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Transducer... scottmellloyditude at 4:27am 09.18.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1323 Just received my new transducer from Moor electronics and after reading about them I decided to just
Leaks - Pockets Behind the Cabin lazerettes peter_ms at 9:20pm 09.17.15 Catalina 310 4/1480 I am hoping someone has experienced and better yet solved this problem... We returned from a race S
Stateroom door on a 7.3? Dgsteiner at 7:55pm 09.17.15 S2 3/1273 So I have this somewhat crazy idea of adding a bulkhead and door to my 7.3 to divide up the salon fr
C&C 33-2 - known issues? bgary at 7:41pm 09.17.15 C&C 3/5555 I'm looking at a mid-80s C'C 33-2. Overall, boat looks great, but would love to know if there are
Jib blocks krantala at 6:34pm 09.17.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/852 Does anyone know if the jib blocks located along the deck of a 25 are of any real value, or is their
Battery charger electric wiring Slipin Away at 6:24pm 09.17.15 Big Boats 2/1015 A while back my Xantrex Freedom 25 charger/inverter died. I am in a very remote area and it took se
M25 oil seal question Sefuller at 6:06pm 09.17.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1667 I noticed this question had been posed previously by Deke with no replies - I am hoping someone has
Rope Clutches for '93 Hunter 375 Lander at 3:36pm 09.17.15 Big Boats 2/954 Currently, my 1993 Hunter 375 has 4 Gerhaur rope clutches on each side, and is eating up halyards.
anchor roller from catalina with roller furling allen-deckard at 2:36pm 09.17.15 Catalina 22 26/5131 Has anyone bought an anchor roller from catalina direct that has a cdi roller furling? I haven't
Plastic trim for H26 salon table? CHSN WND at 12:45pm 09.17.15 Smaller Boats 8/1106 I re-beded the fore and aft wood pieces on my plexi top yesterday (thanks Crazy Dave and Fred for th
Winterizing thaeni at 11:35am 09.17.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 20/2937 I have a 3GM30F and was wondering if I could use the antifreeze used for water systems in my engine
Tightening Cap Shrouds Davidasailor26 at 10:42am 09.17.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1356 The cap shrouds on our 2014 Oceanis 37 are very loose above the lower spreaders. The section below
hydrofoil plates on outboard cavitation plate fortunare at 9:43am 09.17.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1307 I used them on my Mac 19 to get on a plane faster and reduce cavitation but noticed in 26M manual th
Selden GX Top Down Furler (4) seadaddler at 5:18am 09.17.15 Ask All Sailors 1/536 Here is how I installed the ring for selden pole,one mistake I first made is the spinnaker halyard
Washing sail sock. hewebb at 4:24am 09.17.15 Ask All Sailors 5/986 I just acquired a asymmetrical spinnaker with a dousing sock that needs cleaning. I am thinking abo
What is this thing? (3) brett_howard at 1:46am 09.17.15 Catalina 22 12/1631 I recently bought a 1986 C22. I've only sailed a handfull of times with friends so I'm really new..
Maine Sail Newport Bob at 8:12pm 09.16.15 Musings With Maine Sail 3/2221 Will you be in town for the Newport Boat Show this weekend!
Replacing mainsail halyard Kratm31 at 7:19pm 09.16.15 Pearson 7/3062 I need to replace the rope/wire mainsail halyard on my 1987 31-2 ' I want to replace it with an all-
Learning about anchor, gear & locker (4) H3newdog at 6:38pm 09.16.15 Big Boats 24/6189 As I need to learn just about everything about my 1983 H34 I thought I'd start at the bow. The boat
Trying to find the screw ! sgaby at 6:08pm 09.16.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1067 Hi everyone I have a 28 Catalina 1998 The port window, the one that open is leaking by the handle

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What the heck is this? 2discover at 10:13am 01.29.24 I have seen red spots on epoxy as a result from an exess of hardener in the mixture, reacting wirh h
Mainsail william24424 at 9:50am 01.29.24 I'm sure both are reputable sailmakers, years ago I went with North Sails. They came out to measure
Keel bolts Best of Times at 9:28am 01.29.24
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, Globe Pilot at 9:15am 01.29.24 Where did you find the specs for what pressures to change filters at?
looking for new bathroom tap handles for a hunter 420 passage DRhoads at 8:48am 01.29.24 You can also replace them with just about any type bought from a hardware supply store (Lows/Home).
Adding an electric fuel lift pump on older Hunter's with Yanmar diesels, (6) Scott NIelsen at 8:43am 01.29.24 I had a similar issue with fuel starvation on a previous boat I owned. After doing all the filter ch
Remote oil filter for M25XP Hello Below at 8:33am 01.29.24 did search the site for remote filter and found sever people who had not found a solution but no on
The Show Must Go On CUPRA at 8:32am 01.29.24 Just returned from the Toronto show and once again I said I'm not going next year!....very few manuf
When to tack Dogswater at 8:26am 01.29.24 Ha! Stuart Walker is not for those with a short attention span or only a passing interest in racing.
Noisy boats shemandr at 7:49am 01.29.24 Must have been snapping shrimp! That is the sound! But I wonder why when I cleaned the hull of th
Remote oil filter for M25XP FastOlson at 7:39am 01.29.24 About 10 or 15 years ago a friend installed a remote oil filter on his M25 Universal. He said he use
Remote oil filter for M25XP Hayden Watson at 7:28am 01.29.24 @Hayden Watson , I wonder. If you abandoned the o-ring and instead used a gasket (self cut) to impr
Noisy boats All U Get at 7:28am 01.29.24 The wife complains of my snoring. The only sound I hate is when I pick up a mooring ball and the wi
The Show Must Go On Scott T-Bird at 6:54am 01.29.24 I enjoyed the Newport show years ago. We spent a weekend in Newport (not for the show) a year ago i
The Show Must Go On Project_Mayhem at 6:30am 01.29.24 You are being too kind. Strictly Sails when it was at the Navy Pier was the winter dock party of th
Hunter 28 polars (2) Yann85 at 5:59am 01.29.24 From my observation, even with perfect polar data, due to the dynamics of weather and the decision
The Show Must Go On shemandr at 5:52am 01.29.24 We have the Stuart (In water) Boat Show here. I've gone in the past but there's little of interest
Hunter 28 polars jssailem at 5:39am 01.29.24 From my observation, even with perfect polar data, due to the dynamics of weather and the decision o
The Show Must Go On David11038 at 5:28am 01.29.24 Too frustrated by boat shows in the Great Lakes area in the past 10 years. All bass boats and pontoo
So, you're thinking of going Electric... Will Gilmore at 5:08am 01.29.24 A nicely put together video. He has clearly spent a lot of time and money on his research and trial

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