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Mast crutch (1) LloydB at 12:23pm 04.06.12 Trailer Sailors 9/18012 I saw this question on a recent thread and it reflects my earlier experience also. "...what do yo
What is your band aid for spider web cracks in fiberglass? Bigjer40 at 12:17pm 04.06.12 Ask All Sailors 9/3978 Repairing these hairline cracks are way down on my to do list, but I want to make sure I am protecti
Info on a 1994 Catalina 250WB abk at 11:58am 04.06.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1308 I have a Mac 25 now and I am looking at a Catalina... What would be a good price fror one? I read s
Lubricating Sail Slugs Paul and Judy at 11:26am 04.06.12 Ask All Sailors 24/13807 I have been told a good method for lubricating sail slugs is to use 10W-40 motor oil. You add some
Bootstripe color repair captainpat at 11:18am 04.06.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1553 The boat I have purchased has some abrasions on the blue boot stripe that have gone through the colo
Helm Seat falcons furry at 8:58am 04.06.12 Ask All Sailors 4/1638 I have a Starwind 27 and I'm looking for a helm seat. Please let me know if anyone knows where I can
Spreader Angle and sail trim jpallen01 at 5:46am 04.06.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 13/15235 I am in my second season with my 1979 Santana 525. Pretty much a racing boat. 25' and 2400 lb keelbo
Irwin 27 Centerboard repair stewvan at 5:46am 04.06.12 Irwin 0/2929 Seems like a common issue with irwin's that the centerboards have issues over time. The boat I just
Hunter 216 and its VERA rudder Abernathy at 5:25am 04.06.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/2287 So I have given alot of thought to the fact that when I took my daughter (9) out sailing in light wi
Replacing Tiller Squidder at 5:01am 04.06.12 S2 3/1455 Can anyone give me a company who sells tillers for S2 7.9? I have done some research but come up em
Pre-purchase HELP...Yanmar 4JH3-TE undrwtrfun at 4:45am 04.06.12 Engines and Propulsion 11/6996 Pre-purchase survey of a 2002 Hunter 456 we are trying to buy revealed an issue with the engine. Of
"BREEZE WAY" shade net /cloth eianm at 4:31am 04.06.12 Big Boats 1/1128 I am not sure if it is called BREEZE WAY in America but I am talking about the shadecloth type mater
Secure Laptops At Nav-Station Ducati at 3:29am 04.06.12 Ask All Sailors 10/2948 Any suggestions (non-drilling) for securing my laptop (Mac) at the navigation station? Right now we
Hunter 340 Raymond Fjeld at 1:29am 04.06.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1558 Hello and happy Easter. I have a 98 model Hunter 340, and search for drawings to my cocpit kallesje.
Pearson 33CB 1973 Rudder Shoe quackedo at 12:15am 04.06.12 Pearson 0/1217 Help!!! I hit something with my rudder (somehow) and the Rudder Shoe fell off the boat. I am lookin
Yawl Mizzen Mast Jonah367 at 10:55pm 04.05.12 Ask All Sailors 10/3459 Do any one know if mizzen mast could steeped on the rudder. ie the mast set on the rudder, on a sma
How do I post pic's to my posts? Bigjer40 at 8:55pm 04.05.12 Ask All Sailors 18/2249 How do I post pic's to my posts? Do I need to start an online picture gallery or something???? Th
Replacing deck caps for fuel/water intake D Hardman at 8:43pm 04.05.12 Catalina 30 17/5655 For a 1987 Catalina 30 MKII: I would like some input concerning my existing plastic caps for my in
Painting inside the cabin? Costy at 8:10pm 04.05.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 18/4541 So I got inside of the cabin and there is a lot of mold SPORES from the previous owner, first thing
Lewmar 40 Winch Maintenance on Hunter 33.5 jstaff9208 at 7:28pm 04.05.12 Mid-Size Boats 0/1170 I purchased a 93 Hunter 33.5 for the 2011 season. One of my projects this spring is to clean and re-

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standing rigging juan rius at 4:12am 10.20.22 Not at the moment but yes i live there
alternatives for 26-27ft shoal draft David in Sandusky at 3:28am 10.20.22
Hull Condition on a 1980 22 ft sailboat jssailem at 3:05am 10.20.22 Welcome to the SBO forum. It sounds like you have been bitten by the sailing bug. Ready to jump into
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust Hayden Watson at 9:55pm 10.19.22 It is very true that if you use a 12v pump it must not run if the engine is not turning. The conseq
Catalina 310 Shaft Removal BigEasy at 9:50pm 10.19.22 Helped a friend remove his shaft on a Catalina 350 w/o removing rudder. With rudder in specific loc
Plastic Teak Toe Rails - Looking for opinions and feedback Richard19068 at 9:49pm 10.19.22 Looks great. Thanks for the inspiration. Have you done anything with your eyebrows?
sand and finish Teak and aHolly BigEasy at 9:42pm 10.19.22 Finished the sole on my 1988 hunter 33.5 many years ago. Sanded lightly with 220/320, vacuumed, w
Kirie Elite 29 Elite29Owner at 9:24pm 10.19.22
Kirie Elite 29 sail sfbay at 9:20pm 10.19.22 Welcome to the forum!! The Kirie Elite Elite 29 in your Avatar is awesome!!
sand and finish Teak and aHolly Mark Maulden at 8:23pm 10.19.22 Seadek??
Hull Condition on a 1980 22 ft sailboat Dnea at 7:25pm 10.19.22 The owner says that it is where barnacles were scraped off so to me that sounds better than blisters
I'm picking up a new to me '87 H23 tomorrow. jaysweet at 6:52pm 10.19.22 Correct. I found one for $2000. The sails look good, the hull is solid, the trailer made it home, a
chartplotter BC Bernie at 6:40pm 10.19.22 I installed the Garmin 942 as well and bridged the existing SeaTalk network with NMEA2K.
Winter Cover Jstonge at 6:27pm 10.19.22 Location, Location, Location... It really depends on where you are.. Sounds like you are either at
Catalina 310 Shaft Removal SwanSong at 6:26pm 10.19.22 Well I have answered my own question... The rudder NEEDS TO BE LOWERED enough to remove the shaft on
sand and finish Teak and aHolly Siamese at 6:25pm 10.19.22 Veneer for sure. I'd be thinking of it as being the thickness of a piece of copy paper. 220 is fin
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida dLj at 5:10pm 10.19.22 @Davidasailor26 - I didn't even think to open up Navionics... In complex waterways especially like t
Water Does not Come out the Exhaust Tally Ho at 5:04pm 10.19.22
Clipper Marine 21' As The Story as it was told, newly weds purchased in 1975, sola fide at 5:02pm 10.19.22 Hey thank you for the kind responses. It sure sails great and it is fast for when I sailed it went
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida (1) Davidasailor26 at 4:59pm 10.19.22 Not sure about slack tide, typically I just look at times for high and low tide. If you want more g

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