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A Custom Winter Cover: What To Consider Before Having One Made Captain Murph at 7:44am 11.26.16 Ask All Sailors 4/70 Discusses some of the considerations about having a custom winter cover made. This covers topics li
Installing in Hull Depth Transducer buddybear at 6:52am 11.26.16 Catalina 310 17/1884 Thinking about installing an in hull depth transducer. I have read the install specs and it states t
Deck Fill Chains lehighsail at 6:32am 11.26.16 Ask All Sailors 11/746 I'm in the middle of doing minor repairs after winterization and one of the items on the list was to
Wood mast Repair towline at 4:53am 11.26.16 Ask All Sailors 12/2449 Good day all. I am new here so please excuse any mistakes / screw ups I may make. I am trying to fin
Shaft corrosion from packing CarlN at 3:16pm 11.25.16 Ask All Sailors 5/2358 So it's time to replace the packing and I'm thinking of switching from flax to Gore GFO. My concern
Hunter 26 Outboard Whiskey at 11:34am 11.25.16 Smaller Boats 2/469 First question is simple, I'm looking to replace my outboard and am questioning if I really need th
Tohatsu 6hp Outboard Flush Plug jonjbfx at 10:18am 11.25.16 Engines and Propulsion 12/15171 I have a new outboard for my sailboat, and I am struggling to find the port where the flush adapter
Frigo box acrylic glass drawing or scan ger123 at 8:47am 11.25.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/916 Hello! I have lost the smallest of the three acrylic glasses in the frigo box of my Hunter 340 (the
Hunter 340 little bit sweet water under the shaft/stuffing box ger123 at 8:39am 11.25.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/360 Hello! After rainy days i have a little bit sweet water under the stuffing box of my Hunter 340. I
Roger On TV Again Ron20324 at 5:54am 11.25.16 Ask All Sailors 7/1063 For the benefit SBO'ers and of those of us who know world-renowned navel designer Roger Long from pl
12V Smart TV CYQK at 4:56am 11.25.16 Ask All Sailors 25/5947 Does anyone have updates on which smart tv to buy these days? Looking for around 32 inch model led 1
Where to find a new fuel pickup tube? (2) dkerphunter at 4:04am 11.25.16 Engines and Propulsion 6/583 After diagnosing a power loss problem to the fuel pickup tube being clogged, I tried to pull it to i
Cal 29 Flyflicker at 8:41pm 11.24.16 Ask All Sailors 6/585 Thanksgiving to all. I recently started looking at a cal 29 it's a 1976. My problem is that this boa
Cal 29 Flyflicker at 8:37pm 11.24.16 Cal 1/1057 Happy Thanksgiving to all. Tyrese I started looking at a cal 29 1976 but the boat has Port lights th
compression post 3 questions (3) BlueTequila at 7:22pm 11.24.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/2249 QUESTION #1: I have a 1989 Hunter 33.5 that needs its compression post replaced...these are some of
Has anyone gotten AIS from a Standard Horizon 2200 to a Chartplotter? rpwillia at 5:10pm 11.24.16 Ask All Sailors 15/1972 Since the SH2200 puts out AIS data via NMEA 0183 what chartplotters can read it since most now have
gohoist Jacomo Sailor at 5:04pm 11.24.16 Catalina 22 1/730 An advert for this popped up on my facebook today. Looks like a pretty easy way to lift the boat of
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! (1) Phil Herring at 10:39am 11.24.16 Ask All Sailors 21/665 Here's hoping you all have a terrific day with family, friends, and wonderful food.
Wind,weather info HALE QUIGLEY at 8:17am 11.24.16 Ask All Sailors 11/812 Sailflow.com has quit it's web page. Does anyone have a web page like it?....at no cost.
HAPPY TURKEY DAY Jacktar at 7:30am 11.24.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/414 Happy thanksgiving to all Catalina Owners big and small, owning a Catalina sailboat is just one more

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Old bilge: water in keel Leeward Rail at 8:15am 05.05.23 But regular bricks makes no sense. Agreed. Apparently it was to reduce the weight of the keel whil
Old bilge: water in keel rgranger at 8:09am 05.05.23 https://forums.sailinganarchy.com/threads/catalina-27-keel.167932 Post #7 okay now... that is wei
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour JoeWhite at 8:03am 05.05.23 Yes, mine failed with oil everywhere. The pressure switch requires a special deep socket to be inst
Its funny Friday! (1) rgranger at 8:01am 05.05.23 .... and when you have Iron-Male (i.e FeMale)
What sealant to use? Don S/V ILLusion at 7:59am 05.05.23 Yeah. If that is the risk..then all forums should close. Have you seen the ignorance of some p
Old bilge: water in keel Leeward Rail at 7:58am 05.05.23 Edit: Here's the links to the Sailing Anarchy thread and Catalina 27 Owners thread: https://forums
Old bilge: water in keel Leeward Rail at 7:53am 05.05.23 Do a web search for Catalina owners' groups, too. I linked one in my comment about bricks. The inf
Old bilge: water in keel FastOlson at 7:47am 05.05.23 The company is still in business... https://www.catalinayachts.com Contact them about your model an
What sealant to use? Leeward Rail at 7:45am 05.05.23 My advice was to seal the leak from the outside, and not re-bed. And someone else then posts some
Its funny Friday! (1) jssailem at 7:43am 05.05.23
Old bilge: water in keel Leeward Rail at 7:31am 05.05.23 Bricks? Exactly ! Wth. Catalina contracted out their keels. I know that the C22 keel was cast iro
First Aid Training? MikeHoncho at 7:11am 05.05.23 As a paramedic for almost 30 years I agree that training is a must due to isolation and limited reso
Yanmar 3JH2E Commissioning run and lost all oil in an hour kloudie1 at 7:10am 05.05.23 I've had two failures on automobiles where the oil pressure switch failed and oil came out of the el
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer walt at 7:05am 05.05.23 Interesting useful discussion, just one somewhat unimportant point to make. nce its just a switch t
rop-In LiFePO4 Batteries - Be an Educated Consumer jviss at 7:02am 05.05.23 Yes, excellent article, Dave, thanks. But I don't think the regulating relays will prevent the volt
What sealant to use? JamesG161 at 6:58am 05.05.23 "It's important to use the right sealant in any application....." and then provide links to the dat
Old bilge: water in keel Siamese at 6:55am 05.05.23 Bricks?
Rigging- Has anybody seen this? gfcng at 6:52am 05.05.23 Agreed Joe, fingers crossed she surveys well today!
Beneteau Questions Greg_D at 6:43am 05.05.23 Just an update for everyone who's interested. I installed an electronic switch in the strum box rig
What sealant to use? Dave at 6:43am 05.05.23 Good points are being raised. At the moment I'm thinking something along the lines of a generic st

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