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Another great weekend in Maine Tim R. at 7:09am 10.13.08 Ask All Sailors 5/1273 While other owners were heading into the boat yards and marinas, we were heading out. Great sailing
26M weather helm Brian2508 at 7:02am 10.13.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/2101 Our 2008 26M has very poor weather helm. She doesn't round up naturally into the wind when we relea
Update to Recent Posts page Phil Herring at 6:56am 10.13.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/1982 1. Changed the layout to more closely mimic the old site. 2. Added a link for "all posts, all sit
wisker pole Hagen at 6:46am 10.13.08 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1222 HI I have an O'Day 272 any (week end cruiser) any advise on how to attach and or store a whisker
What do the icons mean? shemandr at 6:14am 10.13.08 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/1992 Is there a glossary or can someone tell me what the icons on the left side of each post mean. Some
Deisel Pains wael at 5:34am 10.13.08 Ask An Oday Owner 0/989 Hello, New sailor here. The other day, My Oday ran out of Fuel. No problem I added diesel and pri
international tempest 22 new owner sailormanbigd at 4:32am 10.13.08 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1973 hi. just bought an old oday international tempest. I bought it for daysailing and eventual racer/tra
Link 20 Monitor Nichole at 4:27am 10.13.08 Big Boats 1/1080 A while back I remember a posting regarding Link 20 Monitor Meters, but can't seem to find it. My
Mixing elbow cleaning/changing, feathering prop Andr� R. at 8:40pm 10.12.08 Big Boats 5/1646 Hello to all of you I own a H34 1983, that was from Boston area originally, love it, got my share of
Tore Rudder right off transom 1977 '25 pprusak at 8:34pm 10.12.08 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1746 I was recently evaluating what the weakest link of the chain was on my 1977 25' swing keel O'day. I
Jib furling difficulties on my 170 txjim at 8:30pm 10.12.08 Day Sailers 6/4014 I have problems operating the furling jib on my 170 and hope someone can offer advice. I've searche
How To Remove Rust/Tannin Stains From Your Hull (4) Maine Sail at 8:13pm 10.12.08 Musings With Maine Sail 20/25848 Hi All, I've been meaning to take some photos of this procedure for a while but the hull of my bo
To All You Real Sailors out there Alan at 7:33pm 10.12.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1676 Voom Television has a program called "Hard Water" on World Sport HD If you want to watch racing from
Genoa track end cap replacements Syversens at 6:54pm 10.12.08 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1437 Hey all, this weekend the 3rd of my genoa track endcaps broke and it was the port-aft cap. After ti
My first sailboat Mac 88 26 v3n0m at 5:51pm 10.12.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 30/3260 I am so trilled to say I have bought my first sailboat and I have no idea on what to do with it. I g
It happend porsche at 5:51pm 10.12.08 Ask All Sailors 4/1453 Today was perfect for sailing, I can only sail on sunday due to work, We had 10 to 20 mph and i over
Oday 27- 1975 reinforcing lower shroud chainplates FredrikEdwards at 5:43pm 10.12.08 Ask An Oday Owner 7/3385 Anyone reinforced their lower shrouds chainplates, if so how? Thanks, Fredrik
Winterizing 2000 catalina 320 jajtner at 5:12pm 10.12.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/4116 I'm in the process of winterizing my 2000 Catalina 320. I want to avoid filling my water heater wit
Winds of Time jajtner at 5:03pm 10.12.08 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1180 I'm in the process of winterizing my 2000 Catalina 320. I don't want to fill the water heater with
Battery help cest ah at 2:33pm 10.12.08 Ask All Sailors 9/1948 Help, I have battery confusion and or a circuit or stater problem. My Beneteau First 285 has two 12

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Cracking around mast struts, major issue or no? shemandr at 3:36pm 01.24.22 These cracks aren't unusual or indicative of structural problems. They show that area of the deck h
Dufour 31, your thoughts cb32863 at 3:32pm 01.24.22 Dufour for sure. Just do it.
Dufour 31, your thoughts dlochner at 3:30pm 01.24.22 Dufours have a generally good reputation. Your experience with the Grampian has taught you a lot, pe
Shore water supply inlet (1) Ralph Johnstone at 3:07pm 01.24.22
Hunter 26 mast fit on 260 Crazy Dave Condon at 3:06pm 01.24.22 @rgranger most RV DUMP STATIONS do not have outlets and secondly others waiting to pump out get an
Starter or battery Light air at 3:04pm 01.24.22 Benny, the battery I used on Sunday was brand new. I put my money on it being the battery also, but
Starter or battery Benny17441 at 2:58pm 01.24.22 Impossible to tell with certainty, but I would put my money on the battery being bad. A battery si
Looking at a 81 cherubini 30 rgranger at 2:46pm 01.24.22 Make sure the Hull ID# on the boat matches the number on the Title for that 81 Cherubini. Other th
Looking at a 81 cherubini 30 Benny17441 at 2:43pm 01.24.22 Make sure the Hull ID# on the boat matches the number on the Title for that 81 Cherubini. Other tha
Boom Van Line Replacement & Length Joe at 2:36pm 01.24.22 Basically, it sounds like you're trying to save $20. :) If so, just reduce size to 5/16. Ease t
Hunter 25.5 standing rigging rgranger at 2:28pm 01.24.22 He told me I could just crank down on the main sheet and would keep the mast from leaning to do th
Dufour 31, your thoughts sail sfbay at 2:20pm 01.24.22 Based on these options I would purchase the pristine Defour 3800 SailboatData.com - DUFOUR 3800 Sail
Hunter 25.5 standing rigging JBird at 2:11pm 01.24.22
Rudder, ice breaker at 2:02pm 01.24.22 There are people that do industrial x-raying. I have seen it used in the building trade to make sur
Cracking around mast struts, major issue or no? Dan260 at 1:56pm 01.24.22 Thanks for the input all! I am trying to learn a lot very quickly and this forum is a gold mine. Ta
Cracking around mast struts, major issue or no? rgranger at 1:54pm 01.24.22 That is cosmetic only.
Hunter 25.5 standing rigging rgranger at 1:52pm 01.24.22 Did you check here at SBO?
What is your oldest boat picture? rgranger at 1:49pm 01.24.22 That is a very cool picture!!!!!
Second Battery (1) fullsaildan at 1:48pm 01.24.22 So my boat is not much bigger than yours but I am an engineer so I over do everything. I have 2 bank
Trident 101 rubber smell rgranger at 1:46pm 01.24.22 I installed a new Trident 101 waste hose roughly 7-8 yrs. ago. When I first installed it, there wa

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