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H34 starting - BOTH batteries required? Derek Rowell at 5:22am 05.09.00 Big Boats 8/1220 Ever since I bought my good old H34 in '83 I have had to start it using both batteries (Yanmar engin
What's Proper Sherry Miller at 5:12am 05.09.00 Ask All Sailors 3/1574 If referring to my 22 foot hunter in formal written fashion, which is proper:S/V or S/S preceding
Repowering a Cat 30 TR Dave Ullrich at 3:57am 05.09.00 Other Sailboats 2/783 Well, my Univeral 54-11 gulped a BUNCH of saltwater when an exhaust elbow rusted trough. We've flus
Moldy Fiberglass Barry Barnard@aol.com at 3:43am 05.09.00 Ask All Sailors 2/2093 When I pulled my 19996 29.5 boat out of winter storage, the nornally bright white fiberglass had tur
ospray claudia at 3:20am 05.09.00 Day Sailers 3/1324 Hi I cant find any info on the O'Day Ospary am I the only owner out here?would love to have any i
Spring lift arms for Icebox Tom Schlagel at 3:17am 05.09.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1358 Does anyone have any experience replacing the springlift arms in their Hunter iceboxes. I have a 19
Max Prop Jim Fielder at 3:09am 05.09.00 Other Sailboats 1/1090 We recently changed from our two blade 12 inch prop on our catalina 30 to a maxprop. Our prop came
A novice racer looking for answers.(hunter 28.5) Skip Smith at 2:49am 05.09.00 Racing 7/3714 I am a beginning racer and not doing well. I need information from experienced Hunter 28.5 racers o
Old Lectrasan Worth Rebuilding? Jim Logan at 2:17am 05.09.00 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/2327 Peggy: I've got a "new" old boat that has a Letrasan Type I MSD installed. It appears to not be fun
Engine Trouble... Anthony Bavuso at 1:33am 05.09.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1444 I am having some trouble with my Yanmar 1GM and could use some guidance. The engine seems to run
To Bill Thomas robert sarpy at 1:24am 05.09.00 Other Sailboats 2/810 I checked on my cold machine, and it does work with the charger off, and the batts at 12.5v. where s
Electronics Questions Richard Gresham at 1:23am 05.09.00 Mid-Size Boats 2/1045 I recently purchased an '87 C-30 T/R with Data Marine Electronics,( wind, depth, speed- all in one c
Replacement Hatches '77 30? K. Conrad at 1:13am 05.09.00 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1016 I am looking to replace the original salon hatch and v-birth hatch on my '77 Hunter 30. Any suggesti
H-26 Tender? Joe DiCianni at 12:52am 05.09.00 Smaller Boats 16/1120 I have almost made a decision about buying a 1994 H-26. My greatest concern is , after reading owner
Hard Starting Yanmar Help Neil Russell at 11:44pm 05.08.00 Big Boats 5/2665 My Legend 35.5 has a Yanmar 3GM30F that has been extremely hard to start when the weather is cold.
Shark bite on my keel ! John Paoletti at 11:20pm 05.08.00 Smaller Boats 3/1055 I recently bought a 1993 Hunter 23.5 and discovered what looks like a shark bite taken out of the ke
Water Heater Leaking Tim at 10:31pm 05.08.00 Mid-Size Boats 1/1237 I have an 88 Catalina 30 Tall rig with a new found problem, the water heater has let go. (When I pr
Where Do I Find A Manual Bilge Pump for Cat 25 Andrew P Thibaudeau at 9:43pm 05.08.00 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1535 My manual bilge pump for my catalina 25recently broke where can I get a replacement.
Fuel System Question Mike Elmore at 8:55pm 05.08.00 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1080 All,I have a M3-20 in my C28 and I'm buying spares for the fuel system.I got the fuel water sepa
Best set up Rig Rod Leonard at 8:12pm 05.08.00 Big Boats 0/932 Has any body raced a 45 enough to know what the optimum set up is for the postion of the mast. Putti

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Outboard Project_Mayhem at 5:56am 02.12.20 @Ms Hope I have a 9.9 Evinrude on my 25' and wouldn't want anything less. We got caught in some heav
30 ways to sink a boat Justin_NSA at 5:45am 02.12.20 This one should go in the "best bilge pump" thread. 16. Check-Valve Backflow What Happened: Since th
Identify this mess please. (4) DAVA390 at 5:31am 02.12.20 Sorry guys,couldn't get the number.Although it's probably a homeless camp now a lot of the debris i
New motor mounts and oil pan touch up twodzusfittings at 5:10am 02.12.20 Last year when needing to remove and replace my stuffing box, I found that my end plate (where the
310 dodger frame sail sfbay at 4:45am 02.12.20 Likely it was not designed to be folded as another forum thread discussed the same issue in the link
Electrolysis and Galvanic Action in Practice and Theory dlochner at 4:18am 02.12.20 @dlochner I was not proposing to skip through them. In fact, by looking at the number of pages in
Wind vane steering Hunter Passage 42 Scallywagger at 11:04pm 02.11.20 <p>
Wind vane steering Hunter Passage 42 Will Gilmore at 10:51pm 02.11.20 So good to read a post from you again, Bill. Old Man to see if he remembers, but we had several ste
Shore power plug location Will Gilmore at 10:24pm 02.11.20 I was thinking you could wire one on each side, if you don't know which side you're pulling shore po
Tandem-axle trailers with no springs Tedd at 9:42pm 02.11.20 Low inflated tires generate heat and handling problems and should not be used to soften a ride. Yea
Shore power plug location Tally Ho at 9:11pm 02.11.20 I have 2 on my boat...one up from under the anchor locker cover and one in the lazzarette. nice to
sheet length for a grampian 26 clarification Joe at 8:47pm 02.11.20 Don't use a shackle on jib sheets (or genoa sheets, either). Tie on with a bowline.
30 ways to sink a boat Will Gilmore at 8:27pm 02.11.20
Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise jssailem at 8:16pm 02.11.20 We will have him send a photo that we put up in the boat so all can see. Promise not to throw darts
Electrolysis and Galvanic Action in Practice and Theory jssailem at 8:13pm 02.11.20 Will I encourage you to reference it as book club thread and lay out the structure as we discussed.
Hunter 28.5 dinette table mdjamesh at 7:56pm 02.11.20 Thanks
Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise DrJudyB at 7:51pm 02.11.20 Yes, this is shaping up to be a Grand Adventure! It will be great to meet SBO people face to face!
Electrolysis and Galvanic Action in Practice and Theory Will Gilmore at 7:47pm 02.11.20 Tagged participants: @Will Gilmore @DArcy @mermike @jssailem @dlochner @dLj @JamesG161 @ontherocks83
Wind vane steering Hunter Passage 42 Scallywagger at 7:41pm 02.11.20
Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise Michael Davis at 7:26pm 02.11.20 This trip is looking like more and more fun! Will be so nice to put faces to so many S.B.O. members.

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