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Compressor Replacement planoron at 6:17am 11.08.18 Ask All Sailors 4/719 Well I think the old Alden Barbour freezer unit on my Hunter 380 has locked up. My question is: Ha
Fixed Port Lights Replacement cookcwayne at 6:00am 11.08.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/756 Trying to locate replacement port lights, framed, for a 1974 Catalina 27. Does anyone have any idea
Tiny leak (2) HMT2 at 8:27pm 11.07.18 Ask All Sailors 3/356
Drilling rudder to drain water before freeze up RBilly at 7:47pm 11.07.18 Ask All Sailors 11/2946 I have an '83 O' Day 28 on Georgian Bay , Ontario, Canada. Just had a survey done and showed higher
Ericson 35 Cooking stove 1973 Douglas pm at 7:20pm 11.07.18 Ericson 0/1277 Can anyone share the OEM Propane Cooking stove model that Ericson used ? Hull #305. I am trying to p
Russian Sailboat (1) lehighsail at 6:26pm 11.07.18 Ask All Sailors 46/5598 158243 Saw this sailboat last week. Don't know if I would want something like this. Doesn't really
Electric engine kill on M-18? Jimski at 2:04pm 11.07.18 Catalina 30 12/1042 I just replaced my engine kill cable in August. The cable broke last week under not-so-significant l
Davis Mk25 Sextant Red_Dog at 11:26am 11.07.18 Ask All Sailors 10/1715 I'm looking to purchase a sextant before next season. My knowledge of the sextant is of limited theo
Hunter 280 Batten ends Miken at 9:17am 11.07.18 Ask All Sailors 5/392 I am looking for the triangular batten ends that go on my mainsail. I keep loosing these when I take
Wind time pics. (3) Lemon Drop at 8:23am 11.07.18 Catalina 22 3/551 Hello to all, I just wanted to share some fun wind time pics., I finally sailed with someone able t
Lewmar Hatch, Replacement Handle (2) Jeff Jellick at 7:58am 11.07.18 Big Boats 2/1254 On our 2005 Hunter 45 CC both of the handles on one of the Lewmar Hatches in the Main Salon broke of
Rare Find hawkcole@gma at 6:53am 11.07.18 Racing 3/562 Back in June I rented a chicken house / need to get many thing out of elements ! While getting to kn
Winch removal and lube Macgregor 26X. Capt Fred at 6:38am 11.07.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1551 Trying to remove winches. Anyone have a good technique for doing this? Have already lost a wrench
What is the fate of the Dollar sailboats? (5) TomY at 4:23am 11.07.18 Ask All Sailors 11/872 Is this what's for dinner? oard on my sons $1 sailboat. We just hauled it for the season. I 'winteri
Sail Coatings Sailboat.Sequoyah at 4:04am 11.07.18 Ask All Sailors 23/2252 Morning, hearties. Sequoyah's foresail was removed for Hurricane Florence. I have it at my house. Wh
The Great Tea Race of 1866 Will Gilmore at 9:09pm 11.06.18 Sails Call Lounge 5/590 Just an awesome video :wow3::clap: It is 50 minutes long, but you'll wish it was longer. vQls5w-8yc
Seaward 24 vs Watkins 25 jamieFL at 6:15pm 11.06.18 Ask All Sailors 31/7328 A few weeks ago I posted asking opinions on the O'Day 25 and overwhelmingly got the advice to look f
Sail Repair in Baltimore Area Bay Tripper at 3:17pm 11.06.18 Ask All Sailors 10/1435 Hello, Does anyone know if there is a sail repair facility in the Baltimore/Annapolis Area that
1981 Hunter 27 Rig Deters at 7:53am 11.06.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/973 I am considering the purchase of a 1981 Hunter 27. The boat is without sails. When trying to order
Exercise..... Not your limbs... your right to Vote... Today. jssailem at 7:50am 11.06.18 Sails Call Lounge 35/1398 I came across these two quotes this morning and it energized me to generate this post... Your right,

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Capri 22 How does it race with a bit larger boats? Sail22Capri22 at 9:04am 08.17.23 I think I rate a 213 or around there. Most boats I sail with are in the low to mid 100's. Again the
Refrigerator/Freezer Controllers from a Hunter 42 1993 BabuBoat at 8:35am 08.17.23 No takers. Gone to the dumpster.
Bimini for Newport 28mk II dmax at 8:31am 08.17.23 https://www.sailrite.com/Backstay-Slit-in-Bimini-Using-a-Zipper-Video
Life Is Good (2) Zinger88 at 8:15am 08.17.23 Nothing better than a nice sunset on the lake enjoyed with a bottle of wine...
Broken Rudder jdearl at 7:38am 08.17.23 Tried to post in the Gear Wanted section but have to be registered for 90 days before I can do that.
Broken Rudder jdearl at 7:32am 08.17.23 Thanks for sending that link. The price is higher than I would like to spend so maybe will keep sear
Capri 22 How does it race with a bit larger boats? Joe at 7:24am 08.17.23 I have a Capri 22 that is new to me this summer. I have raced it a bunch in our local beer can Thur
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? Davidasailor26 at 7:23am 08.17.23 I'll gain about three or four inches by using the new flex shaft seal. If you want to save a few i
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? (4) RSHunter27 at 7:19am 08.17.23
Tide Clock kloudie1 at 7:05am 08.17.23 The clocks don't work for us on the gulf coast since we have only one high and one low per day..
pros and cons of adjusting valves... rgranger at 7:01am 08.17.23 If Dr. Seuss was still alive, I would consider writing to him and ask him to write a new book called
Expectations from solar dlochner at 6:53am 08.17.23 Welcome to SBO. First question, how are you measuring the current produced? Where is the current b
Replacing Sea-Fire Automatic Extinguisher in engine compartment, Hunter 33 2006 MikeHoncho at 6:44am 08.17.23 Recharging might require a hydrostatic testing. Most steel cylinders are good for 12 yrs following
Tornado hit solves my headsail dilemma PlaneTom at 6:35am 08.17.23 We bought new sails for our 310 a year or so back. The old main had a couple repairs where the gromm
Latest on NMEA to WiFi? tfox2069 at 6:34am 08.17.23 You are correct that all you need to do is plug it into the backbone. Just buy the right version fo
Tropical Storm Hilary [E Pacific] (1) JamesG161 at 6:11am 08.17.23 Hurricane Hilary will bring Wind and Rain in 4 days to SW California.
Vessel Weather Radar Question JamesG161 at 6:02am 08.17.23 the micro climate events that seem to just pop up out of nowhere These are very detectable on Land
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? Davidasailor26 at 5:59am 08.17.23 Apparently, sailboat designers are not mechanical engineers and it seems as if they don't incorpora
New vang to Beneteau Oceanis 50 (2009) Tally Ho at 5:54am 08.17.23 Seldon makes a nice (and expensive one). what is broken? I rebuilt a Selden recently to replace t
Need a "double" block at the mast base Davidasailor26 at 5:42am 08.17.23 If you want to add another block, whether it be single or double, you have to utilize one of the ho

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