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Found the leak--Hole in hull polarbrer at 5:31pm 03.13.16 Catalina 22 11/1600 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 6/2532 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 9/8246 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 3/1578 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 2/818 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 1/732 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 4/1617 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 2/954 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 4/1775 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 15/4382 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 16/10189 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 6/1632 Hi, I'm trying to find new sheaves to replace those in the attached pic which guide the continuous
Code XX sail (1) Jackdaw at 6:57pm 03.12.16 Ask All Sailors 19/1510 Like a Code 0, but more refreshing. https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/1280
Deka Marine batt vs Costco / results Skipper at 6:53pm 03.12.16 Ask All Sailors 6/1059 2 group 27 batts. Maintained. switch 1,2,both. Charles 20 amp dual bank. The 5 year old (June 2011,
Hood Furler Jdaniel343 at 6:36pm 03.12.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/767 I have an old Hood furler and need some parts. Problem is I am not sure which furler I have. Its on
Do I need an adjustable outboard bracket Aladave at 6:35pm 03.12.16 Mid-Size Boats 9/3903 On my 1976 Catalina 27, the Atomic 4 needs a lot of work and time, so I've decided to go ahead and b
Docking Technique wufibugs at 5:46pm 03.12.16 Ask All Sailors 7/1206 I was looking at an article on docking and it suggested that on boats with separate controls for gea
God I'm an Idiot! topcat0399 at 3:53pm 03.12.16 Ask All Sailors 57/8079 I'm sure some here may have suspected this already but today I confirm it! Got the boat unlimbered
battery maintenance fred1diver at 2:01pm 03.12.16 Ask All Sailors 21/1830 ok time for a simple question, I know you have to add water to general batteries, but do you have to
Good news, my zincs work :-D (2) Skipper at 1:27pm 03.12.16 Ask All Sailors 15/1382 Pictures. Shaft zinc 9 months. Grouper 2+ years. Might throw the grouper back in for awhile; still

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Considering Hunter 49 Purchase ! JR19454 at 8:58am 02.22.24 The Hunter 49 looks like a wonderful boat. I'll be sailing on the US East Coast and wonder if any o
New Engine for 23 foot O Day danooxnard at 7:21am 02.22.24 As Stu Jackson suggested I did use a piece of plywood to reinforce the transom. I also had to work o
Salon table 37c Cocoa Beach Sailor at 7:19am 02.22.24 The top of the table on my boat is 29.625 inches off the sole RATS! I didn't get your reply and b
Electrolysis injected from Windlass. dlochner at 7:04am 02.22.24 Why is the pulpit grounded? I would not expect it to be part of any electrical circuit, unless the w
Penboard Measurements 1983 O'Day #) dlochner at 6:44am 02.22.24 Am I the only one here who doesn't know what a penboard is? No.
Penboard Measurements 1983 O'Day #) Sailor Sue at 6:34am 02.22.24 Does anyone have the measurements of the penboards for a 1983 O'Day 30? Am I the only one here who
Electrolysis injected from Windlass. American_Mainsail at 6:15am 02.22.24 I'm not 100% following what the issue related to a DC short to the windlass surface itself is. Seei
New Engine for 23 foot O Day Project_Mayhem at 5:24am 02.22.24 I have a 1996 9.9 and an unreliable 15hp inboard on my O'Day 25. I find that the old 9.9 is less res
2GM20F engine issue RoyS at 5:09am 02.22.24 Question your compression gauge results. Examine your gauge assembly closely. There should be a chec
Electrolysis injected from Windlass. Davidasailor26 at 4:51am 02.22.24
WINDLASS American_Mainsail at 4:35am 02.22.24 It doesn't really become brittle, in the materials definition of that term. It corrodes and wears.
Running cables through the headliner on a 2001 Hunter 380 CAVU at 2:53am 02.22.24 Using the inspection camera we did see a messenger string in one of the three conduits. Unfortunatel
WINDLASS dLj at 2:33am 02.22.24
West Marine BOGO on winches this year? dLj at 2:15am 02.22.24 I'm looking for just a sheet winch, not an anchor windlass. my bad... dj
2GM20F engine issue knackers at 11:39pm 02.21.24 check that a reversing roller has not fallen out of the kiwi prop. had same problem with reverse
Running cables through the headliner on a 2001 Hunter 380 marcham at 11:22pm 02.21.24 You should have strings pulled in each conduit from the factory. If you use one, ensure you pull a n
West Marine BOGO on winches this year? Rich Stidger at 8:32pm 02.21.24
Legend 40.5 - Light above sink baycloud at 8:15pm 02.21.24 A bit of long story. After quite a bit of reflection, following unsuccessful tracking even with the
WINDLASS Screen Saver at 7:57pm 02.21.24 This sounds like a rather less than honest statement. Given the length to which you went through th
WINDLASS dLj at 7:01pm 02.21.24

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