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De-funk-ifying your cabin cushions 23 foot Escape at 11:20pm 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 20/14741 This is a call to all who have dealt with buying an all too neglected sailboat. My own being a Hunte
Introducing Myself DavyBones at 10:42pm 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 6/1822 Greetings Everyone, In some of the other forums I am a part of there are places to introduce yourse
Advice on travel San Diego to Mexico Kordie at 9:57pm 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1296 Hey guys, Getting ready to leave Australia for a bit. I fly into SD later this month en route to m
Boat pixs Brad Woodward at 9:48pm 09.09.12 Catalina 30 1/1433 The Admiral and I went for the day out to the Coronado Islands off of San Diego yesterday. We saw a
Unique Sail One-Upmanship ... Me First "Blue-Dot-Pox" (1) rardiH36 at 9:24pm 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2429 Anybody put creative juices into doing a special look for the most visible part of your boat when ou
Newport 30 Advise steveas0321 at 7:34pm 09.09.12 Newport 3/5327 I am currently entertaining the thought of buying a Newport 30 that has been severely neglected by t
Catalina 25---27 littlescoop at 7:09pm 09.09.12 Smaller Boats 6/2508 Just sold my cat 22 with swing keal... Does anyone know what is the next step up....I'm ready to pu
C-30 Opening Ports - Do they exist? DHooper at 7:06pm 09.09.12 Catalina 30 23/6543 I have a 1981 Catalina 30 and interested in replacing the standard fixed ports with opening ports. U
sold littlescoop at 7:05pm 09.09.12 Catalina 22 6/1367 Sold my cat 22 today and now looking for a bigger swing keal...any help on whats good I would apprec
NOT A CRUISER ANY MORE, sob, sob..... capta at 6:52pm 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 12/3563 As resistant to new ideas as us old sea dogs are, sometimes we must bend with the wind. So after acc
tangled halyard mortyd at 5:30pm 09.09.12 Catalina 30 24/4928 once in a while we return to the boat to find the main halyard tangled around the mast and tangled t
Autohelm ST60 manual Grant0449 at 5:28pm 09.09.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/1327 Does anyone know where I can get an ST60 operating manual? I am having trouble setting the depth me
topping lift question mortyd at 5:25pm 09.09.12 Catalina 30 8/4490 our boat is a late mkii and we need to replace the topping lift. doing what the p.o. did is no answe
Things that go splash. UPSGUY at 4:32pm 09.09.12 Catalina 22 27/3395 Perhaps I'm a little clumsy . But when rigging the main don't you think we could rig something bette
Right of way? dparilla at 4:28pm 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 44/7876 So I am coming home after a great afternoon sail, we have just dropped the main and furled the jib t
Sacrificial Cloth on Head Sail (1) DinoKanuck at 4:03pm 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 8/6631 Ahoy from Balmy New Brunswick: Got a first look at a potential boat yesterday and saw that a headsa
Boat possessed by devil. Chris Patterson at 3:58pm 09.09.12 Catalina 22 33/4094 Here's a strange one. Of course, coming from me, what else could it be. Leaving the boat this after
Need Advice on Upper Chesapeake Bay - Harve de Grace MD spadaforaj at 3:21pm 09.09.12 Ask All Sailors 11/5653 Need some advice - just relocating from Raleigh NC, where our Hunter 33 with a 5 foot draft is slipp
What size is the stern tube on a P31? Nautiflyer at 3:07pm 09.09.12 Pearson 0/1507 I want change the shaft seal on my 1989 Pearson P31. I know the shaft is 1" dia, but the stren tube
swing keel down????DAAAAAAAAAAAAAA barniclebob at 2:46pm 09.09.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1445 Sounds pretty dumb but I cant find the dog or release lever to bring down my keel 1979 cat 25.Help!!

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New England Boat Show 2023 Mark Maulden at 8:11am 02.20.23
Autohelm st4000 display head lcd replacement Calif. Ted at 7:55am 02.20.23 I've purchased new screens from a guy named Dan (?) on Ebay in Durango, CO. mtnsail970 on eBay
Summer dreaming (2) Scott T-Bird at 7:47am 02.20.23 When I'm in Montana in the winter, I can't think of any reason why I would be thinking about sailing
deck latch Project_Mayhem at 7:43am 02.20.23 Chances are this is a generic boat part made by a third party manufacturer. Looking at pics online,
Catalina 310 Icebox Drain SV At Last at 7:42am 02.20.23 Great idea. I have unfortunately already gotten a thru hull that has the nut fitted from underneath
Reefing Sail Trim Morgan donor at 7:33am 02.20.23 Agreed that one is more likely to pull the undersized reefing blocks off the boom of a production bo
protecting deck and nonslip PJL at 7:22am 02.20.23 Some good information already stated. In your area you are not likely to notice this, but during su
Water system leak Scott T-Bird at 7:01am 02.20.23 I'm assuming your boat is in the water over the winter on Lake Texoma? If that's the case, I have a
Beneteau 381 stanchion loose Tally Ho at 6:54am 02.20.23
New England Boat Show 2023 dlochner at 6:49am 02.20.23 That's been the trend in regional boat shows for a while. There's no money in showing big sailboats
Autohelm st4000 display head lcd replacement seadaddler at 6:48am 02.20.23 Yes I also am interested in LCD screen replacement where to get.
Oven Repair Tally Ho at 6:46am 02.20.23 Welcome to SBO. Eno ovens are now owned by the same company that owns Force 10 stoves. On the Forc
New England Boat Show 2023 Scott T-Bird at 6:44am 02.20.23 Lesson learned ... stay away from Bahhhhston! It would be interesting to attend a boat show that wa
Water system leak Project_Mayhem at 6:40am 02.20.23 If you don't like the idea of potentially dyeing something with food coloring, you can buy non-toxic
Any experience with Viper line from New England ropes? Scott T-Bird at 6:17am 02.20.23 "Failure" may be a little too strong a definition for what I am referencing. I'm not sure what the
Summer dreaming (1) DaveJ at 6:03am 02.20.23
Summer dreaming (1) jssailem at 5:43am 02.20.23 This winter has been more wet that snow. But I remember the Christmas of 2021.
Oven Repair Caboteur at 5:26am 02.20.23 Please find the parts page at the site below. From the technical drawing and my own two burner ENO:
1984 ODay 34 keel shemandr at 5:26am 02.20.23 I think that for an iron keel a little rust is like for a women being a little pregnant.
1984 ODay 34 keel Arrgh at 5:02am 02.20.23 Thanks for the article. Lots of good info in there!

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