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H19 trailer tampastockman at 6:29am 04.26.12 Smaller Boats 2/1140 I am picking up the H19 today. I have a trailer with rollers rather than bunks. The guy I got the tr
flooring for the Hunter water ballast boats Crazy Dave Condon at 6:22am 04.26.12 Smaller Boats 3/1668 Ladies and Gents The flooring that use to be offered thru the site store and Hunter is no longer a
Lowering Mast on H19 tampastockman at 6:21am 04.26.12 Smaller Boats 9/1799 I am going to pick up my H19 today. I will need to lower the mast. I am a big guy and strong (6'4 24
Pearson Wanderer John Bailey at 6:13am 04.26.12 Pearson 2/2573 I'm in the market for a Pearson Wanderer. Would like to hear anything that pertains to the boat --
Tall Ships - NYC lehigh375 at 5:24am 04.26.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1341 The tall ships will be coming from the south up the east coast for the parade into NY harbor at the
Restore teak Bigjer40 at 8:22pm 04.25.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1271 My 1984 H27 has teak grab rails topside and a strip just below the grab rails. They are very grey a
water tanks Golden Road at 7:58pm 04.25.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1760 Hey folks, I'm wondering what kind of water (drinking) tanks the O'Day 23 came with. My 1976 looks l
new keel winch cable GDTRFB at 7:46pm 04.25.12 Catalina 22 20/3750 I just picked up a new winch cable I had made. I showed the shop my old cable and wanted a new one
Engine Siezure Mystery Kallen at 7:41pm 04.25.12 Mid-Size Boats 11/2141 I am struggling with a perplexing mystery. A customer's Catalina 27 with an Universal diesel will c
Installing watermaker 393 Kordie at 7:39pm 04.25.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2949 After keeping an eye on the web I have found myself a brand new Katadyn 160 e Watermaker at a very g
Shaft Packing Size- 1982 H-30 Nelsonhow at 7:38pm 04.25.12 The Cherubini Hunters 2/987 Anyone remember the packing size for the shaft packing on a 1982 H-30 with a 1" shaft all originally
Hanging Blocks for Lazy Jacks/Stack Pack jimfrankelly at 7:29pm 04.25.12 Smaller Boats 0/1110 Matt at the Ottawa Chandlery suggested I use Llifting Eyenuts to hang the blocks for the Lazy Jacks/
Someone Else's Cherubini H37C rardiH36 at 7:15pm 04.25.12 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1413 I acknowledge that SBO forums shouldn't be a platform for boats for sale. But on this Cherubini for
Steering/Rudder Problems ljfiorenza at 7:12pm 04.25.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/2604 THe steering on my 1988 Catalina has always, in the three years I have owned her, been stiff, compar
engine won't start newboatowner at 7:06pm 04.25.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 13/3362 I have a Catalina 30 with a 1985 M18 Universal engine that started giving me trouble at the end of l
VHF radio COCKPIT Plug bobcat30 at 6:40pm 04.25.12 Catalina 30 3/1306 The VHF plug in the cockpit does not make a good contact to the female end of the cockpit mic. I se
Water Pressure System drbobfarra at 5:58pm 04.25.12 Pearson 2/1512 I just sailed my 1990 27' Pearson from Milwaukee to Montrose Harbor in Chicago. This is my first sa
Unconventional Bottom Paint rgranger at 5:43pm 04.25.12 Ask All Sailors 18/5167 Hey All I'm hoping for some advice on the use of graphite bottom paint. I've read a lot about it o
Bronze cleaning Ted at 5:25pm 04.25.12 Ask All Sailors 11/8306 I'm looking for suggestions on how to clean my cast bronze seacock before I reinstall it. The surfac
Stainless grab rails O'day 28 (2) tcwaltz at 5:25pm 04.25.12 Bigger Boats 8/2199 As much as I like the look of teak inside my boat, I'm not a huge fan of it on the outside. The pre

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Tell-tail windows in genoa (1) dlochner at 7:08am 12.11.22 Thanks for the replies. I know the theory and why the tell tales should be streaming evenly and brea
Tell-tail windows in genoa Sandy Stone at 7:03am 12.11.22 It is certainly possible for the outside, leeward telltale to not stream properly while the inside o
Boat documentation Crusty Ol Salt at 6:51am 12.11.22 I think that's the big thing people forget. You will one day sell the boat, so why not help yourse
Tell-tail windows in genoa jssailem at 6:43am 12.11.22
Go Army... kappykaplan at 6:37am 12.11.22
Go Army... Brian D at 6:34am 12.11.22 One thing for sure about the meets of Army vs Navy, through the 2022 meeting, Navy leads the series
House battery recommendations jssailem at 6:26am 12.11.22 @Marmalade An interesting suggestion. I had not heard about this little miracle device. Looking in
Tell-tail windows in genoa dlochner at 6:19am 12.11.22 I wonder if it is possible to have the inner tell tale streaming perfectly and the outer telltale no
Tell-tail windows in genoa Hayden Watson at 6:15am 12.11.22 @jssailem I agree that on a day like that photo was taken they are completely uneeded but when it is
Boat Smells! Breezy1 at 6:08am 12.11.22 no need but nice to hear ifthe comments you receive are helpful Yes I totally agree.....feedback is
Boat Smells! Breezy1 at 6:01am 12.11.22 Put the cushion into a garbage bag and suck down with a wet-vac. The cushions are now dewatered e
Winterizing the A/C Semper Sailor at 5:39am 12.11.22 Thanks, Sailors! I used a small sump pump in the bucket to push the antifreeze into the system. Wo
House battery recommendations (1) Marmalade at 5:31am 12.11.22 26ft boat... weekends, flexible to power extras... what about a portable power station? They have a
Tell-tail windows in genoa (1) jssailem at 5:24am 12.11.22 Agree with @dlochner that the sail cloth is translucent and telltales made from red/green nylon are
Will Webasto/Diesel Heater exhaust condensate damage gelcoat? Exhaust port installation on C34mkii- freeboard or transom (1) jssailem at 5:13am 12.11.22 When I installed my Wallas heater the ScanMarine tech was helpful in locating the exhaust thru-hull.
Tell-tail windows in genoa dlochner at 5:12am 12.11.22 I have never had telltale windows and never felt the need. Generally sail cloth is translucent enoug
Mixing elbow (yes, another one) Yanmar 3YM20 vandiver at 4:05am 12.11.22 You could have something like this and not know it : n opening of about 3/8" through the deposited
Tell-tail windows in genoa Davidasailor26 at 3:42am 12.11.22 We have 3 sets of tails, with a window for the lowest set. In our case the lowest set is the only on
Tell-tail windows in genoa shemandr at 3:29am 12.11.22 I would say middle only. That I would consider that the average of twist. Top ones I can rarely se
Tell-tail windows in genoa garymalmgren at 12:35am 12.11.22 I had a window on my old furling Genoa. It was about 5 feet up from the deck and easy to see. The sa

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