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Engine Control (5) xavpil at 6:45am 06.04.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 12/1640 Hi friends. I have Morse control engine on my 1980 Cat 27: one shifter for speed and one for gear. I
Need some help to get my 87 finished enough to get my mast up - All Hands On Deck! (6) reefsider at 9:06pm 06.03.23 Catalina 22 9/1010 Hi, I Started this boat 6 or so years ago. Did a ton of work and had it in the water for 2 seasons
Hunter 38 Fixed Portlight Shade jemill at 7:30pm 06.03.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/946 Hello All, While opening my 2006 Hunter 38 for the season, my well meaning daughter washed one of th
Omega Capri Mast Step (boot) (2) philiefay at 7:24pm 06.03.23 Smaller Boats 0/1143 This is a long shot but somehow the foot of the mast on my Capri (1982 Mod 1) has gone missing. I h
Dissimilar Metals Captain W at 2:09pm 06.03.23 Ask All Sailors 16/2293 I am considering putting a jam cleat to my aluminum boom. My concern is attaching it with stainless
Mercury 9.9 4 stroke on Cat 25 (2) lsavocchi at 11:57am 06.03.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/1345 When I got back to my mooring today It looked like I was leaking oil. I popped the hood off the engi
Screens for Windows (3) DaveJ at 9:23am 06.03.23 Catalina 310 11/1508
V25 Rudder and castle fabrication (1) Mike25 at 7:56am 06.03.23 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/827 Like the proud papa of an ugly baby I finally finished the rudder and castle fabrication. I started
Does anyone own a Widgeon??? mellowyellow at 7:38am 06.03.23 Ask An Oday Owner 2/587 Does anyone own a Widgeon?
Intracoastal Waterway Sailing drgbanks at 4:54am 06.03.23 Ask All Sailors 36/3905 Hello everyone, Can anyone tell me about sailing the ICW?
Recommendations for a new head Afraal at 4:12am 06.03.23 Catalina 310 23/4226 Hi everyone! I believe the head in our boat is on its last leg. The supreme leaded (aka the wife) as
Jabsco volume per stroke robinrjellis at 2:30am 06.03.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/1401 Does anyone know the volume per stroke on a Jabsco manual head? Trying to figure out how many to cle
Check my wiring diagram? (1) Beth G at 7:57pm 06.02.23 Ask All Sailors 41/5664 Hi there! New boat owner here...we inherited our sailboat, and are redoing the wiring. I have made a
First Time in the Water sbrogden at 5:50pm 06.02.23 Trailer Sailors 1/548 Took the Vagabond 14 to a nearby lake for a couple of hours this afternoon. Winds were against the l
dock line for Beneteau 323 1/2" or 5/8? LynnM at 1:51pm 06.02.23 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1020 what size?
Cleat recommendations for Hunter 26 WesternTraveler at 1:50pm 06.02.23 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1021 I just purchased a 1996 Hunter 26 and I will be mooring quite a bit. I thought I would add two bow c
New Alternator Regulator? jviss at 1:36pm 06.02.23 Ask All Sailors 37/2875 Greetings, My Heart Interface Ideal Regulator Output Module has apparently bitten the dust. It's p
Addicted to Sailing (1) Hayden Watson at 1:30pm 06.02.23 Ask All Sailors 2/452 216400
Catalina 320 Diesel deck port davidwkenn at 9:35am 06.02.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/690 Does anyone have one of these from an old boat? Ours went glug glug and I know that the original st
Modification of a Catalina 320 for solo sailing davidwkenn at 9:12am 06.02.23 Mid-Size Boats 21/3848 Does anyone have experience with modifying a Catalina 320 for easier solo sailing? At minimum, I th

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Lewmar old standard hatches interior frame colin.w at 12:24pm 04.04.25 Pics? What's the issue with your current frames? The current frames are about 30 years old and ver
Sailing Tender Foswick at 11:49am 04.04.25 I took some measurements on the boat, yesterday, and am feeling pretty good about the Eastport Pram.
Hunter 38 2006 what color gelcoat number? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:40am 04.04.25 For most small dings, I just use plain white....... I have been repairing exterior spider cracks
Replacing nuts on keel bolts dLj at 11:38am 04.04.25 A crows foot is more robust, but will be hard to torque as the drive is not centered over the bolt.
Starting battery Tally Ho at 11:37am 04.04.25 The engineers might be conservative, but the boat builders picking wire gauge and connectors based
What's this? Tally Ho at 11:36am 04.04.25 Check the gooseneck? Greg
The holy grail of all questions nautical dLj at 11:34am 04.04.25 I've tried without sucess various types of tupperware .:huh: As you have learned, tupperware does
Replacing nuts on keel bolts (2) Tally Ho at 11:33am 04.04.25 I agree with Smokey73 and using your feet. Be cautious with that. Do you think you could use a se
Replacing nuts on keel bolts (5) sailcapt340 at 11:10am 04.04.25 I agree with Smokey73 and using your feet. Be cautious with that. Do you think you could use a se
Replacing nuts on keel bolts smokey73 at 10:51am 04.04.25 Just a caution to those who may be inclined to use your feet to try to apply torque as shown in Post
Sailing Tender Foswick at 10:50am 04.04.25 Saw this earlier today, made me think of this thread. This picture just raises a bunch of question
Replacing nuts on keel bolts Scott T-Bird at 10:37am 04.04.25 Another option might be a deep-offset box wrench. But I'm not sure you have the clearance on those
Replacing nuts on keel bolts Scott T-Bird at 10:32am 04.04.25 That's a lot of keel bolt - my O'Day 35 had 7 that were 3/4" for a 4600 lb. keel. The most forward
The holy grail of all questions nautical Timm R Oday25 at 10:17am 04.04.25 I've tried without sucess various types of tupperware .:huh:
The holy grail of all questions nautical dlochner at 9:54am 04.04.25 Ziplock bags, plastic containers with snap on lids, or an always dry compartment. Don't keep them
The holy grail of all questions nautical Stu Jackson at 9:37am 04.04.25 I've had my own boat(s) since 1983. Keep the extras in their original packaging or use zip lock bag
The holy grail of all questions nautical kappykaplan at 9:36am 04.04.25 Here goes . "how does one keep toilet paper from becoming soggy when onboard for any length of time
Replacing nuts on keel bolts Stu Jackson at 9:33am 04.04.25 Does Catalina recomend 235 ft. lbs.? I set mine to 110 which is around what Catalina reccomends for
Removing the Steering Shaft on a Merriman/Yach Specialties Pedestal Sable Sailor at 9:29am 04.04.25 Apologies for being so late in replying. Thanks for the suggestions. The manual just shows a pin (ro
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit fred1diver at 9:12am 04.04.25 Did you by any chance try to contact a Honda dealer to ask them? it might be a common issue that t

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