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Bulb Questions and Confusion - Automotive-type Bulbs jviss at 12:01pm 07.18.23 Ask All Sailors 12/1017 So, I'm confused. First, the LED replacement bulb I bought for my anchor light, a Dr. LED Polar S
Head toilet not flushing to holding tank. chriscampbell at 8:59am 07.18.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 25/3170 I'm sure this has been answered here, but I've searched and not coming up with answers yet. I have
Universal diesel M18 v belt replacement BTC1984 at 7:28am 07.18.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 34/3796
Oday 19 Rudder (3) boardmanlake at 6:43am 07.18.23 Day Sailers 3/1007 I am restoring the tiller handle and rudder for my Oday 19 that I recently purchased and ran into a
New Seaward/Whale S-600 water heater leaking fresh water? jonelli at 12:19am 07.18.23 Ask All Sailors 15/920 Hi All, I recently replaced my water heater because it was old and I had a coolant leak which turned
Gelcoat repair (1) elcojo2 at 8:10pm 07.17.23 Ask All Sailors 11/1733 I have try to performed a gelcoat repair using spectrum repair kit for catalina sailboat. Follow th
exhaust system on 1997 Hunter 310 CharlieAnn at 7:21pm 07.17.23 Ask All Sailors 5/474 muffler seam to leak water into bilge, where should I look to find where leak is coming from.
Let's Buy A Sailboat Don Guillette at 4:37pm 07.17.23 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 15/3168 I've had some interesting phone conversations over the years and this one was high on the interestin
Macerator thru hull not in use Jason and Dina at 2:18pm 07.17.23 Catalina 30 3/624
Topside paint McPhee at 11:12am 07.17.23 Mid-Size Boats 13/1317 Hey everyone, I'm searching for the white paint I should put on my cockpit/deck to roughly match. T
Water proofing zippers.... NYSail at 7:15am 07.17.23 Ask All Sailors 11/1062 So new bimini zippers leak. What product do people use to waterproof them. thanks Greg
Vent Hose Project_Mayhem at 6:11am 07.17.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/993 I'm about replace an MSD porta pottie. The current vent hose is old and barely reached the last time
two questions - 2008 H36 George Braun at 4:56am 07.17.23 Big Boats 6/821 1 - anyone know the AWG of main battery connection cables offhand? I forgot to measure this weekend.
Marine air unit will exhibit a loud buzzing noise after it reaches temp and fan stops discovery at 4:39am 07.17.23 Big Boats 0/5 Unit runs fine for days but then after a cycle it makes a loud buzzing noise after cycle and it grow
Marine aire 16 k btu unit will make loud buzzing sound after shut down discovery at 4:33am 07.17.23 Ask All Sailors 4/574 My aft air conditioner unit will operate normally for days then after a cycle and fan is off exhibit
Catalina 27 shore power vs battery BTC1984 at 6:25pm 07.16.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1638 When I'm connected to shore power I turn off my batteries switch. My cabin lights work fine if the
Why is there not a specific forum for Catalina 27 ? BTC1984 at 6:16pm 07.16.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/991 Cat 27
Clean main sail cover (3) zinahewitt at 5:57pm 07.16.23 Ask All Sailors 12/956 Hi All, I hope your week is going well, not too hot, not too rainy. I have a main sail cover. Look
Ground isolated from water (1) PK123 at 3:28pm 07.16.23 Ask All Sailors 2/417 I posted previously about the short life of my zincs and am thinking that this is perhaps something
skylight replacement turk397 at 2:30pm 07.16.23 Big Boats 0/474 Hunter 33.5, has anyone replaced the center skylight with a hatch?

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Keeping warm for winter boat work dmax at 3:16pm 02.11.25 If you go that route, install a CO alarm immediately
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? Mark Maulden at 3:06pm 02.11.25
Flanged seacocks installation with Beneteau grid liner? dlochner at 2:49pm 02.11.25 How far back does the filler between the hull and lining go? A few small test borings might be neces
Keeping warm for winter boat work dlochner at 2:36pm 02.11.25 The problems with using propane on an enclosed boat in the winter are moisture and CO. The moisture
Keeping warm for winter boat work (1) Project_Mayhem at 2:26pm 02.11.25 I used an electric plug in heater most of the time working on Tally Ho over the winter. If it was
O'day 272 parts TangoXray at 2:02pm 02.11.25 I got ahold of him. He said there are none available anymore. I will try at West Marine tomorrow. If
O'day 272 parts Tally Ho at 1:52pm 02.11.25
O'day 272 parts TangoXray at 1:47pm 02.11.25 I'll have to do it tomorrow.
O'day 272 parts FastOlson at 1:33pm 02.11.25 Can you post up a picture -closeup- of the cap?
Hunter 27 Cockpit Instrument Access blowboat2001 at 1:05pm 02.11.25 I have a 93 27' and I was just going to answer your question, but you found it. My wife lay inside t
Motorhome Mariners (1) Will Gilmore at 12:33pm 02.11.25 You might be a motorhome mariner if you only use cringles on Christmas.
O'day 272 parts TangoXray at 12:11pm 02.11.25 Actually, they said there was no Rudy there. Do you have a number for him?
O'day 272 parts TangoXray at 12:09pm 02.11.25 I found the number online. thanks.
O'day 272 parts Tally Ho at 12:02pm 02.11.25
O'day 272 parts TangoXray at 12:00pm 02.11.25 I assumed there is an ANSI standard to the caps just like bottle caps and nuts and bolts. Unfortunat
A few fixed rudder questions. Chuck_FLA at 11:57am 02.11.25 When previously using a solid rudder i always pinned it to make sure it would not fall off when lau
Keeping warm for winter boat work Tally Ho at 11:52am 02.11.25 I used an electric plug in heater most of the time working on Tally Ho over the winter. If it was r
O'day 272 parts Tally Ho at 11:42am 02.11.25
Safety Tether (1) thinwater at 10:59am 02.11.25 I can quote chapter and verse from the "conservative" book. I've break-tested a lot of gear. , but I
A few fixed rudder questions. Chuck_FLA at 10:31am 02.11.25 I've seen a rudder without a pin come loose once or twice. Rare but it did happen on my foam rudder

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