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Rough time/dangerous bridge ICW: Lake Worth/North Palm Beach emergpa1 at 1:11pm 04.22.15 Ask All Sailors 23/2826 Originally posted this deep in another thread, but thought I would edit it for errors and repost and
Sail track lubricant gary at 12:32pm 04.22.15 Smaller Boats 15/7660 Curious as to what you all might recommend to lubricate sail tracks on masts and booms, etc., etc.
Anyone parting out an S25? tomcat2k at 11:33am 04.22.15 Seidelmann 2/2156 Wonderful advice from other boaters lead me to discover that my boom (and likely mast) are not origi
Motor size recommendation (2) Sanderscarguy at 10:59am 04.22.15 Ask All Sailors 13/3232 Hello, I am new to sailing and have come across a 22 ft Cherokee sailboat for next to nothing. I
Custom Flags - Suggestions? jonelli at 10:47am 04.22.15 Ask All Sailors 15/1881 I've done a quick Google search and found some places online where I can order a complete custom tra
Redoing the non-skid with kiwigrip Alctel at 9:50am 04.22.15 The Cherubini Hunters 10/4626 It's finally time to tackle the topsides and non-skid. I am going to try to salvage the gelcoat o
O'day 34 headsail (1) Jonzi at 9:12am 04.22.15 Parts Search 0/1491 I'm in need of a new (used) genoa headsail for our 1984 O'day 34. Preferably a110% - 135%. Please po
upgraded trailer write-up (17) willsnow at 8:54am 04.22.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2320 I'm done!!! What I thought would be a fairly straight-forward refurbishing and bunk installation tu
2 part question about exhaust ... (1) Scott T-Bird at 8:42am 04.22.15 Engines and Propulsion 17/3255 My exhaust exits the transom just above the boot stripe and it is pretty much submerged when running
rintys1 rintys1 at 8:41am 04.22.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1190 i have a 2008 yanmar 15hp have been having an on going problem with the engine. Only gets to 2000rp
Cockpit Life Line rlrobian at 8:30am 04.22.15 Catalina 22 5/1292 Guys, Still working on the restoration of our 84 swing 22. Is there some way to convert/modify the
Almost there jtuner119 at 7:43am 04.22.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1028 I would like to thank the sailboat owners community. When I first purchased my boat, last fall, I kn
S2 9.2 A stuffing box kegendron at 7:25am 04.22.15 S2 2/986 I am looking to replace my dripless coupler with a regular stuffing box. I have a 2QM15 and the drip
Crossing my fingers DannyS at 5:31am 04.22.15 Ask An Oday Owner 14/1505 I went out on a limb this week with an ebay purchase. I've been searching ebay for some random parts
Lightning Protection Wires to Keel Bolts (1) Richandhelen at 5:14am 04.22.15 Big Boats 11/1508 While replacing my sticking primary bilge pump float switch I found that BOTH of my lightning protec
1989 H30 update depth speed transducers RossP1956 at 4:45am 04.22.15 Mid-Size Boats 2/780 I'm a proud new sailboat owner and need to know how to access inner hull area to update both speed a
Crack in floor panel Jampit at 3:20am 04.22.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1787 I have a Beneteau Oceanis 311 which has developed a crack in the salon floor running across below th
Oxidized hull judsonj at 10:15pm 04.21.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1302 When I run my finger along the hull of my boat I get a white chalky dusting on my finger. Sounds lik
Hunter 30T rubber screw in bummer stopper BAILEY785 at 9:56pm 04.21.15 Parts Search 2/1017 Part number and name needed for the outside aft stern lockers.. rubber screw in bummer stoppers. The
Recent weather forecasts & Santa Barbara Island visit Kings Gambit at 9:48pm 04.21.15 Destinations 4/1441 The weekend visit to Santa Barbara Island (SBI) went well. Weather forecast for Thursday (April 16)

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Think your PO made mistakes? shemandr at 6:13am 01.08.23
Think your PO made mistakes? (1) Hayden Watson at 5:49am 01.08.23 I still contend that the real sin of the PO was allowing it to partially sink or flood with rainwate
H26 Main sail rigging Crazy Dave Condon at 5:12am 01.08.23 Still check the mast mfg As there were different masts at the end of the Hunter 26 production line
Think your PO made mistakes? shemandr at 4:31am 01.08.23 I like tillers in boats under 30'. But I don't think that is that bad. It puts the helmsman in th
Set screw.... sailme88 at 3:49am 01.08.23 Consider yourself lucky....Murphy's first rule states, " Objects dropped or falling on a sailboat w
Set screw.... artboas at 11:17pm 01.07.23 Upper swivel furler set screw? Have you used binoculars to check your rigging? Many years ago, On
Single handing Will Gilmore at 10:22pm 01.07.23 take a ;picture for me to regenerate my brain please, You are on th I hope you meant to type that
Think your PO made mistakes? Calif. Ted at 8:44pm 01.07.23 Biggest chore with many boats is fixing the "Improvements" made by a previous clueless owner.
Dingy conversion (1) rgranger at 7:27pm 01.07.23 I'm envisioning a duct tape seam popping open while planing across a bay.... dj Lol
H26 Main sail rigging twalker H260 at 6:42pm 01.07.23 According to OP profile they have a 26, not 260.
Dingy conversion dLj at 6:09pm 01.07.23 On the other hand you can always hang the dingy up by its stern and cut the ends off the tubes as i
Rain water through the mast JoeWhite at 4:28pm 01.07.23 On my c36, water was leaking into the bilge from leaky windlass shaft seals aswell.
Think your PO made mistakes? Siamese at 4:26pm 01.07.23 A wheel on a Catalina 22. Maybe we can do a thorough search of the SailboatOwners site, and find th
Rain water through the mast jonelli at 4:14pm 01.07.23
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? Orbweaver at 4:08pm 01.07.23 One thing that we REALLY like about the 23.5 is the windows: between the ones on the sides and the c
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? Project_Mayhem at 3:26pm 01.07.23 Do not consider an O'Day 25. It's trailerable but not easily
Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. Crazy Dave Condon at 2:02pm 01.07.23 @steve_d You probably have a topside leak. The first thing i would check are the shroud chain pla
H26 Main sail rigging Crazy Dave Condon at 1:52pm 01.07.23 There were different masts/booms for the 260 which you need to advise. Look for the mfg. sticker ei
Hunter 25 -2 mast manufacturer Crazy Dave Condon at 1:50pm 01.07.23 He needs to identify the mast first as there were two suppliers at the time
Hunter 26 outboard engine Crazy Dave Condon at 1:48pm 01.07.23 Except for the power sailors whose transom is built to power boat standards, the max hp for all sail

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