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Bottom Paint HomeyD at 9:25am 10.29.23 Ask All Sailors 17/1265 I am new to having work done at a marina. Up till now I did most of the work myself. I just had the
2004 Catalina 320 shower refrigerator drain. Ted10028 at 4:29pm 10.28.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1442 Does my shower drain directly into the main bilge? The shower drain pump (located opposite side of b
Need help with a 1980 Snipe boat built by McGaughlin regarding rigging of traveler. rwflyboy at 3:06pm 10.28.23 Trailer Sailors 2/1510 I had a friend give me a 1980 Snipe sailboat I was able to find the proper boom for the cobra two ma
Trim and angle under assymetric. danstanford at 9:34am 10.28.23 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 2/2153 Recently watching a TouTube video of a J/111 racing downwind and they had someone on the mid-bow tri
Online source for acrylic window supply? JBP-PA at 7:45am 10.28.23 Ask All Sailors 6/1152 It's time to replace my windows. Big box hardware stores don't seem to carry 3/8 cast tinted acryli
Hunter 290 stack pac main sail cover colin59 at 7:34am 10.28.23 Mid-Size Boats 4/1157 Hi has anyone found a supplier for the origional attatched sail cover? thanks Colin
Hunter 290 leak in aft berth stern corners (2) colin59 at 7:21am 10.28.23 Mid-Size Boats 13/1877 Hi Have found a leak where h2o concentrates in the aft corners of aft berth causing wood paneling to
Marine AC Unit Deleted member 117556 at 6:07am 10.28.23 Catalina 310 6/1602 We replaced the original Dometic AC/heat unit with the same about 5 or 6 years ago. Went with a new
UNIVERSAL M20/ 5416 EQUIVALENT KUBOTA twodzusfittings at 5:16pm 10.27.23 Engines and Propulsion 2/1271 Hi all, thought I might just mention to the forum some information. I need to remove and replace my
2004 331 - Refrigerator drain hose access visser07 at 10:04am 10.27.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1322 The refrigerator drain line on my Oceanis 331 fell off the drain fitting. I have crawled around the
Winter Project (4) Bents at 9:29am 10.27.23 Mid-Size Boats 5/1220 Just seeing my new to me Cat 27's underside for the first time. Looks like I know what my winter pro
Fuel lift pump feels hot question (1) mforum at 8:10am 10.27.23 Engines and Propulsion 11/1532 I have a Universal M-18 diesel engine in a Catalina 27. I changed the oil recently and noted that w
macerator doesn't have enough oumph (1) sabbatical88 at 10:08pm 10.26.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 46/6910 Aloha good sailors, In my 2003 hunter 456, I am finding that the macerator for the fowrard holding t
20 year old furlex roller furller track jams when hoisting jib Capt Robbie at 5:15pm 10.26.23 Ask All Sailors 3/592 Never had this issue before, last year when hoisting the jib into the track the sail start to get di
20 year old furlex roller fuller track jams up when hoisting the jim Capt Robbie at 4:46pm 10.26.23 Ask All Sailors 1/22 ol
Spring Cleats for 315 Genoa Track VFR750 at 2:37pm 10.26.23 Catalina 310 8/2294 What brand and type of adjustable spring cleats are are people using on C315 Genoa tracks?
Bimini horizontal support tube (H27) (3) Huntersippi at 10:25am 10.26.23 Mid-Size Boats 8/1509 My '07 H27 is missing the horizontal bimini support tube on the port side. Fell into the water benea
Trailer bunk bed carpet replacement Southern Crux at 8:46am 10.26.23 Trailer Sailors 8/1804
Leak repair: how to fix up cabin ceiling? (2) Ranzo at 7:44am 10.26.23 Catalina 22 17/3211 Hello friends! New member here! I just brought home a 1974 Catalina 22 in pretty good shape, but th
Chafe guards (4) sailcapt340 at 6:20am 10.26.23 Ask All Sailors 10/1520 What chafe guards do you use? This season I had severe chafing of my bow lines. More than usual.

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Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Woodworks1 at 4:54am 10.07.25 On second thought put a 4th one in this fall is a good idea. That way I can limp over to the fuel do
New to b&r rig lots of prebend on furling mast (1) marcham at 10:08pm 10.06.25 Fine tuning is possible when stepped. If you are out by several inches, it needs to be redone from s
Plastic boats BAD ORCA at 7:40pm 10.06.25 Thank you very much. Sadly, even the Mako had to go, and I have been advised that I should not boat
Surfed our '72 yesterday JRacer at 7:14pm 10.06.25 "The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down..."
Ceramic heater on board? High Current at 6:40pm 10.06.25 In my experience, space heaters, electric cars, and even an electric tea kettle have all at one time
Xantrex 1800 just died, do I get similar or cheap generic inverter? dlochner at 6:30pm 10.06.25 There are very few places on a boat where cheaper is better. The up front costs may be lower, but re
Surfed our '72 yesterday dlochner at 6:25pm 10.06.25 Sailing on the Great Lakes is different from the Ocean. When the waves form they are steep short per
Help! What's going on with this Mast and Mast Step - Catalina 22' - 1971 watercolors II at 6:09pm 10.06.25 As stated earlier this has been highly modified. Image 5999 with the solid short rod matches u
Deck light fixture missing? Davidasailor26 at 6:08pm 10.06.25 You can get a combination fixture with the steaming light on top and deck light on the bottom. Of co
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Woodworks1 at 6:01pm 10.06.25 I have new packing at the boat and will stop and pick up another length on the way down. A spare bu
Reefing lines jamming Windpilot at 5:46pm 10.06.25 Yep, reefing lines, I have 3 on my 410, like to get hung up on things. You're actual line looks old
Running light corrosion skunther at 5:32pm 10.06.25 I sanded the contacts and sprayed some contact cleaner, installed some festoon type LED bulbs, and t
Surfed our '72 yesterday morbidfollower at 5:04pm 10.06.25 I'd rather have the sails up in rough weather than try to motor back in depending on the conditions.
Electric help morbidfollower at 4:56pm 10.06.25 good starting point. Instead of doing a wire nut splice like what your boat has for the negative w
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Woodworks1 at 4:52pm 10.06.25
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Woodworks1 at 4:39pm 10.06.25
Surfed our '72 yesterday Leeward Rail at 3:46pm 10.06.25
Bottom Barrier Voyager1 at 3:00pm 10.06.25
Xantrex 1800 just died, do I get similar or cheap generic inverter? capta at 2:21pm 10.06.25 What makes the $200-$300 unit so inexpensive is that most likely it is not a pure sine wave inverter
Standard stuffing box seal repacking? Alan Gomes at 2:14pm 10.06.25 Allen, Great question. By the amount of threads left on the housing I think there were three and so

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