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new sailboat owner trainmanjess at 8:13am 12.25.12 Ask All Sailors 17/3469 hello to all.... i am new to the sailboat scene.... i just bought my 1st sailboat, a MacGregor 25...
Peaceful Christmas Roger Long at 5:25am 12.25.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 6/2172 I woke up to the sound of bird calls I have never heard before segueing smoothly into church bells
Boatyard Misery SailMaster at 5:08am 12.25.12 Ask All Sailors 24/4573 Our project (Deck Resurfacing) in the boat yard has become less interesting to the contractor we hir
Beneteau Oceanic 400,1995 LADY ZU at 4:51am 12.25.12 Parts Search 1/9972 Hi,we are looking for used all 3 coachroof hatches LEWMAR for BENETEAU OCEANIS 400,YEAR 1995. Used
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C&C 35Mark 1 Sailboat owners manual gabriel32724 at 10:11pm 12.24.12 C&C 1/3848 I have a 35' C'C sailboat, would like to get my hands on a owners manual, or get some help with info
asking about head in 7.3 rbyham at 8:06pm 12.24.12 S2 7/2236 I have been looking for a first sailboat and recently came across a 7.3 in very good condition. One
Merry Christmas! Trinkka at 7:19pm 12.24.12 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1064 Merry Christmas everyone from Taunton, "The Christmas City." Click on this link and hit the tab, "T
Anchor Buddy merlinuxo at 6:49pm 12.24.12 Trailer Sailors 6/4607 Saw this and thought it might be handy for a beachable boat http://www.tuggyproducts.com/anchorbuddy
Charleston SC Sailing in January Tom Hoffman at 5:34pm 12.24.12 Trailer Sailors 12/6939 My wife and I will be in Charleston, SC in mid January for 3-4 days and would like to sail. Does an
Folding Door / Curtin SDSailor50 at 4:26pm 12.24.12 Catalina 30 3/2352 Does any one know where I could get a replacment for the Folding Door or Curtin that closes off the
Who is the designer of the new 40? Andreas7699 at 2:15pm 12.24.12 Big Boats 2/1153 Anybody who knows who designed the hull? It is with chines. Regards Andreas
Simple Cruisers from Maine Roger Long at 1:45pm 12.24.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/2387 I left in the dark this morning in hopes to make Beaufort before the rain. Travel on the waterway i
Season's Greetings! Jim Legere at 11:56am 12.24.12 The Cherubini Hunters 5/1679 Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to the best bunch of sailors on the internet! Peace and best wishes
'95 H26, Anyone installed shore power and Air Cond +? abk at 11:02am 12.24.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2153 '95 H26, Anyone installed shore power and Air Cond. Photos, plans, etc, thoughts, TY
O'Day Sailboats Trinkka at 10:45am 12.24.12 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1391 I joined an O'Day Blog a while back on facebook and uploaded a lot of my pics and info to it under t
2004 H33 Teak maintenance products meb135 at 10:30am 12.24.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1299 Just purchased a 2004 H33 and looking for some more detailed information on the products used to mai
San juan island cruising pjclmft at 9:14am 12.24.12 Catalina 22 25/11075 This June I want to cruise the San Juan's from Anacortes in my c22. I have navionics on my phone an
ST4000 Help Deliquescent at 8:06am 12.24.12 Catalina 30 10/2629 Towards the end of the season my ST4000 Auothelm became unusable. When I turned it on and engaged it
Generator experience with NextGen 5.5 smokey73 at 7:50am 12.24.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1665 Does anyone have any experience with a NextGen 5.5 KW generator? Things like reliability, longevity

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Is there any safety issues with boats not having backstays? Davidasailor26 at 6:43pm 02.16.23
Is there any safety issues with boats not having backstays? dlochner at 6:42pm 02.16.23 Welcome to SBO. Some rigs are designed to have a back stay, some not. Hunter used a B & R rig on a
Question on Teak Davidasailor26 at 6:37pm 02.16.23 This is one of those religious topics where there isn't a right answer, just personal preferences.
can you mix winch and winch handle brands? Davidasailor26 at 6:26pm 02.16.23 Mostly I find the locking mechanism to be a PITA. In 40 years of sailing I've never been on a boat
Dinghy repair follow up Project_Mayhem at 6:06pm 02.16.23 The Flex Seal spray doesn't work well for this application. I'm guessing it lasted about two months
can you mix winch and winch handle brands? dlochner at 5:53pm 02.16.23 The winch handle will fit in a Harken winch. The sockets have been standardized for decades. The loc
Dockside water connection (1) Don S/V ILLusion at 5:44pm 02.16.23 Kind of an over -simplified diagram but it shows the proper connection point
Internet and telephone while off-shore in Canadian Pacific Northwest Hello Below at 5:41pm 02.16.23 One word - Starlink
can you mix winch and winch handle brands? jssailem at 5:39pm 02.16.23 Tony The answer is general... Maybe. I have several different brands of winch handles on the boat an
Dockside water connection Capt Robbie at 5:37pm 02.16.23
Funny Friday!!! (1) jssailem at 5:28pm 02.16.23 213026
3jh5e impeller replacement Terry Cox at 4:52pm 02.16.23 I trust yours is the same gasket that looks like it's made from toilet paper Yup. Tissue paper thi
Question on Teak TimFromLI at 4:34pm 02.16.23 I used Cetol with great results for exterior. If you want to use a gloss be sure to read the label,
Question on Teak dmax at 4:19pm 02.16.23 I've used SEMCO - my experience was that it didn't last that long, needed to be re-applied after 2-3
Towing a pram shemandr at 4:05pm 02.16.23 We're going to need pictures, you know!
I have come to the conclusion DaveJ at 4:04pm 02.16.23
Dinghy repair follow up Ken13559 at 3:48pm 02.16.23 Thank you. I suppose it'll work for PVC Dinghy as well. I've been using HH-66 PVC Cement for ages an
I have come to the conclusion RussC at 3:39pm 02.16.23
Hello to the community Tally Ho at 3:39pm 02.16.23
Hello to the community RSHunter27 at 3:32pm 02.16.23 Yes sir just outside Austin

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