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I love my drifter!!!! gjordan at 8:42am 05.10.16 Catalina 22 26/5834 Yesterday I finally got to sail my new (to me) Catalina. Other than still needing to sort out some r
Lewmar hatches on a 376 JohnandJane at 8:00am 05.10.16 Big Boats 2/606 I have a cracked galley hatch, Lewmar Coastline model, on my Hunter 376. Has anyone changed out the
Has anyone managed to setup a single point lifting system on Catalina 22??? Jason Vaughan at 7:33am 05.10.16 Catalina 22 2/653 Hi, I want to keep my boat at a location that requires the use of a jib, and they require a single p
Trailer sailor shroud attachments (1) Dennis Kitchen at 6:48am 05.10.16 Smaller Boats 3/861 Here is my latest solution for attaching shrouds on my Hunter 23.5. As discussed in another thread,
Preparing for haul out emergpa1 at 4:49am 05.10.16 Ask All Sailors 9/1346 We are going to haul Otter out of the water later this week. The marina we will use is Green Cove S
Virtual Moral Support with my rigging chrisings at 4:35am 05.10.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/925 The yard stepped our Cat 30 mast early and we did not have our bimini frame mounted. Of course the b
Standing Rigging burnswelds at 2:30am 05.10.16 Catalina 30 6/1123 Good Morning , I have a 1980 Catalina 30TR, with all original standing rigging. I bought the boat
Do we really need more boaters? Daveinet at 7:18pm 05.09.16 Ask All Sailors 45/3232 I started to respond to Don's post about youth sailing, and stopped, as I did not want to hijack tha
Need a sail gbrian at 7:16pm 05.09.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/912 I am looking for a gently used genoa for my '94 mac 26.
Captain "Crash"... Still funny watching for the third time.. mz4wheeler at 6:26pm 05.09.16 Ask All Sailors 24/2588 wxg30c6z00E
Shower sump pump filter location kimelmore at 6:18pm 05.09.16 Big Boats 8/3644 :(I'm hoping for some help here. My admiral took a shower on the new to us 1996 Catalina 380 Saturda
Eye Splice or Halyard Knot for Class II Core Dependent Line? Ward H at 6:02pm 05.09.16 Ask All Sailors 9/4088 I bought some Samson Warpspeed II 5/16" for use as a main halyard. I had planned to use a halyard kn
Polish Deck? (1) Capri at 5:57pm 05.09.16 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1155 Hi everyone. My 1981 22 has areas on the deck, aside from the nonskid, that lol like they have had b
Can bottom paint wait? shank at 5:22pm 05.09.16 Catalina 22 2/870 Hello, I'm taking ownership of an 87 C22 this weekend and the owner is nice enough to deliver it to
baby stays sailnewbie at 4:19pm 05.09.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/701 I have a venture 224 and need to attach some baby stays, where is the best place to attach them? pic
Oday 28 Holding Tank Replacement (1) DYFLWD at 2:39pm 05.09.16 Ask An Oday Owner 48/9035 I will be replacing my Holding Tank on my 1983 Oday 28. It is yellowed and "crusty" and I cannot see
ZAP restoration product. JHoward at 2:35pm 05.09.16 Ask All Sailors 1/532 Has anyone had experience with this as a gel coat cleaner?
Sheaves for slab reefing - Hunter 376 DSqr at 2:33pm 05.09.16 Big Boats 2/648 I'm trying to install the reefing line through the Z Spar boom and have found that there is only one
Should I recess my bilge pump? OS2Dude at 2:15pm 05.09.16 Catalina 30 5/1247 Our 1985 Catalina 30 mk I SR Fin Keel has a large bilge pump with a float switch that leaves about 2
Capri 16.5 Ron P at 2:12pm 05.09.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/545 I just purchased a Catalina Capri 16.5 and would love to find an owner's manual for it.

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Obligatory log-in? Dave at 5:32am 02.25.24 It should be fixed. At least, I can read posts when I am logged out. If someone else could check, I'
Oh so dirty bilges Tally Ho at 5:30am 02.25.24
Obligatory log-in? Dave at 5:13am 02.25.24 I'm not sure why that happened, I'll look into to it. We do vet new member registrations to reduce
Obligatory log-in? kappykaplan at 4:58am 02.25.24 Jim, does your browser give you the option to stay logged in for SBO?
Where to buy quality running rigging at a good price? gt Ken at 2:26am 02.25.24 I think Sail Care is very good for most all your needs.
Lewmar V700 windlass Hayden Watson at 10:10pm 02.24.24 I have had the V700 for a couple of years. Plenty of power for my size boat and rode. Never had i
Lewmar V700 windlass Hayden Watson at 10:08pm 02.24.24 That was my conclusion. You should use the boat to move to the anchor not drag it to the anchor wi
No holding tank options? BigNickMontana at 9:09pm 02.24.24 My boat did not have much room for a tank, I wound up building a custom fiberglass tank that sits ab
Hunter Legend Mainsail Reefing walmsleyc at 8:42pm 02.24.24 My boat didn't come with any reefing rigged, and given my boom ends were rivited, it likely never ha
Keel repair Moondance at 8:37pm 02.24.24 I will take some pictures next time I go to the boat.
Oh so dirty bilges Project_Mayhem at 8:37pm 02.24.24 Ahh ..the bilge of Oday 25 ..Slim indeed ..I found that if you remove the fiberglass support and cu
Hunter Legend Mainsail Reefing (1) Ringydingydo at 8:36pm 02.24.24 The boat your looking at has Isomat spars. Isomat has diagrams to a similar "single line" interna
Lewmar V700 windlass jssailem at 7:59pm 02.24.24 There is a reason that the V3 costs 3x the V700. That was my conclusion. You should use the boat
Remember When.... rgranger at 7:10pm 02.24.24 We would wait all winter for the arrival of spring? No, not the Equinox, boating catalogs! West, Bo
Bilge Paint that doesn't stink rgranger at 7:05pm 02.24.24 Interestingly it took a good week or so to 'go off' and fully cure below the water line level - If
Oh so dirty bilges (2) Tally Ho at 6:42pm 02.24.24 My engine bilge looked like crap when I bought Tally Ho. And the regular bilge was pretty dank and
OGO Desiccant Install and Experience (1) MikeHoncho at 6:37pm 02.24.24 got it all done and installed today. I didn't take pictures of the inside but can attach CAD drawin
Outboard Transom Mount pcharn01 at 6:35pm 02.24.24 I disassembled my entire mount and had Delvin bushings and washers machined. Previously the mount w
Oh so dirty bilges Terry Cox at 6:03pm 02.24.24 I use a citrus liquid bilge soap from WM (it was free) that helps to break up gunk, and leaves the b
Hunter Legend Mainsail Reefing (1) walmsleyc at 5:54pm 02.24.24 The boat your looking at has Isomat spars. Isomat has diagrams to a similar "single line" internal

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