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Any Power Thruster experience? Mike at 10:34am 03.10.03 Smaller Boats 0/813 Has anyone any experience with the Power Thruster product? It attaches to the outboard motor and go
Epoxy on Hunter 212 David Fisher at 10:12am 03.10.03 Smaller Boats 1/872 Can anyone can tell me if you can use regular Epoxy with the Hunter 212 composite material. We want
Scuba/Swim Platform Suggestions?? Phyllis at 10:07am 03.10.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1294 We definitely need a swim platform and would even like to eliminate the support rail above the swim
Genoa Again Zach Heir at 10:06am 03.10.03 Smaller Boats 1/1005 I am about to purchase a 135% Genoa for my Capri 18, however I didn't realize how much paper work is
Swing Keel Dimensions Bert Burton at 10:03am 03.10.03 Smaller Boats 3/1846 Can anyone give me the dimensions of the swing keel (width, mainly) and how much keel is exposed bel
autopilot paul arceneaux at 10:03am 03.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 12/1250 i'm iterested in autopilot for my 28.5 . any suggestion on unit. thanks kennyslipaway
Wing keel repair Pat at 9:51am 03.10.03 Smaller Boats 0/1128 We bent the wing keel of our '89 C22 when loading her on the trailer last fall. Any experts on this
Preventing water in Diesel Tank Tom Wingo at 9:15am 03.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/941 I know water in the diesel tank is part of having a diesel engine on a boat. 100% humidty is part of
mariner with leak frank mergen at 8:51am 03.10.03 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1069 Recently looked at a '76 Mariner. After 2 hours in the water there was several ozs. of water in th
Battery drain even with DC master off Martin Cole at 6:42am 03.10.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/938 I have a puzzling electrical problem and I hope someone can give me some advice, because I'm definit
O'Day 192 Info Bill at 6:12am 03.10.03 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1068 Was looking thru the archives and found two questions I May be able to help> with. > > These reg
Galley for Catalina 22 Mike McKeown at 6:05am 03.10.03 Smaller Boats 5/1844 I am looking for the sliding galeey for a Catalina 22. Wondering how to get one? Is there someone ou
Why can't I edit anymore Hayden Watson at 5:15am 03.10.03 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/829 I posted an reply which had a typo I didn't see. When i viewed the article there wasn't an edit rep
Backing Up and Walking to Port Kenneth at 4:52am 03.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 5/1006 Our Catalina 27 seems to have a severe walking to port problem when trying to back up. Is this prob
Trailerable Rendevouz cancelled Crazy Dave Condon at 4:24am 03.10.03 Smaller Boats 9/839 Earlier, I had proposed an East Coast Rendevouz located on Kerr Lake, NC. I had arranged for the si
Thinking of buying a 290 Dan at 4:22am 03.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 6/958 Does anyone know of any problem areas with this model that I should look for or any bad habits that
MacGregor Venture 23' Kathleen Powers at 4:20am 03.10.03 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/2253 My father an avid sailor recently passed away and has left me his MacGregor Venture 23". I am not a
Bottom Job Question. . . Chris McLoughlin at 4:17am 03.10.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/780 I have removed the old bottom paint on our 12 year old Legend 37.5 with the idea of sealing the bott
Blue Water mr tim at 3:42am 03.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 3/1057 Any of the 30'-32' hunter owners do any trans atlantic crossings in their boats. I'm thinking of ge
Volvo Saildrive leaks oil (somewhere) Jim Cook at 3:28am 03.10.03 Other Sailboats 3/4090 The first contractor I hired to do my bottom 2 years ago painted bottom paint on my VolvoPenta S110

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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
Anchor locker drainage Ron20324 at 5:37am 10.01.20 What is the need to drain that last inch of water in the anchor locker ? Yeah, it will probably ge
I'm looking for an Owners Manual for a Newport 41 Justin_NSA at 5:13am 10.01.20 Have you tried these guys? It's all I find. https://www.oldboatbrochures.com
Commodore T26 MeMelou at 5:13am 10.01.20 Thank you for the picture and advice :)
Why, Beneteau, why? NYSail at 4:37am 10.01.20 My instruments needed a software update. Updating the B&G Zeus3 was easy: Just stick a microSD card
Drill into my traveler bar? Joe at 4:21am 10.01.20 I don't think you're going to be happy with mounting the cleat the way you've suggested.... First of
New sailer Mr. Dave at 3:43am 10.01.20 Lmao. Just realized I title this topic as new sailer. No wonder you guys think in new. I me t new
Perkins 4-108, any comments, opinions, or things to watch out for? JimInPB at 3:35am 10.01.20 I had a bid in, & thought that I had an agreement, then the seller brought in other perspective buye
Windlass install vmaks at 3:10am 10.01.20 Thank you for your very in-depth reply and suggestions. I will read your reply a few more times to a
Water pouring out of exhaust! jssailem at 2:30am 10.01.20 Correct assumption. But pumps are pumps and the goal of water is to provide a cooling system to the
Mac 25 Deck core and chainplates justsomeguy at 2:22am 10.01.20 Out of curiosity, do these boats have an inner liner in the area around the chainplate? Technicall
New Furler NYSail at 11:08pm 09.30.20 My Schaffer unit i bought new around 2010 did not have metal bearings. Smooth and great unit. Would
Catalina 320 Stem Fitting NYSail at 10:58pm 09.30.20

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