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Looking for Propane Tank Location Solution 37C T Albin at 5:16pm 11.14.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1741 Recently acquired a 1984 37C Hunter with a propane stove and heater. The tank was left in a deck-to
Catalina Decals (1) wwag at 4:02pm 11.14.10 Catalina 30 1/2526 35166.vB Anybody know where I can buy these decals? Can't find them on the store here, ebay, or ca
Good Cheap Gloves - in Sailing World last issue oilcan at 2:39pm 11.14.10 Ask All Sailors 9/3232 In the Gear section of the last issue of Sailing World, there was featured a sailing glove that came
Can I get more out of it? Cvivor at 2:35pm 11.14.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1166 I just bought a 2000,26X,50HP Merc BigFoot. I noticed the outboard swings/ turns slightly to port/st
Yanmar SVE 8 Oil Leak (5) Greenman at 2:01pm 11.14.10 The Cherubini Hunters 10/5913 Okay, I got my engine out today, and unfortunately it looks like the leak is not something simple li
PVC Furler for the financially challenged r.oril at 12:32pm 11.14.10 Ask All Sailors 17/6561 While searching this sight for info on home built pvc furlers, I found caguy's post dated 4/09. I th
Telltales... Doug/Karen at 10:17am 11.14.10 Big Boats 5/1586 For the first time since I have owned this boat, I am replacing all the sail telltales. I am intere
Sprite missing traveler mjarpe at 9:56am 11.14.10 Day Sailers 2/1756 I just bought a 10 foot O'day Sprite on Craigslist, my first sailboat. Absolute newbie, here. I took
Radar Range thaeni at 9:48am 11.14.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1252 I just purchased a used Radar (Furuno 1712) and I'm finding it hard to understand where to set the r
Cat27 engine cutout modification supercat at 9:12am 11.14.10 Mid-Size Boats 1/1870 HELP, I just purchased an older Catalina 27 (1976) with a Yamaha 8 hp 4 stroke. It does not tilt
Catalina 22 line Drawings (5) Ken at 7:18am 11.14.10 Catalina 22 6/10382 Ok as promised, here are the line drawing I have for the Catalina 22, most aer of course for the ol
lines Crabby at 5:26am 11.14.10 Lancer 0/1566 Is there good place to get replacement lines and should i go to bigger size for lancer 27
426 or 44 halyard length captainpat at 5:19am 11.14.10 Big Boats 1/1245 Does anyone know the Main Halyard length for the 426 or 44 in mast furling? Same for the Jib Haly
Conversion for Honda Generator?? capejt at 3:57am 11.14.10 Ask All Sailors 18/11868 Hi All, I was just scouring the pages of EBay looking for a good price on a generator when I saw som
S2 8.0B SS Tiller Fitting Hardware Source ? drgerafe at 9:58pm 11.13.10 S2 0/1699 The 1980 S2 8.0B we bought this season did not have the proper SS hardware in the fitting that holds
genoa run to top of mast? Mike Sackett at 9:39pm 11.13.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2974 My question:Will a genoa that's run to the top of a mast give you better tacking ability? In San Die
outboard - high altitude jets at low altitude walt at 7:33pm 11.13.10 Trailer Sailors 10/8899 Ive got a Tohatsu/Nissan 9.8 four stroke. I put the "high altitude" 3300 to 6600 el. jet set in the
Revarnishing interior wood - companionway poliva at 4:41pm 11.13.10 Catalina 310 2/1893 The wood along the companionway of my Catalina 310 #179 is quite weathered. Long ago in this forum a
'87 Hunter 35 Legend Skylight Replacement paul werenko at 4:20pm 11.13.10 Big Boats 3/2122 Questions about skylight material thickness: First off, we want to thank those incredibly kind
Got a hole in me keel Bill Roosa at 2:34pm 11.13.10 Big Boats 3/1776 Scraping the bottom to day and found two holes just above the keel bulb on the fin about 4" from the

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Haul out, bottom paint dlochner at 7:40pm 07.25.22 Clearly you've never prepped and painted a boat bottom before. If you had, you'd know that $2K to h
Haul out, bottom paint fstbttms at 7:32pm 07.25.22 If I were thirty years younger I would be taking on much of the labor issues myself... Clearly you
Haul out, bottom paint sail sfbay at 7:31pm 07.25.22 You always have the option to sail your boat to a marina at Moss Landing or Santa Cruz and hire a bo
Haul out, bottom paint Giro at 7:24pm 07.25.22
Haul out, bottom paint fstbttms at 7:21pm 07.25.22 Hello all: The boatyard marina where we have been tenants for the last four years has quoted me a p
New Sovereign forum jssailem at 6:52pm 07.25.22 garyhaworth. It has been a while since we last heard from you. Congrats on your selection of a new b
New Sovereign forum Crusty Ol Salt at 6:50pm 07.25.22 Silly me. I thought you meant independent. As in Sovereign State. Same here
New Sovereign forum jssailem at 6:50pm 07.25.22 Welcome to SBO Shaun. Congrast on your new boat.
New Sovereign forum (1) Shaun R. at 6:47pm 07.25.22 Hello! I am new to boat ownership. Won a Sovereign 7.0 at a local auction. So excited! It's defi
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 6:47pm 07.25.22 Keeping with the recent Mathematical Theme... I offer up this story about 2 Nuns... If discussing
Boat Swag Will Gilmore at 6:42pm 07.25.22 Excellent projects, excellent job, excellent art. Very creative. I especially like the window stick
Stopping engine Paulam at 6:39pm 07.25.22 Thanks all. It does make sense to me to turn key off first. So far I don't have any starting issues.
Does your state charge an ANNUAL excise, use or property tax? stickinthemud57 at 6:35pm 07.25.22 California charges every kind of tax there is on boats.. Sales tax, annual property tax, annual re
Spinnaker Halyard. Paulam at 6:30pm 07.25.22 Thanks all - the spin halyard is secured at the pulpit. Tried contacting previous owner with no resp
Catalina 320 exhaust water hose lengths Ralph Johnstone at 6:29pm 07.25.22 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/2-inch-exhaust-hose-h356-2002.1249933616/?highlight=exhaus
Need Help With NEW UK Mainsail fit/shape ice breaker at 6:27pm 07.25.22 They sold them to me.
Haul out, bottom paint marke14 at 6:26pm 07.25.22 I paid a little over $2k for our 25' in Long Beach, CA in April 2021. I did have a little grinding
Hunter 33.5 Roller Furling pjosullivan1 at 6:20pm 07.25.22 My 1993 33.5 has a harken. I found this very old video on how to tighten it as I just did this 2 day
Keel Damage sail sfbay at 6:20pm 07.25.22 Sand, apply new barrier coating and antifouling paint.
Need Help With NEW UK Mainsail fit/shape Sanfelice at 6:00pm 07.25.22 UK sails website list a location in Bayfield. I'm sure they could take a look your sail.

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