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Sanding Equipment Mike Elmore at 1:48am 12.07.99 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/1479 All,I'm just thinking about springtime maintenance (nice thoughts topush out the cold :-) and hav
Smell via anti-siphon valves M Kolbenschlag at 12:43am 12.07.99 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/2301 I've got a new 42 that admitedly doesn't get used much. The water intake lines on both heads have an
Key West to Bahamas....help! Frank Hall at 12:17am 12.07.99 Destinations 11/2071 Am planning a cruise from Tampa..... thru Key West to Bahamas after Xmas.... anyone going to West En
Well...She's pickled! Mark Johnson at 11:25pm 12.06.99 Big Boats 6/1266 Sorry to say that our boat is now totally winterized. Here in the Northeast that means about 5 mont
Mast Step Crack Walt at 7:53pm 12.06.99 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1317 My '94 Catalina 36 has a crack in the fiberglass mast step directly under the base of the mast. Thi
Isolators for shorepower L. Youngman at 2:45pm 12.06.99 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1164 What is Catalina Co's thinking on electric power isolators on shorepower service? Pros and Cons?
Which davits work best on a 36 MKII David Smith at 12:37pm 12.06.99 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1070 I am looking for davits for a 36 MKII and would like to hear from those who might have installed the
Cradle for an H31 Johnnie Poole at 10:59am 12.06.99 Mid-Size Boats 0/1025 Down here where the water never gets hard, we leave our boats in the lake all year round. I need he
Reducing backstay tension Nauti-Duck at 9:47am 12.06.99 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1470 I'm adding a backstay adjuster to my C320 and want to know if winching the main halyard attached to
Dinghy Arch for P-42 dave fraser at 9:39am 12.06.99 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1369 Has anyone installed a stainless steel aft arch, similar to the cockpit arch, on a Passage 42? If so
Bilge pump on Hunter 18.5 Peter at 8:39am 12.06.99 Smaller Boats 1/1580 I've already posted this to the Hunter list, so my apologies to those of you who lurk around both sp
rust spots Bryce Grefe at 6:58am 12.06.99 Big Boats 3/1274 I have developed hundreds (well I didn't actually count them, but a significant amount) of small rus
IGM Yanmar repair manual? Steve Weisbrod at 6:13am 12.06.99 Mid-Size Boats 2/1431 Hi All,Where can I get a repair manual for the IGM Yanmar (6.5 'throbbing' horsepower) that is in o
Thru-hulls Rich at 2:35am 12.06.99 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1304 Have pulled my New (to me) boat and am looking at thru-hulls. How can I tell if they are good or ne
What To Do About Possible Lighting Strikes Mickey Goodman at 2:18am 12.06.99 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1086 I purchased a 1988 Legend 37 which sustained a lighting strike and caused a fire. I am in the proce
GASKETS FOR WATER,DIESEL FILLER VALVE bill shakun at 11:06pm 12.05.99 Mid-Size Boats 2/1155 HAVE 31'-85 HUNTER LOOKING FOR GASKETS FOR FILLER CAPS FOR WATER, DIESEL,AND FROM HEAD.
MOB! CO Editorial at 11:03pm 12.05.99 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1241 90% of responding Catalina owners have never lost crew overboard, according to last week's Quick Qui
MOB! HOW Editorial at 10:53pm 12.05.99 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1210 89% of responding Hunter owners have never lost crew overboard, according to last week's Quick Quiz.
Boat heel Judy at 8:57pm 12.05.99 Big Boats 13/2608 I am a cautious cruiser, my husband is more experienced and more dairy. We are buying a 450 and I h
Hull leak in H-26 - Help! Pat H at 2:18pm 12.05.99 Smaller Boats 8/1252 Folks HELP - My two year old H-26 has developed a serious leak.Water came up one inch above the ca

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Tiller hard to steer Will Gilmore at 9:08pm 01.19.20 It is normal for increasing headway to make steering a little harder, but not to the point that it b
Concrete mooring anchor lifetime? Rich Stidger at 8:29pm 01.19.20 I don'tnow the nswer to your question, but I do know that the holding power of a concrete block is m
Winter Cautionary tale! FDL S2 at 8:25pm 01.19.20 I'm reading this in my garage with a 60,000btu lp torpedo heater running. I have run probably 25 20l
camera mount - winter project RussC at 8:19pm 01.19.20 If there is bounce maybe a topping lift arrangement would fix that?? I've tested for camera bounc
Baby Stay Under deck mounting broken LeeandRick at 8:17pm 01.19.20 From a Basic approach (have not seen this part of Hunter rig) Baby stays are in pairs, one port and
Bald guy problems... FDL S2 at 8:04pm 01.19.20 There are also bump cap inserts that are just a hard plastic shell without padding. They work great
Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise jssailem at 8:03pm 01.19.20 Great story and picture John. Thank you. like Cape Scott, the Brooks Peninsula causes the sailor to
Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise (1) John Nantz at 7:51pm 01.19.20 Some people say the best time to circumnavigate is in the summer. The picture is from August 9, 1991
C309 Steering cable (1) Pompadi at 7:50pm 01.19.20 Thanks , Found some useful information on website and YouTube... The cables seem to have stretched o
Bald guy problems... (1) jssailem at 7:31pm 01.19.20 free end of a hose clamp Protect yourself.
How / Where to Sell a New / Unused Sail? ggrizzard at 7:25pm 01.19.20 Ad is now placed on this web site under "Genoa For Sale".
camera mount - winter project Hunter216 at 7:15pm 01.19.20 I think the gimbal is amazing, not suggesting changing that and the bob weight could be adjusted fai
Have Ye Ever Wished To Be a Pirate? BlowMeAway at 7:06pm 01.19.20
camera mount - winter project RussC at 7:00pm 01.19.20 Surely. if someone comes up with something I like better than what I have I'm perfectly willing to s
Adding another battery Gene Neill at 6:56pm 01.19.20 Nope, leave it on the battery.
Electrolysis question MitchM at 5:51pm 01.19.20 boats moored near aluminum hull crafts (like old carvers) in our marina went thru z
camera mount - winter project Hunter216 at 5:46pm 01.19.20 Well thank you Hunter216. naaaaa . fabrication is just something I enjoy doing. I learned long ago
Refrigeration - My big off season project MitchM at 5:33pm 01.19.20 I had a dial isotherm w a remote compressor that was OEM 2005 and works faultlessly. th
Mooring Buoy - annual cost Captain Larry-DH at 5:28pm 01.19.20 The question is what is "appropriately" priced? And that question gets political. If there's a la
Where the rubber meets the road MitchM at 5:22pm 01.19.20 i've used an old searscraftsman double handle buffer with a support line suspended f

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