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Rigging question James at 9:22am 09.27.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/819 I recently purchased an M25 Macgregor. I havent had it off of the trailer yet but have raised the m
Standard Jib/Roller Furler ?'s me262 at 9:16am 09.27.05 Smaller Boats 2/998 I took my H-22 out on San Antonio Bay on the Texas coast prior to 'Rita'. We had good wind and we ra
Cabin decals Chris Hill at 9:05am 09.27.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1396 I have a 1989 oceanis 390 and am trying to locate where I can obtain the beneteau decals that are st
Looking to update Rudder Mark at 9:04am 09.27.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1071 I want to update my rudder on a 26S. I have read alot on the Ida Sailor Rudder. erveryone tells me t
Need Irwin 285 (?) 1972 Info! me262 at 8:48am 09.27.05 Other Sailboats 1/932 I am about to acquire a 28.5' Irwin. It seems to be a very clean boat with an atomic bomb engine (no
new to sailing kafka at 8:45am 09.27.05 Ask All Sailors 12/1233 i am new to sailing and would like to know what do i need to get started...my ultimate goal is to o
Racing stuff needed for Cal 25 MkII Bob Welsh at 8:16am 09.27.05 Cal 0/394 I am looking for racing/raceable sails, a whisker pole, spinnaker, spinnaker pole, backstay tensioni
Installing air cond Jim at 7:52am 09.27.05 Big Boats 6/950 Any information is helpful and would be appreciated on installing a reverse cycle A/C unit, i.e., #
repower with Beta diesel?? mike C16582 at 7:03am 09.27.05 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1220 well now that I'm at the end of the season I have been thinking about the good the bad and the ugl
Racing a 1980 30T with a deck stepped mast Stephen Parfet at 6:39am 09.27.05 Seidelmann 3/1507 My 1980 30T has turned out to be a real pig in light air. The deck stepped mast has been a problem I
Electronics vs compass Smitty at 5:31am 09.27.05 Ask All Sailors 8/1293 I'm planning to add a chartplotter (probably Raymarine C80) and maybe radar this winter during layup
Genoa or Jibe Ryan at 4:44am 09.27.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1038 Any one witha 26s out there, that has a Genoa instead of a jibe sheet. Mine just ripped out the othe
effect salt water on keel cable Bill21281 at 4:19am 09.27.05 Smaller Boats 13/1484 From Bill; 1997 Cat 22 at S. Shores NCI previously posted message concerning possible reasons for k
380/387 Differences Tim at 4:18am 09.27.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/930 Hi All,My wife and I are getting 5 ft-itis (current B321 owners) and probably won't buy another B
sealand vacuflush? tjf at 4:16am 09.27.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/1940 Anyone have any experience with Sealand VacuFlush toilet systems? A guy in the next slip this past
Water Heater Air Lock wfcreadon at 3:18am 09.27.05 Ask All Sailors 5/5664 I ran into a problem with heating my domestic hot water from the engine loop through it. I have an
how much hp? skip21494 at 2:13am 09.27.05 Ask All Sailors 9/1460 Now that the sailing season is over for me and the boat is on the hard I am thinking of replacing my
Bulkhead Mounted Compass Jim 5757 at 1:22am 09.27.05 Ask All Sailors 9/2467 Hey folks...I'm looking for some opinions on compasses for our Morgan 28OI, the Merry Bee. We curren
Where to mount a GPS antenna... Lauren at 12:32am 09.27.05 Ask All Sailors 13/2565 Looking for ideas on where others have mounted GPS antennas, given that I have a stainlees steel arc
Hunter Vs Catalina's feejer at 12:05am 09.27.05 Day Sailers 4/1861 Just wondering how many of you looked at the small Catalinas before buying your 14.6 or 170 and why

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New Owner 28.5 jssailem at 8:27am 02.28.21 I remember the discovery days... So much fun. Some are boat owners who jump on a boat and want to bu
HUNTER 320 ENGINE ROOM. (1) JamesG161 at 8:16am 02.28.21 PYI is the company name that made mine.
HUNTER 320 ENGINE ROOM. JamesG161 at 7:53am 02.28.21 The dripless packing may look overcompressed but PYS changed the bellows design and they now look l
Larger wheel? valcour at 7:36am 02.28.21 I have a 40" wheel on my 310.
New to me Hunter 26 clean/refit Crazy Dave Condon at 7:26am 02.28.21 On color coordination of lines, look under boat information at the 260 as it was standard with all w
Dyneema lifelines on Hunter 36 Brian D at 7:24am 02.28.21 Andy, go over the Yachtworld and look at the Hunter 36 boats that are listed. Lots of photos to look
New Owner 28.5 M. Maron at 7:14am 02.28.21 Excellent suggestions - i noticed the outlets and water heater run on AC but lights on DC only. Is t
Hunter 35.5 opening in rear berth to change waste tank shawanaga at 6:45am 02.28.21 Hope these are of some assistance, they're from a rebuild of the aft cabin bulkhead on our 1992 - 3
Onan 8K Gen losing coolant (1) HandsOnTech at 6:36am 02.28.21
New Owner 28.5 jssailem at 6:28am 02.28.21 Welcome M Marin to SBO. Congrats on the sailboat and joining the club of sailors. It is a fun experi
FCC Moves Ahead With 5G Regardless chuckwayne at 6:16am 02.28.21 For a little more insight: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/05/millions-of-gps-devices-at-
Sheaves needed DayDreamer41 at 6:08am 02.28.21 Kristian at Chicago Yacht rigging kristian@chicagoyachtrigging.com Great source of information, resp
HUNTER 320 ENGINE ROOM. RoyS at 6:06am 02.28.21 In the photos the front engine mounts are at the ends of the stringers. There does not appear to be
Wet bilge and oil glops: troubleshooting tips? Steve k at 5:52am 02.28.21 Do you have a dripless bearing fitting? If it's a normal stuffing box it will drip while motor is ru
New to me Hunter 26 clean/refit kappykaplan at 5:31am 02.28.21 Lookin' good, @Thaniel ! :beer:
Main hard to raise Steve k at 5:25am 02.28.21 I have the same issues. I love the Free rope track cleaning idea. I will do that first thing next ti
Sheaves needed SFS at 4:56am 02.28.21 The store here on SBO sells sheaves, or did at one time. Dave tried to help me track down an oddball
New to me Hunter 26 clean/refit (6) Thaniel at 4:54am 02.28.21 Thanks for the commends on the thread. Motivates me to continue to post :) Last week we had freezi
Sheaves needed Joe at 4:46am 02.28.21 Rig-rite.com will have what you need. Also check Riggingonly.com
1995 - 40.5 - Rudder Bearings MetricMountie at 4:15am 02.28.21 Thanks for the quick reply and the thread. Will have a look at the drawings and hopefully a machini

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