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Mounting a Rudder Reference on a Mk1 Cat 30 nameless at 3:27pm 12.04.16 Catalina 30 0/633 I am installing an EV100 on my Cat 30 Mk1 1984. The original auto pilot failed and was about 15 yea
chasing bubbles whatfiero at 3:14pm 12.04.16 Ask All Sailors 34/2205 You tube. Chasing Bubbles. Definitely a good sail boat doc. Check it out
Anchor Rode Wrap Around Wing Keel (2) neilleparkerjr at 1:33pm 12.04.16 Ask All Sailors 34/10176 Wing-Keel Boat Sailors, I have had a couple of incidents when anchoring my Hunter 37.5 in tidal wate
cutter to sloop frankies56 at 9:34am 12.04.16 The Cherubini Hunters 5/816 Switched to 130 genny. blaise recomended, seems the boat acts more balanced and not so much weather
B'Day 222 Forestay length kdmjme at 9:08am 12.04.16 Ask An Oday Owner 3/694 Hello, does anyone have the forestry length of an O'Day 222, I'm looking to purchase a curler on Cra
Anchor Hatch Specifications 1984 Hunter 31 (1) VB1 at 6:01am 12.04.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1254 130793 During Huricane Matthew lost Anchor Hatch from my 1984 Hunter 31' Where can I get a copy of t
Firefly batteries: real world application? capta at 10:31pm 12.03.16 Ask All Sailors 3/690 Frankly, I'd love Lithium Ion batteries on our boat. Just as frankly, we can't afford them! I've bee
S2 Resources HiddenHand at 5:50pm 12.03.16 S2 3/1846 Hi, As of today we are newly owned by a 1987 S2 9.2c. It's on the hard in West Haverstraw, NY and
Very Badly Jammed Rolling Furler 1998 Main Hunter 310 dph123 at 5:13pm 12.03.16 Ask All Sailors 21/1920 I am familiar with unjamming my main -- and have not had many problems because I am usually carefull
Lazy Jack Dionysis at 11:11am 12.03.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2458 Once again the novice sailor returns. First I want to thank any of you who offered advice on my rece
Jib sail having two size luff tape! Sailboatvirg at 8:32am 12.03.16 Ask All Sailors 4/495 A couple of years ago I bought a new to me jib sail from Bacon Sails, great shape good sail. Since
Should I connect these solar panels in series, or parallel? Gene Neill at 8:02am 12.03.16 Ask All Sailors 14/1708 Sorry. This seems like such a simple question, and yet I have failed to find the answer. Here's the
Venice La. CYQK at 3:52am 12.03.16 Ask All Sailors 7/565 My wife suprised me for my 60th yesterday with a fishing trip to Venice on the 27th While we are the
Teak Re-finishing CYQK at 3:45am 12.03.16 Ask All Sailors 16/1307 Been sanding down everything inside and absolutely love the light golden brown look of the bare teak
Cleaning fuel tank on board. Clydo at 10:26pm 12.02.16 Catalina 310 17/6647 It looks like pretty big project to pull fuel tank from boat and clean it on shore. Anyone tried to
Out board kicks up. gbrian at 8:00pm 12.02.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/760 I have a 9.9 mariner on my '94 Mac 26 that kicks up when in reverse. Any idea why this happens?
St Pete Show seadaddler at 7:05pm 12.02.16 Big Boats 3/556 Wow Marlow Hunter had a Hunter 31 and 42 and 37 and Pilot 47. I was very impressed with the quality
Post Soda Blasting (3) berner73 at 3:06pm 12.02.16 Ask All Sailors 9/1997 Finally moved up to the top of the to do list, but it's been bothering me since we bought her. Woul
Sailboat Transport Costs Warren Milberg at 1:42pm 12.02.16 Ask All Sailors 8/9857 Anyone happen to know the per mile rate to transport a 28-ft sailboat from MD to FL? Just looking f
Hugo Boss, going slow !! ifmdalvey at 9:51am 12.02.16 Ask All Sailors 1/311 Alex has lost one of his foils which slows him down on a port tac, no wonder he is leading the vende

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new engine? Rebuild? Make do? dmax at 12:08pm 05.29.24 Also, when pricing parts, get them from a Kubota dealer, not a Universal dealer. Often 1/4 the price
Engine fire SEMPERAVANTI41 at 12:01pm 05.29.24 BTW, the built-in fire extinguisher installed at the factory failed to work.
Companionway leaks? Ralph Johnstone at 11:58am 05.29.24 Only way to find the source of the leak is to go high tech on this one. With the companionway butto
The falling c - Clip Davidasailor26 at 11:41am 05.29.24 To keep the boom from swinging at anchor or mooring I just tie a thin line to one of the main sheet
Catalina 22 mk-2 1996 is there wiring in the hull near the mast? Sail22Capri22 at 11:27am 05.29.24 Is there a channel in the cabin ceiling that runs from the location you drilled the hole to one of t
Love Hate relationship Sail22Capri22 at 11:21am 05.29.24 I need to come up with something clever on my Capri 22, the boom is too low to fit a Bimini under it
O'day 23-2 Topping lift jssailem at 11:15am 05.29.24 More sail area higher up translate to more heel and thus slow down the boat? I do not believe A =
new engine? Rebuild? Make do? jssailem at 11:08am 05.29.24 I am convinced there's life in the engine does there come a point where one cuts losses? And even
Love Hate relationship pclarksurf at 10:46am 05.29.24 Or there's the portable solution of a beach umbrella! It fits the winch handle just perfect!
Damned generator (1) JamesG161 at 10:44am 05.29.24 If you can tell us the model and download the manual yourself we can move to the next step. Here i
Love Hate relationship (1) pclarksurf at 10:36am 05.29.24 Care to share the deets on your setup? Absolutely-- I happened to have a gift card at West Marin
O'day 23-2 Topping lift Project_Mayhem at 10:33am 05.29.24 sail area which translates to more power. Two, the shape is aerodynamically more efficient More sa
Damned generator JamesG161 at 10:32am 05.29.24
Help with seized fresh water pump JoeWhite at 10:20am 05.29.24 Good test. Yes, it is ready to be replaced.
new engine? Rebuild? Make do? capta at 10:12am 05.29.24 Not having seen it in person, if it was mine and it is as I picture it from your description, I'd bu
The falling c - Clip Richard19068 at 10:02am 05.29.24
Love Hate relationship (1) LakeShark at 10:01am 05.29.24 Or there's the portable solution of a beach umbrella! It fits the winch handle just perfect!
Help with seized fresh water pump Afraal at 9:58am 05.29.24 I see a little bit of wobbling on the fan blades when I spin it. I think it got hit by the belt when
Leaky windows Berkeley 30 at 9:43am 05.29.24 It seems to me that it would be a LOT easier to have new windows cut to the correct size. I don't
new engine? Rebuild? Make do? adamv at 9:40am 05.29.24 Thanks David and yes I am convinced there's life in the engine- it's just that someone has to do the

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