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Antares 9 Owners Manual Riske at 2:00am 03.30.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/4095 Hi, I have recently purchased an Antares 9 and need an English manual. The French manual gives th
Wheel lock Richandhelen at 8:39pm 03.29.15 Big Boats 10/1608 Every time I sail I have to screw down my folding wheel locks over and over. I am speaking of the la
The Dogs of SBO: Shadow (2) Phil Herring at 8:06pm 03.29.15 Sails Call Lounge 1/1886 SailboatOwners.com is a dog friendly office and on any given day there are two to four mutts hanging
Weekend Pre-season Projects Accomplished - With Pics (7) entmejia at 8:00pm 03.29.15 Smaller Boats 7/1507 I took a day of leave to get the boat ready for the first sail of the season. Here is a list of the
Trailering Problem docschreiber at 7:25pm 03.29.15 Trailer Sailors 7/1767 Hello All, New to the site and sailing. I recently bought a Coronado 23 mkII. When inspect
Electrical problem snadd1s at 5:58pm 03.29.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2277 Hello, I have a Bene 473 and this is what happens; When under motor or inshore el power connected
1971 Columbia 22 Mast (2) pratleyjay at 5:46pm 03.29.15 Columbia 4/4685 As a new owner, can someone tell me how to lower the mast? I do not see any pivot point, appears to
Trailer for WING Keel w4swk at 3:28pm 03.29.15 Catalina 22 56/12516 Hi all After years of various boats, I have finally purchased a Catalina 22 WING Keel. The purchase
Well enough alone?? SPLETS at 3:20pm 03.29.15 Ask All Sailors 12/1842 I have a Catalina 30 with a 25xp motor, I had noticed that it wasn't starting as fast as I thought i
O'Day 34 water in bilge Yellowjeepman at 2:27pm 03.29.15 Ask An Oday Owner 11/4399 I have a 1984 34 O'day, is it normal to have an inch or so of water in the bilge ? It's not enough f
Wetting out horizontal holes George Da Porge at 1:59pm 03.29.15 Ask All Sailors 3/858 So, we are replacing the rubber in our rub rail. Before inserting the new rubber I am going to remo
Wind Speed Indicator drdanj at 12:54pm 03.29.15 Big Boats 7/4807 I retired and plan to sail more on my Catalina 36 -- example, a coastal cruise this summer, from Cha
New style tricks Watercolors! at 9:42am 03.29.15 Catalina 22 3/843 When I first purchased my used boat and the factory vinyl pop top cover was fairly new, I noticed th
Rudder Movement declan at 8:22am 03.29.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1561 I have a Hunter 430,1996. I am concerned about the movement at the bottom of the rudder when I "wig
New Owners! (3) Greengas at 7:04am 03.29.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 29/4476 Hi I'm Ronn and my wife and I, along with our kiddos and grandkiddos just purchased our first eve
Companionway board storage chrisings at 6:30am 03.29.15 Catalina 30 12/2374 With spring promising to arrive eventually.............. One of the admirals projects is to sew cov
Replacement Cockpit table for Beneteau -331-2003 normant at 6:17am 03.29.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/7131 We want to replace our cockpit table with a folding one. Looking at this one and wondering if the
Shaft coupling question. DougM at 4:44am 03.29.15 Engines and Propulsion 2/1099 There is probably a good reason, but I have always wondered.... Since engine to shaft alignment seem
Do you Heave to, between races? SailorTom at 4:03am 03.29.15 Racing 12/4952 Is there any problem with heaving to? Yesterday we had 5+hour series of 4 races. Between on one occa
Vanity tap Matpearce at 12:21am 03.29.15 Catalina 310 0/734 Hi has anyone replaced the tape washers on the vanity tap ? As I am having trouble pulling the tap a

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New Sails Tally Ho at 4:30pm 10.24.23
Drum and Swivel for a Stearns Twinstay stanirish at 4:19pm 10.24.23
Better way to make twin bed of h26 seats, than 6x2ft plank I did? jssailem at 4:05pm 10.24.23 :clap:
Mast Trailer Hayden Watson at 3:19pm 10.24.23 That is what I'm doing now, I use a 16 foot utility trailer with the mast positioned over the truck
Catalina Capri (Catalina 18) in high winds? Hayden Watson at 3:12pm 10.24.23 This won't work because the clew will be in the wrong place. The clew needs to be at the same level
Mast Trailer PaulK at 3:03pm 10.24.23 @PaulK There are many who do not know how to navigate this site and that includes some that would s
Drum and Swivel for a Stearns Twinstay Barnacle Bill at 2:20pm 10.24.23 This is very old school and difficult to find parts. You might consider just upgrading.
Catalina Capri (Catalina 18) in high winds? Barnacle Bill at 2:19pm 10.24.23 If you buy a roller furler with the idea of partially furling the jib to shorten sail in heavier win
New Sails Barnacle Bill at 2:07pm 10.24.23 Catalina Direct just had discounts on sails for their boats. Not sure if it is still going on. Mig
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger Barnacle Bill at 1:56pm 10.24.23 You actually answered many of your own questions as already pointed out, but I will give you my 2 ce
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger Barnacle Bill at 1:26pm 10.24.23
Lantern Advice dLj at 1:18pm 10.24.23 Unlike Coleman gas mantle lanterns, Aladdin lamps are not pressurized. It is a highly refined white
Mast Trailer Barnacle Bill at 1:17pm 10.24.23 I have a mast trailer and it is also designed to hold a cradle up to a certain size, but I have othe
Nicro Solar Vent Malfunction odaydokay at 12:57pm 10.24.23 It was assembled at some point so you must be able to disassemble. What does it look like inside t
Another dipsh@# trying to read a dipstick... sailcapt340 at 11:42am 10.24.23 Not sure when, but a while back this subject was brought up. It really is hard to see the level, an
Mast Trailer Crazy Dave Condon at 11:34am 10.24.23 @PaulK There are many who do not know how to navigate this site and that includes some that would s
Lantern Advice Terry Cox at 9:42am 10.24.23 Unlike Coleman gas mantle lanterns, Aladdin lamps are not pressurized. It is a highly refined white
Odd Sailboat ads (2) rgranger at 9:04am 10.24.23 This one comes with a snow plow...:D:tongue: nk: 220941
Odd Sailboat ads (1) rgranger at 9:00am 10.24.23 Is that an 8-track player in the first picture? -Will This kind-a goes with the 8-track
Water Leak C320 Driveshaft Scott T-Bird at 8:37am 10.24.23 Well, I see it as a recommendation to change it out ... but that doesn't seem to be what the poster

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