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Yanmar vs Universal druid at 2:32pm 12.30.15 Engines and Propulsion 20/8549 I'm looking at repowering my Ontario 32. The Universal M-25XPB I put in my Catalina 36 (years ago) w
Dry Bilge in Winter? chrisyse at 2:26pm 12.30.15 Big Boats 11/2424 Has anyone experienced hull or keel bolt damage due to one or two inches of water which froze? One t
What should I use to remove rust from Anchor Chain? McIntoshUSA at 2:07pm 12.30.15 Ask All Sailors 27/26149 I have read allot of suggestions. Use CLR, use pool hydrocloric acid, vinegar, drag it behind a truc
Sailing World Boats of the year cb32863 at 12:58pm 12.30.15 Ask All Sailors 2/401 Sailing World has released their Boat of the Year winners. http://www.sailingworld.com/sailboats/b
Beneteau 40CC bilge pump not automatic? MrNoSmiles at 9:20am 12.30.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/3812 Hey all! I just took the plunge and moved aboard a Beneteau 40CC with my girlfriend, and we are lo
Access hatch to engine cooling valve marchem at 9:17am 12.30.15 Catalina 310 19/2143 I've seen pictures of an access hatch to the engine cooling valve (and possibly the macerator thru h
Sensor wiring to battery compartment marchem at 9:07am 12.30.15 Catalina 310 12/2063 Those of you who have added a battery monitor shunt and/or a temperature sensor for your battery cha
34 Lazarette dimensions Yellowjeepman at 8:48am 12.30.15 Ask An Oday Owner 0/583 I live in Tn. and my 34 O'day is in South Florida(pretty sad). I was wondering if anyone knows where
Autopilot/Chart Plotter Integration Robb at 4:01am 12.30.15 Ask All Sailors 10/5101 I'm buying a Hunter 31 footer with bare bones electronics and will be looking to completely re-outfi
What I've learnt from sailing.... Ken13559 at 11:53pm 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 1/348 Sailing of course but also: Sewing- repair bimini, sew hatch covers and fender socks, mend spinnaker
Bolt rope to loose footed main? marke14 at 10:01pm 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 21/5404 I am considering a new set of sails for our boat, and I was at our local (Costa Mesa, CA) Doyle loft
Weaver Snap Davits Full Circle 473 at 9:36pm 12.29.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 16/3542 Has anyone used Weaver Snap Davits to hang their dinghy off the stern? I have a Beneteau 473 and I w
Share some Sailing Terms... Curious Sailor at 4:14pm 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 51/5140 Bigwigs: Senior officers in the English Navy were known as "bigwigs" because they wore huge wigs. Bi
I've got the marina slip waiting list blues marke14 at 4:10pm 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 26/7953 I was looking at the waiting list "fee" for remaining on the list, and I wondered since I had applie
New head??? Ken Cross at 2:25pm 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 8/690 Hi all. I'm thinking of replacing our head (Comfort Mate) with a Raritan PHII Shown here: http://sho
Lewmar Winch Servicing Article / January 2016 MainBrace EditorC22NSA at 2:09pm 12.29.15 Catalina 22 2/642 Due to popular demand, I will be re-posting Don Boyko's article on Lewmar Winch Servicing in the Jan
Gulfstar 39 Sailmaster Questions Cool Beans at 1:09pm 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 9/2170 So, I'm still looking for another liveaboard. While down in NC, I had the broker show me a GS39 whi
Waves on Lake Erie cb32863 at 12:48pm 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 4/690 Saw this link over at SA. Some awesome shots. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2015/
Zodiac moving mfg to China Skipper at 12:11pm 12.29.15 Ask All Sailors 9/2132 Defender Marine says Zodiac moving manufacturing from France to China. some French models still ava
In-mast roller furling continuous line kenvail at 11:33am 12.29.15 Big Boats 4/1459 One of my winter projects this year is to change the continuous line on the in-mast roller furling m

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1990 C&C 30 MkII halyard replacement, ISSUES! sheardc at 7:59am 09.13.23 i think there was some confusion on conversion. OP has 3/8 (~13/32 or 10mm). @sheardc are you tal
Our Cherubini Chainplates Are 40+ Years Old -- Any Failures? (3) chichiflys at 7:56am 09.13.23 installed the two new plates. Worked out OK - almost didn't have enough room on the port side, the
Harken Jib Sail Furler JBP-PA at 7:24am 09.13.23 Ward is spot on except you don't have to figure it out every season. Just notice some reference when
Genoa sheets LakeShark at 7:05am 09.13.23 Inside so as to not side load the stations upwind (downwind loading is a lot lighter on the sheets).
Recessed control panel housing replacement ideas Walsh0575 at 6:54am 09.13.23 Hi...thank you everyone for the ideas! Lots to consider. At this stage I'm kind of liking the patch/
Looking for new sails?? (1) LakeShark at 5:57am 09.13.23 @shemandr not sure I have seen anyone do that on a Catalina 22. For max speed and performance most j
Rigging diagram for Boston Whaler Harpoon 4.6 PaulK at 5:57am 09.13.23 This should help a bit. Googling for images of the boat will show details like cleats and turning b
Looking for new sails?? shemandr at 5:47am 09.13.23 If you use inside tracks, for sailing downwind you can use a "Short sheet" to haul the jib clew outb
Adding second reef to main sail? jviss at 5:43am 09.13.23 Yep. Unless you have a Hank-on head sail. Greg The sail will also need a foam luff pad to keep i
Need help with part ID from 85 Mac 25 (2) THECUSCUS at 5:43am 09.13.23 [URL='https://forums.sailboatowners.comhttps%3A//forums.sailboatowners.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/12/12
Genoa sheets Will Gilmore at 5:23am 09.13.23 was curious what the original design intent was. I would hazard a guess that the Catalina 22 was d
Fuel pump filter-necessary? RoyS at 5:10am 09.13.23 I would change the Racor to a 2 micron and omit the 75 micron if I were you.
Manufacturer's Sail LOGO Crazy Dave Condon at 4:48am 09.13.23 @patbratton Sailboatowners.com owns Hunterowners.comm The owner of Sailboatowners.com is a former
Manufacturer's Sail LOGO patbratton at 4:35am 09.13.23 Problem solved. There is an error in the HTML code that does not pass on the boat manufacturer's nam
Genoa sheets danooxnard at 4:14am 09.13.23 Mine are run outside. I have a roller furler and 135 also.
27 Mast Gate Options danooxnard at 4:13am 09.13.23 Can you use a dremel tool to elongate the holes that hold the mastgate to the mast? That would allow
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? kappykaplan at 2:22am 09.13.23 I am pleased to report that I have a shiny prop and shaft that is spinning freely!! Whoo hoo! :bee
Hunter 33.5 false bilge? (1) wony at 12:06am 09.13.23 Ohhh such a great idea @plenny7! Thanks much for the feebdack and sorry for late reply... If you d
Oh my sweet rotten unicorn. (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:05pm 09.12.23 Beautiful. Never driven a diesel but when you started to open the throttle on this beast, it surged
Raritan PHII long term review (5) Ralph Johnstone at 10:44pm 09.12.23 219835 Hmmmmmmmmmmm. I don't remember having any problem lifting the gland nut straight up and out

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