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Hatch Shades Clay Hunter at 12:17pm 09.23.03 Big Boats 5/906 Hey everyone, I got a problem, every morning as soon as the soon comes up over my hatch in the v be
Winter layup - fresh water system William Niessen at 12:15pm 09.23.03 Big Boats 1/809 With the straight through seawater system you can be sure that your whole system has been filled wit
Air Conditioner problems on a 40.5 Clay Hunter at 12:13pm 09.23.03 Big Boats 2/794 I have a 1994 Legend 40.5 the Lady in Red. We have twin air conditioners, one forward, and one unde
AC Condensate drain into bilge Jerry Clark at 12:08pm 09.23.03 Big Boats 13/7281 The AC unit condensate drains into the bilge leaving about 1-1/2" water constantly in bilge. Has any
Drop board in a shoal keel Larry Ambrose at 11:43am 09.23.03 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1087 With a small leak due to a problem with the swing-up drop board in the shoal keel of my Oday 23, I'm
Keel problems Gerald Moore at 11:42am 09.23.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/925 My keel will stick in the keel well. It could be marine growth, but I am not certain - has anyone e
H260 Mast crutch (1) George H260 at 9:59am 09.23.03 Smaller Boats 8/1309 When my H260 was delivered, the rear mast crutch pole had a significant bend in it where the upper c
MacGregor vs. Venture 25 Nik at 8:40am 09.23.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/3433 Can anyone tell me the differences in dimensions, layout, equipment, etc. (if any) between a Venture
adding spinnaker and rigging to an 87 legend 40 Howard at 7:51am 09.23.03 Big Boats 2/896 I need to get into a spinnaker set up for an 87 legend 40 that is only roller reefing jib equipted.
winches CORKY TROTTER at 7:49am 09.23.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/948 Has any one replaced the winches(not wenches) on a Hunter 260? I would like self tailing. CorkyM
catalina 42 #252 Bob Lufkin at 7:34am 09.23.03 Big Boats 0/918 Who ever you are I took a nice pic of you in Vinyard Haven Sound let me know if you would like a cop
Detailed C&C history David Swingle at 7:19am 09.23.03 Ask All Sailors 5/1144 I've found some good info on C'C's on the web, however, its not as neat and tidy as Hunter - Catalin
Hunter vs C&C down the road David Swingle at 7:05am 09.23.03 Ask All Sailors 8/6063 We have collected a ton of info thanks in part to all the replys on this forum. We have become very
water ballast vs. weighted swing keels Gary Ellis at 6:25am 09.23.03 Smaller Boats 5/2453 Hi - I don't know much, but there seems to be a drawback to buying a water ballast boat as you can't
Looking for Oday 22 "projects" experience George Chamberlain at 6:21am 09.23.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1003 I am compiling my list of winter maintenance (and some improvements!) for my 1982 Oday 22. I sure w
Hurricane Isabel damage to my hunter 30T (1) Ed Munson at 6:14am 09.23.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/973 Well I did what I thought was best and hauled my boat. The storm surge lifted my boat off the jack
water ballast vs. wing keel Gary Ellis at 5:57am 09.23.03 Smaller Boats 6/2573 looking for the pros and cons of water ballast sailing vs. the older wing keel boats - not refering
Replacing Ports Todd Berget at 5:54am 09.23.03 Big Boats 5/880 Has anyone had any experience replacing the orginal Port Holes??? If so did you use the Hunter OEM
Reefing system Don at 5:46am 09.23.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/808 Does anyone have information on how the reefing system work on a 1982 Hunter 27? There's a line goin
Newcomer Vince Sullivan at 5:13am 09.23.03 Smaller Boats 1/1070 Good afternoon.I'm new to the Catalina world and have learned some tips from this forum.Our 1987

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On the "Distant" Dream? jon hansen at 4:17pm 11.18.20 ...... and sailing is easier than walking
