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H216 Mast Raising Electric Winch rangerpaul at 4:10pm 05.06.09 Smaller Boats 4/1513 I just completed the installation of my electric winch to aid in raising the mast on my H216. Now e
Cool diamond foam sanding blocks. (2) luvitt at 2:21pm 05.06.09 Ask All Sailors 22/3187 this might not be new to you guys, but i found these foam sanding blocks at work. I work on the new
hunter 40, yanmar 44. replace control cables. teleflex? luvitt at 2:01pm 05.06.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1750 i wanna repalace my control cables. the yanmar manual says to use "morse" control cables. can i us
5 watt solar panel Louis at 1:58pm 05.06.09 Ask All Sailors 17/3277 I am thinking of buying a 5watt solar panel from Harbor freight. I believe it got pretty good review
Leak near rudder post jjgizara at 1:49pm 05.06.09 Big Boats 1/1665 I have a leak that we just traced to somwhere around the rudder post. There is no rudder stuffing b
Genset small red LED blew - why? Ron McCoy at 1:28pm 05.06.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1350 Ok, I'm at a loss on this one. Here's the deal. Had a new generator (35 amp/4200 watt) installed
Recommendations on Covering Vinyl Windows and Acrylic Ports Rick D at 1:10pm 05.06.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1520 Here is what I got back as replies from the manufacturers to my queries about recommendations to cov
anode replacement for diesel md22, Hunter 450 callejo at 12:35pm 05.06.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1206 Has anyone replaced the zinc anode on a the TMD-22 diesel in a Hunter Passage 450? How do I get to
Lunatic, Piran T37 Phil at 11:08am 05.06.09 Ask All Sailors 2/2747 The link is to a blog about a 72 year old solo circumnavigator lost in the Indian Ocean this winter
Midships line on the genoa track? Taylor at 10:57am 05.06.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1667 The discussion landing in a slip in wind focused on a midships line - and my probilem is I don;t hav
Other Crown 28 owners? druid at 10:07am 05.06.09 Cal 0/2872 I'm looking for other owners or previous owners of the Venerable Crown 28. They were built by Calgan
Crazy weather forcasts Ken Honeycutt at 7:59am 05.06.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1211 Saturday is launch day and I've been eyeing the weather forcasts. Depending on which weather service
Mixing Elbow: Hairline Crack - Can It Be Saved? (Doubt it) rardiH36 at 7:41am 05.06.09 Ask All Sailors 23/5852 A post for the forums diesel repair knowledgeable: I've noticed a hairline crack on the mixing el
Website for 35s5 CaptRob at 7:40am 05.06.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1144 Have a look.... http://heartofgold35s5.synthasite.com
fish finder location garyc at 6:29am 05.06.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1302 Just purchased a fish finder. looking for suggestions on where to mount display. I have wheel steeri
Rebedding C30 ports g1gaumond at 5:56am 05.06.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1597 Calling on experience ports rebedders!!! Just started on our spring project of rebedding our C30 l
H260 steering connector David Oberholtzer at 5:51am 05.06.09 Smaller Boats 0/12 I was just getting my 260 with wheel steering put back together for launching soon and noticed that
boat purchase advice wanted ajay423 at 5:42am 05.06.09 Trailer Sailors 3/3251 I'm thinking of purchasing a lightly used H-170, but am concerned about all the reports of cracking
Delta Style Anchor mrickey at 5:22am 05.06.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1230 I am shopping to replace my damaged delta anchor. I see on line a "delta style" anchor in 316 stain
Shroud Tension for 23.5? Dave L at 3:46am 05.06.09 Smaller Boats 5/2059 The mast on my 23.5 above the spreader bends leeward in light/medium to medium winds and the lower s

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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.
Cable tv? sail sfbay at 7:29pm 01.25.22 Wow!!..........you have a fishing pole holder......on a sailboat?
Adding an Hour Meter Ralph Johnstone at 7:22pm 01.25.22 Only recorded motor hours at night so the hours shown were pretty understated. But think of the r
Another C22 at my marina Zinger88 at 7:03pm 01.25.22 We started off with three Cat 22's at our marina: 1 original design, 1 New Design and my 2004 MK-II.
Cable tv? kloudie1 at 6:46pm 01.25.22 Or an old gps antenna connection. Or maybe an old LORAN antenna connection
Cruising Wobbly and lessons in seamanship - crossing the Wash. mermike at 6:38pm 01.25.22 So many kinds of boats. So little time...
Looking for 386 Red and Green Interior Courtesy Lights (3) JimP at 6:24pm 01.25.22 I completed this project over the summer. Turns out there were small white incandescent bulbs with a
Trident 101 rubber smell Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:16pm 01.25.22 I should have expanded my map...didn't realize that Buffalo is closer than the Soo. However my poin
Hunter 386 Cockpit Conduit to Nav Station run (1) JimP at 6:04pm 01.25.22 Gary, in my 2003 H386, that tube is so full it was unusable. I was able to use an electric fish tape

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