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Home Grown Cat,Who'd A Thunk It! (2) BrianRobin at 4:24am 07.08.18 Big Boats 1/371 This was revealed this weekend in our little city. The neighbors knew someone was up, as this guys d
Solar Trickle Charger abinoone at 4:03am 07.08.18 Ask All Sailors 18/2025 Just replaced my starting battery with a new, wet cell unit and decided to install a 4w Coleman sola
It's a boot! (1) Brian D at 8:26pm 07.07.18 Sails Call Lounge 34/1944 https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/36877502_2570963129595725_6617260699972272128_n.jpg?_n
Owners manual for 281 Dave from Thunder Bay at 6:32pm 07.07.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1349 Does anyone know where I can find an owners manual for a 1995 Oceanis 281, prefer paper not digital.
Balmar alt. What are these...... (1) NYSail at 4:42pm 07.07.18 Ask All Sailors 6/447 153386 hope all is well with everyone... So alt is going I. Tomorrow. Wires, fuses all ready for po
How to Post: Changing the centerboard lift line in an H23.5, H26, & H260 (1) rgranger at 3:27pm 07.07.18 Smaller Boats 5/891 Hello all I've seen a few posts recently about the lift line for the centerboards on these water ba
4th of July adventures! Scott T-Bird at 2:01pm 07.07.18 Ask All Sailors 15/957 Sue and I went to the boat early on the 4th for a beautiful day sailing on beam reach all the way up
Route Advice: Sailing from Midland Ontario to Chicago Biggin at 1:58pm 07.07.18 Ask All Sailors 15/2478 Skippers, I will be heading to Chicago via the North Channel to Mackinaw, at the beginning of August
H260 Centerboard uphaul force? Jeff Gray at 1:53pm 07.07.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 32/1620 Question for H260 owners... I recently purchased a 260 and am generally happy with it, but I have o
I learned something new today, and that leads me to another question. HanBan at 10:54am 07.07.18 Ask A Beneteau Owner 28/3014 A couple of weeks ago I thought it might be a good idea to leave the AC on in our boat, figuring tha
County Leases away sailing venue (1) shemandr at 10:41am 07.07.18 Ask All Sailors 32/1451 We run into a problem here in the bays we call the Peconics. Over ten years ago New York State enac
Changing Furler from Below to above deck: Hood 810 to Selden 204S Steverhnm at 9:40am 07.07.18 Big Boats 12/1230 So I have a 1990 35.5 legend with the original hood 810 furler. Time to change the furler. Extrusi
New Design Catalina 22 "Measurements" Rltgold at 8:30am 07.07.18 Catalina 22 7/971 My 22 "Minnie" is currently 3 hrs north of me in Channel Islands harbor and I need a measurement of
tiller extension... rpludwig at 5:41am 07.07.18 Catalina 22 4/640 gonna pick up a tiller extension @ WM tday, have a gift cert burning a hole in my pocket! Any advice
Cockpit Floor Grate (1) MikeHoncho at 9:40pm 07.06.18 The Cherubini Hunters 14/1152 I started my floor grates and got to roughing out the rear grate which starts at the pedestal and g
longgggg shot Captmayhem at 8:31pm 07.06.18 Ask All Sailors 0/305 Going to be around the Cancun area from 22 July, if anyone is out there and wants to meet up for a b
Universal 25XPB TimMarks at 2:38pm 07.06.18 Mid-Size Boats 5/1375 So I am looking at buying a Catalina 28 Mk II, and one of the things that spooks me is that it has a
Stanchion throughbolts leaking... any ideas? (5) Drinkmilk at 11:58am 07.06.18 Catalina 22 4/1816 My '86 cat22 new design is leaking slightly from the through-bolts for the stanchions. Plan was to
Repair rub rail on 1968 Columbia 36 (2) kfrancisco at 11:53am 07.06.18 Ask All Sailors 9/1249 We hit a large wake from a freighter and it loosened the rub rail on our boat, starboard side. Now n
Marine Coatings: Making Sense of U.S., State, and Local Mandates Rick D at 11:13am 07.06.18 Ask All Sailors 0/455 Just got a copy of this paper; interesting reading: https://www.paint.org/article/marine-coatings-m

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Catalina 30 push-button start mystery Stu Jackson at 3:39pm 07.30.23 Check the fuse in the wire between the start button and the starter solenoid. It's usually cleverly
Alberg 22 - possible to launch / retrieve solo? stickinthemud57 at 3:37pm 07.30.23 I once had a keen interest in a MacGregor 26M trailerable boat. I found a guy with a 26X who was
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? kappykaplan at 3:30pm 07.30.23 I get STW from my Datamarine instrument into my Raymarine CP for TWS.
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? Davidasailor26 at 2:55pm 07.30.23 Unlikely that you can do anything to get the data from the Datamarine. That transducer is probably j
Alberg 22 - possible to launch / retrieve solo? Tally Ho at 2:23pm 07.30.23 I once had a keen interest in a MacGregor 26M trailerable boat. I found a guy with a 26X who was w
Ran air into my water pump Tally Ho at 2:15pm 07.30.23 Always the same problem here when we run dry. Assuming everything is in working order : - fill th
PSS Replacement jssailem at 1:54pm 07.30.23 @thetone I had to get in my boat on my knees and measure the shaft diameter and the log diameter to
PSS Replacement Justin_NSA at 1:26pm 07.30.23 While you're working down there, you will want to replace the shift and throttle cables. At least o
PSS Replacement BigEasy at 1:15pm 07.30.23 While you're working down there, you will want to replace the shift and throttle cables. At least o
PSS Replacement dlochner at 1:00pm 07.30.23 While you're working down there, you will want to replace the shift and throttle cables. At least on
Delayed start. DaveJ at 12:48pm 07.30.23 If you can locate the solenoid, have someone push the start button and you lightly tap the solenoid
Delayed start. Richard19068 at 12:19pm 07.30.23 Not sure what engine you have but if it is a Universal / Westerbeke you might want to look at this s
Ran air into my water pump Ralph Johnstone at 12:01pm 07.30.23 Always the same problem here when we run dry. Assuming everything is in working order : - fill th
PSS Replacement thetone at 11:52am 07.30.23
Ran air into my water pump jssailem at 10:39am 07.30.23 Disconnect out flow line and turn on pump. Will confirm water is flowing through the pump. Then all
Ran air into my water pump DestinySoyQuick at 10:21am 07.30.23 1) Your pump is self priming up to 4 feet of lift 2) Disconnect the pump inlet line to see if you h
Hunter 23.5 topping lift rigging. isaksp00 at 10:19am 07.30.23 Unfortunately, a topping lift and large roach mainsails do NOT get along together. On mine, which
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't shemandr at 10:16am 07.30.23
Ran air into my water pump JamesG161 at 10:09am 07.30.23 Ahh Jim beat me to the note. We have address this type of issue before, plus I had 2 cups of coffe
Hunter 23.5 topping lift rigging. patbratton at 10:08am 07.30.23 I have not looked at the 23.5 but the H240 has the topping lift, which is wire from the mast head, c

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