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LED Light Installation DIY - Galley Renovation Hunter 31 SV Windy Daze Windy Daze Hunter 31 at 8:51am 06.28.18 Ask All Sailors 7/1062 Excellent DIY project for any Sailboat. Follow along as Steve installs a new LED Light in the Galle
Broken windlass thermal circuit breaker Bluenose at 8:47am 06.28.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1265 My 90 amp Blue Sea windlass breaker broke. Blue Sea has a 285 replacement series that comes in 80 am
O'Day 28 Pan Separation (1) Robocopct at 8:08am 06.28.18 Ask All Sailors 1/999 I just purchased a 1979 O'Day 28. I needed to have the boat surveyed for insurance. The survey rev
83 H34 Sheets and Lines FlyingAloha at 7:54am 06.28.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/599 Hi. Does anyone have a List of line and sheet lengths for a H34 ? I need to replace ALL on my 1983.
Selling an expensive boat mitffonsok at 5:45am 06.28.18 Bigger Boats 45/5981 I am preparing to sell 54' center cockpit sailing yacht. It is a beautiful boat and it is loaded wit
Westerbeke Diesel overheating Steph at 4:27am 06.28.18 Ask All Sailors 12/6637 After just 10 minutes of running, my Westerbeke 13 is overheating. I have good fresh water intake
Hunter 40 legend mast questions riversloth at 4:52pm 06.27.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/751 Was wondering how many of you have had to replace your mast. I was considering a legend 40 but th
Bilge Pump for O'day 20 SUMB44 at 4:12pm 06.27.18 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1434 Has anyone installed an electric/automatic bilge pump or sump pump in their O'day 20 or similar? I
Rigging Line ? (3) BreakingWind at 2:51pm 06.27.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/950 I have a 2001 h260 and It came with a piece of rigging that I am not sure about.. a cable 30ft with
Install a new refrigeration unit? Pat T at 2:15pm 06.27.18 Ask All Sailors 9/1775 My current Adler Barbour cold machine is on the blink. It is probably as old as the boat. It starts
MKII vs. MKIII rpell1@msn.com at 2:04pm 06.27.18 Catalina 30 7/3346 Does anyone know the actual differences between a Cat30 MKII vs. a Cat30 MKIII in 1997? I've searche
O'day 20 Rebuild SUMB44 at 12:40pm 06.27.18 Day Sailers 0/861 An very interesting write-up of someone's experiences with the rebuild o their O'day 20: https://fo
Lazy Jacks and racing Jimski at 12:39pm 06.27.18 Catalina 30 25/6586 About 70% of the sailing I do is racing. I currently do not have lazy jacks. I know my crew would ap
Saw these drain plugs on D&R Marine... Anyone use them? And if so, where/how? (3) SUMB44 at 11:53am 06.27.18 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2436 https://www.drmarine.com/prodimages/ds236as.jpg Drain Plug to Drain Inner Hull (2 pc) FITS 1" HOLE.
Another rudder question (1) kclancy at 10:58am 06.27.18 Catalina 22 3/510 Hi Gang, I forgot to take my rudder off this weekend before coming up the ramp. (I'm sure nobody el
Climbing the mast. I HAVE A PROBLEM! Jimongee at 10:26am 06.27.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 24/2858 ok here is my dilemma; just arrived in MI for the summer sailing season. In prepping our 356 on the
H23.5 Salon Berth Conversion PropellerHead at 9:19am 06.27.18 Smaller Boats 1/487 We've spent a few nights on the boat now and I'm not liking the aft berth. I find it too cramped and
Hinged Tabernacle SUMB44 at 8:54am 06.27.18 Ask An Oday Owner 5/2098 Has anyone implemented the hinged tabernacle available on the drmarine.com website? If so, could y
Flagpole Using a Mast lehighsail at 8:41am 06.27.18 Ask All Sailors 9/7705 I have just gotten a 32 ft. aluminum mast that I would like to use as a flagpole. It has the shroud
1975 25' lancer manual Tomdewitt at 6:55am 06.27.18 Ask All Sailors 3/547 New to sailing and just purchased a 1975 lancer and I am trying to find an owners manual, can anyon

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Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? BAD ORCA at 9:45am 09.13.24 I don't really buy that argument. Compression posts transfer the load to the keel or grid anyway a
PREVENTERS dLj at 9:39am 09.13.24 I am not an engineer, and didn't sleep at a ..... , but I don't see the need to run the preventer t
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? JoeWhite at 9:27am 09.13.24 Keelstepped is suitable and safer for ocean crossing, since there is less chance of loosing the mast
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? Apex at 9:18am 09.13.24 racing oriented boats still have some keel-stepped models...
raymarine ev100 vs cpt autopilot (1) BAD ORCA at 9:16am 09.13.24 Your installation is very similar to mine, however I have a 42 inch wheel and a binical hung table
Tropical Depression Seven jssailem at 8:51am 09.13.24
Goose Neck jssailem at 8:38am 09.13.24 Welcome to SBO. Interesting choice of boats. Your fiberglass trailer-able boat was built in 1980.
Yanmar/Beta 16HP RePower Scott T-Bird at 7:31am 09.13.24 I put a Yanmar 2YM15 in my Starwind 27 that weighed 5700 pounds. It was an excellent choice for the
Prefer to trailer pgandw at 7:20am 09.13.24 I feel blessed to have been limited by the dock and boat lift at the house we bought. The lift is l
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? Scott T-Bird at 7:11am 09.13.24 Or that 3 well known designers were designing for coastal cruising and never intended for their boa
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? Scott T-Bird at 7:06am 09.13.24 Not true. Keel-stepped masts are easier to design (in my opinion). The deck structure can be a lot
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? Scott T-Bird at 6:57am 09.13.24 So my question is .... which boat manufacturers are currently building around keel-stepped masts?
Pumpout Carts Suck Scott T-Bird at 6:38am 09.13.24 That's just it, though. It isn't just your own, unless you have your own private pumpout station.
Tropical Depression Seven kappykaplan at 6:36am 09.13.24 Yes! European Model shows Hurricane Fish Storm Tks! :beer:
Tropical Depression Seven JamesG161 at 6:35am 09.13.24 Any expectations that this will be a fish storm? Yes! European Model shows Hurricane Fish Storm
Prefer to trailer john6206 at 6:29am 09.13.24
How can I improve the rigging of my mainsail? Timm R Oday25 at 6:22am 09.13.24 If it were my boat . I would install a 'rams horn in front of the boom
Tropical Depression Seven kappykaplan at 5:54am 09.13.24 Any expectations that this will be a fish storm?
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? Crazy Dave Condon at 5:19am 09.13.24 Have you ever removed keel stepped masts particularly when they are stuck plus the extra work to rem
Stuck in gear. john2 at 3:29am 09.13.24 check for "stuf" in de prop or around the shaft.

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