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Overheating: Muffler the cause? John R at 9:45am 01.20.16 Ask All Sailors 13/4333 My engine has been overheating. I thought I'd found the problem before - the angle piece from the he
Catalina Rendezvous Roche Harbor, May 5-8, 2016 Count Enrico at 7:48am 01.20.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/921 Catalina Owners, This is an UPdate from Count Ferrari regarding the All Catalina Rendezvous at Roch
Reparing the main hatch. Leeward Rail at 7:35am 01.20.16 Catalina 22 30/4193 Good Morning All, Long time no "see". or maybe "sea" ? :) My main hatch is cracked on the bottom
Catalina all fractional now?? Jackdaw at 6:44am 01.20.16 Ask All Sailors 16/3197 Its seems the Gerry and the team have decided to join the rest of the sailing world and go with frac
1989 Hunter Legend 40 Owner's Manual clubmech at 10:31pm 01.19.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1754 Sorry if this is a repeat....I am looking for an electronic copy of the 80's Hunter 40 Owner's Manua
C&C 30 Prop babylon9484 at 10:24pm 01.19.16 C&C 5/3893 Hi all I purchased a 77 C'C 30 that has been re-powered with a Yanmar 2QM15. The previous owner put
O'34/ Outhaul -what's in your boom? LouisMK at 8:03pm 01.19.16 Bigger Boats 5/1973 Has anyone pulled the end cap off their boom? I'm wondering if the outhaul uses anything more than a
Hunter 34 handrails peacheykeen at 7:08pm 01.19.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1826 I'm renovating a Hunter 34 (1983) and the deck handrails are badly worn - too much power washing is
Which type of keel do you prefer? Curious Sailor at 5:33pm 01.19.16 Ask All Sailors 79/8663 with all of the different types of keels available, I'm curious to know which is the most popular am
Favorite Mods SteveInMD at 5:33pm 01.19.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 35/5735 Production of my Oceanis 45 is scheduled to start very soon in Marion, SC. I'm having the dealer ad
Replacement shower hose SFS at 2:59pm 01.19.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/636 In my 1983 H31, the head has a faucet with an attached shower hose. To activate the shower, you lif
Rigger needed for San Diego area Joe at 1:33pm 01.19.16 Ask All Sailors 0/224 Yep.... my mast climbing days are over....... so I'm hoping one of you San Diego area forum members
hot water tank gettinthere at 1:22pm 01.19.16 Ask All Sailors 27/3337 Raritan 6 gallon hot water tank keeps overflowing out the pressure relief valve...the new raritan pr
Make sure you check you bilge pump & float switch regularly! Domenico at 1:13pm 01.19.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 15/2819 Just a reminder to all fellow sailors to check your bilge pump ' float switch on a regular basis.
Coming to Sydney Australia for Three Weeks deacm at 1:08pm 01.19.16 Big Boats 5/1233 Does anyone know where we could jump on a boat for a Wednesday or weekend race? Or anytime of the we
South Sound cruising advice Ellwebs at 1:03pm 01.19.16 Pacific North West Cruisers 15/1794 I will keep my Catalina 22 on Vashon Island next summer and I'm looking for advice on cruising south
Hank on Jib Control (1) Jacktar at 12:48pm 01.19.16 Catalina 22 3/970 I got tired of unsnarling the bottom few hanks on my Genoa when I got it out of the Yankee bag. The
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Traveler on 79 H30 Cherubini kito at 11:46am 01.19.16 The Cherubini Hunters 16/1358 I am setting my running rigging up on my project H30 boat. I decided to go with a 6:1 mainsheet with
Making my spinnaker easier to deploy (1) Kermit at 10:23am 01.19.16 Ask All Sailors 30/4448 I love flying my spinnaker but find it tiresome setting it all up. Not hoisting and inflating but ru

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Universal 25xp. No start. Ralph Johnstone at 8:57am 09.16.23 I've only listened to you audio about 100 times so far. Can you VERY CAREFULLY rotate your engine (
Universal 25xp. No start. (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:46am 09.16.23 Absolutely beautiful demonstration of exactly what's going on with your engine :clap: . 1. Is the
Rigging diagram for Boston Whaler Harpoon 4.6 Mousam 4.6 at 8:37am 09.16.23
Adding Additional/Sub DC Panel (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:31am 09.16.23 So to be clear, just the positive of the new panel to the original panel? Would I then connect the
Replacing the Switch Panel on an 88 boat morbidfollower at 8:16am 09.16.23 I have the same black panel on my 88 and it is stock. My 82 had the panel lakeshark describes.
Discharge of sewage over 3 miles Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 7:59am 09.16.23 Educate me, Don...I already knew that relying on a seacock a bad idea...what IS the correct way to
05 hunter 41ds cabin lighting Terry Cox at 7:52am 09.16.23 Hi Geoff. Different model boat here, but we've replaced all of our incandescent bulbs with LEDs from
Adding Additional/Sub DC Panel SBJO_1555 at 6:51am 09.16.23 Thanks dlochner - yeah i was thinking about this too, but i'm somewhat a if it ain't broke, don't fi
Problems Accessing the SBO Forums shemandr at 6:34am 09.16.23 I'm happy to hear it's not on my end. I just get a blank page when I try to log in from my favs me
Adding Additional/Sub DC Panel dlochner at 6:33am 09.16.23 You might find it easier to simply replace the old panel with a new panel with more breakers. It wil
Adding Additional/Sub DC Panel SBJO_1555 at 6:29am 09.16.23 Thanks for the reply! So to be clear, just the positive of the new panel to the original panel? Woul
Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging chp at 6:14am 09.16.23 Ok, this is dredging up an old post but I wanted to FINALLY come around and update it since it's be
Replacing the Switch Panel on an 88 boat (1) LakeShark at 5:51am 09.16.23 For reference here is the OEM manual for the new design catalina 22s. The original design had the pa
Replacing the Switch Panel on an 88 boat LakeShark at 5:47am 09.16.23
Replacing the Switch Panel on an 88 boat (2) ...3TacksontheWater at 5:26am 09.16.23 LakeShark, thank you for your quick and, informative reply. I listed the positions from top to botto
Discharge of sewage over 3 miles Johann at 3:56am 09.16.23
Hunter 40.5 topping lift stuck - considering a rod kicker. garymalmgren at 2:04am 09.16.23 Your topping lift is wire? That would make it a spare mainsail halyard, wouldn't it? That would be a
Hunter 40.5 topping lift stuck - considering a rod kicker. Mark Maulden at 11:35pm 09.15.23 Why dont you just get rid of the current topping lift of rope to wire and replace it with Samson 1/2
Adding Additional/Sub DC Panel (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:58pm 09.15.23 Welcome to the site. p your (+) and (-) lines from the original panel most likely with the (+) afte
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. (2) mikeracca at 9:15pm 09.15.23

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