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Water Ballast Change morris at 9:03pm 11.05.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/856 I've noticed that my water ballast doesn't refresh it's self even when I leave the plate open and go
Water underneath cockpit floor David ONeill at 10:00pm 11.05.06 Ask An Oday Owner 4/968 If taking the boat out of the water for the years isn't sad enough, the boat seems to have takin on
Main sail location zanthus at 9:30pm 11.05.06 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 2/1948 I replaced the cable halyards on my Ranger 26 with rope with the intent of moving the controls back
San Carlos Mexico in an H23 Pt2 Dave5031 at 10:08pm 11.05.06 Smaller Boats 1/1028 Here's part 2.
What type of Sailboat is this? AC Marine? Greg at 11:39pm 11.05.06 Ask All Sailors 12/1753 Hi, I am a new sailboat owner. My neighbor gave me his sailboat. It needs an new engine but it com
mainsheet configuration Glen Bradford at 11:47pm 11.05.06 Smaller Boats 7/1974 I am curious about any other ways to route a mainsheet on a Catalina C18 (2005) other than the tyica
260 & similar outboards - PROP OUT OF WATER HAL at 11:58pm 11.05.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1199 Four part question.Have you ever had the prop come out of the water in waves? If so, how severe we
Hood Roller Furler - foils & headstay extrusions?? Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 11:21pm 11.05.06 Ask All Sailors 8/5064 I'm looking for the foil(s) or luff extrusions that go up a forestay, for the Hood Seafurl 700SL or
Survey on electricity in sailing boats Timo Knuuttila at 1:22am 11.06.06 Ask All Sailors 9/1017 Hi All,We are developing small generators for boating. We are making a survey for understanding be
Leaking hull port Tom Riley at 1:34am 11.06.06 Catalina 310 2/1493 Anyone out there have experience with the ports in the hull seeping a little water? Every time I ge
Hal for some reason cannot post to your posting Benny at 1:32am 11.06.06 Ask All Sailors 1/996 Not only have we had the prop come out of the water but we have also dunked the powerhead under it.
Hunter 20 centerboard cable Kevin13729 at 1:25am 11.06.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1629 I need to replace the winch to keel cable/line on my 1984 Hunter 20. The existing one is broken and
Looking for a Mac or similar 20-22' boat tegwilym at 2:45am 11.06.06 Ask All Sailors 8/2945 Thanks for all the advice I've gotten in this forum so far, it's been EXTREMELY helpful!I'm lookin
Weather helm BobD17833 at 2:28am 11.06.06 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 9/2318 Need some help with excessive weather helm (EWH). EWH = wheel rotated 90-110 degrees to lee. My rudd
Heaving to Blake at 2:52am 11.06.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1036 Does anybody out there have experiance, or had interesting experiances, attempting to heave to in a
Oday 15 Daysailer Rudder Stan Greenleaf at 3:20am 11.06.06 Day Sailers 1/1367 I need photos and/or drawings for 1970 15ft Oday Daysailer rudder
Plugging a hole in a mast bill at 12:45am 11.06.06 Ask All Sailors 9/1800 I plan on removing a combination deck/steaming light mounted about half way up my aluminum mast. Th
Need CNG tank(s) Glen Hellman at 4:37am 11.06.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1226 Need one or two cng tanks. Would prefer closer to Olympia or Seattle but let me know what you've got
Mac 26D Rubbing strip - sealing joint neil guest at 5:08am 11.06.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1055 Hi GuysI've got a MAC 26D in refit at moment. Had a leak problem, water in bilges, definitly know i
hinges for cabnets tom gallagher at 6:18am 11.06.06 Other Sailboats 3/823 I have a 1987 pearson 31 hull no.187. Sole owner. where can hinges for fore and aft cabnets. I only

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Vertical Challenged can I DougM at 6:35am 05.20.21
MMSI and vessel name change Tom Graves at 6:29am 05.20.21 OK...After spending the morning searching for the transponder, I located the unit and was able to re
Back to getting a Beneteau DougM at 6:24am 05.20.21
Vertical Challenged can I dlochner at 6:20am 05.20.21 Welcome to SBO and Sailing! I'm 6' and it is a stretch to reach the main halyard on my boat so I ad
Vertical Challenged can I kappykaplan at 6:18am 05.20.21 Perhaps one of the moderators will move this to Ask All Sailors so you'll get more visibility on you
Yanmar 3YM20 oil change? Don S/V ILLusion at 5:42am 05.20.21 Some boat manufacturers built engine spaces into very tight locations often limiting access to only
Housing market Ward H at 5:38am 05.20.21 I have a neighbor who put her small rancher up for sale. In the first 3 days she had 40 buyers loo
Yanmar 3YM20 oil change? kloudie1 at 5:36am 05.20.21 This was discussed a while back on the forum and the conclusion was that the separate dipstick and f
272 mainstream options sailme88 at 5:00am 05.20.21 The 272 LE that we owned had a traveler. While the mainsheet was held hard, you could easily dump in
272 mainstream options shemandr at 4:56am 05.20.21 Can you reach the mainsheet from the helm? That would be the minimum requirement for the T/M system
Maiden voyage KZW at 4:55am 05.20.21
Keel size issue KAC at 4:48am 05.20.21 I didn't realize this was common. I would expect that the keel and fairing would match up. I have no
Housing market shemandr at 4:32am 05.20.21 In Martin County in Florida the real estate market is red hot. The realtors complain that there is
Housing market rgranger at 4:29am 05.20.21 Yep Most houses in my area sell in a few days after a bidding war and sell for more than the asking
Lockley Newport LN 23- Are we family? SailorPaul at 4:25am 05.20.21 Thanks for your feedback!!
Housing market dlochner at 4:15am 05.20.21 The housing market is wild, it is a seller's market. From what I've read there is a shortage of avai
Back to getting a Beneteau cymeyer at 4:09am 05.20.21 Greetings from Vancouver Island here in British Columbia, Canada. After selling my Oceanis 32.1 and
Wiring bilge pumps Parsons at 4:01am 05.20.21 Does your solution avoid single point failure? Considering that 90% + the failures of a bilge pump c
Life Seal Products dlochner at 3:42am 05.20.21 Caulking a port by applying caulk to the outside of the lens or where the lens and the frame meet is
Using a trolling motor on small boat (1) George_NJ at 2:36am 05.20.21 I looked up the difference, it seems like it is the paint for the most part and a zinc prop nut that

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