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Acrylic Cabin Window Replacement (1) Coyote at 2:42pm 03.10.15 Bigger Boats 19/4405 On my 85 Oday 28 --- I was horrified to find a top to bottom crack in my cabin window a few days ago
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 0/2146 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

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Primary Fuel Filter Lifespan? Bob S at 6:35pm 11.15.23 I had read that the filter material breaks down over time. Don't recall any specifics, but I do rem
C25 jib downhaul routing Joe at 5:24pm 11.15.23 Thank you! I was planning on running them both to the starboard side, where my halyard run to , bu
Convert partial battens to full battens Joe at 5:22pm 11.15.23 My mainsail has two full battens on top. The bottom two are partial. So the outhaul has purpose in
Head Sail Furler for my Hunter 23 isaksp00 at 5:08pm 11.15.23 Mine has a Harken furler and I'm not familiar with the CDI. However, I don't think you have to worry
Primary Fuel Filter Lifespan? Don S/V ILLusion at 4:47pm 11.15.23 reality check - while there is no consensus on filter lifespan, it is what it is - a cheap device to
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 George Braun at 4:22pm 11.15.23 on our 2008 H36 the isolation xfrmr (we have 2 because of aircon on separate 30A circuit) are mounte
Head Sail Furler for my Hunter 23 Crazy Dave Condon at 4:14pm 11.15.23 As a former dealer for Hunter on the 23 wing keel, I would suggest the Crusing Design or CDI FF2 F
Noisy Isolation Transformer on 2004 Hunter 36 AndyL at 4:01pm 11.15.23 We have the same model and year and our isolation transformer is in the port locker on the swim plat
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam xavpil at 3:59pm 11.15.23 xavpil, how old are your carbon foam batteries? Do they still hold a charge? I bought the boat la
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam xavpil at 3:57pm 11.15.23 Yes. They are not reliable. I know you are planning a long cruise, I would not trust them for that.
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam kappykaplan at 3:35pm 11.15.23 The problem is they will suddenly fail to hold a usable charge. Tks, Dave. I've only dealt with F
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam dlochner at 3:33pm 11.15.23 xavpil, how old are your carbon foam batteries? Do they still hold a charge? The problem is they
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam dlochner at 3:32pm 11.15.23 if I understand correctly you advise to get rid of them for lack of reliability? Yes. They are no
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam kappykaplan at 3:30pm 11.15.23 if I understand correctly you advise to get rid of them for lack of reliability? Then I returned
Jib sheet block kappykaplan at 3:24pm 11.15.23 That's not a rope, that's a sheet. :plus: Sheets control side-to-side and halyards control up and
Battery: Firefly Carbon Foam xavpil at 3:18pm 11.15.23 if I understand correctly you advise to get rid of them for lack of reliability?
Primary Fuel Filter Lifespan? Stu Jackson at 3:10pm 11.15.23 Actually, it doesn't answer it at all. I'm not talking about a filter that has been sitting unused
Jib sheet block dlochner at 3:08pm 11.15.23
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

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