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Portapotty in a Catalina 25 bchasc at 5:25pm 10.06.16 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/841 Greetings, I just picked up a 1980 Catalina 25 and need to know what size MSD portapotty fits wel
Matthew Roland5048 at 4:11pm 10.06.16 Ask All Sailors 2/417 To all of our friends on the Fl. East Coast: God Speed and be safe.
Mixing battery chemistry Stillatit at 12:33pm 10.06.16 Ask All Sailors 22/1949 I have 4 new AGM house batteries (2 x 2 parallel) plus one engine starter. The starter batt is now
Catalina 250 leaks John Kessler at 8:20am 10.06.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2777 There seems to be a leak near the stern of my Catalina 250 which, with heavy rains, rally soaks the
Quick Release of Jib Sheets (1) catalanc at 5:37am 10.06.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 33/3471 Hi Guys, Well, I need to pull my boat from the lake in two weeks so this is a question for next year
h34 Keto Cowl Fix (2) dcalif at 1:48am 10.06.16 Big Boats 16/1773 Like most of us with a Hunter 34, my old cowls were worn beyond any hope of repair. I went with the
bilge water oday 28 blackout at 7:08pm 10.05.16 Ask An Oday Owner 27/2606 Oday 28 owners need some help. We are getting water in the bilge just sitting idle at the dock. We
FINDING THE MISSING SPEED TRANSDUCER PLUG Reg M at 6:13pm 10.05.16 Mid-Size Boats 5/652 I am posting this one to hopefully save someone the grief I just went through. When I removed the b
I got a new foot ! (6) Mike in Cape Cod at 6:12pm 10.05.16 Smaller Boats 31/2319 128867 128868 128869 128870 128871 128872 Last season (2015 )while winterizing my H23.5 I noticed t
Back support for cabin seating (5) RussC at 5:55pm 10.05.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1244 I haven't heard any other complaints or solutions to the lack of back support in the cabin seating,
Resurrecting The Blue Pearl (1) Brucker at 2:52pm 10.05.16 Trailer Sailors 24/2101 Here are some pics of what she looks like right now http://i556.photobucket.com/albums/ss4/brucker_l
South Coast S22 questions Brucker at 2:41pm 10.05.16 Trailer Sailors 23/3500 I just inherited one that is going to need some TLC to get back on the water. Does anyone here have
New Guy here Brucker at 2:37pm 10.05.16 Trailer Sailors 4/618 Hi Everyone. I am new on here and new to sailing. I just recently inherited an old South Coast S22 t
New foresail size Alctel at 2:08pm 10.05.16 The Cherubini Hunters 8/1122 So I am finally getting new sails - the main is the original I think and therefore older than I am,
M25xp impeller source JosefR at 2:07pm 10.05.16 Catalina 30 7/1302 I think I've done a pretty exhaustive search for this in this forum so I will ask where do those of
Winter Hauling Using a Hydraulic Trailer Rick486 at 1:04pm 10.05.16 Big Boats 7/773 Hi all: I have been hauling my 44DS at a marina using a travel lift for 8 years now with no problems
Sail Number Bill and Kathy McDonald at 12:46pm 10.05.16 Catalina 22 25/6866 Is the Sail Number and Hull Number the same thing? I was looking at the C22 NSA and noticed that th
Hunter Marine Trailer Weights Happy Camper at 11:55am 10.05.16 Smaller Boats 7/792 I recently purchased a Hunter H240 in Illinois. Apparently in Illinois, it is not required to have
Cold start problems Reg M at 11:30am 10.05.16 Mid-Size Boats 24/2731 My Yanmar 2GMF has been starting and running fine all summer but over the past couple of weeks it se
Two Captains, One Boat--is this really possible? Kings Gambit at 10:16am 10.05.16 Ask All Sailors 22/6865 So, the latest (October) issue of Sail magazine has a story about an (evidently) unmarried couple cr

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DIY of standing rigging with compression fittings (1) garymalmgren at 7:09pm 04.30.23 I have replaced standard fittings with Sta Loc because I was in a location with no swaging facilitie
Hunter vs. Catalina 22 Richard19068 at 7:04pm 04.30.23 Both are lake boats, not for ocean. I had 1984 H25.5 I was very happy with its strong constructio
Sailing Movies? Richard19068 at 6:57pm 04.30.23 I thought "True Spirit" based on Jessica Watson's nonstop unassisted circumnavigation was very good.
Refrigerator Insulation Upgrade? LouisMK at 6:44pm 04.30.23
Stinky Bubbly Hot Water skunther at 6:41pm 04.30.23 Unfortunately there is no zinc included by default for most marine water heaters. The manufacturer
How to rig double sided main sheet to helm Dalliance at 6:04pm 04.30.23
Alternative to bimini David in Sandusky at 6:00pm 04.30.23 Here is my solution: https://hunter.sailboatowners.com/mods.php?task=article&mid=16&aid=7416&mn=27_
Alternative to bimini garymalmgren at 5:54pm 04.30.23 That looks great! Thank Skob (?) I have a side panel that is about 2 foot X 3 foot that clips on t
A Good Commercial First Aid Kit for Boats? jviss at 5:50pm 04.30.23 Amazon.com: Lightning X First Responder EMT/EMS Backpack Stocked First Aid Supplies Kit B (Navy Blu
New Rug JBP-PA at 5:43pm 04.30.23 Looks nice. A rug helps a lot when it's chilly out.
DO YOU KNOW YOUR BOAT? stickinthemud57 at 5:42pm 04.30.23 It's as true of your boat as it is to one's self and the people around you. Either you find the prob
How to rig double sided main sheet to helm baycloud at 5:37pm 04.30.23 Control of the main sheet and thus the sail is the critical point. Even more so than the convenienc
Hunter 306 vertical play on Rudder Stock.......how to fix? Crazy Dave Condon at 5:00pm 04.30.23 Jim is correct about New Rudders formerly Foss Foam located in Florida. They built all the rudder
A Good Commercial First Aid Kit for Boats? Tally Ho at 4:54pm 04.30.23
Mcgregor 25 at sea vs lake stickinthemud57 at 4:54pm 04.30.23 Caveat - not a Mac 25 owner. Roland5048's observations make sense. Roger MacGregor's focus was on
A Good Commercial First Aid Kit for Boats? Joe at 4:53pm 04.30.23 Just tried, no, man, not there! What are you trying to direct my attention to? Amazon.com: Lightn
raymarine ev100 vs cpt autopilot skob1014 at 4:46pm 04.30.23 Do you not have any wind instruments? I finally got my wind instrument (Tac Tic wireless) to inte
Sailing Movies? Joe at 4:45pm 04.30.23 Any recommendations for sailing movies? Now that I'm in my own I could use some entertainment. No
A Good Commercial First Aid Kit for Boats? jviss at 4:45pm 04.30.23 Scroll down the page, that link is just the search result page. That particular kit was called the
A Good Commercial First Aid Kit for Boats? Joe at 4:43pm 04.30.23 Thank you. That link doesn't bring you to the kit pictured, though. Scroll down the page, that li

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