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LOOKING FOR CATALINA 22 USED MAIN FULL BATTEN DANIEL'S CATALINA22 at 5:30pm 10.14.19 Ask All Sailors 4/391 I HAVE 1983 CATALINA 22. I AM LOOKING TO UPDATE THE MAIN TO FULL BATTEN. I AM WANDERING IF SOMEBODY
Shout Out to The GPS Store and (gasp) West Marine Ward H at 5:01pm 10.14.19 Ask All Sailors 8/965 I went to the Annapolis show with the intent of coming home with a Standard Horizon GX6000. The GPS
Can anyone confirm something about a 93 Hunter 27-2? MikeMikeMike at 4:02pm 10.14.19 Mid-Size Boats 5/1330 Can anyone confirm that the 1993 Hunter 27-2 does, in fact, use glassed-in and threaded backing plat
Proper tying up at slip jbreland at 3:05pm 10.14.19 Smaller Boats 14/1530 Hunter 26 and 23.5 how do you guys tie up in a slip. I don't like the fact that these boats only ha
Rigging preventer lines H260 Chuck C. at 11:47am 10.14.19 Smaller Boats 8/3440 Anyone have experience running preventer lines on a H260, and how did you set them up?
Remote start on Yanmar 2GM20? Tally Ho at 11:01am 10.14.19 Ask All Sailors 26/4691 I bought a remote starter switch that I hope will allow me to start the engine from my engine room w
H23 floorboards (1) ULost at 10:42am 10.14.19 Smaller Boats 4/616 Quick question about the floorboards above the bilge area. Mine have to be replaced and the one in
Newport 27 Mast OBXJim at 9:25am 10.14.19 Ask All Sailors 1/555 Recent hurricane rendered my long time pal more damage then I want to repair. A split along starboar
Weather has cooled off in Austin Texas!!! (1) SteveATx at 8:17am 10.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/1009 170801
Congrats Christoper - Sailor - Adventurer (1) jssailem at 6:38am 10.14.19 Sails Call Lounge 11/2036 170787 Finding land after at 3 month voyage. Makes my coastal sailing seem insignificant. Oh wel
Worst Bottom Paint evah.... sailme88 at 4:52am 10.14.19 Ask All Sailors 14/3510 Thought I'd do my boat a good and try Interlux. 4 coats of barrier and 2 ablative.. Top ablative
New gear - night vision camera from SiOnyx Captain Larry-DH at 7:06pm 10.13.19 Racing 14/2892 One item that intrigued me at the Annapolis show was a nifty little monocular camera that uses avail
Happy Birthday US Navy (1) Brian D at 6:09pm 10.13.19 Sails Call Lounge 5/666 To all former and active duty/reserve US Navy personnel on SBO, I wish you and your service a Happy
Diesel Heater sail sfbay at 5:54pm 10.13.19 Ask All Sailors 19/4790 Planning to install a diesel heater(Espar maybe) on my 2005 Hunter 46 in the aft starboard lazarette
Happy Canadian Turkey Weekend Hunter216 at 3:47pm 10.13.19 Ask All Sailors 5/454
Will it pumpkinpie at 3:15pm 10.13.19 Ask All Sailors 7/910 .
Experience with Sailwarehouse sails? djmeaney at 7:58am 10.13.19 Day Sailers 2/997
Procedure to reef in mast furling main RNC725 at 4:42am 10.13.19 Ask All Sailors 9/4863 We are lake sailors. Our old boat was a 1967 Cal 30. We never reefed her even in winds over 25---whi
HUNTER 386 SVEN MARTINEZ at 4:11am 10.13.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1138 Were some 2003 models sold as 2004 models? Seeing several advertised 2004 ones, but they have the C
AUTO PILOT PREFERENCES twodzusfittings at 3:09am 10.13.19 Bigger Boats 28/4886 Starting to think ahead for the next season and was wondering if the wisdom of the forum has recomme

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Failed Traveler Part Don Guillette at 12:45pm 06.09.24 I'd replace it with the Garhauer straight track traveler. I think the curved track traveler was desi
Merit 22 owners RussC at 11:35am 06.09.24 I'm new to sailing and hoping to get my Merit 22 in the water this W, Th or F. What would be the mi
Prop rotation question kappykaplan at 11:24am 06.09.24 That's not a MaxProp.... Post 40 identifies it as an Autostream . . .
Prop rotation question fstbttms at 10:30am 06.09.24 That's not a MaxProp.... As has been pointed out 2 or 3 times already :laugh:
Traditional Traveler dlochner at 10:29am 06.09.24 Often on those simple bar travelers there was a stop that could be moved. This prevented the boom fr
Propeller shaft length Hunter 376, 380 or 386 Hamish_s at 10:26am 06.09.24 This is a a few days out of the water operation... shortcuts don't usually pay off on boats. Out
Sailing out of Maryport on the Solway Firth June 2nd Gypsy Legend at 10:22am 06.09.24 try these links on vimeo
Sailing out of Maryport on the Solway Firth June 2nd Gypsy Legend at 10:21am 06.09.24 952879138 952879288
Propeller shaft length Hunter 376, 380 or 386 marcham at 10:10am 06.09.24 Correct. There's no point going through the bother and expense to replace the shaft, re-align the en
Prop rotation question Maine Sail at 10:05am 06.09.24 I didn't realize that I was going to have to know this before taking my PYI Max Prop off for re-con
3GM30F Service Issue dLj at 9:54am 06.09.24 With all due respect @Scott T-Bird - everything @skunther is describing about how his engine is run
Catalina 22 mk-2 1996 is there wiring in the hull near the mast? ...3TacksontheWater at 9:44am 06.09.24 I actually have 2plex to the top and 3plex to combo light above spreader. I will need to splice th
Prop rotation question kappykaplan at 9:41am 06.09.24 An additional follow-up based on in-water usage! ... Tks for sharing! :beer:
Prop rotation question Scott T-Bird at 9:26am 06.09.24 An additional follow-up based on in-water usage! ... It appears that performance has improved signif
Portlight Polish dLj at 9:19am 06.09.24 When I sold the boat four years later, the ports were still clear. I did not use any UV protective
Sailing out of Maryport on the Solway Firth June 2nd dlochner at 9:06am 06.09.24 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLswE9eitK2QWHbsQLqew0OkBc_uVeV25 It looks like the videos
3GM30F Service Issue Scott T-Bird at 8:48am 06.09.24 No doubt you were able to affect a positive change! I'm not sure I understand how your mechanic arr
Propeller shaft length Hunter 376, 380 or 386 jssailem at 7:44am 06.09.24 Good analogy. Start at the shaft log. That is the fixed point in the construction. Align the strut
Caulk/sealant for shower enclosure with teak trim skunther at 7:23am 06.09.24 Use a good quality bath and tub caulk. Meets all the necessary criteria and is not exposed to UV, s
Caulk/sealant for shower enclosure with teak trim dlochner at 6:58am 06.09.24 Use a good quality bath and tub caulk. Meets all the necessary criteria and is not exposed to UV, so

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