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Hello all newbie here Mitch at 6:16pm 01.17.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1245 Hello all. I just want to introduce myself as a new member and new sailor. Kind of a late start at
Canvas attachments (2) paulj at 5:39pm 01.17.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1841 Need some help please. Anyone know who makes these canvas attachments?:confused: paulj :troll:
Sad to see this... (3) iSaint at 5:13pm 01.17.09 Sails Call Lounge 2/5717 You'll need to look hard for the mast. This sailboat has been moored off Biloxi Beach for awhile.
Great Lakes to Gulf Via Miss. Capt Andy at 4:03pm 01.17.09 Destinations 13/4570 Anyone have any info on the route from Lake Mi. to the Gulf, via the Mississippi. Appreciate any fee
35.5 Drive Wheel paul.penwell@sri.com at 3:48pm 01.17.09 Big Boats 3/1152 I ned to take off my drive wheel in order to re-bed the wheel turn stops. Can the drive wheel be tak
Thru-hull fittings (3) hamletts at 1:42pm 01.17.09 Catalina 22 2/2283 I have a leak in my depth meter and tachometer thru-hull fittings. I want to take them off to re-be
Motor Keithcbrown at 1:11pm 01.17.09 Day Sailers 3/1574 I have to replace the original motor on my 1984 O'Day 222. It is a 2 stroke Johnson Seahorse 8hp 25
Emergency Port Covers (1) Roger Long at 12:51pm 01.17.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1708 I'm going to bump this up out of a thread directed at Beckson port owners because there are other pl
Emergency port cover attachments (1) Roger Long at 12:48pm 01.17.09 Ask All Sailors 0/2 I'm going to bump this up out of a thread directed at Beckson port owners because there are other pl
New cleats/ Ryan20734 at 12:41pm 01.17.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2059 Anyone know where to get some new deck cleats for a Mac 26s 1991. I don't like drilling holes if I d
Rebuilding A Raw Water Sea Strainer (2) Maine Sail at 11:40am 01.17.09 Musings With Maine Sail 9/5512 Due to my cracked Westerbeke bell housing I am doing a bunch of other small projects. I just fin
Forum/Thread Title on Top of Icon Russf at 10:43am 01.17.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 17/2402 This is a great site and I log on about every day. The improvements were all very worthwhile. Howeve
Anyone using dry ice to cool for several days?????? jackhartjr at 10:24am 01.17.09 Ask All Sailors 25/9385 Hi folks, the thread about eating real good on smaller boats made me wonder...is anyone using dry ic
Input on boat Kuntrymann at 9:57am 01.17.09 Ask All Sailors 17/3103 Hello to all... first post. Looking for input on this boat... www.seawave.info. I've been looking at
New Headsail for 1989 27/2 fsarcone at 9:26am 01.17.09 Com-Pac 0/2254 Has anyone recently purchased a new 135% head sail for a 27/2 with the ISOFURL # 8 system? I need t
Organic deck deposits Florida sail at 8:49am 01.17.09 Ask All Sailors 9/1804 Help!! Does anyone have a method to avoid deck droppings? I have tried rubber snakes on the deck (T
bottom paint coverage sailormanbigd at 7:36am 01.17.09 Ask All Sailors 14/3059 i have an oday25 that needs bottom paint. How much do you think that i need? I want to do two colors
Black mast BobM at 7:34am 01.17.09 S2 18/5036 I will likely have to drop my mast. When I do so, at minimum I'd like to touch up the mast, if not
mac25...sailhandling strategy Ed Epifani at 6:28am 01.17.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1318 Hi, I day sail my boat in Bahia Santa Inez, in the Sea of Cortez near Mulege. Have rerigged standing
Headstay Sag Ted at 10:26pm 01.16.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 8/8017 When it comes to headsail trim, there doesn't seem to me much discussion about headstay sag. I know

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Mac 19 Prairiesailor19 at 3:09pm 06.13.21 Hello, I too have just bought and received a 19. Question for Deeseas; when motoring full speed, on
Albin Marin Vega 27 - Any Owners Input Appreciated jssailem at 3:08pm 06.13.21 Welcome @Heisenberg to the SBO Forum. A place of ideas shared... Are you ready for a project? Speak
Do you BELIEVE... in Rogue Waves? kappykaplan at 3:01pm 06.13.21 i agree with NOAA's explanation :plus:
Do you BELIEVE... in Rogue Waves? jssailem at 3:01pm 06.13.21 A rogue wave is one that travels contrary to prevailing seas. Certainly such a contrarian approach
Albin Marin Vega 27 - Any Owners Input Appreciated sail sfbay at 3:00pm 06.13.21 Welcome to the forum!! Might look at thes links: The Albin Vega 27 Sailboat : Bluewaterboats.org an
Do you BELIEVE... in Rogue Waves? jon hansen at 3:00pm 06.13.21 What is a rogue wave? i agree with NOAA's explanation
Morse MV-2 Parts for hunter dchipley at 2:59pm 06.13.21 Careful. Many Chinese copies on line at Amazon and Ebay. They are about half price of the real item
Albin Marin Vega 27 - Any Owners Input Appreciated cb32863 at 2:56pm 06.13.21 Heavy and slow. Built like a tank and as with boats of that era, builders didn't know that they didn
First Contact! (What are the rules after being hit by another boat?) glaufman at 2:41pm 06.13.21 Except that there WAS damage
Do you BELIEVE... in Rogue Waves? JoeWhite at 2:30pm 06.13.21 That is when several waves add their height to make unusually high wave. Those waves are found at Po
Considering a Hunter 240 twistedskipper at 2:26pm 06.13.21
Considering a Hunter 240 John Marrone at 2:13pm 06.13.21 You are truly a wealth of knowledge. What do you do these days, still designing sailboats. Hope so,
Hunter 216 keel cable off the pulley... KnuckleheadFred at 2:12pm 06.13.21 Re: Douglas 216 centerboard cable I was in the same boat last summer. I had to lift from the boat
Good rigger on the Upper Chesapeake Bay letskeepriding at 2:10pm 06.13.21 Great ! Just what I was looking for. I'll call them Monday and let you know how it works out.
Waste System - How does it actually work? justsomeguy at 1:47pm 06.13.21 How is it the water does not go back down to where the pump is as there is air in the line? I thin
Considering a Hunter 240 Crazy Dave Condon at 1:28pm 06.13.21 John The vent for the water ballast tank is located under teak step inside the cabin of the hunter
C310 Head Mirror rpwillia at 1:27pm 06.13.21 You can never have too many mirrors. Just sayin'
Do you BELIEVE... in Rogue Waves? Kings Gambit at 1:25pm 06.13.21
AP not holding heading jwerkjr at 1:18pm 06.13.21 Thank you for the replies! I went out today and the AP worked perfectly. I did check that the compas
Venture 222 interior painting jssailem at 1:04pm 06.13.21 You betcha. Welcome to the forum.

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