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Rainwater inside saloon light fixtures Jwhy at 9:50am 05.30.16 Catalina 30 5/1142 After a good rain water pools in the aft most lens covers of the interior lights. It gets deep enoug
Fusion Radio to iPhone lehighsail at 9:38am 05.30.16 Ask All Sailors 4/601 I need some help from the electronically talented as I don't have an 8 year old kid handy. I have:
Good boat shoes for the "elderly" odaydokay at 7:56am 05.30.16 Ask All Sailors 80/14025 My first run out on Saturday and almost went flying standing on dry non skid! So, I had a look at m
Starter button going south? odaydokay at 7:51am 05.30.16 Engines and Propulsion 7/944 This regards an '85 O'day 28 with Universal Diesel. After winter storage, pushed starter button and
Reasonable price for O'Day 272 ? polarbrer at 7:42am 05.30.16 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2475 I don't know if I am allowed to ask this question on this forum. If not, my apologies. I have been o
Need help on Federal Documentation for JAVA/Jim Seamans Crazy Dave Condon at 7:23am 05.30.16 Ask All Sailors 10/1203 Earlier this year we lost a good friend, Jim Seamans. His Hunter 36 went back into the water yeste
Actual sailing this weekend? Ken Cross at 5:58am 05.30.16 Ask All Sailors 30/1722 Rain here most of the weekend and and busy with other things so we haven't been on the water (It sho
Hunter 216 VARA Rudder Assembly (2) dhdonald at 5:56am 05.30.16 Smaller Boats 11/3297 My Hunter 216 has been out fo the water for a few years. WE cleaned it up Memorial Day weekend and w
26s. Keel cable Doc_holiday at 5:43am 05.30.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/966 at the end of the season I sailed for two days to get to Hampton. Downwind sailing was horrible. Whe
Racing in 20 knots of breeze.... (1) Jackdaw at 5:23am 05.30.16 Racing 14/2719 Kestrel in first place going into the final day of the AIS Memorial Day Regatta. A wire-to-wire win
Roller Furling Snags Gary Culver at 5:12am 05.30.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/532 My roller furler gets stuck and becomes very hard to take in or release. The roller furling system i
New injectors... What to expect NYSail at 3:18am 05.30.16 Engines and Propulsion 6/1324 hello all.... Installed fuel injectors in my yanmar 3hm35f.... Started a few times after however thi
Pop top lock 26D Buki at 2:03am 05.30.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/993 When I purchased my Mac 26D, it did not have a pop top lock that attaches to the mast. I have been t
Installing speakers on a Beneteau 361 cockpit Philip_Oceanis 361 at 10:47pm 05.29.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/2488 I am planning to install cockpit speakers on my boat. I know that the "factory speakers" were used t
Frozen locknut on Stuffing box Canonshooternb at 8:36pm 05.29.16 Ask All Sailors 39/7122 The locking nut on my bronze stuffing box is frozen. I have brushed away all of the green oxidizat
Which autopilot to install? Larry737 at 7:59pm 05.29.16 Ask All Sailors 21/2377 I am in the process of purchasing a Hunter 40.5 with Raymarine ST60 instruments but no autopilot. An
272 Salon Convertible Queen Berth (4) agprice22 at 7:19pm 05.29.16 Bigger Boats 5/866 my wife and I decided we wanted to sleep in the salon. We replaced the teak rails on the faces of th
Painting headliner (2) FlimFlamII at 6:14pm 05.29.16 Ask All Sailors 1/1080 Does anyone have a suggestion for the type of paint to use to cover/seal and old headliner? This is
irwin 37' centercockpit arelic1949 at 4:49pm 05.29.16 Ask All Sailors 2/486 made in march 1980:does anyone know is it a Mark IV, or Mark V
Precision 21 Centerboard Problem Tom on P21 at 4:02pm 05.29.16 Precision 2/4186 Hi, Looking for guidance on repairing a centerboard failure on a Precision 21. The centerboard on

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3GM30F Service Issue NCBrew at 12:58pm 04.09.24 I recently had my engine serviced to see if the source of mild but persistent light bluish white sm
Has anyone used the self adhesive shims to cure stanchion wobble? AndyL at 12:45pm 04.09.24 I assume there are set screws, do they penetrate the stanchion and are they threaded? Here is a lin
CS22 in the Thousand Islands dlochner at 12:39pm 04.09.24 Perhaps the most important thing to remember on the St Lawrence is the gross tonnage rule. ;) As
CS22 in the Thousand Islands DMD at 12:29pm 04.09.24 It will be fine. The river is well protected, there are plenty of anchorages to explore and there i
CS22 in the Thousand Islands dlochner at 12:08pm 04.09.24 Thanks for this. I have all of that in hand. I am mostly interested, to be as clear as possible, in
CS22 in the Thousand Islands DMD at 11:18am 04.09.24 Welcome to SBO, @DMD. Congrats on your CS22. Sounds like you are thinking of stretching your sailin
Dodger mold stain Stu Jackson at 9:35am 04.09.24 Clyde, the Sunbrella site has the answer.
Catalina 34 Interior Stu Jackson at 9:12am 04.09.24 You should become aware of this C34 forum: https://c34.org/bbs/index.php/board,11.0.html
Easiest way to obtain fuel sample from bottom of tank on a Catalina 410? Ralph Johnstone at 9:10am 04.09.24 Thanks! I use Biobor also. If your using Biobor and replace your fuel maybe every year or so, you
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

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