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Roller furling jib on a 222 - worth it? kveach at 2:07pm 05.24.17 Ask An Oday Owner 16/4267 Well, I'm still working on refurbishing the 222 and just put up the old Schaefer system furling jib.
Yellowed cabin trim karellen at 1:07pm 05.24.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/363 Hello, I have a 2000 Hunter 310 that has bits of plastic trim in the cabin -- around the portlights
Back in the drink! (2) Captn Scotty at 11:12am 05.24.17 Ask All Sailors 15/871 136944 136945 After two years on the hard due to study and exams, she's going back in the water toda
Replacing festoons (1) Justin_NSA at 10:00am 05.24.17 Mid-Size Boats 5/1036 I am replacing my 3 running light festoons with LED. My calibrated eyeball failed me. Does anyone kn
Tohatsu 9.8 Electric start battery RWSlater at 9:41am 05.24.17 Ask All Sailors 9/5035 So I bought a new Tohatsu 9.8 4 stroke with electric start and it does not come with the battery. T
H26/H260 & H23.5 Centerboard line replacement (10) rgranger at 8:39am 05.24.17 Smaller Boats 8/1557 So some of this was already posted on another thread but not compiled. Yesterday, @Crazy Dave Condo
Swing keel box - removing gel coat greg_m at 1:44am 05.24.17 Catalina 22 2/436 Hi all fellow forum users... newbie here in this forum. From Cape Town, South Africa. I am in the p
Blue Kiwi Grip- Wayward Star Refurb (1) ilance at 8:06pm 05.23.17 Catalina 22 16/1511 I'm getting my paint and epoxy orders in. You folks who were recommending Jamestown Distributors we
1972 Catalina 27 am I the only one? surfforce 1 at 6:24pm 05.23.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/909 Does anyone here own one of these like I do? I sure could use some help.......
Black Mold on Fiberglass! surfforce 1 at 5:27pm 05.23.17 Ask All Sailors 28/16067 What do I use/process to remove the black mold from fiberglass deck? Thank you!
3 sailors walk into a yacht club... (1) Kermit at 5:25pm 05.23.17 Sails Call Lounge 21/1509 Well, one sails in and the other 2 drive in. @Crazy Dave Condon and I met @rgranger at Smith Mountai
352 stern riding low under power KennyBene at 4:34pm 05.23.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1074 Hello all- final survey today before purchase of a 1999 352. The boat's in great shape but during t
Hull number, again sharps4590 at 3:49pm 05.23.17 Day Sailers 18/3361 Sooo...about a year ago I sold my Widgeon and felt.....deprived....ever since. I rectified that by
I wonder? (1) flynhi4u at 3:23pm 05.23.17 Sails Call Lounge 9/659 How long it will take Cindy to notice the new license plate frame I got for our Jeep? ter much thoug
376 (1996) Deck Sheave replacment or modify (3) varigging at 2:05pm 05.23.17 Big Boats 0/425 I would like to replace or modify a poor design on my 1996, 376. As you can see in the photos. The
Wing on wing safety for Mac 25? (2) RussC at 1:03pm 05.23.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/2372 We're just back from a three day stay on the boat at our local lake. the last day there was really l
H44DS brown ooze, exterior window overhang (1) kyoung27 at 12:12pm 05.23.17 Big Boats 6/727 Has anyone had this happen? A brown ooze has been dripping from several spots on the underside of th
9.8 Tohatsu. Karyon at 10:34am 05.23.17 Engines and Propulsion 7/1207 I have a 9.8 tohatsu ob , from what I hear and gather is that the 9.8 mercury's are the same as well
new member with question mrl.md at 10:32am 05.23.17 Ask All Sailors 1/269 First off, want to say hello, I just joined this forum after having been lurking for a while. I have
Swim Step Ladder/Lag Bolt Question - Revised rfrye1 at 9:40am 05.23.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1256 I plan on installing a folding/telescoping on the swimstep on my H376 this weekend. I'll be using 42

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The Sewing Machine Thread Skipper J at 9:56pm 11.27.23 Update - based in part on feedback in this thread, I ordered a Sailrite LSZ on a Black Friday sale f
Raytheon ST7000+ screen burn out Rich Stidger at 8:25pm 11.27.23 I suggest that you post your request for a used unit in the Gear Wanted classified section. Did you
Hunter 420 Passage Aft Lazarette Latches eianm at 8:17pm 11.27.23 I replaced mine with rubber T handle pulls- they are very robust , cheap and work perfectly- can sen
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib Stu Jackson at 8:15pm 11.27.23 Do you have one of these? ...It can be hoisted with the spinnaker halyard or spare jib halyard.
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib rgranger at 7:53pm 11.27.23 What about adding a Solent stay? http://www.svsarah.com/Sarah/ewUpgradeSolentStay.htm
Too many ads Tally Ho at 7:18pm 11.27.23 It does beg the question of how much control SBO or any website host has over the types of ads. I p
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib Tally Ho at 7:14pm 11.27.23
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib stickinthemud57 at 7:13pm 11.27.23 I would think a long sleeve made from Dacron or Nylon cloth might work, whatever diameter would easi
When does a screw become a bolt? shemandr at 6:26pm 11.27.23 A brace and bit was the name we knew for that tool. Very powerful tool. And a timeless classic. I
When does a screw become a bolt? rgranger at 6:21pm 11.27.23
Manual Bilge dlochner at 6:02pm 11.27.23 Welcome to SBO. We're going to need some more information. Can you post some photos of the bilge pu
When does a screw become a bolt? Terry Cox at 5:28pm 11.27.23 There are manually-powered drills common in wood-working shops but I doubt they are or were used to
Too many ads dlochner at 5:02pm 11.27.23 Greg, You might want to take a closer look. I don't think SBO sell T-shirts that say "I lick.. swa
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. Tally Ho at 4:57pm 11.27.23
Too many ads (2) Tally Ho at 4:53pm 11.27.23
Hunter 326 Running Rigging shemandr at 4:32pm 11.27.23 ... go by the specs.
When does a screw become a bolt? PaulK at 4:31pm 11.27.23
Too many ads kappykaplan at 3:02pm 11.27.23 if just moving the ads to a new position was within my powers, I would do that, but it is not. No
Too many ads Dave at 3:01pm 11.27.23 It's already full screen on my laptop. OK, so I'm spoiled by my 27" screen. Reducing the font siz
Too many ads (1) kappykaplan at 2:59pm 11.27.23 It's already full screen on my laptop. If i make the window smaller, the ads are forced to the sid

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