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Magic Marina..... Delezynski at 6:25pm 03.11.14 Destinations 6/2922 FIRST, I have to say a BIG THANKS to Winkfish (on this site) for stopping y and taking Jill and I ar
Holding Tank Treatments - Odorless..?? ArkadiyS at 6:22pm 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 8/2232 Has anyone used this Boatlife Bionatural Holding Tank Treatment packets? The description as always
Washdown pump wire size (1) Genesis V at 6:19pm 03.11.14 Big Boats 18/4019 Help..I am installing a wash down pump on a H356 and there are a couple of things that I am unsure a
Looking for a used headsail Steve Moser at 6:02pm 03.11.14 Catalina 30 2/836 We're looking for a used/affordable roller reef genoa for our 30' Catalina.
Cheapish, cost effective handrails? sully75 at 4:55pm 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 16/1933 Hello all, Sorry for the barrage of questions but just was up to my boat and have a bunch. I h
Need a top to one of my stantions (2) sully75 at 4:53pm 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 2/813 I have one stantion that appears to have some sort of repair made to it from a broken top. The repa
Camping Gas (propane) in the Cabin sully75 at 4:35pm 03.11.14 Musings With Maine Sail 3/2496 So I'm going to ditch the little gimbaled stove that my boat came with and replace it with a fixed t
Can anyone recommend a freight forwarder for the Caribbean? Phil Herring at 4:32pm 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1336 Someone who consolidates shipments. We've got a customer in a bind and figured you east coast cruisi
Help me review and rebuild my electrical system (4) sully75 at 4:18pm 03.11.14 Musings With Maine Sail 13/2865 The PO has a kind of mishmash of exposed wiring and I'm trying to figure out what is good and what i
prop needed for hunter 27 Aco77 at 3:25pm 03.11.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/779 In need of 13 in 10 pitch r h. For hunter 27 1 in shaft. Any help appreciated. Thank you.
Comments on painted boats? horrors? Scooter2368 at 1:33pm 03.11.14 Catalina 30 4/1159 We just sold our Catalina 25 and we're looking at new boats 30-34. We see one we may go look at but
Bent mast step Bruce Bythrow at 1:00pm 03.11.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1239 Has anyone had a problem bending the mast step? Last year, when dropping the mast for the first time
Fixed Port Windows Long Story at 12:29pm 03.11.14 Catalina 310 12/5320 I know there are a lot of articles posted on the subject on different suppliers web sites, but I wan
Hunter 34 main outhaul replacement capt62 at 12:04pm 03.11.14 Big Boats 8/2857 Any suggestions for replacing in boom out haul on '83 model?
hunter 29 vs 29.5 GoreBay sailor at 10:42am 03.11.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/621 Would love and appreciate some advice and information from Hunter 29 and 29.5 owners. I am looking a
refrigeration help ssardone at 9:59am 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 12/5004 Over the winter my refrigeration unit stopped working. It is an adler/barbour cold machine that was
12V Windlass off a 24V Bank IStream at 9:46am 03.11.14 Musings With Maine Sail 8/2992 My boat has a dedicated 24V battery bank and charger in the bow to power a large thruster, along wit
Grounding Wire on the Hard lehigh375 at 6:55am 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1931 I saw a reference in this forum to grounding your boat while on the hard if your were plugging it in
Spring 2014 Boat Shoe Collection Nom De Guerre at 5:20am 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 21/4482 Spring is nearly here and I see the dog has taken a bite out my left Sperry Mako insole. I feel like
St. Thomas Lost Parent at 4:49am 03.11.14 Ask All Sailors 0/610 Anybody in St. Thomas at the time

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Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question JES7 at 5:28pm 04.03.23 Do you know the make of the furler? Perhaps it is printed on the drum. Could it be CDI? The furle
Hoisting and Flying Gennaker: Advice Needed jssailem at 5:25pm 04.03.23 using a dyneema soft shackle to attach the sheet. Great application.:plus:
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question jssailem at 5:23pm 04.03.23 Do you know the make of the furler? Perhaps it is printed on the drum. Could it be CDI? That answe
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question jssailem at 5:21pm 04.03.23 As a guess that looks about right. What about the other end of the shroud?
S2 9.2C wire/plumbing diagrams jssailem at 5:20pm 04.03.23 You might give a shout to Tiara Yachts. They are the follow on builder from S2 Yachts. https://www.
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question (1) JES7 at 5:20pm 04.03.23 You mention a Furling system. Which one? Furling systems often are over a shroud (a wire that runs
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question JES7 at 5:11pm 04.03.23 Line #1: looks like a halyard for a spinnaker, asym, most probably. Line two: looks like it might
1977 Pearson 27 keel bolts jssailem at 5:06pm 04.03.23 A normal disappointment here on the forum. Island Pilot posted a message and never returned. We like
Tightening Stanchions arf145 at 5:03pm 04.03.23 If it's like my 331, the stanchions have a threaded post that goes through the deck and a single lar
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question PaulK at 4:57pm 04.03.23 Third line looks like it could be a spinnaker pole topping lift, though the blue line looped around
1977 Pearson 27 keel bolts dressler17 at 4:56pm 04.03.23 I was wondering if IslandPilot actually bought that boat, the nuts look pretty good. I am in the
1977 Pearson 27 keel bolts heritage at 4:47pm 04.03.23 Ask the owner if you can back off the nuts to inspect the tops of the bolts. One at a time of cours
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question (1) jssailem at 4:37pm 04.03.23 Welcome to the SBO Forum JES7. Congrats on your boat. t the jib is fractional. It means the jib at
Hunter 23 keel resting on trailer/other Hunter questions Crazy Dave Condon at 4:35pm 04.03.23 The owner of the boatf would not allow anyone to board. The bow was not all the way up to the bow c
Legend 40.5 - Refrigerator and Freezer manuals fero at 4:14pm 04.03.23 One more on refrigeration, I detected, by a just bought halon sniffer, a leak around the compressor
Replacement WAECO CB-40 Screen Saver at 4:09pm 04.03.23 Yea just been through the same thing with 2 x waeco cb-40 chest freezer a 1 x 110l upright unit. One
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question Will Gilmore at 4:04pm 04.03.23 Line #1: looks like a halyard for a spinnaker, asym, most probably. Line two: looks like it might b
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question JES7 at 3:42pm 04.03.23 Thanks Don. I did google and watched most of the videos and read most of the content on the 16.5 but
Hunter 23 keel resting on trailer/other Hunter questions isaksp00 at 3:28pm 04.03.23 I don't find my 23 overly tender. Of course, you need to watch things. I've had the gunwales a littl
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question Don S/V ILLusion at 3:10pm 04.03.23 This might be more help https://www.google.com/search?q=catalina+16.5+rigging&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=

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