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I cant believe its been three years of fun (1) pateco at 7:26am 07.10.17 Mid-Size Boats 1/520 Three years ago today we found the Stargazer on Facebook. What a blast so far.
23' Plans Berkesch at 7:13am 07.10.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2273 Does anybody have model drawings, electric diagrams, floor plans, and/or deck plans for the MacGrego
Alarm and blower engaged - Key in Off Position DavidSails at 6:45am 07.10.17 Ask All Sailors 3/313 Westerbeke 44A - Captain Panel The alarm and blower come on with the battery and should only come on
Yanmar Push Button Starter Switch (6) sailcapt340 at 5:45am 07.10.17 Big Boats 14/6196 On my 2000 340, my push button starter switch is intermittently starting. If I move my finger up or
transom mount, in hull, thru-hull...? rpludwig at 5:17am 07.10.17 Catalina 22 32/3253 old discussion, but I need a refresher.. going to pull the trigger on a depthfinder/fishfinder/char
CDI FF2 furling manual Crazy Dave Condon at 4:00am 07.10.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/678 As a retired dealer, I know many of the model Catalina 22, 22MKII, 25, 250 and others to include Cap
Keel bolts Kevvymm at 8:55pm 07.09.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/626 I am looking to purchase a cat 30. 1976 but the keel bolts look shot. There are something like lag
Confused Meriachee at 8:47pm 07.09.17 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/522 Alright Peggy, I'm throwing in the proverbial towel. We have a very standard waste setup in the 270
Big project today...finding where rain water leaks in Megaro76 at 6:14pm 07.09.17 Catalina 22 13/2738 With my 11 year old daughter running the hose to simulate a rain storm and me inside the boat cabin
Is our media ever right? Ken Cross at 5:03pm 07.09.17 Ask All Sailors 21/1070 Marina fire story. Does this sound wrong? http://komonews.com/news/local/fire-hits Jssalem heard t
Diesel fuel/water filter recommendation nestorph at 4:06pm 07.09.17 Engines and Propulsion 27/3506 I need to install a fuel/water filter in my Islander 30 Bahama. I checked out the Racor filters but
Fuel and Water Tank Level hookway at 3:25pm 07.09.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/3197 Hello Can anyone comment on water or fuel level meters or some basic way to tell when the tank is n
Oceanis 400, Smell from the Sump Pump hookway at 3:23pm 07.09.17 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1565
Hull crack (2) blindsmokey at 3:17pm 07.09.17 Catalina 22 14/2217 I put my newly acquired boat in the water this weekend for the first time and discovered there is a
Engine mount while trailering (1) Lafayette Mike at 3:13pm 07.09.17 Catalina 22 18/2793 I'd love to find a way to mount my engine to the trailer while traveling. I have seen the "motor mo
Wanted - gently used main for my Hunter 23 (1986) Vanderlady at 3:10pm 07.09.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1158 Does anyone have gently used main sail I can use for my 1986 Hunter 23, or know where I can get one?
'85 H31 Fuse location Dave Roberts at 1:54pm 07.09.17 Mid-Size Boats 1/415 Just bought an 85 H31 and the interior electronics are totally different from our previous boat ('83
How to protecting above-deck bike from moisture and UV? patrickkidd at 10:44am 07.09.17 Ask All Sailors 6/574 I am a liveaboard and lock my road bike outside my Catalina 30. I am looking for a way to protect it
Main traveler car & sheet set-up (1) SeanP at 9:17am 07.09.17 Mid-Size Boats 33/9019 See the attached image of how the PO had things set up with the Rutgerson car. He seems to have adde
P42 Step for getting off boat (1) Puesta del sol at 9:10am 07.09.17 Big Boats 0/356 home made step - seems to work Not part of the design but I left long lines to work out final adjus

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Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Richard19068 at 4:37pm 12.11.23 @4arch: Thanks for posting that.
Re-installing the shaft coupling Don S/V ILLusion at 4:25pm 12.11.23
315 Backstay Adjuster Stu Jackson at 4:21pm 12.11.23 Greg, Gerry Douglas has called it his "15/16 rig." :clap: Really.
315 Backstay Adjuster Tally Ho at 4:05pm 12.11.23 The forestay of the Catalina 315 is so close to the head that it might be considered a fractional
Swim platform question shemandr at 4:00pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder
Solar arch installation pictures on 315 Tom J at 3:55pm 12.11.23 Tom have you notice any differences in the boats handling with the davits and solar panel compared
Swim platform question Scott T-Bird at 3:19pm 12.11.23 I'm not even understanding how that thing is mounted or the orientation. It seems that the ladder i
Volvo V Vetus Muffler dlochner at 3:16pm 12.11.23 Well, it just seems odd to have all those links to pages in CF, especially since they are not specif
Swim platform question dlochner at 3:04pm 12.11.23 The transom of the sailboat was not designed to support the weight of a swim platform and an out sus
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? 4arch at 2:10pm 12.11.23 Yellow wire goes to negative side of external LED, positive side of LED goes to power source, brown
Swim platform question (2) rgranger at 2:08pm 12.11.23 You would need a way to lift your OB. Otherwise, I'd worry that your OB would get swamped on a regu
Swim platform question ian260 at 1:42pm 12.11.23 I see why it makes sense for a powerboat. But I don't see how it would affect a sailboat? Sailboats
Swim platform question (1) thinwater at 1:29pm 12.11.23 Not for a sailboat. When powerboats mount motors back there, they are running on plane and the aft m
Compass deviation leo310 at 1:09pm 12.11.23 used to do compass swings on aircrafts and that took a few hours to make a deviation card. The probl
Volvo V Vetus Muffler Mike Topaze at 1:03pm 12.11.23 Because my Bavaria 34 is a sailboat with and engine
Help, My Boat is Tipping Over! American_Mainsail at 12:44pm 12.11.23 Do you have a water tank on either side of the hull? Did you maybe drain one side thinking that you
Solar arch installation pictures on 315 Shagdance at 12:43pm 12.11.23 Not sure if this will help you, but you could fabricate something like the davits I installed on my
Compass deviation (1) rgranger at 12:12pm 12.11.23 Thanks for that helpful post. Nice to see that at least someONE understands this difference betwee
Volvo V Vetus Muffler dlochner at 11:58am 12.11.23 Why does your post have links to Cruisers' Forum?
Compass deviation dlochner at 11:37am 12.11.23 The North Star? Yes, Polaris is on the move. However given the distance from earth it will take s

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