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What Fabric Type For The Cushions Below Deck? Seahorse24 at 10:52am 11.11.14 Ask All Sailors 18/1787 We need to get new cushions made for our Yankee Seahorse 24 boat project. We have found a shop nearb
Boat Maneuvers Terry Cox at 10:25am 11.11.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/953 We have the original 18x15 three blade RH fixed bronze prop on our 1991 P42 and am very pleased with
M405 mjslaw43 at 10:05am 11.11.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/881 Just purchased very used 1995 M405. Anyone have reliable specifications? CHARM
modifing the 25 bert f at 9:46am 11.11.14 Lancer 10/4672 Hi All, glad to be aboard the LO site. I bought my 25, Cream Puff in 1987. That's some 27 years ago
Nimble Arctic & Dickinson Heaters unclecurt at 9:08am 11.11.14 Ask All Sailors 12/6220 Hi. New to this forum, and recent owner of a Nimble Arctic which I'm currently renovating after s
macerator trainmanjess at 8:21am 11.11.14 Morgan 8/3718 hello all I have a Morgan 35, and I am looking to add a holding tank and macerator to the head...
Happy Veterans Day Brian D at 6:04am 11.11.14 Sails Call Lounge 2/2573 We at SBO wish all a Happy Veterans Day. Find a vet and shake their hand. Tell them you appreciate a
Oday 28 keel bolts wmacken at 5:54am 11.11.14 Bigger Boats 4/1525 Does anyone have the torque specs for the keel bolts on an Oday 28 with the fin keel? I have alittle
update Crazy Dave Condon at 5:14am 11.11.14 Smaller Boats 7/1393 Gents; I am now on my third haul and last to the mountain home. The home is at the head waters o
experimenting with panoramic cam photos of the interior... (3) centerline at 9:03pm 11.10.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1543 I have often wondered how they take the wide angle view photos of the insides of a boat or motorhome
Motor Replacement... DannySonja at 8:31pm 11.10.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3636 I have just bought a Macgregor 26D. It has a 9.9HP 1989 Suzuki on it. The previous owner told me t
Mac 26X Stern Tower papamills at 8:08pm 11.10.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2307 My back stay limits moving my Bimini to Aft. Thinking about adding an arch tower behind seat in mo
Cal 28 CorJen517 at 6:53pm 11.10.14 Cal 0/1131 Greetings, My wife and I just purchased a 1964 Cal 28 for a very good price. Boat seems study so f
Re-blacking self-tailers IH82BL8 at 5:44pm 11.10.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1120 I'm dissembling, cleaning and lubing two self-tailing Lewmar winches. While I have them apart, is t
Propeller Replacement - Should I? salt water sailor at 5:21pm 11.10.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1321 My question has two parts. My 78 Hunter 30 is grossly under powered with a Yanmar YSB 12 hp which dr
handheld marine gps pupluv at 5:08pm 11.10.14 Ask All Sailors 22/5152 Garmin GPS 72H Bundle Handheld GPS Receiver Wal-Mart is selling this for $127, which seems very r
hunter 290 windlass fkudrna at 4:17pm 11.10.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/1354 I have a 2001 290, that came without a winlass. I am trying to install a lewmar v700, and would like
Introduction: Bought a 1974 O'Day 23 Convertible (1) sreidvt at 3:45pm 11.10.14 Day Sailers 8/5637 Hello All, Have been working my way through many pages of old forum posts and am looking forward
Do you Dress Ship? (2) Brian D at 3:06pm 11.10.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1578 If you do, post you photos of your ship all decked out.
fresh water tank Cat 30 Bill Hauskins at 2:10pm 11.10.14 Catalina 30 13/2920 Need to install fresh water tank on 79 cat 30 hull 999. There was no tank when I purchased boat. Any

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Hunter 23 wing keel mast raising system Brian M H23 at 10:37am 09.20.23 @Crazy Dave Condon I don't have the boat anymore, but I remember quite a lot about the system I us
C&C 30' MK II - Do you have a cage over the forward halyards on your mast head? Apex at 10:35am 09.20.23 I am using 13/32 (10mm) Sampson MLX3, which is a Dyneema core, with Polyester cover on all halyards.
Collision follow-up Terry Cox at 10:23am 09.20.23 I am seeking some guidance on what further steps should I take to ensure there was no damage to the
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? (2) Hayden Watson at 10:22am 09.20.23 Hayden, is the digital temperature controller a plug and play type of install when replacing the m
C&C 30' MK II - Do you have a cage over the forward halyards on your mast head? sheardc at 9:00am 09.20.23 What size are your halyards??
Alternator output to..... (1) Justin_NSA at 8:48am 09.20.23 I don't think the path of the alternator output has changed much over the years. The alt. feeds b
Gelcoat flaking off - how to fix LakeShark at 8:15am 09.20.23 @GMS.Homer I would contact the sailing club over on Lake Lanier. There is a large racing fleet of C
Where to run the solar panel cables on a Hunter 38 ? firebird13 at 8:13am 09.20.23 @flightlead404 thank you
Gelcoat flaking off - how to fix LakeShark at 8:10am 09.20.23 from some reading, you can't/shouldn't put getcoat over epoxy. they are different resins??? I kn
RaceQs Question Artey1 at 8:04am 09.20.23 Anyone else find something other than ProRegatta to replace RaceQs?
Gelcoat flaking off - how to fix GMS.Homer at 7:58am 09.20.23 from some reading, you can't/shouldn't put getcoat over epoxy. they are different resins??? I was t
Gelcoat flaking off - how to fix LakeShark at 7:06am 09.20.23 Why not just sand off the gelcoat, prep the glass and reshoot the gelcoat? If you remove the gelc
Fuel Tank Replacement Scott T-Bird at 7:02am 09.20.23 On my Catalina, the fuel tank is aluminum and the 2 water tanks are poly. I wish they made the acce
RaceQs Question PaulK at 6:43am 09.20.23 We've been using ProRegatta to provide tracking. It's a bit clunky and involved to set up.
Replace Maxwell 500 windlass circuit breaker sorcererdog at 6:12am 09.20.23 Thanks, everyone.
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. danooxnard at 4:48am 09.20.23 Hi Mike, you might want to consider an ozone generator to get rid of smells and mold. I bought on on
RaceQs Question Ted at 4:28am 09.20.23 I believe the developer has ceased any activity on the software some time ago. Someone with skills
S 2, 6.9 model information needed dlochner at 4:19am 09.20.23 Your hull number is 86 made in 1984. Search for a HIN decoder on line, there are several.
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Ward H at 4:18am 09.20.23 Hayden, is the digital temperature controller a plug and play type of install when replacing the me
Catalina Capri Forum? Crazy Dave Condon at 4:03am 09.20.23 @Monsterfish There are several places for information on the Capri/Catalina 18 to include Wikipedi

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