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lifeline steve1366 at 5:46am 08.29.24 Mid-Size Boats 5/787 1984 Hunter 31 What is the diameter of my lifeline size I need to replace my Pelican hooks
Catalina 16.5 mast support (3) Oldskoolguy at 3:05pm 08.28.24 Day Sailers 8/890 Just finished my DIY mast support for travelling. We just purchased this boat and I found the mast
What kind of propane regulator to use? (1) Rich Stidger at 1:46pm 08.28.24 Big Boats 73/6425 I have discovered that my propane regulator is leaking. So I ended up at a RV dealer and bought a re
Wheel to tiller rscotto at 1:02pm 08.28.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1088 I have a catalina 250. Would like to replace the wheel with a tiller. Can I just use the emergency
Water in the bilge Arrgh at 11:16am 08.28.24 Bigger Boats 9/1066
Bought an ODay 25 - Question about cracking/spidering around the mast (6) cdenno1 at 8:40am 08.28.24 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1294 I'm new to the forum, and the boat. I bought it sight unseen and went out and took a look yesterday.
12 volt electrical system (1) Matt 23 at 3:39am 08.28.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1039 Hi I have a 31 Oceanis 2018 would like to know how the blue earth breakers undo they look like they
Hunter 460 Venting the engine compatrment lefteris at 3:20am 08.28.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/416 Hi, i own a hunter 460 and i noticed that there no venting grilles for the engine compartment, neith
Catalina 30' 1984 - Diesel Fuel Filter/Water Separator Replacement - DAHL w/element 101 (1) ChrisVR1994 at 10:21pm 08.27.24 Ask All Sailors 10/1320 Hi there: I am doing some routine maintenance on the engine of my Catalina 30 1984. I have a Univer
Mystery Alarm - A Cautionary Tale Foswick at 5:19pm 08.27.24 Ask All Sailors 5/544 No question here, just a cautionary tale that somewhat might benefit from. I'll try to keep it shor
Skipper II help please CCC at 3:56pm 08.27.24 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 11/1493 I have just acquired a wonderful boat. A 1961nDyer 40 named Blue Pigeon. It has a WC Skipper II he
Replacing Portholes Foswick at 3:44pm 08.27.24 Ask All Sailors 3/686 ... well, deadlights actually. My boat has 7 deadlights that are candidates for replacement. They
Bow Blows Down Hard When Motoring Foswick at 3:20pm 08.27.24 Ask All Sailors 8/985 This boat is pretty new to me (about 3 months). In general, I love the way she sails. But, there i
Catalina 30 - Not starting! Please help. ChrisVR1994 at 10:48am 08.27.24 Ask All Sailors 9/873 Hi all: My 1984 Catalina 30 was working perfectly and one day later wouldn't start. I turn the key,
test markwbird at 10:14am 08.27.24 C&C 0/14 test
Raymarine ST 4000 auto pilot (No signal) Belgian Chris at 7:05am 08.27.24 Ask All Sailors 1/367 Good morning, I bought a Hunter 33 (2005) in the fall of 2003. It came with a Raymarine ST 4000 auto
An A-Frame Question ...3TacksontheWater at 5:29am 08.27.24 Catalina 22 10/1164 After confirming that I should no longer raise and lower the mast without help I turned to the C-22
To charge or not to charge SEMPERAVANTI41 at 7:11pm 08.26.24 Big Boats 9/1153 I have converted my house batteries to 600 ah of Lithium, and they are working well. The Li batterie
Contacting the USCG Marine Information Center dlochner at 4:06pm 08.26.24 Ask All Sailors 5/530 This morning I received the attached email from the USCG about contacting the Marine Information Cen
Seaward 25 rudder George N. at 1:40pm 08.26.24 Seaward 1/414 I have a '92 Seaward 25. last week sailing on Lake Michigan in heavy seas, I snapped the rudder in h

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How to re-attach small wires to ComNav autopilot compass cable plug thinwater at 2:44pm 07.07.25 I have a secondhand ComNav 1001 autopilot, and I believe I need to switch the sine and cosine wires
Bimini top replacement for a Hunter 23.5? fred1diver at 2:43pm 07.07.25 Custom job?
3 of us lowered mast H260, that mast is heavy, I admit gin pole is needed Crazy Dave Condon at 2:41pm 07.07.25 @Project_Mayhem the width of the hunter 26 & 260 are 8 ft and 11 inches at the widest point
Double the tanks, double the Catalina fun? Calif. Ted at 2:22pm 07.07.25 I think it's a combination of weight distribution, balance and space for tanks low in the hull. The
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Tally Ho at 1:31pm 07.07.25
How long til your 3GM starts? Tally Ho at 1:22pm 07.07.25 I have a 2GM20F, and my cranks and fires on first 5 seconds of cranking usually. I give it 3/4 thro
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 1:20pm 07.07.25
s 2 6.9 trailer Tedd at 1:20pm 07.07.25 Not to tell you how to suck eggs but is there a VIN number plate on the trailer? If not, do you have
Hunter Legend 40 exhaust system 1 Tally Ho at 1:16pm 07.07.25 What engine ? Do you have any photos of the exhaust path? Could be that some previous owner did so
How to re-attach small wires to ComNav autopilot compass cable plug Tally Ho at 1:10pm 07.07.25 It seems odd that the wires in the connector are reversed, especially if one is firmly in the connec
Chartplotter navigation software for Raymarine Dave Thompson at 1:09pm 07.07.25 Have you tried downloading Raymarine software through the WiFi? I believe yours has WiFi. I have an
Round "sail slugs" VS flat "sail slides" Tally Ho at 1:03pm 07.07.25
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Tally Ho at 12:52pm 07.07.25
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. surfstud31 at 12:21pm 07.07.25 The seacocks on my boat are original at 30 years old and work fine. I never considered replacing the
Double the tanks, double the Catalina fun? surfstud31 at 12:17pm 07.07.25 I'm guessing that divided tanks is a hold over from past years when water you might get from questi
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. thinwater at 11:40am 07.07.25 Another thing to consider. All of the warnings about strength are mostly important if something can
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. testingthewaters91 at 11:16am 07.07.25 Don't misunderstand me; I have said from the beginning that you need to replace ALL thru hull fitt
Lines leading aft kit from Cat Direct or piece together ...3TacksontheWater at 11:14am 07.07.25 Th Thanks but no desire to do that. Fair enough. The kit that CD sells includes everything that y
Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. BigEasy at 11:11am 07.07.25
Merit 22 owners Digger1 at 11:10am 07.07.25 This is sad as you have been a great contributor, hopefully you will keep chiming in. I contacted t

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