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Starter acting strangely Franzcat at 5:32pm 01.30.17 Catalina 30 28/2567 My universal 25xp starter began working intermittently and then just stopped. I have replaced the s
Hunter 41 - the good, bad and ugly please... Paula at 4:28pm 01.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/900 We are looking at the 41 line or 41DS of the hunters. Sailing in upper Chesapeake. Any comments on
Sheaves for Main Halyard on S2 9.2C MMcD at 4:21pm 01.30.17 S2 10/2167 We have replaced the wire to rope halyards on our S2 9.2C with 3/8" rope. We want to replace the sh
Marinas that fit sailors in upper Chesapeake Bay Paula at 4:08pm 01.30.17 Ask All Sailors 15/2289 We are looking for a Marina in the upper bay = Baltimore, Annapolis area, that fits us. We are curr
Swap Porta potty for marine head 7seas at 2:14pm 01.30.17 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/6730 Hi all. I'm looking to swap out the porta potty on my 2002 Mac26x for a marine head. Wondering wher
Intermittent Oil Pressure Warning Tdaddy2000 at 10:32am 01.30.17 Catalina 310 21/2712 Hello All, Recently began hearing the low oil pressure warning alarm. This is occurring at 2000 rpm
Keel 5' winged VS 6.5' Fin in Chesapeake Bay on a 41 Paula at 10:09am 01.30.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 22/3013 Looking at 41 Hunters and one we were going to look at has a fin keel. Big concern if this length is
boat ownership question for legal types Justin_NSA at 8:48am 01.30.17 Ask All Sailors 21/5086 Kind of a grim topic but I'm stuck. The admiral and I have been working on moving all assets into a
ideas for finishing the headliner of aft berths c27 (5) rebecca64 at 6:41am 01.30.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 22/3508 i just bought a 1977 cat 27, and am VERY new to everything. i've removed anything that wasn't glue
Oil Pan Replacement Universal M-18 Catalina 27 1985 Loose Ends at 5:25am 01.30.17 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1150 Is there enough room under the engine to replace the oil pan without lifting the engine? I know hand
What is this pump for? JosefR at 4:21am 01.30.17 Catalina 30 22/4258 My sink Seacock is open. There is a foot pump on the floor aft of galley in my 1989 30-foot Catalin
Greetings from Galapagos DAVA390 at 3:00am 01.30.17 Destinations 5/963 Checking one off of the Admirals bucket list this week, although I`m glad to be here. Enjoying 80`s
Dry teak capta at 9:15pm 01.29.17 Ask All Sailors 1/310 Let's say you had some teak on your boat that had dried out to the point that it was popping out plu
The C-22 Community Mourns the loss of Beattie Purcell (1) CaptDon01 at 5:21pm 01.29.17 Catalina 22 3/780 Just received some sad news. Beattie Purcell has passed away. For some of you that are not familiar
Stanchion "brace" weld repair (3) forbin at 1:59pm 01.29.17 Pacific North West Cruisers 27/3567 One of the braces for the stanchions on either side of the lifeline gate broke at the weld to its ba
Finishing Plywood Drop Boards Rich6705 at 10:27am 01.29.17 Ask All Sailors 21/5181 Good afternoon. I just purchased an O'Day sailboat and the companionway hatch boards are rotting.
This is for the birds... (3) Kermit at 9:23am 01.29.17 Ask All Sailors 69/10512 So, y'all may remember the problems I've had with ospreys roosting on my boat. I've been using a pig
Whistle Signals - Horn blasts for navigation smokey73 at 8:59am 01.29.17 Ask All Sailors 28/5653 So as not to hijack the COLREGS it would benefit us all if everyone on the water at least knew the w
ProSafe Galvanic Isolator Monitor failure (2) shayes914 at 8:21am 01.29.17 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/4262 There are 3 lights showing on the monitor: Ground Wire = FAIL Galvanic Isolator = Normal Bonding Sys
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Refrigerator/Solar dlochner at 7:03pm 05.10.24
Self Tailers and the Catalina 22 New Design ...3TacksontheWater at 6:57pm 05.10.24
Refrigerator/Solar Plymouth Sailor at 6:27pm 05.10.24 Please confirm the refrigeration runs on DC, not AC. If it runs on DC and your house battery bank
1986 Catalina 38 Standing Rigging Calif. Ted at 5:35pm 05.10.24 One of the things that triggered me recently to replace my 22 yo rig was color, while sailing every
Masthead sheaves marchem at 5:12pm 05.10.24 A few years back our main halyard on our 310 was getting quite hard to move as the sail neared the
Refrigerator/Solar Captain Larry-DH at 5:02pm 05.10.24 It would be amazing to get to my boat and grab a cold beer without the need for ice. Yes indeed! T
Masthead sheaves PlaneTom at 4:56pm 05.10.24 My mast head is welded to the mast and when I changed out the hard plastic sheaves it was a frustra
Refrigerator/Solar kappykaplan at 4:40pm 05.10.24 Please confirm the refrigeration runs on DC, not AC. If it runs on DC and your house battery bank i
Finding cabin leaks with pressure? kappykaplan at 3:54pm 05.10.24 This worked Awesome!!!!!!!!! I pressure up'd the cabin with my leaf blower and washed the boat dow
Finding cabin leaks with pressure? azambella at 3:40pm 05.10.24 This worked Awesome!!!!!!!!! I pressure up'd the cabin with my leaf blower and washed the boat down
Air Conditioner Vents (1) tkwhalen at 3:19pm 05.10.24 missed one
Air Conditioner Vents (5) tkwhalen at 3:19pm 05.10.24 Finally made to the boat attached are vent pictures as promised
Engine fire tkwhalen at 3:11pm 05.10.24 Any chance it had any thing to do with moving your water pump to the front of the engine?
Connecting H23 bilges? Crazy Dave Condon at 3:09pm 05.10.24 Look in your spam folder as I have sent you two private messages crazy dave
DIY replacement for Hunter cockpit arch speaker/light box - anyone had success? (2) tkwhalen at 3:03pm 05.10.24 Just back from the boat here are a couple of pictures of what I did.
Connecting H23 bilges? Crazy Dave Condon at 3:01pm 05.10.24 Look in your spam folder as I have sent you two private messages crazy dave
Northern Light Show - Possible Tally Ho at 2:44pm 05.10.24 Weather girl in Chicago is saying to set my alarm for 3:00 am tomorrow morning for a chance to see t
Removing Paint from PVC Pipe. Rick Webb at 2:36pm 05.10.24 Alcohol
Major Sun Storm Alert ! Don S/V ILLusion at 2:30pm 05.10.24 I'm pretty sure I've told others to store their phone there. The capacitative coupling to your bod
Removing Paint from PVC Pipe. JRacer at 2:28pm 05.10.24 Get a can of the PVC cleaner fluid that they sell at HD or Lowes for PVC (it's used to clean the PVC

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