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Ordered Sunday, Shipped Monday, Received Tuesday Brian D at 1:48pm 08.03.16 Sails Call Lounge 1/486 Wow! Ordered a telescoping boat hook to replace my broken one on Sunday (7/31). Was notified on Mond
Do I need a outboard motor 'WEDGE" if adding a Garelick retractable bracket on O'day 22? foreste2002 at 1:43pm 08.03.16 Ask An Oday Owner 10/2597 Hi...I have a 1973 O'day 22 with the original outboard motor mount through the transom. I would lik
Genoa hanging up mrudman850 at 1:25pm 08.03.16 Catalina 22 9/1240 What am I doing wrong to cause our 135 Genoa to get stuck on the rubber boot of the mast spreader?
Yanmar cruise RPM Ken Cross at 12:01pm 08.03.16 Ask All Sailors 28/13462 Just curious... At what RPM do you cruise? I usually go between 2,500 and 2,700 on our 2GM20F. Tha
Cabin sole flatness on your Cherubini kito at 11:45am 08.03.16 The Cherubini Hunters 8/927 Well here's one for you fellow Cherubini owners. Between me and 2 other PO's, my H30 has been on sta
Reading lights (2) John23883 at 10:15am 08.03.16 Smaller Boats 8/1346 We got tired of book-lights and headlights, so we added these reading lights in our H26.
anyone know where I can get an owners manual for a 2-27 cal tiber at 8:38am 08.03.16 Cal 5/1785 Anyone know where I can get a 2-27 owners manual
Sail Analysis by Judy B... (1) FlyboyTR at 8:36am 08.03.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/3134 I recently posted a short video of us sailing on Mobile Bay...link below. Over the winter I purchas
Stupid question Sailing Poodles at 8:13am 08.03.16 Big Boats 4/745 I know this is a stupid question and I should know the answer, but... My sail maker wants to know th
Replacement of Standing Rigging spherecons at 6:37am 08.03.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2021 Does anyone know how we can get a set of standing rigging for a Hunter Legend 430? The boat's in Gre
Cabin Wood Maintenance (1) catalanc at 5:20am 08.03.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/863 Hi Guys, I have a 1997 Catalina 22 MK II that has modest amounts of wood in the cabin. It looks fin
ST60 All U Get at 4:39am 08.03.16 Ask All Sailors 2/416 Hi all, Quite a summer of fixing and I'm down to the last two items. My ST60 Wind Vane in the cock
lower cost waterproof wifi cameras eianm at 11:34pm 08.02.16 Big Boats 4/722 On my Hunter 42 with the genoa out, I have quite limited forward vision which is uncomfortable to sa
Darn, I got screwed on my new spinnaker purchase TortugasRoyal at 8:40pm 08.02.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 27/2686 Bought a new asmetrical spinnaker for my 26X. It's nothing fancy just an OEM and that's OK. But th
Newport 28 prop specs JollaRon at 4:25pm 08.02.16 Newport 0/856 New to the group Recently removed the old A4 from the boat and have installed a 48 volt electric dr
Wind ranges for each sail on an Oday 25. Pixellating at 1:32pm 08.02.16 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2067 Relatively new to sailing. I have an Oday 25. Does anyone know the wind speed ranges for the Main, J
RigRite contact information DocLex at 1:10pm 08.02.16 Ask All Sailors 5/1668 I have just spent 5 weeks trying to find a part for my Hunter 26. I tried six major sites w/o any p
No Power to my A/C Panel threehearts at 12:43pm 08.02.16 Mid-Size Boats 6/769 Hi, I recently got my boat back after some work done by a new yard. Shortly after I got it back, I n
Anniversary 47 Today (1) Terry Cox at 11:44am 08.02.16 Pacific North West Cruisers 15/1371 Admiral Patti and I under sail in the San Juan Islands.
Boost Gauge for Hunter 50 SEMPERAVANTI41 at 11:18am 08.02.16 Big Boats 4/700 Has anyone installed a boost gauge? Has anyone interfaced with M200 monitoring system and Raymarine

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Catalina 34 Interior dmax at 8:10am 04.09.24 What year? If it's pre-1990 or so, Catalina used Watco Teak Oil (avail;able at Home Depot) - clean t
CS22 in the Thousand Islands dlochner at 7:31am 04.09.24 Have been looking at a number of CS22s that are for sale. I live on the St Lawrence. Havn't sailed
CS22 in the Thousand Islands jssailem at 7:30am 04.09.24 Welcome to SBO, @DMD. Congrats on your CS22. Sounds like you are thinking of stretching your sailin
Name Change jssailem at 7:18am 04.09.24 That is a just bit sick:facepalm:.
Pacific NW Weather (1) jssailem at 7:16am 04.09.24 The challenge is the many weather watchers are looking at the short term data. Monitoring near time
Pacific NW Weather jssailem at 6:57am 04.09.24
Name Change Guystapo at 6:56am 04.09.24 LOVE IT ..Thanks for the response everyone ...now where can I find a virgin? I wonder if Ghislaine k
Name Change Guystapo at 6:55am 04.09.24 Google it. There's a recommended ritual. It used to require sacrifice of a virgin, but those being
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: OS2Dude at 6:26am 04.09.24 My spring line is attached to the dock. When I come into the slip, I am going no faster than I am w
Pacific NW Weather Screen Saver at 6:00am 04.09.24 Interesting thoughts. If I understand, your desire with regard to weather needs is to have a histor
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass dLj at 5:30am 04.09.24 I wouid highly advise putting this unit in a crate, and shipping it to Lofrans. The job will get do
Pic of Hunter 23 Masthead for fitting main topping lift jssailem at 5:17am 04.09.24 Welcome to SBO. Good to have you here mate. Topping lifts come in two versions. Adjustable: A line
Pacific NW Weather jssailem at 5:02am 04.09.24 Interesting thoughts. If I understand, your desire with regard to weather needs is to have a histor
Lofrans Tigres Horizontal Windlass artboas at 4:25am 04.09.24 I'm going to have to rebuild my windlass, the Lofrans Tigres. It apparently has a "safety feature"
Pacific NW Weather Screen Saver at 3:19am 04.09.24 Forecasting is skill I certainly don't have and yet one I think has few measures of its performance
Easiest way to obtain fuel sample from bottom of tank on a Catalina 410? kappykaplan at 2:07am 04.09.24 I've never found a trace of bacteria in the fuel simply by adding a shot of Biobor JF with every fi
Bilge water smells like gas Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:32pm 04.08.24 Looking at your photos, a power washer and a strong solution of detergent and water would be the bes
Best way to single hand dock to starboard with wind blowing you off: Ted10028 at 8:27pm 04.08.24 My problem backing out was trying to get the lines off, single handed, and not blowing into my neig
Easiest way to obtain fuel sample from bottom of tank on a Catalina 410? Monheganlover at 7:55pm 04.08.24 Thanks! I use Biobor also. I have a 2002 Catalina 310 and my fuel tank is metal so I guess I will ha
Easiest way to obtain fuel sample from bottom of tank on a Catalina 410? (3) Ralph Johnstone at 7:52pm 04.08.24 I check my fuel tank every other year (or worse) for water and settlement by pulling a sample from a

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