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Bulb Questions and Confusion - Automotive-type Bulbs jviss at 12:01pm 07.18.23 Ask All Sailors 12/1166 So, I'm confused. First, the LED replacement bulb I bought for my anchor light, a Dr. LED Polar S
Head toilet not flushing to holding tank. chriscampbell at 8:59am 07.18.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 25/3441 I'm sure this has been answered here, but I've searched and not coming up with answers yet. I have
Universal diesel M18 v belt replacement BTC1984 at 7:28am 07.18.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 34/4274
Oday 19 Rudder (3) boardmanlake at 6:43am 07.18.23 Day Sailers 3/1106 I am restoring the tiller handle and rudder for my Oday 19 that I recently purchased and ran into a
New Seaward/Whale S-600 water heater leaking fresh water? jonelli at 12:19am 07.18.23 Ask All Sailors 15/953 Hi All, I recently replaced my water heater because it was old and I had a coolant leak which turned
Gelcoat repair (1) elcojo2 at 8:10pm 07.17.23 Ask All Sailors 11/1921 I have try to performed a gelcoat repair using spectrum repair kit for catalina sailboat. Follow th
exhaust system on 1997 Hunter 310 CharlieAnn at 7:21pm 07.17.23 Ask All Sailors 5/490 muffler seam to leak water into bilge, where should I look to find where leak is coming from.
Let's Buy A Sailboat Don Guillette at 4:37pm 07.17.23 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 15/3390 I've had some interesting phone conversations over the years and this one was high on the interestin
Macerator thru hull not in use Jason and Dina at 2:18pm 07.17.23 Catalina 30 3/663
Topside paint McPhee at 11:12am 07.17.23 Mid-Size Boats 13/1431 Hey everyone, I'm searching for the white paint I should put on my cockpit/deck to roughly match. T
Water proofing zippers.... NYSail at 7:15am 07.17.23 Ask All Sailors 11/1242 So new bimini zippers leak. What product do people use to waterproof them. thanks Greg
Vent Hose Project_Mayhem at 6:11am 07.17.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1010 I'm about replace an MSD porta pottie. The current vent hose is old and barely reached the last time
two questions - 2008 H36 George Braun at 4:56am 07.17.23 Big Boats 6/916 1 - anyone know the AWG of main battery connection cables offhand? I forgot to measure this weekend.
Marine air unit will exhibit a loud buzzing noise after it reaches temp and fan stops discovery at 4:39am 07.17.23 Big Boats 0/5 Unit runs fine for days but then after a cycle it makes a loud buzzing noise after cycle and it grow
Marine aire 16 k btu unit will make loud buzzing sound after shut down discovery at 4:33am 07.17.23 Ask All Sailors 4/603 My aft air conditioner unit will operate normally for days then after a cycle and fan is off exhibit
Catalina 27 shore power vs battery BTC1984 at 6:25pm 07.16.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1784 When I'm connected to shore power I turn off my batteries switch. My cabin lights work fine if the
Why is there not a specific forum for Catalina 27 ? BTC1984 at 6:16pm 07.16.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1054 Cat 27
Clean main sail cover (3) zinahewitt at 5:57pm 07.16.23 Ask All Sailors 12/1070 Hi All, I hope your week is going well, not too hot, not too rainy. I have a main sail cover. Look
Ground isolated from water (1) PK123 at 3:28pm 07.16.23 Ask All Sailors 2/429 I posted previously about the short life of my zincs and am thinking that this is perhaps something
skylight replacement turk397 at 2:30pm 07.16.23 Big Boats 0/488 Hunter 33.5, has anyone replaced the center skylight with a hatch?

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Deck Painting Project_Mayhem at 5:46am 04.10.25 This guy did a great job on his 22. There's a few tips on painting in there as well Catalina 22 Pain
YANMAR 4JHE WINTERIZING Rick.johnson at 5:46am 04.10.25 Hi Greg Thank you have help me out in the past Correct when i try an pore the PAF in top of the per
Alternator Terminals - Please help before I fry things! Project_Mayhem at 5:39am 04.10.25 After reading through mainesail's articles again, I think I'm going to try rebuilding my Prestolite
Outhaul modifications fred1diver at 5:35am 04.10.25 Yes it was a roller boom, I still have the hand crank for it, I use it to aligne the boom early spri
Looking for ideas on galley remodel Project_Mayhem at 5:33am 04.10.25 Ok good advice everyone, thank you as for the step, there is not much I can do about that; the low
Looking for ideas on galley remodel fred1diver at 5:32am 04.10.25 Ok good advice everyone, thank you as for the step, there is not much I can do about that; the lowe
Forestay question goharris at 5:30am 04.10.25 Right... I knew that, sort of.. I found the correct pin with the help of CatalinaDirect. 5/16th dia
Looking for ideas on galley remodel Project_Mayhem at 5:28am 04.10.25 Like a boat, look at how you use the galley, not how you think you want to use it. Analyze your habi
Hatch boards vents Project_Mayhem at 5:25am 04.10.25 Mudwasps and spiders are particularly fond of our boat for some reason Spiders are fond of all boa
Haylard "traveler" on very old Flexible Furler - replacement or rig? kappykaplan at 4:46am 04.10.25 sail coat McLube Sailkote Dry Lubricant - use it every year when I put the jib on its furler
Possible deck issue? AndyKW25 at 4:38am 04.10.25 Thanks for the replies, everyone. We are going to have it hauled out today and inspected. Fingers cr
Looking for ideas on galley remodel Urban Hermit at 4:23am 04.10.25 If this helps: I recently replaced my home kitchen countertops. A bit of research prior showed For
Haylard "traveler" on very old Flexible Furler - replacement or rig? Timm R Oday25 at 4:20am 04.10.25 Feeding the number 6 sail tape up the slot proved to be the most difficult part . Copious quanities
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dlochner at 4:03am 04.10.25 One thing I don't understand is how to know if your foresail needs to be replaced other than lookin
Mainsail Question SailingLoto at 3:59am 04.10.25 https://www.facebook.com/share/194pnq7jpg This guy is in Missouri and has sails that fit your boat
Haylard "traveler" on very old Flexible Furler - replacement or rig? (2) flyingwaspsailing at 3:00am 04.10.25 Hi - I went to replace the halyard on my older flexible furler and was confronted with a haylard de
Outhaul modifications shemandr at 2:57am 04.10.25 There's got to be a better way. I would be inclined to design a new system on paper maybe even make
Haylard "traveler" on very old Flexible Furler - replacement or rig? flyingwaspsailing at 2:47am 04.10.25 I ran into the exact same problem last summer . I work in a very large machine shop . After making
Haylard "traveler" on very old Flexible Furler - replacement or rig? flyingwaspsailing at 2:44am 04.10.25 Is the line glued into the traveler of somehow hot molded? Maybe cut it off, drill out and reglue.
Haylard "traveler" on very old Flexible Furler - replacement or rig? flyingwaspsailing at 2:43am 04.10.25 Hey thanks everyone - , that seems to be the case - i.e. you need the plastic traveler inserted in

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