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Comments, suggestions on new nav and home page? Phil Herring at 7:13pm 06.16.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 13/1208 Let me know if anything's not working, awkward, worse than it was, or just looks odd. Screen capt
New to sailing and New to the 22 Nevada Mike at 6:08pm 06.16.15 Catalina 22 11/1127 So whats the big deal with all of this sailing and upgrades stuff! How hard can it be and how much c
Advice on sailing the Bay of Quinte Robert1224 at 5:59pm 06.16.15 Mid-Size Boats 3/863 Ahoy! Has anyone here cruised the Bay of Quinte in 2014? I am considering a cruise from the west
Curved cockpit seats in H35 uncomfortable? megs at 5:56pm 06.16.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/928 Hi all - we are considering the purchase of a 1988 Hunter 35 Legend (upgrade from a '72 Catalina 27)
RPM won't stay up MORNING LIGHT at 5:32pm 06.16.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1230 Have a Universal 25 xp 1996 and have difficulty keeping rpm higher than 2500 . As soon as I remove m
saltwater sailors, what all do you clean after sailing. (1) hawk232 at 5:20pm 06.16.15 Ask All Sailors 25/3660 Just got back from 4 days on the gulf and spent the ENTIRE day washing the whole boat, flushing the
how should i re-stick peel batten patches and lettering? (4) hawk232 at 5:16pm 06.16.15 Ask All Sailors 3/873 a few of the patches at the back of my battens are loose and flutter in the wind, while looking at t
Confused on solar specs \ Grape Solar Skipper at 4:46pm 06.16.15 Ask All Sailors 30/4285 If I get a Grape Solar Photoflex 100w panel, I'll need to also get an MPPT controller. The panel
Launching and recovering C-22 from dock (stern first) sailorfrog at 3:51pm 06.16.15 Catalina 22 3/1094 I have a C-22 and I dock stern first, in a fairly tight slip and also limited space between the bow
louder than normal keel hum artfull dodger at 3:18pm 06.16.15 Sirius 21/22 9/2528 I have sailed my 22 for years and am very used to the hum around 4 tp5 knots. Something is wrong. It
"Air pocket" in raw water filter line Stargazer3 at 1:41pm 06.16.15 Big Boats 5/1163 Hi, all! Whenever we come back from a day of sailing and turn on our air conditioning (or refrigerat
Clean water Slider at 1:25pm 06.16.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/975 I have a 2912 B37. She is a great boat and cruses The SF Bay. I use a water filter when filling th
Cruising in the heat Bad Obsession at 1:24pm 06.16.15 Ask All Sailors 41/6101 I have just come back from a short two day cruise. I spent last night out on the hook. Needless to
Jabsco Head Replacement bobcat30 at 1:16pm 06.16.15 Catalina 30 1/934 I am going to replace the head (toilet) this week. I have the standard JABSCO head. What is the best
Stepping a mast? OdayQs at 12:51pm 06.16.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1288 Hi All! I'm extremely new to the world of sailing, so please pardon my ignorance! I'm doing summe
Boom Blocks ? pateco at 12:47pm 06.16.15 Mid-Size Boats 9/1026 Has anyone used products from Nautos? I am looking to replace the blocks on my boom. I have one c
outboard/ fixed or free? solodare at 12:07pm 06.16.15 Ask All Sailors 17/2427 So new guy.... First outboard... First sailboat... Should I be running my outboard in a fixed p
teak toe rail gettinthere at 12:04pm 06.16.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1269 I have a wide teak toe rail. Varnish looked great when I boughtvit but is very difficult to maintain
Deck Connector for Mast Lights Paulbond at 11:23am 06.16.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/732 Greetings everyone, I have a 1988 Hunter 26.5 and recently stepped the mast at my marina and in doin
Plastic interior window liners orcaspirit at 10:35am 06.16.15 C&C 3/1523 Anyone have a source of those interior plastic window liners for boats in the '70's thru early '80's

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Prestolite alternator??? SycloneDriver at 7:20pm 07.11.23 I reinstalled the alternator and corrected some of the wiring, The alternator works, the voltage is
376 Powered Winch Wiring dlochner at 7:17pm 07.11.23 Two speed winches turn in different directions to get to the different speeds. The motor has 3 posts
Its funny Friday! Captain Larry-DH at 6:56pm 07.11.23
Potential new Hunter owner caverun at 6:51pm 07.11.23 And if the trailer does not look good here is a Hunter 23 trailer in Cincinnati for $450- needs a li
Beep Beep danm1 at 6:50pm 07.11.23 There is an audible alarm when it detects a polarity problem or ground wire fault. I think it is sho
Beep Beep JoeWhite at 6:36pm 07.11.23 What does it mean when it beeps. Do you have its manual? I have not seen an isolator with a beeper.
Latest Thinking on Holding Tank Additives Hayden Watson at 6:20pm 07.11.23 I I'd wait a while to open the pumpout cap too...and to be on the safe side, leave the lid on the
In boom reefing design Sailfanatic at 6:18pm 07.11.23 The video below shows the details of single line reefing on a P31-2. If the boom caps on your Legend
Winch handle safe use Sailfanatic at 6:13pm 07.11.23 Depends on whether racing or not. If racing, prepare the lazy winch with handle in and two turns o
Found On Deck jaysweet at 6:11pm 07.11.23 My vote is for "it may have come from the Travelift when they were launching your boat"
376 Powered Winch Wiring Don S/V ILLusion at 5:58pm 07.11.23 have you not been able to identify what electric winch make/model you have and search the internet f
DIY Electronics? Davidasailor26 at 5:58pm 07.11.23 You can get an Arduino for well under $10. Replicas I presume? Yes, I suppose so. For that matter
Winch handle safe use stickinthemud57 at 5:42pm 07.11.23
Winch handle safe use stickinthemud57 at 5:34pm 07.11.23 To the previous two posts: @rgranger: I have a floating winch handle and a spare floating winch han
Adler/Barbour Refrigerator 37C Tally Ho at 5:25pm 07.11.23 Dan, do you know where the compressor is mounted? Not much to inspect in the cold plate (the phot
Latest Thinking on Holding Tank Additives Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 5:22pm 07.11.23 I'd wait a while to open the pumpout cap too...and to be on the safe side, leave the lid on the to
Winch handle safe use Dalliance at 5:18pm 07.11.23 I hand tack quickly with one or two wraps on the winch to minimize the chance of an over wrap. Then
Winch handle safe use (1) rgranger at 5:09pm 07.11.23 As to your assertion that "the whole world does it one way", my experience, and apparently jssailem
Winch handle safe use Hayden Watson at 5:09pm 07.11.23 Different techniques work for different crews and situations. At the command "Ready about" the new
What is it? Joe at 5:08pm 07.11.23 Wow, looks like it's worth more than the boat. I'll be the p.o. picked it up in a yard sale somewh

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