Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Alarms (1) Phil Herring at 5:26pm 01.18.19 Ask All Sailors 17/1616 Smoke alarms, CO2 alarms, propane alarms, bilge alarms, not to mention ELCI and GFCI circuit interru
Power for a Hunter 1994 23.5, is a 30hp outboard too much? Al-hunter at 3:52pm 01.18.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1543 Power for a Hunter 1994 23.5, is a 30hp outboard too much? Answer my own question, yes! I just happ
Trash can for Hunter 356 Knotallthere at 2:04pm 01.18.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/557 Hello, When I purchased my boat a few years ago I never did get the original trash can that sits in
Beneteau 361 Needs A/C Maurice at 1:24pm 01.18.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/547 Any 361 owners have pictures of a neat installation of A/C unit and ancillary components they could
Trans Fluid Type rpell1@msn.com at 12:38pm 01.18.19 Engines and Propulsion 14/1558 Hi everyone. I have a '97 Catalina MKIII with a Universal M25xpA. I noticed my transmission fluid w
MEASURING FORM FURLING HEADSAIL (1) JAVIER DAVILA at 10:53am 01.18.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/400 GREETINGS. IF SOMEONE CAN HELP ME, IT IS GREAT. I HAVE A HUNTER 23.5 OF 1993 AND MY HEADSAIL SAIL BR
If you could homeport anywhere, where would you homeport? (1) Phil Herring at 9:41am 01.18.19 Ask All Sailors 125/8951 Sorry to use homeport as a verb, but you get the idea. If you -- and your boat -- could be teleport
356 windows wyctoronto at 7:37am 01.18.19 Big Boats 4/721 Hoping to replace the three fixed windows in the hull. Anyone with experience and tips? Thanks.
Mixing elbow rubbing on cabinetry (1) aaronaxvig at 7:02am 01.18.19 Big Boats 9/669 I noticed some water in the aft cabin of my Hunter 376 yesterday. The mixing elbow on the engine run
Should I? lockep at 6:37am 01.18.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 38/2796 I have never sailed or even been on a sailboat before. I have always wanted to and have determined
Strange fuel sender (1) Sefuller at 7:23pm 01.17.19 Ask All Sailors 8/733 I have never seen a sending unit like this before - I have not removed it yet so no idea what the pa
San Juan 21 rigging Cstrock at 6:27pm 01.17.19 Smaller Boats 6/1299 im in the process of restoring a 1975 San Juan. Has some questions about the rigging. I have some ty
Deck hardware cleaning? (1) Knot Stressin' at 4:53pm 01.17.19 Ask All Sailors 11/1077 160309Whats the best method to make this stuff look decent again? Not sure what they are even made o
Boring Engine question dennisv at 4:05pm 01.17.19 Bigger Boats 15/1204 Like all boat lovers, I spend time during the summer cruising the docks in the summer, and website i
Macgregor 25 exgeologist at 3:08pm 01.17.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/2315 In the spring I am looking to buy a MacGregor 25 or similar craft. Anyone know of one available with
Sailing and videos Brian D at 1:01pm 01.17.19 Sails Call Lounge 14/959 For all you sailors out there that like to make videos of you and your boat. Please, please, do some
Upcoming GPS WNRO reset..... nat55 at 11:48am 01.17.19 Ask All Sailors 2/583 I got a notification from a electronics vendor that I deal with a notification of a GPS issue that m
Dawn to Dusk (2) Tom J at 11:15am 01.17.19 Catalina 310 13/1144 I came across these photos today while perusing my albums. It was a July morning in 2017, and we we
Grampian Classic 31 information sgwright67 at 10:50am 01.17.19 Grampian 8/7137 Hello all, I am interested in knowing more about Grampian Classic 31 listed in this ad: https://nan
NOOD, St. Petersberg 2019 Apex at 8:49am 01.17.19 Racing 3/435 Looks like we will have some GTYC representatives in attendance, Who from this forum will be there?!

Recent Replies

Do you use bumper boards? JBP-PA at 7:45am 08.24.23 Mine are fairly short, perhaps 4 ft. so they are easy to stow in a cockpit locker. Definitely nice
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice jssailem at 7:08am 08.24.23 Welcome to the SBO Forum. Sounds like a divergence of expectations. You wanted details and the brok
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice tfox2069 at 6:52am 08.24.23 Brokers can be very much hit or miss. The seller should have fired his broker, and you were right t
Do you use bumper boards? jssailem at 6:38am 08.24.23 :plus: Depends on the waters you sail and the piers you tie up to. Having them can be a real plus to
Exhaust for Cat 34 jssailem at 6:29am 08.24.23 Congrats on your first posting. Is this a source? https://www.catalinadirect.com/shop-by-boat/cat
Do you use bumper boards? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:25am 08.24.23 You forgot to include bathrooms. --Peggie
Exhaust for Cat 34 RitSim at 6:14am 08.24.23 try Googling "unversal diesel exhaust flange". match the pics to your situation
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice shemandr at 6:11am 08.24.23 That's a long post which has a lot of detail that may or may not be relevant to the broker's compete
Deception Pass. Terry Cox at 5:09am 08.24.23 Good morning, Mike. Ditto my chart plotter. I tend to use published paper tide table predictions, su
Anchors Gene Neill at 5:06am 08.24.23 Where does your forestay attach in this pic? Also do you think there is clearance for my roller fur
Regarding a 1987 ODay Sailor 1 17ft in Length. chuckwayne at 4:55am 08.24.23 the DS 1 doesn't have a mechanism - the pivot on the lever handle just goes into a square cutout in
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice RoyS at 4:55am 08.24.23 Which broker?
Kent Ranger 26 Topping Lift Help dlochner at 4:29am 08.24.23 The topping lift is the short cable hanging from the backstay and attached to the boom. The primar
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 4:01am 08.24.23
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 4:00am 08.24.23
Kent Ranger 26 Topping Lift Help garymalmgren at 11:54pm 08.23.23 Hi Canception. I am not familiar with the Kant Ranger, but...... I will go through a few of your poi
Deception Pass. MikeHoncho at 9:41pm 08.23.23 I went through two weeks ago of which my plotter said there would be a opposing current of 2.4 knots
Do you use bumper boards? Stu Jackson at 9:06pm 08.23.23 a stickler for correct terminology. I used to "pull her chain" by saying things like "I'm going dow
Deception Pass. Terry Cox at 8:44pm 08.23.23 Nice writeup, Hayden. thank you. Been through the pass many times and have found the slack water tid
Do you use bumper boards? Project_Mayhem at 8:32pm 08.23.23 Boats don't have bumpers, so why would anyone want a bumper board for their car?;) However, in som

Contact
About
Terms of Use