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310 Keel Bolts (1) Cat 310 #1 in GA at 10:24am 09.29.19 Catalina 310 12/1321 I tightened my keel bolts yesterday for the first time. Was surprised that 2 or 3 of them were snug
Dropping Keel, Early 80's First 42 Mitch Witt at 10:21am 09.29.19 Ask All Sailors 0/297 Appreciate anyone who has seen the lead keel dropped from an early to Mid 80's First 42 reply to hel
Didya Miss Me??? (7) 31seahorse at 10:08am 09.29.19 Ask All Sailors 7/758 Hello SBO members, If you missed my thoughts and comments I have a perfectly good reason for my lac
Main Sail Beneteau at 9:28am 09.29.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/650 We have a 1997 Beneteau Oceanus 321. Require a source for new sail slides for the main.The slides ar
Maintenance Beneteau at 9:20am 09.29.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/665 We have a 1997 Beneteau Oceanids 321 .i would like to remove the originally installed water line dec
Line pumpkinpie at 9:03am 09.29.19 Ask All Sailors 40/2706 .
Anyone want to swap there Mac19 for a Mac26D? (2) finding41 at 10:40pm 09.28.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/648 I've got a couple 26D's. (3) My idea of chartering them out didn't fly. $5k/ year / boat insurance!
Keel Winch Daddy Blackbeard at 8:38pm 09.28.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/776 So I bought my sailboat about 3 weeks ago and i noticed that the keel winch turns clockwise but not
Composting head in a Mac Seadoc at 6:16pm 09.28.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/540 Hi, y'all! Anyone out there in Mac land have experience with composting heads aboard a Mac? Specific
Annapolis Sailboat Show dlochner at 5:22pm 09.28.19 Sails Call Lounge 2/418 The Annapolis Sailboat Show will be upon us in a couple of weeks. Susan and I are attending and woul
Gap At The Bow Support When Loading Hunter 23.5 JDE at 3:54pm 09.28.19 Smaller Boats 20/2628
Solar Array Hunter 450 passage Nauticlops at 3:28pm 09.28.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1172 I'm setting up a solar array and I've got one question about connecting the charge controller to my
Universal m-18 engine smoking sailing11 at 1:28pm 09.28.19 Engines and Propulsion 4/651 Just took my Catalina 27 (with a universal m-18 motor in it) our for a cruise. It noticed a slight r
3 phase circuit breaker thaeni at 1:20pm 09.28.19 Ask All Sailors 6/497 The photo is a I believe a 3 phase circuit breaker. Any ideas on where to locate. I tried West Marin
Lazy jack question Tedd at 1:08pm 09.28.19 Ask All Sailors 17/2558 I've never used a lazy jack. I've watched a few videos of boats that have one and it seems they just
Interior Cushions (2) Beneteau40sailor at 11:31am 09.28.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1024 Hello: I am looking to replace or recover the "Heritage Pearl" interior cushions on my 2011 B40. T
Fun factory F-ups (1) Jacomo Sailor at 10:17am 09.28.19 Catalina 22 10/1199 So I'm wrapping up my fifth season with my C22 and about the start of summer the aft port window sta
Deck waste cap stuck ianinbc at 10:11am 09.28.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1106 i3Dgear has a tool that allows you to get a 3/8 socket drive on the waste cap. Attach an impact driv
Wheel Pilot Malfunction. rpell1@msn.com at 7:02am 09.28.19 Ask All Sailors 13/1562 Good morning all, I have a Simrad WP32 that crapped out on me yesterday and can't get through to Sim
C&C 30MK1 Bimini/Dodger Question sdemore at 5:47am 09.28.19 C&C 2/1350 I picked up a '73 C'C 30 MK1 project boat a couple of years ago. On this particular boat, the boom

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NOMAD AIS set up with new name and configuration dlochner at 4:56am 10.02.23 Welcome to SBO. How is the NOMAD connected to the SeaTalk network?
Ultrasonic wind masthead transducer Davidasailor26 at 4:53am 10.02.23
Line identification (2) jssailem at 11:59pm 10.01.23 My first guess on the double braid is it is New England yacht braid white with blue trace. NE has go
Swing Keel locking bolt glassed over. Ryan61065 at 10:06pm 10.01.23 You cannot turtle a sailboat with wind alone. It has to be hit by a wave to turtle. So the lock-d
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? Project_Mayhem at 9:48pm 10.01.23 Does drinking the beer that's in the cooler qualify as removal? :beer: Only if you empty the hea
PVC inflatable repair glue Ken13559 at 9:23pm 10.01.23 I've been patching my Zodiac RU3 for last 15 years+ with HH-66. Did annual check and re-patch on joi
Anchor/Rode AUDIS BROW at 8:51pm 10.01.23 What do you consider "shallow"? <20ft Where around Dana Point do you anchor? usually within the ha
The Sewing Machine Thread Mikem at 8:11pm 10.01.23 Here's the link to LS1 & LSZ1 Manual. Page 31 starts coverage of reasons for missing stitches. Th
Anchor/Rode Richard19068 at 7:47pm 10.01.23 Generally, I am anchoring in muddy bottoms in shallow water with I believe a 12lb(guess) fluke. The
Anchor/Rode Davidasailor26 at 7:00pm 10.01.23
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? stickinthemud57 at 5:07pm 10.01.23 Does drinking the beer that's in the cooler qualify as removal? :beer: Only if one can properly
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? DArcy at 4:50pm 10.01.23 Well, just as nature abhors a vacuum, it appears that a boat does also. Not at all, I have a vacuu
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? RussC at 4:30pm 10.01.23 Does drinking the beer that's in the cooler qualify as removal? :beer:
The Sewing Machine Thread Mikem at 4:18pm 10.01.23 Have you gone through the Sailrite timing videos? They are great for resolving stitch problems. W
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? stickinthemud57 at 4:15pm 10.01.23 This may be of interest to a very small fraction of sailors here, but if you have a water-ballasted
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? Tally Ho at 4:06pm 10.01.23 My shed has several anchors, fenders, etc that I wanted to get off the boat. Tally Ho sits on her l
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? Roland5048 at 2:59pm 10.01.23 Take those extras and move them ashore, like into your garage. Tried that over the years. Stored
Boat beards justsomeguy at 1:13pm 10.01.23
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? (1) justsomeguy at 12:57pm 10.01.23 It would be great to have a comprehensive list of where everything is, Performed an inventory a co
Pedestal cup holders Tomusa at 12:25pm 10.01.23 These worked perfectly. Put a small amount of caulking under edge. 10 bucks for 5.

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