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Replacement taps / pullout shower redunculous at 12:11pm 03.10.15 Big Boats 4/1069 I'm looking to replace the taps in my bathroom as well as add a salt water faucet to the galley. No
Another Dinghy Floor Question RIVERCRUISER at 11:43am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 1/1122 Have a Mercury dinghy w/inflated floor. Looking to protect floor from dog claws. Has anyone inst
1970/80's Round DataMarine Corinthian Displays (2) rardiH36 at 10:36am 03.10.15 Parts Search 4/2335 I'm looking for the 1980's incarnation of the DataMarine Corinthian speed and depth displays. There
GPS swingarm mount (1) Hydro Therapy at 10:33am 03.10.15 Day Sailers 11/2087 I bought a small GPS/finder unit for my 240. I was feeling cheap so I made this wooden swingarm. It
Galley plans? (1) PSR at 9:48am 03.10.15 Mid-Size Boats 6/3313 My 27 has the traditional layout, and the POs removed the galley and replace it with a custom cabine
Leaking hatch on Beneteau 36.7 lulabelle at 9:01am 03.10.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1292 I have a Beneteau 36.7 that when the hatch is closed the seal it sits on needs replacing. if the boa
Proud New Owner!! (1) T_Cat at 8:53am 03.10.15 Catalina 22 7/1091 Ok so I missed a good looking boat last weekend. Owner sold it before I could go look at it, so I pu
DX sullyj020 at 7:52am 03.10.15 SSB and Ham Operators 0/2145 Anyone get on the WWDX contest this past weekend ? It was wide open every where, I got tried of tal
NOAA online charts with wind forecast, geolocation and more Jelf at 7:43am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 7/1406 Hello Everyone, The following link will display the NOAA raster charts that cover the USA. The char
Prepping for bottom paint - what sander down_shift at 7:31am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 11/8800 About to paint my bottom for the first time (C36) later this month. There are years of Interlux CSC
Got my seadek in for my boat (4) allen-deckard at 7:15am 03.10.15 Catalina 22 11/2480 http://forums.catalina.sailboatowners.com/picture.php?albumid=3490'pictureid=23576 http://forums.
How much do you use your knot meter? YVRguy at 6:42am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 25/3279 My curiosity has the better of me after a conversation in another forum about the usefulness of knot
Mounting a track on the mast Bob Mc at 6:14am 03.10.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1038 Hi all, I was able to pick up a track and car to mount on my mast for a whisker pole for my 1993 Cat
I need advice Bent prop shaft JensJaunt at 5:07am 03.10.15 Ask All Sailors 23/4007 My prop shaft has a substantial bend aft of the p bracket. I have no idea how it could have happend
bought a 6hp piedpiperIII at 4:04am 03.10.15 Catalina 22 0/587 Wife and I took a few days to go on a road trip but I kind of worked it around tampa where there was
How do you lube the rudder bearings? John Rushing at 1:43am 03.10.15 Big Boats 5/7040 Has anyone out there figured out how to lube the rudder bearings without dropping the rudder? My qu
Looking for Sails John Rushing at 1:40am 03.10.15 Parts Search 0/938 Hello All, I sail a 1984 Hunter 34 out of Marina Del Rey. I was looking for a good racing asym.
replacing Catalina 270 feul tank johnareeves at 9:51pm 03.09.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/825 I have a 1996 Catalina 270 which appears to have the original aluminium fuel tank installed. It is w
Diesel filter redunculous at 9:09pm 03.09.15 Big Boats 12/2225 I recently I had a mechanic stop by and we talked about fuel filters He recommended replacing the s
swing keel rlawson1 at 8:01pm 03.09.15 Parts Search 0/746 Olympic Dolphin 23 already checked with Mars Metals no luck. Can't find anything on sailboat data. A

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Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam dlochner at 3:06pm 11.15.23 You take the batteries to the local scrap metal dealer so they can be recycled. That's what I did.
Jib sheet block (1) tcbailey67 at 2:59pm 11.15.23
Bimini window.... NYSail at 2:22pm 11.15.23 Greg, I can understand how having the cover on the underside of the Bimini would make using it easi
Jib sheet block (1) Sunbird22358 at 2:18pm 11.15.23 Picture from the 1978 Brochure, good view of how the Working Jib (110%) sheeting leads.
Bimini window.... NYSail at 2:13pm 11.15.23 three areas with zippers: storage aft, cover up n and cover out. thanks!
Primary Fuel Filter Lifespan? NYSail at 1:49pm 11.15.23
Primary Fuel Filter Lifespan? dLj at 1:47pm 11.15.23 I had read that the filter material breaks down over time. Don't recall any specifics, but I do rem
End of Season Storms shemandr at 1:38pm 11.15.23
Primary Fuel Filter Lifespan? Alan Gomes at 1:06pm 11.15.23 Alan, I believe the first quote answers your question. Actually, it doesn't answer it at all. I'm
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 dlochner at 1:04pm 11.15.23 Try opening the AC panel and trace back to the plug. What you are getting is a resonant sound, it ma
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 Kupe at 12:59pm 11.15.23
Primary Fuel Filter Lifespan? Stu Jackson at 12:58pm 11.15.23 from Racor Technical Service. "There is no maximum shelf life as long as the filter is still in the
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 (3) Kupe at 12:47pm 11.15.23 There should only be one transformer. It should be located near the shore power inlet, it will be
Suddenly needing some brake work Gene Neill at 12:46pm 11.15.23 18 years later...who needs brakes? ;) You people and your "math". :biggrin:
Primary Fuel Filter Lifespan? Alan Gomes at 12:45pm 11.15.23 I had read that the filter material breaks down over time. Don't recall any specifics, but I do reme
Emergency Tiller Skipper John at 12:12pm 11.15.23 Did you check the Catalina Direct site? https://www.catalinadirect.com/shop-by-boat/catalina-350/h
C&C40 furling jib for sale kappykaplan at 12:07pm 11.15.23 Captain Len, you should post this in the classified section: https://sbo.sailboatowners.com/gear/gea
End of Season Storms kappykaplan at 12:00pm 11.15.23 Coastal low that it becomes will mess up weekend sailing for me! Tks (not), Dammit Jim! :beer:
CALLING ON ANYONE WHO HAS A UNIVERSAL 5416 Stu Jackson at 11:48am 11.15.23 The front of it looks the same to me, maybe they used some of the same parts? Many of that era of
Primary Fuel Filter Lifespan? Stu Jackson at 11:39am 11.15.23 I ran a Racor 24, 2 micron, for 900 hours without any issues and no vacuum gauge either. Yearly fi

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