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Irish Ayes at 1:23pm 08.13.09
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Has anybody retrofitted their mainsheet controls so that you can make adjustments without having to
CharlieCobra at 1:11pm 08.13.09
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Today was the day to pull the sticks and move Oh Joy into the boathouse. She looks funny bare. htt
Irish Ayes at 1:10pm 08.13.09
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Has anybody replaced their cockpit table or found a better way to secure the one that came with the
Ernest at 12:33pm 08.13.09
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I have a Catalina 30 with a Hurth HBW - 50 transmission that needs to be replaced. I have discover
paulj at 11:55am 08.13.09
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I just finished a 400 nm trip and realized..... I could have increased my sailing time quite a bit i
Dragonfire at 10:33am 08.13.09
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I moved a formally fresh water boat to San Diego bay. It has a Yanmar 3HM35F engine. Is there anythi
twobeer at 10:26am 08.13.09
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my tach stopped working in 32 ft 2001 hunter,but my hour meter is still working any idea,
Bonzai at 9:18am 08.13.09
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Being rather new to sailing,I don't know many people in my area that actively participate.My interes
jj_hayes at 9:10am 08.13.09
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I have recently bought a Hunter 32 Vision with a 3 cylinder Yanmar desiel. I have quesrions about t
Stpol at 8:59am 08.13.09
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looking for any ideas on why our '87 sabre 36 water pump worked great until we filled up the starboa
phdoc007 at 7:47am 08.13.09
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I went out in my Mac 25 last week and the wind really kicked up quickly on Lake Ontario. I lowered t
Radman at 7:40am 08.13.09
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I have fallen in love with a 2001 - 411. Does anyone have an idea what was the dealer stock price fo
jaj63207 at 7:17am 08.13.09
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A friend of mine is attempting to buy a hurricane salvage Irwin 34,unknown year, maybe mid '80's. T
kloudie1 at 7:11am 08.13.09
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Anyone have a failure in a Cabin Mate (Marine Air Systems, now a division of Dometic) self contained
CapnCape at 7:05am 08.13.09
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I have a 1973 G 26. Is the lightning protection (grounding setup) adequate and safe? How can I check
Kamper at 6:37am 08.13.09
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'87 Legend 45 Look carefully on the cover of this month's Sail. There is a Hunter 41 racing with
Maine Sail at 5:45am 08.13.09
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So this morning I am at the counter eating breakfast with my daughter and she grabs an issue of Sail
Freeblowing at 4:21am 08.13.09
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I am wondering how much space I need to keep an Oday 222 on a trailor. Can someone measure the total
wryan at 10:37pm 08.12.09
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Any known retailers of parts for these old winches by chance? Thanks
normhildreth at 8:06pm 08.12.09
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I have a 1993 First 31 Beneteau Shoal draft. When I bought the boat 3 years ago I noticed a slight l

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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:
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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
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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
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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
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Welcome to SBO. We did the trip from Jax to St Aug last December with a 55' mast and 5' draft,. no
6 days at sea after yacht sinks.
jssailem at 4:08pm 03.25.22
Yes.. A lot of unanswered questions. 600 plus miles of open water ENE into the trades to get from Co
Select New England Ropes 30% Off and Samson Ropes 20% Off at WM!
pclarksurf at 3:48pm 03.25.22
which is a nice euphemism for the fact we've all screwed it up at least once -- ;)
Topping lift setup, ODay 40
dmax at 3:37pm 03.25.22
If you have an Isomat mast (I do), the mast head should look like this: NG2 Masthead Assembly My to
1977 O'Day 27. 1st Sailboat ever.
Justin_NSA at 3:33pm 03.25.22
Like the classical 'liar paradox' we learned in my logic class. The statement of a liar that they ar
Sailing Passage Weather Forecasting.
JamesG161 at 3:21pm 03.25.22
You can use Windy.Com trip planner to simulate your trip. Then use this to add to your info... now

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