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Winch KB0RRG at 11:36pm 07.09.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/897 I would like to get a spare winch handle, but the winches on my boat are a little unusual. Does any
What are these blocks for? Dave10126 at 11:35pm 07.09.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/912 New MacGregor 25 Owner Question: Just forward of the stern stanchion on both sides is a single bloc
Winch Handles KB0RRG at 11:19pm 07.09.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/937 I have been looking to buy a spare winch handle, but the type of winches on my boat are a bit unusua
Stress Cracks? Ron20296 at 10:26pm 07.09.04 Mid-Size Boats 1/884 I am looking at a 1994 29.5. And before going to the next step of a survey was wondering about any
Outhaul Advice Paul8753 at 9:24pm 07.09.04 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 4/3078 Recently I crewed for a race and observed the outhaul being played with. Please provide an explanati
Traveller Explained Paul8753 at 9:01pm 07.09.04 Ask All Sailors 8/2003 Light winds pull the traveller towards the wind, and heavy winds, ease it away or to the lee. This w
Oceanworthy Sailboats Paul8753 at 8:57pm 07.09.04 Ask All Sailors 36/4143 Beneteau, Hunter, Catalina and Jeanneau. Are these vessels (40' size) capable of doing long offshore
Mooring whips Mark at 4:47pm 07.09.04 Smaller Boats 2/1017 Anyone tried them for the 260.I would be very interested in the result during storms.
catalina 27" table set up solo51 at 3:02pm 07.09.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1115 Question: I just bought a used '78 catalina 27'and wonder how the tabel set up in the cabin works.
Mac 25 Windows??? graanco at 2:02pm 07.09.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/950 I was just wondering if anyone went and added windows to the forward v-berthing area of a 25 to make
plastic water tank markv15343 at 1:12pm 07.09.04 Ask All Sailors 4/1453 i have pulled my water tank so i could clean out the compartment it is fitted into and also replace
Tempermental starter button Michael O16041 at 1:08pm 07.09.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/911 Turn the key, hit the starter button and sometimes get nothing. A few moments later, contact is made
Battery Discharge Gauge Bob F. at 12:39pm 07.09.04 Ask All Sailors 8/1436 I came across this and thought I'd share it. Its a inexpense way to monitor battery charge, similar
B Cal23337 at 12:22pm 07.09.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/850 Looking for owner's manual or info for Brooks and Gatehouse VHF radio mounted at helm on our Vision
Forestay quick connect Zeke at 12:11pm 07.09.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1598 I'm considering designing something to make connecting the forestay very quick and maintain the sett
Heavy weather mart15365 at 12:09pm 07.09.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/922 I have a Mac 26X based in Lumut in Malaysia. The weather here is ususally calm but but we do get so
Electric inboard.....viable option??? Gary at 11:31am 07.09.04 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1132 I'm surprised that there are not more out there. Especially someone who just needs to motor out of t
ISO: 1987 Catalina 22 Trailer (CT area) Jmoran at 11:27am 07.09.04 Smaller Boats 2/1127 I just bought a 1987 catalina 22 (swing keel), but it didn't come with a trailer. Does anyone know
Hain Sheet placement bill12490 at 11:07am 07.09.04 Mid-Size Boats 2/831 I would like to move the Main Sheet from in front of the companion way to over the cabin top so I ca
SCHAEFER SNAPFURL CF-700 BILL12442 at 9:44am 07.09.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1520 Does anyone have a snapfurl cf-700 ? I was thinking of buying one for mu Hunter260.

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Swing keel effectiveness Hunter216 at 1:29pm 11.09.20 On my 6.8m S2 I have a shoal draft keel(2ft) and a swing keel/centerboard that extends 2.5ft below
Small surveillance cameras Rick D at 1:26pm 11.09.20 Where do you find a women like that? I suspect that she was a "guest" :p on someone's boat and fig
Halloween cruise Hayden Watson at 1:22pm 11.09.20 I've been using the SV Panope anchor testing videos as my primary info. I found their testing to
Small surveillance cameras alexco38 at 1:20pm 11.09.20 A colleague of mine frequently had his apple juice stolen in the lunch room fridge. So he prepared a
0.45 gallons per hour OK? Tally Ho at 1:14pm 11.09.20 What engine do you have? I have a Yanmar 2GM20 and I get around that... Greg
Filthy Deck Hull Joint Help (1) pmbuck at 1:10pm 11.09.20 Here's a photo. I'm already grateful for already gaining some insight here -- the fact that it's li
Found a 2003 C310 JRT at 1:07pm 11.09.20 Did our first sporty sail yesterday. Wimd was 10-15 which was perfect with 70 degrees in November in
Swing keel effectiveness rgranger at 12:53pm 11.09.20 As a corallary, one advantage to a swing keel is that on a broad reach or running, you can raise the
Swing keel effectiveness rgranger at 12:51pm 11.09.20 When beating (pointing) high into the wind. Try this. With your keel in the up position, see how f
Small surveillance cameras rgranger at 12:48pm 11.09.20 One of the neatest things I've seen was this. A boat apparently had pressure sensitive mats in tth
Small surveillance cameras Hello Below at 12:41pm 11.09.20 You probably have viewed these but if not here are a bunch of security camera threads on SBO: Threa
Whisker Pole Jackdaw at 12:34pm 11.09.20 If you ever plan to race the pole MUST be mounted to the face of the mast.
Repower 1978 Hunter 30 - Ysm12 to 2YM15 Woodrowbr at 12:29pm 11.09.20 For any of you interested in also making these modifications I found this amazing write up of someon
Chock Screws Backing Out Justin_NSA at 12:15pm 11.09.20 They may have been added and just screwed in?
Chock Screws Backing Out Tom J at 12:12pm 11.09.20 I'm not familiar with the C315, but my C310 doesn't have chocks, which I like. I have seen too many
Learn from my mistake - lost my rudder IASailor at 12:07pm 11.09.20 A suggestion would be to confirm that the clip is engaged fully by trying to lift the rudder off WI
B411 Stiff steering - partial resolution Jefffors at 11:58am 11.09.20 Did the same thing with my 1999 Beneteau 411 2 1/2 years ago. It's still working fine.
Scratched hunter 33 rubrail Ralph Johnstone at 11:58am 11.09.20 Having no idea what the plastic material is, see if you can get gelcoat to stick to it. Maybe you c
2020 haul out. (3) Scott T-Bird at 11:42am 11.09.20 With more of this, I'll be happy to wait until December! After some fine sailing on Saturday, I was
Salon Table O'Day 28 wing15601 at 11:12am 11.09.20 Check carefully for plugged screw holes in the head area or on the shelf you want to remove.

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