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Escrow and Survey before seeing a Boat teacherspet at 2:36pm 10.25.24 Ask All Sailors 23/3129 I have a boat for sale and was contacted by a gentleman who wants to open up an Escrow account to ha
Catalina 42 MK 2 Strut questions Dorfl68 at 10:30am 10.25.24 Big Boats 8/1658 I am really close to buying a Catalina 42 MK 2. One item from the survey is the strut - as you push
Varnishing difficulties. (2) BAD ORCA at 9:33pm 10.24.24 Ask All Sailors 36/3470 I'm trying to teach myself how to varnish. I have a lot of teak on my boat exterior i want to varni
Engine scratching sound Universal 25 baycloud at 8:19pm 10.24.24 Engines and Propulsion 0/429 Hey all I'm looking at a Catalina for a local bay boat and the engine - a rebuilt universal 5411 sou
1993 Catalina 28 Stanchion Snapped (1) Surfside at 2:35pm 10.24.24 Ask All Sailors 10/738 One of the stanchions snapped at the base where the through the hull stainless bolt is welded to the
1991 Pearson 31-2 aluminum fuel tank leaks. Replace with plastic??? Looking for advice. Will cost $300 to repair inkunzi at 2:14pm 10.24.24 Ask All Sailors 5/619 Original capacity 16 gal. Can live with 10 or 12 gallons. Diesel engine requires a return to tank
Centerboard pin cover plug? (1) JBP-PA at 9:17am 10.24.24 Ask All Sailors 4/383 The plug that covers my centerboard pin has gone missing last haul out. What are the usual and cust
C310-315 IA WebSite Status SawyerCurt at 6:30am 10.24.24 Catalina 310 0/837 Good morning! Currently, the C310-315 website is redirecting to the Sailboat Owners Store page. Th
Sail boat blocks and load factors (3) jssailem at 6:21am 10.24.24 Ask All Sailors 1/961 Is bigger always better? know without a block, sheave or low friction ring the line will rub on the
Hood Swivel arelic1949 at 6:07pm 10.23.24 Parts Search 0/11
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Dyneema Double Eye (2) FlimFlamII at 5:31pm 10.23.24 Ask All Sailors 11/1238
30 amp Circuit breaker Sanfelice at 4:28pm 10.23.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/796 FYI - Catalina used a 30 amp circuit breaker on late 80s and early 90s cat 30s . Perhaps other model
Propeller Shaft Bracket on 35S5 (1) KGarvey at 2:20pm 10.23.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1391 Hello All, I was wondering if anyone has experienced their propeller shaft bracket dropping down as
Too Good to be True But maybe worth the Price of Admission Hello Below at 10:53am 10.23.24 Musings With Maine Sail 13/2018 I have not done any research into this device with the exception of clicking on a Home Page news sto
What is this stuff on my hull? (1) illusion1024 at 10:39am 10.23.24 Ask All Sailors 13/1358 After haulout and power washing, a number of black deposits (see photo) remain on the hull below the
@nd fuel tank in Hunter 50AC betsyderek at 9:37am 10.23.24 Ask All Sailors 3/392 Hello, From the factory in our 2012 Hunter 50AC there was a 2nd fuel tank under the galley floor. It
35.5 running rigging jeanmarc109 at 9:35am 10.23.24 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/491
Universal M25XP dies after 30 to 40 minutes V&J at 8:32am 10.22.24 Engines and Propulsion 19/4215 On our 1991 Catalina 30, the Universal M25XP engine has been stopping shortly after it reaches opera

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Small and quick fix fiberglass filler Project_Mayhem at 5:18am 11.20.25 I use PC-11 for many things. It is just a 2-part epoxy filler like Marine Tex. Also like Marine T
Adhering wood strips to cabin walls fred1diver at 5:17am 11.20.25 Could be done with a router as well!
Adhering wood strips to cabin walls (1) Project_Mayhem at 5:13am 11.20.25 How much work do you want to do for this??? If you have access to wood tools, and are not afraid of
Launching a Precision 18 vs. a Precision 23 Project_Mayhem at 5:09am 11.20.25 I found stepping the mast by myself nearly impossible on my Starwind 18. I only managed to do it onc
Adhering wood strips to cabin walls fred1diver at 5:08am 11.20.25 How much work do you want to do for this??? If you have access to wood tools, and are not afraid of
Reinforcing stanchion Project_Mayhem at 5:01am 11.20.25 That's how we stop the boat most of the time. I'll slow the boat down as best I can by coasting and
Hows this boom/mast look.. on my "new" (1971) Catalina 22 dlochner at 4:34am 11.20.25 So my main sail has slugs going up the mast...but it has the bolt-rope going through the boom. I
Small and quick fix fiberglass filler dlochner at 4:25am 11.20.25 West Systems Six10 or TotalBoat Thixio, both are thickened epoxies that come in a cartridge that fit
Introduction jssailem at 4:21am 11.20.25 Welcome. Looking forward to hearing about your boat and adventures.
Small and quick fix fiberglass filler colemj at 4:08am 11.20.25 I use PC-11 for many things. It is just a 2-part epoxy filler like Marine Tex. Also like Marine Te
Launching a Precision 18 vs. a Precision 23 DAVA390 at 3:59am 11.20.25 I have owned both a?n18 and a 23. Setup is significantly easier with an 18. We needed 3 people to d
Introduction Captain Larry-DH at 3:29am 11.20.25 Welcome to the forum, Captain :thumbup:
Anyone know what this is? De-lamination and unusual "red" material (under cabin) inside "bilge" area Carl Wonderful at 10:49pm 11.19.25 Also to repair the cracking tabbing... Specifically how do I do that? Its really hard and only a
Anyone know what this is? De-lamination and unusual "red" material (under cabin) inside "bilge" area Carl Wonderful at 10:45pm 11.19.25 @Carl Wonderful so @dlochner is correct in that what you're seeing is the tabbing in the hull. Lik
Hows this boom/mast look.. on my "new" (1971) Catalina 22 Carl Wonderful at 10:31pm 11.19.25 Looks like others beat me to the sail answer. I dont often check the forum alot anymore. As for t
Hows this boom/mast look.. on my "new" (1971) Catalina 22 Carl Wonderful at 10:26pm 11.19.25 You are correct -- bolt-rope on both the mast and the boom. So my main sail has slugs going up the
Reinforcing stanchion dLj at 8:58pm 11.19.25 Yes but It's a floating dock that's chained to the bottom so it moves. One time there was only 10-1
outboard motor run tank DIY RussC at 8:42pm 11.19.25 Nice work! I'm surprised it doesn't spill over while running Thanks. it was very well contained. i
H26 wood floor removal Project_Mayhem at 8:17pm 11.19.25 Spear it animal did a very nice replacement on their 60' Beneteau. Very challenging to do to that le
outboard motor run tank DIY Project_Mayhem at 8:11pm 11.19.25 Nice work! I'm surprised it doesn't spill over while running

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