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wood on a sailboat trainmanjess at 1:34pm 03.01.13 Ask All Sailors 13/2146 hello all i find myself in a pickle right now. i recently bought a Mac25 sailboat, and i have remo
Speakers Mounted Underneath Stern Rail Seats c130king at 12:37pm 03.01.13 Catalina 310 12/5913 I have 11 year old speakers in NAVPOD housings. Believe the speakers are MA-7500. But both are sho
Raymarine Raypilot 65 remote LCD display OEM? Skip Gundlach at 11:26am 03.01.13 Parts Search 0/1324 Raymarine Raypilot 65 remote LCD display OEM? I have a remote which is the aged twin to this:
1985 Hunter 25.5 - bulge pump? whyistherumgone at 10:03am 03.01.13 Smaller Boats 5/3768 Can anyone tell me if the 1985 Hunter 25.5 came with a bilge pump and if so where was it installed.
Source for Morse Shaft Bearing Solstice at 9:43am 03.01.13 Ask All Sailors 4/942 Hoping someone can point me to a source for a Morse CB. I'm not familiar with the sources that poppe
strun tube harryjoe at 9:01am 03.01.13 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1055 I have a cherubini 33 hunter model 1980 and need to replace sturn tube. Need info on where to buy o
Looking for a captian's test book frankiedogs at 8:55am 03.01.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1518 I am looking for a copy of Get Your Captain's License, Fourth Edition for a relatively reasonable (r
How to start a C27 Atomic 4 gagabriele at 7:05am 03.01.13 Mid-Size Boats 17/6929 I've just acquired a '79 C27 which I will be taking ownership of this Wednesday. The boat has an inb
Shroud covers/rollers? Brian S at 6:47am 03.01.13 Day Sailers 1/1806 So, my 192 came with white tubular plastic covers on the upper and lower shrouds, only a foot or 18"
Renegade Owners KenHann1 at 6:09am 03.01.13 Pearson 0/1565 Greetings - as a new Renegade owner, 1966, hull no 86, looking around for other owners to chat with.
20' O'Day daysailer moored on sand psarocco at 6:02am 03.01.13 Ask An Oday Owner 10/3068 Hello, Can a 20' Oday with a retractable centerboard be moored in a bay where low tide will bring th
Reedville to Hampton Roger Long at 5:36am 03.01.13 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 7/4084 It was indeed a blustery night, even in what looked like it would make a good hurricane hole. I was
Furled 323 jib circumference wrbeglin at 5:19am 03.01.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1376 I'm making a sleeve from a sailrite kit for my stock 116% jib. Unfortunately my boat is winterized s
H34 Cabin Facelift (5) Dave19957 at 3:57am 03.01.13 Big Boats 8/1336 I've had and loved my 1983 H34 for 14 years. This being her 30Th anniversary year, I wanted to give
a 30' boat with at least 6'2" headroom Hypobaric at 10:22pm 02.28.13 Ask All Sailors 11/3329 Good evening, It really didn't use to bother me much, but the older I get the more annoyed I get at
Anchor windlass Hunter 290 puppet at 9:31pm 02.28.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1739 Hunter 290 Help. My age and back demand a windlass! Anyone install one on a Hunter 290? Which one, h
how.to remove.hatch.board.rails tospappy at 8:00pm 02.28.13 Catalina 22 12/1617 How are the hatch board rails attached on a 1988 Cat 22? I see no screws or plugs. If screwed from
Tell me hummingbirdbassist at 6:44pm 02.28.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1677 While visiting old girl this week upon a more thorough look I found these little fractures on both s
Fuel cap for H336 Dmac336 at 6:08pm 02.28.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1385 I dropped my fuel cap overboard last season and was unable to find a proper replacement size that fi
MacG-25 tends to sink or float after swallowing water Fernando A. Guerra at 5:08pm 02.28.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 17/3794 I just acquired a MacGregor-25. Before I face strong winds, could an experienced (in McG-25) sailor

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Sailing Brownsville TX A6C5O7 at 9:51am 06.26.22 I was stationed at Naval Air Station corpus and kitesurfed laguna madre for three years. It was ver
USCG Documentation Renewal Trap BigEasy at 9:28am 06.26.22 Had a friend who recently received the same notification. He complained to me about the renewal cos
Good exercise of older boaters Brian D at 9:26am 06.26.22 Water balloons and water cannons Less damage than a spud wacking you. Unless one needs spuds for d
Looking at a 1987 MacGregor 26D Kenflyet at 9:23am 06.26.22 In addition to the usual sail, motor, trailer, etc. condition, you want to check out the ballast ta
Water pump on a 2002 Beneteau 331 BigEasy at 9:14am 06.26.22 By all means, check the aforementioned items listed by Kappy, John, & Ralph. I have other thoughts,
Catalina 22' MK II Bilge Delamination Stringer leak jssailem at 9:13am 06.26.22 Clean up is first and foremost finding and controlling (stopping) the source. Is the boat in the wa
Catalina 22' MK II Bilge Delamination Stringer leak jssailem at 9:11am 06.26.22 Welcome to the SBO forum, Could it be coming from the hose? Where does the hose start and where doe
Raymarine C80 Chartplotter Charts - 2005 Hunter 36 drm1 at 9:05am 06.26.22 Great news! First, the chart plotter seems to have come back alive after i did a factory reset. Th
USCG Documentation Renewal Trap Don S/V ILLusion at 8:57am 06.26.22 Barnum was right. Good job recognizing it.
"Powersport" and Lawn and Garden Tractor Batteries as Starting Batteries jviss at 8:54am 06.26.22 As far as I can tell, from internet research, the vast majority of flooded lead acid battery failure
Water pump on a 2002 Beneteau 331 Ralph Johnstone at 8:49am 06.26.22 My vote is also air ingress in any fittings on the SUCTION side of the water pump.
Emerald Bay, Catalina Island Rick D at 8:44am 06.26.22 Didnt mean to imply that Emerald is bad all the time, cuz as you said its not. Thats the love part
Good places in BC to buy Catalina Mast? jssailem at 8:39am 06.26.22 You could try to match the extrusion design to one provided by Dwyer... https://www.dwyermast.com/fa
Hypalon vs pvc gettinthere at 8:37am 06.26.22 Yep. The old stuff was good stuff.
Hunter 376 Anchor Rode to Locker Routing (1) jssailem at 8:28am 06.26.22 it doesn't feel like the system would work just "free standing." Hi Doug, Some thoughts, though I
Emerald Bay, Catalina Island Rick at 8:13am 06.26.22 Didnt mean to imply that Emerald is bad all the time, cuz as you said its not. Thats the love part!
Hunter 26.5 owners. (1) jssailem at 8:10am 06.26.22 With this image of the 26.5 you can see there is some space between the mast head and the top of the
Schaefer 2100 furler bearings jssailem at 8:02am 06.26.22 Very nice. With the two side by side it is easy to decide which on you want on the forestay adjustin
Water pump on a 2002 Beneteau 331 jssailem at 7:57am 06.26.22 Hi Arthur. The 331 is a very nice boat. The water appears to be surging (spurting in the video). The
Water pump on a 2002 Beneteau 331 kappykaplan at 7:51am 06.26.22 Air leaks could be one of several problems. Do the faucets have aerator screens? They could have j

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