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Pearson AeroMarine 24 -1962 Mike Basler at 12:43pm 12.18.05 Other Sailboats 2/2137 I have just purchased a 1962 24ft.Pearson built by AeroMarine Plastics in Sausilito CA(The SF BAY ar
Best Bubbler Buy? Jonathan at 12:38pm 12.18.05 Ask All Sailors 3/987 Mah Boat is now sitting in the Stamford Landing Marina, and will keep her feet wet this Winter. I'm
Thanks Phil for creating the new... Terry Cox at 12:16pm 12.18.05 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/955 Politics, Religion and other Angst forum. It sure got my juices flowing. Lively discussions, interes
Cruising Mexico Brian9674 at 10:26am 12.18.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/885 Has anyone sailed in the sea of cortez from Mexicali to Bahia Los Angeles?thanks, Brian
Masthead Casting - Running Halyards Internal Rob19574 at 10:10am 12.18.05 Ask All Sailors 11/4049 Hi All,Amother mast question here: I have external haylards right now and I am converting my arra
Masthead Anchor Light Rob19574 at 10:01am 12.18.05 Ask All Sailors 9/1323 Hi,Could anyone recommend a good masthead anchorlight? Seems like there are so many styles and t
Sail Drive on Bavaria 40 CC Charlie at 7:25am 12.18.05 Bavaria 3/2615 Does anyone have any experience with the sail drives installed on the Bavaria boats? I am looking a
Replacement windows for O'Day 240 Namaste at 5:32am 12.18.05 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1503 Are replacement windows available for the 240. Mine are cracked around several of the screws holdin
Forward reverse neutral Keith at 4:06am 12.18.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/926 I just became a H31 owner 1984. It is on the hard for the winter but in the spring when I finally ge
H 31 / Flex o fold props Vic Castleton at 3:53am 12.18.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/906 I'm on the point of becoming a Hunter owner with a 1986 H31 with a Yanmar 18 hp. I have read the man
Dodger for O'Day-22 ???? g9334 at 2:44am 12.18.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1214 Has anyone put a Dodger on an O'Day-22????If you have, can I see a picture of what she looks like?
A question Rick at 1:43am 12.18.05 Mid-Size Boats 3/970 On the port side of the mast on my 85-285 down low, two wire ropes come out. They are just curled up
Boat lights Wright Ellis at 12:21am 12.18.05 Ask All Sailors 4/1011 Where does one purchase 12V boat party lights?
Has anybody added a small bowsprit to their O'Day? flyhop at 11:43pm 12.17.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1394 I have an small Asymetrical Spinnaker (Hood Multi-Purpose Spinnaker) that I'd like to use. The tack
Door Hinges for Beneteau First Series Larry Foster at 9:54pm 12.17.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1781 I purchased this boat 2 months ago with the salon to forward stateroom door hinges broken or cracked
KIWI FEATHERING PROP Patrick Lombard at 9:53pm 12.17.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1321 I have a 1987 Hunter 31. Every off season I make at least one major improvement to my boat. This yea
packing size pete at 9:04pm 12.17.05 Big Boats 8/945 Any one know for sure the packing size on Hunter 420. I thought it was 5/16 but when I opened it up
Emergency Liferaft Itr's Ted Again.. at 9:01pm 12.17.05 Ask All Sailors 4/1452 Looking for information about the cost of an emergency liferaft and comments on how they work. Who m
Used Boat Price Poseidonian at 7:29pm 12.17.05 Mid-Size Boats 11/2260 Can anyone please advise as to how much advertised used boat prices are inflated? 5%, 10% 25%, 50%??
Back Stay Adjuster - H48 RSchuerch at 2:38pm 12.17.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/957 On track, on course, beating, 48 kts, stiff and curling 38 ft sea... mast seems a bit loose... shrou

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New sails for 1972 Widgeon? Sunbird22358 at 11:07pm 05.23.21 D&R Marine sells what would be the "OEM" Neil-Pryde sails. I would suggest going to a local sailmake
Oday 27 stepping the mast? (2) Sunbird22358 at 10:53pm 05.23.21 might be actually a 272, one clue would be the Year, 27 was built from 1973-78, the 272 from 1986-89
Looking for a source for this part: capta at 8:34pm 05.23.21
Sailboat Deck Paint kbgunn at 8:16pm 05.23.21 Looks great. Nice work. I want to paint the deck on my Catalina 27 as well with Totalboat TotalTre
1986 H34 Depth Offset Terry Cox at 8:12pm 05.23.21 Shoal draft here that draws 4' 11". Our offset is five feet. When my depth meter reads 0.5 feet, I'm
1986 H34 Depth Offset Allan12210 at 7:42pm 05.23.21 Thanks Allan. I forgot to mention that I have a fin keel which gives me a 5.3 draft. I believe the
1986 H34 Depth Offset WasabiRush at 7:25pm 05.23.21 While at the boat today in the slip, I decided to set the offset to -4.0 to read from the bottom of
Halyard Keeping Ward H at 6:58pm 05.23.21 Ready to drop and not getting tangled in the bag. If you use a rope bag properly, the line will n
Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise Ward H at 6:39pm 05.23.21 John, your choice on this thread or a new one. My only suggestion, one you have probably already t
My daysailer has a screw loose and I don't want to lose the centerboard rcairflyer at 6:37pm 05.23.21
My daysailer has a screw loose and I don't want to lose the centerboard rcairflyer at 6:32pm 05.23.21 If you're going to try to remove the three screws you probably should remove as much of the paint o
Help with topping lift! Ward H at 6:31pm 05.23.21 I have a bit newer C30 but I've looked at quite a few and yes, what you have is probably what the bo
My daysailer has a screw loose and I don't want to lose the centerboard rcairflyer at 6:29pm 05.23.21 Welcome to the SBO Forum. Congrats on acquiring your new to you boat. Looking at the image, I conc
Sailboat Deck Paint shank at 5:55pm 05.23.21 Looks great. Nice work. I want to paint the deck on my Catalina 27 as well with Totalboat TotalTre
Electrical Wiring inside Steering Pedestal - any good design ideas? Swedegeek at 5:45pm 05.23.21 Yeah, I guess I could... But that would violate one of my basic rules about boats: no exterior teak
Insurance quadrille38 at 5:24pm 05.23.21
Looking for a source for this part: BOSSailor at 5:24pm 05.23.21 Try Grainger also!
ST50+ might not be working Team118 at 5:07pm 05.23.21 I noticed the termination plug in the one diagram, yet in the other that uses two ITC-5's the termin
US Coast Guard Documentation turnaround time Scott T-Bird at 5:00pm 05.23.21 I wasn't particularly diligent in my effort. We obtained the boat in June, last summer and I didn't
Hunter 260 "Wide Load" Permit requirement Crazy Dave Condon at 4:40pm 05.23.21

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