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spider crack repair Susan at 6:46am 04.09.09 Irwin 1/2464 Can you tell me the best procedure to repair small spider cracks? And, we have taken the lettering o
Gas consumption jkincannon at 6:15am 04.09.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1480 I had an 8 HP motor on a 12 foot alum boat once, but have not run my 9.9 Johnson 2 stroke enough on
Play in Rudder wally252 at 5:54am 04.09.09 Columbia 0/2014 How do you install shims in the rudder to eliminate excessive play at the tiller?
Cheap cleaning tricks (1) Jumpstart at 5:47am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1857 Over the years I've picked up a couple of tricks to solve pesky cleaning problems. The tannin stain
Garmin 3000 series data card questions Roger Long at 3:52am 04.09.09 Ask All Sailors 13/4388 I have the Garmin 3205 for my radar installation on order from Tiger. Looking at the downloaded man
Depth finder Tony2367 at 7:26pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 7/3496 A few weeks ago we were returning up the St. Mark's River and ran aground. I knew the tide was low b
Motor Mount Bolts Stripped Out Deucer at 6:45pm 04.08.09 Smaller Boats 8/2016 Has anybody had this happen to them? I was puttig the boat in a slip and fighting about 15kts of cr
Re-bedding fixed lexan Ports Tstein at 4:55pm 04.08.09 S2 5/4707 Aloha; The lexan port is leaking and I'm trying to decide what is the correct product to use to r
New Orleans area weather sailaway78 at 3:20pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1410 Have read a couple post recently, not to mention mine, where someone got pounded pretty good by the
Electric polisher and buffer paulj at 2:20pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 21/3941 My 26 year old Porter Cable is broken and beyond reasonable repair. I'm looking for recomendations f
Rudder Stuffing Box Swimfar at 2:10pm 04.08.09 S2 6/3488 I have a 1981 S2 8.5A. While crawling behind the fuel tank to inspect the helm cables, I noticed two
Raw water hoses Bob S at 2:08pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1661 I am in the process of changing my sea strainer from the little plastic OEM one to a Perko Bronze mu
Manson Supreme - first anchoring Jim Seamans at 1:33pm 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 46/8970 Purchased the #45 manson supreme this winter and was able to anchor this last weekend (apr 4th). Fi
Ranger 32 restoration (2) j24kachina at 11:06am 04.08.09 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 7/8519 I have completed the work on a Ranger 32, hull number 59. There is almost nothing which I have not r
Backing plates for stanchions 48dodge at 10:28am 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 21/5164 I was wondering what materials should I use for a backing plate for some new stanchions I have. The
H30 stantions BruceK at 9:54am 04.08.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/1132 Have 4 slightly bent stantions from my H30 '94 which can also fit same vintage 33.5 and 35.5, I thin
looking for Pat17364 SV Espiritu Neal Edward Albrektsen at 9:20am 04.08.09 Big Boats 0/1090 If there is anyone out there that knows Pat and Carole Mcintish on Espiritu please forward this mess
Haulout checklist Don12480 at 9:11am 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 4/3939 I am preparing for my haulout and was looking for a post from Maine Sail on Hull Polishing which sho
42 P Off Shore Paul Olson at 8:37am 04.08.09 Big Boats 9/4220 We just purchased a 1994 42 P. After a full survey on this one owner boat it was indicated as a 9.5
GPS and Charts Warren Milberg at 7:34am 04.08.09 Ask All Sailors 9/1709 A good article, and timely reminder, by Chuck Husick about GPS and Chart variations on the Boat US w

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Shackleton's Endurance Found Leeward Rail at 9:02am 03.13.22 Eve of World War One. That was a huge factor. They left almost at the same moment Germany declare
Purchasing Sails sail sfbay at 8:45am 03.13.22 .......... local loft will often provide less expensive repairs...........AND you can develop a rela
Allied Titanium? dLj at 8:40am 03.13.22 DLj I wouldn't expect that they would be casting it from titanium. I would expect they would be fab
Purchasing Sails Apex at 8:35am 03.13.22 @sail sfbay <<<AGREED. Buy local. In addition the local loft will often provide less expensive rep
Shackleton's Endurance Found jssailem at 8:25am 03.13.22 Are you saying Shackleton knowingly embarked at a less than ideal time? It was a race to be the fi
Bristol 24 water tank SV Gutsy Lady at 8:25am 03.13.22 Pete, Welcome to SBO and congrats on your Bristol 24. She is known as a great Pocket Cruiser. With
Allied Titanium? joe28532 at 8:15am 03.13.22 DLj I wouldn't expect that they would be casting it from titanium. I would expect they would be fabr
Icebox conversion kits Justin_NSA at 8:14am 03.13.22 We had the refrigeration unit that a PO installed repaired a couple years back. From a sailor that w
New O'day 28 Owner with lots of questions (1) Apex at 8:14am 03.13.22 @clutch: get and read Peggie's book on sanitation systems. I used the following for Ronco tank in
Purchasing Sails sail sfbay at 8:14am 03.13.22 ...........Where do you by your sails? Online or a local sail loft? What is the benefit(s) of the on
Allied Titanium? dLj at 8:03am 03.13.22 Almost but not quite. It has a plate on the back that fits the shape of the bowsprit. Also none of
Icebox conversion kits DArcy at 7:57am 03.13.22 My upgrade to refrigeration included the entire boat. I cruised (weekends only) for many years with
Purchasing Sails PaulK at 7:56am 03.13.22 We like buying locally as well. Our advantage is that there are many lofts near here. UK, Z Sails, N
How best to change from Shore power to Ship Power BigEasy at 7:54am 03.13.22 I suggest you consider a boat maintenance course to get a basic understanding of boat systems. At l
Bristol 24 water tank (1) jssailem at 7:51am 03.13.22 Pete, Welcome to SBO and congrats on your Bristol 24. She is known as a great Pocket Cruiser. With a
Allied Titanium? (2) joe28532 at 7:42am 03.13.22 Does your canse iron essentially look like this? bowsprit. Also none of those premade bronze ones
Purchasing Sails jssailem at 7:35am 03.13.22 I would prefer to do a local purchase. Get them to do the measurements. That way "I" cannot mess th
Here's something you don't see every day Will Gilmore at 7:28am 03.13.22 In which constellation is "Taco Bell"! Tortillus the Bull. :poop: -Will
Bristol 24 water tank SV Gutsy Lady at 7:28am 03.13.22 Likely not structural. It is possible the installer secured the tank to the hull with screws and gl
Allied Titanium? (1) dLj at 7:21am 03.13.22 Does your canse iron essentially look like this?

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