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Beneteau 432 jim.grabulis at 2:41pm 11.16.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/2286 Dear Fellow Sailors, I am seriously considering purchasing a Beneteau 432 Moorings sailboat as a
battery removal mthom at 2:02pm 11.16.10 Catalina 310 11/2821 I just purchased 2002 310. My first dumb question (many to follow), how do you remove the 2x4's tha
Gel Batteries Charge (2) ukrsindicat at 12:29pm 11.16.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2657 Whats going on, Guys? I have recently picked up couple of 12 v gel batteries. I am not sure if I can
Fixed port rubber extrusion newport 30 paul2012 at 12:26pm 11.16.10 Newport 1/2465 We just bought an '87 Newport 30 and want to replace rubber glazing extrusion on the fixed ports. Is
Owner's Mods question. Ed Schenck at 12:15pm 11.16.10 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/2052 More than a week ago I tried to submit a new article entitled, I think, "1975 - 1985 Hunter History"
Expert on Electical systems of the O'day Remember the Bismarck at 12:10pm 11.16.10 Bigger Boats 7/2100 Looking for an electical system expert for the O'day 27. Including electrical pannels, wiring, light
Rubber Gunnel Replacement (3) ukrsindicat at 12:07pm 11.16.10 Ask All Sailors 10/8452 How its going, gents? I have recently began planning my deck repainting project. However, the gunne
WANTED: 9.2 Mainsail boatguy30 at 10:32am 11.16.10 S2 2/1686 Anyone have a spare 9.2 mainsail? Mine was damaged in storage by rats or something else small and p
Changing shaft coupling while boat is in the water SteveKJR at 10:31am 11.16.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1842 For those of you who need to change out your shaft coupling, you can do it while the boat is in the
Main sail sheet and block and tackle jerrbear41 at 9:35am 11.16.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/6691 I have never sailed but I have a 22' 73 Macgregor ventura. I have a block and tackle that came with
Hand Rail Issue gregpallen at 8:56am 11.16.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1881 I want to mount a Raymarine A70 GPS/Chartplotter on the helm. Problem is that the curved SS handrai
Why we bought our boat (1) Kermit at 8:35am 11.16.10 Smaller Boats 7/1925 My wife and I found out all over again this weekend why we bought our boat. We took our 9-year old
New Sailboat Design Roger Long at 8:24am 11.16.10 Ask All Sailors 3/2209 Those of you interested in the design process might like to follow this thread over on the Woodenboa
port lights removal rmouton at 8:22am 11.16.10 Irwin 3/2673 what is the best sealant to use when reinstalling port lights. is the outside port light trim just
rig tuning rmouton at 8:08am 11.16.10 Irwin 0/1999 does anyone know what the rig tuning is for 1981 keel stepped 40' irwin citation? has anyone done th
How to "put away" a H40? KandD at 7:11am 11.16.10 Big Boats 3/1343 For the past 2 years we've been living aboard "Playpen", so I haven't worried much about anything. W
folding doors Kent2040 at 6:15am 11.16.10 Catalina 30 1/1705 Does anyone know if there is a source to replace the folding woodlath privacy doors in head area? I
Jib power Quoddy at 5:22am 11.16.10 Ask All Sailors 8/2857 How low can you go on your boat before you start to shadow the jib? Much below 135 degrees on a broa
Excellent essay on boat size - a must read. Roger Long at 4:39am 11.16.10 Ask All Sailors 52/10254 http://networkedblogs.com/avYRv
Stern nav light replacement jjsbiggs at 8:31pm 11.15.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2894 The stern navigation light on the 1984 Macgregor 25 which I just bought is broken so I will need to

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Reefing mainsail as the wind picks up with Selden in-mast furler and B&R rig drm1 at 8:13am 07.21.22
Leaking Hull help Don S/V ILLusion at 8:10am 07.21.22 That area is almost certainly solid glass. Just dry it out thoroughly and use a good flexible sealan
how to remove boat decals (registration certificates,etc) Project_Mayhem at 8:07am 07.21.22 The eraser wheels for drills work well. Acetone evaporates too quickly to cause damage in my experie
Holding tank replacement for a Hunter 280 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:06am 07.21.22 You might try Dura Cast in Florida. They were the OEM for the plastic holding tank on my 1997 Hunter
kids And Sailing jssailem at 8:01am 07.21.22 It sounds like a great program that worked to well. There are some of those programs across the cou
Gas storage in dock box Project_Mayhem at 7:59am 07.21.22 I often store a 5 gallon plastic jug of premixed gas in my boats cabin. It's one of the newer, vent
Holding tank replacement for a Hunter 280 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:51am 07.21.22 Unfortunately the number of current job openings vs. the number of people who actually want to work
Leaking Hull help bayfieldboater at 7:47am 07.21.22 Sorry i made a few errors in my language above. I said keel bolts but meant the rudder foot bolts a
Thoughts on 27-2? Who has sailed one? SailingLoto at 7:47am 07.21.22 There is a trick to find tootsie leaks Any thru hulls in the boat Any pictures Price has to low
Leaking Hull help bayfieldboater at 7:46am 07.21.22 Sorry i made a few errors in my language above. I said keel bolts but meant the rudder foot bolts as
kids And Sailing Don Guillette at 7:44am 07.21.22 There were 2 parts to this story. The first was that highly intelligent boys & girls can learn to s
Holding tank replacement for a Hunter 280 FastOlson at 7:39am 07.21.22 You might try Dura Cast in Florida. They were the OEM for the plastic holding tank on my 1997 Hunte
Starwind 19 project boat scottscotty at 7:39am 07.21.22 wow! I looked at the time stamp on the pics and you were "Busting it" .....great job in such a short
Leaking Hull help dlochner at 7:36am 07.21.22 Welcome to the SBO forums! A few questions. Does the boat have an internal or external keel? Is th
O'Day 25 Head jmczzz at 7:35am 07.21.22 Ms, Peggy, I took your advice on the MSD Dometic and found the installation even drilling and connec
What's going on with Marlow Hunter? smokey73 at 7:35am 07.21.22 @Ken13559 For the record, Al Fooks owns sailboats owners and hunter owners forums. Al is in Flori
Potter 15 stuck Centerboard, help! Crazy Dave Condon at 7:23am 07.21.22 Barnacles?
Update scottscotty at 7:23am 07.21.22 yes sir! It is good to hear that you are still moving forward and upward. You sound like you have se
An Announcement About Catalina Parts. A Big One. Crazy Dave Condon at 7:20am 07.21.22 Yes I miss Frank Butler and his death last year hit me Hard. We laughed and had heated discussions.
Funny Friday!!! Justin_NSA at 7:20am 07.21.22 only below the equator ...

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