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Rigging tension Clydo at 10:44pm 07.03.15 Catalina 310 9/4214 Does anyone have Loos Gauge numbers for our rigging? Clyde Thorington C310 # 245 ILEAN TOO
Red letter day Jacomo Sailor at 10:01pm 07.03.15 Catalina 22 7/992 Well tomorrow is the red letter day! I finally got a chance to put in some work on my C22 over the
Aqua Signal Toronto Conversion to LED (1) Andrew A at 6:26pm 07.03.15 Ask All Sailors 2/936 Hi all Has anyone successfully converted the Toronto from halogen to LED (Toronto shown below). T
Raymarine Wheel Pilot fix (2) PGIJon at 5:30pm 07.03.15 Ask All Sailors 18/6476
trailer height delema sugestions? piedpiperIII at 4:40pm 07.03.15 Catalina 22 13/1055 As I stated in another post "axle above the springs" I am trying to lower the trailer for ease of la
Ais boatbeacon wifi issues yorammelnik at 1:12pm 07.03.15 Ask All Sailors 0/637 Hi, I hooked up an ais receiver to a wifi transmitter and I get ais info through the wifi to my and
Jib Furling dificult TFlight at 1:04pm 07.03.15 Big Boats 29/4694 Hi All, I'm new to the "Big Boat" division. I just bought a 2007 Hunter 41DS.:) I was in a 20k
1985 Hunter 23 Lee Helm when Close Hauled DanFleig at 11:33am 07.03.15 Smaller Boats 10/2577 Today was a beautiful day for sailing on the Chesapeake Bay. Winds were gentle, blowing 5-10 (max)
Lewmar Portal screens Ted Pinelli at 7:42am 07.03.15 Catalina 310 9/2295 Just bought a 2003 310. Is there a secret to putting in the plastic window screens? Cant seem to mak
C-22 JULY MainBrace Issue is out! CaptDon01 at 7:32am 07.03.15 Catalina 22 2/731 The July/August issue of the C-22 National Association's magazine the "MainBrace" is now available.
The Eyebrow Jim Legere at 5:19am 07.03.15 The Cherubini Hunters 15/6249 Just finished doing the brightwork on my H37C. Once again I never quite managed to stay ahead of it,
Mast section Tata duende at 5:12am 07.03.15 Mid-Size Boats 1/749 Anyone know the mast section used on the Hunter 280, 1998 model? It has a Z-Spar logo, trying to fin
looking for mate (1) lizdom at 5:03am 07.03.15 Ask All Sailors 64/7456 Last time I ask for any advice hasta LA vista
First Regatta. Jamason at 4:23am 07.03.15 Sails Call Lounge 0/729 Just wanted to say Happy Fourth of July to all you sailors out there. Be safe. And tomorrow will be
yet another Mast crutch thread.... (1) Leeward Rail at 9:58pm 07.02.15 Catalina 22 13/14346 Hello All, I'm in the process of making a mast crutch, and have a few questions for those who have
Depth Gauge Sensor Mounting MaryEllaRose at 7:50pm 07.02.15 Catalina 22 15/2301 There's been numerous posts regarding depth sensors and I've read as many as I can find but I've sti
Maiden Voyage (3) MaryEllaRose at 7:01pm 07.02.15 Catalina 22 18/1510 Mary Ella Rose is finally in the water after two years of fooling around! Pix attached... With a li
Real Ventilation for V Berth (1) Jacktar at 5:52pm 07.02.15 Catalina 22 7/3412 For those of you who have no vent or just a passive vent like a nicro 3" in foredeck or hatch cover
Recommendations for best marina on Lake Travis, TX longterm at 5:50pm 07.02.15 Ask All Sailors 11/2353 I'm moving to Austin, Texas in the next few months and will be relocating my Catalina 30 to Lake Tra
davits for H41 dakno at 4:53pm 07.02.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/653 I have a 08 H41 DS and would like the factory type davits that clip on the ss arch. Who is the vendo

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Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:39pm 12.13.23 I guess getting old hoses off would be easy now that I think of it because you could cut them off wi
Steering wheel on my Catalina 320 is too big? dlochner at 6:15pm 12.13.23 Yes, you lose the leverage from the larger wheel making it more difficult to steer. There is a solu
Hollow Transom Surprise Not Too Shabby at 6:11pm 12.13.23 That makes sense. Thanks for the tips! I did a little gudgeon research and it turns out my boat alr
Re-installing the shaft coupling (1) Ralph Johnstone at 6:11pm 12.13.23 You can put it on tight enough to barely drip, Ah, but do you ever run it with "no drips?" Keep
Any clever ideas about how to blow fresh air into Catalina 320? Ted10028 at 5:57pm 12.13.23 i , m with Peggy ! our hoses were at 20 years and they did stink through the whole boat. No vent c
Re-installing the shaft coupling American_Mainsail at 5:48pm 12.13.23 I'm with you here 100%, Ralph. The Teflon packing material is really good stuff. You can put it on t
Re-installing the shaft coupling (3) Ralph Johnstone at 5:44pm 12.13.23
Solar arch installation pictures on 315 Shagdance at 4:36pm 12.13.23 Yes, but I don't race, so the overall performance was acceptable for me. The main issue is fore/aft
Synthetic Rigging shemandr at 2:49pm 12.13.23 Thank you for reminding me where that video came from. It was good. If I had a trailerable sailboa
Re-installing the shaft coupling dlochner at 2:00pm 12.13.23 There are pros and cons to the dripless seals. I've had PSS Shaft seals on 2 boats. I replaced the o
Re-installing the shaft coupling American_Mainsail at 1:50pm 12.13.23
Re-installing the shaft coupling Straycat22296 at 1:04pm 12.13.23
Preferred Cutlass bearing makes (1) Justin_NSA at 12:41pm 12.13.23 Just some addition info in case anyone is following my project. I contacted LasDrop, makers of my dr
Synthetic Rigging rgranger at 11:44am 12.13.23 ... I wonder about whether chafe is a much bigger issue ... The guy in the Video that @Tedd posted
Synthetic Rigging tfox2069 at 11:36am 12.13.23 Neophyte on this subject, but I wonder about whether chafe is a much bigger issue with synthetic rig
Re-installing the shaft coupling American_Mainsail at 10:22am 12.13.23 The article posted earlier is by Steve D'Antonio a well respected and knowledgeable marine professi
Re-installing the shaft coupling dlochner at 10:11am 12.13.23 The article posted earlier is by Steve D'Antonio a well respected and knowledgeable marine professio
Re-installing the shaft coupling TimFromLI at 9:50am 12.13.23 I did apply anti-sieze but have read since that it should not be done. think about it next time you
Hollow Transom Surprise (3) LakeShark at 9:49am 12.13.23 I'm trying to imagine how threaded rods would allow for me to not drill holes... The grugeons ar
dropping the rudder for maintenance colin59 at 7:07am 12.13.23 thks... Colin

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