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Cleaning Starboard seadaddler at 7:37am 05.06.17 Ask All Sailors 11/2941 What do you do to clean starboard. Nick
Cleaning Starboard seadaddler at 5:47am 05.06.17 Ask All Sailors 3/382 I have these starboard doors and over the last years they have gotten marked up and just like to k
Rudder cap removal (emergency tiller receptacle) robertgogan at 8:27pm 05.05.17 Catalina 30 2/1177 Trying to drop my rudder out for repair, but cannot get the rudder post cap off. Have removed the ho
Kermit leaves SC to go to VA. The average I.Q. of both states goes up (3) Kermit at 6:28pm 05.05.17 Sails Call Lounge 29/2073 Crazy Dave is the handsome one standing next to me.
Ever seen a dog and dolphin play together? ;) RussC at 3:39pm 05.05.17 Ask All Sailors 9/750 1512042795479240
How to remove fiberglass cover on swing keel winch? HELP! (1) TT Tide Together at 3:26pm 05.05.17 Catalina 22 4/721 I'm planning to replace my keel winch and cable assembly, but can't figure out how to remove the fib
Universal M25XP problem. pzmaria at 1:37pm 05.05.17 Catalina 30 8/4068 Hello all members and Catalina owners. I just became a proud owner of my first C30 and I'm quite new
Heat Exchanger??? Alansails at 12:13pm 05.05.17 Catalina 310 22/4678 Due to the question of anti-freeze in the sump underneath the engine, we had one mechanic say that t
Saturday's Forecast! Who's going Sailing? (3) rgranger at 11:10am 05.05.17 Ask All Sailors 15/715 Blue skies just now broke through after 3 days of heavy rain. And it is FRIDAY! And the forecas
Questions from new 320 MK II Owner tgrass462 at 10:18am 05.05.17 Mid-Size Boats 0/667 My wife and I have purchased a 2008 Catalina 320 MK II in January. Looking ahead after we complete
Hunter 23.5 rudder sticking? Chris Flanagan at 10:15am 05.05.17 Smaller Boats 2/432 I recently launched and docked my H23.5 for the season, when I tried to raise the rudder while docke
2011 39 Hunter Nav Table Hardware Dave Thompson at 9:05am 05.05.17 Mid-Size Boats 2/585 Does anyone know who makes the cylinder and hinge mechanism, that holds the nav station table open?
2002 H260: is the drinking water tank vented? Rick Macdonald at 8:08am 05.05.17 Smaller Boats 8/1058 Does anybody know if the drinking water tank on the 2002 H260 is vented? On my buddy's H260, the ga
Engine Control Cable Birchy at 6:12am 05.05.17 Catalina 310 1/736 http://www.catalinadirect.com/index.cfm/product/1547/engine-control-cable-12c-270c-28-c-310-c-320-c-
Hunter 40 items (3) Kyle Ulrick at 4:40am 05.05.17 Big Boats 3/45 I have a bunch of items from my Hunter 40 that I am looking to part with. I have a new dodger and B
Refrigerator Drain Plug Don Lucas at 4:00am 05.05.17 Big Boats 6/1340 I leave the drain plug in on my refrigerator to keep the cold in. But that also means that water col
How four holes improved my butane stove. (4) Jacomo Sailor at 9:07pm 05.04.17 Catalina 22 3/1817 I love my $16 Coleman butane stove. It is almost the perfect stove for my needs aboard. I say almo
Pearson 303 is adding BLUE SEA SYSTEMS SI-Charging Relay StargazerP303 at 9:04pm 05.04.17 Pearson 5/1539 Hi All! After much research, reading, you-tube vid's and phone calls to Blue Sea Systems.. I think
Mac 25 woodzy at 7:15pm 05.04.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/666 hey guys its been awhile. Since I bought my Catalina my mac 25has been sitting on the trailer at my
Dock Lines... questions, sources for bulk... (6) wsmac at 7:04pm 05.04.17 Ask All Sailors 34/2157 I did a search and might not have used all the correct words... but I'm here now asking... ;) . I'm

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What are these tracks used for? rgranger at 5:21pm 07.07.24
Folding or Spring Cleat Regrets? jssailem at 4:52pm 07.07.24 Check the acorn marine site. Read their testing data. They show how the unit failed and at what load
Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? jviss at 4:37pm 07.07.24 Rich is right. Westerbeke doesn't make pumps either. So what pump is it? Johnson, Sherwood, Ober
Boom connection woes? DaveJ at 4:08pm 07.07.24
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... jviss at 3:20pm 07.07.24 Mine too, the second reef was already installed, just the first reef line was missing. Ah, gotcha.
So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project SailingCal21 at 3:19pm 07.07.24 Eherlihy, good to know the details for the OEM nonskid. I'm not enough of a craftsman to replicate t
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... Rich 35.5 at 3:17pm 07.07.24 Only one shuttle block? So, one reef? Mine has two. Mine too, the second reef was already instal
Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? LakeOntario270 at 3:16pm 07.07.24 I use Sierra 23-3307 for my Westerbeke 20B Two
Beginning a restoration on a 1987 Hunter 23 isaksp00 at 3:13pm 07.07.24 Hmm. If it were mine, and you go with a motor as large as a 10 or even 8 hp, I think I'd get rid of
A Little Story About Our GPS jviss at 3:06pm 07.07.24 So, now you trust that GPS?
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... jviss at 3:02pm 07.07.24 Only one shuttle block? So, one reef? Mine has two.
Folding or Spring Cleat Regrets? Skipper J at 2:49pm 07.07.24 I have a set that hasn't been installed yet if you need some pics or have questions about it Hi,
Hunter 380 non-skid paint Sailgunner at 2:47pm 07.07.24 Any special prep working with interdeck? Did it roll on the old diamond patterned glass without cl
Is a little water in the bilge okay? jviss at 2:40pm 07.07.24 It could just be that the bilge pumps can't pump out that last bit of water. Try sponging it out an
Auto Pilot Simrad issues Tally Ho at 2:32pm 07.07.24 I am not familiar with the Simrad WP30, but on my Raymarine wheel pilot, the motor unit has a wire l
Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? jviss at 2:28pm 07.07.24 I used to change impellers every year. I stopped doing that several years ago, as I noted that the
Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? BarryL at 2:10pm 07.07.24 Hi, A number of years ago I bought one of the blue 'globe' impellers that was supposed to be able t
Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? jviss at 2:09pm 07.07.24 I think Johnson makes the Westerbeke's pumps. Be sure to compare your OEM impeller with the afterma
Impellers - aftermarket or OEM? Rich Stidger at 2:06pm 07.07.24 I have the pump that uses the 48500 impeller, but even so, there's an updated pump for this engine
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... Rich 35.5 at 1:55pm 07.07.24 Just wanted to post an update for future searchers... I was lucky enough to find the shuttle car at

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