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If you like spinnakers should be beautiful... Hayden Watson at 8:41pm 08.15.14 Ask All Sailors 14/2285 I have entered a photo of a 5-pointed star spinnaker that my wife made for our Catalina into the pho
Window Shades Hale Meakipe at 8:08pm 08.15.14 Catalina 30 2/1327 On recommendation of other owners installed Ship Shades window Shades on our Catalina 30. Installati
Hunter 31 stern rail replacement Mark7604 at 8:01pm 08.15.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1976 It was a bad day. I crashed my 1985 Hunter 31 into a docked boats anchor during a swift ebb tide. I
'99 380 Jib Furler Line Size planoron at 7:45pm 08.15.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/481 Back again,,,I will be going out next week and need to replace the old furling line for the jib. I
Link 2000/Freedom Question Rick D at 6:42pm 08.15.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1148 Just returned from a couple weeks in Catalina Island. While there, I ran the Honda 2000 once a day f
Right of Passage? (2) Roadking Larry at 6:10pm 08.15.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1009 Last saturday I had the headboard shackle on my main fail. http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b398/
steering h28.5 billandmir at 4:48pm 08.15.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/870 has anyone refit rudder bearings on a 85 28.5? I am looking for parts or refit parts.Rudder seems lo
H26 First time mast steping Dfisher at 4:11pm 08.15.14 Smaller Boats 5/906 I have gone through the manual a couple of times and done my research on here but have a couple ques
H460 Bow Thruster Brigadoon460 at 3:46pm 08.15.14 Ask All Sailors 12/1919 Hello, first off my apologies for throwing this post up as i'm guessing there have been posts on thi
Engine mounts Soaring eagle at 2:54pm 08.15.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2083 Anyone have any thoughts on replacing motor mounts ??? I have a Yanmar 30GM in a cat 320 . Yanmar
Heat exchanger clamp Tom J at 1:11pm 08.15.14 Catalina 310 8/1856 I had another heat exchanger clamp break. Ordered 2 new clamps from our local Universal distributor
Alternator and tachometer cutting in and out 4arch at 12:47pm 08.15.14 Big Boats 9/5003 I recently unplugged from shore power with batteries full, motored about 5 hours, and dropped the an
Dismasted! (2) KrustyKrab at 11:38am 08.15.14 Smaller Boats 24/3248 Is what happens when you don't use your mast-raising shrouds. Trailer sailors know what I mean. I
Hatchboard bag Canvasback at 11:38am 08.15.14 Catalina 309 Group Forum 6/2325 Hey skippers, curious to know how you stow your hatchboards. All comments much appreciated!
Macgregor Venture 22 Mast needed njbaker at 9:57am 08.15.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2676 Hello all. I just purchased a 1983 Venture in great shape but...I do not have a mast! Can anyone
battery relocation bryan crites at 9:54am 08.15.14 Big Boats 7/1383 Any ideas on a better battery location for a hunter 1984 34. I am cosidering moving them to a much e
Mast tuning specs AZTom at 9:42am 08.15.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/755 I recently purchased a 1999 Beneteau Oceanis 321 with in-mast furling. Can anyone help me find the
Raymarine Auto Tiller Pilot Remote twodzusfittings at 9:03am 08.15.14 Smaller Boats 1/780 Has anyone installed a RF remote to their Raymarine St1000 or ST2000. If so are you experiencing any
Wheel Nut wflowe2 at 8:53am 08.15.14 Ask All Sailors 19/1848 Friend Lost the steering wheel nut on his 1989 Hunter 30. The shaft is 1" SS and the nut was not met
New to me 272 on Seneca Lake (1) agprice22 at 8:40am 08.15.14 Bigger Boats 1/745 We have had a few wonderful days with our 272 refurb project! We have redone most of the boat, and w

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Bow Thruster retrofit H 420 2004/5 DRhoads at 7:11am 11.07.22 I agree that the external thrusters have disadvantages. I would suggest looking at the water jet th
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater Rich Stidger at 7:00am 11.07.22 I wouldn't mount it on the inspection port simply because it will make using the port cumbersome. I
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater mermike at 6:52am 11.07.22 Thanks, John. The tank bottom slopes toward the bottom of the picture. Drilling the inspection port
Fuel pick location for a Diesel heater jssailem at 6:46am 11.07.22 No obvious reason not to. As long as the location lets you install the fuel line so it works with y
Folding prop Cederholm at 5:30am 11.07.22 Great advice all - thank you!
O'Day 39 mast step njlarry at 5:14am 11.07.22 The black casting at the base is your mast step and appears ok. While out of the boat it can be clea
"Dry" delamination from repeated load/flexing? dLj at 5:06am 11.07.22 Plywood is cheaper and lighter than glass and resin. I didn't realize it was lighter. I guess ch
Do you put your bimini down? RoyS at 5:03am 11.07.22 I was looking at a newish, maybe 45,' sailboat in a marina the other day while walking my dog. Almos
First time sailboat owner hatchclan at 4:48am 11.07.22 We have moved onto Hosanna and found that we still have too much stuff, lol. At least that is an eas
Bow Thruster retrofit H 420 2004/5 chuck anderika at 4:44am 11.07.22 I had an external thruster installed at Harrinton North on my 410. Could not be happier with it, saw
Any Guesses Captain Larry-DH at 4:03am 11.07.22
Any Guesses rgranger at 3:00am 11.07.22 Well then out she goes. No longer needed. Overtaken by modern technology. Last year I turned a gif
H41DS microwave Nachismo at 2:57am 11.07.22
Folding Prop Verdict Davidasailor26 at 2:30am 11.07.22 I had a similar pleasant surprise when we switched to a flex-o-fold. With our old fixed prop the rud
1987 Catalina 22 Replacing Rubber Seals on Pop Uo Seat Locher Hatches. (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:57pm 11.06.22 Catalina Direct has an expensive product: I've seen worse. If the new gasket is maintained, it's
Folding Prop Verdict Ralph Johnstone at 9:53pm 11.06.22 2) The overdrive feature is not a gimmick. It allows us to go faster at a lower RPM in typical Sout
Any Guesses Ralph Johnstone at 9:44pm 11.06.22 Last year I turned a gift certificate into one of these puppies. Impressive. And how many bank h
Hunter Vision 32 1989 Ralph Johnstone at 9:41pm 11.06.22 Looks like a 15 kg Bruce. That's @Mike 58 's anchor which is the right size. Works great Now I
H41DS microwave artboas at 9:40pm 11.06.22
Sanitation hose recommendation requested artboas at 9:31pm 11.06.22 slight thread hijack - why would the hose leaving the head be 1", and the other end that empties in

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