Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

sailing or transporting sailinalone at 8:12am 09.02.09 Ask All Sailors 16/2255 I am ready to buy the boat I've been searching for, my question has to do with my experience, or lac
Port Screens on Hunter 356 and 36.......once again! deacm at 5:38am 09.02.09 Big Boats 10/3314 I had a 2002 Hunter 356 and sold it because I HATED the cheesey pop-in port hole screens that were a
Window Replacement Lee Rooker at 2:09am 09.02.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1898 Has anyone ever replaced the stationary windows in a 1983 Hunter or comparable year and model. Mine
Fibreglass hull life duration? Dmitrij_spb at 12:00am 09.02.09 Ask All Sailors 24/5732 Hello! Currently I sail wooden hull boat and looking for fibreglass hull one. I have heard from s
Spreaders jorgefife at 9:37pm 09.01.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1165 I lost the thread, and I think I deleted my request. I need 2 spreaders for a H33, 1982. Never had a
Ahh Crap... Devian at 9:09pm 09.01.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2107 OK so here's the deal. Columbia 28'. All interior wood inside looked like crap. Original varnish fro
Pearson Owners opinions bandit500 at 8:41pm 09.01.09 Pearson 6/2646 I am in the process of narrowing down my search for a boat and the Pearson 36 or 39 is on my list. M
Bottom job gmkc at 7:02pm 09.01.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1229 Im looking at buying a Catalina 27 fixed keel that has been in the water for 10 years. Its lake wate
looking for keel winch pwbruce at 6:31pm 09.01.09 Sirius 21/22 0/2570 Hi, I am looking for a replacement winch for my Sirius 21. It is the winch that lifts up the Keel. M
Spreaders jorgefife at 6:21pm 09.01.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1748 I am desperately looking for a set of aluminium spreaders for a Hunter 33, 1982 About 44 inches in l
engine/boat problems ???? franksears at 6:20pm 09.01.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1237
Tie downs for trailering? dasboot at 5:55pm 09.01.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2645 Hey now trailerheads, What's is the general consensus regarding tie downs for the boat while on th
Leaking gas tank joelucido2 at 5:04pm 09.01.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1514 My ericson 27 has a leaking aluminum gas tank we can not ge it out the lazarette. ???? Cut it
A-Sail Doug/Karen at 3:52pm 09.01.09 Big Boats 6/1364 We are preparing for our club's long distance race and one of my crew suggested rigging an A-Sail (h
Trimatrix mghunter at 3:49pm 09.01.09 Mid-Size Boats 6/1607 Looking for information regarding installation of the Trimatrix Portlights from New Found Metals) on
Barlow winch sizes? Zoomie at 3:23pm 09.01.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/2922 Anyone know off-hand what the sizes of the three factory Barlow (I believe)winches are on the O'Day
Draining the Fuel Tank green98tj at 12:11pm 09.01.09 Big Boats 9/2698 My Yanmar 3GM30F just stopped running. The repairman said it was water in the fuel and the injector
Looking at a 42 Center Cockpit Bavaria ?? bubba at 11:46am 09.01.09 Bavaria 4/8567 My wife and I are looking at a Bavaria 42 CC located in Seattle it is a few years old and would like
Refinishing teak interior Karen at 11:31am 09.01.09 Pearson 0/1725 Just bought a 1984 Pearson 34 - interior woodwork has some water damage from previously repaired lea
Pearson 34 traveller Karen at 11:26am 09.01.09 Pearson 3/2278 Has anyone replaced the curved traveller on an older 34? We plan to race our 1984 Pearson 34 ' wan

Recent Replies

String tail at clewof new main sail Stu Jackson at 5:55pm 03.25.22 It's called a leech (or leach) line. You use it to adjust the leech of the sail Very nice feature.
Wooden strip for Stern Rail Seats Ken13559 at 5:31pm 03.25.22 Spoke to timber shop, they've Kapur wood which they claim is suitable for outdoor. It's a lot cheape
6 days at sea after yacht sinks. Leeward Rail at 5:24pm 03.25.22 One thing I have always thought we needed more of..... The equivalent of the "I learned about flying
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold Tally Ho at 5:22pm 03.25.22 What is the garboard plug for?
Sealing Deck Fittings Tally Ho at 5:18pm 03.25.22
Heave To Question jon hansen at 5:14pm 03.25.22 Heav to same as crabing ! NO
Heave To Question lantzalot at 4:51pm 03.25.22 Heav to same as crabing !
Autopilot drive interface jssailem at 4:47pm 03.25.22 Do not have an answer for you. Have you tried contacting the company? Reading the website, it appea
Identify for Prizes. ggrizzard at 4:36pm 03.25.22 Beckson Wins!
Identify for Prizes. Phil Herring at 4:36pm 03.25.22 Beckson :plus:
Sailing Passage Weather Forecasting. Davidasailor26 at 4:36pm 03.25.22 Great points about Windy and NOAA. The next step beyond that is a weather routing program like OpenC
Identify for Prizes. ggrizzard at 4:31pm 03.25.22 Looks like Lewmar to me. I have similar on my boat, But I could be mis-remembering
Identify for Prizes. (2) jssailem at 4:31pm 03.25.22 Looks to me like the Beckson port I have on my boat. Same shape, Clamping system and port lens. Oop
Hunter 260 clamcleat CL257 for rudder downhaul jssailem at 4:28pm 03.25.22 Do not know if it will work on your Hunter, but on my Montgomery I used a bungee cord instead of a l
Non-working Adler Barbour Cold Box Unit kappykaplan at 4:25pm 03.25.22 @Ward H is in Barnegat NJ.
Non-working Adler Barbour Cold Box Unit lantzalot at 4:22pm 03.25.22 Free for the taking. This came from my 93 Catalina 30. It wasn't working when I got the boat in
Another Doc. Scam jssailem at 4:21pm 03.25.22 Got the same letter in the mail. I round filed it with the "Buy Discount Insurance now!" letters.
ICW actual state "of affairs" conditions The_Sailing_Pelican at 4:11pm 03.25.22 Nope... sorry her name is "PANACEA" (not for long since as soon as I take possession of her it Wil b
Looking at a 280 and a 27-2 (1) Tally Ho at 4:10pm 03.25.22 Hi @SeaRags, I owned a Hunter 280 a while back, and really enjoyed her. Mine had a full-batten ma
Moving Catalina 38 from St Augustine to St Johns River dlochner at 4:09pm 03.25.22 Welcome to SBO. We did the trip from Jax to St Aug last December with a 55' mast and 5' draft,. no

Contact
About
Terms of Use