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Dream come true Pam Mohr at 2:06pm 09.25.01 Ask All Sailors 11/1233 I saw my dream boat on the side of a Hwy with a For Sale sign taped to her hull. A Catalina 22, swi
Replacing lettering Roy at 10:43am 09.25.01 Ask All Sailors 7/1234 We are new boat owners and need to remove and replace the tape as well as lettering for the name. Ho
Weather Helm Jeff Bacon at 6:57am 09.25.01 Big Boats 11/1204 Hi All:Next season will find me trying to correct some significant weather helm in my 1996 376.M
Taking down the Mast Cliff Ruckstuhl at 5:49am 09.25.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1072 I am new 28.5 owner and will be taking down the mast for the winter soon. Are there connections at
Prop Shaft Michael McCann at 2:42am 09.25.01 Other Sailboats 5/982 Kevin;What material('s) (alloys) are prop shafts made of? What are the most common alloys found in
Padeye at top of mast...found use! Josh at 12:04am 09.25.01 Ask An Oday Owner 0/869 I think I might have figured out what the hell this is on the past for. With the mast unstepped, it
BAHAMAS IN A 26S? BEEKER at 11:16pm 09.24.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1078 I WOULD LIKE TO SAIL TO THE BAHAMAS IN MY MAC. SHOULD I ATTEMT THIS? I'VE READ A FEW CRUISE LOGS OF
Three Blade Prop for a 31'Oday David C. Hirtle at 9:53pm 09.24.01 Ask An Oday Owner 0/962 In an attempt to upgrade this season, I went to a 15x10 three blade prop, replacing the original two
tip for replacing glass on deckhatch Oliver at 7:12pm 09.24.01 Mid-Size Boats 0/910 In order to replace an old hatch, without having the hassle of trying to find a new or secondhand ha
Tuning the headstay? Al Goodman at 1:09pm 09.24.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1022 Have any mid-size Hunter owners tuned their headstay? My 1989 H28 has a Hood continuous-line furler
Traveler Tony Thomas at 11:33am 09.24.01 Smaller Boats 3/896 I need to replace the traveler on my 85 Hunter 23. We have a boat US and a west marine here in Pensa
Volvo engines Paul at 10:57am 09.24.01 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1142 Any opinions on Volvo engines 40hp and above?
356 photo, info Phil Herring at 9:47am 09.24.01 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/1144 We have received some early photos of the new 356 prototype; you'll find them in the Boat Info sect
Electric Windlass for Hunter 30T Steve Schwartz at 3:02pm 09.30.01 Mid-Size Boats 2/1106 I want to install (or have the yard install) an electric windlass on my Hunter '93 30T. We use a 22
30ft liveaboard cruiser ??? mark stevens at 8:39am 09.24.01 Ask All Sailors 4/1895 I own a Oday 30 keel/cb and cruise the coast of Maine. My wife and I are considering using this boat
Wild Ride on the Chesapeake Jim Seamans at 12:12pm 09.30.01 Other Sailboats 5/911 Gather Around Lads and Lassies, I'll tell you a harrowing tail of the sailboat Java.It was Saturda
Fore Peter Albright at 8:30am 09.30.01 The Cherubini Hunters 5/877 I have a '77 H30, with the majority of the interior woodwork in my garage. I am trying to find the b
DEPTH GAGE ST50 WALLACE SHAKUN at 4:06am 09.24.01 Big Boats 0/991 WHAT ARE THE SEQUENCES TO GETTHE SHALLOW ALARM TO SOUND ONTHE ENGINE DISPLAY FORWARD OFTHE WHEEL.
buting a 1976 27' Fred Presler at 12:57am 09.30.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1002 What do I look for in buying a 1976 Catalina 27 with a Atomic 4?It's in the water now. The price is
Water Ballast Hank Bartosik at 1:16pm 09.29.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1137 Water Ballast can be a drag when motoring in calm waters with the mast in the down/storage position.

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True Wind Discussion Redux Davidasailor26 at 2:36pm 05.12.20 Wouldn't it be feasible for the chartplotter and displays to calculate and display "True Wind" and
Bottom Paint Sanding Rich Stidger at 2:35pm 05.12.20 Ask if your yard has a sanding setup that you can use or rent. If you do use your own vacuum, Rigid
Bottom Paint Sanding P12nash at 2:34pm 05.12.20 The first thing to determine as you prepare to apply bottom paint, is the existing paint hard or ab
True Wind Discussion Redux markwbird at 2:32pm 05.12.20 They only way to get an accurate true wind speed is to use the velocity over ground when calibrating
Bottom Paint Sanding P12nash at 2:32pm 05.12.20 I am sure they mean sanders with the built in vacuum. Most yards require them. I guess my real qu
Catalina 22 Transducer Install Hardhead at 2:31pm 05.12.20 If you have a post 1987 C22 - there's easy access -- if you reach a hand up from the 2nd, smaller fl
Bottom Paint Sanding Ralph Johnstone at 2:30pm 05.12.20 I'm going to be sanding and applying bottom paint this weekend for the first time The first thing
Bottom Paint Sanding markwbird at 2:29pm 05.12.20 I am sure they mean sanders with the built in vacuum. Most yards require them.
High Seas Home Depot Muttondressedaslamb at 2:28pm 05.12.20 Cold working and becoming magnetized is why the local scrap yard won't give me the 316 price when I
High Seas Home Depot dlochner at 2:25pm 05.12.20 This is a common misunderstanding. 303 stainless steel can be as non-magnetic as a 304 or 316, and
How to remove 30 yr. old tape. Calif. Ted at 2:25pm 05.12.20 I would be curious how to apply the long stripe and keeping it straight. No up/down waves... Ther
Bottom Paint Sanding capta at 2:18pm 05.12.20 Sorry, I can't answer your question, but it does make me long for the good old days when I'd just ta
Going up to masthead on Hunter 356 Muttondressedaslamb at 2:04pm 05.12.20 I need to go up to the top of my Hunter 356 mast to replace the wind instrument transducer. I have
Key Buzzer Doesnt Buzz stephen_i_w at 1:52pm 05.12.20 Actually, it is fixed, thanks to the input I received here. It really would not have occured to me
High Seas Home Depot dLj at 1:52pm 05.12.20 Take a magnet into hardware store if u plan on buying fasteners. Good grade stainless is not magnet
High Seas Home Depot Muttondressedaslamb at 1:50pm 05.12.20 Sourcing quality products at a reasonable price often appears on SBO. Last Fall there was a discuss
High Seas Home Depot Muttondressedaslamb at 1:48pm 05.12.20 Very hard to keep up-to-date. it would be useful for a very short length of time as a parts list. I
High Seas Home Depot Whatfiero1 at 1:46pm 05.12.20 Take a magnet into hardware store if u plan on buying fasteners. Good grade stainless is not magneti
How to remove 30 yr. old tape. dLj at 1:42pm 05.12.20 I think my question still stands even on the hard! Well, I'm sure there are other ways to do it, b
How to remove 30 yr. old tape. Mark Maulden at 1:37pm 05.12.20 Mark, I think you need to do it on the hard. If you are on the water I think there will always be t

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