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What the Heck is this? (2) JamesG161 at 7:38pm 04.17.16 Ask All Sailors 23/2284 I have a sea water pump for cleaning muddy anchors. With sand bottoms, I rarely turn the pump break
Can I removed temporary one side of backstay jcote75 at 6:48pm 04.17.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 11/1325 Hello everyone I need to replace the slidding wheel in the ajustable backstay on my 89 catalina 30.
Suggestions on buying a new rope clutch (triple) DonC3222 at 6:46pm 04.17.16 Big Boats 17/2208 I need a 2 new rope clutches for my Hunter 340. The one on the boat now is a Spinlock xa. I am not o
Blowing the Dog off the chain (1) HMT2 at 6:39pm 04.17.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1192 So. for two days we have had SE winds averaging about 25Knots. It has pushed a ton of water into our
Pop top struts - the best Mac mod? (2) RussC at 4:39pm 04.17.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 24/10210 I'm putting high value on this mod! we've only sailed the boat a half dozen times so far, but I was
Suggestions on the best new rope clutch to buy for my Hunter 340 DonC3222 at 4:20pm 04.17.16 Ask All Sailors 7/744 I need to get 2 new triple clutches and I'm not sure what to buy. I have a Spinlock xa now and am n
mounting solar to bimini frame (3) centerline at 3:24pm 04.17.16 Ask All Sailors 6/4337 the old bimini canvas was ragged so I removed it from the frame early the first summer after we boug
Cat 22 length and diameter of Spinnaker sheets??? gjordan at 2:02pm 04.17.16 Catalina 22 4/1261 I still havent figured out the search feature, so this has probably been answered before but I was j
Island Packet 27 photo-dude at 12:19pm 04.17.16 Ask All Sailors 8/7174 Is there anyone out there full time cruising/living aboard and IP-27? I'm a single guy so I don't n
I need a teak traveler mounting block. rklemenc at 10:26am 04.17.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/1826 I decided to replace my OEM traveler on my 1984 Catalina 30 with the flat mid boom traveler upgrade
LED replacement bulb reliability abyssal at 6:57am 04.17.16 Catalina 310 11/2211 I have read many of the topics in here on replacing the old OSRAM 5008 anchor light bulb with a LED.
Stray electricity in the marina ?????????? woodster at 6:15am 04.17.16 Ask All Sailors 14/6079 yesterday i helped a dock neighbor take his boat across the bay to a haul out for a bottom job ....w
Dinghy outboard Mount (3) Cruisin30MKIII at 4:54am 04.17.16 Catalina 30 0/760 Hi all. We are trying to figure out how to hang our 6 hp 4 stroke outboard off of your stern rail. W
HR38 Electricity Jordi C at 2:15am 04.17.16 Hallberg-Rassy 2/2164 Dear all, Do you know were to find the fuses for navigation lights. Thank you
Unknown Dome (2) Parsellk at 6:11pm 04.16.16 Other Sailboats 5/1464 Greetings all, Recently a friend asked me to help with commissioning his 1980s sailboat. Upon inspe
Javelin Rig Change? John Stevens at 6:07pm 04.16.16 Day Sailers 5/2067 I purchased this 1969 Javelin in Nov that I am restoring. Love the way it sails and the roomy cockp
Pics of 80 - 81 27' Mast Step GorillaToast at 4:20pm 04.16.16 The Cherubini Hunters 12/1402 well, not the step exactly, but the fiberglass mesa it rests on. If you have any pics of it, I'd l
Transmission Oil Viktor Eysselein at 4:16pm 04.16.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/2503 My mechanic did put engine oil (SAE 15-40) into my transmission. He said it is fine! Manual says S
Anti-Corrosion Gel and thread locker Richie50 at 3:20pm 04.16.16 Catalina 22 1/591 How does one utilize a Anti-Corrosion Gel like Marelube and thread locker at the same time. Or does
Hunter 25 rudder Gordo at 2:17pm 04.16.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/820 I'm looking for a Hunter 25 rudder. My boat is a 1979 and I grounded last summer. I used a comealong

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Help with a new sail (2) NOLA at 4:41am 01.12.24 We could not salvage the threads when drilling the remainder of the old pin out. Inserted a 1 and 1/
St. Pete boat show party CYQK at 3:30am 01.12.24 Contacted the folks at Latts&Atts and they said no longer doing the party in St.Pete Sad!!
West Wight Potter 15 Center board replacement Captain Larry-DH at 2:41am 01.12.24 This note from Small Craft Advisor doesent make these boats sound like trailor sailers to me but be
New Electronics - Is this about right? Ward H at 11:51pm 01.11.24 @BrianQ Welcome to SBO! I'm a little late to this party so I just read thru the entire thread twice.
Ruddercraft Lower Pintle Failure (3) pcharn01 at 7:34pm 01.11.24 While you Ruddercraft guys are doing your off season inspections. Check the welds on the bottom on
West Wight Potter 15 Center board replacement LloydB at 6:48pm 01.11.24 This note from Small Craft Advisor doesent make these boats sound like trailor sailers to me but be
Baby Stay shemandr at 6:43pm 01.11.24 I have great respect for Ted but I missed that on the sailboatdata.com. To me, the diagram looks li
Acoustic guitar and boats. Will Gilmore at 6:14pm 01.11.24 Or there is always the brass instruments like a clarinet You don't play the clarinet, do you? -Wi
60 best Boats 30' and under dLj at 6:04pm 01.11.24 I was under the impression that most, but not all, Hunters made better RV's than sailboats. The Che
Baby Stay Ted at 6:00pm 01.11.24 Sailboatdata.com doesn't show that boat with a baby stay' The line drawing on Sailboatdata.com cl
Baby Stay Richard Peters at 5:51pm 01.11.24
60 best Boats 30' and under Alan Gomes at 5:39pm 01.11.24 Tried both techniques. Same result. Perhaps it's the fact that I'm dragging two props? You may hav
60 best Boats 30' and under shemandr at 4:28pm 01.11.24 ... I was under the impression that most, but not all, Hunters made better RV's than sailboats...
60 best Boats 30' and under FastOlson at 3:56pm 01.11.24 Tried both techniques. Same result. Perhaps it's the fact that I'm dragging two props? I was under
1st Sailboat. 1983 Hunter 27 Sgraves94 at 2:47pm 01.11.24 Looking at the weather forecast for Iron mountain marina area, you do indeed have some serious cold
60 best Boats 30' and under PaulK at 2:36pm 01.11.24 Makes one wonder how clean the bottom is, too.
Baby Stay shemandr at 2:19pm 01.11.24 Sailboatdata.com doesn't show that boat with a baby stay' https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sirius-2
60 best Boats 30' and under dlochner at 2:06pm 01.11.24 Tried both techniques. Same result. Perhaps it's the fact that I'm dragging two props? Why are yo
New Electronics - Is this about right? rpwillia at 1:47pm 01.11.24 Brian, Scott, Thank you both for your inputs. Scott, FWIW John did get that pack you listed with th
1978 Pacific Seacraft 25 Hello Below at 1:43pm 01.11.24 Originally had a YSB 12hp one cylinder on my h30. No glow plug. There is one on my new 3YM20, ho

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