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Gear position under sail w. left hand prop zighamner at 11:49am 03.15.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1322 Hi All, We have a 30' Catalina whose previous owner changed from an Atomic 4 gas engine to a small
Mainsail's Universal Diesel amp meter bypass Skipper at 11:00am 03.15.15 Musings With Maine Sail 22/5592 Updated 3/28 - charging problem For electrical experts.... I'm doing this mod today: http://www.pb
turnbuckle and toggle/swage pin diameter Charles Oday 240 at 10:47am 03.15.15 Day Sailers 0/545 I'd like to replace the turnbuckle and toggle/swage on my 1988 O'day 240, what is the pin diameter?
Jib bag slowdog at 10:41am 03.15.15 Parts Search 0/1963 I am looking for a used jib bag , it will only be out about two weeks at a time so one that needs so
Pulling a Hunter 380 out this June planoron at 9:10am 03.15.15 Ask All Sailors 2/765 Well we will be in Greece sailing the islands for 3 weeks and I am having our 380 pulled out while w
2gm/km2a steveinusa at 8:04am 03.15.15 Mid-Size Boats 3/1220 KM2A transmission isn't engaging in forward unless I raise RPM's up quite a bit (Tach Not working).
Small anchor roller wheels? Anybody know what these are? (1) jonelli at 8:00am 03.15.15 Catalina 30 5/1298 Want to replace the roller wheels, but can't seem to find anything similar anywhere. I don't know t
How does one USE a waterline? Richandhelen at 6:38am 03.15.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 27/2376 Is this one of those "Everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything about it." situation
Dog Catcher Ken_Smith343 at 5:55am 03.15.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/1770 It's got a new puppy that's going to be around 15-20 lbs when full grown. We have a life jacket for
On the Bottom Rummur at 5:49am 03.15.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/925 I have a Beneteau 39 Oceanis that has been on the bottom in 3 feet of water for 14 days. The keel i
Plexiglass hatches Dan DeNeal at 5:07am 03.15.15 S2 15/4914 My 7.3 hatches are in need of replacement, the one on the fore deck is severely crazed and the curve
Exhaust Muffler Jtacqua at 8:40pm 03.14.15 Catalina 310 7/1431 Hello all, Starting the spring clean up and servicing for 2015. The service technician at the mari
Battery setup on a 23.5 SFKjeld at 8:28pm 03.14.15 Smaller Boats 7/1173 Got my first real look at my new to me 23.5. Batteries were my first concern. A marine battery for t
Spinaker for Catalina 22 ? polarbear at 6:12pm 03.14.15 Catalina 22 5/969 Wondering if Catalina 22 can use a spinaker. Tried to check search but found nothing for the 22.
14133 Clean up! (4) T_Cat at 5:12pm 03.14.15 Catalina 22 56/5634 Ok I actually got to spend a couple of hours cleaning up my girl. First a light pressure wash to get
Truedesign through hulls and seacocks MWybo at 5:01pm 03.14.15 Musings With Maine Sail 3/2016 Hi. Does anyone have experience with the Truedesign through hulls and seacocks from New Zealand?.
Pox (2) FlimFlamII at 4:51pm 03.14.15 Ask All Sailors 18/6937 My boat has a serious issue with pox. It was pulled three years ago and the pox dealt with at that
PVC board used on the head walls on my Catalina 30 MKIII (12) pmirenda at 4:36pm 03.14.15 Catalina 30 21/7313 PVC used on the walls in the head on my Catalina 30 MKIII Due to some deck leaks I had to cover the
M 25 Decal for main sail raycraft99 at 4:19pm 03.14.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/936 Hi there, I have a 1985 and the main sail is faded to white, you can see the decals were there at
Removing bottom paint from boat (1) ris at 3:56pm 03.14.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1849 Testing different ways to remove bottom paint on 26x. Tried sanding, it is very dusty and really nee

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Do you use bumper boards? rgranger at 9:17am 08.24.23 You forgot to include bathrooms. --Peggie and rope...;)
Surveyor - Bad experience Don S/V ILLusion at 9:00am 08.24.23 No clue what certification requirements for surveyors in Canada is but I know that in the US, it mea
H380 settee table installation sailcapt340 at 8:52am 08.24.23
Surveyor - Bad experience Leeward Rail at 8:45am 08.24.23 Probably more important than that is to check his certification before hiring him/her. 100% There
Surveyor - Bad experience Ralph Johnstone at 8:33am 08.24.23 Probably more important than that is to check his certification before hiring him/her. Boat surveyo
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Kings Gambit at 8:27am 08.24.23 My gauge has the opposite problem. the needle moves from the first usage but when It stops moving
Wiring issue with 3ym20 & Beneteau 31 SycloneDriver at 8:26am 08.24.23 Mine didn't require farther diagnosis, it was obvious the broken wire was the problem. I'll look ov
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Hayden Watson at 8:21am 08.24.23 My gauge has the opposite problem. the needle moves from the first usage but when It stops moving a
Wiring issue with 3ym20 & Beneteau 31 (1) sailAnnapolis at 8:13am 08.24.23 Thank you for the update. I looked at the connectors and even replaced the relay and still no luck.
Deception Pass. (1) Hayden Watson at 8:10am 08.24.23 Nice writeup, Hayden. thank you. Been through the pass many times and have found the slack water ti
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Kings Gambit at 8:05am 08.24.23 So, anyway, I'm back in my home port, having completed the cycle. I sailed onto the mooring in We
Do you use bumper boards? JBP-PA at 7:45am 08.24.23 Mine are fairly short, perhaps 4 ft. so they are easy to stow in a cockpit locker. Definitely nice
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice jssailem at 7:08am 08.24.23 Welcome to the SBO Forum. Sounds like a divergence of expectations. You wanted details and the brok
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice tfox2069 at 6:52am 08.24.23 Brokers can be very much hit or miss. The seller should have fired his broker, and you were right t
Do you use bumper boards? jssailem at 6:38am 08.24.23 :plus: Depends on the waters you sail and the piers you tie up to. Having them can be a real plus to
Exhaust for Cat 34 jssailem at 6:29am 08.24.23 Congrats on your first posting. Is this a source? https://www.catalinadirect.com/shop-by-boat/cat
Do you use bumper boards? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:25am 08.24.23 You forgot to include bathrooms. --Peggie
Exhaust for Cat 34 RitSim at 6:14am 08.24.23 try Googling "unversal diesel exhaust flange". match the pics to your situation
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice shemandr at 6:11am 08.24.23 That's a long post which has a lot of detail that may or may not be relevant to the broker's compete
Deception Pass. Terry Cox at 5:09am 08.24.23 Good morning, Mike. Ditto my chart plotter. I tend to use published paper tide table predictions, su

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