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Lexan Crib Boards Trent Lindsey at 1:07pm 01.13.18 Catalina 22 19/3147 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 28/2878 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 8/4434 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 13/4059 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 53/7341 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 1/669 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 28/4273 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 39/8997 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 9/1855 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 8/2349 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 6/1316 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 16/1677 Hi all, My last post was on having too many Captains on board. Your comments were great. I'm O
Ladder ideas 76Oday20 at 7:19am 01.12.18 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1979
.mov files? shemandr at 7:09am 01.12.18 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/757 Does the forum accept .mov files and how do I post them? They must be too large for the attachments
Tartan 30 Simon Sexton at 6:51am 01.12.18 Ask All Sailors 7/2116 Hey Everyone, Good morning, fellow sailors! I've been working on restoring out Ship's Tart
Sailing San Diego DayDreamer41 at 4:22am 01.12.18 Ask All Sailors 9/694 The wife and I are going to visit our son, daughter and grand child in San Diego, this will be our f
What's UP? Dock? JamesG161 at 8:46pm 01.11.18 Sails Call Lounge 19/1643 There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that i
Stern Swim Ladder Luigi at 7:55pm 01.11.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/837 Hi folks, I own a 1991 Legend 43. When I Purchased the boat the original swim ladder was no longer
Air-conditioner Scuba diver at 4:34pm 01.11.18 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/2498 I have a 1993 hunter 37.5 I would like to install an air conditioner in the boat this year. After do

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What are these tracks used for? Joe at 9:15am 07.08.24 ar? -Will Not sure how this diagram offers any insight to using the term "pulley" in sailboat rig
Beginning a restoration on a 1987 Hunter 23 isaksp00 at 9:10am 07.08.24 Drilling and repairing holes is not a big deal, unless you are intent on the gel coat looking good.
Boom Vang obstructs Main Sheet (1) Davidasailor26 at 9:09am 07.08.24 I think that you may still have a conflict if you run the line directly from the mid-boom to the ba
Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? jviss at 8:57am 07.08.24 Thanks Rich. I am going to have a closer look today. Since moving and retiring it's nice that the
Beginning a restoration on a 1987 Hunter 23 svseacucumber at 8:44am 07.08.24 Former dealer who introduced that sailboat now retired. Get rid of that motor bracket and get a s
Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? Rich Stidger at 8:33am 07.08.24 @jviss - If your pump uses a gasket, then it is the old style #33636 and it uses the #34440 impeller
Engine & Genset Pan are they connected ? jssailem at 8:33am 07.08.24 It will alos be handy for looking in my fuel and water tanks as well. Just be sure to carefully cl
Stuck seacock question dlochner at 8:31am 07.08.24 John's seacocks show evidence of pinking, which happens when zinc in the bronze leaches out resultin
Folding or Spring Cleat Regrets? jssailem at 8:27am 07.08.24 I am sure pleased with mine. The pull on my midship cleats uses there strong designed side. I have n
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... jviss at 8:25am 07.08.24 Unfortunately, several years ago no one was selling replacement shuttle blocks in the USA, so I had
Boom Vang obstructs Main Sheet Scott T-Bird at 8:23am 07.08.24 Friction is bad. You increase friction with the blocks but you gain mechanical advantage. The fric
Chain plates Hunter 49 jssailem at 8:23am 07.08.24 Way to GO @Screen Saver . Now looking forward to seeing you sail that boat. Pictures of you blastin
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... Sailfanatic at 8:22am 07.08.24 Ah, gotcha. Mine was not rigged when I got it, and both shuttle blocks were gone. I was fortunate
Yanmar 20gm starting issue 3GGG at 8:20am 07.08.24 It's back to being difficult to start. I am working down the chain. Cables are the next to be replac
Stuck seacock question (2) jssailem at 8:15am 07.08.24 He recently reported that the seacock for the forward head is stuck Couple of queries... What typ
Edson Pedestal Outboard Gear Shifter Cable Break Crazy Dave Condon at 8:04am 07.08.24 @philiefay the forum store should know the length of the cables. Running the cables through the ped
Looking to upgrade from a C22 to?? john6206 at 7:55am 07.08.24 The Suncat is smaller, not larger than the Catalina 22. It does have an awful lot going for it - esp
First time question: I own a 1974 Oday 20. jssailem at 7:52am 07.08.24 CDI is not far removed from our SBO family. It was purchased last year by non other than our "JudyB"
Beginning a restoration on a 1987 Hunter 23 Crazy Dave Condon at 7:49am 07.08.24 Former dealer who introduced that sailboat now retired. Get rid of that motor bracket and get a sm
Pat Daily FastOlson at 7:48am 07.08.24 Good music. Never heard of him, and that appears to be my loss. :(

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