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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 13/5126 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 8/3034 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 3/1145 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 67/11572 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 10/2314 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 14/863 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 3/527 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 3/1005 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 1/1156 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 39/8644 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 9/875 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 18/2352 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 2/605 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 22/7849 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 2/1218 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 31/4027 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 20/2779 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 22/4629 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 15/8820 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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Polycarbonate Bimini Window Nodak7 at 8:59am 01.07.24 Has anyone here sewn in a polycarbonate dodger window? Would a Sailrite machine be capable. What thr
Help with a new sail Tally Ho at 8:39am 01.07.24 Update - after brushing, application of PB blaster and a few whacks with the rubber mallet, we did
Help with a new sail ShawnL at 8:32am 01.07.24 It's a threaded pin. I have the same thing on my '72 Catalina 22. As others have suggested, it spi
Help with a new sail (1) NOLA at 8:31am 01.07.24 Update - after brushing, application of PB blaster and a few whacks with the rubber mallet, we did g
60 best Boats 30' and under Captain Larry-DH at 7:13am 01.07.24
1975 C&C 30' sailboat Anchor Light (2) thinwater at 7:10am 01.07.24 In the legal parlance of the COLREGS and CFR, there is no such thing as a steaming light. The regs
60 best Boats 30' and under Kings Gambit at 5:46am 01.07.24
Help with a new sail PaulK at 5:30am 01.07.24 Sure looks like it's been there for five years or so -- definitely time for a new sail. Don't forget
Help with a new sail jssailem at 5:27am 01.07.24 Nice picture. Could be a threaded pin. Apply the PB blaster or Kroil penetrating oil to the threaded
Help with a new sail garymalmgren at 5:26am 01.07.24 From your new photo NOLA it looks like you have jssailem's tack pin screw.(post #9) The first step i
Help with a new sail (1) NOLA at 5:04am 01.07.24 Several have requested a ph0to of the other side which I should have included. It is attached. Thank
Help with a new sail (1) NOLA at 5:03am 01.07.24
Help with a new sail danstanford at 1:45am 01.07.24 It sure looks like this will thread out toward the photographer freeing the tack of the sail. Normal
Classic wooden boat owners S/V Valiant at 12:17am 01.07.24 You have been slammed north of the 50th parallel. With a serious Yukon High forming. I see you and C
Classic wooden boat owners Will Gilmore at 11:41pm 01.06.24 Will who made the three master schooner? Is that a Hershcoff design Marco Polo by chance? No, alth
Help with a new sail (1) jssailem at 11:20pm 01.06.24 @NOLA how about a picture of the other side. I have seen similar tack pins that screw into the goose
Help with a new sail kloudie1 at 8:00pm 01.06.24 I had a tack point like that on my Spirit 23 . On the other side, there was a small pin through the
1980 C&C 40-2 Access to space under helm DinghySailor at 6:37pm 01.06.24 My '85 37 has the same issues and probably an even tighter cave below the pedestal. I'm probably the
Help with a new sail sailme88 at 6:11pm 01.06.24 that looks like a 180 degrees twist lock. The other end should have an ear on it that make contact w
Beneteau 373 rebedding toe rail and stanchion behind power panel dlochner at 6:09pm 01.06.24 Sealing leaks from outside never work for very long. Any deck fitting that leaks needs to be removed

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