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Roller Furling pin won't go back in chinamanblue at 12:03pm 10.16.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1102 Hello - I've got a 26x and I opened up the roller furling assembly to ensure it was attached. I had
CO detector Tim R. at 11:41am 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1473 I just bought a Heater Buddy portable propane heater for my boat to help take the edge off these cri
B&R Rig Franklin at 11:36am 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 13/3615 One day I was at a local sailor hangout and discussing the Regatta de Amigos race. One sailor who h
Bees in Mast Magothy Boy at 11:35am 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 14/4577 Hello Everyone: I have got an interesting situation. I have a Morgan 321. There is a bees nest
Off season electronics deals? SoSound at 11:02am 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 6/1423 My wife and I are new boat owners this year, relatively speaking - still "novice" sailors, primarily
Winterizing - link to website Ken Johnson at 10:45am 10.16.08 Bavaria 0/72 For those of us who must winterize our boats: Here's a link to a winterizing issue of Seaworthy (
Civil War Ship (4) sailaway78 at 10:31am 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 13/2266 Went over yesterday to look at this old civil war ship, that was uncovered by hurricane Gustav close
Trailer M_Gordon at 9:21am 10.16.08 Day Sailers 0/1142 My trailer was stolen while my 1979 O'Day 19 was in the water for the summer! Does anyone have hull
bulkhead compass MAC915 at 8:42am 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1631 Have the hole cut and am ready to mount the bulkhead compass. Question is: exterior side has a rubbe
Winter Storage, 40ft Boat Capn Grumpy at 5:39am 10.16.08 Ask All Sailors 7/2590 :cry: Here we go again. Just had a long conversation with our marina's boat yard manager and he feel
356/36 What Spinnaker seadaddler at 5:37am 10.16.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1335 Hi all you 356 /36 Hunter owners. I am wondering what size spinnaker did you get for your boat,I am
Hunter 356 lehigh375 at 4:51am 10.16.08 Mid-Size Boats 8/2125 Does anyone know if the Hunter 356 has a engine hour meter somewhere on the boat? If not, how come?
Where can you get a stern rail for a 92 mac chaseorion2002 at 4:32am 10.16.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/2074 Where can I find a stern rail for a Mac 26.... 1992 model winston
Gonna buy a boat...Park it on the dock or anchor in the marina? futureboatownerindc at 8:15pm 10.15.08 Ask All Sailors 17/2807 I am putting a kitty together to buy a boat in the $5,000 to $10,000 range. In my area I see a choic
packing size forPearson 303 Cappep at 7:41pm 10.15.08 Pearson 2/1994 Does anyone know the size of the packing for the drive shaft on a Pearson 303? The drive shaft is 1"
mast light wiring Globe Trotter at 7:32pm 10.15.08 Columbia 1/2408 Hi all, Just wondering if anyone can help.... Our Columbia 27 mast lights are not working we have g
In-boom mainsail furling ? Allan Frey at 7:11pm 10.15.08 Big Boats 10/2737 Does anyone have experience using the in-boom mainsail furling systems that have been developed in t
New Rollgen paulj at 7:06pm 10.15.08 Catalina 310 4/2165 Jim and Gale took these pictures the other day from their sailboat of me sailing. I had just rolled
Go Philies Jim at 7:00pm 10.15.08 Sails Call Lounge 11/2712 Go Phillies were heading to the big dance!:dance:
dropped keel Oday 28 bare aweigh at 6:09pm 10.15.08 Ask All Sailors 2/1550 I've had to drop the lead keel on my 1987 Oday 28 because one of the bolts seemed to be pulling out

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Hunter 28 Growl at 3:15pm 01.25.22 Thank you, she was hauled out and had a mechanical inspection 2 years ago. Insurance does not requir
Adding an Hour Meter (1) dmax at 3:02pm 01.25.22 If you end up splicing into the wire, the best way is to use one of these heat-shrink 3-way connecto
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

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