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40.5 Ditch wind at 6:36pm 03.11.13 Big Boats 12/1884 Any one know how many 40.5 where produced from 1990 to 1998. I think I have one of the last boat off
HT Prop Sizing FourPoints at 6:08pm 03.11.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1381 I currently have a 7.5" pitch 3 blade prop. going to switch to a 4 blade high thrust, my options are
Catalina Rendezvous, 2013 Coriolisbc at 5:44pm 03.11.13 Catalina 30 1/1609 Hi All; The 2013 Catalina Rendezvous is July 12 and 13, Telegraph Harbour Marina, on Thetis Island
Swetting Rudder Chris Bogle at 4:57pm 03.11.13 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1143 Is there metal inside the Oday 22' rudder? We are having a few days of above zero temps and there is
Head sail change on CDI Flex Furler CaptFred51 at 4:09pm 03.11.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1130 My 2002 Macgregor 26X came with a CDI Flex Furler with a 135 Genoa installed. It just blew out and
Kenyon 550 Stove Burner needed frankiedogs at 4:05pm 03.11.13 Parts Search 0/1023 I am rebuilding my Kenyon 550 alcohol stove and I need a new burner assembly. I actually only need t
Touring a M26s that is in the Puget Sound Babbleduck at 3:37pm 03.11.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1070 Hello everyone: I am preparing to acquire my first boat and have narrowed my choices to three ves
Boat Weght nelsonragnar at 3:33pm 03.11.13 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1868 Would any one out there know the weight of an O'Day 22' Including mast.I am calculating if I have e
Vang connection to mast ScottS at 3:27pm 03.11.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1867 Hi all, I've been lurking here for a while, but now I need some advice concerning the First 285 b
Solar Panel George68fs at 2:58pm 03.11.13 Ask All Sailors 8/2293 Would like to setup a solar panel on my O'Day 222. I have one 12V marine battery and basically the o
Cowl Vents Nahart51 at 2:07pm 03.11.13 Catalina 30 2/1159 Any one ever put screen or any such thing to keep critters and wasps from coming in the cowl vents o
9.2a Tiller to Wheel fharbison at 12:50pm 03.11.13 S2 5/1725 Just bought by 9.2A a couple months ago. It currently has tiller steering. When I look at most 9.2A
Keel Rust and Fairing Mark Nooney at 12:37pm 03.11.13 Mid-Size Boats 3/1214 Hi all I have a 1984 - 31. The boat is on the hard for a fresh coat of bottom paint. I inspected the
Table hardware on 1984 O'Day 222 JMAP06 at 12:29pm 03.11.13 Day Sailers 7/4112 Does anyone know what the hardware on the 1984 O'Day 222 table was called. They are metal tracks. On
End of H25 production Mr.Stress at 11:52am 03.11.13 Smaller Boats 4/1505 I am in the process of buying a 2009 H25 (have not closed yet). Can anyone tell me when they stoppe
Capsizing a C-22 Michael B at 10:49am 03.11.13 Catalina 22 35/20923 How easy is it to capsize a C-22, and what do you do if you are that unfortunate?
dock line caught in prop & engine wont start academic-one at 10:47am 03.11.13 Engines and Propulsion 3/1748 OMC End of season got dock line caught in prop ' some smoke in cabin. After sail engine wouldn't sta
prefeeder for hood below deck roller furler captmmac1 at 10:34am 03.11.13 Big Boats 1/1051 Need a prefeeder that will work with a below deck Hood roller furler? Having problems with the luff
Reefing Genoa? chasmoyer at 10:33am 03.11.13 Big Boats 9/1891 Can/should a 110% furling genoa be reefed (not fully furled out) when encountering 20+ knot winds?
Spring cleaning the sheets-what's best SJarvis at 9:02am 03.11.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/2117 We have a Hunter Legend 35.5 and living in Olympia WA where it's wet and damp our sheets get a bit g

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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=
Where to look for Replacement Trailers sigsgmret at 3:04pm 04.03.23 Last October I bought a new galvanized trailer with electric brakes for my 1994 wing keel Cat 22 fro
No bottom paint stickinthemud57 at 1:41pm 04.03.23 Add me to the "no you do not need bottom paint" crowd. When I bought my 26S, the previous owner kept
AITA? Racing situation that came up stickinthemud57 at 1:31pm 04.03.23
Speed/temp sensor wire splice capta at 1:23pm 04.03.23 After splicing the wires together and heat shrinking the connection, you might want to cover the who
No bottom paint capta at 1:17pm 04.03.23 Have an artist come in and paint a great white facing away from your hull and scare anybody coming a
AITA? Racing situation that came up Davidasailor26 at 1:15pm 04.03.23 Not sure if this applies to the situation. My second diagram might more accurately depict the other
Hunter 28 chainplate kloudie1 at 12:58pm 04.03.23 Welcome to the forum! The rod is screwed into a nut which is in an anchor in the grid beam. In order
AITA? Racing situation that came up stickinthemud57 at 12:57pm 04.03.23

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