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Couple pics of upgrades i talked about (2) allen-deckard at 12:24pm 11.09.15 Catalina 22 0/386 Ok the first picture is I took the table out. Where the table was I put my big cooler. I took the
White stuff Meriachee at 11:33am 11.09.15 Ask All Sailors 4/381 There's this nasty looking white stuff on the lawn outside this morning. It happened the other day t
Improving a 1988 catketch battery/charging/management (1) GreatKetch at 11:19am 11.09.15 Musings With Maine Sail 6/1652 Hello Folks, This is my first post so I thank you in advance for your support and patience. I have
Refridgeration in bay area markwbird at 11:02am 11.09.15 Ask All Sailors 6/799 So, I want to "electrify" my ice box by installing a refrigeration kit. The ice box on my H-34 is a
Sail trim chart Don Guillette at 9:24am 11.09.15 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 5/6002 The sailing season is over in a lot of places but not FL. Last Sunday I spoke to a FL sailor about s
Bulkhead trim in older c22 mrudman850 at 9:06am 11.09.15 Catalina 22 8/2408 Hi What was the material used to trim the bulkheads in older boats - leather, vinyl, something else?
Catalina 309 winch servicing RickC at 8:01am 11.09.15 Catalina 309 Group Forum 1/1372 I finally decided to clean and re-lube the winches on my 2009 Catalina 309. The cabin-top winches we
Adding steaming light and mast top vhf antenna Hobopacket at 7:36am 11.09.15 Catalina 22 10/3075 Hey there, Anyone point me in the right direction of rewiring the mast? Right now it only has the po
Excellent diesel repair available west coast mexico, costalegre zeehag at 7:24am 11.09.15 Destinations 0/677 which didnt used to be the case. before this man was found, there was one option for diesel m
Keel leaking and corrosion (3) plevexier at 6:58am 11.09.15 Catalina 22 8/1150 Hi all, I'm having an issue with my 1981 catalina and I'm looking for what are the best options for
Deck buff questions (3) pateco at 5:54am 11.09.15 Mid-Size Boats 23/4019 Started compounding and polishing some test sections of the deck today, to figure out what steps I n
Why do I have so many raw water impeller failures? Rich Stidger at 10:00pm 11.08.15 Ask All Sailors 23/6343 I have a Westerbeke generator that uses a Johnson 810B-1 6-vane impeller. This year I put 131 hours
Hunter 33.5 cabin table (2) tgrady at 8:52pm 11.08.15 Mid-Size Boats 10/2673 My 1992 cabin table does not go down complete to make into a double berth. Is this as designed? Th
Cruising on a hunter Franklin at 5:41pm 11.08.15 Big Boats 20/4779 Hello all. Don't know if any of you remember me but I was very active on this site a few years ago.
Hunter 25.5 pop up question marksteiger at 5:38pm 11.08.15 Smaller Boats 8/2364 Just bought sweet but neglected Hunter 25.5 1986, have question about the pop up feature of the cabi
Single handing ~40' center cockpit. . . Cool Beans at 4:00pm 11.08.15 Ask All Sailors 12/3937 So! Been awhile. . .Still looking for my next liveaboard. . .looked at 13-14 powerboats of various
Rebedding hunter 23 stanchion dhaberman at 2:05pm 11.08.15 Smaller Boats 6/1189 My boat was always dry inside and after pulling I found my head cover wet what looks to be below the
Carrying capacity for oday 192 Norge at 12:29pm 11.08.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1335 Hi there. My 1985 ODay 192 does not have a carrying capacity plate on the stern or in cockpit. To ca
Resecuring the wire tube capta at 10:18am 11.08.15 Ask All Sailors 1/270 A few feet of the wire tube in our main mast has come adrift. We have managed to lasso it with some
Engine compartment gasket (4) Sailgunner at 9:44am 11.08.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/918 Does anyone know where to buy the rubber gasket that fastens to the engine compartment cover? My bo

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Catalina 310 battery wiring question (2) marchem at 11:23am 12.04.23
CONFIRMATION PLEASE dlochner at 11:08am 12.04.23 Keel stepped masts almost always leak to some extent. One of the variables is the kind of rain, hard
CONFIRMATION PLEASE (3) eherlihy at 11:00am 12.04.23 I always had a little water that managed to find its way into the bilge after a rain storm. Little m
CONFIRMATION PLEASE Richard19068 at 10:41am 12.04.23 I am assuming that due to the mast being keel stepped that water will always enter into the bilge,
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? 4arch at 10:11am 12.04.23 I don't see any no contact fluid sensors on Amazon? Try this link.
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Ted10028 at 9:50am 12.04.23 if it works well can you give me the brand name please.
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? sailme88 at 9:39am 12.04.23 I bought a 3 tank external monitoring system from an RV website. Each tank has a HIGH, MEDIUM and L
CONFIRMATION PLEASE sailme88 at 9:33am 12.04.23 The bilge will also collect water from the stuffing box and condensate from the: hull, icebox, heat
CONFIRMATION PLEASE JoeWhite at 9:15am 12.04.23 The water in the bilge is due to capillary action of running rigging that enters the mast. After a r
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? Ted10028 at 8:12am 12.04.23 I don't see any no contact fluid sensors on Amazon?
Engine exhaust hose rust at hull exit Rick at 7:58am 12.04.23
CONFIRMATION PLEASE dmax at 7:57am 12.04.23 The top of my mast is closed (Isomat), I would supsect yours is too. I don't have any water come in
CONFIRMATION PLEASE shemandr at 7:21am 12.04.23 Some masts are closed on top. Yours evidently isn't so yes water gets in. Water also can get in at
Re-anodising boom and holes (1) PK123 at 6:34am 12.04.23 Thought Id show a photo sent to me from the Anodizers to show the kind of discolouration from a wel
Any clever ideas on how to monitor the level in waste holding tank? 4arch at 6:34am 12.04.23 I bought one of the cheap liquid sensors from Amazon shown in this video and hooked it up to a 9v ba
Slow Leak RoyS at 5:46am 12.04.23 Maybe rudder post?
Coolant flush (7) sailcapt340 at 5:40am 12.04.23 While I was on my boat this morning I took photos of the various fittings you should find on your 3G
Slow Leak ggrizzard at 8:21pm 12.03.23 Check any bilge areas that are accesable without cutting any thing and do the talcum powder test. An
drive shaft length on a 30 ft. Catalina 1983 model Goffriller at 7:38pm 12.03.23 Thanks Greg. I'm going to investigate this possibility to have a new one machined, and get a time f
drive shaft length on a 30 ft. Catalina 1983 model Tally Ho at 7:34pm 12.03.23 If you are like most boat owners, you will be doing this while out of the water. This means no gues

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