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Cockpit cushions Don Lucas at 12:32pm 03.15.15 Ask All Sailors 7/1703 I need new cushions and am Looking for the pros/cons of the Bottomsiders verse the Sunsure type cush
Through hull fitting miniwheat at 12:23pm 03.15.15 Mid-Size Boats 0/550 I have a 1975 hunter 30 and the through hull fitting that the cable goes through for the centre boar
Gear position under sail w. left hand prop zighamner at 11:49am 03.15.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1409 Hi All, We have a 30' Catalina whose previous owner changed from an Atomic 4 gas engine to a small
Mainsail's Universal Diesel amp meter bypass Skipper at 11:00am 03.15.15 Musings With Maine Sail 22/5711 Updated 3/28 - charging problem For electrical experts.... I'm doing this mod today: http://www.pb
turnbuckle and toggle/swage pin diameter Charles Oday 240 at 10:47am 03.15.15 Day Sailers 0/561 I'd like to replace the turnbuckle and toggle/swage on my 1988 O'day 240, what is the pin diameter?
Jib bag slowdog at 10:41am 03.15.15 Parts Search 0/1972 I am looking for a used jib bag , it will only be out about two weeks at a time so one that needs so
Pulling a Hunter 380 out this June planoron at 9:10am 03.15.15 Ask All Sailors 2/789 Well we will be in Greece sailing the islands for 3 weeks and I am having our 380 pulled out while w
2gm/km2a steveinusa at 8:04am 03.15.15 Mid-Size Boats 3/1254 KM2A transmission isn't engaging in forward unless I raise RPM's up quite a bit (Tach Not working).
Small anchor roller wheels? Anybody know what these are? (1) jonelli at 8:00am 03.15.15 Catalina 30 5/1415 Want to replace the roller wheels, but can't seem to find anything similar anywhere. I don't know t
How does one USE a waterline? Richandhelen at 6:38am 03.15.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 27/2532 Is this one of those "Everyone talks about the weather but no one does anything about it." situation
Dog Catcher Ken_Smith343 at 5:55am 03.15.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 12/1883 It's got a new puppy that's going to be around 15-20 lbs when full grown. We have a life jacket for
On the Bottom Rummur at 5:49am 03.15.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/977 I have a Beneteau 39 Oceanis that has been on the bottom in 3 feet of water for 14 days. The keel i
Plexiglass hatches Dan DeNeal at 5:07am 03.15.15 S2 15/5083 My 7.3 hatches are in need of replacement, the one on the fore deck is severely crazed and the curve
Exhaust Muffler Jtacqua at 8:40pm 03.14.15 Catalina 310 7/1509 Hello all, Starting the spring clean up and servicing for 2015. The service technician at the mari
Battery setup on a 23.5 SFKjeld at 8:28pm 03.14.15 Smaller Boats 7/1209 Got my first real look at my new to me 23.5. Batteries were my first concern. A marine battery for t
Spinaker for Catalina 22 ? polarbear at 6:12pm 03.14.15 Catalina 22 5/999 Wondering if Catalina 22 can use a spinaker. Tried to check search but found nothing for the 22.
14133 Clean up! (4) T_Cat at 5:12pm 03.14.15 Catalina 22 56/5676 Ok I actually got to spend a couple of hours cleaning up my girl. First a light pressure wash to get
Truedesign through hulls and seacocks MWybo at 5:01pm 03.14.15 Musings With Maine Sail 3/2139 Hi. Does anyone have experience with the Truedesign through hulls and seacocks from New Zealand?.
Pox (2) FlimFlamII at 4:51pm 03.14.15 Ask All Sailors 18/6982 My boat has a serious issue with pox. It was pulled three years ago and the pox dealt with at that
PVC board used on the head walls on my Catalina 30 MKIII (12) pmirenda at 4:36pm 03.14.15 Catalina 30 21/7595 PVC used on the walls in the head on my Catalina 30 MKIII Due to some deck leaks I had to cover the

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Mast down spreader removals (2) rgranger at 8:07am 10.20.23 I had to replace the bracket on mine... (see pics) I had a dismasting and broke my spreader bracke
Invest 94L jssailem at 7:48am 10.20.23 Tammy is not as big as the storm that disturbed the plans of @dLj from sailing to Ireland causing hi
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 7:26am 10.20.23 Coconut is a fruit.... that's me ....'splainin':biggrin::kick: Ha! :facepalm: Of course. I was t
Invest 94L (1) JamesG161 at 7:10am 10.20.23 Tropical Storm Tammy strengthens as she slows down to make the Fish Storm turn.
Mast Trailer Timm R Oday25 at 6:48am 10.20.23 Correct me if I'm wrong . You are asking about a mast for a 30 foot ? I'm thinking that mast would b
Its funny Friday! stickinthemud57 at 6:31am 10.20.23 OK, pedantry alert here. The coconut is a fruit
Its funny Friday! rgranger at 6:29am 10.20.23 Two sailors, Al and Alice, set sail together aboard their 40 foot sloop, heading for Hawaii. They
Mast Trailer rgranger at 6:25am 10.20.23 I have hauled my boat's mast on a boat trailer before. It was not designed for that purpose but it
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 6:21am 10.20.23 Two sailors, Al and Alice, set sail together aboard their 40 foot sloop, heading for Hawaii. They w
Anyone thinking of selling their 275? Codybear at 6:13am 10.20.23 I'm interested in the answer as well as my 2014 C275 w/ trailer may be on the market next year.
keel bolts Codybear at 6:10am 10.20.23 My only question is: why was this posted on the Catalina 275 forum? I had an answer unique to C275s
Any C275 Owners moving up from a Capri 22? Codybear at 6:04am 10.20.23 As a Lake Michigan sailor, I've owned a Capri 22 (tall rig/wing keel) for about 14 years and upgrade
New Sails stickinthemud57 at 5:46am 10.20.23 I have bought several sails through thesailwarehouse.com and have been pleased with the product and
Its funny Friday! Kermit at 3:53am 10.20.23
New Sails Tally Ho at 12:43am 10.20.23
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger SoSound at 10:54pm 10.19.23 My wife and I started sailing when we were both in our 50s. We signed up for sailing lessons, and t
New Sails Project_Mayhem at 8:05pm 10.19.23 Precision and Rolly Tasker both have reasonably priced sails with decent feedback from customers
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger patbratton at 6:48pm 10.19.23 I bought a Hunter 240 two years ago with a plan to go to Apalachicola and St. Simons for long weeken
Interesting to me dlochner at 6:31pm 10.19.23 Boats are not cars, where standardization and efficiency are of parmount importance for the bottom l
New Sails PaulK at 6:21pm 10.19.23 . Does your sailmaker think the 135% will provide enough power to keep you moving on those light air

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