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Using a Cat27 mast on a Cat25 silsdorfs1 at 8:12am 06.10.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/554 Hello all! My current catalina 25 mast has a dent just below where the starboard upper shroud conn
Mac 25 keel winch turns ? whudatt at 8:07am 06.10.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1225 Good day all, has anyone out there with a Mac 25 ever counted the number of turns of the winch handl
Quick VC17 Bottom Paint Question Project_Mayhem at 7:51am 06.10.19 Ask All Sailors 34/5629 According to the directions I need to wipe down the hull with 216 prior to painting. How many quarts
Alternatives To Mclube sailkote for sticky luff tape Muttondressedaslamb at 7:31am 06.10.19 Ask All Sailors 15/3759 Just got my boat commissioned for the season. Having a bit of trouble threading the luff tape on my
1st Race! ... sort of Scott T-Bird at 7:23am 06.10.19 Racing 23/2294 @Ward H, Sue and I joined our first race this summer to start the summer series of 6 races held on B
Engine has more hot air than my ex-wife Muttondressedaslamb at 7:21am 06.10.19 Engines and Propulsion 7/1136 Yesterday, I took my 2003 Catalina 310 from the boatyard to my mooring at Staten Island's Great kill
Blue Sea label help needed! Sefuller at 7:13am 06.10.19 Ask All Sailors 3/1775 Finishing up the electrical re-work on our new boat in preparation for delivery in the next two week
Slug size Steve S. at 5:51am 06.10.19 Ask An Oday Owner 2/726 What size are the Main sail slug size for a 28 Oday?
1980 C cutter sail dimensions/drawings mjmercer19248 at 5:20am 06.10.19 The Cherubini Hunters 2/523 Anyone have the dimensions/drawings for the cutter sail for a 1980 37C ?
Hunter 216 light air Hunter216 at 6:21pm 06.09.19 Day Sailers 19/2907
Raymarine SL70 Radar, old technology.... PGUTIERREZ at 5:38pm 06.09.19 Ask All Sailors 1/662
Removing Reading Light (2) kenvail at 4:32pm 06.09.19 Big Boats 3/685 https://forums.sailboatowners.com/data/attachments/144/144178-4f100669928defa8eafa4cb117a460f6.jpg
27' Lancer Power sail Unresponsive helm ~Jeff~ at 4:17pm 06.09.19 Ask All Sailors 13/1474 I've just picked up 27' Lancer Power sail and took her yesterday for the first time. She was neglect
Spinaker. Big Rog at 3:06pm 06.09.19 Smaller Boats 29/3973 i bought my boat in November last year. It has an asymmetrical spinnaker tha I finally decided to tr
Looking to find the make of a sailboat (2) Little By Little ll at 1:40pm 06.09.19 Ask All Sailors 3/534 165811 165812
Ambassador Marine Trinidad shower head replacement cartridge valve PAC3142 at 11:27am 06.09.19 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/1176 Hi, I need to replace the hot water valve for this shower unit: https://shop.sailboatowners.com/prod
H340 1-2-Both Switch Nichole340 at 10:28am 06.09.19 Big Boats 12/1529 My 2000 Hunter 340.....1 - 2 - Both Switch seems to be acting up. Twice now, the number 1 side (st
Breaker panel wording jngotasail at 9:54am 06.09.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/2093 Hi, Is it possible and if so how would I change the wording for the breakers on my panel? For exampl
Old Start Battery Solar Panel Joe Shipes at 6:57am 06.09.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/650 Owner of a 1998 Hunter and 450 CC looking to see what other owners have done with the Start Battery
Venture 23 - missing forestay? vdesmond at 6:08am 06.09.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/588 Hello! I am a new boat owner and new to the site. Thank you everyone for all the great info. I am

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Battery Location 2000 Hunter 290 ShawnL at 7:42am 08.26.24 +1 for the bore scope. I purchased one from Amazon that attaches vi wireless to my iphone. I think
Traveller on Catalina 16.5 Joe at 7:32am 08.26.24 ..... am I just being a bit anal in my over thinking for my rec sailing? Thanks.......... Ha, Ha
Traveller on Catalina 16.5 Joe at 7:17am 08.26.24 Why would you want to limit the traveller movement? When it is at the ends of its range, the travel
Battery Location 2000 Hunter 290 jdrutten at 7:15am 08.26.24 Hmmm ... strange! I think the dealer has some flexibility on where to install the batteries and they
Cat310 Engine bed Tomusa at 7:15am 08.26.24 2005 no plate and REPLACED M10 WITH M12. Adjusted existing mounts with no issues. Working fine for
Best toaster to use with an alcohol stove dlochner at 7:11am 08.26.24
Best toaster to use with an alcohol stove LloydB at 6:53am 08.26.24 Propane torch. After all you don't really have to heat shrink or solder stuff that often.
Battery Location 2000 Hunter 290 Johann at 6:43am 08.26.24 You might find the info here: https://sbo.sailboatowners.com/downloads/Hunter_290_51735090.pdf
Navigation Instruments Power Outage imagine504 at 6:03am 08.26.24 My previous boat was struck while docked, and fried. It did not sink--some boats do. BoatUS totaled
Best toaster to use with an alcohol stove jviss at 5:48am 08.26.24 For years I have been thinking of designing a gas toaster - one you could connect to your propane su
Looking for a spares kit for my 1999 Yanmar 4JH3E diesel engine jviss at 5:42am 08.26.24 Yes, what Dave says. Racor fuel filters and Wix oil filters. Wix are probably the best, and I beli
Best toaster to use with an alcohol stove Tally Ho at 5:24am 08.26.24 Soak the bread in alcohol and light it? Maybe not. I have used the wire pyramid one but collapsed
Looking for a spares kit for my 1999 Yanmar 4JH3E diesel engine dlochner at 5:07am 08.26.24 The best prices I have found are from Niemiec Marine in CT. Good service Good prices. Yanmar fuel f
Propane Outboard Issue caverun at 4:05am 08.26.24 Can't believe that's a 2 year old motor! looks like new. How long is the warranty on those?
Where 'Roger That' Really Comes From sailme88 at 3:46am 08.26.24 O.K., here's a trivia quiz for you. In the old Dick Tracy comics, when ending a conversation on hi
Traveller on Catalina 16.5 dlochner at 1:53am 08.26.24 Why would you want to limit the traveller movement? When it is at the ends of its range, the travele
Looking for a spares kit for my 1999 Yanmar 4JH3E diesel engine KCofKC at 1:33am 08.26.24 Toad Marine, Catalina Direct etc., they can provide them. But like some one mentioned you can assem
Starter motor burned up? KCofKC at 1:29am 08.26.24 You have a couple of problems. First the wiring harness connector plug shorted out, there is where
Where 'Roger That' Really Comes From Stu Jackson at 7:51pm 08.25.24 Now you're just being contrary. For example, if someone tells me "go to "A" dock and tie up at sl
Looking to hire help on a Catalina 25 in (Woodland, WA) hour away from Portland, Oregon higgs at 7:29pm 08.25.24 Another reason to join a yacht club.

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