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Propeller Richit at 4:31pm 02.08.15 Catalina 310 19/3161 Hi all, Does anyone have the stats on the standard 3 blade propeller used on the production 310 u
standing rigging for 8.5 bikelessman at 3:49pm 02.08.15 S2 6/1771 I was looking over the wire standing rigging on my recently purchased 8.5. I believe the rigging is
Bilge Pump (1) KZW at 2:43pm 02.08.15 Catalina 310 8/1947 The Sahara S500 bilge pump in my boat died last week. I cleaned it a month ago as the float had been
Racor rsotomayor at 1:21pm 02.08.15 Engines and Propulsion 9/1954 Hello. What would be the right size Racor for a Yanmar 3G . My used B 321 has a 60GPH Racor . I bel
Lifelines Rick D at 12:12pm 02.08.15 Ask All Sailors 13/2198 Well, it looks like US Sailing will adopt the ISAF ban on high-tech rope lifelines next year. Sorry
Bulkhead Mounted Compass (1) mmhamer at 11:54am 02.08.15 Smaller Boats 8/1153
A/C water line stopcock... Doug/Karen at 11:09am 02.08.15 Big Boats 14/2218 After years of having to reprime the A/C water pump every spring, I have finally decided to install
hot water tank overflowing gettinthere at 10:46am 02.08.15 Ask All Sailors 8/1420 I've had the boat for 6 years and never had this problem until now. We're on a mooring and go to th
How do you know when to replace winch? Monheganlover at 10:09am 02.08.15 Catalina 22 11/2032 I have a '77 C-22 swing keel that I am slowly restoring as I can afford to. I am going to be replac
Securing Batteries in H26 Dfisher at 7:08am 02.08.15 Smaller Boats 7/1097 Does anyone have a picture or description for how their batteries are held down in their H26?. I s
Miami Show CYQK at 6:04am 02.08.15 Ask All Sailors 3/859 Anyone goin this year?? If so a meet up at the crusiers party sat night would be in order!!!!! C
Biggest Waves, Highest Wind Kestle at 5:59am 02.08.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 25/2679 OK, this is not a bragging thread...it is a question of either big waves or high wind, and what you
Prices in Florida Vronsky at 1:18am 02.08.15 Catalina 30 19/3066 Dear All, I'm from Europe. Am thinking of buying a 30 in Florida, and take it to the Caribbean for
Pump for alcohol stove? (1) rkuris at 12:00am 02.08.15 Catalina 30 4/3948 I'm now the proud owner of a 1982 Catalina 30. She still has the original alcohol stove. There is a
Marlow Hunter 37 Juice6576 at 10:54pm 02.07.15 Big Boats 9/1878 How many MH 37 owners out there? We need to get our boat added to the Hunter boat models list.
Insurance Help 1981ZigZag at 5:31pm 02.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/1904 Who know a good place to get a 40 ft hunter legend insured
First sail of 2015 (1) CCrane2299 at 4:31pm 02.07.15 Catalina 22 3/684 Just 22 seconds, but it looks fast! Sails aren't set properly, I was underway by the time I noticed
Projects and solutions for your Siruis21/22 (2) srust58 at 4:19pm 02.07.15 Sirius 21/22 4/2847 How about a thread where we can post ideas, projects and solutions for our boats. This is one
Garboard plug installation pamacm at 3:44pm 02.07.15 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1502 where do you put a garboard plug in an oday 25
Draft question Yellowjeepman at 2:50pm 02.07.15 Ask All Sailors 57/7632 Just a newbee question. I have an O'Day 34 listed as having a 4'3" draft. I assume this is dry weigh

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engine vibration brad minda at 7:45am 12.14.22 in neutral running at dock
Legend 40.5 leak in aft cabin Don S/V ILLusion at 7:43am 12.14.22 Well I checked couple of things, the panel bellow the pedestal, above the bunk seen definitly some
engine vibration sail sfbay at 7:25am 12.14.22 My experience with engine vibration was caused by misalignment of a new shaft. Had to add shims to
Tongue Extensions Tedd at 7:12am 12.14.22 That's a really interesting extension, @B-O-B'03 , I've never seen one like that before. Thanks for
Soccer, World Cup, France beats England Benny17441 at 7:07am 12.14.22 The qualification process starts 3 years before the Cup, as teams all over the World run through the
engine vibration dmax at 6:52am 12.14.22 First question: does the vibration occur when you are in neutral at the dock or only when in forward
Caframo rgranger at 6:41am 12.14.22 It does not make sense to me that you would want to run the fan 24/7. Things start to heat up and
Caframo Captain Larry-DH at 6:30am 12.14.22 You would be MUCH better off running a small dehumidifier. The power draw is the same and they actu
Caframo kloudie1 at 2:59am 12.14.22 Bought a Caframo Sirocco cabin fan a few years ago. They were on sale from West Marine .. Love the f
Caframo Mark Maulden at 10:06pm 12.13.22 Not really interested in dehumidifying. All thru hulls are closed. Just moving some air around. One
Caframo thinwater at 9:03pm 12.13.22 You would be MUCH better off running a small dehumidifier. The power draw is the same and they actua
Soccer, World Cup, France beats England jssailem at 8:54pm 12.13.22 There are no bad teams at this stage of the Cup That is why watching the games is entertaining.
Soccer, World Cup, France beats England Benny17441 at 8:04pm 12.13.22 Argentina just beat Croatia and will play for the Final, whoever wins between France and Morroco.
Loading boat on trailer (3) B-O-B'03 at 6:12pm 12.13.22 211648
Tongue Extensions (4) B-O-B'03 at 5:51pm 12.13.22 I purchased an 18 foot Victoria which came on a Magic tilt trailer with a tongue extension (not sure
Leach Telltales on the Jib (1) thinwater at 4:54pm 12.13.22 ... I have gone, on the racing boats, to marking the sheets for different wind speeds and tack posi
Where is the fuse? kappykaplan at 4:33pm 12.13.22 some boats may have gfi's for each circuit i.e., port outlets and another for the starboard ones :
Where is the fuse? leo310 at 3:59pm 12.13.22 some boats may a gfi's for each circuit ie port outlets and another for the starboard ones
Bed-It Tape is back! Phil Herring at 3:51pm 12.13.22 We'll have it available as soon as the manufacturer can make it. Right now there's no estimate on wh
Bed-It Tape is back! Rjm st.petersburg at 3:42pm 12.13.22 Is there any time frame when we will be able to order this?

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