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main rigging gene at 2:11am 10.30.05 Mid-Size Boats 1/925 i am looking for a slide for a main sail that slides inside the mast.What is correct name of the pa
WARNING!!!!!! mortyd at 1:10am 10.30.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/834 over a week ago i received a check from my isurance company to cover storm damage. the check was mad
centerboard Derek Bennett at 12:53am 10.30.05 The Cherubini Hunters 1/985 Has anyone had any experience of freeing up the centerboard. Does anyone have the specifications a
Bilge line replacement rtjudge at 12:52am 10.30.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1019 We are relatively new owners of a C27 and need to replace the bilge line which has come off the bilg
Flattening reef Bob at 12:39am 10.30.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 12/2168 If you have a flattening reef cringle on your mainsail, how often and under what conditions do you u
dfghdgh dghdgh at 11:54pm 10.29.05 Other Sailboats 0/707
impeller change Graysailor at 11:33pm 10.29.05 Big Boats 2/906 Practiced replacing the impeller on my 460 (Yanmar). Turned into a 3-4 hour project. Virtually impos
Advice on a cabin heater....please? Gary at 10:55pm 10.29.05 Ask All Sailors 26/4358 Hunter 31Need advice on a small non-electric heater to just take the chill off on a cold night whil
356 Diesel Snake River Gauge Indications Jerry Clark H356 SV Persistence at 10:02pm 10.29.05 Ask All Sailors 6/1214 I'm having faulty readings on my diesel gauge - filled up yesterday and read 0. Tried to calibrate
X- sail jazz 10/ 30 Lee Nicholas at 9:53pm 10.29.05 Sabre Sailboats 1/1731 This will be my new home now that SAIL JAZZ has gone UP TOWN. Hope to see more of the Sabre family h
Foresail JohnB12831 at 9:38pm 10.29.05 Morgan 0/1259 In need of a good, used 150 Genoa for my 1978 415 O/I ketch with Harken roller furling.Wilma did a
Moody 31 1985 Harold McIlroy at 6:31pm 10.29.05 Other Sailboats 0/813 I wish to bring my halliards back to the cockpit can anyone tell me if the cabin roof is solid or sa
Smelly heel Colin at 1:22pm 10.29.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1346 We have a Sea Era head flushing with pressurized freshwater that has performed very nicely for a cou
Sternrail catbird seats Jim at 11:11am 10.29.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1429 Anyone know of a supplier or source of these things and will they work on a Mac 26M with hinged pilo
Catalina 22 Fixed Keel Removal Charlie McElhill at 10:56am 10.29.05 Ask All Sailors 4/3746 To AllHave a few questions about fixed keel removal from a Catalina 22. This boat has a cast iron
baby stay location? gary at 10:48am 10.29.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1476 I'm finally putting a mast raising system together for my '78 mac 25. Should the b. stays be mounte
Ft.Myers,FL Louise at 10:38am 10.29.05 Morgan 5/1515 Are any of you located on the west coast of Florida? I will be in Ft. Myers over the winter and woul
Bilge pump self-priming problem Kim Chapman at 10:05am 10.29.05 Big Boats 3/2086 I was winterizing my Catalina 400 MKII today. After draining at the water tanks the bilge had a foo
Stern pulpit for 27 cghbrook at 6:25am 10.29.05 Other Sailboats 1/791 I'm contemplating adding a stern pulpit to my 1972 Newell Cadet. I also have a bent (and pooorly st
Inner mastrack Terry Tupper at 5:03am 10.29.05 Ask All Sailors 0/1119 My outer mastrack, for a boltrope or slugs, was failing. This was glued onto an inner mastrack, with

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black marks SailingLoto at 5:47pm 11.12.20 If acetone dissolves your paint, you've got bigger problems, like who painted my boat with tractor p
black marks jssailem at 5:36pm 11.12.20 I haven't tried acetone, but the PO warned me against using it for a reason I don't really remember
Invest 98L <--- Oh My Gosh! (1) WayneH at 5:09pm 11.12.20 I spent most of my (mis-spent) youth in Texas, so can still speak a little Suthern! Y'all got that
Oday 272 - Best and most efficient way to replace interior cushion covers danooxnard at 4:40pm 11.12.20 Yes sailrite.com spell check is killing me!
Blister history of Catalina 310 JRT at 4:31pm 11.12.20 Yes mine was mostly in the paint. They sanded all off and started fresh. Also they applied the produ
Invest 98L <--- Oh My Gosh! kappykaplan at 4:21pm 11.12.20 I spent most of my (mis-spent) youth in Texas, so can still speak a little Suthern! Y'all got that?
Invest 98L <--- Oh My Gosh! kappykaplan at 4:15pm 11.12.20 If you speak Southern, this is Yota... :thumbup:
Invest 98L <--- Oh My Gosh! (1) JamesG161 at 4:12pm 11.12.20 word that means a small amount, iota Yep, that was how my mother used it. "I don't give an Iota,
Invest 98L <--- Oh My Gosh! dlochner at 4:03pm 11.12.20 Here's what Google Translate says: https://translate.google.com/#view=home&op=translate&sl=en&tl=el
Question about eye splice mermike at 3:45pm 11.12.20 Use the same sharpie color to put a dot in the instruction sheet. Exactly. Or just scribble on a n
Halloween cruise forbin at 3:25pm 11.12.20 I would add a struct underneath the roller to take the downward load from the anchor line and the u
Invest 98L <--- Oh My Gosh! kappykaplan at 2:58pm 11.12.20 But my mother, who was always right, said it "Eye OH TAH". The dictionary says your mother is corr
Potable water tank access panel Justin_NSA at 2:57pm 11.12.20 Just a heads up. If you have a float in the tank and it has any electronics on it, IC board, I woul
Laguna 26 mast lowering/raising (1) SailingLoto at 2:52pm 11.12.20 Excellent write up in your blog! Great work! I am fixing up this old Laguna currently.
Pearson 33-2 engine removal Mikem at 2:27pm 11.12.20 Hello SBO Members, Thanks to all of you who responded to my post. All good information to consider
Invest 98L <--- Oh My Gosh! dlochner at 2:23pm 11.12.20 Last night on the news, they said the correct Greek pronounciation is yota.
Invest 98L <--- Oh My Gosh! (1) Lazy1 at 2:22pm 11.12.20 or, I oughta! https://memegenerator.net/img/instances/51350438/why-i-oughta.jpg
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