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ACTIVE CAPTAIN - warning mrducks at 11:33am 03.30.16 Ask All Sailors 0/22 Sorry if this seems OT, but nav ware is important, as is support from the developers. As a registere
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 13/4636 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 8/2755 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 3/1087 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 67/10370 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 10/2049 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 14/808 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 3/496 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 3/933 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 1/1109 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 39/8066 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 9/811 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 18/2183 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 2/553 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 22/7257 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 2/1127 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 31/3684 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 20/2581 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 22/4414 On another thread we were discussing large Beneteaus, and their custom builder (CNB) came up. CNB is

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Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice dlochner at 2:21pm 08.27.23 You have said your piece more than once. You've heard the opinions of others. It is time to move on.
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 2:13pm 08.27.23 :laugh::laugh::laugh: I looked at the red circles and didn't read the part number asked about. I h
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Tally Ho at 2:07pm 08.27.23
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice (1) eirikr at 2:05pm 08.27.23 BTW, the owner told me the commission is $5,000 or 10%, whichever is higher. What's the business et
Stowing Winch Handles Tally Ho at 1:35pm 08.27.23
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice dlochner at 1:29pm 08.27.23 Simple answer, you write the extra items on the offer. Words like, This offer is contingent upon rec
Invest 90L (1) JamesG161 at 1:21pm 08.27.23 Hurricane Franklin to miss Bermuda.:biggrin:
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice (1) eirikr at 1:03pm 08.27.23 Reading some of the replies, I realized nobody directly addressed this one issue I had with the brok
Yanmar - engine rusting causing start problems BigEasy at 12:34pm 08.27.23 Sounds like an electrical problem, not related to water & resultant rust formation. Need to check s
Gulf Storm Potential jssailem at 12:29pm 08.27.23 We need the rain. I understand and agree. The concern would be an excess of rain accompanied wit
Catalina 30 vs O'Day 25 Hayden Watson at 11:32am 08.27.23 25-years ago, I moved from 1980 Catalina 25 with swing keel and outboard to our current boat which i
Gulf Storm Potential Don S/V ILLusion at 11:09am 08.27.23
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. Hayden Watson at 11:04am 08.27.23
Oday 20 Restoration Clutch Cargo at 10:13am 08.27.23 Clutch, Could that tube be a drain to the outside? Normally the bow of boats is used as an anchor s
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Johnny Sails at 10:09am 08.27.23 Thank you!. I'm going to take your advise and hold off on lithium and sail with the lead acid for a
Oday 20 Restoration jssailem at 9:41am 08.27.23 Clutch, Could that tube be a drain to the outside? Normally the bow of boats is used as an anchor st
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 jssailem at 9:33am 08.27.23 @Davidasailor26 has provided the cliff notes. The devil is in the details. Having Lithium batteries
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Davidasailor26 at 9:27am 08.27.23 I will probably wait to switch it and slowly make the decision and leave it in its current configur
Seeking guidence restoring My 1979 o'day 30 Johnny Sails at 9:23am 08.27.23
Gulf Storm Potential Johann at 9:23am 08.27.23 It's now officially Idalia Tropical Storm Idalia Update Statement (noaa.gov)

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