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Painting prop shaft & strut Crazy Dave Condon at 8:17am 09.09.15 Ask All Sailors 3/1607 As a former dealer in North Carolina, I was taught a trick on painting the metal under water more sp
Cetol vs Varnish. Which is better? markwbird at 7:55am 09.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/9032 So I am refinishing the wood trim on the exterior of my H-34 and I am trying to decide between Sikke
running solar feed wires through topsides? danstanford at 5:54am 09.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1868 The previous owner of my 290 put on a solar panel on the arch and has simply fed the feed wires down
Prone to lightning strikes or less prone? Nodak7 at 5:37am 09.09.15 Big Boats 7/1132 Ok.... I think I just got struck by lightning and here is the situation. My boat is on a lift and w
Washdown pump (1) All U Get at 4:10am 09.09.15 Ask All Sailors 8/954 Hi all, We finally anchored out and had a little issue while raising 110 feet of chain. Our wash
Hurth Transmission Repair CYQK at 2:50am 09.09.15 Ask All Sailors 8/2023 Have a Hirth 25 transmission on the perkins 4.108 Anyone have experience which company is best at
Replaced my exhaust hose jmish at 12:10am 09.09.15 Catalina 30 8/2414 I replaced the exhaust hose on my 1988 Catalina 30 MkII, and I'm posting my project notes here in ca
New Autopilot Suggestions planoron at 10:33pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 3/702 OK,,,I am sure this will generate a lot of opinions and hopefully so:) We purchased our boat a y
Changing engine controls SFS at 9:36pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 4/709 My H31 has a relatively new Yanmar 3YM20. I have separate throttle and gear controls on the two sid
Need bomar hatch arms (4) SFS at 9:14pm 09.08.15 Mid-Size Boats 8/1947 1983 H31 with what appear to be the original hatches. Total of 2 hatches, one in main cabin, one in
What are these receptacles? (2) SFS at 9:07pm 09.08.15 Mid-Size Boats 5/1121 1983 H31. What can be plugged in to these? I have about 3 of them in the main cabin - they apparent
Does polarity matter ? Padrone at 8:59pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 9/1274 Does polarity matter when connecting up a 12v (car) outlet for use when plugging in an adapter for u
waxed paper Ken13559 at 8:33pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 15/1558 Can I wrap the prop with waxed paper to prevent barnacles growing on it? When I run the engine, I su
port shades james morrison at 7:53pm 09.08.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1497 I have a 1995 oceanis 40 that has retractable shades on all the ports. A few no longer retract well.
Significant port helm while motoring tigue at 7:49pm 09.08.15 Big Boats 5/1315 I am at the later stages of purchasing a 2003 Hunter 356. With a Yanmar 27HP motor and a MAX prop. I
Stand-Up Paddle Boards and "Rights of Way" Kings Gambit at 5:57pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 61/9688 I was returning to home harbor after the Labor Day outing. The channel had several SUP's in it. On
Asking for advice on a 1985 h31 purchase C Jones at 5:15pm 09.08.15 Mid-Size Boats 7/1289 I took several big boat friends to look at a 1985 h31 today. The owner was not there but we were abl
new video gettinthere at 4:10pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 15/1131 Thought I'd share my latest work. Lot of fun to produce and didn't crash the drone once...as opposed
Motor not peeing water Doc_holiday at 4:09pm 09.08.15 Engines and Propulsion 17/3040 I have a 9.9 merc 2 stroke. It's been a great motor. This week while out putting around I noticed I
Turned refrigerator into an icebox - By mistake OS2Dude at 3:46pm 09.08.15 Ask All Sailors 6/1192 We have a Norcold 'L' shaped refrigerator in our 1985 Catalina 30. (Not sure of the model) It had

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Towing options Crusty Ol Salt at 5:22pm 01.03.24 If your bilge pump is keeping up with the leakage pier side or at anchor, why would it not keep up u
Water tank level gauge circuit board KiwiYachtie at 4:48pm 01.03.24 Can you post a close up picture of both sides of the circuit board? Chances are an electronic compon
Classic wooden boat owners (1) Will Gilmore at 4:30pm 01.03.24 I love wooden boats for a number of reasons. I grew up around them They usually have the sublime be
C25 new mainsail MaryEllaRose at 3:40pm 01.03.24 North sails did me right. They came out (during covid no less) and measured for a custom main sail w
Classic wooden boat owners garymalmgren at 3:05pm 01.03.24 Yes, I am a wooden boat lover, but at arms length. All respect to those who, sail and maintain those
Towing options NYSail at 2:40pm 01.03.24
Towing options PaulK at 1:00pm 01.03.24 As dlochner suggests, could this be a problem with the rudder's stuffing box? We had a leak there i
Leaking Heat Exchanger Gasket - Maybe? (2) colb218 at 12:54pm 01.03.24 Sorry to keep bumping this, just trying to determine how far down the a rabbit hole I want to go. I
Hunter Legend 35.5 Spinnaker? PaulK at 12:51pm 01.03.24 Don't forget that you need to declare your spinnaker and its dimensions on your handicap certificate
Hunter Legend 35.5 Spinnaker? acboudrMN at 11:57am 01.03.24 Thanks folks! Great resources!! Very much appreciated.
Yanmar parts dlochner at 11:42am 01.03.24 Check out the TOAD Marine Supply website. They sell Yanmar parts, including current parts #, and cr
Installing a MSD potty in our C22 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 11:21am 01.03.24 My original intent was to use a manual waste pump, plumbed between a lockable Y valve and a through
Classic wooden boat owners S/V Valiant at 11:15am 01.03.24
Towing options dlochner at 11:07am 01.03.24 If the "rudder bolts" are at the top of the rudder post, it is likely a stuffing box for the rudder.
Mercury outboard parts unavailable for months tfox2069 at 10:58am 01.03.24 I read where you said you ordered the part, but your not that confident about getting it. Did you t
Towing options JoeWhite at 10:35am 01.03.24 Need more info on the type of boat. Do you mean 45 foot saiboat? If so it is likely that it's proble
Mercury outboard parts unavailable for months (1) Nichole340 at 10:30am 01.03.24 I read where you said you ordered the part, but your not that confident about getting it. Did you tr
60 best Boats 30' and under (1) jon hansen at 10:17am 01.03.24 there is only one winner on "your" list Ta Da. ke michigan
C25 new mainsail Stu Jackson at 9:53am 01.03.24 You could also ask at the C25 forum, if you don't know them you should :) https://catalina-capri-25
C25 new mainsail Steve_Catalina at 9:30am 01.03.24 National Sails is a quality company like hundred of others. There were / are close to 6,000 Catalina

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