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Appropriate sealant and when to wax after bottom painting Ran-Dee9229 at 11:43am 06.14.21 Ask All Sailors 2/585 I am about to install a Harken ratcheting block, a new bridle and bow handle. I picked up 5200 perma
3GM30F Clean-up (4) Scott T-Bird at 9:39am 06.14.21 Engines and Propulsion 19/1986 195168 Primary objectives were to replace the standard pulley with serpentine pulley kit (courtesy C
New Headsail BaC at 8:31am 06.14.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/795 I recently acquired a Beneteau First 285 and need a new headsail. I will be doing some beer can raci
Mast Support in Cabin '87 H32 salemsailor at 7:24am 06.14.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/505 Hi. Need a bit of help. My '87 Hunter 32's vertical support 'beam' inside the cabin is buckling.
battery charger captcrly at 6:57am 06.14.21 Ask An Oday Owner 1/563 1986 ODAY 40ft. Does anybody know where the onboard battery charger is located on the boat? The prev
Is tuning the rigging necessary? DeliriousSailor at 6:54am 06.14.21 Ask All Sailors 18/1191
What are these threaded metal inserts in the side of my boat? (3) JakePlisken at 8:19pm 06.13.21 Ask All Sailors 4/697 New to sailboats so hopefully someone can tell me what these are. They are threaded and dont go all
Should I run away, find out more, or jump on this? Catalina 30 phobucket at 7:57pm 06.13.21 Catalina 30 27/3010 Hey all, I'm brand new to sailboats, having done just enough research to know what a Catalina 30 is
How-to tip: Replacing a Racor Gas Filter - issues with water separating bowl. Captain Larry-DH at 6:56pm 06.13.21 Ask All Sailors 0/439 I've had issues removing the plastic bowl from a Racor water-separating filter on my dinghy. It beca
U-bolt Chainplates shank at 6:55pm 06.13.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1878 Hi, I was reading an article on Practical Sailor about the most common issues and problems with Cata
Chartplotters and GPS how do you decide. mjsb at 6:11pm 06.13.21 Ask All Sailors 16/4086 Gotta ask a question as I am so confused with the Chartplotter / GPS deal. I have Raymarine equipmen
Here's something you don't see everyday (1) Calif. Ted at 6:07pm 06.13.21 Sails Call Lounge 2/902 195151Saw it in the distance and couldn't figure it out until it got close enough, new one on me, ne
1979 Hunter 25 rudder for a shoal keel Gohawking at 5:56pm 06.13.21 Smaller Boats 4/609 I recently bought a 79 H25 that has a bent rudder that I didn't see before I bought it. I have acces
1972 Irwin 28 Plymouth Sailor at 4:43pm 06.13.21 Ask All Sailors 3/828 Does anyone happen to know what the cabin headroom is on an Irwin 28? Can't seem to find it among t
Hunter 34 - Weeping Hull (3) swshogren at 3:45pm 06.13.21 Big Boats 7/1416 So it's trading real hard today on the Columbia River and! I heard to the boat to do some more repai
Hobie 1. Holder 12 (1) Whatfiero1 at 3:43pm 06.13.21 Ask All Sailors 0/1045 Does anybody have a Hobie 1 or Holder 12 and interested in racing my local Yacht club require 3 boat
Albin Marin Vega 27 - Any Owners Input Appreciated Heisenberg at 1:56pm 06.13.21 Ask All Sailors 14/4042 There's a 1973 Albin Marin Vega 27 for sale, and I was looking for some opinions on the boat.
Waste System - How does it actually work? rpwillia at 1:37pm 06.13.21 Ask All Sailors 8/792 So I replaced my joker valve on my boat and two complete head pumps on a friends boat. While doing t
Do you BELIEVE... in Rogue Waves? jssailem at 11:24am 06.13.21 Ask All Sailors 20/1705 Many of us here on SBO sail on lakes and inside passages. The concept of a Rogue wave, out there in
Venture 222 interior painting (1) JustinP at 11:09am 06.13.21 Ask All Sailors 7/612

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Group 24 starter battery JamesG161 at 10:58am 06.13.24 One of the reasons not to use your start battery for the windlass is because the start battery must
Group 24 starter battery dLj at 10:38am 06.13.24 I use my start battery to power the windlass and see no reason why not. One of the reasons not to
Windlass Operation from the Cockpit shemandr at 9:49am 06.13.24 You are going to love being able to raise or lower the anchor from the cockpit. You are going to th
Windlass Operation from the Cockpit Kings Gambit at 9:14am 06.13.24 Your efforts are well founded. Control from the cockpit while in control of the boat is a valuable
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners Crazy Dave Condon at 8:58am 06.13.24 What @rgranger is describing is putting a backing plate in the backside from the outside. Next add
Windlass Operation from the Cockpit jssailem at 8:02am 06.13.24 Your efforts are well founded. Control from the cockpit while in control of the boat is a valuable a
B and G autopilot commissioning prskier17 at 7:54am 06.13.24 How has the SD10 been working for you? I'm considering the exact same setup to replace my Simrad TP
Cleaning Anchor dmax at 7:47am 06.13.24 Go with something like this, no installation necessary and can be used elsewhere: https://www.amazon
Cleaning Anchor Jim Legere at 7:07am 06.13.24 I had a pump installed in one of the lockers under the v-berth. It was tee-ed off the seacock supply
rigging tension jssailem at 6:21am 06.13.24 no info on rigging using a lo ose guage. The guage itself has the tension pounds indicator but am
rigging tension (1) kloudie1 at 6:17am 06.13.24 The B&R is a slightly different critter .. Some have backstays and the newer ones donn't.. Here is a
FCC vs BoatUS for MMSI dlochner at 6:01am 06.13.24 The FCC website seems to have been written by geeks for geeks and we mere mortals struggle with find
216 Mast Step Question Crazy Dave Condon at 5:45am 06.13.24 Take a photo of the mast step and foot and post here. Thanks
rigging tension chp at 5:21am 06.13.24 My manual says 20% of breaking strength of the wire diameter. My sailmaker agrees that B&R rigs have
Group 24 starter battery Scott T-Bird at 5:16am 06.13.24 Not knowing how your battery banks/charging/switching situation is set up, I don't know why it doesn
rigging tension Will Gilmore at 5:11am 06.13.24 The B&R mast has to have some Bow-Aft bend it or it will Fatigue the metal. That's the key. What
Refrigerator/Freezer issues JamesG161 at 4:26am 06.13.24 Wonder why he had the house bank shut off while connected to shore power. Since he and I have talk
Main Cross Traveler ... (1) Jim Legere at 4:21am 06.13.24 I haven't got a good picture of the stock-from-the-factory H37C mid-boom mainsheet arrangement, but
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners rgranger at 3:53am 06.13.24 . Question: last piece fair with hull. Depending how well I'm able to grind, I would want to extend
Refrigerator/Freezer issues Ralph Johnstone at 9:40pm 06.12.24 Wonder why he had the house bank shut off while connected to shore power. I keep ours on all the ti

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