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H23.5 Trailer guide source Mike in Cape Cod at 2:08pm 06.10.15 Smaller Boats 2/746 Where can I get a replacement vertical side trailer guide. A fellow boater hit mine with his power b
2015 Sippy Cup Regatta THECUSCUS at 2:01pm 06.10.15 Racing 2/1594 This fun, overnight race is held each year in the upper Chesapeake Bay from Turkey Point to Annapoli
c 27 experience in the ocean fgraham at 1:06pm 06.10.15 Mid-Size Boats 7/2625 Recently acquired a 1983 Catalina 27. Would you share your experience with this boat in the ocean a
Columbia 26 Mkii Keel Help From Anyone seascoutship27 at 12:34pm 06.10.15 Ask All Sailors 9/4078 HELP :confused::eek:How do we remove keel. Sea Scout Ship 27 was "given" a Columbia 26 MKII in ve
Morgan specifications SV Anjali at 11:08am 06.10.15 Morgan 5/3573 Recently purchased a 1969 Morgan 41 aft cockpit centerboard ketch. The interior has been partially
Glue for hatch handle Benny17441 at 10:47am 06.10.15 Ask All Sailors 24/13689 On the h320 the handle for the small hatch in the head became unglued. Before I go out and get som
Fun on a 40.5 SVPardonMyFrench at 9:51am 06.10.15 Big Boats 1/804 We're having fantastic weather and Seattle. Took the GoPro on a sail and made this little vignette
Garmin 78sc dscribner at 9:43am 06.10.15 Ask All Sailors 5/954 I don't know if anybody is shopping for this model but I noticed it was on sale over at Worst Marine
Darkness descends but we're not there yet! Kings Gambit at 9:19am 06.10.15 Ask All Sailors 14/1767 I recently made an overnight passage down the coast of Southern California of about 150 n.mi.--a fai
Suggested 12-volt drink blender Bob4203 at 9:04am 06.10.15 Catalina 30 9/1164 Before I start the great search on what is out there on the market for 12 volt blenders, I thought I
Suggestions for New style Cooler/Step improvements ? Leeward Rail at 6:54am 06.10.15 Catalina 22 14/4306 The Cooler/Step on our boat is usable but showing it's age. The current same model Coleman Cooler i
New home page today for Beneteau and Mac Phil Herring at 5:25am 06.10.15 Ask All Sailors 2/991 We're going to begin installing the new home page and nav bar today on the Beneteau and Macgregor si
New Owner - Steep Epoxy Learning Curve CRichardsDSX at 4:59am 06.10.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1498 G'Morning All! Recently came into a project boat, and the learning curve on the epoxy is kicking
Need a new fresh water gauge star302 at 2:44am 06.10.15 Big Boats 13/2133 Hi, We own a Hunter356 2002..Our gauges are on one panel and are digital and have never worked. W
Cast Iron Keel Repair docschreiber at 6:54pm 06.09.15 Ask All Sailors 15/7547 I have a '72 Coronado 23-2 that I recently purchased. My intention was to buy a "ready-to-sail" boa
Valuation help MLampner at 6:26pm 06.09.15 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1078 Love my 77 Hunter 30, but I am going to be relocating to an area where it's time for a smaller boat
2009 B37 with 29 hp Yanmar (2) Vegas at 4:06pm 06.09.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1041 Trying to find the original hour meter on this boat. Was the ORIGINAL hour meter a digital one in
Help please! timlc1963 at 3:42pm 06.09.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/2181 I just got a Mac 26X and I absolutely know nothing about sailing at all. But I'm trying to learn. Th
centerboard fix - more information (1) rickkinross at 3:23pm 06.09.15 Day Sailers 3/1108 Hi, I have the well known centerboard leak and saw this post on one of the forums and would like a
2GM20F Engine overheating admorton at 2:52pm 06.09.15 Mid-Size Boats 33/5127 I have a Hunter 28.5 with a 2GM20F Yanmar engine. I can't seem to solve my overheating problem with

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Another dipsh@# trying to read a dipstick... Michael Davis at 2:33pm 10.23.23 This is what I love about SBO. Have a problem and someone will have a couple of great solutions.
Plugged Waste Vent Line Nodak7 at 2:29pm 10.23.23 Help! I am certain this brain trust has some innovative system for this! It appears that my vent li
Halyard mast clutch question thinwater at 2:29pm 10.23.23 The main cause of rope damamge by clutches is releasing them under load. The rope has to skid past t
Cockpit drain not draining pgandw at 2:16pm 10.23.23 Small toilet plungers are the favorite of ODay Mariner sailors to keep their cockpit drains cleared.
Plugged Waste Vent Line Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:12pm 10.23.23 Nice article, Terry! Holding tank vent lines 101: All tank vents have two main functions: to pr
Hunter 216 in light air (1) rgranger at 1:55pm 10.23.23 What @shemandr said... plus give this a try and see what it does... o senter line.
Square top main on water ballast? rgranger at 1:50pm 10.23.23 Two sets of reef points.... very nice! :clap:
Lantern Advice dLj at 1:49pm 10.23.23 OK, I don't know the models being discussed, but having grown up with kerosene lamps, it doesn't loo
Hunter 216 in light air shemandr at 1:47pm 10.23.23 It sounds like lee helm. Have you tried changing the mast rake? A longer forestay will increase th
Plugged Waste Vent Line Hayden Watson at 1:46pm 10.23.23 I rinse my vent line every time I pump out. I get the pump running and then hold the rinse hose so
Racor filter size jssailem at 1:03pm 10.23.23 You can always check with Universal. recommended filter #298854 is a 10 micron filter not a 2 micro
Hunter 216 in light air Alan Backus at 12:38pm 10.23.23 A traveler will help but... try this. Just before you come about, fall off a few degrees... pick
Hunter 216 in light air Alan Backus at 12:32pm 10.23.23 It can be frustrating trying to get used to a different boat. I had an 18 foot sloop that I built
Plugged Waste Vent Line Nodak7 at 12:25pm 10.23.23 Yup. Happened to us when we first purchased her. Wrote an article about that experience awhile ago.
Serial numbers/year built. dlochner at 12:18pm 10.23.23 Ya, hard to tell for sure. I found some stuff online for how to interpret old serial numbers, but
Serial numbers/year built. CliffA at 12:07pm 10.23.23 Ya, hard to tell for sure. I found some stuff online for how to interpret old serial numbers, but i
Square top main on water ballast? shemandr at 12:03pm 10.23.23
Plugged Waste Vent Line dmax at 11:57am 10.23.23 I disconnected the vent hose at the tank and hooked up the inflatable dinghy foot pump - cleared it
Plugged Waste Vent Line Terry Cox at 11:51am 10.23.23 but I thought maybe someone has had this happen before and came up with a better way! Yup. Happene
Lantern Advice Terry Cox at 11:39am 10.23.23 Can anyone tell me if the Weems and Plath yacht lanterns (link below) give off enough light to read

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