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Whats this strange toolamajig? VisionPNW at 7:05am 01.14.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/656 It's sort of like a screwdriver, but it's got another metal pivioting piece that I just can't figure
Exhaust hose:1 new owner :0 VisionPNW at 12:48am 01.14.18 Ask All Sailors 24/1400 After four hours of me and my buddy wrestling the exhaust hose on to the mixing elbow, I can see why
Any resident RSOs in the house? Captmayhem at 9:31pm 01.13.18 Sails Call Lounge 33/2571 Had a little run in with Tritium at work shall we say, I'm looking for a second opinion from a qual
Brake pads azsailing at 5:24pm 01.13.18 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/523 Hi listmates, Planning to replace the brake pads on the stock 26s macgregor trailer. Anyone know a
Battery charger stops intermittently Viktor Eysselein at 5:22pm 01.13.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/741 Hi all fellow sailors: I have a Hunter 45CC 2008. The battery charger stops intermittently. The boat
Anyone have any experience with these lithium batteries? weinie at 4:38pm 01.13.18 Ask All Sailors 5/724 https://www.lithiumion-batteries.com/products/12v-80ah-lithium-ion-battery
Packing gland packing size 2003 Hunter 356 Yanmar 3GM30F Goretex CharlieSea at 3:38pm 01.13.18 Big Boats 10/1483 Any one know the size packing for this gland. Also, any comments on the goretex packing material.
Lexan Crib Boards Trent Lindsey at 1:07pm 01.13.18 Catalina 22 19/2544 Hey All, I hope the New Year has found you well. I am doing some clean-up and repairs on my '79 C-
Bad news, good news lingerfeltja at 11:35am 01.13.18 The Cherubini Hunters 28/2205 Bad news: while pulling my boat, the yard mangled the anchor roller (anchor was removed for storage)
Cross Reference for M18 to Kubota Parts lpbosch at 10:15am 01.13.18 Catalina 30 8/3281 I am trying to replace my injectors and my injector pump. However, like many of you I do not want t
Sheave/ Block preferred lubes Ilanortho at 6:32pm 01.12.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 13/2869 Hi; My boom and mast sheaves have started screaming; time to re-lubricate. Any preferences for lube
1X19 stretch capta at 6:14pm 01.12.18 Ask All Sailors 53/5000 My wire is pretty tight. I can't get more than a couple of inches of deflection on the uppers or int
Vetus Waterlock Exhaust ... Rob G at 4:53pm 01.12.18 Big Boats 1/573 I have a hole in my exhaust riser...rather than have one fabricated at a ridiculous cost, I want to
Furler Roy 845 at 1:57pm 01.12.18 Ask An Oday Owner 28/3367 Hey Everyone, Last season was my first season on Long Island Sound with a 1977 O'Day 22 MH and it
Boom Internal Outhaul Question (2) Ward H at 11:33am 01.12.18 Ask All Sailors 39/6882 I don't think internal outhauls are specific to Catalina so I posted this here instead of the C30 fo
Missing bottom paint Bill22113 at 10:34am 01.12.18 Ask All Sailors 9/1401 Last summer my Cal33 lost patches of copper bottom paint around all bronze through hulls. Had cleane
If you care about OUR coastal waters.... capta at 9:47am 01.12.18 Ask All Sailors 1/20 Some of you may feel this post is inappropriate for this forum. If you do, I'm sorry, but I feel thi
Vertically Adjusting Mast Step LeeandRick at 9:07am 01.12.18 Trailer Sailors 8/1586 Maybe I should change my screen name to "AnotherCrazyThought" but you folks gave me a lot of food fo
Spininlock tiller extension LakeShark at 7:37am 01.12.18 Ask All Sailors 6/1154 Just curious has anyone here tried one of these on a Catalina 22 or similarly sized trailer sailor?
Diesel Book for Rookie Macmanjams at 7:25am 01.12.18 Ask All Sailors 16/1042 Hi all, My last post was on having too many Captains on board. Your comments were great. I'm O

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Damaged Keel on Hunter 410 jssailem at 5:56am 07.04.23 Read the thread by @JamesG161 on his keel repair after Zeta hit Mississippi OCT 2020. https://forums
Catalina 270 Rub Rail jssailem at 5:47am 07.04.23 Have you tried shopping here on this site? https://shop.catalinaowners.com/search.php
Engineering Issues jssailem at 5:41am 07.04.23 Ah Dave. Another Roller Coaster aficionado. The rush. The thrill. Ahhhh. Events like this definitel
Damaged Keel on Hunter 410 wnischt at 5:35am 07.04.23 It may come to that.
Damaged Keel on Hunter 410 dlochner at 5:32am 07.04.23 Shipping a keel to Hamilton Ont and back is expensive. Get out the chainsaw and fairing compound. ;
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything dlochner at 5:31am 07.04.23 A few thoughts. The weight of the hatch when open may be increasing the friction on the plastic pa
cant identify my venture2? micmacirq at 5:27am 07.04.23 i believe i in fact am the owner of a venture 224. ill post pics of lola mae today. if you folks
Damaged Keel on Hunter 410 wnischt at 5:16am 07.04.23 The keel is lead. I got a quote to repair it, but I have to ship it to Canada (MarsKeel). They ind
Damaged Keel on Hunter 410 dlochner at 4:52am 07.04.23 The keel joint crack may not be a particularly difficult job as it may only be the fairing compound
shore power female-end fell in the water Jim Legere at 4:23am 07.04.23 Prescription for the wet end of the cord: fresh water rinse followed by a liberal application of WD4
shore power female-end fell in the water rgranger at 3:33am 07.04.23
Fuel (In)Efficiency Davidasailor26 at 3:27am 07.04.23
cant identify my venture2? rgranger at 3:25am 07.04.23 Still will need photos to help
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything Davidasailor26 at 3:19am 07.04.23 Maybe some PTFE or silicone lubricant on the threads to keep it from binding up so much?
Engineering Issues Rick486 at 3:10am 07.04.23 Fatigue failure of a welded joint
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything Rick486 at 2:48am 07.04.23 My forward opening hatch is a Bomar 1080-10A with a single support arm. Manufactured in 1998 and in
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything Joe at 1:20am 07.04.23 Ralph, I wish I had constructive insight regarding the hatch issue. However, I will congratulate yo
Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Syversens at 12:25am 07.04.23 How much solar do you have? Edit: And how large is your charger? Is it connected to the start batt
Ideas, Thoughts, Recommendations, I'll Take Anything JamesG161 at 12:15am 07.04.23 Bomar 1080-10A Mine is Bomar 1011-10 with 2 openers.;) I guess , just like your accumulator, shor
Fuel (In)Efficiency SFS at 11:43pm 07.03.23 Many diesel engines burn between 0.38 and 0.45 pounds of fuel per hour for each horsepower developed

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