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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 8/1813 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 4/1494 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 6/1173 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 23/3988 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 10/1132 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
C&C 110 anchor and windex bulb replacement Oriondriver at 5:38am 06.09.15 C&C 2/1377 Need to replace bulbs...anyone know which kind,make and model?Thanks
Meet Dick, from the Internet (1) Phil Herring at 5:24am 06.09.15 Sails Call Lounge 5/1850 Relevant.
Spinnaker (asymmetrical) VS Whisker Pole Rleiby at 4:43am 06.09.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/3957 I'm interested in your experience on which option is the most effective way of sailing down wind on
Engine blower (B361) Philip_Oceanis 361 at 1:27am 06.09.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2376 I need to replace the engine (bildge) blower of my Beneteau 361. Currently I have a Plastimo (item r
Lower Chain Plates (5) japtenks at 8:54pm 06.08.15 Catalina 30 2/979 Quick question for y'all on the chain plates. The ones on my new old boat look different then the on

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Water /humidity? Ralph Johnstone at 11:39am 11.21.23 Why do we bother? I know what you mean. Perhaps creating a posted black list where, after a pe
Cover for Hunter 39 George Braun at 11:32am 11.21.23 look at ShipShape Canvas in the midwest. They quoted me $2900 for a custom cover for my H36. You c
Funny Friday!!! kappykaplan at 11:29am 11.21.23
Water /humidity? Don S/V ILLusion at 10:49am 11.21.23 This seems yet another of those random questions where lots of people spend (read -waste) time tryin
Hunter 356 - electrical issue when plugging in on the hard Don S/V ILLusion at 10:46am 11.21.23
Funny Friday!!! (1) Kermit at 10:43am 11.21.23
Hunter 306 vertical play on Rudder Stock.......how to fix? colin59 at 10:43am 11.21.23 thks
Which are the best good old daysailers? jimshipsky at 10:28am 11.21.23 B. Bill, Thanks for those suggestions--I'm adding them to my list. I know nothing of the Precisions
Which are the best good old daysailers? Barnacle Bill at 10:21am 11.21.23 I learned to sail on a Flying Scot. Can't say anything bad about them. Others: Rhodes 19 (stated a
Add heat-sink cooling fins to alternator? Brad Hoff at 10:21am 11.21.23 Running the engine a bit cooler can lead to increase in deposits in the combustion chamber and mixi
Hunter 356 - electrical issue when plugging in on the hard Nichole340 at 10:11am 11.21.23 This happened to me last year at a slip in another marina. Mine was reverse polarity and the light
Funny Friday!!! kappykaplan at 9:41am 11.21.23
Head Sail Furler for my Hunter 23 hunter240 at 9:35am 11.21.23 Have been using a CDI furler for around 20 years on my 1998 H 240. When you get it you can cut it to
Funny Friday!!! (1) Kermit at 8:42am 11.21.23
CALLING ON ANYONE WHO HAS A UNIVERSAL 5416 (2) GeorgeC at 8:33am 11.21.23 Hi, I own a 1983 O'Day 30 with a with a Universal 5416 engine. I compared the picture of your engine
Raymarine GPS antenna sensor DRhoads at 8:30am 11.21.23 Concur with Barnstormer -- new battery. fixed mine.
cleaning the fabric covers of cushions chriscampbell at 8:20am 11.21.23
Boom eye - What is this called? Allan12210 at 7:51am 11.21.23 Clever fairlead. In the fiber spinning industry they were called "Pigtails" to guide the filaments a
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 7:37am 11.21.23
Does anyone recognise this windlass? jssailem at 7:03am 11.21.23 The windlass looks like something that could come from either of those seaports. Certainly a piece o

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