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Well I lost the Skeg on my 30)= Rebuilt it Rich Bright at 5:51pm 09.26.11 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1263 I made a skeg from wood and a piece of flat Steel. The rudder snapped off and I lost the skeg this
Anybody recognize these boats? (5) Ritdog at 5:27pm 09.26.11 Ask All Sailors 12/3698 My wife and I just bought these two boats- the small blue one is a circa 1958 LynCraft 1900 Contessa
Confused about engine cooling mellis18 at 5:03pm 09.26.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1729 I'm a little confused about the engine cooling of the 1984 Hunter 31 I just purchased. It has a Yanm
Manufacturing defect or design flaw (1) Tim R. at 4:09pm 09.26.11 Ask All Sailors 21/4006 Some of you have been following my engine coolant issues in this thread: http://forums.sbo.sailboat
Sail Master 8HP help dscribner at 4:09pm 09.26.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3632 This isn't really a sailing question, per se, but I still need an answer. My kicker starts on the fi
P-31 rudder bushings jawzzy at 2:49pm 09.26.11 Pearson 1/1548 I have a 1990 P-31 with wing keel, and this fall I've had to remove my rudder to replace the shaft,
What Diesel Exhaust tells you... jimlay at 2:47pm 09.26.11 Musings With Maine Sail 5/4062 Greetings; I looked all through the threads and none of them jumped out at me with the answer to t
Rudder stuffing box Stephen Trapani at 2:43pm 09.26.11 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1552 I'm about to order supplies to re-stuff my rudder stuffing box and have a couple simple questions. I
Departure Plans Roger Long at 2:03pm 09.26.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 7/4209 October first was my target date and the weather forecast is perfect at this point for the long jump
Time to rewire. Ed Schenck at 1:55pm 09.26.11 Musings With Maine Sail 7/3441 Having read your "Making Battery Cables" for the second or third time raises the question. For a on
Outboard mount? jjsbiggs at 1:53pm 09.26.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1431 I have the original outboard mount on my boat and there is some wear in the pivot points which allow
Help. Looking for an O'Day 19 in N.E. andybassman at 1:27pm 09.26.11 Ask An Oday Owner 11/2470 Hello All: I'm looking for an O'Day 19 with a trailer in New England, preferably in MA or RI. Any
Trailer bumper? (1) jjsbiggs at 1:23pm 09.26.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1947 The rubber bumper for the front of the boat on my trailer has a few cracks in it and I was going to
Trailerability and launchability Squidd at 1:06pm 09.26.11 Trailer Sailors 26/12435 Hi, new guy here, Caught the sailing bug again... 20 years ago I had a Sunfish type boat sailed i
Exhaust system rickc198 at 12:38pm 09.26.11 Engines and Propulsion 3/2652 I recently repowered my Pearson 33 with a rebuilt from Moyer. I discovered that my real issue was b
Marelon Thru-Hulls Warren Milberg at 12:19pm 09.26.11 Ask All Sailors 8/3161 My H28.5 has four white Marelon thru-hulls. All are a foot or more above the waterline (anchor well
1980 Catalina 27 Keel Question Ajay73 at 12:17pm 09.26.11 Mid-Size Boats 4/3963 I just bought a 1980 Catalina 27 and have a "smile" question. Currently the boat is out of the wate
How fine a filter needed for raw water cooled intake? JonnyQuest at 11:46am 09.26.11 Ask All Sailors 8/1810 have a couple of different filters and both seem to have larger sized screens than I had expected. I
Link 10 Negative wiring sail4340 at 11:27am 09.26.11 Musings With Maine Sail 3/2365 Could you please provide instructions as to how to wire a housebank of 3 group 31 batteries in Paral
Seasmoke is coming available again... CharlieCobra at 11:27am 09.26.11 Ask All Sailors 43/7901 The current owner has reached his personal stopping point and is walking away. Over 55% of the hard

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Issues Sailing Upwind Will Gilmore at 2:47pm 10.11.22 I usually have done it from the trailer. I think afloat with minimal disturbance from commutative b
Advice on instruments Scott T-Bird at 2:40pm 10.11.22 Hello, I see you zeroed in on the B&G Triton package with 2 displays. That's absolutely the way to
IN Boom Main Sail Furling Don S/V ILLusion at 2:27pm 10.11.22 I think the problem would be finding a track spanning the mast slot with something to which slides c
Installing a Spinnaker George Braun at 2:26pm 10.11.22 Tedd. Lets distinguish between Asymmetrical and Spinnaker. Basics The Asymmetrical attaches the Ta
IN Boom Main Sail Furling Albern at 2:14pm 10.11.22 Thanks I appreciate your reponse
IN Boom Main Sail Furling JamesG161 at 1:27pm 10.11.22 I talked to a sailor who had just done is In Boom fuller in 2014. His story was this... 1) Boom $450
I bought it, now for the cribs... (6) rgranger at 12:55pm 10.11.22 209974 209976209977 209978
Structural Foam Stokeshc at 12:52pm 10.11.22 I replaced it with Aluminum. It was a replica of my old one that I pulled out. Love the new one Jam
Boat damaged by IAN dave_and_dd at 12:49pm 10.11.22 Which manufacturer and size boat? Dave - mine is a Catalina 309 (31 feet). Sailm8 - so sorry to s
Where can I find taller stanchions ? capta at 12:46pm 10.11.22 Used boat parts places usually have a huge supply of used, but good, stanchions.
Boat damaged by IAN capta at 12:44pm 10.11.22 I would highly recommend that boat owners pick up some used fire hose from your local fire departmen
Inherited a 1980 Cat 30 Cederholm at 12:24pm 10.11.22 The comment about stringer spacing is one that can ease your frustration and need for modifications
Issues Sailing Upwind AaronD at 12:22pm 10.11.22 I've always used a six inch rake. It works. ... When / where do all you cruisers measure mast rak
Inherited a 1980 Cat 30 Cederholm at 12:21pm 10.11.22 Welcome to the forum. We just spent the last 9 months enjoying another owners recover os a Catalina
Removing a mid-ship cleat after 25 years (Hunter 40.5) smokey73 at 12:18pm 10.11.22 Got a call into Butch at the yard. Waiting for a reply. Hopefully Butch will be able to tell me an
Inherited a 1980 Cat 30 jssailem at 11:45am 10.11.22 The comment about stringer spacing is one that can ease your frustration and need for modifications.
Inherited a 1980 Cat 30 jssailem at 11:39am 10.11.22 Welcome to the forum. We just spent the last 9 months enjoying another owners recover os a Catalina
Boat damaged by IAN (1) Sailm8 at 11:38am 10.11.22 Well Geico totalled out my boat, a Hunter 29.5. There is no hull damage just loss of the mast and r
Boat damaged by IAN jssailem at 11:35am 10.11.22 There is a Railmakers shop in Everett WA. They fashioned new bow and stern pulpits on my boat. Even
Boat damaged by IAN Crazy Dave Condon at 11:25am 10.11.22 Which manufacturer and size boat?

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