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Trident 101 permeated after 2 short seasons meb135 at 1:07pm 10.05.14 Ask All Sailors 15/3649 This is more of an fyi for those who may be in the process of changing sanitation hoses and have "lo
Clogged Head and Galley Sinks Billy the Kidd at 12:29pm 10.05.14 Ask All Sailors 15/10154 Recently purchased a vintage 1978 Catalina 30'. Head and galley sinks keep filling with water - wil
Need to replace H34 Engine Thru Hull Seacock (3) PGIJon at 11:40am 10.05.14 Big Boats 48/7298 It appears that the sea cock for the engines raw water cooling is no longer closing completely and I
Adding and tuning a dipole (to your boat/house) Brian D at 11:14am 10.05.14 SSB and Ham Operators 1/2289 While searching the internet about shipboard antennas, I chanced across these instructions on how to
Hunter Cherubini shaft log kito at 9:39am 10.05.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1170 I found this closed old thread http://forums.sbo.sailboatowners.com/showthread.php?t=153850'referrer
severe lee helm mac 21 PaulKoehler23 at 8:31am 10.05.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/767 Hello new sailor here first boat. Macgregor 21 1984. She has severe lee helm and I fine it very diff
Cali sailing! (3) Diver960 at 7:52am 10.05.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1769 Greetings my sailing friends! We took your advice and landed in San Diego two days ago. We bare bo
transducer mounting sailorsteve1 at 7:43am 10.05.14 Smaller Boats 11/2578 will a transducer for a depthfinder work if mounted in the bilge of my c18? where have others mounte
Water Heater on a Hunter 28 dtex at 7:10am 10.05.14 Mid-Size Boats 11/4616 Where was the water heater located on a 1989 Hunter 28?
Last Day (1) Tobydaisy at 6:57am 10.05.14 Catalina 22 6/808 Thanks to everyone for all the info this season. This is the last day of my first year with a C22 an
Replacing standing rigging on 94 H26 Dfisher at 6:55am 10.05.14 Smaller Boats 11/1412 I have done a lot of forum searching but was unable to find anyone talking about cost to completely
Windvane steering and an extra rudder TimHunter340 at 6:25am 10.05.14 Big Boats 4/1510 Hello I am about to do more extended sailing. At first I was going to upgrade my autopilot, but n
Coolant cam at 5:02am 10.05.14 Catalina 310 2/818 I have recently changed the coolant in my 26 hp Universal/Westerbeek engine with a coolant designate
suspending 26S Bob Meyer at 4:48am 10.05.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/818 I've just purchased a '92 Mac26S, a freshwater boat from Georgia, sight unseen. I understand (from
Keel trouble 84 macgregor 25 Starwind at 11:05pm 10.04.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 36/9743 Greetings. I have just purchased my first boat, a macgregor 25 out of alametos bay in long beach. Ev
New way of cruising?????? (1) Delezynski at 7:21pm 10.04.14 Ask All Sailors 20/2794 Man in floating bubble rescued in Atlantic Ocean. See it at; http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat
Westerbeke 10-2 overheating (long post) cbourne200 at 3:59pm 10.04.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1961 1987 O'Day 272 with Westerbeke 10-2 is overheating. Purchased about 3 yrs ago from PO who had suppos
mooring buoy on the chesapeake bay jtuner119 at 3:42pm 10.04.14 Ask All Sailors 9/6848 i want to place a mooring buoy around annapolis area. preferably south of annapolis but i have no id
A/C Water Strainer (3) KZW at 3:35pm 10.04.14 Catalina 310 4/1477 Water Strainer Does anyone know of a source for the water strainer shown in the pictures? The str
Control Cable Lubrication LakeOntario270 at 3:17pm 10.04.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/970 I have a 1996 Westerbeke that has 3 control cables. A throttle cable, a shut off cable, and a trans

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Posting Guidelines (1) JamesG161 at 6:14am 07.23.23 There is Windows version too , but for the Apple world... I just did a video recording of my iMac
Cherubini Raider 33 (Not a Hunter) rudder shoe Dave at 5:58am 07.23.23 Thanks. Can I start a new forum for Raider 33? Welcome to SBO. We do offer specific forums fo
Catalina 27 teak before and after BigEasy at 5:41am 07.23.23 3 coats of sikkens cetol teak. Super results! I usually apply 2 coats of Cetol natural,
I have an 21' American Fiberglass stickinthemud57 at 5:24am 07.23.23 Hey Stick If you would bother to look at the picture, you will see that the center board is a Dagge
Wrapping my boat question jssailem at 4:57am 07.23.23 I explored the idea. Visited with two companies in 2019 who do that work, one in Vancouver Canada an
Can't find leak on 8' Mercury Inflatable RoyS at 4:33am 07.23.23 Carefully check the cones at the stern. Mine developed a tiny leak (much slower than yours) where th
I have an 21' American Fiberglass (1) Will Gilmore at 9:59pm 07.22.23 Sail track stops
Prop size for my 28.5 jssailem at 9:02pm 07.22.23 Do not guess or use someones numbers. You need to evaluate your boat. They want to know the diameter
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA rgranger at 8:50pm 07.22.23 I've got to up my game on taking photos and such. Thing is, like when coming into port here, there
Life vest inflated while stored on boat. Common? (1) rgranger at 8:46pm 07.22.23 Went to the boat today. My inflatable had popped. How weird. Never had one go off on its own i
Early production Kittiwake (1) jssailem at 8:45pm 07.22.23 218090
Have you tested your PFD? jssailem at 8:37pm 07.22.23
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA (2) JamesG161 at 8:37pm 07.22.23 I have the Parrot on order. ok .
Hunter 25.5 Bow Damage Advice AustinSailor at 8:32pm 07.22.23 Thanks so much everybody, this is just the type of advice I was hoping to receive. Fantastic forum!
Have you tested your PFD? Mark Maulden at 8:17pm 07.22.23 We have a couple of West Marine Coastal inflatables. They are about 7-8 yrs old and the color indic
Have you tested your PFD? (4) jssailem at 8:06pm 07.22.23 sailing magazines, I noticed a big difference between the UK and USA published ones. I don't thin
Strange beep from cockpit engine panel gfroch at 7:59pm 07.22.23 OK. You know how when you're sailing and you hear a faint noise and you can't tell where it's coming
Catalina 27 teak before and after jon hansen at 7:44pm 07.22.23 nice work
Catalina 27 teak before and after jaysweet at 7:38pm 07.22.23 Wow, great job! Hardly looks like the same boat!
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA jaysweet at 7:35pm 07.22.23 I did start at Gibson Island, but that was only where I did the boat preparations. I was keeping my

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