Recent Posts (old style)

Serving sailors online since 1997

Forum Index
Recent Posts (Legacy)

Recent Topics

Down in the Bow Spotted Dog at 8:55am 02.15.09 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1279 Has anyone noticed a trim problem with the h-30? Water stands in my cockpit and on the forward end o
Oday 28 Steering Issues Paul Koestner at 8:36am 02.15.09 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1396 Ahoy, I'm a bit rusty at this. I'm here to help an old friend with his 28 Oday. 1982, I believe.
Good chart plotter for the TN River? Snotter at 8:11am 02.15.09 Ask All Sailors 15/5086 I am in the market for a chart plotter. Currently I am using MapTech on a laptop. MapTech uses ras
Storage Afloat Bill Roosa at 6:33am 02.15.09 Big Boats 6/1499 Hi everybody. I'd like to know how others are handling storage of food staples afloat. I've used a
Private messages with image Ken Palmer at 5:11am 02.15.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 2/1919 Phil, I just tried to reply to a private message by including a picture. I see that it asked for a
RAft up in March Chuck Creel at 3:21am 02.15.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1786 Am planning on sailing out to ms sounds the week-end of March 20th. Anyone wanna join me? I kno
I need a Holding tank Vibeke at 3:08am 02.15.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1342 A Holding tank in the motorroom Has anyone had this experience to place a holding tank in the motor
Foul Weather - Recommendation? jibes138 at 11:38pm 02.14.09 Ask All Sailors 29/6133 What do you folks recommend for foul weather jackets and pants? My last long voyage was pretty mise
how many teeth on a 3GM30F Mickey84H34 at 8:02pm 02.14.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1630 I'm from Mississippi so no jokes about missing teeth here. I'm rebuilding my instrument panel with T
Finished bulkhead replacement project John at 5:08pm 02.14.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2420 Friends, I have been bugging you with lots of questions regarding my project of replacing the bulkh
3 Blade Propeller nauticalrich at 4:44pm 02.14.09 Ask An Oday Owner 8/5524 I have a 1985 Oday 31 with 14 hp diesel, 2 blade prop. Looking to increase speed under power. Is
HUMMINBIRD 785C2I PLOTTER/Navionics Gold maps Hermit Scott at 2:40pm 02.14.09 Ask All Sailors 62/11495 HUMMINGBIRD 785C2I PLOTTER/Navionics Gold maps I was looking up plotters and they seem to be giving
storage on 23.5 bad_com_pany at 2:00pm 02.14.09 Smaller Boats 3/1416 not finding alotta storage space on my 23.5 I figured out a nice "light" storage shelf idea. went to
Hunter Hull Problem kennowell at 1:30pm 02.14.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/2424 My 2001 Hunter 290 hull had a serious defect. I recently purchased my second Hunter. (I was very p
Steering cable Dan at 1:09pm 02.14.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1189 Since my boat is a center cockpit, the steering cables have a bit more complexity than does an aft c
Hard Dingy Transom Questions. Bad Obsession at 11:33am 02.14.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2910 I have a hard dingy that I tow behind my Catalina 30. I use an island hopper 2.5 hp outboard from i
Struts on H36 rig Andreas7699 at 11:20am 02.14.09 Big Boats 8/1577 I have a H36 2008. I have noticed that the deck has mountings for struts and they are also shown in
DIY Canvas Cpt. Jon at 10:51am 02.14.09 Ask All Sailors 31/12163 Hello, There have been some questions regarding canvas on here and people have been directed to th
1970 Islander 44 (crazy Love) snekker at 8:46am 02.14.09 Islander 5/12046 I have a Islander 44', that turns out to be one of the last boats built by Joe Mc glassen who was th
Volvo Ocean Race kloudie1 at 8:25am 02.14.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1252 The Volvo Ocean Race started leg 5 late last night from China.. The leg is to Rio which is a 12,400+

Recent Replies

New to sailing.... Looking for a first boat.. Benny17441 at 2:42pm 01.25.22 Boat designs vary in between the continents, I would suggest you look closer to home. For starters
Adding an Hour Meter Stu Jackson at 2:33pm 01.25.22 The meter "needs" to be neither at the cockpit control panel or on the electrical panel down below.
Adding an Hour Meter Benny17441 at 2:23pm 01.25.22 You can drill a hole close to the instrument panel and install the hour meter. Weather and water le
New to sailing.... Looking for a first boat.. Stu Jackson at 2:21pm 01.25.22 Any other good sites to check? Definitely. Try here: https://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/f47/nee
New to sailing.... Looking for a first boat.. thevoyager at 2:16pm 01.25.22 @jssailem yes so older boats are more in upkeep. I better do some research on sailboat upkeep costs.
1987 Catalina 22 Anchor Rode Light air at 2:13pm 01.25.22 My C22 doesn't have an anchor locker and just piling it on deck where my jib would go when down does
Is island hopping on Lake Michigan too much for O'Day Daysailer or Spindrift Daysailer jon hansen at 2:07pm 01.25.22 been sailing out of sturgeon bay for 65 years. it's all fun. door county waters are the best sailing
Fairleads jon hansen at 1:58pm 01.25.22 love frank bethwaite's book
New to sailing.... Looking for a first boat.. jssailem at 1:51pm 01.25.22 Here is some perspective. I bought a 1974 boat that is good as a coastal cruiser her in the Pacific
Lifeline Stanchion Installation 1987 Catalina 22 Zinger88 at 1:49pm 01.25.22 Yeah, I never had a problem with CD. People complain about them often, but for my part I'm very gla
New to sailing.... Looking for a first boat.. thevoyager at 1:42pm 01.25.22 @jssailem Thanks. Yes not leaking is a requirement. And I would want to be sea bound in it. Maybe ar
Fairleads jssailem at 1:41pm 01.25.22 Follow the link and you will be able to read his writings and understand what it is about sails that
Install CC 38 solid rod, keel step onto my Oceanis 400 advice/help Captain Marcus at 1:41pm 01.25.22 Actually I want to keep the 3 spreaders but expect to lengthen bottom 2 sets for 13' beam of Oc 400.
New to sailing.... Looking for a first boat.. jssailem at 1:32pm 01.25.22 Welcome to the SBO Forum. Your choice of boats of a reasonable age (20 years and less), appear beyo
New to sailing.... Looking for a first boat.. PaulK at 1:31pm 01.25.22 Brexit has made buying boats outside of the UK much more exciting. If you are just starting out it
Fairleads CaptainStan at 1:23pm 01.25.22 The old thinking about "slot Effect" has been replaced with scientific study of sail air flow dynam
Trident 101 rubber smell Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:00pm 01.25.22 What would prevent you from going by land? Fwiw, over the years I've known a lot of Canadian boat o
Funny Friday!!! rgranger at 12:37pm 01.25.22 Heisenberg, Schrodinger, and Ohm were driving along when a cop pulls them over. Cop: Do you have any
Hunter 26 mast fit on 260 Vaughn at 12:16pm 01.25.22 If you start carrying water in the ballast tank while towing, make sure the trailer and tow rig are
Removing Shaft from flange on Universal M-25 twodzusfittings at 11:46am 01.25.22 A few years back I had to replace my entire stuffing box, first because it was old, second because t

Contact
About
Terms of Use