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worthy of it's own thread-- pclarksurf at 10:07am 05.29.20 Catalina 22 7/932 Now days if I need accurate information I go to the FB page or the C22 association directly and the
Pop Top Gas Spring Addition TheSoggyDollar at 9:40am 05.29.20 Catalina 22 13/1854 This is one of the simplest and inexpensive improvements we have done. The weight of the pop top isn
Steering Linkage (1) iceowood at 7:51am 05.29.20 Ask All Sailors 5/569 The steering linkage on my 2005 Hunter 41DS makes a knocking sound, what might that be and how might
Boston Whaler Harpoon 5.2 Chingachgook at 7:35am 05.29.20 Ask All Sailors 0/14 Need instructions or pictures on rigging the Main and Boom or a lead on where to find?
PSS shaft seal operating temperature (1) Jshock33 at 7:32am 05.29.20 Engines and Propulsion 24/3787 I recently installed a PSS shaft seal in my 1982 Mirage 33 with a Yanmar 3 GMD. This is my first t
New Catalina '85 Tall Rig new owner vshinsky at 6:51am 05.29.20 Catalina 30 12/1840 Hello, after sailing last year on Catalina 27 and loving it (my first boat), I upgraded to Catalina
Selling advice-where else to list a 310 for sale SBinNSB at 5:26am 05.29.20 Catalina 310 13/2350 Hi Everyone; We recently decided to sell our 2003 310, I have listed it in the classified section of
Engine compartment sound proofing falling off. bart at 4:26am 05.29.20 Big Boats 6/2770 Any suggestions for an adhesive to reattach soundproofing in side the engine compartment. In my 41Ds
Boston Whaler Harpoon 5.2 Chingachgook at 3:58am 05.29.20 Ask All Sailors 2/1326 Need info on rigging the Main and Boom correctly
Bernie here! Need instructions or Video's on rigging the main and boom on a Boston Whaler Harpoon 5.2 Chingachgook at 3:55am 05.29.20 Ask All Sailors 2/2710 Message
Sliding hatch wooden guides on Hunter 18.5 gellerttn at 3:19am 05.29.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/326 Hello fellow 18.5 owners. I am looking to reinstall missing wooden hatch guides on either side of th
Hunter 18.5 Hatch Guides gellerttn at 3:17am 05.29.20 Parts Search 5/1071 Hello fellow 18.5 owners. I am looking to reinstall missing wooden hatch guides on either side of th
Hunter 26 mast/compression pole leak JasonH26 at 7:14pm 05.28.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/663
Adding Line from propane locker to magma grill planoron at 3:57pm 05.28.20 Ask All Sailors 8/3723 What do I need to do? fitting through deck etc. I'm tryng to cut down my trips to HD and west
Purchased a Soverel 33 Project Boat DayDreamer41 at 3:18pm 05.28.20 Ask All Sailors 62/13666 Well taking our racing to a new level! Just purchased a Soverel 33 complete with tandem axle trailer
Hunter 376 Greg Mott at 2:55pm 05.28.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/527 Hello, I have a 1998 Hunter 376 with in mast furler. There is a large window on top of my boat aft
Poorer performance on starboard tack vs port tack Jimski at 11:17am 05.28.20 Ask All Sailors 24/4260 I race my Catalina 30 TM. A few races back, I was doing well on a port beat relative to the fleet,
Please remove -- found answer Dr. D at 11:16am 05.28.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/26 Thanks
Pin hole leak in water tank mcelduce at 10:57am 05.28.20 Ask All Sailors 7/1170 My wife and I have just purchased a 1995 Hunter 36 Vision sail boat and are in the process of repair
The Tractor Brian D at 10:57am 05.28.20 Sails Call Lounge 1/582 A farmer named Clyde had a tractor accident. In court, the trucking company's fancy hot shot lawyer,

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Pulling new cable up Mast jssailem at 9:42am 01.09.25 Welcome @Night Watch to the SBO Forum. Going through the deck will be problematic if your Catalina
Self launching anchor DArcy at 9:34am 01.09.25 I have a similar process to @dlochner for anchoring solo which works well. It can get more exciting
Rust inhibitor FastOlson at 9:33am 01.09.25 long ago I watched a friend (and boat yard owner) de-rust an iron keel. After he removed the old rus
Self launching anchor jssailem at 9:31am 01.09.25 From your explanation, it sounds like the shaft of your anchor is pulled snugly onto the bow roller,
Self launching anchor kloudie1 at 9:03am 01.09.25 Remove the aft (upper) roller.. and try it.. you may have to drill and move the roller further aft ,
Rust inhibitor NYSail at 7:37am 01.09.25 That's a pretty reasonable approach for touch up spots. I do something similar on my cast iron kee
Oldest Boat to Buy FastOlson at 7:25am 01.09.25 Not to be stickler... but something isn't right with this. $100/$1000 would make the insurance $10k
Bilge Pump in Keel? Crazy Dave Condon at 7:16am 01.09.25 If a Precision 18, did you ever call Precision Sailboats? How about some pictures of the boat and b
Pulling new cable up Mast Night Watch at 6:30am 01.09.25 I appreciate all the responses so far. One thing I've tried, so far, was to push a metal (electrica
Pulling new cable up Mast dlochner at 5:36am 01.09.25 Instead of a nut or bolt, use a short section of small steel chain. It will be longer and easier to
Pulling new cable up Mast shemandr at 5:24am 01.09.25 Yeah I would say it's a matter of feeding a messenger down to pull a wire up. I've heard from a fri
Are 30 year old sails worth anything?? (4) Will Gilmore at 5:04am 01.09.25 229323 How about a skin-on-frame tender? 229324 229325 229326 There are lots of how-to sites for ski
Scored a mast climbing system! thinwater at 4:52am 01.09.25 Ah, I did not realize that. Do you remove the slugs on the ladder? Or just not worry about them. Ho
Oldest Boat to Buy dlochner at 4:37am 01.09.25 Not to be stickler... but something isn't right with this. $100/$1000 would make the insurance $10
Pulling new cable up Mast colemj at 4:35am 01.09.25 I've done this before. Attach a weight like a nut to the end of string and drop it down from the ho
Oldest Boat to Buy Marmalade at 4:26am 01.09.25 It works out to approximately $100. per $1000. of value. i.e. if your boat has a value of $100K, yo
Self launching anchor dlochner at 3:53am 01.09.25 While I haven't tested this yet, mp line run to the cockpit. Hang the anchor over far enough to s
Self launching anchor (1) Rich 35.5 at 3:42am 01.09.25 While I haven't tested this yet, mg is to use a quick release snap shackle with a trip line run to t
Self launching anchor Davidasailor26 at 3:29am 01.09.25 We had a Delta anchor that always needed a kick, then we upgraded to a Mantus and found its self-dep
Its funny Friday! justsomeguy at 3:09am 01.09.25 Justsomeguy had to be thatguy?! :ass: -Will Somebody has to.

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