On the "Distant" Dream? jon hansen at 4:16pm 11.18.20 you can go from georgia to maine with a backpack and a stick, appalachian trail or you can go from g
On the "Distant" Dream? jon hansen at 4:11pm 11.18.20 the OP asked three questions. here are my answers: #1. of course there is time, BUT, none is requi
Chart plotters or "Fish Finders" for cruising rgranger at 4:05pm 11.18.20 How far from shore will you be? If less than five miles then down load the navonics app to your ph
Chart plotters or "Fish Finders" for cruising Terry Cox at 3:55pm 11.18.20 Fam got me a Garmin 178C GPS chart plotter/sounder for my birthday in 2005. Has all the charts from
Square sail rgranger at 3:53pm 11.18.20 :dancing:The Blog is wonderful fun to read! Hard to say which boat was my favorite.. there were so
Chart plotters or "Fish Finders" for cruising Gene Neill at 3:24pm 11.18.20 You mentioned Garmin GPSmap vs. EchoMap ... we have a GPSmap (740s) on our C22 and an EchoMap someth
On the "Distant" Dream? 31seahorse at 3:18pm 11.18.20 Hello SBO Members, In my earlier post in this discussion I mentioned a writer and a series of books
Guest 295C (2) All U Get at 3:14pm 11.18.20 Remember when you hid candy, well here is me squeezing into the anchor locker to find those wires.he
Harken sheave worn flat Calif. Ted at 3:11pm 11.18.20 Had both the genny cars and Hood furling line sheaves as described on a previous boat, not sure abou
We need to grind down the cockpit coaming and paint it. We do not care to save the non-skid, so all we want is a nice smooth surface. What type of san Dave Groshong at 3:00pm 11.18.20 I would skip all of that and paint over it with KiwiGrip, non toxic, fills, last 10 years https:/
Is anyone have experience in keep saber 28 in the water and sailing in north east winters? shemandr at 2:46pm 11.18.20 'There are boats on the East End that stay in all Winter. Most use bubblers or the de-icers. You h
We need to grind down the cockpit coaming and paint it. We do not care to save the non-skid, so all we want is a nice smooth surface. What type of san Michael Davis at 2:41pm 11.18.20 :thumbsdown: sounds like too much work. :huh: Surprisingly fast and easy. We used a 4 ft. board wi
Square sail nveater at 2:38pm 11.18.20 LagunaJay- the square rigged ship I sail on is the Kalmar Nyckel, the tall ship of Delaware. We are
We need to grind down the cockpit coaming and paint it. We do not care to save the non-skid, so all we want is a nice smooth surface. What type of san Hunter216 at 2:35pm 11.18.20 :thumbsdown: sounds like too much work. :huh: Yes but there is likely a law about running power to
We need to grind down the cockpit coaming and paint it. We do not care to save the non-skid, so all we want is a nice smooth surface. What type of san Captain Larry-DH at 2:18pm 11.18.20 I would NEVER try to talk someone out of buying a power tool ;) but you could make a simple sanding
We need to grind down the cockpit coaming and paint it. We do not care to save the non-skid, so all we want is a nice smooth surface. What type of san Hunter216 at 2:16pm 11.18.20 What type of sander would you recommend? I would NEVER try to talk someone out of buying a power t
We need to grind down the cockpit coaming and paint it. We do not care to save the non-skid, so all we want is a nice smooth surface. What type of san thinwater at 2:14pm 11.18.20 I'm guessing @capta is going to replace the nonskid with something else. While prepping for the pai
We need to grind down the cockpit coaming and paint it. We do not care to save the non-skid, so all we want is a nice smooth surface. What type of san capta at 2:12pm 11.18.20 I'm guessing @capta is going to replace the nonskid with something else. While prepping for the pai
We need to grind down the cockpit coaming and paint it. We do not care to save the non-skid, so all we want is a nice smooth surface. What type of san dlochner at 1:59pm 11.18.20 40 grit scares me. It can make deep scratches that are tough to remove without going further than

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