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Passage 450 top speeds. Bowedtoothdoc at 10:25am 03.29.13 Big Boats 6/1595 I would like to hear from other owners: What is the fastest speed you have achieved on different po
Do keels get stuck up? Fredn56 at 9:22am 03.29.13 Catalina 22 8/1777 I counted about 12 turns of the winch counterclockwise when lowering the keel for the first time aft
Furlers skipper66 at 8:47am 03.29.13 Smaller Boats 15/2215 Anybody have experience with furlers on boats in the 20-25 foot range? Looking at Schaefer Snapfur
Video of Yacht building history Oakville Ontario chp at 7:18am 03.29.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1999 This is an old documentary of saiboat builders in Oakville Ontario. Its main feature is C'C yachts.
Staying "signed in" Ron-Anne at 4:40am 03.29.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/881 Sometime ago I post a query about not being able to stay log in, well, since then it's been a hit an
8.5/8.6 headroom main cabin robwalten at 7:08pm 03.28.13 S2 6/1759 I am considering the 8.5/8.6 and have not been aboard yet. I'm 6'2" - will I be able to stand tall?
Dumb Question!! (1) Nodak7 at 6:16pm 03.28.13 Big Boats 13/2050 OK I feel pretty stupid but I have these dome lights in my cabin and head. I want to change them out
Chart Table (2) Amos Cape at 5:31pm 03.28.13 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1050 We were in need of a place to put a microwave so I pull the chart table because we only used it for
Racing a 1985 Hunter 23 with a code zero hi1cotton at 4:42pm 03.28.13 Racing 4/8375 Racing a 1985 Hunter 23 with a code zero I bought this boat
O'day 20 fractional location Sastevenson at 4:23pm 03.28.13 Ask An Oday Owner 21/5004 Hello again, As I've stated earlier my oday has a 26.5' hobie 16 mast that has been retrofitted wi
Easter (1) ancbob at 3:29pm 03.28.13 Catalina 22 12/1516 What I do while the rest of the familly goe. S to Florida for Easter. No, my wife doesn't visit th
Rebedding mast step and chainplates McZube at 3:01pm 03.28.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/3435 I've been under the assumption that I need to unstep the mast on our H31 to address a "moisture read
Wire Pass-Thru Long Story at 2:01pm 03.28.13 Catalina 310 5/1830 Planning out my spring projects. As I noted prior I will be mounting Radar, and the optional DGPS a
Electronic On a H240? Caribbeanknight1 at 1:10pm 03.28.13 Smaller Boats 12/2012 My first post so please bear with me if I'm making any errors with my post. I just bought my first s
RE work internals on a mast, new coax ?? dive7mmwet at 12:30pm 03.28.13 Musings With Maine Sail 4/1961 Were redoing the mast on our Cat27 and some were I thought I read a post on new coax to use type by
Electric Shock Drowning thaeni at 11:59am 03.28.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1427 I'v been reading more and more about the dangers of swimming in marinas due to the danger of stray
Pump hose stuck in dip stick tube jamesrauchle at 11:19am 03.28.13 Bigger Boats 5/1389 Murphy's Law....trying to pump out old oil with a cheap pump and the dang plastic tube is stuck on s
Swing keel cable tube repair Bill Coughlin at 10:21am 03.28.13 Catalina 22 6/2104 I purchased a 83 Catalina 22 last summer, its in great shape except leak at tube. There is a crack i
fair price for a C25 mycat at 8:14am 03.28.13 Smaller Boats 8/3751 I am looking to buy a 1986 C25, fin keel 4 foot draft, nissan 6 hp 4 stroke outboard 2007, sails are
beer can racing a 311 beneteau keel/centerboard suamicotom at 8:13am 03.28.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/3242 I wondered if anyone has experience club racing a Beneteau 311 keel centerboard or std keel. I am lo

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Mast step came out, can't access underneath Tedd at 7:55am 07.03.22 Hi @jssailem , The inserts I linked to are designed to be molded into an injection molded part. The
Broken topping lift jssailem at 7:46am 07.03.22 Welcome to the SBO forum. The term broken is a bit vague. Do you mean that the end of the topping
Covers for Dock Pilings? kappykaplan at 7:44am 07.03.22 Leave your lines on the pilings (with chafe protection) when you go sailing and pick them up when y
Invest 94L jssailem at 7:44am 07.03.22 Maybe they have a pool going on how far they get through the storm list. Or a christmas bonus on the
Mast step came out, can't access underneath jssailem at 7:41am 07.03.22 @Tedd I like the look of the insert. It appears to be designed not to turn. A press in fitting. How
IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING - AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH (HUGE QUESTION) twodzusfittings at 7:33am 07.03.22 makes sense.
Broken topping lift sail sfbay at 7:30am 07.03.22 Welcome to the forum!! Suggest attaching (by sewing) a small diameter tag line to the end of it, th
Invest 94L Johann at 7:28am 07.03.22 Simple Oh My Gosh! :doh::yikes::eek:o_O:puke::wow3: Boy NOAA is bored. They must of measured the
Hunter 41DS Holding Tank Back-filling with Raw Water Tim Mills at 7:26am 07.03.22 Mine will do the same. Only open the holding tank valve when you are pumping the tank. Otherwise the
HELP.. Rigging question Hunter 45DS Selden Furler Mast Tim Mills at 7:10am 07.03.22 Our H41 has a adjustable vang that supports the boom as well. I thought it was spring loaded. I lear
Any ideas, better A/C drainage? JamesG161 at 7:05am 07.03.22 Looks like that might be a Venturi setup. Also note the pinch spot in the pan drain hose. Jim...
Covers for Dock Pilings? thinwater at 6:58am 07.03.22 Leave your lines on the pilings (with chafe protection) when you go sailing and pick them up when yo
10 guage to 16 guage? JamesG161 at 6:56am 07.03.22 As @Maine Sail points out, it is power at the pump that decides the Bilge Pump capacity. The larger
IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING - AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH (HUGE QUESTION) Davidasailor26 at 6:53am 07.03.22 The water needs to cool the exhaust gasses before they enter the plastic muffler. If the gasses were
Windy.com update JamesG161 at 6:43am 07.03.22
Windy.com update jssailem at 6:37am 07.03.22 How I use the app I find it valuable to get a more complete look at the patterns that influence the
Windy.com update BlowMeAway at 6:31am 07.03.22
10 guage to 16 guage? jssailem at 6:30am 07.03.22 Lots of information. Yes. While the basics of DC are not complex, the rules are pretty exacting. The
Hunter 240 rigging travorgeron at 6:27am 07.03.22 Rgranger thanks for the reply. I will be back at the boat taking it out on Tuesday so I will try to
10 guage to 16 guage? jviss at 6:25am 07.03.22 Really, did you read the whole post? Let me quote: Emphasis added. Ah, gotcha. Thanks!

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