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Bottom paint for a lake Cat36Amoore at 5:55pm 04.26.15 Ask All Sailors 10/3442 My Catalina 27, 1983 is in need of bottom paint. When I purchased the boat two years ago the survey
Jabsco fresh water pump Gzito at 5:55pm 04.26.15 Bigger Boats 2/1422 Have a jabsco 46400-9500 fresh water pump that keeps running with a slight hiss at the pump. Filled
trailer extension while attached to truck piedpiperIII at 5:28pm 04.26.15 Catalina 22 26/2494 I have read and re read posts from here and others so I understand the extension proses. But chockin
Replacement bilge hatch woverend at 5:28pm 04.26.15 Bigger Boats 2/1108 Does anyone have any ideas on replacing the wooden hatch cover that has the cutout for the mast? Pre
Shaft Anode Question? pateco at 5:19pm 04.26.15 Ask All Sailors 24/3859 While I was cleaning the bottom during a snorkeling trip a couple of weeks ago I noticed my shaft an
Zar Rib owners? Don S/V ILLusion at 5:14pm 04.26.15 Ask All Sailors 0/760 Long shot question - anyone here own one?
12 Volt Supply for Hobbs Mater Marc14857 at 4:31pm 04.26.15 Ask All Sailors 5/853 12 Volt Supply for Hobbs Meter As discussed by many on this forum the hour meter died again on my n
Selden In Mast Main Furling Line Marc14857 at 4:26pm 04.26.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/2135 Does anyone know for sure what size the furling line is for the Selden in mast main? Hunter owners m
Wall and headliner repair NiceBeny at 4:25pm 04.26.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1496 What is the best brand glue for gluing the vinyl back together?
Need picture of hunter vision 32 rigging Mhutchinson at 4:04pm 04.26.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1394 I need help if you have some picture of the rigging at the mast. I took it all apart to remove the m
Holding tank deck access cstonedent at 3:27pm 04.26.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2558 After spring launch of our B311 I can not open the holding tank access on deck. I have tried wd 40,
Macerator Pump simply installed: Dumping of Sewage Regular Guy at 2:46pm 04.26.15 Ask All Sailors 2/6884 Hello to all, I created a thread at Hunter Owners - Smaller Boats about putting a macerator pump di
O'say 23-2 wirong question Ziradog at 2:10pm 04.26.15 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1633 O'day 23-2 wiring question The wiring on my boat (1983 model) is the usual mishmash of original fac
Bottom Painting Pricing Computation SailMaster at 2:02pm 04.26.15 Ask All Sailors 3/941 I just had a non boating person ask me this. When the yard prices a bottom paint job, are they prici
O'day 23-2 mast rake? Ziradog at 2:01pm 04.26.15 Day Sailers 5/1650 So I am getting ready to put the mast back up on my 1983 model, and I realized that I forgot to chec
hardware question on a 27 timmeehle at 1:48pm 04.26.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/710 We've recently acquired a 1976 Catalina 27 (outboard motor version). the PO (previous owner) started
help identifying (1) jimharris at 1:18pm 04.26.15 Day Sailers 6/4434 I recently got a O'Day sailboat but not sure of what type any help would be appreciated.
Leak From Mast? (4) drummer3278 at 12:20pm 04.26.15 Mid-Size Boats 4/2393 Hello, I purchased a Hunter 33.5 last summer, which my girlfriend and I are very pleased with.
VA area service dealer for 26M?... DavidEBIDLOCAL at 11:45am 04.26.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/673 I recently acquired a 2006 MacGregor 26M, and planning on sailing the Bay, and am wondering who the
Dauphine Island Race CaptDon01 at 7:57am 04.26.15 Ask All Sailors 201/42870 Many of you I'm sure heard the news that a severe storm hit along the gulf during a regatta in Alaba

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Plugged Waste Vent Line Nodak7 at 2:29pm 10.23.23 Help! I am certain this brain trust has some innovative system for this! It appears that my vent li
Halyard mast clutch question thinwater at 2:29pm 10.23.23 The main cause of rope damamge by clutches is releasing them under load. The rope has to skid past t
Cockpit drain not draining pgandw at 2:16pm 10.23.23 Small toilet plungers are the favorite of ODay Mariner sailors to keep their cockpit drains cleared.
Plugged Waste Vent Line Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:12pm 10.23.23 Nice article, Terry! Holding tank vent lines 101: All tank vents have two main functions: to pr
Hunter 216 in light air (1) rgranger at 1:55pm 10.23.23 What @shemandr said... plus give this a try and see what it does... o senter line.
Square top main on water ballast? rgranger at 1:50pm 10.23.23 Two sets of reef points.... very nice! :clap:
Lantern Advice dLj at 1:49pm 10.23.23 OK, I don't know the models being discussed, but having grown up with kerosene lamps, it doesn't loo
Hunter 216 in light air shemandr at 1:47pm 10.23.23 It sounds like lee helm. Have you tried changing the mast rake? A longer forestay will increase th
Plugged Waste Vent Line Hayden Watson at 1:46pm 10.23.23 I rinse my vent line every time I pump out. I get the pump running and then hold the rinse hose so
Racor filter size jssailem at 1:03pm 10.23.23 You can always check with Universal. recommended filter #298854 is a 10 micron filter not a 2 micro
Hunter 216 in light air Alan Backus at 12:38pm 10.23.23 A traveler will help but... try this. Just before you come about, fall off a few degrees... pick
Hunter 216 in light air Alan Backus at 12:32pm 10.23.23 It can be frustrating trying to get used to a different boat. I had an 18 foot sloop that I built
Plugged Waste Vent Line Nodak7 at 12:25pm 10.23.23 Yup. Happened to us when we first purchased her. Wrote an article about that experience awhile ago.
Serial numbers/year built. dlochner at 12:18pm 10.23.23 Ya, hard to tell for sure. I found some stuff online for how to interpret old serial numbers, but
Serial numbers/year built. CliffA at 12:07pm 10.23.23 Ya, hard to tell for sure. I found some stuff online for how to interpret old serial numbers, but i
Square top main on water ballast? shemandr at 12:03pm 10.23.23
Plugged Waste Vent Line dmax at 11:57am 10.23.23 I disconnected the vent hose at the tank and hooked up the inflatable dinghy foot pump - cleared it
Plugged Waste Vent Line Terry Cox at 11:51am 10.23.23 but I thought maybe someone has had this happen before and came up with a better way! Yup. Happene
Lantern Advice Terry Cox at 11:39am 10.23.23 Can anyone tell me if the Weems and Plath yacht lanterns (link below) give off enough light to read
Square top main on water ballast? (2) SkookumZac at 11:37am 10.23.23 I'm happy to report that my square top sail has arrived and it is spectacular.

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