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Is this normal? (2) T_Cat at 9:56am 04.11.15 Catalina 22 7/967 Admitting that I know very little about fiberglass, is it normal to have sections inside the hull gl
Acrylic Port Lights captcoho at 8:13am 04.11.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 11/2667 Can anyone please offer some advice to removing and re-installing Acrylic Dead Lights ? I have seen
Looking for "mast foot w/ sheaves" for Zspar mast oday192 gary meyer at 9:10pm 04.10.15 Ask An Oday Owner 5/941 Hi Folks, I have an Oday 192 (1986) in sf bay area; as stated in title, Im looking for mast foot w
replacement furling MAINSAIL for H49 cooper at 8:59pm 04.10.15 Big Boats 2/762 Looking for H49 mainsail (new or used) anyone have a good condition one that they may have replaced
Looking for a Boat DavidGC at 7:55pm 04.10.15 Catalina 22 2/812 Hi all - I'm currently looking to a buy a C22. I had a 1985 several years ago and should never have
Standing Rigging Size Jdaniel343 at 4:53pm 04.10.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/691 Is there anything wrong with up sizing the forward and aft shrouds from 5/32" to 3/16" on a Catalina
repowering tgialdini at 4:53pm 04.10.15 Newport 5/2290 I will be pulling my Atomic in a few weeks. The replacement is a very low hour 2GM20F. My boat is a
spinaker ptchiro at 4:20pm 04.10.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/1393 have a 1990 35.5, looking for recommendations. Asymmetrical, gennacker, code zero, furlers, socks..
Is it Christmas already? lpolliard at 4:04pm 04.10.15 Catalina 22 4/855 No just a new/old boat owner burning up his credit card and spending some tax return dollars:dance:
MMSI!!! I'm confused here, who's on first base? StargazerP303 at 3:12pm 04.10.15 Ask All Sailors 32/6770 I think as time goes on after 911, more and more regulator's are I believe doing the right thing but
Self Tending Jib? Scotty C-M at 2:58pm 04.10.15 Big Boats 0/1199 I have a Catalina 400. Has anyone out there put on a self-tending jib on this, or a similar boat?
88-94 H30 Bilge Question.. Famos_Amos at 2:44pm 04.10.15 Mid-Size Boats 9/1557 Do any of the other 88-94 H30 owners have (or can you take) a picture of your aft most bilge/ keel b
Tampa Bay to Fort Myers Sandy Stone at 2:10pm 04.10.15 Destinations 10/3549 SW Florida sailors, any suggestions for places to stop along the way? We are leaving St Pete tomorr
Replacement Sail Shackle (1) Spindrift NH at 1:39pm 04.10.15 Ask All Sailors 6/1350 Does anyone know where I could find this style sail shackle? Photo attached. I have checked a few o
Tattoo 26 at Strictly Sail Pacific Yosi at 12:14pm 04.10.15 Tattoo Owners 0/2282 Was at the show yesterday and Mike Inmon had the Tattoo there. I think the new trailer is a huge imp
Strange RPM problem Jim Seamans at 11:27am 04.10.15 Engines and Propulsion 15/3399 First of all, we got back from our 5 month trip last night to Cobb Island. What a great trip to the
Stern Ladder GDTRFB at 10:27am 04.10.15 Catalina 22 10/1628 I was thinking about mounting this ladder: http://www.norestar.com/Norestar-Stainless-Transom-Mounte
40.5 Furler Replacement 3DPhoto at 9:10am 04.10.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/594 Greetings all! I am the proud new owner of a 1995 Legend 40.5 and thought when I bought it I wou
Looking For a Ride in Ventura area. Admiral at 9:08am 04.10.15 Ask All Sailors 0/598 I am out here from Oklahoma visiting my girlfriend in Ventura. I have been down to the Harbor many
Ventilation for generator in Lazarette smokey73 at 7:51am 04.10.15 Big Boats 4/2086 How do you provide adequate ventilation (air intake and exit) for your generator if it is installed

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Dingy Davits and air floor boats danm1 at 10:15am 10.06.23 Eyes on the transom are step one. Have read many added d-ring lift points inside tubes. I used towi
Dometic Air Conditioner Not Staying On - then clicking kloudie1 at 9:56am 10.06.23 I think "cheap" is the word. A simple bimetallic disk which pulls its points open at a set temperat
Dometic Air Conditioner Not Staying On - then clicking Ralph Johnstone at 9:15am 10.06.23 Yup, that breaker is usually attached to the top of the compressor case .. These are set for some p
Starter switch sporadically engages starter JoeWhite at 9:06am 10.06.23 The Yanmar solenoid is not a simple contact switch, it also drives a lever to engage the pinion gea
Backstay Adjuster for First 41S5 jssailem at 8:36am 10.06.23 Hello... Backstay adjusters are not usually original equipment on most large boats. That is not to
Racing Rule Question on capsizing Davidasailor26 at 7:58am 10.06.23 Rule 22 tells us a boat is capsized when the masthead is in the water. In theory, once you begin to
Racing Rule Question on capsizing DArcy at 7:51am 10.06.23 BTW, you can get the Racing Rules of Sailing here: https://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/WSRRS2021
Damage to Keel jssailem at 7:45am 10.06.23 :plus: with Fast Olsen Like a car door ding. You can talk to the marina, but it may be an empty sol
Racing Rule Question on capsizing DArcy at 7:43am 10.06.23 Rule 22 tells us a boat is capsized when the masthead is in the water. In theory, once you begin to
Racing Rule Question on capsizing jssailem at 7:37am 10.06.23 From a practical standpoint, the "in control" condition would be subjective and a decision by a comm
Damage to Keel FastOlson at 7:36am 10.06.23 The keel is lead. and the suggestion to reshape the ding should work fine. Finish with some epoxy fi
Water in the bilge (1) rgranger at 7:33am 10.06.23 Hunters have a headliner. So water can get in from above and then travel along the headliner and lea
Dometic Air Conditioner Not Staying On - then clicking (1) kloudie1 at 7:18am 10.06.23 Yup, that breaker is usually attached to the top of the compressor case .. These are set for some pr
Funny Friday!!! (1) leo310 at 7:16am 10.06.23 220447
Racing Rule Question on capsizing LakeShark at 7:15am 10.06.23 @DArcy , @jssailem , @Davidasailor26 Thank you for the input. I did not know about Rule 22 and that
Damage to Keel ggrizzard at 7:04am 10.06.23 I'm not sure the keel is lead. Many Mfg's changed to steel around the early 80's.
Water in the bilge ggrizzard at 7:00am 10.06.23 Well, we are trying to help find the source of the leak. If you can isolate where the water initial
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment jssailem at 6:58am 10.06.23 Could you also identify it as a "Fuel Line Bleed Screw"?
what is the standing headroom? JBP-PA at 6:54am 10.06.23 Isn't 23 > 22?;) New math! Jeeze!
Water in the bilge JBP-PA at 6:52am 10.06.23 Our you could try something like this water indicator paper. https://www.amazon.com/Qualitative-Fin

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