Sabre 27 Forum Archive

The Sabre 27 Forum was an incredibly useful resource for members and enthusiasts alike. Unfortunately due to relentless hackers constantly compromising the system, it had to be taken down in 2025. We have since collated all of the discussions and images into this searchable archive. Whilst new posts can’t be added, all of the useful discussions remain. Live discussion can be found on the Sabre 27 Facebook page.

Explore discussions from the former Sabre 27 Owners Association forum. This is a read-only archive; historic advice, contact details and external links may be out of date.

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The Marcon Filing Cabinet

Iain C United Kingdom 181 Posts Posted - 07/10/2011 : 22:51:16 Some of you guys are going to love this! I've just come back from the pub, I've just had dinner with a good mate of mine who is also Midlands based and has just taken a job in Southampton. He was t

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Mast down through the French waterways?

Mikenfi United Kingdom 40 Posts Posted - 09/07/2016 : 07:51:12 Hi has anyone done this? We plan to carry out mast on hyjanorra and I am planning on building an Aframe fore & Aft with a little prop where the tabanacle is for central support. Has anyone done thi

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Diesel Bug

richard moore United Kingdom 3 Posts Posted - 07/07/2016 : 16:00:33 Show Profile Email Poster Edit Topic Send richard moore an AOL message Reply with Quote View user's IP address Delete Topic I have just had engine serviced and been greeted with the news that

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Cockpit Locker Tops

rory7520 United Kingdom 58 Posts Posted - 09/01/2015 : 08:29:52 Dear Forum Happy new year to one and all! In 2011 I made cockpit locket tops with good quality marine ply and teak facings. I used International varnish and the finish product looked great for a y

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Fitting a Lofrans Royal manual windlass

seasidebob United Kingdom 22 Posts Posted - 11/03/2016 : 20:55:19 Hi. The previous owner said my boat was previously fitted with a Lofrans Royal manual windlass which had been removed and blanked off (see photo). I removed the blank today and that appears to b

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Tide Planner App

rory7520 United Kingdom 58 Posts Posted - 14/03/2016 : 21:33:06 Dear All Until two last month, I had a really useful App which gave fortnightly tidal forecasts with times of HW, LW with heights for any port or secondary port anywhere in the world. I opened the

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Gooseneck problem

ianfr United Kingdom 104 Posts Posted - 11/03/2016 : 08:38:18 Hi, does anyone know if the crack in my gooseneck can be repaired, or has anyone got one lurking in a shed somewhere? I suspect it has been there a while, but cannot be sure. http://i796.photobucket

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Passage times/ Sabre speed

stevejavelin United Kingdom 4 Posts Posted - 17/02/2016 : 18:21:24 I've been happily sailing a triple keel Trident 24 for the past few years but the time has come to get something a little bigger. The bilge keel Sabre seems an obvious choice (drying mooring).

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Engine rebuild & lots more love for the Sabre!

Mikenfi United Kingdom 40 Posts Posted - 09/02/2015 : 09:50:16 We are currently undertaking a huge amount of work on our sabre. The most costly thus far is the Engine. We are rebuilding our Yanmar YSE12. We had done some research into this engine and found tha

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Radar solar Arch

Mikenfi United Kingdom 40 Posts Posted - 30/08/2015 : 11:14:52 Hi all. I'm looking into the possibility of having a radar arch built for the sabre. I have looked through all the pictures on the owners galleries only to find the closest thing anyone has done to

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Summer Cruise 2015

ianfr United Kingdom 104 Posts Posted - 25/01/2016 : 22:26:00 Hi, I have just posted a video of last years trip to France and Belgium. Its 25 minutes odd so you have been warned. Feel free to stop at any time https://youtu.be/bKTfsTBT64Q Kind Regards Jo and Ia

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Standing Rigging

Sunfly United Kingdom 51 Posts Posted - 14/04/2010 : 09:58:02 Sunfly's Homepage Edit Topic Reply with Quote View user's IP address Delete Topic I'm looking at replacing the standing rigging - does £500 sound like a good price? Edit - sorry prob should have spe

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Sprayhood / hard top

Mikenfi United Kingdom 40 Posts Posted - 08/02/2016 : 11:00:09 So I've wanted a hardtop for a while but the work of building a fibreglass hardtop is long and I don't really have the time because is want to go sailing. So I have been looking at MG midget hardto

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Taylors diesel heater

Mikenfi United Kingdom 40 Posts Posted - 08/02/2016 : 19:55:21 Hello again everyone. I feel like I'm the only person still posting here apart from nickbd and he doesnt have a sabre and more as I'm sitting on it! Sorry nick kalco and a few others that pitch in

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Davits

Iain C United Kingdom 181 Posts Posted - 10/08/2011 : 11:21:10 Due to work constraints, a lot of my sailing is weekend trips with the lads, which usually tend to involve marinas...stumbling back from the pub you can almost ignore the noise, and split 4 ways ma

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