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water is oil pan newboatowner at 6:00am 10.22.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/3676 I found the oil pan full of clear water after two weeks with engine idle. It is a universal 18 dies
Marine Survey identified waste hose-concern over type chris11211 at 5:41am 10.22.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/2445 Peggie I have received a recent marine survey from a broker. The following description of the hose
How do I remove the centerboard on my OD25 Paul DC at 4:27am 10.22.09 Ask An Oday Owner 28/9499 Hi! This is my first boat and my first time on this site. I have to repair the centerboard and do no
Sea Trek "Trouble with tabernacles" (3) emergpa1 at 8:12pm 10.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1403 The saga continues... It seems like a long time ago I posted my first questions here on "sea trek."
Legend 40.5 prop hardaground at 8:12pm 10.21.09 Big Boats 2/1149 I have a 1997 40.5 with the Volvo MD22-L and was wondering if any knew what their factory prop was 2
3YM30 Overheating nautikaljeeper at 7:56pm 10.21.09 Big Boats 10/3393 Hello forum members, I recently purchased a 2006 Hunter 36. I am experiencing overheating with the
Oh Joy refit 10/21/09 (12) CharlieCobra at 6:22pm 10.21.09 Ask All Sailors 16/2470 We finally tracked down all of the hidden screws that attached the bulkheads to the house. It wasn'
H216 Rudder Cracks Ranger Paul at 6:07pm 10.21.09 Smaller Boats 4/1628 I recently found multiple horizontal hairline cracks in my rudder starting just below where the rudd
Kootenay Lake Pictures and Journal....... (3) Sumner at 5:59pm 10.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1769 http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner/Macgregor%20Trips-2-Priest/Pries-Koot-193.jpg I finally fi
Anchor roller guide info needed for H37c (4) guidera48 at 5:20pm 10.21.09 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1363 Hi I will impose one more time on you all and see if I can gain some knowledge. I am sure many of y
Symetrica Spinnaker For Mac 26 Classic? hodge3000 at 4:45pm 10.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/5765 I've been sailing my Classic for a couple of years and would like to try to pick up those slow downw
How can one build booth and real table in 26d? Tom Johnson at 4:01pm 10.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1286 One flaw in old Mac 26s is lack of real table to lean back in or really good table to lean over,,, I
26d has 1 underseat bucket/cooler, can one buy similar for smaller seat holes? Tom Alex Johnson at 3:58pm 10.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1788 26d has bucket/cooler apparently from manufacturer which fits the hole underneath the large side sea
Water Ballast Cut Into, How Else to Get Ballast? Tom A. Johnson at 3:49pm 10.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1993 My new 26d as warned by PO has broken water ballast system, with original owner cutting half-foot s
New primary winch time. Art Gypsy at 1:59pm 10.21.09 Big Boats 2/1882 I have a 1987 C34 tall rig (new to me) with some hard to grind Maxwell 26 primary winches and no hop
Yanmar Diesel - 2QM15 (1) dwgifford at 1:03pm 10.21.09 The Cherubini Hunters 6/6688 I posted a question on this earlier but I need some more info. I have a tach for the diesel that r
Reefing the Main sail tore franzen at 12:53pm 10.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/2099 We own a 70's Venture 22 and have not needed to take a reef in the sails UNITL LAST WEEK. Just dropp
Bowsprit Dimensions Ksarna at 11:14am 10.21.09 Catalina 30 2/1465 Does anyone have the demensions for the bowsprit. I'm planing on fabricating one and need a little t
309 vs 310 Performance rpwillia at 10:49am 10.21.09 Catalina 310 5/3474 OK, by the PHRF these two boats are pretty close. I have the fully battened main which helps me poin
Attn. San Francisco sailors on sail size pkdailey4 at 10:38am 10.21.09 Ask All Sailors 9/1873 OK... Some of you have said to ditch my Texas Jib. So I want to have my head sail cut down from a 14

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Dufour 31, your thoughts shemandr at 4:29am 01.26.22 I think this is the link: https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1980-sabre-sail-8034840
New to sailing.... Looking for a first boat.. thevoyager at 1:10am 01.26.22 @Stu Jackson Thanks some good info and certainly some good boat suggestions on there, added to my li
How do I take this apart? CapitalistSailor at 11:25pm 01.25.22 Dr. D, If you just need the hole for the screw to be a little tighter I suggest sticking a toothpic
Wind angle CapitalistSailor at 11:18pm 01.25.22 Slider, In my area it is common for the wind vane at the masthead to be fouled by spider webs, aggra
Beneteau Parts website CapitalistSailor at 11:00pm 01.25.22 Dear Forum: I sail in Northwest Ohio on Lake Erie. The closest Beneteau dealer to me that I have fou
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade Tedd at 10:33pm 01.25.22 Thanks for the photo and diagram of the winch system. I'm quite keen on the Seawards, especially the
Hunter 28 AndyBC at 10:08pm 01.25.22 I have a 91 Hunter 28 (about to sell her though since I just bought another boat). She's been a sol
Hull JamesG161 at 10:04pm 01.25.22 how the hull of the 2001 Hunter 320 is built? The same as my H430. The hull is hand laid fibergla
Hull Tally Ho at 9:39pm 01.25.22
1979 Hunter 33' Jack heights & count Tally Ho at 9:33pm 01.25.22
Cracking around mast struts, major issue or no? Tally Ho at 9:08pm 01.25.22 Those are pretty normal on boats. Not an impact tell, typically. i had a Hunter 280 that had vari
1979 Hunter 33' Jack heights & count ggrizzard at 9:03pm 01.25.22 Hello V Carter. :clap:Welcome aboard the SBO Forum. My 1979 H30C shoal draft takes 6, (plus one fo
Dufour 31, your thoughts dlochner at 8:49pm 01.25.22 The Sabre underneath the 3800 looks interesting. In either event a 40 year old 30' boat should be
Random (cold weather induced) question about sailboat rigs (6) Will Gilmore at 8:49pm 01.25.22 The aft-mast rig, also called a delta rig or a stays'l rig had been toyed with on and off for decade
Cable tv? Calif. Ted at 8:04pm 01.25.22 I needed a bunch of adapters like that to get my XM radio matched to a Sirius antennae.
Random (cold weather induced) question about sailboat rigs thinwater at 8:01pm 01.25.22 Here is the story of building an aft-mast double headsail rig. An interesting read, even if you woul
Cable tv? sail sfbay at 7:43pm 01.25.22 If you want satellite TV get an antenna and receiver.
Cable tv? Growl at 7:38pm 01.25.22 Hey, try finding one these days! Lol
Seaward 32RK (Raised Keel) - Keel winch upgrade (2) lindsaytodd at 7:30pm 01.25.22 Thanks Tedd, I will take a look at this one. I see it has the synthetic rope so I will need to chec
Looking for recommendations for bareboat charter company in Greece sail sfbay at 7:29pm 01.25.22 For that many people I would charter a catamaran.

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