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Thinking of moving up.... Aven W at 6:18am 01.17.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/753 I have a 1993 Hunter 23.5 I'm thinking of selling.... Want to move up to a slightly larger boat(26 m
Sailboat partnership agreements John Greene at 6:11am 01.17.05 Ask All Sailors 2/1630 I am considering selling a partnership interest in my sailboat. I am looking for advice, suggestion
Cleaning teak cabin sole Steve P at 5:28am 01.17.05 Ask All Sailors 20/5698 I have a Contest sailboat whose interior cabin sole is about 1" thick solid tongue and groove teak b
Insect dirt / stains on sails Tim H11493 at 5:23am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 7/2818 I have a 2003 Hunter 260. Over the past two years, I have noted several small stains developing on
Back-winded main George Bush at 4:44am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1145 I have a 7/8 fractional rig on my 1989 Hunter Legend 375. My present genoa is 150%. What I am findin
Akite Sail Area Alan at 4:41am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1031 Is there a formula to roughly calculate the sail area of my asymetrical racing spinnaker? The IRC ra
'UV Protected Cloth' Doyle Sails F210 Wm. Doug McCance at 4:32am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 0/1039 Hello:My Beneteau First 210 (1996)#106 original sails are Doyle Sails (Genoa 1115403 P/N 08091210
Sail life, Bill Colombo Ray McC arthy at 4:15am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1119 Bill, I own a Beneteau 321 which we purchased new in Oct, 1997. We put the boat up for charter last
Replacing bolt rope Paul Zetlmaier at 4:11am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 2/1171 I want to replace the rope with slugs. Is this a do it yourself project?The main has a few more se
Arch Speaker Pod David Dick at 4:08am 01.17.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1423 Does anyone know where to get those new arch mounted speaker pod's with a light (for the Stainless a
foam luff Thane22692 at 4:04am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 4/1916 In 2004 we sold our Hunter 310 and bought the new Catalina 387 with friends; which reintroduced me t
Honda 2hp clutch prop vs Yamaha 2.5hp Malcolm Young at 3:32am 01.17.05 Ask All Sailors 3/5671 I posted this to the wrong forum at first. Trying again.I am thinking about getting a new outboard
Bottom Paint Ken at 3:32am 01.17.05 Ask All Sailors 4/1102 What's my best choice for use in fresh water? I currently have ablative. I don't know what brand. I
Heartland of America Cruise - 2005 tgrass462 at 3:31am 01.17.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/646 This is an OFFICIAL invitation for any interested Hunter owner join Tracy and me on Grasshopper II t
She ain't Heavy Capt'n Mack at 3:04am 01.17.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/971 Do you know the Tonnage of a Catalina 27 with inboard Engine, and tonnage of Catalina 22 with outboa
Thetford a good idea? Harvey at 3:02am 01.17.05 Ask All Sailors 0/967 The idea of putting a high end Porti Potti in wher I can still ustilize the pump out at my marina is
Seaforth 24 John at 2:50am 01.17.05 Ask All Sailors 0/4623 I have a Seaforth 24 coastal cruiser I recieved as a gift. I do not know much about it, I cannot see
Shaft Conversion Tim at 2:40am 01.17.05 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1141 Hi,I need to replace my shaft and a local prop shop (Accutech in N. Hampton, NH) has advised me to
Racing sails vs Crusing sails? Chris at 2:37am 01.17.05 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 5/4030 Apart from the obvious difference in materials, are there other things that make racing sails differ
What to Look For? Don at 2:22am 01.17.05 Ask An Oday Owner 1/840 After 5 years of sailing, I am looking to "move up" from a Mac 22 to a O'Day 25. I have located a 1

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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
Jason Whyte at 3:00am 02.28.21 I'd have to agree with all the suggestions here. To me it doesn't look like a whole lots need to be
New O'Day 20 owner with no sailing experience and a project boat I didn't need Jason Whyte at 2:37am 02.28.21 Don't sweat the no experience bit..you've operated boats before. Sailing will come naturally without
New O'Day 20 owner with no sailing experience and a project boat I didn't need Jason Whyte at 2:33am 02.28.21 Ah yes I see now they're are 3 pages of replys..I have been refitting an O'Day 25 the last couple ye
New O'Day 20 owner with no sailing experience and a project boat I didn't need Jason Whyte at 2:25am 02.28.21 these sails might work. sorry if this is a repeat reply. https://vancouver.craigslist.org/bnc/bpo/d/
New O'Day 20 owner with no sailing experience and a project boat I didn't need Jason Whyte at 2:24am 02.28.21 https://vancouver.craigslist.org/bnc/bpo/d/new-westminster-northeast-sails/7258570714.html
New O'Day 20 owner with no sailing experience and a project boat I didn't need Jason Whyte at 2:17am 02.28.21 not sure where your located but there is an ad up currently on Craigslist Vancouver with a full kit
Air Conditioning unit in 37.5 BigEasy at 11:37pm 02.27.21
Onan 8K Gen losing coolant Terry Cox at 10:29pm 02.27.21 The model number of our 1991 Genset is 8MDKDR31457C, which is likely the same/similar as the poster'
Hatch lens replacement Puget Sound area Mark Maulden at 10:13pm 02.27.21 Seattle plastics made mine. Nice job. All holes in the same place as the old hatch. CNC made

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