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400 half model Captain Tay at 2:23pm 12.08.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1258 Any one know where I can buy a good half model of a Catalina 400 Mk11?
S2 8.0B Restoration Project BitterGnat at 1:29pm 12.08.11 S2 10/4879 Hello All, New member here. Just acquired a very neglected S2 8.0B. The former owner could not ma
Southport Anchor Report Roger Long at 12:10pm 12.08.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2050 (See here for the background.) http://forums.sbo.sailboatowners.com/showthread.php?t=136219'#post87
New Model leaky windows ShotgunSlim at 11:56am 12.08.11 Catalina 22 5/1332 Hello all, I've been following the forums here for about a month and a half now since purchasing my
Oringinal Stock 1999 Raymaine insturemntsk, Square insturmen therobesons at 10:14am 12.08.11 Big Boats 3/1185 Oringinal Stock 1999 Raymaine insturemnts, black and Square The boat we just bought has what I beli
Hot water heater pirate49 at 8:42am 12.08.11 Bristol 2/3515 I just got a Bristol 29.9 1979 I would like to no how the hot water heater works. How to turn it on
Do you have a 26D and live in .... Sumner at 8:36am 12.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 21/3406 ... Southern Calif. or AZ? http://www.macgregor26x.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10't=19710'sid=e55beca
Searching cb32863 at 7:44am 12.08.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/3342 I tried to do an advanced search of just the O' Day owner forums. Selected them in the list and only
Ballast Seal jetboatn at 7:14am 12.08.11 Smaller Boats 4/1493 1994 Hunter 23.5 Anyone have any experience changing the seal on the ballast stopper? If I remove
What's under there? ewoden1 at 6:36am 12.08.11 S2 5/2079 I have an 8.0 C with a sagging sole in the cabin under the compression post. Before I tear into her
Recycle Non-Toxic Antifreeze? Ducati at 4:59am 12.08.11 Ask All Sailors 13/2869 Next spring was thinking that I could capture and reuse the non-toxic antifreeze that was in our fre
P36-2 Holding tank NYSail at 12:03am 12.08.11 Pearson 2/1320 Would love to hear about holding tanks. I know there use to be a bladder under the aft berth. Mine
Companionway sliding hatch agilber at 4:31pm 12.07.11 Parts Search 5/6703 Hi, all. Anyone ever had to have a sliding hatch fabricated? It's plexiglass, slightly curved, 1/2"
Winterizing Questions Gunni at 4:11pm 12.07.11 Ask All Sailors 18/3789 I'm going to do my own winterization this year. After cleaning up the boat boy's spills and mess fo
Pearson 36-2 centerboard elimination Wesch at 3:49pm 12.07.11 Pearson 3/3189 I recently purchased a P36-2 shoal draft which I will gradually refit, intended for extended Bahamas
chainplates ready for reinstall (2) redhead78 at 3:30pm 12.07.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1737 Hi all, the chainplate part of my deck gear reno is ready to go this weekend....not so bad after rem
Are instrument thru-hulls standard? feltensteingw at 2:55pm 12.07.11 Big Boats 2/1167 I just bought an '84 H34 and am trying to bring it up to date a bit in electronics. I'd like to rep
Essex 26 inganear1 at 2:47pm 12.07.11 Other Sailboats 0/1419 Hi everyone, I just aquired a Essex 26 aft cabin and am looking for as much information as I can
Antifreeeze won't go in, Part 2 Deadline at 1:22pm 12.07.11 Mid-Size Boats 18/2611 Monday I posted my lament below and got several responses. On my Yanmar 2GM20F I couldn't get the
Aft Lifelines Replaced By S/S Tube (4) Rick D at 12:06pm 12.07.11 Ask All Sailors 5/1890 I want to add some additional (but removable) solar panel capacity to my Hunter 40.5. I had some sta

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Best Mooring Snubbers/Suggestions dlochner at 2:00pm 03.04.22 Wayne Hamilton of Hamilton Marine, understands moorings. Here's a video on his take. (If you like cl
I'm Tweaking My Battery Banks and Need Advice dlochner at 1:56pm 03.04.22
Catalina 310 Prop Shaft Diameter? Monheganlover at 1:51pm 03.04.22 Of course, I could have measured the shaft but the boat is far away on the hard
Builder's Plaque Rick486 at 1:37pm 03.04.22 @Sean K this one's for you! One great disappointment to me is that the builder's plaque for my boa
Standing room only dLj at 1:19pm 03.04.22 We used to call it gunnel bobbing. Another form is to put a kid on each end of the canoe, each trie
Standing room only DArcy at 1:11pm 03.04.22 There is actually a technique of standing on the gunnels of a canoe and pushing up and down with yo
Builder's Plaque jviss at 1:11pm 03.04.22 I don't know what the tagline is. The baby stay never interfered with the jib.
Builder's Plaque Sean K at 1:04pm 03.04.22 Is it a problem with the Genoa when you tack or gybe? My factory supplied running rigging sheet sho
Hunter 31 Mast jssailem at 1:00pm 03.04.22 Ballenger Spar in Watsonville CA might be an option. https://ballengerspars.com
Builder's Plaque jviss at 12:55pm 03.04.22 Sorry, I wrote two messages, do you have a Baby Stay on your foredeck? I do. I think its purpose
Builder's Plaque Sean K at 12:40pm 03.04.22 Sorry, I wrote two messages, do you have a Baby Stay on your foredeck?
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar jviss at 12:36pm 03.04.22 Modern bronzes are more complex than the historic use of the bronze definition of copper-tin alloys
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar (1) dLj at 12:26pm 03.04.22 No, it's not archaic information, it is fundamentally correct. While there certainly are alloys re
What's happened to VC-17 and FW-21 at WM? Matt White at 12:17pm 03.04.22 I did pick up 2 quarts of SR-21. The guy at West Marine says that Interlux is re-formulating VC-17.
Standing room only (1) Justin_NSA at 11:47am 03.04.22 203147
Best Mooring Snubbers/Suggestions jviss at 11:20am 03.04.22 Look around in your harbor at what everyone else is doing, and do that. :) the nylon 3-strand moor
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar jviss at 11:16am 03.04.22 This is archaic information. It's the common lay-persons distinction between a brass and a bronze,
1985 Newport 30 Propeller Shaft Spar dLj at 11:00am 03.04.22 The primary alloying metal is tin. Other metals are introduced in trace amounts to affect the prop
Any known concerns with this specific motor? brockangelo at 10:57am 03.04.22 Well this is interesting - I clicked the link to that Tohatsu and it was in-stock, even though I did
Standing room only JohnShannon at 10:55am 03.04.22 Safe to a degree, Russian roulette is safe to a degree. Sitting down lowers the center of gravity

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