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Headsail Roller Furling, sizes? CloudDiver at 8:06am 01.29.15 Catalina 22 7/2311 Forgive me for showing off my still novice level sailing and knowledge level, but I'm looking at my
oday 222 Z par mast foot bobalu11 at 6:16am 01.29.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1150 I am deciding about buying a 222. But the Z par mast foot has a broken "ear". Can you switch the m
oday 222 Z par mast foot bobalu11 at 6:01am 01.29.15 Big Boats 0/608 I am deciding on buying a 222 but the mast is a Z par and one if the "ears" are broken on the mast
Restoring companionway steps IH82BL8 at 5:29am 01.29.15 Ask All Sailors 14/6490 How to finish the stair treads? I'm thinking I should just sand the wood and leave it bare for best
Halyard line for a 1973 Irwin28 Shawn Fitz72 at 5:23am 01.29.15 Irwin 3/1816 Can anyone tell me what size line was used for halyards on this boat? Any info would be very helpful
Pre-bend ranchu56 at 3:44am 01.29.15 Big Boats 4/938 General question, Is it possible/easy to "re-set" the pre-bend after the mast has been stepped or
Mainsail golf cart batt follow up question CYQK at 3:04am 01.29.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1016 Maine Great thread on use of two golf cart batts thats exactly what I am going to do THANKS!!!! Qu
Yanmar 4JH5E silencer gorkem at 12:57am 01.29.15 Engines and Propulsion 4/2414 Hi All, I have a Yanmar 4JH5E (2011 model) at approx. 1000 hours without any problem and I am plann
Removal of Waeco fridge Brahmany at 8:02pm 01.28.15 Mid-Size Boats 2/2193 Hi all, I need to remove the Waeco fridge to enlarge the bulkhead vent and to lag the icebox refrige
Help with Battery Charger Setting PGIJon at 6:41pm 01.28.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/732 I'm not sure which setting my charger should be on. I just repowered/rewired everything up to the p
Flexofold size for a 2007 B49 with Yanmar 75hp and ZF30M? boom23 at 6:02pm 01.28.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2657 Hi all, I am in the process of purchasing a 2007 B49 with the 75hp Yanmar engine (3000-3200 m
AIS pros and cons Juice6576 at 5:10pm 01.28.15 Ask All Sailors 44/9635 New boat has a pretty complete electronics package but doesn't include AIS. We would like to do the
table modification rleichtman at 4:00pm 01.28.15 Big Boats 11/1880 I want to make the table in the salon smaller and more convenient anyone tackled this one?
Genoa Lead Cars 8.0 Come Sail Away at 2:34pm 01.28.15 S2 9/2061 I am looking at my second season sailing (I am a novice) and thinking about Genoa Lead Cars for my G
Storing Sailboats (1) sea_casper at 2:29pm 01.28.15 Ask All Sailors 1/1082 Rhode Island's tall ship, a replica of the USS Providence, rests on its side on the dock at at the
Boom Support folmerb at 1:36pm 01.28.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 32/5978 I have a 26M. Since it doesn't have a backstay, the previous owner installed a nylon line that test
Fresh water bladder Larry D Calander at 9:59am 01.28.15 Smaller Boats 23/4378 Not too crazy about the bladder under my sink that has a fitting leak. Looks like manufacture sealan
Transducer Larry D Calander at 9:56am 01.28.15 Smaller Boats 12/1590 Any recommendations on type and location my GPS transducer. Not sure of through the hull with water
do you sleep head first in the island berth? iSailor at 8:27am 01.28.15 Catalina 310 11/2566 I am curious, for the 310 people, do you sleep head first (head at the bow) or feet to the bow for t
Gas tank for Cal 30 blavis at 7:53am 01.28.15 Cal 8/2927 Has anyone replaced the gas tank in a Cal 30? Suggestions? I have only found one place on the East

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Fixing ST-60 Depth Sounder on Hunter 33 2006 Ralph Johnstone at 10:49am 08.15.23 Yes, yes, I admit it was a Hunter. If I can go off in a slightly off tangent direction as an exampl
Fresh water filler cap Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:30am 08.15.23 Do you absolutely have to have an identical replacement as long as the threaded cap fits? (edit) I
Boat trailer wiring issues - ongoing. Help! LloydB at 10:27am 08.15.23 The concept that one 15 amp fuse blows because of a short in the recently rewired trailer should aff
Topside Teak Trim pclarksurf at 9:55am 08.15.23 those look very nice. Did you replace all the screws before reinstalling? Or use the same ones. I
Installing MOB1 On Sospenders Automatically Inflating Vest jviss at 9:41am 08.15.23 To be honest, I don't remember, it was several years ago. OK, thanks, I'm going to read the manual
Fresh water filler cap Vtphillips at 9:38am 08.15.23 Thanks, but ours uses a winch handle to open
Has This Happend to You? Kings Gambit at 9:38am 08.15.23 Thanks for all of your input! I nearly always learn useful stuff from SBO posts. I rarely bring dow
Check my wiring diagram? Beth G at 9:31am 08.15.23 Yeah...if only I had an anchor light. But I do have the wires available to add it when we take our m
Installing MOB1 On Sospenders Automatically Inflating Vest dlochner at 9:23am 08.15.23 How did you program yours, with the PC app or the web page app? Do you know if it's possible to au
Is the factory solar trickle charger neccesary? Rick at 9:16am 08.15.23 Thanks for all the input fellow sailors. Always good to ask a question here. @RickD, good to see y
Top Down Furler (1) JRacer at 8:57am 08.15.23 There have been no noticeable loading issues on either, a (very foolish) test was to hold the aft e
Has This Happend to You? capta at 8:50am 08.15.23 We lost the head of our Yankee just a few miles short of Tyrrel Bay coming up from Grenada on a char
Speedometer Paddle Wheel Stuck SirMichael at 8:45am 08.15.23 Ward, Thank you, I appreciate your help! I wasn't aware of the possibility of using a blanking p
Oday 20 Restoration Sail22Capri22 at 8:40am 08.15.23 Looks like an ambitious project with a newborn :rolleyes:. It will be a great little family boat tho
Oday 20 Restoration (6) Kali-Nova at 8:16am 08.15.23 Here is the progress so far....
Oday 20 Restoration (4) Kali-Nova at 8:07am 08.15.23 So I just had to resize them to get them to post. These are pictures from her first wash before I st
Fixing ST-60 Depth Sounder on Hunter 33 2006 buddy0 at 8:00am 08.15.23 On my 2005 Hunter 33 the wires are all crammed into the small diameter tubing that runs next to the
Fresh water filler cap mdibella at 8:00am 08.15.23 The parts catalog shows a "DECK FILL WATER BK SEADOG", Beneteau PN 111731 for the deck fitting assem
Removing "great stuff" foam sealant from inside the mast Leeward Rail at 7:59am 08.15.23 Sounds fun... probably earn you a spot on this year's Darwin awards... and if you decide to try it,
Installing MOB1 On Sospenders Automatically Inflating Vest jviss at 7:48am 08.15.23 The test procedure is pretty simple. Just follow the directions. When the alarm goes off you will b

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