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Finishing Delrin CYQK at 1:01pm 04.15.15 Ask All Sailors 10/1969 Installed a new base for one of my foot blocks How do you get a smooth finish on it?
Towing/retrieving with all wheel drive (1) SamLust at 12:22pm 04.15.15 Trailer Sailors 29/8696 I'm looking for personal experience using an all wheel drive vehicle to tow and retrieve a small sai
Simpson Lawrence Windlass letting go under gravity Jerry21707 at 9:04am 04.15.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1399 2007 Hunter 31 with a Sprint Atlantic Gipsy/Drum model 457. The unit works fine under power both up
leaking windows/ ports solodare at 8:17am 04.15.15 Trailer Sailors 19/3691 Can some one point me in the right direction? Im having trouble finding DIY info. I have a venture
S2 9.2C Rudder Shaft Dimensions islndr at 7:22am 04.15.15 S2 1/2069 I need to replace my rudder and rudder shaft on my 1986 S2 9.2C. The company I found to manufacture
Newbie Needs Advice mlindberg1 at 6:06am 04.15.15 Day Sailers 0/659 I am 99% on my way to be the new owner of an O'day 26. As far as I can tell everything checks out an
O'day 222 rudder repair kveach at 6:03am 04.15.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/2960 Hello all, My wife and I are the new owners of a well-kept 1987 O'day 222. Still sorting through
Alternator with dual charging outputs? Ebbing Lattitude at 5:25am 04.15.15 Musings With Maine Sail 3/1778 Working on my DC system on my new to me boat, and I've found a couple things I can't seem to reconci
41 saloon dead lights uncledom at 4:37am 04.15.15 Big Boats 11/1644 I have a 2006 Hunter 41 that has a leak on the starboard dead light, forward in the saloon. I would
Boom Height/Bimini bambamh at 12:01am 04.15.15 Smaller Boats 5/1160 Boom Height/Bimini/H26 I want to put a Bimini on my 94 H26. How high is the boom. I have not steppe
Mystery Brackets (2) SoundWave at 5:14pm 04.14.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1211 We recently bought a 1992 26S It has these brackets (they look pretty beat up) on the pulpit
Portlight replacement, only option new? Really?! Hump Day at 5:03pm 04.14.15 Mid-Size Boats 5/1382 I own a 1982 H27. Just like with the rest of you, my Gray ports are at the point that I'm afraid to
Cutting off the hatch flange to make flat base???? Hump Day at 4:45pm 04.14.15 Ask All Sailors 4/2827 I have a 1982 Hunter 27 That has two hatches. A forward Trapezoidal hatch and an midship rectangle h
Bow Thruster Maintiance RHUMB RUNNER at 4:43pm 04.14.15 Ask All Sailors 0/716 I have a Max Power tunnel bow thruster on my Hunter 49, I was told this is a sealed unit in the tunn
Elongated mast pivot hole on 26S Bfranchini at 4:03pm 04.14.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1356 I Believe I once saw a solution to this problem but I can't find the thread... To sum it up, one of
lost!!! please help! futuresailor at 3:06pm 04.14.15 Ask All Sailors 16/2107 I've been sailing with friends and family for a while and now im wanting to buy a sailboat of my own
Auto Pilot For H376 tbleonard at 2:38pm 04.14.15 Big Boats 4/1125 I Am Looking To Add An Autopilot To My 1997 H376. My Other Electronics Is Raymarine. Any Suggestio
Cayenne pepper in bottom paint shebakescakes at 1:38pm 04.14.15 Mid-Size Boats 9/3306 Has anyone heard of using cayenne pepper as an additive before bottom painting their boat? I had som
Boom rigging sloanstavern at 12:59pm 04.14.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1518
O'day 26 overpowered easily with 150% genoa? BelladonnaII at 11:07am 04.14.15 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1832 This has been my first sailing season on my new to me boat. I have roller furling that currently has

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Too many ads Tally Ho at 7:18pm 11.27.23 It does beg the question of how much control SBO or any website host has over the types of ads. I p
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib Tally Ho at 7:14pm 11.27.23
Hank on storm sail used over a furled jib stickinthemud57 at 7:13pm 11.27.23 I would think a long sleeve made from Dacron or Nylon cloth might work, whatever diameter would easi
When does a screw become a bolt? shemandr at 6:26pm 11.27.23 A brace and bit was the name we knew for that tool. Very powerful tool. And a timeless classic. I
When does a screw become a bolt? rgranger at 6:21pm 11.27.23
Manual Bilge dlochner at 6:02pm 11.27.23 Welcome to SBO. We're going to need some more information. Can you post some photos of the bilge pu
When does a screw become a bolt? Terry Cox at 5:28pm 11.27.23 There are manually-powered drills common in wood-working shops but I doubt they are or were used to
Too many ads dlochner at 5:02pm 11.27.23 Greg, You might want to take a closer look. I don't think SBO sell T-shirts that say "I lick.. swa
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. Tally Ho at 4:57pm 11.27.23
Too many ads (2) Tally Ho at 4:53pm 11.27.23
Hunter 326 Running Rigging shemandr at 4:32pm 11.27.23 ... go by the specs.
When does a screw become a bolt? PaulK at 4:31pm 11.27.23
Too many ads kappykaplan at 3:02pm 11.27.23 if just moving the ads to a new position was within my powers, I would do that, but it is not. No
Too many ads Dave at 3:01pm 11.27.23 It's already full screen on my laptop. OK, so I'm spoiled by my 27" screen. Reducing the font siz
Too many ads (1) kappykaplan at 2:59pm 11.27.23 It's already full screen on my laptop. If i make the window smaller, the ads are forced to the sid
Too many ads kappykaplan at 2:55pm 11.27.23 Try making the window larger, that may force the ads off to the side so they don't interfere with v
Too many ads Dave at 2:54pm 11.27.23 rgranger, I see ads specifically on the boat info page. ing the window larger, that may force the a
Too many ads (1) kappykaplan at 2:51pm 11.27.23 rgranger, I see ads specifically on the boat info page. cipating in the discussion. :beer:
When does a screw become a bolt? (1) steve_d at 2:45pm 11.27.23 Sailors seem to be folk that get hung up on using the correct terms. i.e., lines, sheets, halyard,
Too many ads Dave at 2:30pm 11.27.23 First, let me be clear, I won't do anything to stop ads from appearing. It takes volunteers and mone

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