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Packing Gland Jdaniel343 at 2:15pm 06.09.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1169 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 3/809 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 0/496 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 3/1873 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 13/5536 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 11/1895 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 5/958 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 2/534 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 8/1815 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 4/1497 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 8/1130 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 6/1175 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 8/1063 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 2/648 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 2/993 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 8/4043 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 23/3989 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 7/1419 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 10/1135 I have an 84 Hunter 34 and have a leak which shows up inside over the forward sink. I've rebidded t
Jabsco 2620 (2) All U Get at 5:52am 06.09.15 Ask All Sailors 3/711 Hi all, I had replaced this raw water pump and set the old one on the shelf for repairs. When we

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Funny Friday!!! Kermit at 7:45pm 11.21.23
cleaning the fabric covers of cushions Project_Mayhem at 7:42pm 11.21.23 Steam cleaners are awesome. If you find a "broken" one for cheap, they can usually be "fixed" by run
Funny Friday!!! Kermit at 7:31pm 11.21.23
Boom eye - What is this called? Project_Mayhem at 7:22pm 11.21.23 Thanks everyone, yes this one is definitely not coming off without force. Screw heads are mostly
Trolling Motor as Auxiliary Project_Mayhem at 7:12pm 11.21.23 I had a 12v 36lbs trolling motor on my Starwind 19. It worked great on calm days on Lake Michigan. N
Raymarine GPS antenna sensor Blitz at 6:56pm 11.21.23 While it true that there is no "use by" date, it is also true that the various GPS units have used d
Water /humidity? Don S/V ILLusion at 6:18pm 11.21.23 There could be a couple of issues. You are new at the use of a forum. You get up the courage to po
H38 - How to prevent anchor chain piling up and jamming windlass dkinzer at 5:53pm 11.21.23 I have seen a suggestion of putting a small traffic cone in the anchor locker. I haven't tried this
Water /humidity? jssailem at 5:41pm 11.21.23 There could be a couple of issues. You are new at the use of a forum. You get up the courage to p
Hunter 356 - electrical issue when plugging in on the hard artboas at 5:34pm 11.21.23 Thanks Rich, I tried all the above and even bought brand new extension cords (heavy duty gauge). I
Funny Friday!!! (1) jssailem at 5:32pm 11.21.23
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 5:25pm 11.21.23 Just a suggestion Work the legs man work the legs.. Everyone knows a 6pack on a frog just gives you
Raymarine GPS antenna sensor (1) dkinzer at 5:18pm 11.21.23 The antenna doesn't have a use by date so I would suggest there is some other problem. While it tr
Hunter 356 - electrical issue when plugging in on the hard Knotallthere at 5:08pm 11.21.23 Get an outlet tester and test the outlet that you are connecting to. If that is good, then test th
Cover for Hunter 39 (1) Tally Ho at 4:30pm 11.21.23
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Hayden Watson at 4:28pm 11.21.23 I may be wrong but don't see how engine room temp will measurably affect engine temp. I have marini
Hunter 306 vertical play on Rudder Stock.......how to fix? Brinky63 at 4:21pm 11.21.23 what I was looking for was the site where those instructions and diagrams are located. The manual o
Raymarine GPS antenna sensor artboas at 3:52pm 11.21.23 Concur with Barnstormer -- new battery. fixed mine. Definitely .
Cover for Hunter 39 diduljc at 3:47pm 11.21.23 Jim Welinski, saying he would have respond with a quote within a week. They have an impressive websi
Cover for Hunter 39 diduljc at 3:45pm 11.21.23 George, thanks for your prompt response and useful advice. I logged on to the Ship Shape Canvas webs

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