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2 or 3 staterooms help 4Graeme at 10:36am 03.16.15 Ask All Sailors 4/878 I need one stateroom, so 2 is OK but in the pictures the storage area looks great. If I buy a 3 stat
Catalina 27 - Cabin Locker Doors? (1) Whaler Jay at 10:24am 03.16.15 Mid-Size Boats 8/4080 Hello Everyone, I am working on getting my new to me 27 Catalina ready for the spring. I had a few
Main Sail ifundum at 9:30am 03.16.15 Mid-Size Boats 7/1439 The main sail on our Hunter 336 is worn out. We want to replace it with a new, or good used, sail w
Old drilled holes kevinrquinn at 8:20am 03.16.15 Big Boats 1/1068 The previous owner had a life raft bolted to the cabin top. When I got the boat the raft was gone an
Single Bank Charger ggooch at 8:13am 03.16.15 Musings With Maine Sail 10/2412 Do you know of any good but also affordable single bank chargers in the 40 amp range? Thanks, Ge
Best place or site to buy marine batteries? SFKjeld at 7:55am 03.16.15 Smaller Boats 10/2618 Need to replace a few Group 27 batteries. Any recommendations as to where to buy? Walmart, Kirkland,
another main sail question woodzy at 7:29am 03.16.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1009 Sailing this weekend at Havasu was fun. Not much wind, but being rookies it was probably good for ou
Question about sails that came with my boat davidmhull at 6:49am 03.16.15 Ask All Sailors 18/1921 My boat happens to be an Oday 22 but I think this would possibly pertain to any boat. I have been wo
Bottom Paint Redsky376 at 6:26am 03.16.15 Big Boats 25/3793 Has anyone had any experience with CopperCoat - supposed to be a ten year paint?
Crazy Dave's views from new home (4) Crazy Dave Condon at 6:25am 03.16.15 Ask All Sailors 23/3044 As some of you know, I moved back home to the mountains of Virginia. Every morning aside from the d
Shorthanded 40.7 First yachtsman at 4:06am 03.16.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2033 Anyone have advice on racing 40.7 First shorthanded. Two people. Furling head sail??
keel is back on, spacers? piedpiperIII at 4:04am 03.16.15 Catalina 22 11/1504 Well yesterday I lifted my keel back into the boat but before I took measurements of the keel pocket
The Dogs of SBO: Steve (3) Phil Herring at 6:45pm 03.15.15 Sails Call Lounge 0/2005 SailboatOwners.com is a dog friendly office and on any given day there are two to four mutts hanging
Oceanis 400 cockpit light (1) rbenyoung at 5:30pm 03.15.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1523 I am looking for a cockpit light for a 1996 oceanis 400. Any ideas?
Keel hold pin Joe308 at 4:58pm 03.15.15 Catalina 22 1/834 Hello again while cleaning the boat and going through the inside checking everything out I noticed t
Hunter 23.5 Bimini garypolumsky at 4:43pm 03.15.15 Smaller Boats 8/4582 Has anyone installed a Bimini on their 23.5. Do you have model numbers and any pictures? Can it be u
Bimini Larry D Calander at 4:28pm 03.15.15 Smaller Boats 7/1121 Hey all Have big Bimini that need to be taken down when under sail.first mate thinks She can sew a
Grey Non-skid Fix? (2) Bill19233 at 3:09pm 03.15.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/4387 When I bought my 340, I thought the few white streaks I saw in the grey non-skid was old wax or some
Leaking windows pagin2 at 2:55pm 03.15.15 Ask All Sailors 16/5561 What is the best product for stopping leaks on windows. Have a catalina 30. Really don't want to ha
Final Easy (Yeah Right) Step in my rewiring of my H34. (4) PGIJon at 2:52pm 03.15.15 Big Boats 8/1752 I was finally down to the last step of my rebuilding my H34 12v power. It was a simple task. I wan

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Funny Friday!!! (1) Kermit at 4:56am 11.19.23 221492
Does anyone recognise this windlass? SV Andorinha at 4:41am 11.19.23 Hi terry, Thanks for your reply. I can see the motor below deck. Unfortunately, the name plate did
Does anyone recognise this windlass? Terry Cox at 4:11am 11.19.23 Hi Johan. What a beast of a windlass. Perhaps if you were to access the motor/gear assembly below de
Taking/storing a 32 sailboat off a trailer, properly? (Im in over my head) BitsPerSecond at 1:59am 11.19.23 So not gonna lie, I suck at remembering this and I just kinda forgot this existed. So I'm gonna necr
Rudder slack (1) colin59 at 9:08pm 11.18.23 Thanks everyone. the surveyor said it could be a bushing. On another forum there is a thread about r
Passage 42 port salon bench top removal advice. Terry Cox at 9:01pm 11.18.23 Need to remove the port salon bench top and replace. Why does it need replacing? I've not do so, b
Best place to sell a boat quickly? dlochner at 8:42pm 11.18.23 You can also list here on SBO. https://sbo.sailboatowners.com/classified2/adsmanager.php Or on Goo
Best place to sell a boat quickly? dkinzer at 8:37pm 11.18.23 There is also yachtx.com. I've browsed but haven't used them.
Best place to sell a boat quickly? rgranger at 8:15pm 11.18.23 Sailboatlistings.com
Removing old paint rgranger at 8:11pm 11.18.23
315 Backstay Adjuster Calif. Ted at 7:50pm 11.18.23 Would a backstay adjuster be advisable on an in mast mainsail furler like I believe your boat has ?
Trolling Motor as Auxiliary lacoursmarc at 6:48pm 11.18.23 I mounted a 12V 36# Minnkota on a H260 and it was great for inching up to a dock and as an emergency
315 Backstay Adjuster (1) Davidasailor26 at 6:20pm 11.18.23 Dufour has an interesting solution for that. They have an adjuster inserted in the backstays with bl
Best place to sell a boat quickly? Don S/V ILLusion at 6:16pm 11.18.23 Yacht world. Via broker. Especially if speed is more important than price.
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam Scott T-Bird at 4:43pm 11.18.23 Check the bra drawer .... When Sue and I went to St. Augustine last spring, the first morning after
Remove Prop (1) fstbttms at 4:32pm 11.18.23
Remove Prop Tally Ho at 4:26pm 11.18.23 An 18" pipe wrench is my entry level prop nut removal tool -incher would help! I did bring a pipe
Remove Prop (1) fstbttms at 4:14pm 11.18.23
Deck Plate Organizer Sheave Replacement (1) SoSound at 4:11pm 11.18.23 Different years, or model runs, may have different methods of attaching the organizer, and access ma
315 Backstay Adjuster Stu Jackson at 3:49pm 11.18.23 Ask Garhauer, they made all the stuff on you boat, they'll know. Good luck.

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