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Walker Bay fore David W at 6:54am 05.12.05 Ask All Sailors 9/1336 Hi all, We have a Walker Bay 8. I have found that when rowing alone it is a dream. With two aboard
Yanmar YSE-12 Replace or not O2Addict at 5:56am 05.12.05 Mid-Size Boats 12/5829 I have just purchased a H30. The engine in it has the head off and does not seem in very good shape.
Loose-footed mains? CP-Mike at 5:16am 05.12.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/805 I've been seeing more and more people who get replacement mains get them loose-footed. Do they hold
Fairleading a Main Halyard through the Mast Third Coaster at 5:08am 05.12.05 Smaller Boats 5/1350 I need to fairlead my Main Halyard through the Mast of my Hunter 240 and have been unsuccessful so f
Frames for fixed deckhouse ports Spinnaker17 at 5:08am 05.12.05 Mid-Size Boats 5/1007 The long, fixed ports on the deckhouse came with white plastic outside frames which have cracked at
attachment points for 1" T-track w0nko at 4:57am 05.12.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1076 Has anyone ever come up with a good (effective and cheap) method for attaching stuff to the genny tr
Squeeling like a pig! Carl Dunn at 4:49am 05.12.05 Mid-Size Boats 1/990 My 1985 27 Catalina "Peccadillo" has developed a "squeeling" noise when the Universal 14 and Hurth t
Rudder questions Blueskies at 4:29am 05.12.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/983 I purchased the Hunter last fall - just in time for winter storage. Once it was back in this spring
Need Forespar combo light lens Seattle Scott at 4:12am 05.12.05 Ask All Sailors 0/922 I ( actually wife)knocked the steaming light lens off my circa 1985 forespar combo deck/steaming li
irwin 28 mark III Larry Pate at 4:03am 05.12.05 Ask All Sailors 0/826 I have a request: my brother ' partner recently ran aground on a sand bar and had to leave the boat
Has anyone tried plastic lumber for deck trim? Ed Schenck at 4:01am 08.17.04 Ask All Sailors 14/2171 Plastic Teak(PlasTeak) It was me! I am the one who used(uses) PlasTeak to replace teak on his old
Oday boat manual Frank Volpe at 3:55am 05.12.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/824 Any body know how I can get a copy of a 34 ODay boat manual.
shifter lloyd at 3:54am 05.12.05 Mid-Size Boats 2/776 Has anyone ever tried to change from cable to electric or hydrolic on there shifter?Mine is stiff an
Bilge Pump Rick at 3:43am 05.12.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/971 Has anyone found a bilge pump or a way to set up the pump so that it doesn't leave 2+ inches of wate
Power Problem Tim11455 at 3:22am 05.12.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/795 I am expiriencing problems with running the heat pump and water heater at the same time. When the h
Spinnaker Set-up on 331 TR23738 at 2:38am 05.12.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/2082 I am setting up my 2004 Beneteau 331 for racing in JAM (Jib and Main only) this year. I need to add
Allowable amount of play in a Cutlass bearing pimerese at 1:31am 05.12.05 Mid-Size Boats 2/1805 Can anyone tell me what an acceptable amount of play is for the cutlass bearing on my Hunter 31? Al
Catalina 30's with loose footed main Allen at 1:27am 05.12.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1541 Hey Guys,I just set up a new loose footed main that has a clew strap. It doesn't seem like the cl
O'Day 23 Stuck Swing Keel picklefreek at 1:19am 05.12.05 Ask An Oday Owner 13/2403 I am new to this site and to the larger O'Days (had a day sailer in the past). Just purchased (awes
Windward performance on a Shoal Keel 31 Jo at 11:59pm 05.11.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/925 Are there any techniques that will improve the upwind performance on the shoal keel Hunter 31.

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H34 windlass installation (1) Charlie98117 at 8:50am 10.01.20 Sorry for being technically challenged. Hopefully the pdf shows up here...
New sailer jssailem at 8:48am 10.01.20 I like CAL boats. I understand your focus on low priced boats to enter into the world of adventure.
What to do if you lose your rig. dlochner at 8:42am 10.01.20 That would drive the decision to cut the shroud/stay or unthread a turnbuckle taking safety and spe
My new saildrive gbillmancrii at 8:36am 10.01.20 Mark- I am so glad I found your thread! I installed two Betas with Seaprop 60s in my Leopard cat 2
What to do if you lose your rig. Hunter216 at 8:25am 10.01.20
Water pouring out of exhaust! twalker H260 at 8:12am 10.01.20 All 2 stroke motors tend to smoke to greater or lessor degrees depending on the oil mix ratio and th
Seaward 25 noisy Yanmar: any point in trying to sound insulate it? Calif. Ted at 7:58am 10.01.20 My 3gm30 has heavy fiberglass covers fore and aft, I recently tried insulating with a foil/butyl lay
Access to behind the cooler box? Bob S at 7:45am 10.01.20 Or possibly behind the stove?
New sailer (6) Glsawyer at 7:41am 10.01.20 Ok everyone. Here is the cal 28. It does include a 10hp outboard but I do like the new ports buil
Mac 25 Deck core and chainplates THECUSCUS at 7:41am 10.01.20 Out of curiosity, do these boats have an inner liner in the area around the chainplate? in my pict
What to do if you lose your rig. Hunter216 at 7:37am 10.01.20
USCG Shallow Water Survey (1) Justin_NSA at 7:29am 10.01.20 I use to use the "braille" method with my old MacGregor 26S. Centerboard would kick up if I hit mud.
Catalina 320 Stem Fitting jssailem at 7:24am 10.01.20 Scott the previous owner had cleaned and dressed the boat for your review and purchase. Now you fi
Catalina 320 Stem Fitting FastOlson at 7:24am 10.01.20 Might be good to check that whole fitting with a magnet. If mildly magnetic, the builder received a
Victoria 18 rudder missing LloydB at 7:17am 10.01.20 Welcome to SBO. The fastest resolution to your dilemma might be to find the previous owner of the tr
Orca Attacks? srimes at 6:33am 10.01.20 https://www.newsweek.com/killer-whale-attack-boats-scientists-spain-1535219
USCG Shallow Water Survey JamesG161 at 6:27am 10.01.20 I did the survey. Took about 10 minutes. My concern was updating the depth charts. The Army Corps of
Needed Santana 22 Stanchions SFS at 6:23am 10.01.20 I sent you a PM.
What to do if you lose your rig. Jackdaw at 6:06am 10.01.20
Anchor locker drainage RitSim at 5:42am 10.01.20 I think this has come up as a discussion before. IMO, the best approach is to pour about an inch pl

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