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dive platform fred1diver at 6:32pm 03.09.14 Trailer Sailors 13/4193 I'm curious, has anyone installed a dive platform on a trailer sailer??? I love to go scuba dive bu
Main Halyard gets snagged Mark Nooney at 5:27pm 03.09.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/1120 Hi all, I am having an issue with the main halyard snagging on the spreaders prior to raising the
Stepping a mast Daddio at 4:39pm 03.09.14 Mid-Size Boats 16/3170 Just wondering if there is any way to step a mast on a hunter 29.5? We just purchased the boat last
Stripping Gelcoat From Trunk Eucmaninshorts at 4:30pm 03.09.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/665 Hello All! I bought a Catalina 250WB with a bad case of boat pox. I've spent the long winter str
Freezer Removal Viktor Eysselein at 3:37pm 03.09.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/524 My WAECO CB-40 top loading freezer on my Hunter 45CC is broken. How do you remove the freezer? A
Freezer Removal Viktor Eysselein at 3:36pm 03.09.14 Big Boats 4/1066 My WAECO CB-40 top loading freezer on my Hunter 45CC is broken. How do you remove the freezer? A
Bottom paint quandry jac50 at 3:25pm 03.09.14 Smaller Boats 5/2178 Hi All, Last year we bought our C250 WB with an old coat of ablative paint still on it. Now that
microwave removal (1) Wedgie at 3:22pm 03.09.14 Big Boats 3/1021 Hello Everyone, We own a Hunter 45cc with a Multistar microwave installed. Our problem is that the
Introduction and new to me O'day 25 project... (1) Mikesab at 2:45pm 03.09.14 Day Sailers 33/9390 First an introduction... I have been a 40 year power boater and have owned and operated boats fro
Replacing raw water seacock on yanmar SD50 saildrive (1) nanook at 2:28pm 03.09.14 Big Boats 0/3678 Current standard seacock on H38 yanmar sd 50 saildrive ( attached) has always been too tight to clos
wires from masthead to cabin... transition?. centerline at 1:47pm 03.09.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1640 on a Cal 34 with its deck stepped mast, how do the wires transition from the mast to inside the cabi
Yanmar 1gm10 Fresh water flush system jnovie at 12:47pm 03.09.14 Yamaha 10/12202 I would like to add a permanent engine flush system that would allow me to occasionally flush out th
Freshwater waterline? a65sailor at 12:33pm 03.09.14 Big Boats 8/1955 I have an H34 and need to redo the bottom. The PO painted VC17 over the factory boot stripe. I have
Beneteau 375 Water tank Replacement Live Wire at 12:21pm 03.09.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/899 Has anyone replaced water tanks on this boat before? I purchased this boat last spring and discovere
Cal 28 MK II Sole ccollier carolina at 12:16pm 03.09.14 Cal 5/2291 Greetings, I am a newbie Cal owner. My teak and holly sole is damaged. The bilge access boards alon
How much does your O day 26 rudder weigh? jfschena at 11:46am 03.09.14 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1328 Mine weighs 37 lbs without the tiller. Has anyone else weighed theirs? I'm wondering about it being
boot stripe replacement Mbain at 11:45am 03.09.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1683 I own a 2005 44.7. The boot stripe, a dark metallic brown color needs replacement. Does anyone kno
Broken stanchion sfreiden at 11:18am 03.09.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/828 Own 2005 hunter 30. Stanchion broke off port side near waste clean out. Only nub left. Can't get to
Battery meter? (1) Gene Neill at 10:30am 03.09.14 Ask All Sailors 22/5034 Is this thing even worth having? It was on my boat when I bought it. It displays only volts, which t
donelanc donelanc at 9:57am 03.09.14 Bigger Boats 4/894 I have a 272le w original origio stove; missing tops and covers on burners. Wondering can I still

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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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