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Water Heater wire to breaker fried/breaker trips Bob4203 at 5:55pm 05.10.15 Catalina 30 13/2835 I hope someone can give me some sound advice here. My Catalina is the 1988 Mark II model. My hot wat
Tough landing... Doug/Karen at 5:38pm 05.10.15 Big Boats 14/2376 Recently, in the process of making a windy entrance into our slip, I managed to drag the starboard p
20 oday mast part? 10th street YC at 5:33pm 05.10.15 Ask An Oday Owner 4/950 I am entering my 1st season owning a sail boat - my 20' oday main mast has a part missing (I am gu
What size for a smaller headsail? Indysailor at 4:33pm 05.10.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/548 Currently I just have one headsail for my ODay 23, a 135% genoa. It works quite well much of the tim
Universal Glow plug rewire issue Sefuller at 4:03pm 05.10.15 Ask All Sailors 2/2386 I did the rewire of the trailer harness connectors on our boat two seasons ago, and installed an Ech
Dimensions of stove top for B361 bshock at 3:47pm 05.10.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/744 Hi All, does anyone have the dimensions of the stock two-burner stove top that comes with the B361?
Painting hint using interlux brightside Bfranchini at 2:24pm 05.10.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/4172 The weather is finally good enough to start painting the boats so I decided to practice on Puffin, o
Packing material size a65sailor at 12:38pm 05.10.15 Big Boats 4/843 I wondered if anyone knew what size packing I need for an 83 H34 packing gland. Thanks.
salon cushion covers Emanuela at 12:20pm 05.10.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/728 Does any body know the amount of material needed to cover the cushions on a 473 Beneteau oceanis sa
bulkhead replacement on an ODAY 25. sdstef at 11:18am 05.10.15 Day Sailers 4/1851 It looks like it is my turn now to replace my bulkheads. Water ingress has rotted some of the area
ST 4000 + display unit Retiring type at 10:08am 05.10.15 Parts Search 2/1151 Does anyone have a display unit for a Raymarine ST 4000+ autopilot system they could part with?
Boat lifts S. Shaner at 9:36am 05.10.15 Smaller Boats 5/1202 Hello. I'm moving the Hunter 22 to a new lake with a residential dock at the house we'll be using. A
Replacement traveller car, 3:1 purchase, 1981 ddeese4 at 9:30am 05.10.15 Catalina 30 3/953 Any suggestions for locating a replacement traveller car, 3:1 purchase, cleats on ends for 1981 Cat
Mainsail Slide Stop Soul_Asset at 9:17am 05.10.15 Sabre Sailboats 1/1898 I have a 1988 Sabre 30 MKIII sailboat. I need a new mainsail slide stop. Any suggestions on where I
racor fuel filter Charlie98117 at 9:08am 05.10.15 Ask All Sailors 3/1156 I was looking up replacement filter numbers and found the primary diesel filter installed on my boat
What type of line is this? (1) Ward H at 8:17am 05.10.15 Ask All Sailors 12/1560 Anyone know what type line the black flecked line is? The green fleck is Samson XLS Yacht Braid.
Motor controls in cockpit Windtherapy at 7:50am 05.10.15 Day Sailers 12/3650 Has anybody added motor controls to the cockpit on a 26' O'day or could be a 23'-30" as well. Just
v belt rubbing on hex bolt newboatowner at 6:07am 05.10.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/752 Welcome back to boat season with the run on aspirin. I have an annoying problem that has existe
Temp gauge resistance range? flipcorp at 5:04am 05.10.15 Bigger Boats 2/841 O'day 37, Yanmar 3QM30H I am having the devils own time getting my temp gauge to work. The PO fit
ODay 322 Packing Gland Wrench advice PatTormey at 4:34am 05.10.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/717 The Packing Gland on my 87 ODay 322 seems to have crown nuts and is badly gummed up by the dreaded g

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Spontaneous combustion MikeHoncho at 6:48am 09.09.23 This happed to a neighbor from fresh bark mulch. It was caught in time to prevent a disaster. Not j
How do I sail from one point to the other? High Current at 6:47am 09.09.23
Spontaneous combustion MikeHoncho at 6:44am 09.09.23 Another storage option is a covered metal garbage can filled with water. The oils will continue to
Cooling water temperatture gauges on Yanmar 3YM20 kloudie1 at 6:33am 09.09.23 Most likely not a Catalina item, probably added by previous owner .. The gauge itself should have ma
Spontaneous combustion Bob S at 6:32am 09.09.23 This happed to a neighbor from fresh bark mulch. It was caught in time to prevent a disaster. Not ju
Spontaneous combustion dlochner at 6:10am 09.09.23 Another storage option is a covered metal garbage can filled with water.
How do I sail from one point to the other? dlochner at 6:08am 09.09.23 The wind is not your only concern and it is the easiest to manage. In coastal and ocean sailing tide
Spontaneous combustion thinwater at 6:06am 09.09.23 Electrical - more specifically, unfused battery cables, IMHO The one fire I actually saw start wa
I have an 1985 Hunter 40 Legend, Aft Built-in Holding Tank Information tkwhalen at 6:06am 09.09.23 I don't have any pictures but I repaired mine twice back when I had an 85 "40". It is no fun. As you
How do I sail from one point to the other? Tally Ho at 5:56am 09.09.23
H49/50 battery replacement tkwhalen at 5:53am 09.09.23 Like Nate I would be happy to discuss with you what I did. One difference is I decided to use a lith
Spontaneous combustion RoyS at 5:43am 09.09.23 Electrical - more specifically, unfused battery cables, IMHO
Florida Marina reconciliation? dlochner at 5:20am 09.09.23 Try searching with Dockwa.com or Snagaslip.com. The 2 months probably won't be an issue, the $600 a
How do I sail from one point to the other? (1) garymalmgren at 5:05am 09.09.23
How do I sail from one point to the other? (1) Davidasailor26 at 4:58am 09.09.23
Winter Cover - Midwest LakeOntario270 at 4:54am 09.09.23 I use two 18' x 24' heavy duty tarps mounted over a home built frame. https://www.tarpsupply.com/pro
Adding second reef to main sail? Ward H at 4:42am 09.09.23 Back to the use of a Cunningham for a minute. I thought the Cunningham was used to add luff tensio
Hunter 320 Steering Issue (4) sailcapt340 at 4:19am 09.09.23
Hunter 320 Steering Issue sailcapt340 at 3:56am 09.09.23 Are you sure you need to remove the bolt? A few years back my friend had his 340 ball joint linkage
Used sail? morbidfollower at 10:57pm 09.08.23 Above 20kts, I'd be flying a 75 jib if I had a choice. Dang sure not a 135. I like it when the stic

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