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Roller Screen for Forward Hatch rpwillia at 6:14am 09.03.18 Catalina 310 10/1420 Had an awesome weekend on the boat and at one point I put the screen up in the V-Berth Lewmar hatch
JIB SHEET diameter for catalina 22?? steveebryant at 5:20am 09.03.18 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/413 In general, what is an appropriate diameter for the jib sheets on a catalina 22?
Connecting breather hose directly to intake silencer inlet in M25-XPB valcour at 5:10am 09.03.18 Catalina 310 9/951 I have been reviewing posts about replacing the intake silencer with a K'N filter. Some have also c
fix keel oday 22 at 4:12am 09.03.18 Ask An Oday Owner 12/820 my 1972 O DAY 22 keel has water in it all the time is this normal and it also looks like previous ow
Circuit Breaker Hot Water Wanderwind36 at 11:42pm 09.02.18 Big Boats 1/914 Have a 1987 Catalina 36. The hot water circuit breaker is a Push-On/Push-Off type. Pushed the hot wa
Composting toilets Mark Maulden at 8:27pm 09.02.18 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/714 In searching the archives, it seems not much has been said about these in the last 7 yrs or so. Aft
Interior taking shape (2) pclarksurf at 8:09pm 09.02.18 Catalina 22 26/2643 Prerequisite to next weekends first 130 mile road trip and overnight stay? Nothing mechanical says
New (old!) Javeline 14 Owner BarryV2 at 2:27pm 09.02.18 Day Sailers 13/1457 I sold my last boat nearly 10 years ago and have had an itch that needed scratching lately. This tim
Is it Stupid to Use a New Yamaha Outboard on a Dinghy? GorillaToast at 1:44pm 09.02.18 Ask All Sailors 17/1084 iow, will it probably get stolen within a week?
Interior Hull Trim (1) MikeHoncho at 1:41pm 09.02.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/593 My 78 H30 came to me with aftermarket 3/8 foam backed vinyl hull liner that looks to be glued on wit
Hilary Lister sailor extraordinaire.... Warren Milberg at 12:24pm 09.02.18 Ask All Sailors 6/627 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/hilary-lister-quadriplegic-yachtswoman-who-sailed-so
Interesting LiFePO4 question/experiment Mr Fox at 11:59am 09.02.18 Ask All Sailors 23/2058
Raymarine Nav issues on 2009 B31 Helmer31 at 10:37am 09.02.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/1560 Heading suddenly went out about 90 deg to east on Raymarine nav setup. My first instinct is that th
Which to choose. My dilemma! Phlbald at 8:34am 09.02.18 Catalina 30 39/3430
TS Gordon-PTC# 7 JamesG161 at 7:10am 09.02.18 Weather and Forecasting 33/1927 This is spinning up between Cuba and Bahamas. It has only a slight possibility to be a Named storm.
Surveyor recommendations near Erie, Pa. sesmith at 6:13am 09.02.18 Ask All Sailors 3/311 Anyone have a surveyor they recommend near Erie, Pa (lake Erie)?
thru hull ball valve stuck open b crites at 5:27am 09.02.18 Ask All Sailors 3/879 Any ideas on closing a stuck thru hull bronze ball valve while in the water?
Identify these portlights? Hood, Pompanette, Bomar? jviss at 5:27am 09.02.18 Ask All Sailors 27/4569 I have ten of these stainless steel portlights on the 1996 Tartan 3800. A couple are leaking, not t
Jon&Kel Jon&Kel at 11:16pm 09.01.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/426 Need to reseal our side cabin Windows on our 40cc port side is leaking any tips
What is best outboard for 1972 Catalina 27 Summerbreeze at 6:30pm 09.01.18 Ask All Sailors 28/6675 Hello I just bought my first boat..a Catalina 27. It has a 9.9 HP Johnson Motor on it..but it look

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Rowing a 22 AaronD at 4:55pm 08.09.23 Rowing a Catalina 22 Does anyone have experience with adding a set of oars to a 22 ? What lenth ? W
Our Cherubini Chainplates Are 40+ Years Old -- Any Failures? chichiflys at 4:21pm 08.09.23 Had an insurance survey today (Condition and Valuation) - Surveyor will recommend I remove the chain
Merit 22 owners RussC at 3:48pm 08.09.23 Email address is digger1time@gmail.com. You should be able to send the .pdf file as an attachment.
Advice for a Solo Sailor? dlochner at 3:31pm 08.09.23 The DSC signal from the MOB1 is a VHF signal from a low powered device. As such it is limited by lin
Advice for a Solo Sailor? Davidasailor26 at 3:14pm 08.09.23 I just read this in the MOB1 manual: DSC call from this device? I mean, I'm solo sailing, there
Advice for a Solo Sailor? (1) jviss at 3:07pm 08.09.23 I just read this in the MOB1 manual: s really won't see my AIS position and hear my DSC call from t
Halkey-Roberts V85000 Automatic Cap twalker H260 at 3:04pm 08.09.23
Rear seal size/specs for kanzaki k3mp kloudie1 at 3:00pm 08.09.23 KM3P? my old ('85 vintage ) shows that seal for my KM3A as a Yanmar part# 177088-02961 which is a s
Shureflo Aqua King II pump tripping circuit when engine running Davidasailor26 at 2:56pm 08.09.23 Good thought on switching the wires. I have two guesses - the breaker is weak and the engine vibrat
Advice for a Solo Sailor? jviss at 2:50pm 08.09.23 Servicing my auto-inflating, vest/harness PFDs. I will install the MOB1 on one of them, and clip th
Hunter 212 hull crack jayarmala at 2:31pm 08.09.23
Merit 22 owners Digger1 at 1:56pm 08.09.23 Email address is digger1time@gmail.com. You should be able to send the .pdf file as an attachment. T
VHF Handheld jviss at 1:52pm 08.09.23 Score! Someone just gave me an HX270S with a dead battery pack, plus the charging stand and wall ad
Water in Engine Oil of Raw Water Cooled Universal Atomic Diesel 5411 kloudie1 at 1:32pm 08.09.23 I have had problems with new raw water impellers for that engine that are minutely too narrow (diame
VHF Handheld jviss at 1:27pm 08.09.23
Watches jviss at 1:26pm 08.09.23
MUSETTA Cruising the Atlantic and the Weather (1) JamesG161 at 12:52pm 08.09.23 Because of the LOW over Italy today , it is Snowing in the Mountains in August 7, 2023
MUSETTA Cruising the Atlantic and the Weather (1) JamesG161 at 12:41pm 08.09.23 can you explain a bit more about the steering currents in your post above? You must change to 500h
New Campbell Sailer Prop dLj at 12:32pm 08.09.23 The prop came off surprisingly easy. Is that normal? I would not call it normal but I have se
Top Down Furler Meriachee at 12:26pm 08.09.23 Easier than our sock. But the sock is easy enough that we fly our asym every chance we get. Size r

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