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Replacing Lewmar 30's with ST 30's gholker at 7:56pm 06.08.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/3080 Need some advice as I've been looking for a set of pre-owned Lewmar 30 ST winches to replace the ori
Half Hull Artist for Beneteau 40? Elevation Drawings? tmatzzie at 7:32pm 06.08.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1279 Hello, I am looking to have a half hull model made for our Beneteau 40 Le Sirene. First, does
Starboard higgs at 7:01pm 06.08.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1406 Does Starboard plastic compress? I want to use it to mount some deck organizers in place of teak.
hydraulic oil for Raymarine autohelm friesen at 6:01pm 06.08.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1005 I need to add a little bit of hydraulic oil to my raymarine autohelm hydraulic drive (It is 8 years
Leaky A/B valve? (1) jonelli at 5:58pm 06.08.15 Catalina 30 7/1369 All of a sudden, i'm getting water seeping back up into the icebox. I haven't had time to take an
How to get water oput of the forward fresh water tank? OS2Dude at 5:48pm 06.08.15 Catalina 30 5/3034 My forward fresh water tank is not emptying. (The starboard settee tan k works fine.) I saw an old
Nice solo sail on Lake Michigan Tally Ho at 5:46pm 06.08.15 Bigger Boats 8/1707 Here is a (long) video of my 26NM solo sail on my Oday 322 this weekend. Nice wind, but chilly on t
Anyone added (Or have) A/C on their 30? OS2Dude at 5:44pm 06.08.15 Catalina 30 18/6222 I have a need to add a marine A/C to our new (to us) 1985 Catalina 30. I can't find a good place fo
Dolphin Selfie Rich Stidger at 5:41pm 06.08.15 Ask All Sailors 20/2600 Let me apologize in advance if this forum is not the right spot for this video post. I thought it m
Raymarine Fluxgate Shuts Down Monterey385 at 5:36pm 06.08.15 Ask All Sailors 12/2028 My fluxgate compass works fine at power up each weekend but after about 2-4 hours the compass shuts
Mounting tv in a 29.5 timangiel at 5:33pm 06.08.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/662 I want to mount a tv in a 1994 29.5 and was wondering if anyone else has done this and where did you
Buying a new main for my H31 IH82BL8 at 4:41pm 06.08.15 Mid-Size Boats 3/952 There's probably a thread here for this but I didn't find it in my cursory search. I'm buying a mai
Steering chain Mhoffpapa at 4:32pm 06.08.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1134 The steering chain in my Hunter 336 snapped. Edson, the manufacturer do the system want around $300.
Cat 27 rear Transom Drain Majestic at 4:14pm 06.08.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/595 The plug that goes thru the upper deck into the transom drain system is broken. I think it's 1/4 inc
Need your opinion (1) Jacomo Sailor at 3:26pm 06.08.15 Catalina 22 4/800 Need some quick opinions. I'm freshening up the gelcote on my 84 C22 and while I'm at it I've decid
port side 110 circuit shiponia at 3:03pm 06.08.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1064 1999 411 Beneteau 3 cabin . All of the GFI outlets on the port side have stopped working. All four
Hood Furler hardware (1) TommmD at 2:53pm 06.08.15 Big Boats 2/1052 Fairly arcane question for anyone with a Hood SL 900 series furler . .I meant to take one of the nyl
lifting mac25 off trailer for bottom painting jonjbfx at 2:44pm 06.08.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 24/6091 OK my first post I am sure of many. I have 79 Mac Venture that has never seen salt. I am on Southe
Beneteau 432 - 1988 Issues - Know anyone? cappat at 1:19pm 06.08.15 Ask All Sailors 2/1260 Hello everyone - I have a 1988 Beneteau 432. There does not seem to be much info out there from ow
Trolling motor and charging Syversens at 12:19pm 06.08.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1170 Hey all, last weekend the mrs and I went on a nice sail without the kids. We did a nice row along th

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Ice box refrigeration kappykaplan at 7:57am 11.17.23 It was there! It is again!
Ice box refrigeration kappykaplan at 7:57am 11.17.23 Picture didn't come through, Bob.. It was there!
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam tfox2069 at 7:49am 11.17.23 You take the batteries to the local scrap metal dealer so they can be recycled. That's what I did.
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 George Braun at 7:47am 11.17.23 :plus::plus: This is what is recommended now. s with a 50Hz wiring The shore power connection ma
Ice box refrigeration kloudie1 at 7:44am 11.17.23 Picture didn't come through, Bob.. I was going to make some smart ash comment about needing a defro
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 (1) JamesG161 at 7:37am 11.17.23
Invest 98L (1) JamesG161 at 7:23am 11.17.23 Potential Tropical Cyclone 22 or the Twenty Second Storm of 2023 Season. It will merge with that
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 artboas at 6:15am 11.17.23 Hey gang- This summer we purchased our new-to-us 2004 Hunter 36. Love it! Unfortunately we ha
Odd Yanmar issue George Braun at 6:13am 11.17.23 Probably added by a PO. Can you determine the brand? Maybe a model #. That would allow you to co
Remove Prop jssailem at 6:05am 11.17.23 it took a LOT of force. That was a good thing. The last thing you want is a prop that pops off eas
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam dLj at 5:59am 11.17.23 A Firefly battery is an AGM battery with a carbon foam mat instead of a glass mat. There is (was) a
Convert Idiot Light to Thermostat Gauge? jssailem at 5:55am 11.17.23 take the wiring going to the warning light and switch it over to a gauge Breaking this query down
Original Portlight Reseal Ranzo at 5:01am 11.17.23 Just an update: I called Catalina Direct and they were super helpful and friendly! Unfortunately, th
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Terry Cox at 4:41am 11.17.23
Emergency Tiller john2 at 3:38am 11.17.23 I can make some photo's and measurements this weekend john.
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kappykaplan at 2:46am 11.17.23 I ran the engine in gear for 45 minutes tied to the dock. No surges or hiccups. Smooth as silk. We
Convert partial battens to full battens Ward H at 2:02am 11.17.23 Last winter we had a new main sail built. Our sailmaker/rigger spent several hours on the phone with
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Ward H at 12:03am 11.17.23 Good to hear John
2gm20f water heater circuit Ken13559 at 11:48pm 11.16.23 Where I sail, you won't want to shower with hot/warm water.
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Ralph Johnstone at 9:59pm 11.16.23 Budgie smuggler Budgie ? I dunno. Looks more like a large pigeon to me. Either that, or somewh

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