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Catalina 22 roller furler installation info Ed Piotroski at 11:31am 02.11.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/2303 I have recently begun sailing with the purchase of a Catalina 22. I know nothing about how to insta
Hunter Legend 45 OR 45 - Seaworthiness Kristoria at 4:47pm 02.11.07 Hunter Sailing Assoc. No. 1 1/2256 Hi,Does any body have any experience or history as to the seaworthiness of the 1986 Series of Hunt
Single line Reefing systems for the Mainsail oceansail0 at 9:27pm 02.09.07 Mid-Size Boats 4/1508 I have just bought a h31. The forums are great. It appears that I will be doing alot of reefing of t
Autohelm ST 50 windspeed transducer needed Patrick at 10:20pm 02.09.07 Ask All Sailors 1/948 I am looking for a replacement ST50 masthead wind vane with the wind direction feather and the speed
H33.5 alternator upgrade, whats works ? Patrick at 11:54pm 02.09.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1073 I have a H 33.5 with a Yanmar 3gm30 that has a stock 80amp Hitachi alternator.I have 4 golf carts
rudder deeper draft than keel bsheehan at 6:02am 02.10.07 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1691 I ran aground at speed (not paying attention and depth was broken)and bent the rudder shaft which co
Planning a Cruise sailortonyb Allied Mis at 6:04am 02.10.07 Ask All Sailors 9/1156 Well, Im back from 'Blue Water Rehab' for the week and am now beginning to plan our fall cruise. We
What to look for on a boat with a saltwater past jpeac2 at 7:00am 02.10.07 Ask All Sailors 4/990 Hello all!As I stated in a previous thread I am currently looking at purchasing a used mid-90's bo
Keel replacement (I want to know how-to) Marc Robic at 6:54am 02.10.07 Ask All Sailors 13/949 I want to know how to remove the existing keel and replace it with a newer shoal draft keel (with bu
Polarity Switch? New Sailor at 9:05am 02.10.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1001 Hey folks, i just purchased a 1984 Catalina 25, there is a switch on the electric switch panel that
Stern Rails for 1978 Hunter 25 Lane504 at 9:24am 02.10.07 Smaller Boats 1/927 Does anyone know if it is possible to add stern rails (as seen in today's Hunter 25 models) to a 197
Dingy Davits lavie423 at 9:56am 02.10.07 Big Boats 1/1295 We have a 1994 Catalina 42 and a Avon by West Marine 10.3 hard bottom dingy. We want to install davi
Fuel consumption- do you know yours? Tim Haibach at 10:05am 02.10.07 Mid-Size Boats 6/1718 I have a Universal 14hp inboard diesel and will be making my maiden voyage in Mid-april. I was wonde
CYOA Bertucci's, Columbia Maryland Larry Wilson at 10:23am 02.10.07 Columbia 2/1596 Re: CYOA - Mid Winter Cruise-Not in a Md. Columbia, but in Columbia, Md.As the daylight lasts long
Bilge pump through hull placement Craig Warren at 10:19am 02.10.07 Ask An Oday Owner 5/3886 I am installing an automatic bilge pump in my 1974 Oday 27. Where would be the best location to inst
Moorage in the Med? Bob15962 at 10:50am 02.10.07 Ask All Sailors 0/853 I am kicking around the idea of buying a boat in the Med - Greece... I have never had to consider mo
Anyone full-time live aboard on Mac 26 X or M ? Art G. at 10:52am 02.10.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/3762 Are there any full-time live aboards on Mac. 26 X or M models ? If so, where,how long, shoreside/do
H27 Jib Conquistador at 11:50am 02.10.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1015 Is there a larger jib available for the H27 (2006)? Does anybody have any pics of this model with a
New Catalina 30 fuel tank tomfoolery at 5:28am 02.10.07 Catalina 30 2/2023 I'm installing a new fuel tank in my Catalina 30. Any suggestions about whether it should be just fa
new to sailing-w '77 Oday 25 keel,need owner manua JD'S boat at 4:21am 02.10.07 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1526 I am brand new to sail boats but not to boating. We just acquired this boat that has a normal keel

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G10 Material for Mast Step (1) Blitz at 10:19am 02.13.21 190320
Adding shore power outlet Justin_NSA at 10:15am 02.13.21 Access will be your biggest challenge. You shouldn't need to have to deactivate your stern outlet. T
Covid-19 Vaccination Ward H at 10:09am 02.13.21 We have a culture here on SBO that promotes civil discussion of sometimes controversial topics and
Hull speed and fuel consumption Hunter 30 Randy at 10:05am 02.13.21 To everyone who responded, thank you! The adventure went better than I could have hoped for. Hour me
Keel spacer replacement Ralph Johnstone at 9:55am 02.13.21 fixing the wood in the keel buss Sorry, I just couldn't control my curiosity here. Just WHAT is
PLB recommendations jssailem at 9:43am 02.13.21 It only works well if you have floating line, and you have practiced the maneuver a couple of times
Sailboay surveyors near Annapolis Paul Mermelstein at 9:40am 02.13.21 Second the recommendation for Bill Weyant (410-322-6701). Heard him make a presentation very recentl
Max Horsepower Rating 20 ft sailboat jssailem at 9:32am 02.13.21 I've always assumed hull speed doesn't care whether it's the boat or the water that's moving. This
Finding Cabin Lights Electrical Short SycloneDriver at 9:24am 02.13.21 Thermal camera. You may have to do the light bulb trick to allow it to build a little heat.
Covid-19 Vaccination jssailem at 9:22am 02.13.21 Long Live SBO. :beer::beer: :plus:
Pulls to port under power CDRSkip at 9:15am 02.13.21 Sailme88 & RoyS; thank you for your input, but I think I may have not explained my issue well enough
Managing the Mal de Mer? Kings Gambit at 8:22am 02.13.21 @Kings Gambit you didn't finish the race but you got good story out of it. :) :clap: On my race in
Prada Cup Finals cb32863 at 8:13am 02.13.21 Lots of " maybe's ", I wouldn't count the Brits out just yet. As is said in sport, it's why we play
South Coast 22 SailingLoto at 8:07am 02.13.21 any pics ? my keel pivot bolt is glassed over . only spot it can really leak is where the winch ca
Covid-19 Vaccination dlochner at 7:54am 02.13.21 Here we have seven good pages of discussion concerning the Covid Vaccines. Social Media organizatio
PHRF for Hunter 18 LeeandRick at 7:51am 02.13.21 https://www.ussailing.org/competition/offshore/phrf/boat-class-lookup
Managing the Mal de Mer? Captain Larry-DH at 7:47am 02.13.21 @Kings Gambit you didn't finish the race but you got good story out of it. :) :clap:
South Coast 22 LeeandRick at 7:44am 02.13.21 Calling @SailingLoto He should have a good idea on what to do as he has a South Coast 22.
Saw this odd duck... RoyS at 7:43am 02.13.21 Maybe ugly duck will grow into a swan.
Covid-19 Vaccination Don S/V ILLusion at 7:35am 02.13.21 Can't wait for the fun... Had the 2 shot shingles vaccine ( end of October/middle of January) Neve

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