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catalina 250: replacing antifouling coat and boat stand rig francois.lavoie at 8:10pm 05.13.19 Smaller Boats 0/711 I have a catalina 250 with ballast and swing keel. I intend to sand the old antifouling coat only an
Deck Painting jamieFL at 6:55pm 05.13.19 Ask All Sailors 20/2398 My project keeps drifting. Everything I do sparks more work. I'm working on a 1988 Watkins 25. At
Inflatable dinghy recommendations iamwhatiam at 4:05pm 05.13.19 Catalina 22 34/7822 I apologize if this has been asked already...tried the search engine but didn't see anything recent.
Oops we did it again (2) The Rabbit at 2:37pm 05.13.19 Smaller Boats 3/704 Good times in Miami
Splicing Tiny Dyneema (5) AaronD at 12:32pm 05.13.19 Ask All Sailors 4/5288 I've been using single-braid dyneema (Amsteel, Endura 12, etc.) for a variety of applications. It's
Solids in the water tank (1) Oceanis 440 NY at 12:30pm 05.13.19 Ask All Sailors 12/1614 Hi All, Cleaned out the water tanks (to the best of my ability) and found these pieces of ??? In th
Hurrisheet? WayneH at 10:35am 05.13.19 Weather and Forecasting 2/845 I ran across an interesting website while doing "research". flhurricane.com with a tag line of "Hu
The 170 and an Asym Spinnaker..... Shorefun at 10:18am 05.13.19 Day Sailers 4/723 My boat came with the asym spinnaker which I doubt has ever been used. The hull did not get all the
Easier to replace a Jabsco head than to fix it? limbodog at 7:21am 05.13.19 Big Boats 21/5234 I've got two heads. One goes to a cracked holding tank. We won't talk about that. The other goes t
Leaking Water Tank On Port Tack-O'Day 34' Windchime2 at 4:22am 05.13.19 Ask An Oday Owner 5/943 On out last 2 outings one of the bilge pumps kept cycling on, but strangely only when we were on a p
Prop Stuck on Shaft Steverhnm at 11:49pm 05.12.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/2077 After great pains and exhausting all manner of contraptions I finally cut the nuts off my prop shaft
Perkins 4-108 Injector Pump Troubleshooting MrMoses at 10:58pm 05.12.19 Engines and Propulsion 4/5828 Perkins 4-108, Delphi Injector Pump... Over the last month, it took more and more cranks for the e
50 foot Challenger Ketch CPT Ron at 9:15pm 05.12.19 Big Boats 0/1074 Yearning to learn more info on the Challenger Yacht Corporation. I understand the President passed
Main Sail What type? (2) pumpkinpie at 7:41pm 05.12.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/820 I took a couple pictures of the main sail on the boat that I'm in the process of purchasing I don't
Catamaran Q :) sbcwolff at 6:50pm 05.12.19 Ask All Sailors 11/2251 We are used to monohauls, and have recently picked up a Star Cat 5.6 from someone who wanted to give
Midship Cleat Placement VT Fitz at 6:02pm 05.12.19 Mid-Size Boats 1/864 I've posted a question about midship cleat placement on my '07 Hunter 27 on Ask All Sailors, but I w
Midship Cleat Placement (2) VT Fitz at 5:58pm 05.12.19 Ask All Sailors 15/4340
95 Evinrude 9.9 battery cable hookup kenr74 at 4:51pm 05.12.19 Engines and Propulsion 10/1734 Anybody happen to have one of these outboards? My boat came with the motor detached. I know it has
Rudder bearings Cal 27 astevens at 4:17pm 05.12.19 Parts Search 0/417 any source for rudder bearing for a cal 27? Thanks
Anode size Bluenose at 3:19pm 05.12.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/797 Hello all, I am having a problem getting a 25mm anode. can I use a 1" one instead? The difference do

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Keel bulge c&cgal at 9:04am 10.07.24
Keel bulge (1) dlochner at 8:51am 10.07.24 Could be a couple of causes, the worst case would involve the keel bolts and leaks. More likely is
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard BigEasy at 8:50am 10.07.24 Here is the Keel Stub Repair document from Catalina Yachts If the sump remains wet while in t
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Alan Gomes at 8:32am 10.07.24 Here is the Keel Stub Repair document from Catalina Yachts for those interested. I also have it in
Asymmetrical Spinnaker rigging AaronD at 8:26am 10.07.24 See Stingy's Description or mine (of our C0) Get the CD Masthead Crane if you don't already have on
Catalina 30 Engine Smoke and No Throttle Control JBS Mystic at 8:16am 10.07.24 Thank you all for the insightful advice. Once the boat is out of the water, I'll start digging into
Keel bulge c&cgal at 8:12am 10.07.24 What year is your boat? Can you take some photos from further away? what kind of keel? The C & C 44
Keel bulge dLj at 8:08am 10.07.24 What year is your boat? Can you take some photos from further away? what kind of keel? The C & C 44'
TD 14 Benny17441 at 7:52am 10.07.24 That centerline on the cone of uncertainty is just a mathematically averaged location of all the wea
Are keel-stepped masts a thing of the past? dLj at 7:51am 10.07.24 The most recent Practical Sailor article that just came into my inbox talks about a brand new boat w
TD 14 Benny17441 at 7:42am 10.07.24 Are the weather gurus following this one? Looks like it will clear out before I head down on the 1
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard dLj at 7:33am 10.07.24 thinking about it afterwards, I think it may be my inexperience with the torque wrench. I was being
Catalina 30 Engine Smoke and No Throttle Control dlochner at 7:19am 10.07.24 Start with the simplest cheapest solution. Inspect the cables and linkage. An example, recently in
O'Day 25 Boat Stands dlochner at 7:10am 10.07.24 Brownell stands are the best. My old yard used another brand of stands and ~$15K later the boat was
TD 14 (1) jssailem at 6:55am 10.07.24 Today's Windy Report for Hurricane Milton. he North coast of the Yucatan peninsula tomorrow. This a
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard (1) Ward H at 6:44am 10.07.24 Here is the Keel Stub Repair document from Catalina Yachts for those interested. I also have it in
First sail... first trip... Hunter 23 Crazy Dave Condon at 6:11am 10.07.24 @Project_Mayhem When transporting my zero turn lawn mower, it is stored as forward on the trailer
Rudder Removal American_Mainsail at 5:44am 10.07.24 I used your tutorial many times. It was invaluable. Thanks Happy that we helped!
Asymmetrical Spinnaker rigging Dave Groshong at 5:02am 10.07.24 Maybe ask these people, they look like they've got it down! Flying the Asymmetrical spinnaker fro
Online Resources east coaster at 4:50am 10.07.24 There is also Boat US for hurricane prep if you don't have time to read all four volumes of the abov

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