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Trailrite trailer help shaubby at 8:40am 03.09.15 Catalina 22 12/3884 Hi all, I'm rebuilding a 1983 Trailrite trailer for a Catalina 22. The trailer has drum brakes wh
What is this? (4) cajon409 at 8:16am 03.09.15 Big Boats 3/793 Yes under my jenny connected on both end of this bottle is hose to my exhaust manifold from the jenn
survey, how old is your steering cable? njlarry at 7:17am 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 12/1617 How old are your steering cables? Wondering if I should replace mine even though they look fine. Co
Sea Frost Relay, Acr 7610 Replacing Battery Isolator, Altern NICK1951 at 6:25am 03.09.15 Musings With Maine Sail 4/1819 Alternator D+ stud Good Morning Maine, I am replacing my battery isolator (.8 volt drop) with a
Bedding a new rope clutch (1) Gene Neill at 6:20am 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 9/5079 I can't get straight in my head how this will make a watertight seal, being split down the middle li
Zodiac transom Cmp1110 at 4:07am 03.09.15 Ask All Sailors 6/3525 Good morning all, I have begun removing rotten transom on our 2004 zodiac 310. Has anyone here and
What is this part? (1) lpolliard at 10:11pm 03.08.15 Catalina 22 5/853 Found this in the trailer box with the straps. But the boat is all buttoned up for travel next weeke
Height of deck organizers (3) George Da Porge at 7:27pm 03.08.15 Catalina 30 9/1788
Bottom of hull rudder post issue (5) George Da Porge at 7:20pm 03.08.15 Catalina 30 11/3172
The Dogs of SBO: Gus (3) Phil Herring at 6:11pm 03.08.15 Sails Call Lounge 3/2253 SailboatOwners.com is a dog friendly office and on any given day there are two to four mutts hanging
New to me Joe308 at 6:07pm 03.08.15 Catalina 22 9/865 How yall doing I looked at my Catalina 2weeks ago I made a offer had no idea of what I was looking
ODay 28 head trouble (1) schenckd at 6:06pm 03.08.15 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1702 I have a 1981 Oday 28 on freshwater lake. 15 gallon holding tank under V-berth. The marine toile
Hatch gasket cording Mark Maulden at 6:05pm 03.08.15 S2 9/2126 Found a few threads dating back a few years on hatch gaskets. Internet searches showed a myriad of
OMC Saildrive schenckd at 5:54pm 03.08.15 Engines and Propulsion 10/3040 Any idea on how long the gasket or main seal (where sail drive passes through the hull) should last.
hole in transom (1) TerryAnne at 5:24pm 03.08.15 Sirius 21/22 1/1578 While admiring photos of your boats, I noticed a flanged hole in the transoms of some 21s. Found out
Galley maid 3 burner alcohol stove/oven sdstef at 2:45pm 03.08.15 Ask All Sailors 10/5428 I am moving up to a new to me 87 Newport 30 mk 3. It has an alcohol stove/oven with 3 burners and i
Steering System 1983 Hunter 31 HMT2 at 2:08pm 03.08.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/821 Can anyone confirm that the steering system on the '83 Hunter 31 is an Edson? or is it some other br
Mac Sailors in San Diego Izzy at 1:39pm 03.08.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1182 Guys, Can anyone in the SD area recommend a low cost place to get some time on a sailboat at the en
Hunter 340 Bottom Painting smoothsailing at 12:14pm 03.08.15 Big Boats 2/870 Hey all you happy 340 owners, Spring is almost here in the Northeast and the ugly job must be don
REmoving mbaker269 at 12:02pm 03.08.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/851 My Catalina is actually a 380. I am trying to remove the prop, probably for the 1st time. Its a 199

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Prop shaft seal- what make is it? Hunter27-2 (1) Tally Ho at 2:46pm 06.19.23 If you are going to do something with it, you might want to consider a dripless seal. There are sev
1984 Catalina 27 floor board under the stairs. Mine is missing. Ideas for replacement? Thanks. Tally Ho at 2:37pm 06.19.23 I'm a little confused by that void in the picture that doesn't show any support for a replacement p
New 170 sailor (3) SKOTBRO at 2:16pm 06.19.23 See attached, page 28 and 30.
Portugal Rick Webb at 2:16pm 06.19.23 Did not seem like that long ago but having to think about it twenty years ago renting a Macgregor 26
New 170 sailor (4) rsmithfh at 2:03pm 06.19.23 TLDR I messed up my boat and I need help. So I took the boat out for the first time, in a little mo
Water Heater - Heat Exchanger Problems Hello Below at 1:57pm 06.19.23 For 10 years we had out Watts mixer value set to not mix (ie be damned, give us water as hot as it g
Batten Lengths H26 rgranger at 1:38pm 06.19.23 That will all depend on who made your sail. Best thing to do is to buy some stock and cut it to siz
Help finding the right boat rgranger at 1:37pm 06.19.23
Water Heater - Heat Exchanger Problems rgranger at 1:26pm 06.19.23 if one is so helpless as to not be able to control the temperature of the hot water outlet, being ou
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? Radio Flyer at 1:19pm 06.19.23 I need guidance on my fresh water system. The PO had a 3" x 15" PVC 'tank' plumbed into the syste
Hardware needed to attach CDI roller furling on a 1989 Catalina 22. (1) justsomeguy at 1:00pm 06.19.23 Can anyone tell me what hardware is needed to attach the roller furling drum to the stem fitting?
Shroud anchor point (1) mbaker267 at 12:56pm 06.19.23 Thanks, I thought that looked wrong. This boat does have the forward and aft shrouds. If you look at
Dockside water connection Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:40pm 06.19.23 They are not analogous. I posted this to another conversation about dock water connections: Fai
Help finding the right boat Don S/V ILLusion at 12:35pm 06.19.23
ZF Hurth transmission slipping Hayden Watson at 12:22pm 06.19.23 Thank you Hayden, have you done this before? do you know how intensive it is? I have not done this
Do you trailer with the motor attached? danooxnard at 11:59am 06.19.23 I trailer with my motor attached to my C22. It is a 9.9 Tohatsu and weighs about 94 pounds. I am usi
Shroud anchor point Any Sea at 11:55am 06.19.23 The short answer is it's wrong. The upper shroud should anchor to the middle chain plate shown in y
Help finding the right boat Scott T-Bird at 11:23am 06.19.23 It seems like you are comparing extremes. A Pearson 39 is a very old design that was made intention
Dockside water connection George Braun at 11:13am 06.19.23 If you have a transom shower, just T it into the cold feed. Very simple Art - how would that then
ZF Hurth transmission slipping Garester at 11:10am 06.19.23 You can also rebuild the HBW 50 for about $500. Hurth HWB 10 Transmission Rebuild dissassembly par

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