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Lewmar opening ports anchorron at 4:30pm 02.11.12 Catalina 30 2/1421 I have been trying to find replacement gaskets for Lewmar opening ports, 5X12 that were installed on
replace adler barbour cold machine iwillmott at 2:27pm 02.11.12 Big Boats 8/10037 I think my freezer unit has reached its expiry date..cold plate frosts all over but the unit is star
venture 222 sw keel profile Jamie131 at 1:57pm 02.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1115 I am rebuilding my Keel and I wondered if anyone knows of a source that can help with the taper, if
Great Super-Cheap Windlass upgrade (1) artboas at 1:52pm 02.11.12 Big Boats 27/7076 Most of the mid-size to larger boats now have electric windlasses. (thank goodness!) What used to be
Raymarine X-5 WheelPilot steve stark at 1:47pm 02.11.12 Ask All Sailors 11/5432 OK, I'm confused.... I'm sitting here unwrapping my boat show deals and planning installations. I op
The Rainbow Warrior III (5) Chris Patterson at 1:30pm 02.11.12 Sails Call Lounge 8/10841 So, off the coast of Southport, N.C. arrived the newest boat from Greenpeace yesterday. It's a saili
Looking for Hunter Fleet Racers for Leukimia Cup (1) Stuff4Toys at 12:14pm 02.11.12 Smaller Boats 0/1069 Looking for 3 or more Hunter 18, 22 or 216 boats to make up a fleet for this race. All proceeds go
Countertop in the galley over the cooler BillyK at 11:53am 02.11.12 Catalina 30 11/4150 Ok.. i'm baffled.. i just spent a solid hour trying to figure out how to remove the countertop over
ODay 34 Hurth Transmission madmax at 11:44am 02.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1222 I have a 1984 ODay 34 with a Universal M25 engine and a Hurth transmission. I'm having a problem wi
Questions about Topping Lift eliems at 11:12am 02.11.12 Ask All Sailors 22/9395 So still on a steep learning curve here and wondering something about the line running from the end
Cushions for Y25II noloso at 10:32am 02.11.12 Yamaha 3/2228 Hi there, recently purchased a Y25 and in the process of restoring, was hoping that someone might ha
Cost of a jib furler longterm at 10:25am 02.11.12 Catalina 30 10/7409 I just took ownership of a pristine 1990 C-30; the one thing that I wish it had us a furling jib. H
Deck to hull separation repair oliversdad at 10:23am 02.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 34/14405 Hello,new member here.I recently purchased an '81 O'Day 19 weekender and have been restoring her.The
Hunter 410 Dijobi777 at 10:11am 02.11.12 Big Boats 9/6987 Am seriously considering purchasing a Hunter 410 and would appreciate any discussions, comments, Pro
Remove Teak Floor boards in Cabin Tip-Sea at 9:55am 02.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/3225 Hi Hunter Owners ... I have a 1984 Hunter 31 ...... I want to remove the teak floor boards in the
Adding a rotating mast to a 1988 26D. (4) r.oril at 9:28am 02.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/7270 I Posted the mod on MacGregorsailors.com. It took most of two days but it looks good and rotates.
Dumb mistake sfgary at 8:23am 02.11.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2301 Good morning all, in doing my early spring maintance I changed the fuel filter on the engine. I have
Lovetown USA Roger Long at 7:23am 02.11.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 13/4592 I was going to get out of town for the big Lovetown USA rally. However, I just anchored right behi
This Good Old Boat Squidd at 7:21am 02.11.12 Ask All Sailors 12/3145 Been seeing lots of references to an "Old Boat" magizine with lots of "restoration" articles mention
The Oday 22, general info.. (1) Chris Patterson at 5:26am 02.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 6/2371 Hello Oday folks. Thought I'd ask some people that knows a heck of a lot about these particular boat

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De-powering water heater for winter Leeward Rail at 3:28pm 11.21.22 Fwiw I would install a better circuit breaker so that you can simply turn it off in the future. Hope
Keel crack Davidasailor26 at 3:22pm 11.21.22 If you are lucky, what you have is just failed fairing compound. If so, the repair will be fairly e
Clever Boat Names jon hansen at 3:18pm 11.21.22 FUJIMO, famous 50' FRER'S RACER with a red hull. detroit racer came home and told his wife, Jane th
Clever Boat Names jon hansen at 3:12pm 11.21.22 Erie feeling
De-powering water heater for winter D. Inscho at 3:05pm 11.21.22 Thank you! There is a breaker for the water heater but it is a push button panel allowing only and "
Racing rule questions Davidasailor26 at 3:03pm 11.21.22 So, the takeaway for me is to always try to pass to windward of a boat on an upwind leg. As long as
De-powering water heater for winter JoeWhite at 2:57pm 11.21.22 There must be a circuit breaker on the panel. If not, disconnect the shore power then disconnect the
De-powering water heater for winter dlochner at 2:53pm 11.21.22 Welcome to SBO. There should be a breaker on the main breaker panel for it. If not you need to inst
Clever Boat Names Wyo George at 2:51pm 11.21.22
Keel crack dlochner at 2:51pm 11.21.22
Racing rule questions stickinthemud57 at 2:39pm 11.21.22 Great responses! It's interesting that the "give way" boat (in this case boat A) can force the "stan
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida (1) Davidasailor26 at 2:37pm 11.21.22 Annapolis buoy reports water temperature of 49.5. Air temperature for the last 24 hours ranges from
Keel crack dlochner at 2:36pm 11.21.22 Wavy Gravy comes to mind! Now there's a reference the young folks won't know! There are many you
Starboard & Port tack confusion! dlochner at 2:35pm 11.21.22 This is easy to verify. The World Sailing Association, the governing body for international sailing
Starboard & Port tack confusion! kappykaplan at 2:33pm 11.21.22 Interesting, but it wouldn't surprise me at all that the Brits are contrary to the continent. As I
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Davidasailor26 at 2:25pm 11.21.22 Interesting. The Racing Rules of Sailing are published by World Sailing, not just a US organization,
Keel crack Scott T-Bird at 2:20pm 11.21.22 This is my Lead/Antimony Keel looked like, before being fixed. ung folks won't know!
Starboard & Port tack confusion! JamesG161 at 2:16pm 11.21.22 Geeez guys I know , I know... Titanic Sunk, 15 April 1912. Things have changed. Like Lifeboats.:f
Keel crack (1) JamesG161 at 2:12pm 11.21.22 This is my Lead/Antimony Keel looked like, before being fixed.
Starboard & Port tack confusion! Scott T-Bird at 2:10pm 11.21.22 Having spent around eight weeks sailing on Nicholson 55' sail training cutters in UK, I don't recal

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