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Best BBQ for Catalina 22 sailorwife at 6:21am 06.07.15 Catalina 22 8/4047 I would like to get my husband a small BBQ for his Catalina 22 for Father's Day. Do you have a reco
Maintenance Schedules NICK1951 at 6:18am 06.07.15 Musings With Maine Sail 11/3311 MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES Good Morning Maine and all others, I appreciate your thoughts on routine
Faucet replacement on 2001 Hunter 410 grasshay at 6:10am 06.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2230 Hi All, I just purchased a 2001 Hunter 410. The finish on the faucets are corroded and need to b
engine coolant exhaust hull location wheelsteering27 at 5:28am 06.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1105 where is the thru hull for sea water engine exhaust; is it on the bottom or side of the hull. when m
Capt License/one eye CYQK at 3:23am 06.07.15 Ask All Sailors 21/7171 Lost an eye in an accident Can you qualify for a 6pack capt license with only one good eye??? C
Looking for a 6' to 10' piece of mast ris at 2:31am 06.07.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/658 Just wondered if anyone had the bottom of a bent of messed up mast. If we cannot find one will just
Water logged rudder? SFKjeld at 1:38am 06.07.15 Smaller Boats 5/971 I had some issues with the rudder on my 23.5 that were discussed on this forum a few weeks ago. Duri
Adler Barbour Cold Machine Died Terry Cox at 10:08pm 06.06.15 Big Boats 2/1247 Both of the original 1991 Adler Barbour Cold Machines have been faithful to our needs over the years
Dometic Adler Barbour Cold Machine Terry Cox at 9:03pm 06.06.15 Musings With Maine Sail 6/4886 Hi Maine Sail, just finished installing a CU-100 Adler Barbour Cold Machine with a vertical box evap
Modifying a powerboat cover to fit a Catalina 22 Leeward Rail at 8:55pm 06.06.15 Catalina 22 2/599 Modifying a vhull runabout powerboat cover to fit a Catalina 22... Has anyone tried this ?
motor length for Hunter 25 skipr00 at 8:11pm 06.06.15 Smaller Boats 7/1152 Planning on purchase of new motor (either 8 or 9.9 HP electric start) for Hunter 25. Is there an adv
First reef 1998 Catalina 320 Linde32 at 7:07pm 06.06.15 Mid-Size Boats 2/2086 I have a 1998 Catalina 320. The first reef comes back to the cockpit on the port side block. Mine se
Need new winches for Hunter 23 (1) tmberthold at 6:56pm 06.06.15 Smaller Boats 2/909 The winches are Maxwell #14 one-speed and I could not find them in the web store here. Now what do I
Suggestions for interior finish solodare at 6:55pm 06.06.15 Ask All Sailors 27/3759 The interior on my 1970 venture 22 is probably not that bad to some, but I'm OCD so.....I got that g
Mad RideTheWind at 6:09pm 06.06.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1440 So we have been in a bit of a drought. However, it's been raining for about 2 weeks. I was stoked be
Wing keel performance Bonhommecove at 5:55pm 06.06.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 18/7027 i am in the process of assessing for purchase a 2002 Catalina 310 with wing keel and double spreader
Swing Keel Galvanizing atrometer at 4:33pm 06.06.15 Catalina 22 3/915 I read when doing the bottom you should coat the keel with Rustoleum Cold Galvanizng treatment. Is
So American Pharaoh wins the thriple crown kito at 4:28pm 06.06.15 Sails Call Lounge 6/2800 And the midget gets all the glory. The horse was sweating like a whore on nickel night and they give
Which Model Cable Tensioner for a Hunter 23 Monoceros2 at 4:05pm 06.06.15 Smaller Boats 3/765 All- Being a novice, I was not aware that I was supposed to use a tension gauge when rigging
Holding T ball fittings in place isaksp00 at 1:10pm 06.06.15 Smaller Boats 5/1065 Due to needing a new upper shroud my mast is still down, so I can think about better ways to ensure

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Push Button Starter Testing kappykaplan at 1:17pm 09.19.23
Boomvang mast fitting, Hunter 23.5 Crazy Dave Condon at 1:15pm 09.19.23 @CrispyCringle Thank you for that detailed explanation
Push Button Starter Testing sailcapt340 at 1:10pm 09.19.23
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Hayden Watson at 1:07pm 09.19.23 I sent you a PM Those mechanical thermostates are pretty much junk. The only thing that they can
310 questions from a potential buyer jssailem at 12:49pm 09.19.23
Replace Maxwell 500 windlass circuit breaker (1) Ralph Johnstone at 12:30pm 09.19.23 I would say to look at the Maxwell 500 specs and see what is required in the way of maximum amperage
Alternatives to NER Salsa (better price, less ugly) bellrock9 at 11:47am 09.19.23 Lanex Meltemi fix, 10mm. Google it. .79/ft from a company in Jamestown. Used for my 3:1/6:1 mainshe
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment skunther at 11:31am 09.19.23 This seems to be a recurring topic. My response to related question last spring seems relevant. I
Discharge of sewage over 3 miles Dalliance at 10:57am 09.19.23 Good point, I do the same as far as removing the speed sensor, but I had never thought about removi
Gelcoat flaking off - how to fix GMS.Homer at 10:56am 09.19.23 Seems to be just the stern/transom area. the side don't have this. Other than being dirty, the res
Boomvang mast fitting, Hunter 23.5 CrispyCringle at 10:54am 09.19.23 The mast pin on the 23.5 is pretty beefy. And the width of the vang hinge is wide. I dont recall the
Boomvang mast fitting, Hunter 23.5 Dalliance at 10:51am 09.19.23 Call Garhauer. When I bought my rigid vang from them, they made custom mounting plates to match th
Discharge of sewage over 3 miles Techstyle at 10:50am 09.19.23 I have a similar section on my check list. I also have to pull and drain the through hull tri-data
Gelcoat flaking off - how to fix (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:46am 09.19.23 220076 I've got to confess, I've never seen gel coat come away like that in addition to the OP's po
Discharge of sewage over 3 miles Dalliance at 10:44am 09.19.23 220070 that's all I do!! I have a similar section on my check list. I also have to pull and drain
05 hunter 41ds cabin lighting P12nash at 10:32am 09.19.23 I did the same thing as Senang on my H38. It works great and provides a lot better light. I will s
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:30am 09.19.23 220075
Rudder counterbalance? Tsatzsue at 10:29am 09.19.23 219623 But if you want to conduct an experiment and see if swinging the sheet to windward and then
Rudder counterbalance? rgranger at 10:24am 09.19.23 I agree 100% with rgrainger. Uhg.... and from someone with a French last name to bout. :facepalm
Universal M25: strange water temp alarm behavior sorcererdog at 10:23am 09.19.23 Thank you for your suggestions. Will check this out and let you know.

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