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PSS Seal Wear Pattern (5) Marc14857 at 2:35pm 04.19.17 Ask All Sailors 7/1231 I'm posting this as a curiosity item for others to comment on. I've had a PSS shaft seal on my boat
Tattoo 22? (5) rgranger at 12:04pm 04.19.17 Ask All Sailors 3/5200 Has anyone seen the new Tattoo 22? Apparently when Roger MacGregor retired, his daughter founded Ta
Restoring faded colored gelcoat; best fast option (1) Jackdaw at 12:00pm 04.19.17 Ask All Sailors 76/14473 While getting BlueJ's bottom done, I got to see how much her Gelcoat had faded. The picture shows th
Unipas autopilot (2) svlazzarone at 11:16am 04.19.17 Parts Search 0/508 http://unipas photo does anyone have a unipas autopilot electric actuator for 2121 913A?
Pressurewasher PSI? jhogle at 10:58am 04.19.17 Catalina 22 19/9376 I am looking to get a pressure washer for cleaning the deck of my boat. I really don't know much ab
Rudder Difference? eherlihy at 9:05am 04.19.17 Bigger Boats 6/818 Just for grins I looked up the cost of a new O'day 34 rudder at shop.odayowners.com; Oday 34 (rudder
Genoa sheet chafe (1) David Hopkins at 8:20am 04.19.17 Catalina 30 4/2462 When I ease my Genoa sheet out it chafes against my lifeline. It seems this would cause accelerated
Combined boat and trailer weight? ODay 26' MSN-Oday at 7:10am 04.19.17 Ask An Oday Owner 3/665 Guys, have you ever weighed your O' Day 26' and trailer? I have not been able to take the boat and t
Air Conditioner Size for Hunter 260 bamabaxter at 6:47am 04.19.17 Smaller Boats 9/1689 Anybody recommend air conditioner size (BTU) for Hunter 260? Yes, I know there are calculations on
Hunter 23.5 launching Chris Flanagan at 2:57am 04.19.17 Smaller Boats 29/1842 I am launching my Hunter 23.5 for the first time. Do you recommend opening the ballast vents before
Replacing standing rigging without removing mast. Jack999000 at 6:44pm 04.18.17 Ask All Sailors 9/4374 Hi, I have a 41 foot yacht and the rigging is 11 years old. I have had 3 quotes for replacing the ri
Pearson 303 gets new Hot Water system (1) StargazerP303 at 6:22pm 04.18.17 Pearson 14/2937 135466 135465 Hi all! This season I've decided to change out my hotwater system a Seaward F600 6gal
O'Day Burgees ruidh at 6:04pm 04.18.17 Ask An Oday Owner 1/45 A few years back some of us on Facebook designed a burgee for O'Day Owners. They've been out of stoc
Hunter curved wooden steps into cabin (1) Gdindy at 5:39pm 04.18.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1551 I have a 2001 Hunter 410, when I purchased the boat it had a crack in the top step. The curved steps
Seacocks - to close after sailing or not? kupskius at 5:23pm 04.18.17 The Cherubini Hunters 34/6414 So, the Cherubini is my first boat with Seacocks. They were all replaced last fall (by the Marina),
Squeaky Hatch Michael Davis at 4:43pm 04.18.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/784 New to us First 38 has a squeaky hatch cover unless it's raining! Have tried silicone spray and soap
Locating Hull # on 06' 25 avi8torny at 4:40pm 04.18.17 Smaller Boats 3/417 I'm an idiot and cannot for the life of me find the Hull # stamping on my 06' 25. I looked all over
Window Leak on a 32.3 (1) jim7289 at 4:28pm 04.18.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/4828 I have a 2006 Beneteau 32.3. The fixed skylight window is leaking in the corner. It could be a typic
Aerial shots of my recent cruise through the Gulf Islands David Hopkins at 4:00pm 04.18.17 Catalina 30 21/2089 I finally worked up the courage to launch my drone of my boat while underway. Here are the results.
Another nav equipment post Ken Cross at 3:53pm 04.18.17 Ask All Sailors 31/2196 I'm trying to figure out how I want to continue to navigate. Our plotter is agonizingly slow and I t

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Taking/storing a 32 sailboat off a trailer, properly? (Im in over my head) dLj at 7:56am 11.19.23 Know that sailing is not like Grad school. You really never stop learning about sailing, and for su
Taking/storing a 32 sailboat off a trailer, properly? (Im in over my head) jssailem at 7:47am 11.19.23 Welcome back Chris Boat rebuilds are a start and stop type of project. Pleased to hear you still hav
Best place to sell a boat quickly? Alan Gomes at 7:40am 11.19.23 Sailing Texas. Price will be the most important factor in selling it quickly. I'd say the boat's c
Emergency Tiller NormandyG at 7:25am 11.19.23 CatalinaDirect has one. Their pic isn't very good and their price is not good at all. I've seen th
Replacing Placards for Thru-hull fittings dlochner at 7:11am 11.19.23 A local trophy and engraving shop or an independent jeweler.
Hunter 306 vertical play on Rudder Stock.......how to fix? colin59 at 7:10am 11.19.23 what I was looking for was the site where those instructions and diagrams are located. The manual on
Best place to sell a boat quickly? dmax at 6:54am 11.19.23 Sailing Texas. Price will be the most important factor in selling it quickly.
Does anyone recognise this windlass? jssailem at 6:26am 11.19.23
Funny Friday!!! (1) Kermit at 4:56am 11.19.23 221492
Does anyone recognise this windlass? SV Andorinha at 4:41am 11.19.23 Hi terry, Thanks for your reply. I can see the motor below deck. Unfortunately, the name plate did
Does anyone recognise this windlass? Terry Cox at 4:11am 11.19.23 Hi Johan. What a beast of a windlass. Perhaps if you were to access the motor/gear assembly below de
Taking/storing a 32 sailboat off a trailer, properly? (Im in over my head) BitsPerSecond at 1:59am 11.19.23 So not gonna lie, I suck at remembering this and I just kinda forgot this existed. So I'm gonna necr
Rudder slack (1) colin59 at 9:08pm 11.18.23 Thanks everyone. the surveyor said it could be a bushing. On another forum there is a thread about r
Passage 42 port salon bench top removal advice. Terry Cox at 9:01pm 11.18.23 Need to remove the port salon bench top and replace. Why does it need replacing? I've not do so, b
Best place to sell a boat quickly? dlochner at 8:42pm 11.18.23 You can also list here on SBO. https://sbo.sailboatowners.com/classified2/adsmanager.php Or on Goo
Best place to sell a boat quickly? dkinzer at 8:37pm 11.18.23 There is also yachtx.com. I've browsed but haven't used them.
Best place to sell a boat quickly? rgranger at 8:15pm 11.18.23 Sailboatlistings.com
Removing old paint rgranger at 8:11pm 11.18.23
315 Backstay Adjuster Calif. Ted at 7:50pm 11.18.23 Would a backstay adjuster be advisable on an in mast mainsail furler like I believe your boat has ?
Trolling Motor as Auxiliary lacoursmarc at 6:48pm 11.18.23 I mounted a 12V 36# Minnkota on a H260 and it was great for inching up to a dock and as an emergency

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