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Books for cruising. (1) doug oudin at 10:51am 03.30.16 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/24 Former harbormaster Doug Oudin has published a memoir of his 32 years serving as harbormaster on Cat
Halyard Restrainers captcoho at 10:00am 03.30.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 13/4176 I have searched previous posts, and have found a lot of interesting information. Finally going to re
Lifting batteries gettinthere at 9:24am 03.30.16 Musings With Maine Sail 8/2564 Time to remove one of my house bank batteries. T-1275 weighs 100 lbs. Luckily, my battery box is dir
Help: I need a part (Idler pulley assembly) Whirlygirl at 8:16am 03.30.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1040 Hello everyone, My friend is currently located in the US Virgin Islands (Saint Thomas) and trying t
Replace Hot Water Heater Witzend at 6:13am 03.30.16 Catalina 310 67/8621 Hi guys, Been sometime since I was on the forums. Hope all is well with the usual suspects. So... l
Western Edge of Gulf Stream All U Get at 5:39am 03.30.16 Ask All Sailors 10/1885 Hi All, Sitting at a Vero Beach bus stop we were talking with another cruiser about Gulf Stream cro
Battery's in bed sailnewbie at 7:19pm 03.29.16 Ask All Sailors 14/785 Ok, so I'm a mechanic for 20+ years and have seen battery's leak and even blow up twice(due to overc
Congrats to LakeMurraySailor (1) Kermit at 7:09pm 03.29.16 Ask All Sailors 3/487 Congratulations to @LakeMurraySailor for taking 2nd place in the Catalina 22 Silver Fleet at the ina
Raw water supply strainer for 1979 H30 Robert1224 at 7:06pm 03.29.16 The Cherubini Hunters 3/834 Ahoy, I have to replace my current raw water thru-hull which is a strainer type. The reason for the
Removing Genoa tracks ppm411 at 5:43pm 03.29.16 Catalina 22 1/1041 I want to remove my Genoa tracks so I can refinish the deck. It seems impossible to get to the nuts
Why You Should Inspect Your Foam Air Filter Element (3) Dan_Y at 5:11pm 03.29.16 Engines and Propulsion 39/7113 Just as a word of caution, I found this hole eroded through the foam air filter element when winteri
1981 hunter 22 bilge Flakeypuff at 4:48pm 03.29.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/779 We are working on fixing up our 1981 hunter 22 and have discovered an issue with the bilge. The bo
What's this? (1) borovans at 4:12pm 03.29.16 Day Sailers 18/1875 http://i746.photobucket.com/albums/xx110/borovans/IMG_3499.jpg I've been ignoring this, it's been
Ive got a venture 224 sjstewart at 3:50pm 03.29.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/494 I would like to know what the best type of cable to use on my swing keel winch . It had an oldpiec
Rudder Ideas! LakeMurraySailor at 2:05pm 03.29.16 Catalina 22 22/6545 Hi Catalina 22 Sailors, I've been thinking(dangerous territory, I know) about my rudder. I have not
Cal 21 jibsheet car location jimshipsky at 1:57pm 03.29.16 Cal 2/1016 Does anyone have experience installing longer or additional additional jib car tracks in order to pr
Where is the water coming from (4) Greengas at 9:40am 03.29.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 31/3313 I know, boats leak. Its what they do. My boat has been on its trailer and covered since October.
1989 Hunter 30 Unknown Thru-Hull (1) Southbeach Guy at 8:34am 03.29.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/2367 Purchased boat 3/25/16. On haul out noticed thru-hull opening about half way between leading edge o
VERY special boat.. (1) Jackdaw at 7:24am 03.29.16 Ask All Sailors 22/4233 On another thread we were discussing large Beneteaus, and their custom builder (CNB) came up. CNB is
Rub Rail Caulking? (1) JamesG161 at 7:17am 03.29.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/7232 After searching the forum for "Do's and Don't" I found a lot of variation on caulking but was main

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Bottom paints Tally Ho at 3:29pm 04.20.23 Clay, that is VC 17 a freshwater only bottom paint. It will not work in salt water. It is a favorit
Corroding galvanized shackle JoeWhite at 3:08pm 04.20.23 There are stainless steel shackle you can try.
Rust color in Antifreeze JoeWhite at 3:04pm 04.20.23 The only other cause of high temperature may be that the antifreeze is not circulating as fast as it
Looking for info - how to access stanchion base on 2005 H33 Scott B at 2:47pm 04.20.23 You will need to drop the plywood hard board panel that is above the nav station and starboard sette
Should we go with a mast/rigging for original Macgregor 26X or 26M? Tally Ho at 2:43pm 04.20.23 What is different between the X and M mast? Can the existing sail be used with either one? If not,
What is the small cover above the rudder stock called? sailcapt340 at 2:23pm 04.20.23
Repairing boat after Hurricane Zeta JamesG161 at 2:11pm 04.20.23 Making Part 2 soon. The rest of my post#161 Shorter and a bit more professionally done.:pimp: Mor
Progress report on the 26 O'day! Project_Mayhem at 2:10pm 04.20.23 @artleyt115 If it's reasonably possible, I'd recommend getting your inboard running. It's a huge dif
What is the small cover above the rudder stock called? sailcapt340 at 2:09pm 04.20.23
Pumpin up those fenders! Project_Mayhem at 1:44pm 04.20.23 My boat is constantly being pushed into the dock from incoming waves. The docks feature some lovely
Progress report on the 26 O'day! Project_Mayhem at 1:38pm 04.20.23 It figured it was as good as time as any to redo the vanity . We've never used the sink , so out it
Progress report on the 26 O'day! artleyt115 at 1:24pm 04.20.23 I'd double check your bulkheads for rot around the chainplates. It's a common failure We do have n
New 170 sailor SKOTBRO at 1:15pm 04.20.23 Thanks for sharing guys, much appreciated.
Is BoatUS membership worth it? sesmith at 1:00pm 04.20.23 Not to hijack the thread, but it would be interesting to know what people pay for boat insurance.
Is BoatUS membership worth it? dmax at 12:51pm 04.20.23 I have Progressive, about $900 year which includes jump starts/fuel delivery/towing, my house is alm
Progress report on the 26 O'day! Timm R Oday25 at 12:41pm 04.20.23 Bulkheads .. I've replaced the starboard side . It was very straight forward. It wasn't rotted . The
Is BoatUS membership worth it? Roland5048 at 12:36pm 04.20.23 I carry AAA towing for my old vehicle and TowBoatUS unlimited towing on my old boat. Both about $16
Pumpin up those fenders! (1) Terry Cox at 12:36pm 04.20.23 Our fender lanyard remains fixed length with a carabiner to clip onto the toe rail. Always the right
Pumpin up those fenders! Terry Cox at 12:29pm 04.20.23 Never heard of such a thing.
Progress report on the 26 O'day! Project_Mayhem at 12:18pm 04.20.23 I'd double check your bulkheads for rot around the chainplates. It's a common failure

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