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Lifting batteries gettinthere at 9:24am 03.30.16 Musings With Maine Sail 8/2872 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 3/1107 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 67/10818 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 10/2126 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 14/831 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 3/506 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 3/944 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 1/1124 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 39/8215 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 9/833 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 18/2229 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 2/576 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 22/7481 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 2/1154 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 31/3856 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 20/2616 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 22/4449 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 15/8277 After searching the forum for "Do's and Don't" I found a lot of variation on caulking but was main
Wet sanding/compounding gelcoat novice questions tmjb at 5:01am 03.29.16 Ask All Sailors 14/4129 I am a novice to buffing and waxing (as will become apparent from my questions) so have read many ti
Hunter 310 (1997) cutlass and rudder bearing specs (2) mghunter310 at 3:59am 03.29.16 Mid-Size Boats 3/2652 Hi Before I pull the 310 out of the water to pull the shaft, rudder and cutlass bearing, I'd like

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A windlass in the future? Terry Cox at 4:18am 09.29.23 Any ideas? Yes, more questions. What does your anchor weigh, plus 20 feet of chain? Why go electri
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. (1) mikeracca at 11:53pm 09.28.23
The Sewing Machine Thread Mikem at 10:25pm 09.28.23 A friend of mine bought a Sailright machine then tried to drag too much material without helping th
310 questions from a potential buyer matts997 at 10:15pm 09.28.23 Thanks SJN for the encouraging words. I've talked to the broker selling the 310 in Gig Harbor. The
310 questions from a potential buyer SJN at 9:42pm 09.28.23 Hello! Yacht world lists a Catalina 310 for sale right now, located in Gig harbor. As an owner o
A windlass in the future? (2) Ralph Johnstone at 7:52pm 09.28.23 220334 The biggest detractor of all with the one dedicated windlass battery, IMHO, is that you loo
The Sewing Machine Thread (1) Hayden Watson at 7:22pm 09.28.23 FYI, many say that the oscillating hook on the LSZ-1 will not work with Tenara thread. I used to hav
The Sewing Machine Thread Hayden Watson at 7:17pm 09.28.23 As for the throat size on the LSZ-1 It worked fine for our 135% out of 6.4oz Super Cruise for our C3
The Sewing Machine Thread Hayden Watson at 7:04pm 09.28.23 A friend of mine bought a Sailright machine then tried to drag too much material without helping th
A windlass in the future? dlochner at 7:03pm 09.28.23 The question of vertical vs horizontal is really dependent on how the chain and rode will fall. The
The Sewing Machine Thread DArcy at 6:41pm 09.28.23 A friend of mine bought a Sailright machine then tried to drag too much material without helping the
Jib Furler Failure Sailfanatic at 5:57pm 09.28.23 Using your halyard winch to tension the jib halyard is a common and necessary step - why would you n
Bumpers on H41AC Swim Ladder Rails? dkinzer at 4:38pm 09.28.23 SBO sells them That is true. However, I have the equipment, I like making things and I had some su
Jib Furler Failure heritage at 4:35pm 09.28.23 Thanks Justsomeguy. That discussion about how the upper swivel is secured as a unit was revealing.
Bumpers on H41AC Swim Ladder Rails? ice breaker at 4:19pm 09.28.23 SBO sells them
The Sewing Machine Thread Mikem at 3:42pm 09.28.23 I agree that's a heavy machine and the throat is on the small side, but I can't imagine what it wou
advice on diesel symptoms-- head gasket blown? Roland5048 at 3:34pm 09.28.23 Age suggests it is corroded, but would that affect compression? If it is blocked or even partially
keel control Tally Ho at 3:31pm 09.28.23 This link is from the Marlow Hunter website. There are however a number of threads on this forum th
AIS-VHF Antenna Splitter dlochner at 3:30pm 09.28.23 Gentlemen, let's not get our spinnakers in a knot. Threads drift is a common issue and in this case
advice on diesel symptoms-- head gasket blown? Ralph Johnstone at 3:06pm 09.28.23 Age suggests it is corroded, but would that affect compression? It's not the age that causes the

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