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Packing Gland Jdaniel343 at 2:16pm 06.09.15 Mid-Size Boats 6/1867 I have a 77 Catalina 27 with an Atomic 4. I purchased the boat recently and just got it in the water
Packing Gland Jdaniel343 at 2:15pm 06.09.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1128 I have a 77 Catalina 27 with an Atomic 4. I purchased the boat recently and just got it in the water
Bare boat charter olegedelman at 1:51pm 06.09.15 Ask All Sailors 3/784 i am pretty sure i will put a boat into charter in the Caribbean, so i am looking for 3 people who a
C-22 NATIONAL's COMING UP SOON! CaptDon01 at 1:50pm 06.09.15 Catalina 22 0/493 HOSTED BY C-22 FLEET-20 JULY 17-22, PORTLAND OREGON Don't sit on the fence to much longer or it w
Just got my first Catalina (1) cudamank at 1:36pm 06.09.15 Smaller Boats 3/1790 Hi All, new here, and just purchased a 1982 Catalina 25 fixed keel. Looking forward to getting some
varnish thinned with acetone? Richard19068 at 1:07pm 06.09.15 Ask All Sailors 13/5242 Good news bad news. The wife said she would put on the third coat of varnish Monday while I was a
A coupla questions about my Cat 22 MatagordaWind at 12:56pm 06.09.15 Catalina 22 11/1824 I have an 83 Catalina 22. When I went down to sail last weekend I noticed the tiller and rudder wer
Another ChartPlotter/Fishfinder Question Ward H at 11:36am 06.09.15 Ask All Sailors 5/909 Will a CP/Fish Finder read depths as shallow as 2 feet? All literature talks about max depth. I
Oday 26 BOOM ATTACHMENT mlindberg1 at 11:03am 06.09.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/520 Stepped the mast on my 26 and have a boom question. Sorry for all the questions but this is new to m
P303 Toilet fix/repair Don Guhr at 10:37am 06.09.15 Pearson 8/1713 What holds the 4 nuts that secure the toilet? How can I access those nuts? Has anyone replaced
Edson Capstan petersquared at 10:30am 06.09.15 Newport 4/1437 I am attempting to put a GPS on the cross bar of the Edson Capstan on my 1987 30 III and in order to
Painful First Sail of the Season entmejia at 10:28am 06.09.15 Smaller Boats 8/1092 So a painful first sail of the season. The weather seemed nice for a day sail, and the spouse was w
222 Table storage Jeff222 at 9:20am 06.09.15 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1138 The 222 that we just purchased came with a folding table like what is shown in the old brochures. I
Too Much Current Into Discharged Battery? rardiH36 at 8:16am 06.09.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1035 Just wondering about something and nothing readily comes up on a Google search. I have on my boat a
Parking Lot Sale in So Cal Freedom77 at 7:56am 06.09.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/628 Just got back from So Cal. Went to Minney's Surplus annual parking lot sale. Got losta kool stuff
Size of my prop shaft? flipcorp at 7:43am 06.09.15 Bigger Boats 2/952 Hi - I need to replace my prop - does anybody know the size of prop puller I need for this? that is
AC Ground Leak - Measuring walmsleyc at 7:04am 06.09.15 Ask All Sailors 8/3890 Our Club has started testing members shore power cords, and have also done in water testing for AC l
Evaporator Coil Leak (1) DaveJ at 6:46am 06.09.15 Catalina 310 23/3701 I'm sure I'm not the only one to have ever done this, but I sure felt embarrassed to tell my wife th
Boat keeps going on port MORNING LIGHT at 6:37am 06.09.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1351 Hi Just bought a Catalina 28 MkII with a Universal xp 25 engine and when running on motor at 4- 5 k
Deck leak on 34 Mike Oldak at 6:29am 06.09.15 Big Boats 10/1085 I have an 84 Hunter 34 and have a leak which shows up inside over the forward sink. I've rebidded t

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Sewing Cushions and Bimini jviss at 5:58am 09.22.23 I'm interested in a direct comparison of the internals of the $450 machine compared to the SailRite
In hull transducer Crazy Dave Condon at 5:36am 09.22.23
Sewing Cushions and Bimini Ward H at 5:21am 09.22.23 Debate? Not me. I asked: oesn't mean every machine or part that comes out of the same factory is of
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Blitz at 5:02am 09.22.23 With regards to the cooling hose, the volume of water consumed by a 1/4 inch hose running down from
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water kappykaplan at 4:57am 09.22.23 I installed the PYI PSS Dripless shaft seal. :plus: That's what I have - replaced with a new one a
Masthead sheave replacement jssailem at 11:19pm 09.21.23 bearing sheeves which remove a lot of friction Nice. Friction is the enemy of a fair lead.
Masthead sheave replacement Hayden Watson at 10:41pm 09.21.23 When I replaced mine, I got the Garhauer ball bearing sheeves which remove a lot of friction. Masthe
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Hayden Watson at 10:37pm 09.21.23 I installed a Lasdrop lip seal and have been very happy with it. On a sailboat, the nipple does not
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water BigEasy at 9:59pm 09.21.23 For my money, the Volvo Penta rubber stuffing box, which also uses a lip seal, is about as cheap an
Masthead sheave replacement jssailem at 9:45pm 09.21.23
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water jssailem at 9:23pm 09.21.23 The shaft seal be it traditional or dripless has nothing to do with your engine. It is all about the
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:22pm 09.21.23 RALPH YOU'RE SUCH A TRADITIONALIST! "Traditionalist humph". You start making fun of my spats :
In hull transducer (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:15pm 09.21.23 Many boats do not have a horizontal surface on which to mount the transducer, Then a moment of si
Sewing Cushions and Bimini jviss at 8:21pm 09.21.23 Has anyone actually compared these other machines to a SailRite. I don't mean physical looks but th
Sewing Cushions and Bimini Ward H at 8:04pm 09.21.23 But know that it's a Chinese made machine that is widely available under different brand names like
In hull transducer dlochner at 7:12pm 09.21.23 How do these idiotic ideas about liquid mounting develop in the first place ? From Airmar. The b
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water RSHunter27 at 7:10pm 09.21.23 If @Tally Ho recommends the Volvo Penta shaft seal, that's about as factual a report as you're goin
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water RSHunter27 at 7:08pm 09.21.23 No experience with the Tides Marine product. It appears to be a lip seal, in a holder, so it is re
2003 Catalina 36 MK11 moisture in the stringers dlochner at 6:58pm 09.21.23
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Ralph Johnstone at 6:56pm 09.21.23 If @Tally Ho recommends the Volvo Penta shaft seal, that's about as factual a report as you're going

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