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KEEL PROBLEMS Waterwings2 at 9:42am 05.09.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/904 I have a 1987 Catalina Tall Rig, I been dealing with the smile for 8 Years and noticed a gradual pe
First Beer-can race of the summer. pateco at 8:31am 05.09.19 Racing 12/1219 We got out for our first Beer-can Race of the summer season last night. Lots of fun. 23276658408142
Uncooperative Through Hull dlochner at 7:46am 05.09.19 Ask All Sailors 33/3609 Second Star has a leaking Groco ball valve. The leak is not in the ball valve mechanism rather it le
Water leaks on a 34? Mike Oldak at 7:01am 05.09.19 Big Boats 11/1067 Found quite a few leaks. 1) ports 2) waste and water deck plates, old gaskets gave way 3) anchor loc
Impeller Woes (1) RoyS at 5:56am 05.09.19 Ask All Sailors 22/4422 Have a 40 year old Yanmar 2QM15. Sometime in the past a P.O. converted this salt water cooled engine
41' Hunter 41DS ? pumpkinpie at 1:49am 05.09.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/3819 It looks like we have found the right boat for us. We spent a couple hours on her. She is loaded wit
H34 galley and head sink drain fitting size? (2) highmillr at 8:33pm 05.08.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/664 1985 h34 stripped of all interior when i bought it. I need to know what size tge galley and head sin
Leaking Quadrant cover gfroch at 7:50pm 05.08.19 Catalina 30 15/2031 Hello all- I have a 1987 MKII with the quadrant access hatch behind the wheel. When I purchased the
getting to the oil pressure switch on 1984 c27 mbs at 6:53pm 05.08.19 Mid-Size Boats 14/1921 Trying to replace the darn oil pressure switch. a deep 15/16 socket can't get in there due to the
Hunter 37 Cherubini mast Moondoggie69 at 6:32pm 05.08.19 Ask All Sailors 2/292 My first post here so hello to all! I recently acquired a 1981 Hunter 37 Cherubini that has suffered
Calling all racers! Dug22 at 4:52pm 05.08.19 Catalina 22 13/942 I need some advice. I am planning on racing this Saturday. It is basically a straight line about 5 m
halogen light lens sgiarc at 4:22pm 05.08.19 Ask All Sailors 0/201 We purchased a 1997 Beneteau 461 recently. Many of the light lenses are either burned or cracked. Ar
Leather wrap for dodger rail Steffied99 at 4:09pm 05.08.19 Ask All Sailors 7/1838 Hi all! Looking for suggestions for a website that sells leather wrapping for dodger rail handle. An
BOOM BOLT NUT 2 OLD PIRATES at 3:43pm 05.08.19 Catalina 310 0/586 Does anyone know what size and pitch that the lock nut for the bolt that attaches boom to mast. I f
Cabin Sole "bathtub ring" stain pastormb at 2:06pm 05.08.19 Catalina 22 14/888 Unfortunately, I allowed a good bit of rain water to sit in the cabin sole long enough for stains to
Added Anodes too Rudder post. (2) MaxinCalgary at 10:07am 05.08.19 Smaller Boats 6/922 164558 I added two anodes to my rudder post on my H260. Last season some pitting by the end so added
Mainsail Trim DArcy at 9:48am 05.08.19 Ask All Sailors 9/818 I was watching this video of the American Magic training boat. This is the boat being used to train
Icebox Hatch Frame 1983 H31 (3) pateco at 9:44am 05.08.19 Mid-Size Boats 4/957 So my 1983 H31 has had a small leak dripping on the countertop for quite a while. Since we never use
Contemplating some serious cruising Rick Templeton at 8:53am 05.08.19 Ask All Sailors 17/1689 I am contemplating some serious open water cruising and would like some references for literature fr
Breaker on Hunter 376 Tristan Simonds at 7:47am 05.08.19 Big Boats 1/671 I have installed and isolation transformer on my Hunter 376 and it trips the breaker in the port laz

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Catalina 30 Engine Smoke and No Throttle Control Don S/V ILLusion at 9:25am 10.06.24 There are two ways questions like this typically go- well-meaning people will offer guesses based o
HELP! with outhaul line replacement Calif. Ted at 9:21am 10.06.24 My rigging plan looked like yours with the bitter end at the fixed block, when I discovered the movi
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Project_Mayhem at 9:06am 10.06.24 If you mean 'no reports', you might want to change the wording to "very seldom" ... as there was a*
HELP! with outhaul line replacement shemandr at 8:45am 10.06.24 Since the outhaul line exits the boom at the mast end of the boom, and likely runs down to a turning
TD 14 (1) JamesG161 at 7:58am 10.06.24 Just in for TS Milton... ...
What's the story on the 280? chp at 7:46am 10.06.24 I'm a 280 owner and really like mine. Its just my wife and I so it works great. Also I single hand a
Catalina 30 Engine Smoke and No Throttle Control kappykaplan at 7:35am 10.06.24 My first guess would be to check the mixing elbow. Was there a black sheen on the water? What spec
Elusive Leak in the Anchor Lockers of 1995 and Later Hunters (3) jdrutten at 7:32am 10.06.24
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard FastOlson at 6:51am 10.06.24 There have been no reports of keels falling off C30's due the smile. If you mean 'no reports', you
Deck Core Repair dmax at 6:45am 10.06.24 As LLoydB says, if there's any way you can do this from the bottom vs. cutting your deck, you will s
TD 14 (1) jssailem at 6:28am 10.06.24 Sorry Greg. With the two storm Kirk and Leslie off in the Atlantic, I shut down the computer and wen
HELP! with outhaul line replacement jssailem at 6:05am 10.06.24 If they had just dead ended the line at the boom end block then it would be a simple task to use th
TD 14 sailme88 at 3:46am 10.06.24 Dammit Jim, I'm a sailor not a meteorologist......relax Bones.... you're neither......
TD 14 (2) kappykaplan at 3:29am 10.06.24 Milton now forecast to come ashore as a Cat 3 and will bring a lot of rain with it.
Insulation Project_Mayhem at 9:47pm 10.05.24 A lot of RVers use foil lined bubble wrap. I believe @Timm R Oday25 insulated his boat with another
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Project_Mayhem at 9:43pm 10.05.24 She looks beautiful! There have been no reports of keels falling off C30's due the smile. Water see
First sail... first trip... Hunter 23 Project_Mayhem at 9:39pm 10.05.24 I agree with everything @Crazy Dave Condon said except for braking or speeding up to reduce sway. I'
New owner Hunter 240 WB owners (3) SteveHughessails at 8:21pm 10.05.24 We took the Hunter out on the lake today. Our goal was to raise the Mast set the Boom up and have lu
Purchase questions 38 quadrille38 at 6:18pm 10.05.24 I would like to add a couple more questions please. boat has 2 new agm batteries. The boat actually
Advice on replacing standing rigging ...3TacksontheWater at 6:13pm 10.05.24 Turnbuckle designs have changed over the years. I think replacing the turnbuckles with the rigging i

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