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Taking on water knewt at 4:31am 06.04.10 Catalina 30 2/1844 I recently hit a sandbar. I was briefly lodged on the thing but was successful getting off by revers
Help w/ Sale of boat. how do you ensure not a scam? luvitt at 3:59am 06.04.10 Ask All Sailors 17/2886 a man bought my boat on ebay. I put in the instructions that I would only accept a cashiers check.
Am I just expecting too much from used boats? (6) themadscientist at 10:04pm 06.03.10 Ask All Sailors 18/3283 I've never bought one and thus have no frame of reference for what is seen elsewhere in the world bu
Mast Organizer mac25wmo at 9:18pm 06.03.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/3584 I own a Mac 25, and am in the planning stage of bringing my control lines aft to the cockpit. So fa
Shocking Dances with Wind at 8:55pm 06.03.10 Ask All Sailors 6/2222 '89 Cat But new to me!! Feeling current in the anchor chain. In 2 different locations of water. Onl
Hatch Air Conditioner... Build one? Have one? Know one? abk at 8:40pm 06.03.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/4999 Photos, plans, stories, pictures, ideas? All welcome... I would like to consider alternitives b
PrinceWilliams Sound fun. geehaw at 8:16pm 06.03.10 Destinations 2/3159 Well just thought I would put a little something here from my last trip. New sailor here with a O-da
Thru Hull leak rjmck3 at 7:17pm 06.03.10 Bigger Boats 9/3242 I just found that I had a very small leak coming from the galley sink thru hull. I am pulling the bo
stuffing box Jack at 6:50pm 06.03.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1864 I believe that there should be about 2 to 4 drips per minute when the shaft is spinning. 1st is that
Oops...Doh' - Acetone Mishap Maine Sail at 6:37pm 06.03.10 Musings With Maine Sail 14/5129 During my re-wire I had a good portion of my interior cabinetry out of the boat. One piece, the HUGE
Buying help skysailor at 6:35pm 06.03.10 Smaller Boats 2/1067 Hi I am on the verge of buying a 1981 Hunter 22. I would like to have an idea of what to look out
Anyone build their own hatch air conditioner? abk at 6:34pm 06.03.10 Ask All Sailors 12/11834 Have you built a hatch AC? Would love to know how it worked out... Any pictures, stories or plans wo
mast raising hunter 19 Adrian Morris at 5:48pm 06.03.10 Smaller Boats 2/1328 Have a problem the mast raising pole bent and I cant use it tried to lift the mast by hand and was
Access hole in Mast? Bob S at 5:29pm 06.03.10 Ask All Sailors 15/7685 Any cons in cutting an access hole in the bottom of the mast? I launched Friday. After tuning and ad
Intake valve leak PH2 allan at 5:22pm 06.03.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2675 I have a leak, under certain circumstances, at the intake valve stem where it comes out of the intak
Sounding out possible suitors for Oh Joy... (1) CharlieCobra at 5:00pm 06.03.10 Ask All Sailors 12/2699 I put this here for maximum exposure. It's not an ad as if I have to do this, she will be free to a
Be nice to get back in boat...getting cold UncleGabby at 4:53pm 06.03.10 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1417 Anyone know where to start looking for an original style swim ladder for the Cherubini 33?
Whitllock steering needs repair in Bahamas/South Florida Persy at 4:29pm 06.03.10 Ask All Sailors 8/1983 I have a 2001 Hunter 420, pulled into West End Bahamas today, and one of the cables on my Whitlock s
A very difficult furling main Les at 4:22pm 06.03.10 Ask All Sailors 10/3198 I have a new (2009 model) Hunter 27 with a furling main and jib. Since delivery we have had a diffi
Nonskid color? John1534 at 4:02pm 06.03.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1352 Does anyone know what color Catalina (grey/blue) used on the nonskid? I think most Catalina from abo

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H240 keel housing bracket pin locations Crazy Dave Condon at 3:49am 05.21.22 The big stainless steel pins are temporarily held in place by duck tape
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta kappykaplan at 3:39am 05.21.22 Step by Step... We take progress in many forms - including "emergencies"! :beer:
Desperate leakinhg Davidasailor26 at 3:11am 05.21.22 Glad you got it back together and can enjoy the boat! e resin used for Interlux Interprotect barri
Wiring schematic Davidasailor26 at 3:05am 05.21.22 Someone here might have one, but be advised that boats of that age have likely seen multiple previou
H240 keel housing bracket pin locations SolentHunter at 12:17am 05.21.22 Caverun has this posted in the 240 downloads section. https://sbo.sailboatowners.com/downloads/Hu
H240 keel housing bracket pin locations SolentHunter at 12:09am 05.21.22 Anyone with a water ballast 19 , can you advise please. If no one responds, I will try to find o
New Catalina 30 Owner (2) mikeracca at 11:48pm 05.20.22 Well tonight was a mixed bag. When I left the house the 3D printer was working on another attempt at
Desperate leakinhg Halvern at 10:17pm 05.20.22 Update: With the help of two local FRP technicians we ground down the crack back 4 inches on both si
Transferring from Blaine to Everett Terry Cox at 8:35pm 05.20.22 Okay. Normally, I use the Bellingham tide table for transiting the ditch. Close, but not precise. Lo
silly question on gas detector MikeHoncho at 7:46pm 05.20.22
Preventer for a Hunter 420 (1) jssailem at 7:23pm 05.20.22 Hello Steven. You asked for a Hunter owner. I am not. The idea of a Preventer is a universal saili
H240 keel housing bracket pin locations twalker H260 at 7:21pm 05.20.22 Caverun has this posted in the 240 downloads section. https://sbo.sailboatowners.com/downloads/Hu
Progressive Insurance Johann at 6:45pm 05.20.22 I would never give Progressive any money for anything. Just look into the case with Katie Fisher .
New to forum. Precision 18 splashed! Epic1969 at 6:41pm 05.20.22
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta (2) JamesG161 at 6:27pm 05.20.22 The Rudder... I finally was able to board the boat This time I have my Camera, not in a smart phon
Survey Survey Survey (1) jaysweet at 6:19pm 05.20.22 I replaced 3 of the 5 with Groco flanged seacocks, as described in this thread: https://forums.sail
Thru-Hull Stats Tally Ho at 6:02pm 05.20.22
H240 keel housing bracket pin locations Crazy Dave Condon at 5:56pm 05.20.22 Anyone with a water ballast 19 , can you advise please. If no one responds, I will try to find o
2007 31-2 questions from potential buyer Crazy Dave Condon at 5:34pm 05.20.22 You should know that the SBO FORUM store has a copy of the original build list on your boat. There i
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