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2018 Beneteau Antares 9ob - leaking under wheelhouse (5) sam1223 at 11:15pm 10.24.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/472 171255
Leaking under wheelhouse - Beneteau antares 9ob (5) sam1223 at 8:29pm 10.24.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1107 171250
Hunter 216 standing rigging replacement (2) Hunter216 at 7:57pm 10.24.19 Smaller Boats 24/3899 I decided I should replace the standing rigging on our 2004 Hunter 216 for a variety of reasons, not
1989 Catalina 30 Hot Water Heater Removal (2) Jac123 at 5:11pm 10.24.19 Catalina 30 8/3314 Looking to remove the hot water heater from my 1989 Catalina 30'. The easiest way seems to cut the
Cockpit Drains Below Waterline without Seacocks on Bristol Corinthian 19 (2) gregorvn at 4:52pm 10.24.19 Ask All Sailors 6/1171 I just bought a Bristol Corinthian 19. It'll be my project for a while, and I imagine I'll be here
Remanent of Olga <--TS Olga <-- PTC 17 <-- Invest 97L JamesG161 at 3:43pm 10.24.19 Weather and Forecasting 8/1150 Friends just saw OLGA posted on Facebook and ran into my office in a panic. This is just the same t
Running small scale commercial trips Jon123456 at 1:52pm 10.24.19 Ask All Sailors 10/1405 Hi all! . I have given up work to sail around the med. I would like to host experiences in differen
Trying to anticipate new circumstances when racing new boat P-S overtaking danstanford at 1:17pm 10.24.19 Racing 16/1927 My new boat will be among the fastest in the fleet I am in which is dominated by symmetrical boats s
roller furling question Valerio at 12:23pm 10.24.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/573 I am helping a friend with a 28 foot sailboat to install a roller furling on the headsail. My questi
My hull number!?? (2) gtg at 12:01pm 10.24.19 Smaller Boats 1/898 I have the fantastic plate on my C-22 1974, but I am unable to find the hull number. Is is possible
Is Penetrating Epoxy overkill? gtg at 11:20am 10.24.19 Ask All Sailors 5/1181 Hello! Making a new motor mount pad for my Catalina 22. I have two layers of marine plywood that I
Mooring Advice Canuck2112 at 10:01am 10.24.19 Ask All Sailors 9/2230 Hello, I'm thinking about mooring my San Juan 21 next season in my local lake (reservoir). I realiz
Trailering with Outboard Project_Mayhem at 8:19am 10.24.19 Ask All Sailors 20/4182 I have a 9.9 on the back of my O'Day 25. The transom has 1.5" of wood plus some glass covering an ar
manual joefusa at 7:16am 10.24.19 Newport 1/1215 i am looking for the owner's manual for a lockley-newport 23 either as a pdf file or a hard copy (vi
20 meter double bazooka scuba201 at 11:04pm 10.23.19 SSB and Ham Operators 2/1604 Have a radio wavz double bazooka laying around, thinking of putting on my sail boat with one of my i
Any Ham Radio Operators out here? scuba201 at 7:16pm 10.23.19 Ask All Sailors 4/565 Tell me about your set up and antenna placement on the boat.
looking for another 26D or S on the Hudson in NY ScourgeOfTheHudson at 6:34pm 10.23.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/913 hey all, just recently bought my first sailboat, a 26D from 89. one of the PO's removed the forwar
Giving thanks (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 11.25.19 Ask All Sailors 11/1225 It's Thanksgiving Week, the beginning of the long slide into 2020. Is there someone you're thankful
Votre voilier est-il un bistro? (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 11.18.19 Ask All Sailors 27/3731 Whats the most elaborate meal you or your crew has prepared on your boat? A beautiful rack of lamb,
Saluting Our Veterans (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 11.11.19 Ask All Sailors 45/5325 This has become a fun tradition on SBO and what better day for it than today? In honor of Veterans

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Are 30 year old sails worth anything?? thinwater at 10:12am 01.09.25 229324 229325 229326 There are lots of how-to sites for skin-on-frame boat construction, and numerou
Rust inhibitor dlochner at 10:10am 01.09.25 long ago I watched a friend (and boat yard owner) de-rust an iron keel. After he removed the old ru
Rust inhibitor dLj at 10:04am 01.09.25 Without getting to in-depth - the majority of the iron oxide forms are a porous oxide. Think open ce
Self launching anchor DArcy at 9:57am 01.09.25 That would be a challenge to change. Yes, but it is very robust. I added a tack point for my asymm
Self launching anchor jssailem at 9:44am 01.09.25 my roller is welded to the headstay chainplate. That would be a challenge to change.
Pulling new cable up Mast jssailem at 9:42am 01.09.25 Welcome @Night Watch to the SBO Forum. Going through the deck will be problematic if your Catalina
Self launching anchor DArcy at 9:34am 01.09.25 I have a similar process to @dlochner for anchoring solo which works well. It can get more exciting
Rust inhibitor FastOlson at 9:33am 01.09.25 long ago I watched a friend (and boat yard owner) de-rust an iron keel. After he removed the old rus
Self launching anchor jssailem at 9:31am 01.09.25 From your explanation, it sounds like the shaft of your anchor is pulled snugly onto the bow roller,
Self launching anchor kloudie1 at 9:03am 01.09.25 Remove the aft (upper) roller.. and try it.. you may have to drill and move the roller further aft ,
Rust inhibitor NYSail at 7:37am 01.09.25 That's a pretty reasonable approach for touch up spots. I do something similar on my cast iron kee
Oldest Boat to Buy FastOlson at 7:25am 01.09.25 Not to be stickler... but something isn't right with this. $100/$1000 would make the insurance $10k
Bilge Pump in Keel? Crazy Dave Condon at 7:16am 01.09.25 If a Precision 18, did you ever call Precision Sailboats? How about some pictures of the boat and b
Pulling new cable up Mast Night Watch at 6:30am 01.09.25 I appreciate all the responses so far. One thing I've tried, so far, was to push a metal (electrica
Pulling new cable up Mast dlochner at 5:36am 01.09.25 Instead of a nut or bolt, use a short section of small steel chain. It will be longer and easier to
Pulling new cable up Mast shemandr at 5:24am 01.09.25 Yeah I would say it's a matter of feeding a messenger down to pull a wire up. I've heard from a fri
Are 30 year old sails worth anything?? (4) Will Gilmore at 5:04am 01.09.25 229323 How about a skin-on-frame tender? 229324 229325 229326 There are lots of how-to sites for ski
Scored a mast climbing system! thinwater at 4:52am 01.09.25 Ah, I did not realize that. Do you remove the slugs on the ladder? Or just not worry about them. Ho
Oldest Boat to Buy dlochner at 4:37am 01.09.25 Not to be stickler... but something isn't right with this. $100/$1000 would make the insurance $10
Pulling new cable up Mast colemj at 4:35am 01.09.25 I've done this before. Attach a weight like a nut to the end of string and drop it down from the ho

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