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Wheel control lines (1) drdanj at 2:50pm 07.24.15 Big Boats 2/1264 A recent email from Catalina Direct warned about the "cross wire idler" mechanism under the Edson pe
Runing Wire down Mast Beneteau 321 at 1:26pm 07.24.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2311 Planing on installing a wind speed /direction on mast head,on our 1997 Beneteau 321 any helpful hint
Please share your H34 bare sole underside PGIJon at 12:20pm 07.24.15 Big Boats 3/736 At least for me, it would sure help me if those with a H34 could post pictures of the cabin minus th
Need info on Rigging a 17 ft Oday Day Sailer Big_John23 at 11:13am 07.24.15 Day Sailers 6/7448 Hey I have a 17 ft Oday Day Sailer and don't know how to 100% rig the sails and boom. If any one kno
Rebedding Upper & Lower Chain Plates myboatfruition at 10:44am 07.24.15 Catalina 310 7/3273 I have recently purchased a new to me Cat 310, hull number 15. I would like to work my way around t
Seaclear and Raymarine lehigh375 at 8:57am 07.24.15 Ask All Sailors 1/1065 I created a route with Seaclear that is saved as a .SRW file. I also have a chart that is saved as
Venture 21 Max Motor Weight? RichieR at 8:54am 07.24.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 28/7639 Hi guys. So i prob should have asked this before i bought the engine a month ago.... but anyways. I
Sealant wflowe2 at 7:34am 07.24.15 Ask All Sailors 7/1484 Going to replace a horn cleat used for the jib furling line on a '87 Hunter 28.5. The cleat is thru
Oday 25 Centerboard Pendant specs NCC Orion at 7:27am 07.24.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1313 Wondering if anyone would know what the specs might be for the Centerboard Pendant on a 1980 Oday 25
Critical Steering System Upgrade - C310 2004 and earlier (3) JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 5:41am 07.24.15 Catalina 310 13/6890 I don't know how many of you other C310 owners get the Catalina Direct emails but a very important w
single handed set-up Hobopacket at 5:14am 07.24.15 Catalina 22 21/2777 Can someone direct to a post about the conversion to run lines to the cockpit for single handing?
Rusty Keel bolts RichardAldrich at 12:29am 07.24.15 Islander 1/2905 We have a 36 Islander. The visual part of the keel bolts are in various stages of being rusted from
Finally a new owner Bladeswell at 10:33pm 07.23.15 Smaller Boats 4/1641 Hello everyone, Well, I finally did it. I am now the new owner of Hull #973,
relocating the battery (1) srust58 at 10:21pm 07.23.15 Sirius 21/22 2/2177 I relocated the battery from under the cockpit where it was a pain to access to the forward dinette
Leaks chicagodave at 2:51pm 07.23.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1883 I have traced a cabin leak to a stanchion. The stanchion has a "star" bolt and an escutcheon plate
bulbs for anchor light (2) Hobopacket at 1:53pm 07.23.15 Catalina 22 11/1637 Can someone direct me where to get these bulbs? Thanks! Better yet LED bulbs? I am guessing if I w
Hunter 26 poptop canvas (2) Fred at 1:00pm 07.23.15 Smaller Boats 8/2954 We are cruising the North Channel (Lake Huron) and we had a quiet day so I decided to install the po
Oil Pressure Sensor Wiring (2) c130king at 12:45pm 07.23.15 Catalina 310 14/4604 Backstory: When I first bought Polaris three years ago I used to always get the low oil pressure wa
Old Main New Jib Compatability? rardiH36 at 12:26pm 07.23.15 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 8/4963 Masthead rigged boat. Per Don, and others, and my own sailing experience, the jib is by far the mos
diesel line RAD88 at 11:52am 07.23.15 Ask All Sailors 3/976 Hi I have a diesel return line - woven SS with banjo connectors- that has started leaking. Where do

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Selden in-mast furling questions Sailor Sue at 9:09am 12.20.23 Progress report: Thanks to the Selden manual we determined the sail was rolled the wrong way. (And
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review (1) william24424 at 8:45am 12.20.23 I started as a review of the Bene 34.1, because charter companies have them available to try...am al
Datamarine wind instrument question dlochner at 8:04am 12.20.23 No drop in replacement. Datamarine has been out of business a long time. However, several of their t
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review shemandr at 7:35am 12.20.23 Not sure I agree about a plumb bow. I will agree it adds waterline and hence speed - at least while
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review (5) william24424 at 7:09am 12.20.23 Thanks for finding a PHRF rating, surprised the Old Cal 33 holds up. Racing and performance is impor
Selden in-mast furling questions (1) kbgunn at 6:42am 12.20.23
Beneteau Oceanis 34.1 Review PJL at 6:24am 12.20.23 Saw comments about handholds inside. My Hunter passage 42 did not have them either; now it does...
Re-rigging without mast removal. Jim_H42 at 4:50am 12.20.23 I have a 1992 Hunter Passage 42 which has a B&R rig with a backstay and masthead jib. I had to remo
Compression post repair tampahokie at 4:47am 12.20.23 Irwin made my '84CC38' with an inner pan that rests inside the hull. The inner pan has the molded s
Hatch leak repair dlochner at 4:46am 12.20.23
ISO Port Light gaskets for 1988 Irwin CC tampahokie at 4:31am 12.20.23 Awhile back, I replaced all the opening portlites with New Found Metals products. They're really ni
Hatch leak repair Tally Ho at 4:10am 12.20.23 That's pretty typical. The blue stuff is probably Interlux Watertite fairing compound. It serves 2
Prop rotation question kappykaplan at 2:12am 12.20.23 And with some elbow grease and buffing compounds it could look that way again, until it is in the w
Selden in-mast furling questions Ralph Johnstone at 8:54pm 12.19.23 ".I'm curious if Hunter includes any of the Selden manuals in their owner's manual." I know that wh
S2 7.3 Documented Vessel? mtb369 at 8:11pm 12.19.23 Looks like you're stuck with state registration numbers on your bow. ;) :beer: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Seaward Fox 19 bilge information rgranger at 7:43pm 12.19.23 If you want a manual bilge pump, for a 19 foot boat I would consider a kayak/paddlers bilge pump. I
Hatch leak repair (1) dlochner at 7:12pm 12.19.23
Selden in-mast furling questions Sailor Sue at 6:58pm 12.19.23 For a small fee, I can let you have the "Official Selden Installation Manual" and a few other items
Prop rotation question dlochner at 6:58pm 12.19.23 :plus: My MaxProp used to look like that! And with some elbow grease and buffing compounds it co
Selden in-mast furling questions (4) Ralph Johnstone at 5:51pm 12.19.23 For a small fee, I can let you have the "Official Selden Installation Manual" and a few other items

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