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Venture 17 or 22 MaxWell905 at 12:09pm 05.11.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/905
Throttle / Shifter for 1982 Catalina 27 Phil Decker at 11:55am 05.11.19 Mid-Size Boats 2/978 The wood backing on my throttle / shifter for my 1982 Catalina 27 is disintegrating and the throttle
Kubota 722 pressure sending unit (2) uralite at 9:14am 05.11.19 Catalina 30 11/3742 Hey guys, In the process of replacing my glow plugs, I ordered a new pressure sending unit out of
What to do with the old rigging? Roadking Larry at 8:32am 05.11.19 Ask All Sailors 18/1630 I've got a big ole box of shiny new standing rigging for my ketch. I've also got a big ole box of cr
Sealing through hull fittings Freedom77 at 7:06am 05.11.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/3805 Well it's my turn to ask questions. Freedom is 42 years old. Everything, including me,:yikes: dries
CRANK CASE BREATHER HOSE RE CIRCULATION (1) twodzusfittings at 5:27am 05.11.19 Bigger Boats 5/980 I'm in need of recirculating the crank case breather hose. The original air filter housing does not
Grease for rudder post daviddp at 4:25am 05.11.19 Ask All Sailors 3/795 Found a grease fitting ? (Zerk) on the new to us O'Day 34 on the fiberglass rudder post Should I use
Flooring in Huntersflooring had help from this seadaddler at 4:18pm 05.10.19 Ask All Sailors 3/886 Does anyone know who is the Company who supplying the Laminate flooring in Hunters for maybe the la
Block in Lazarette (2) Mlachman at 11:32am 05.10.19 Ask All Sailors 24/1973 So I am a bit new to this boat and have been doing a full bow to stern overhaul, I came across a woo
Interior Dome Light Covers mhinnc at 10:59am 05.10.19 C&C 1/1066 Anyone know where I might find replacement plastic dome interior light covers. My boat is a 1980 C'
Q's on Fastening Starboard(tm) Handrails to Cabin Top ObiQuiet at 10:56am 05.10.19 Smaller Boats 11/2752 Hi, I have the starboard plastic handrails from CD, and plan to bed them with Bed-It-Butyl tape. I
Hand Holding Boat Hook as Whisker Pole Legal? glaufman at 9:02am 05.10.19 Racing 21/2576 Hi All- Our first race of the season is tomorrow, looks like it'll be a miserable drifter... a rules
Hunter 376 standing rigging pcmartin1200 at 8:51am 05.10.19 Big Boats 5/1023 I'm needing to replace the standing rigging on the 376 I just bought. My hold up is the stemball bac
Dissolved Air Filter ToddS at 8:42am 05.10.19 Engines and Propulsion 29/3336 I have a 2004 Beneteau 373 with a Yanmar 3ym30 engine. I bought it last year from the original owner
Ready. Set. Whoa! (1) Phil Herring at 8:42am 05.10.19 Ask All Sailors 54/3202 Memorial Day weekend looms... will your boat be in the water and/or ready to roll for summer? Did y
1980 Hunter 33 starboard lazarette opening dimensions sbarefoo at 8:12am 05.10.19 Mid-Size Boats 1/517 One of the problems about being 1000 miles away from your boat is you can't scoot over to the marina
Sailing a kayak? Ken Cross at 7:36am 05.10.19 Ask All Sailors 60/6178 I'm in the process of building a kayak and got to thinking: If you were to put a sail on a kayak, ho
Screw/bolt size question Chris & Lenore at 4:07am 05.10.19 Ask All Sailors 8/789 I plan to use bolts to mount my 18 inch Raymarine radar to the mast. The Scanstrut mount came with
How long to kick off? Project_Mayhem at 9:19pm 05.09.19 Ask All Sailors 19/2038 I've been working on a lot of fiberglass right now and it's taking forever for the fiberglass to kic
WTB O'Day 192 Long Island, NY GSBNY at 7:43pm 05.09.19 Ask An Oday Owner 8/752

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Sorting out battery charger and shore power questions Dave at 9:22am 09.07.23 Thread moved from the Catalina forums to Ask All Sailors as the OP had reposted the question here.
Used sail? kappykaplan at 9:11am 09.07.23 Try Bacon Sails. https://baconsails.com/bacon/select_sailboat_API.php
Rudder counterbalance? HeelBoy at 9:10am 09.07.23 Do you have a proper traveler... I have many ideas for one, but the tiller and stern rail layout m
Rudder counterbalance? rgranger at 8:53am 09.07.23 Do you have a proper traveler. @stickinthemud57 's suggestion to dump wind is made easier with a pr
Sorting out battery charger and shore power questions (1) chriscampbell at 8:39am 09.07.23 I don't see a dedicated electrical forum. I originally started this discussion in "catalina owners"
Rudder counterbalance? stickinthemud57 at 8:34am 09.07.23 First of all, apologies for the multiple edits after initial posting. OCD, I guess... You will like
Invest 95L (1) JamesG161 at 8:30am 09.07.23 Using Windy.com and the forecast it shows, the above chart looks like this a few days from now. of
School's back in session cruise! dLj at 8:26am 09.07.23 True, but it is best done on clear full moon nights with moderate wave and wind conditions. I am s
Rudder counterbalance? HeelBoy at 8:22am 09.07.23 t! A couple of things first. The main does have battens, 4 of them. Also, the Foot is something of
Need advice re: odor fighting and an abandoned macerator pump chriscampbell at 8:20am 09.07.23 NO! Thru-hull must be open any time macerator pump is running. You're only discharging clean wat
Rudder counterbalance? HeelBoy at 8:13am 09.07.23 Aerofoil rudder is already employed, though the means of holding it down is suspect. is one of the
Rudder counterbalance? (2) rgranger at 8:11am 09.07.23 You want the pocket to be about where I drew the green ovals in this image lp. Right now, your poc
Rudder counterbalance? stickinthemud57 at 8:03am 09.07.23 Judging from your photo and video, it does not appear to me that your sails are blown out. I do see
3 Blade Prop Swap? Ward H at 7:51am 09.07.23
Wooden block under mast step. morbidfollower at 7:49am 09.07.23 I got this from $tingy sailors blog. You might want to measure what you have and compare, replace as
Need advice re: odor fighting and an abandoned macerator pump Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:44am 09.07.23 NO! Thru-hull must be open any time macerator pump is running. You're only discharging clean wate
Invest 95L (1) JamesG161 at 7:42am 09.07.23 If we want to look at Vorticity or Shear , we use 500mb This is a quick look at that pressure leve
Swing keel delrin rod stuffing box Boatingman222 at 7:28am 09.07.23 Yep, that is my plan I have her on the hook there is clear water about 4 miles away, Strang someone
School's back in session cruise! (1) plenny7 at 7:26am 09.07.23 Last weekend my friend and I went on a spur-of-the-moment night sail when we noticed the wind was pi
New Electronics Networking Help gouldx at 7:23am 09.07.23 @Ward H That was extremely helpful, and it really cleared up the wind transducer situation for me.

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