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Video - Anchor Storage Box on my Small Sailboat sailingandsuch at 1:01pm 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2022 I had trouble finding a good place to store my anchor while cruising on my little sailboat so I ende
H34 - Received X-5 Autopilot need suggestions for placemen PGIJon at 11:42am 04.12.12 Big Boats 5/1328 Hi Everyone. Pretty excited, I just received the X-5 Autopilot for our 1986 H34. I know that the p
Raymarine ST 60 Wind Linearizing Chris Burti at 11:04am 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 10/4591 I've had this issue since 2007 and have been unsuccessful in finding a solution. Problem: ST 60 Wi
Connecting a GPS device to my VHF knothead at 10:48am 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 22/8840 We have a Standard Horizon GX 1500E VHF radio onboard. We would like to connect a GPS device to the
Odd NOAA Chart update kpgraci at 10:34am 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 8/1709 I use NOAA chart 11369 47th Ed. Sep/09 for Lake Pontchartrain that I downloaded from NOAA's site las
VHF Connectors Tsatzsue at 10:20am 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2947 I am in the process of relocating my VHF antenna to the masthead. I was wondering if anyone knows if
Installing Ray Marine X5 wheel pilot breezy at 9:25am 04.12.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1130 Catalina c-27, 1984 Would like some info on running the cables and instrument locations on a partic
Irwin 30' rekcots at 9:03am 04.12.12 Irwin 2/3682 Confused as to if we have purchased a 30' boat.......This Irwin has wheel steering and a Yanmar Dies
Build a Spinnaker from a Surplus Parachute? (2) RobertLangdirect at 8:45am 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 11/5850 I searched the past forums and did not find anything on this. I went to the boat show and did not
Preventative Maintenence that never gets done geoffschultz at 7:51am 04.12.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2387 Yesterday I had to pull the head Y valve to clean and grease it so that it would turn. The instruct
1980 Ericson 30 Questions and Advise irisharmada at 7:26am 04.12.12 Ericson 2/5814 Good Morning Everyone, I have the opportunity to take possession of a 1980 Ericson 30 for the treme
H23 Rotten Deck Core at Mast (3) carboman at 5:45am 04.12.12 Smaller Boats 7/1749 While working on the area around my mast, I realized the wood core was still wet. I tried to dry it
Stay Tension sailliny at 5:03am 04.12.12 Catalina 310 0/1248 Done any one know the specification on the stay tension on the 310? I have a friend that has a meter
Great Catalina 30 Photos rbmcintire at 4:01am 04.12.12 Catalina 30 9/5424 Some may already have dug these up, but they were new to me. Great being able to see various rigging
Anyone sail from Chicagoland to Florida? STXCUTTTER at 11:27pm 04.11.12 Ask All Sailors 11/2754 :cussing:
Rope Clutches SVPardonMyFrench at 10:07pm 04.11.12 Big Boats 6/1516 Hi All - I want to replace my aging rope clutches on my 93 40.5 would anyone know where i can
Ten Year + Bottom Paint .................... Ralph Johnstone at 9:55pm 04.11.12 Ask All Sailors 7/2180 .......................... life expectancy, at least that's what they claim. Has anyone ever tried
One hand washes the other jfrench at 8:33pm 04.11.12 Catalina 22 4/1206 Have any of you replaced the hand-pumped galley faucet with an electric pump? I use the galley sink
Mac25 Mainsheet Traveler Anton at 8:09pm 04.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2425 Hi... Does anyone have a photo (or a really good description) of how to properly rig the mainsheet t
Splish Splash :) c_witch at 7:59pm 04.11.12 Trailer Sailors 4/2485 Ok well I have today ordered 4 Quick Attach eye terminals so that I can shorten the shrouds on our b

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Sleeping in the Walmart Parking Lot Tedd at 12:30pm 10.21.22 But as that says... Ask the manager. As I mentioned earlier, that's not really necessary because t
Recycled rope (lines) ? thinwater at 12:11pm 10.21.22 This is also why the sunburned, brittle bottles you find on beaches go in the trash, not the recycle
Recycled rope (lines) ? JBP-PA at 11:59am 10.21.22 Does anyone really know what rPET is ? Seems to be something more than just polyester when you di
Recycled rope (lines) ? thinwater at 11:53am 10.21.22 I've been using recycled PET from Marlow for ~ 4 years. No problems. The specs are somewhat lower.
alternatives for 26-27ft shoal draft Timm R Oday25 at 11:52am 10.21.22 Scott ,that's damn fine boat for the money. If i was closer ,I just might have to go take a look .
Alternator (1) tfox2069 at 11:23am 10.21.22 So here's the wiring diagram for a Balmar external alternator regulator from the Balmar manual. Its
Can anyone identify this manufacturer? jssailem at 11:21am 10.21.22 On Sailing Anarchy in the gear forum there are a number of posts that describe the company and produ
Can anyone identify this manufacturer? jssailem at 11:17am 10.21.22 Company Name: STEARN SAILING SYSTEMS, INC. Entity Type: DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION Fi
Recycled rope (lines) ? jssailem at 11:16am 10.21.22 Well it is not your dog and cat... Ground up, recycled pop bottles is the description on the tech s
CDI FF2 (2) patbratton at 11:14am 10.21.22 Picture of upper toggle please There is no upper toggle on the fore stay. It has a Tee Ball connec
Its funny Friday! (1) rgranger at 10:48am 10.21.22 Okay... one more for the week....
Can anyone identify this manufacturer? (1) Hollyberry at 10:48am 10.21.22 210255 Guys.. I found it...
Its funny Friday! (1) rgranger at 10:37am 10.21.22 210252
Recycled rope (lines) ? Ralph Johnstone at 10:33am 10.21.22 Does anyone really know what rPET is ? Seems to be something more than just polyester when you di
Can anyone identify this manufacturer? Apex at 10:22am 10.21.22 Hard to tell...........maybe CDI since they have manufacturing them since 1979 Headsail Roller Furl
ODay 22 cabin floor (1) jssailem at 10:21am 10.21.22 Welcome Harry to the SBO forum. n O'Day22 I found on line. Is that what your question is about? I
Recycled rope (lines) ? jssailem at 10:10am 10.21.22 Not enough info to judge this material as a reliable boat product. I would be inclined to buy a leng
New Mac 25 owner rgranger at 9:53am 10.21.22 :beer:
Recycled rope (lines) ? kloudie1 at 9:48am 10.21.22 looks like they didn't quite get the metric conversion correct... 12 mm is not a 1/2" line, just a b
New Mac 25 owner Wyo George at 9:45am 10.21.22

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