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Leaks Hobartwoodworks at 3:41pm 04.18.14 Smaller Boats 1/729 Still on the hard but the mast is up; just making sure rigging is all good before we trailer to the
Looking for Swing Keel for Catalina 25 tpengra at 3:35pm 04.18.14 Parts Search 1/1051 I have a 1979 Catalina 25 swing keel and am in search of another keel the one I have now is totally
Repowering Catalina 28 gholtze at 3:00pm 04.18.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1095 We recently purchased a Catalina 28 1992 Fiona, problems with a pre-purchase replacement water pump
H380 Main A/C breaker charliegrau at 2:19pm 04.18.14 Big Boats 3/657 Saw a post earlier about replacing a circuit breaker on a 380, and now, sure enough, I need one. Ge
Dreams of Youth Roger Long at 11:36am 04.18.14 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/2865
Blue water in a Seafarer 37 chetfisher at 11:22am 04.18.14 Seafarer 13/17686 I'm considering buying a Seafarer 37 and wonder if anyone has bluewater experience with this boat.
Hunter Bashing - First Aid Kit James10016 at 11:11am 04.18.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 25/5732 All, Forgive me, this is a bit long winded, but I hope it is of sufficient interest to you, to ins
Bow Damage (2) 23ODay at 11:09am 04.18.14 Ask An Oday Owner 22/2802 I just got my first sailboat and it is a little of a fixer upper. There are a few things that need s
Shear pin for skiff outboard gregorybross at 9:58am 04.18.14 Catalina 30 0/635 I have a Mariner 3.3 2 cycle outboard. It keeps breaking shear pins sometimes at the most unfortuna
choosing a genoa Gene Neill at 9:37am 04.18.14 Catalina 22 7/1220 I wonder if you guys could give me some input. At present, I own three mains (it's a long story) but
Anchor windless drum Newport Bob at 8:05am 04.18.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1323 The windless on our Beneteau 373 has a gypsy and drum. I understand that I can use the drum with the
Radar Pole and Dinghy Davits deaconblues at 7:50am 04.18.14 Big Boats 4/1696 I have a 2006 Hunter 41 AC with a bimin and stern rail seats. I'm currently looking at Kato davit
Newb needs help rigging Main (3) suvh8er at 6:23am 04.18.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2444 Hello Everyone, I just bought a Mac 25 "lawn ornament" that I am refurbishing. Having primarily on
H23' - Move Main Sheet Block to Cockpit Deck (1) carboman at 5:59am 04.18.14 Smaller Boats 8/1320 was thinking of adding the option to move the main sheet block assy to the cockpit deck, just to hav
Backstay weedstomper at 11:35pm 04.17.14 Smaller Boats 11/1708 Has anybody ever taken a H260 or 270 to Hawaii? Can a backstay be adapted and would it be helpful f
Wax on wax off ChangsinLattitudes at 8:17pm 04.17.14 Ask All Sailors 26/3531 So just bought a '81 Catalina 30. Hull seems like its in good condition, no oxidation, shiny. I was
Profurl Basic Black71gp at 7:52pm 04.17.14 Catalina 30 4/1311 So been looking and thinking of a new Furler, the Profurl B29L looks to be my choice as of now, I
Fuel Vent not venting (2) Ken Honeycutt at 7:25pm 04.17.14 Big Boats 7/899 A few months ago I posted about a problem I had with fuel filling...had a lot of good suggestions on
Cabin Cooler seabair at 7:12pm 04.17.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1745 As anyone tried the Swedish made Cabin Cooler for boat A/C?
Making the Trip this weekend Bad Obsession at 7:02pm 04.17.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1103 Well, this Sunday and into Monday I will be transporting my boat, Spirit of Liberty, from Colonial B

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Buying new sails Henry Scurlock at 7:09pm 04.13.23 Don't be afraid to shop the Sail Loft right here at SBO. https://shop.sailboatowners.com/cu/detail-s
Shakey in gear Hayden Watson at 6:58pm 04.13.23 When you say that you can only get 0.015", why is that. There are only a few reasons why you cannot
Buying new sails Salty Jack at 6:57pm 04.13.23 Any recommendations as to which companies have good products at a fair price? Thank you.
Polishing the hull of a 1980 sailboat advice xavpil at 6:53pm 04.13.23 First determine if the boat is painted. If it is painted it will be essential to know what kind of
Polishing the hull of a 1980 sailboat advice xavpil at 6:52pm 04.13.23 Odds are it's old gelcoat, esp if it's white.. If you want a low effort seasonal result look into
Removing Hurth HBW 150 nramsey at 6:46pm 04.13.23 According to what I see on the parts picture there is enough space to get the damper out once the ad
Keel Winch Failure 1984 Catalina 22 Gene Neill at 6:39pm 04.13.23 Even if the company that's coming to inspect the boat finds nothing wrong, I'd still float her for a
Shakey in gear Hayden Watson at 6:39pm 04.13.23 When you say + - .015", do you mean that it is a vertical offset or an angle misalignment. To put i
Help installing A/C on a Hunter 33.5 Sutric at 6:36pm 04.13.23 The PO of out boat installed it under the nav table and ran 4" diameter flex venting to outlets in t
Polishing the hull of a 1980 sailboat advice Hollyberry at 6:30pm 04.13.23 ...... Poli-glow is very controversial. Some like the look. Some say once it starts to weather it l
Polishing the hull of a 1980 sailboat advice Davidasailor26 at 6:08pm 04.13.23
Anti seize on coupler set screws? dlochner at 5:58pm 04.13.23 I am having second thoughts about whether I should have put it on the shaft. Get a split coupling
in-cabin electric bilge pump question dlochner at 5:56pm 04.13.23 Probably. The bilge pump is probably a centrifugal pump. These pumps have vane that spins and pushe
Anti seize on coupler set screws? TimFromLI at 5:48pm 04.13.23 I serviced mine last year, I used permatex anti seize on both the coupler set screws and the coupler
Removing Hurth HBW 150 Hollyberry at 5:47pm 04.13.23 Can you remove the bell housing with the gear/adaptor assembly? Don't you need to remove the bell ho
Polishing the hull of a 1980 sailboat advice Hollyberry at 5:43pm 04.13.23 Odds are it's old gelcoat, esp if it's white.. If you want a low effort seasonal result look into "
Beneteau Questions TimFromLI at 5:37pm 04.13.23 That doesn't sound like an original setup. I have a Beneteau but I have 2 pumps, one for the bilge
Beneteau Questions Hollyberry at 5:37pm 04.13.23 Our setup is the typical man/auto master switch with a float running the pump in 'auto'. The shower
Shakey in gear S/V Sideways at 5:32pm 04.13.23
Polishing the hull of a 1980 sailboat advice xavpil at 5:23pm 04.13.23 First determine if the boat is painted. I won't be able to find out by asking the seller if it wa

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