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Stagnant water in the lazarette (1) xavpil at 5:49pm 10.24.22 Ask All Sailors 12/818
Valve needed xavpil at 5:45pm 10.24.22 Ask All Sailors 9/601 Hi all. Working on my water pump and I want to replace the old valve that connects the strainer to t
How to replace Hoses in the bilge? (1) xavpil at 5:24pm 10.24.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1196 Hi all Just bought this 89 Cal 27 and I want to replace the dirty bilge hoses. The hose attached to
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long Dean Strong at 3:31pm 10.24.22 Ask All Sailors 24/2950 For the first time in 20 years my engine wouldn't start this weekend. It kept catching, so I kept c
Outboard for Sirius 21? SiriusCanada at 1:58pm 10.24.22 Sirius 21/22 17/2096 Hi all! I just picked up a Sirius 21 and will need to get an outboard....any suggestions about what
Ideas for running rigging. Adding winches on a 1976 MacGregor Venture 222 Slavik at 11:34am 10.24.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/857 My boat doesn't have winches. I'm adding them. Lewmar 16s from the 70s. How do you run your fores
Insurance claim The_Sailing_Pelican at 10:08am 10.24.22 Ask All Sailors 11/1320 Well the boat arrived just in time for the hurricane... Thx God almighty nothing much happened to he
Voltage Meter Issue (1) Anon 156829 at 6:22am 10.24.22 Catalina 310 25/2326 Hello, My Catalina 310 has an ongoing issue related to voltage readings. My voltage meter pins itsel
Removing old antifouling applying new gelcoat? HeelBoy at 3:58am 10.24.22 Ask All Sailors 34/1932 The unfortunate fact is that my trailer sailer will never be on the water for more than 5 days at a
Recommendations on bottom paint requested CoralRose at 11:45pm 10.23.22 Smaller Boats 9/1204 Hello all, My Hunter 23, built 1986, was kept in freshwater most of her life (I believe all but can
O'day 28 Head/Hanging Locker Pan - What is under here? (1) Clutch Cargo at 5:22pm 10.23.22 Bigger Boats 8/1700 So, having redone everything downstream of the holding tank (and vastly improved the tank venting),
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar (1) Dubo at 5:06pm 10.23.22 Big Boats 33/3090 Has anyone found an effective way to clean the brown sludge out of their heat exchanger(HE)? I am i
winter cover DanMaine at 10:33am 10.23.22 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1201 I sure hate the waste involved in plastic wrap for the winter. Tarps always seem to turn out poorly
Sinks draining slowly. EdWard3 at 6:42am 10.23.22 Big Boats 10/2913 My new to me Catalina 36 mkii (2003) sinks drain very slowly. Am I being impatient or is this a desi
Replacing Old Shore Power Connection with Smartplug (6) SawyerCurt at 6:27am 10.23.22 Catalina 310 16/1637 At the end of the winter season as I was prepping the boat for launch, I tried to connect to shore p
Replace head faucet on 1995 Hunter 336 (3) SVAngelina at 8:23pm 10.22.22 Mid-Size Boats 7/1124
Water filter clarification... (2) xavpil at 5:54pm 10.22.22 Ask All Sailors 31/1723 Hi all Looking inside the water filter I just see one hole for the water to come in from the seacock
If I don't need hot water I don't need this, right? (1) xavpil at 5:35pm 10.22.22 Engines and Propulsion 13/1324 Diesel engine, Universal Atomic 5411 I don't intend on having hot water. So I don't need the red han
O'Day 28 Keel Deflection terry_buda at 4:54pm 10.22.22 Bigger Boats 42/4680 We pulled our 1978 O'Day 28 out of the water for winter and while it was on the sling, the operator
Rotating a photo Cederholm at 3:32pm 10.22.22 Forum Help (Site Talk) 6/2026 Still a little new here, trying to post portrait-oriented photos, but they preview as landscape. Ver

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Removing Paint from PVC Pipe. ggrizzard at 3:28am 05.11.24 Thanks guys. I'm off to HD when the sun comes up.
Refrigerator/Solar sailme88 at 3:21am 05.11.24 ALL solar is DC. ALL shore power is AC. Shore side solar requires AC to power the inverter that crea
Refrigerator/Solar kappykaplan at 2:43am 05.11.24
Major Sun Storm Alert ! (1) JamesG161 at 9:21pm 05.10.24 Update G5 Maximum Another Flare just occurred Jim...
Northern Light Show - Possible (1) JamesG161 at 9:08pm 05.10.24 may extend South to the Gulf Coast too
Northern Light Show - Possible Leeward Rail at 8:14pm 05.10.24 so I would like to see them, and this has to be easier than getting to Alaska :cool: Nowhere near
Masthead sheaves PlaneTom at 8:03pm 05.10.24 We had good luck with lubricating the sheave in place. It does require a trip to the top of the ma
Refrigerator/Solar Davidasailor26 at 7:56pm 05.10.24
Replacing a mast step on a Princess 18 rgranger at 7:53pm 05.10.24 You could probably clean out those screw slots with a box cutting knife.
Refrigerator/Solar Stu Jackson at 7:52pm 05.10.24 Sailorchic34's New Dorm Fridge - inverter driven dorm fridge Sailorchic34's new Fridge - Cruisers &
Refrigerator/Solar rgranger at 7:49pm 05.10.24
Refrigerator/Solar Davidasailor26 at 7:41pm 05.10.24 If the refrigerator plugs into a 120V outlet and only runs that way on shore power it probably is AC
Removing Paint from PVC Pipe. (1) rgranger at 7:38pm 05.10.24
Winch placement PaulK at 7:14pm 05.10.24 How much room do you have? Is there enough space for the winch, the winch handle's turning, and a c
Refrigerator/Solar dlochner at 7:03pm 05.10.24
Self Tailers and the Catalina 22 New Design ...3TacksontheWater at 6:57pm 05.10.24
Refrigerator/Solar Plymouth Sailor at 6:27pm 05.10.24 Please confirm the refrigeration runs on DC, not AC. If it runs on DC and your house battery bank
1986 Catalina 38 Standing Rigging Calif. Ted at 5:35pm 05.10.24 One of the things that triggered me recently to replace my 22 yo rig was color, while sailing every
Masthead sheaves marchem at 5:12pm 05.10.24 A few years back our main halyard on our 310 was getting quite hard to move as the sail neared the
Refrigerator/Solar Captain Larry-DH at 5:02pm 05.10.24 It would be amazing to get to my boat and grab a cold beer without the need for ice. Yes indeed! T

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