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Boat Hit While At Anchor!! Don Guillette at 12:46pm 05.31.16 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 37/9587 Stu: I received the Catalina owners magazine and noticed your article regarding another boat ramming
Broken Main sheet/ vang hunter240 at 12:41pm 05.31.16 Smaller Boats 9/1081 Well it happened again. The pin that attaches the snap shackle to the main sheet(which is really a b
Securing the boom with Bimini open CHSN WND at 11:39am 05.31.16 Smaller Boats 30/4090 I recently installed a 6 foot Ameriseam Bimini (stern rail seat model) on my H26. To prevent interfe
'83 31' Hunter Water Tank leakage 1mcarlson at 11:36am 05.31.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/539 I read a previous thread on here about the leaky rear water tank yet cannot ask for further informat
Water in Bilge, even after being out of the water for a year patriciasailing at 11:19am 05.31.16 Day Sailers 6/2006 Hello, I keep having water in the bilge of a 1984 Oday Daysailer II we purchased a year ago. It ha
Any Catalina 22's in Minnesota / Minneapolis area? prskier17 at 10:28am 05.31.16 Catalina 22 8/1390 Hey everyone, My wife and I have been looking/dreaming about our 1st sailboat for several years... n
2000 Hunter Passge floor removal Sillybilly at 10:14am 05.31.16 Ask All Sailors 0/233 Ok lets see if I get an answer. I have a leaking water tank under the floor between the gen /engine
O'day 22 Battens Capri at 9:48am 05.31.16 Day Sailers 1/630 Hello. I have a 1981 22ft. With Neil Pryde mainsail. It takes three battens: 24, 24, and a 30. I wou
Saga's May 2016 Trip Bad Obsession at 9:33am 05.31.16 Ask All Sailors 3/332 Here is the edited video of my May 2016 single handed trip into the Chesapeake Bay: bqDQ1VHNwVM Le
Factory Ice Box bebling at 8:41am 05.31.16 Catalina 22 2/575 I have a 1989 C22 wing keel. Since purchasing we have installed new cushions and upholstery, new se
Oday Wigeon slow leak cliff02138 at 8:04am 05.31.16 Day Sailers 6/2365 I'm excited - this is my first post to this forum! A few years ago my parents gave me the boat I gr
Oday slow leak help? cliff02138 at 8:02am 05.31.16 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1127 I'm excited - this is my first post to this forum! A few years ago my parents gave me the boat I gr
Oday slow leak cliff02138 at 7:56am 05.31.16 Day Sailers 0/795 I'm excited - this is my first post to this forum! A few years ago my parents gave me the boat I gr
How to remove light bulbs on h386 Boston2020 at 5:53am 05.31.16 Big Boats 0/561 I want to upgrade to LED bulbs. How do I remove the bulbs in the dome fixtures in the head and salon
Centerboard Issue tgrass462 at 9:59pm 05.30.16 Smaller Boats 4/712 Today we pulled our 1999 Hunter 260 from Lake Carlyle to power wash and paint the bottom and wax the
Rudder on H376 Franklin at 8:36pm 05.30.16 Big Boats 1/718 The helm has always been a problem on my 1996 H376. Racing crew seem to always complain about weath
Where is the CO coming from? BayMan at 6:17pm 05.30.16 Ask All Sailors 16/1565 1987 Hunter 450. I put a house CO detector in the aft stateroom. I equalized my batteries and it w
Spinnaker?, Gennaker?, Drifter? Need help identifying this sail.. (5) Texas Gun-Man at 5:11pm 05.30.16 Catalina 22 13/2871 Before you laugh too hard at this texas rancher, please remember that I'm a real novice...lol This s
Diesel Problem Smorgasbord... Jtcf78911 at 4:31pm 05.30.16 Engines and Propulsion 61/4898 Hi all. As excited as I was to recently get my O'Day 28 back on the water I was pretty rapidly defl
Catalina 30, Wing keel, Bilge question Bel/Mik at 2:02pm 05.30.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/925 Is it normal for the bilge to form a white skin of something on top of the antifreeze after the wint

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Watches Dr. D at 10:26am 10.15.23 This is today Apple Watch Ultra Apple Watch Ultra
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger Ralph Johnstone at 10:22am 10.15.23 3. The cabin would be comfortable enough that you could use it underway (we are never in our cabin
Extending Table Leafs Ralph Johnstone at 10:14am 10.15.23 I will post some pics later if no one has a clue what I'm talking about :) If you can, get a few
Yanmar 2GM20F Expansion Tank Drip Ralph Johnstone at 10:07am 10.15.23 mine is mounted on a bulkhead, not the engine block, so not sure if this is cause in my case. I gue
Invest 94L BigEasy at 10:05am 10.15.23 This storm looks to be a Rain Event and Fish Storm A large HIGH over the East USA should stop the n
how to fix this? 1975 oday 22 Anomymous 163294 at 9:49am 10.15.23 The red gel coat can be easily fixed, but color matching will be next to impossible for an old boat
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger justsomeguy at 9:45am 10.15.23 I welcome your feedback. It seems you've hit on all the salient points concerning the "upgrade". S
Watches justsomeguy at 9:39am 10.15.23 And I don't even wear a watch...... Neither do I, atm.
Extending Table Leafs kappykaplan at 8:36am 10.15.23 I will post some pics later if no one has a clue what I'm talking about :) Those will definitely h
New Portable Battery Charger for Winter Storage SycloneDriver at 7:59am 10.15.23 There is a lot of good advice above. About "BatteryTender" I have had good luck with them at work o
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger Stu Jackson at 7:54am 10.15.23 John, I've owned boats since 1983 in San Francisco and sailed up here in 2016. Went through the sam
Hunter 18.5 Topping Lift Setup? Need Help (1) FreedomCrawler at 7:49am 10.15.23 Most people forget to circle back on these type of posts. Wanted to follow up as I went out yesterda
Invest 94L kappykaplan at 7:18am 10.15.23 This storm looks to be a Rain Event and Fish Storm Yay! :beer:
Engineering Help Needed Tater at 7:03am 10.15.23 Thanks gang. I had considered the foam. I may go there as this project fleshes out. The PVC will wor
Just how big is British Columbia? jssailem at 7:03am 10.15.23 All true. @Ward H was itching to adventure in the Pacific Northwest. On most years all that I said i
Yanmar 2GM20F Expansion Tank Drip Scott T-Bird at 6:59am 10.15.23 So that's where it's coming from?!?! For the past 3 seasons I've been wondering why there is a smal
Catalina Capri (Catalina 18) in high winds? john6206 at 6:51am 10.15.23 Before I bought mine, I read a review that said that it would take an incredible combination of high
New Portable Battery Charger for Winter Storage JBP-PA at 6:40am 10.15.23 While I did not leave them sit all winter, I never used a battery tender either. I would top them up
Water tank leak JamesG161 at 6:40am 10.15.23 The Leak has very little water pressure on that crack. I have repaired my tank by using a Dremel t
Engineering Help Needed JamesG161 at 6:25am 10.15.23 I am using PVC pipe for the frame. I haven't found a good material yet for the pontoons. You can u

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