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New Simrad Chartplotters joker460 at 8:07am 03.14.16 Ask All Sailors 3/702 Has anyone been following the new GO Series XSE Chartplotter/Sonar units. They look interesting and
Looking to buy a Catalina 27 or 30 Mike Madeira Beach at 7:52am 03.14.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 28/5971 Would really appreciate any advice from current or past owners of either the 27 or 30. What to look
Kenyon shroud tang suppliers? kito at 6:47am 03.14.16 Ask All Sailors 4/699 Other than Rig-Rite? I need 4 lower shroud tangs. I got a nice quote for a set of swaged shrouds fro
ALUMINUM PORTLIGHT RESEAL AXEL at 6:45am 03.14.16 Ask All Sailors 6/621 I did this job once but it was a while ago. I bought the kit from Catalina Direct. I had to be a whi
Locating a Fuel Bladder on OC 41 Aitheria at 6:40am 03.14.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/527 I'm considering adding an ATL 25 gallon, above-deck fuel bladder to my OC 41. Anybody have experien
OOPS! (1) DannyS at 4:44am 03.14.16 Ask All Sailors 9/1436 10207434972739398 Well, fixing this mess is on my to-do list this spring. This happened last summer
Bigger water tank Matpearce at 10:39pm 03.13.16 Catalina 310 7/1105 Hi has anyone put another water tank in the bow of a Catalinas 310 I was thinking about a triangle s
320 Fin vs Wing Keel Fiddler's Green at 6:33pm 03.13.16 Mid-Size Boats 7/3860 My wife and I are looking for a new boat and the Catalina 320 is on the short list. We looked at tw
Found the leak--Hole in hull polarbrer at 5:31pm 03.13.16 Catalina 22 11/1559 Summer of '14 I posted here that my new to me '74 Catalina 22 seemed to have too much water in the b
Beneteau barrier coating Faster Double at 4:30pm 03.13.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2486 We bought our 2008 B 323 last June and the survey uncovered an adherence problem with the bottom pai
Transiting Deception Pass Terry Cox at 4:08pm 03.13.16 Pacific North West Cruisers 9/8071 Some harbor a fear of transiting Deception Pass in a displacement hull boat. Much of this fear comes
309 Deck Light Crystal_RPAYC at 3:21pm 03.13.16 Catalina 309 Group Forum 3/1546 The Deck Light on my 2007 309 has failed. Does anyone know what the lamp is and if a LED version is
mounting vane to mast macrigger at 2:21pm 03.13.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/807 I have an aluminum weather vane that I was hoping to mount to the fiberglass mast cap. Upon removin
bimini for a 1981catalina 22 woosailormate at 11:06am 03.13.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/715 I bought a 1981 catalina 22 that needs restoration and I am in that process. I would like to find
new owners and deck maintenance macwho at 10:04am 03.13.16 Catalina 30 4/1596 My wife and I purchased hull 6152, Moon Shadow, 30 TRBSWK walk thru last July. We spent most of last
Replacement Portals Choirbuoy at 8:46am 03.13.16 Catalina 30 2/917 Hi, I have an older ( 1977 ) Catalina 30 and I am looking to replace the original portals with ones
O'Day 23 core ClintonLakeSailor at 7:43am 03.13.16 Day Sailers 4/1733 Hi all, I have a 1978 O'Day 23 that has some decomposing core under the mast. Befor I cut in, would
Installing rub rail on Beneteau 361 suttonski at 5:22am 03.13.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/4251 Hi I have a Beneteau 361 year 2000 and would like to install a rub rail. I have checked on Beneteau
The Mysterious Balboa 24 Jerry Zitterkopf at 7:24pm 03.12.16 Balboa 16/9955 A local gentleman has a Balboa 24 for sale (well, actually his wife is demanding he sell it as it ha
New sheaves for continuous furling line guide on Hood 705, Catalina 27 (1) gavinbailey at 6:58pm 03.12.16 Mid-Size Boats 6/1615 Hi, I'm trying to find new sheaves to replace those in the attached pic which guide the continuous

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Is this bushing still available? (1) Justin_NSA at 11:08am 12.31.23 I found a copy of the original diagram:
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 dlochner at 11:00am 12.31.23 Does it also dissolve sludge? No-Flex does. And what about odor prevention? RV tanks vent out the
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Gene Neill at 10:21am 12.31.23 : put a y-valve in the pumpout line and run hose to a macerator or manual diaphragm pump and thru-h
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement drm1 at 9:59am 12.31.23 Fwiw, turning off the fridge/freezer breaker every night last thing before you go to bed (neither w
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement drm1 at 9:56am 12.31.23 on our 2008 H36 we also have NovaKool units. Air-cooled, that's why the compartment behind the uni
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement drm1 at 9:49am 12.31.23 Good morning, Dan. Our Adler Barbour units are rechargeable. The top loader freezer unit is 1991 or
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement drm1 at 9:38am 12.31.23 For recharging, most of these units only have the low-pressure port and it usually will have the ol
Universal(Kubota) M35 electric fuel pump JoeWhite at 9:36am 12.31.23 On my 1999 C36, the electric fuel pump runs when engine is running on the M35B. I used a voltmeter t
Worst holding tank install ever Davidasailor26 at 9:14am 12.31.23 every flush into it would increasingly pressurize it, with very interesting results! I had the sam
Quick Question - What is this, a cupholder? Roland5048 at 9:11am 12.31.23 My Autohelm 3000 has that same mount for the pilot head.
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:36am 12.31.23 Fwiw, turning off the fridge/freezer breaker every night last thing before you go to bed (neither wi
Seaward 32RK and 26RK Ocean-Going Capabilities Kings Gambit at 8:34am 12.31.23 Recently Sailing Zinger rescued 3 people aboard a Bavaria 44 that had been dismasted in the middle
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:27am 12.31.23 A more affordable and equally effective alternative to NoFlex Digester is Camco TST (Amazon Link).
Hunter 36 Fridge and Freezer Replacement Hayden Watson at 8:27am 12.31.23 For recharging, most of these units only have the low-pressure port and it usually will have the old
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. mikeracca at 8:21am 12.31.23 Your plan sounds solid. Stick to it. Boat and title for any money. I would suspect they do not have
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:18am 12.31.23 There is precious little info out there about plumbing porta potties. Very few are plumbed at all, a
Worst holding tank install ever Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:50am 12.31.23 I strongly suspect the "holding tank" was just for "show" and was never used, cuz there's no sign of
Wood species dlochner at 7:46am 12.31.23 @dlochner the ones on my body, or the ones on my boat? Both. That's my story. :)
Wood species dmax at 7:43am 12.31.23 "The ones that are damaged I can try to fill with epoxy thickened with wood flour. " As an alternat
roller furling replacement Kings Gambit at 7:41am 12.31.23 Have any Hunter 46.6 owners replaced the Selden Furlex Jib System? I have significant problems wit

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