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Mystery Number on Hull Barry T at 11:23am 07.15.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/1420 Hello all, Wondering if anyone can shed any light on numbers I recently discovered on the hull insi
M 25 keel position-motoring only whudatt at 9:29am 07.15.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1183 Good morning all, in deep,choppy waters with no sails up ' motoring only,what position of the keel
Cabin lights tom.p.brown at 8:27am 07.15.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/838 I have a 2003 306. Some of the cabin lights do not work or work if I toggle back and forth a few tim
Keel mounting cracks (1) Jamescal20 at 8:23am 07.15.19 Ask All Sailors 19/3631 Hi All, Happy to be here. Recently picked up a cal 20 in Los Angeles for $800 in pretty decent shap
Keeping water out of the transom Project_Mayhem at 8:22am 07.15.19 Ask All Sailors 3/284 I'm installing an outboard and was wondering what kind of hardware should be used to keep water from
Hunter 21-6 jccombs at 7:08am 07.15.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/478 Does anyone know if you can install a bemini tiop on a 21-6?
Rolling Fuller Issue (3) PCannonSr1 at 3:20am 07.15.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/898 This year I continuously an experiencing drum line wrap when I deploy my Jib. I kept tension on the
B&G Zeus manuals SoSound at 9:21pm 07.14.19 Ask All Sailors 19/1864 Does anyone need a hard copy of a Zeus Touch manual (Operator, Installation, Quick Start)? Does any
Replacement emblems (1) Jacomo Sailor at 8:14pm 07.14.19 Catalina 22 9/1812 I made some of these a few weeks back to replace my old broken ones. Ended up helping out a couple
Mixing Elbow replacement blackout at 8:08pm 07.14.19 Ask All Sailors 15/1174
Replacement for a Atwood EHM6-SM water heater jarcher at 8:06pm 07.14.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/8264 Hi All... My Beneteau First 36.7 has an Atwood EHM6-SM water heater, which is apparently no longer
Aquarius23 fixed keel (1) Dan413 at 5:05pm 07.14.19 Ask All Sailors 24/2184 Hello all I'm new to boat ownership and sailing. However, I have crewed and been sailing throughout
Bad Cylinders? DJN51 at 5:01pm 07.14.19 Smaller Boats 6/812 Has anyone had problem with the gas cylinders on inflatable lifevest ,2 of mine inflated in boat th
Transmission Control Cable Hard to Move rpell1@msn.com at 4:54pm 07.14.19 Ask All Sailors 5/438 Hi all, My shifter cable is really hard to move. Before going ahead to change the cable, I noticed
2GMF water heater/exchange connection help (1) thelilnauti at 4:53pm 07.14.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/743 Hi all, I'm just looking for a bit of help, advice. We have a new water heater installed which can
Cracks under rub tail (10) dmosier at 4:43pm 07.14.19 Smaller Boats 9/1515 167189 167190 167191 167192 167193 167194 167195 167196 167197 167198 While working on the boat to
Water Pump Accumulator twodzusfittings at 3:51pm 07.14.19 Bigger Boats 14/2131 When I pulled all the old rusty pumps out of the boat, I also removed the accumulator. Ive replace t
restoring windows tgrayson at 12:06pm 07.14.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1197 restoring windows on 74 venture 17,was thinking of cutting plexiglass larger to fit in aluminum fram
Screws inside of cabin john6206 at 11:49am 07.14.19 Smaller Boats 3/1240 Hi Everyone, C-18 owner here. So far, I have not put any screws into the boat. I have hung some
renaming tgrayson at 11:21am 07.14.19 Ask All Sailors 11/1149 restoring a 1974 venture 17,I don't live near the water,can I do the renaming ceremony in my backyar

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DC Three wire deck light question. mermike at 9:59am 09.03.24 Who is the manufacturer?
3M 5200 LloydB at 9:49am 09.03.24 Been following this thread with the question in my mind as to what branch of the government is consi
3M 5200 dLj at 9:47am 09.03.24 It's not currently banned there. Will something be banned in the future ? Now the answer to the a
What to inspect on a C30 Universal M25 before purchase sailme88 at 9:30am 09.03.24 I would pull the dip stick and smell the oil. You don't want a burnt aroma. Check the oil filter. W
top side handrails mermike at 9:28am 09.03.24 JS - there was something odd about the Yamaha rail installation, but I don't remember what it was. M
Traveller on Catalina 16.5 jssailem at 9:25am 09.03.24 In just about every dinghy I've sailed the experienced sailors never cleat the mainsheet anyway. To
3M 5200 sailme88 at 9:19am 09.03.24 I just Googled 5200 & California.. The information available indicates that California has indeed ba
What to inspect on a C30 Universal M25 before purchase jssailem at 9:15am 09.03.24 It depends a lot on clean fuel and fuel lines that are purged of air. I know it is a self-bleed syst
What to inspect on a C30 Universal M25 before purchase dmax at 9:09am 09.03.24 "How hard should it be to get started after being winterized" It should start up quickly after sitti
Traveller on Catalina 16.5 Joe at 8:59am 09.03.24 After viewing these guys sailing their Catalina 16.5, I think I would not worry about controlling t
What to inspect on a C30 Universal M25 before purchase Project_Mayhem at 8:49am 09.03.24 I forgot to mention that it's been on the hard for the past couple of years. The owner said that he
Identify these portlights? Hood, Pompanette, Bomar? BAD ORCA at 8:37am 09.03.24 Good butyl tape, like Bed-It, is my first choice for almost any waterproofing application. It has
3M 5200 Leeward Rail at 8:30am 09.03.24 I like to think this is more about expediency than intent, perhaps with a little lack of knowledge
How to chart a course across Lake Ontario Joe at 8:29am 09.03.24 Yeah, I definitely didn't mean to offend or even correct. I am definitely not trying to prescribe h
3M 5200 Leeward Rail at 8:24am 09.03.24 Actually, we don't know. There is nothing anyone knows specific to this other than it is still avai
top side handrails jssailem at 8:13am 09.03.24 Interior rails can be more challenging as no one wants a series of exposed nuts running across the c
top side handrails jssailem at 8:11am 09.03.24 Mermike I think we are talking about the same thing. Perhaps my words were confusing. On my boat, t
3M 5200 jssailem at 8:04am 09.03.24 I shouldn't have to repair the structure of the deck because I removed hardware, This is a reasona
Hunter 23 isaksp00 at 7:59am 09.03.24 My favorite improvements were to add hardware and an endless line to the ends of the traveler to all
3M 5200 dmax at 7:56am 09.03.24 Not to be argumentative, I'd be interested in other's thoughts about a "never remove" installation

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