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St. Patrick's Day Race on Galveston Bay Bill19233 at 2:51pm 03.18.18 Racing 7/946 Beautiful March day out on Galveston Bay. 5mFiFuERBSU
Beneteau 331/ Oceanis 331 Bluenose at 2:51pm 03.18.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 19/6860 Good evening, I am looking at (I think) a Beneteau 331, which is the boat I want. The nameplate in t
2007 Beneteau 40? PaulGinger at 2:05pm 03.18.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/957 Just purchased, new to me 2007 40. I have alredy joined the Beneteau USA sight for parts etc. from
Great Day Sailing (2) Cowpokee at 10:20am 03.18.18 Ask All Sailors 1/564
Charters in the Charlotte Harbor area, eg Punta Gorda isaksp00 at 9:19am 03.18.18 Destinations 4/818 I have looked at a number of threads about sailing in this area, and it seems good. I see that Seada
Lazy Jacks on a 1984 H27 finefurn at 9:17am 03.18.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2023 One of the first projects on my TD list this spring is to install a set of Lazy Jacks. I would like
ds 41 thru hull and valves sailor5017 at 9:11am 03.18.18 Big Boats 4/840 The valves and plumbing in floor of front stateroom seems to have turned a dark brown -black color
Another NorEaster? sailnoproblem at 7:40am 03.18.18 Ask All Sailors 24/1947 I don't no if that is the correct spelling, but I am getting a little tired of this weather. Yea I k
Help with Hood 810 LD diagnosis/repair SFS at 7:03am 03.18.18 Ask All Sailors 6/2661 Has anyone successfully rebuilt an 810LD furler drive assembly? I have parts falling out the bottom
Replace furler, or go hanked on? SFS at 6:48am 03.18.18 Ask All Sailors 28/1554 In the event my old Hood 810 cannot be brought back to life, we are considering our options. Cruisin
Keel repair on Pearson 30 Meter (1) MightyMike at 7:13pm 03.17.18 Ask All Sailors 5/1232 My recently acquired 10 Meter suffered a damaged keel after breaking its mooring and beaching during
sailing preparation, 18' jon hansen at 6:41pm 03.17.18 Ask All Sailors 3/335 for me, the season of 18' seems to be a totally different focus for me than most of you all from wha
Polar Charts?? LouisMK at 4:29pm 03.17.18 Bigger Boats 11/6492 Like many of us, I'm always curious whether I am sailing as fast as optimally possible. Does anyone
Level boat on trailer Jimmy at 2:06pm 03.17.18 Smaller Boats 12/959 Going to tune rigging and wonder if I just get the mast foot level would that be a good starting poi
Rewiring an 76 MacGregor 25 PJFlynn at 12:50pm 03.17.18 Ask All Sailors 2/1195 Does anyone have any access to original wiring diagrams for a Mac V-25? Had to repair the mast step
Taking on water... rpludwig at 11:58am 03.17.18 Catalina 22 22/2352 Posting this on behalf of a dock mate who has an '89 wing keel. He's getting a bit of water in the
Centerboard 240 difficulty with Waveform's boat (1) Crazy Dave Condon at 10:49am 03.17.18 Smaller Boats 2/567 I enlargened this photo for all to see. Waveform advised this was a 1/2 line and if you see closel
Winch size for H30C BlowMeAway at 10:44am 03.17.18 Ask All Sailors 8/845
Lightening question Whatsit at 9:36am 03.17.18 Ask An Oday Owner 17/1946
Low Stretch Halyard Line that works with Garhauer rope clutches? PAC3142 at 7:48am 03.17.18 Ask All Sailors 0/329 I'd like to replace the main halyard on my Hunter 37.5, currently 7/16" polyester. Any advice on wh

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3GM30F Service Issue skunther at 2:18pm 06.09.24
Failed Traveler Part kbgunn at 1:59pm 06.09.24 It will be difficult to find a replacement mainsheet car alone. Catalina Direct has what they call a
Failed Traveler Part dlochner at 1:53pm 06.09.24 Now that is a bit of a dilemma. First, I'm glad you like sailing enough to invest in another boat.
Weekend Login Difficulties sailcapt340 at 1:45pm 06.09.24
Failed Traveler Part JBS Mystic at 1:41pm 06.09.24 Thank you both for the thoughtful replied. We bought this boat two years ago to see if we enjoy sail
new engine? Rebuild? Make do? adamv at 1:35pm 06.09.24 Also, when pricing parts, get them from a Kubota dealer, not a Universal dealer. Often 1/4 the pric
Atlantic City - Hoboken NJ in two days? xavpil at 1:23pm 06.09.24 Barnegat will fall well short of its nasty reputation right about now. The channel markers start w
Weekend Login Difficulties kappykaplan at 1:07pm 06.09.24 In case you missed the SBO site was down for awhile yesterday. Saw that. Tks for staying on top o
Weekend Login Difficulties Dave at 1:06pm 06.09.24 Thanks Dave --appreciate the effort and the heads-up. In case you missed the SBO site was down fo
Weekend Login Difficulties Tiffany at 1:00pm 06.09.24 Thanks Dave --appreciate the effort and the heads-up.
Failed Traveler Part dlochner at 12:57pm 06.09.24 You'll probably have difficulty finding a car to match your track. Replace the whole thing, track ca
Failed Traveler Part Don Guillette at 12:45pm 06.09.24 I'd replace it with the Garhauer straight track traveler. I think the curved track traveler was desi
Merit 22 owners RussC at 11:35am 06.09.24 I'm new to sailing and hoping to get my Merit 22 in the water this W, Th or F. What would be the mi
Prop rotation question kappykaplan at 11:24am 06.09.24 That's not a MaxProp.... Post 40 identifies it as an Autostream . . .
Prop rotation question fstbttms at 10:30am 06.09.24 That's not a MaxProp.... As has been pointed out 2 or 3 times already :laugh:
Traditional Traveler dlochner at 10:29am 06.09.24 Often on those simple bar travelers there was a stop that could be moved. This prevented the boom fr
Propeller shaft length Hunter 376, 380 or 386 Hamish_s at 10:26am 06.09.24 This is a a few days out of the water operation... shortcuts don't usually pay off on boats. Out
Sailing out of Maryport on the Solway Firth June 2nd Gypsy Legend at 10:22am 06.09.24 try these links on vimeo
Sailing out of Maryport on the Solway Firth June 2nd Gypsy Legend at 10:21am 06.09.24 952879138 952879288
Propeller shaft length Hunter 376, 380 or 386 marcham at 10:10am 06.09.24 Correct. There's no point going through the bother and expense to replace the shaft, re-align the en

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