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Which Royce's Sailing Illustrated? Ward H at 12:14pm 07.06.14 Ask All Sailors 1/821 I have seen several suggestions to buy Royces Sailing Illustrated book. I looked it up on Amazon an
H31 shaft diameter and stern tube diameter wufibugs at 11:59am 07.06.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/801 May need to replace the dripless shaft seal and both are necessary to order proper part.
new (to me) Beneteau, lots of questions jonbeneteau at 11:53am 07.06.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/3250 Hi all. I'm Jon. I just bought a 2008 Beneteau Oceanis 40 which I sail out of Long Beach, Ca. My
Ship's Bell project (7) cephius (Dave) at 11:46am 07.06.14 Smaller Boats 10/1080 I have bronze bell from my first boat. This was purchased in the 70's. I just don't see new bells
Bow Pulpit Removal - O'Day 28 (1) Pafb at 11:31am 07.06.14 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1364 I need to remove my bow pulpit and re-bed it. Will use "Maine Sail's" method for rebedding deck har
Boom Track & Boom Downhaul Question (1) Ward H at 11:25am 07.06.14 Ask All Sailors 4/3842 My O'day 25 has a boom track that gives it about 8" or so of movement up and down on the mast. Whe
Marine Head project (3) cephius (Dave) at 11:18am 07.06.14 Smaller Boats 7/1059 The pump on my JABSCO was sticky, so I disassembled it to lube the 'O' ring. On reassembly, I could
To Leave or Take Them? robfmcc at 9:05am 07.06.14 Ask All Sailors 53/8302 Noticed that a few boaters/sailors have different approaches to untying from the dock, some leave th
Seal Trying to Sink My Boat (3) wufibugs at 8:43am 07.06.14 Ask All Sailors 19/3405 What I believe to be the shaft seal is leaking where it enters or connects to the metal ring to the
Water tanks lake city at 8:32am 07.06.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/1055 I own 28' Catalina with water two water tanks. Can you leave both tanks "on" (valve open) or only o
all is good trainmanjess at 8:13am 07.06.14 Morgan 2/948 hello all all s good with my boat... I live 13 hours away and could not check on it... I have bee
new owner Siedelmann 24 sharty mcwierdears at 6:50am 07.06.14 Seidelmann 1/2743 Picking the boat up friday, just kinda getting a feel for what I'll have room for on board, spare g
Wid Scoop Recomendations? McIntoshUSA at 6:39am 07.06.14 Newport 3/1371 We purchased our Newport 30" three months ago and have been enjoying it. We have notice that we do g
looking to get out on a c27 in the bay area tillertom at 6:10am 07.06.14 Mid-Size Boats 0/675 as I just bought a c27 I would love the chance to join someone at anytime out on the water just to g
Zodiac rotted transom Cmp1110 at 5:38am 07.06.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1399 Hello all I have a 2004 zodiac 311 activ v, yesterday I was poking around and found bottom corner if
batt charing with outboard, i need advise tillertom at 5:18am 07.06.14 Mid-Size Boats 0/624 I just bought a c27 in exel cond for 1500 bucks .it is a 1975 moored in the sac delta, no motor,it h
Spare main halyard syeldell at 5:10am 07.06.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/926 I recently purchased a 2000 Hunter 450 Passage. Could someone enlighten me as to what the "Spare Mai
Alternative bottom paint DJN51 at 5:00am 07.06.14 Ask All Sailors 2/739 In the process of bringing a 1969 17 ft wooden boat back to original Will be trailered .whats on it
Mast bend h240 (1) Justin at 4:46am 07.06.14 Smaller Boats 11/1638 Hi Just wondering if anyone has had a problem with too much mast bend? And do they know the cause
2nd Generation C-22 CaptDon01 at 11:47pm 07.05.14 Catalina 22 10/1083 Finally took some time to scub down our new, (to us), 1988 Catalina-22. She sat behind a guys shop u

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Cat 30 Windlass Ralph Johnstone at 9:37am 05.03.23 Had to raise your kilt too Ralph.. :biggrin: Never you mind what the hell goes on under my kilt :
What sealant to use? markwbird at 9:24am 05.03.23 Which ones have you used? Maybe your'e doing something wrong. 3M 5200 is the sealant of choice for
Replacing corroded Seaward 5200 series water heater (20 g.) with Kuuma 6 g. HWH - removal and installation questions Stu Jackson at 9:20am 05.03.23 I would seriously reconsider using the Kuuma, it is bottom of the pack in terms of quality. isotemp
Bottom Chip Repair tailboom at 9:19am 05.03.23
Bottom Chip Repair tailboom at 9:17am 05.03.23 My guess is someone painted the hull as I don't believe that Blue color is stock. Then then likely
DIY of standing rigging with compression fittings Scott T-Bird at 9:13am 05.03.23 Yes. I don't discount the value of rigger that you contracted, though, as he's assuming the risk o
Bottom Chip Repair shemandr at 9:09am 05.03.23 The OP didn't say he isn't racing the boat. Nevertheless, sailing with a smooth bottom is a pleasu
Furler IF tailboom at 9:08am 05.03.23 Thanks for the reply. Previous owner adding the baling wire because the feeder eye kept turning. I f
Reattach wire to steering quadrant Ward H at 9:08am 05.03.23 I agree with the others, even @capta Getting the cables back on the quadrant is a PIA. If you di
Cat 30 Windlass jssailem at 9:08am 05.03.23 Just could not help yourself. Had to raise your kilt too Ralph.. :biggrin:
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? ShalomOrchard at 9:05am 05.03.23 If you are talking about Catalina Mk1 boats I would agree but that is not correct if you look at th
Raymarine and Autohelm Wheel Pilot Belts Ward H at 8:57am 05.03.23 Hi JV, I'm interested. PM sent.
DIY of standing rigging with compression fittings jviss at 8:51am 05.03.23 That's a very dramatic price differential. 2 years ago, I replaced all my swaged rigging and I pai
Third summer, boat wont sail Don S/V ILLusion at 8:49am 05.03.23
Third summer, boat wont sail Siamese at 8:48am 05.03.23 Yikes. Definitely gnarly. I wouldn't sail that boat again until after I'd removed the keel and tho
3 Blade Prop Swap? Ward H at 8:46am 05.03.23 Welcome to SBO and Welcome to Catalina 30 ownership. I agree with other posters about waiting to get
Cat 30 Windlass (2) Ralph Johnstone at 8:42am 05.03.23 OK so everyone else is showing theirs, here's mine. stal in the locker for mounting a windlass. At
Windlass on an 11A (1) Matt White at 8:35am 05.03.23 I put mine behind the anchor locker and it feeds through the deck forward into the locker pretty nic
Furler IF LakeShark at 8:29am 05.03.23 Not familiar with that brand but it looks simple enough. Foil for the sail, cleat for halyard, stay
Bottom Chip Repair LakeShark at 8:27am 05.03.23 @tailboom My guess is someone painted the hull as I don't believe that Blue color is stock. Then th

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