff2 installed by a sailloft while they installed slides in main jib and genoa. My questi
40.5 Bow Lights Wiring Replacement (1) Rick D at 12:14pm 02.18.20 Big Boats 3/640 So, the wiring in the bow pulpit started going bad. Evidently, the jobber who made it up did not use
Cockpit Flooring Project (2) Rick D at 11:46am 02.18.20 Ask All Sailors 17/2759 So, after decades sailing with small dogs, we got used to having some carpet in the cockpit which al
Date my O'Day airolasp at 9:24am 02.18.20 Ask All Sailors 4/704 I have inherited an O'Day Javelin 14'. Trying to determine what year it is. Hull No. 3227, Class No.
Sailboat Owner's Guide to Corrosion - Resources. (1) Will Gilmore at 7:53am 02.18.20 Sailboat Owner's Guide to Corrosion 0/1131 Tagged participants: @Will Gilmore @DArcy @mermike @jssailem @dlochner @dLj @JamesG161 @ontherocks83
Centerboard question Drexel at 7:30am 02.18.20 Ask All Sailors 15/1499 When my 23 Oday was pulled in the fall, I was informed that the centerboard is gone. Now trying to
Forestay tensioning on a 423 Jeffinjax at 7:03pm 02.17.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1748 There is a small bit of masthead "hook" rearward on our boat. We have a roller furling jib and main.
Beneteau First 24 Anyone? zoya at 6:57pm 02.17.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/590 Does anyone own/sail a First 24 in the US?
2006 Hunter 33 Steering Maintenance LVGS at 6:46pm 02.17.20 Mid-Size Boats 4/1410 I have been trying, unsuccessfully, to locate a steering maintenance guide for the rack and pinion s
Jetman Hunter216 at 5:56pm 02.17.20 Sails Call Lounge 15/1646 Not really sailing oriented but pretty interesting... nj-Iwv5NJKg
Mounting the backstay flicker and what stove SteveLKN at 12:52pm 02.17.20 Catalina 275 10/3939 My boat arrived at my marina last week and I've been getting to know it. It's on the hard to get a
How old is my Javelin? airolasp at 12:07pm 02.17.20 Day Sailers 6/3301 I have inherited a Javelin. Trying to figure out what year it is. Plate inside stern says: Hull No.
Electrical Panel Manufacturer Stephen M at 11:56am 02.17.20 Big Boats 13/1608 We have a 2001 Hunter 420 passage. Our AC Voltage meter is not reading correctly and I want to repla
93' 37.5 Owners Manual hj5150 at 11:44am 02.17.20 Big Boats 15/2209 Does anyone have a copy of the Owners Manual for a 1993 Legend 37.5? We just purchased this boat bu
Camera Lens Scratched? (1) JamesG161 at 10:06am 02.17.20 Sails Call Lounge 6/743 What happened? d I pick up some meteor showers? Jim...
C30 Rudder Removal (1) doublebuffle at 8:37am 02.17.20 Catalina 30 20/5420
Bbq differences between brands fred1diver at 8:14am 02.17.20 Ask All Sailors 14/5372 hey everyone, looking at Bbq's for next season, I found a used Magma catalina for 250$can but I can

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Marelon Ball Valve VS Marelon Sea Cocks Hayden Watson at 6:48pm 01.28.25 Thanks for the clarification. Mine has the same. I'm ok with the marelon valves but it's the plasti
Runaway diesel Hayden Watson at 6:42pm 01.28.25 Never had it happen to me, but in a runaway diesel situation, couldn't you just flip the decompress
Runaway diesel Robert Strickland at 5:59pm 01.28.25
Runaway diesel Robert Strickland at 5:55pm 01.28.25 Huh. My 2GM20, circa mid-80s, has 2 levers (one/cylinder), easily accessible at the top of the engi
Runaway diesel Davidasailor26 at 5:00pm 01.28.25
2000 Oceanis 411 Rudder Issue jssailem at 4:26pm 01.28.25 Karsten. Welcome to SBO. I would use a tape measure to identify the distance from the boat bottom (
Help with Catalina 25 Rudder Repair (1) jssailem at 4:19pm 01.28.25 My plan is to drill out, fill with epoxy, and re-drill hole For holes larger than a 3/16th, I pref
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail kappykaplan at 3:49pm 01.28.25 what are all those lines and hardware under the boom for? Recommend you find another Mac 26D nearb
Help with Catalina 25 Rudder Repair Stu Jackson at 2:47pm 01.28.25 You should also get to know these skippers: https://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Von Clipper at 2:35pm 01.28.25 what are all those lines and hardware under the boom for?
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail kappykaplan at 1:23pm 01.28.25 Sooo ya think I should have a shop sew in a cringle with reinforcement? Yep . . .
Engine anode missing on a Volvo Penta 2002? dlochner at 12:27pm 01.28.25 Zinc is ineffective in freshwater. In freshwater the zinc forms a hard shell that insulates it from
Help with Catalina 25 Rudder Repair dlochner at 12:22pm 01.28.25 You're pretty much on the right track. The tiller should have a bracket that sits on top of the rud
Runaway diesel degas at 12:11pm 01.28.25 My Yanmar did not have one, or not one that I could find. Huh. My 2GM20, circa mid-80s, has 2 lev
no eyelet on the tack of my main sail Von Clipper at 12:07pm 01.28.25 Sooo ya think I should have a shop sew in a cringle with reinforcement?
Engine anode missing on a Volvo Penta 2002? jssailem at 11:05am 01.28.25 Hi John. I could have said: "No, the surveyor is correct." But that would have generated another
Home Pumpout System Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:20am 01.28.25 I missed that your pump is MANUAL, not electric. --Peggie
Hoses in the bilge of Cherubini 33 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:17am 01.28.25 Peggie, thank you for your detailed reply.Water tank is at the bow under the birth and I believe it
I'll never see this again capta at 9:36am 01.28.25 The longtails. They look very well balanced, but I haven't tried them. I would call them an outbo
Engine anode missing on a Volvo Penta 2002? JRacer at 9:06am 01.28.25 My First 310, also a 92 with a VP 2002 engine does not have one. I also looked to inspect/replace an

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