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The Many Stages of Keel (a photo retrospective) Parts 1-3 (10) pclarksurf at 9:54pm 07.02.19 Catalina 22 17/2067 Was dragging through the photos looking for goodness knows what and decided there's no value in havi
Macgregor 19 keel cable me262 at 8:12pm 07.02.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1876 Just bought (stole) a m19. Problem with a broken keel lifting cable. Can you make your own? Buy one
Bilge inspection (1) Phil Herring at 7:38pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 18/2440 Drop your... well, grab your socks, anyway. BILGE INSPECTION IN TWO MINUTES! We've seen bilges that
Compression post rebuild (10) Jallred863 at 6:48pm 07.02.19 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1945 I have a 1979 Hunter 30 and I'm having issues with the compression post. The piece that is in the bi
Sticky main furler sailingrock at 5:20pm 07.02.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 29/6389 The main sail furler on my Benetau 461 (2000) is causing me lots of problems. On some videos I have
Looking to find a Nmea 0183 T connector to hook up GPS to VHF Radio to get DSC (1) FriscoRon at 3:59pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 6/789 My old Nav398 RaymarineGPS is Nmea 0183 compliant. My new Standard Horizon 1300 eclipse VHFradio wi
Let there be fright (1) Phil Herring at 2:31pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 18/1436 Some people are afraid of water, some afraid of boats. But plenty of people are freaked out by heeli
{splash} !@#$%^ &!!! (1) Phil Herring at 2:15pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 74/6000 What's the most infuriating thing you've lost overboard? (Yes, people count, too.) We're looking fo*
Sailboat Beauty Pageant (1) Phil Herring at 2:09pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 32/3341 What, in your opinion, is the most beautiful sailboat of the fiberglass era? Forget cost, ignore pr
Moorage Madness (1) Phil Herring at 4:10am 12.09.19 Ask All Sailors 36/3980 How has the increased value of real estate, higher insurance premiums, and more frequent storm repai
Navigation: Old School vs New School (1) Phil Herring at 1:52pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 66/4131 It's been some years since we touched on this. Now that wifi enabled staplers are smarter than the A
Seaside Ceremonies (1) Phil Herring at 1:40pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 5/718 Superstition has been part of sailing since the days when three sheets to the wind was a comment abo
Be cool, bro (1) Phil Herring at 1:29pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 12/1200 It's 2019, and whether you're in Nome or Nassau, it's hot! How do you keep your boat cool? AC? Fan
Boom/Clew Adjustment (1) Plymouth Sailor at 1:28pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 3/376 Anyone have photos of your boom clew hardware? I bought my boat with the end of the boom missing so
Boom/Clew Adjustment (1) Plymouth Sailor at 1:28pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 0/5 Anyone have photos of your boom clew hardware? I bought my boat with the end of the boom missing so
Ahhh, this sailboat is just right (1) Phil Herring at 1:22pm 07.02.19 Ask All Sailors 22/3882 Goldilocks had been a delivery skipper and dock rat for years. Straits of Malacca, Cape Horn, Point
Hunter 25 Clew Hardware Setup (1) Plymouth Sailor at 1:19pm 07.02.19 The Cherubini Hunters 0/10 Anyone have photos of a Hunter - Cherubini 25 clew hardware at the end of the boom? I bought my boa
GRAB RAILS s/v milou at 12:28pm 07.02.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/903 LOOKING FOR RESOURCES FOR REPLACING GRAB RAILS ON COACH ROOF, BOTH PORT AND STARBOARD SIDES. HAVE TR
42s7 Fractional spin halyard rigging? sccohen at 12:25pm 07.02.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/337 Looking for some advice on rigging the spin halyard. Should the line run thru the fairlead holes ab
Cable steer auto pilot for a Mac 26 Clipping at 12:03pm 07.02.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/783 Any MacGregor 26M owners out there who have installed or know of anyone who is familiar with the Lo

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Universal 25xp. No start. charliec30 at 9:31am 09.16.23
Universal 25xp. No start. charliec30 at 9:30am 09.16.23 Absolutely beautiful demonstration of exactly what's going on with your engine :clap: . 1. Is the
Discharge of sewage over 3 miles Tally Ho at 9:29am 09.16.23 I believe the OP is taking the boat to the Bahamas and Caribbean. There are no pump outs there, its
Universal 25xp. No start. kloudie1 at 9:11am 09.16.23
Third Reefing Point rgranger at 9:11am 09.16.23 I got a new main for my H26 and wished I had ordered a third set of reef points. the 240 is a very
Universal 25xp. No start. Ralph Johnstone at 8:57am 09.16.23 I've only listened to you audio about 100 times so far. Can you VERY CAREFULLY rotate your engine (
Universal 25xp. No start. (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:46am 09.16.23 Absolutely beautiful demonstration of exactly what's going on with your engine :clap: . 1. Is the
Rigging diagram for Boston Whaler Harpoon 4.6 Mousam 4.6 at 8:37am 09.16.23
Adding Additional/Sub DC Panel (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:31am 09.16.23 So to be clear, just the positive of the new panel to the original panel? Would I then connect the
Replacing the Switch Panel on an 88 boat morbidfollower at 8:16am 09.16.23 I have the same black panel on my 88 and it is stock. My 82 had the panel lakeshark describes.
Discharge of sewage over 3 miles Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:59am 09.16.23 Educate me, Don...I already knew that relying on a seacock a bad idea...what IS the correct way to
05 hunter 41ds cabin lighting Terry Cox at 7:52am 09.16.23 Hi Geoff. Different model boat here, but we've replaced all of our incandescent bulbs with LEDs from
Adding Additional/Sub DC Panel SBJO_1555 at 6:51am 09.16.23 Thanks dlochner - yeah i was thinking about this too, but i'm somewhat a if it ain't broke, don't fi
Problems Accessing the SBO Forums shemandr at 6:34am 09.16.23 I'm happy to hear it's not on my end. I just get a blank page when I try to log in from my favs me
Adding Additional/Sub DC Panel dlochner at 6:33am 09.16.23 You might find it easier to simply replace the old panel with a new panel with more breakers. It wil
Adding Additional/Sub DC Panel SBJO_1555 at 6:29am 09.16.23 Thanks for the reply! So to be clear, just the positive of the new panel to the original panel? Woul
Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging chp at 6:14am 09.16.23 Ok, this is dredging up an old post but I wanted to FINALLY come around and update it since it's be
Replacing the Switch Panel on an 88 boat (1) LakeShark at 5:51am 09.16.23 For reference here is the OEM manual for the new design catalina 22s. The original design had the pa
Replacing the Switch Panel on an 88 boat LakeShark at 5:47am 09.16.23
Replacing the Switch Panel on an 88 boat (2) ...3TacksontheWater at 5:26am 09.16.23 LakeShark, thank you for your quick and, informative reply. I listed the positions from top to botto

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