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Teak Oil Outside lpolliard at 7:58am 12.29.14 Catalina 22 8/3027 Looks like my 22 bright work is treated with teak oil and not varnish. What are the pros and cons?
Shakedown Cruise a Complete Success pateco at 7:09am 12.29.14 Mid-Size Boats 8/1126 Had a great sail yesterday. First time out on the Stargazer, and all went smoothly. https://fbcdn
'84 H31 holding tank IH82BL8 at 7:01am 12.29.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1087 I've come to the conclusion that the head smell in my boat is the result of a leaking seal on the ho
350 Website problem? Air Mobility at 5:37am 12.29.14 Big Boats 3/1314 Is anyone else having problems getting on the Catalina 350 International website? I keep getting rou
did i !!!!! (1) hummingbirdbassist at 9:10pm 12.28.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2075 I have a 30 ft hunter and just picked up a 16 person liferaft for a great price, but my dilemna is n
Telescoping Table Leg windcat at 8:33pm 12.28.14 Catalina 30 3/2181 We bought a table leg from a salvaged Catalina 34. We had hoped to be able to use it on our 1978 hu
Battery Charger cam at 5:23pm 12.28.14 Catalina 310 11/3171 Hi all, I trust you have had an enjoyable xmas and new year will be the same. I have a 2005 310 and
Time to replace chainplates? indimini at 5:15pm 12.28.14 Ask All Sailors 13/4095 As part of my winter maintenance, I pulled off the starboard chainplates and noticed what I would de
Hauling my 390 this week for the first time NiceBeny at 4:57pm 12.28.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 19/2900 Besides the bottom paint, zincs maybe cutlass bearing, any thing I should look at or do (California
How Many of Your Still Have the Original Metal Fuel Tank? rardiH36 at 4:23pm 12.28.14 The Cherubini Hunters 34/5433 I am asking because I am getting concerned about mine. I don't see any obvious signs leakage. But
Filling through hull holes a65sailor at 2:57pm 12.28.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1072 I am planning to upgrade my sailing instruments. With the new electronics I will only need one throu
MacGregor rig tuning DRosen at 2:27pm 12.28.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/2100 Is a MacGregor mast rigging tuned as for any sailboat mast? Anything different for the MacGregor ma
Yanmar 3GM30f Raw Water Pump (1) carlager at 2:27pm 12.28.14 Engines and Propulsion 3/2738 I have have unmounted the raw water pump (type Johnson Pump F4B-903) on our Yanmar 3GM30f. I can s
One project finished (2) DAVA390 at 1:37pm 12.28.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1764 GPS Hatchboard bracket. Used a strip of Velcro inside the bracket to keep it from sliding side -to s
Installed Manual Windlass on C-27 (2) caguy at 11:33am 12.28.14 Ask All Sailors 18/6685 I finally mounted the manual windless on the C-27 and it works great. I had to remake the stripper s
anchor locker drain tube leak question allen-deckard at 11:15am 12.28.14 Catalina 22 39/10607 I haven't tore into it yet but I'm 99% sure the tube that comes out of the anchor locker on my 1986
Perplexed by Time (1) OdayDave at 10:59am 12.28.14 Ask All Sailors 45/8096 I have an interesting problem with my Weems and Platt clock. When the clock is on shore, it keeps n
Morgan 32 Hobartwoodworks at 10:55am 12.28.14 Ask All Sailors 5/3084 Looking at 1982 Morgan 32; a little concerned about the chainplate design - anyone know about the in
Bloopers ??? Ropeburn at 10:05am 12.28.14 Ask All Sailors 13/4387 OK, in the old days on our 33ft boat we had a blooper. Yes it matched the color of the spinnaker. Do
Macgregor 26s Stern light Don Quinn at 9:12am 12.28.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/5673 I have recently purchased a 1990 Macgregor 26 with a swing keel. It does not have a Stern light and

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1987 c & c MKIII Vang info needed (2) Tally Ho at 4:45pm 09.30.23
Newbie Intro jviss at 3:55pm 09.30.23 Used to belong many years ago when we lived there. What rig did you choose? I confess a lot of the
Newbie Intro Don S/V ILLusion at 3:51pm 09.30.23 An amateur radio club, specifically, the Southeastern Massachusetts Amateur Radio Association, "SEM
Anodes, test cell, fresh water & hull potential. JamesG161 at 3:43pm 09.30.23 Today I tested the hull potential and got a surprise, 933mv. That's a lot higher than I've ever see
Yanmar SD50 recurring seal issue Joe A at 3:30pm 09.30.23 might be a pinhole in the casting Thanks kloudie1 I hadn't thought to look for that.. I'm not sure
Volvo MD11C Overheating issue SailMaster at 3:24pm 09.30.23 Hi Guys, So I have pulled the thermostat after much struggle. This motor had the original t stat it
Blocked fuel pickup Captain Larry-DH at 3:24pm 09.30.23 There still may be sludge on the tank bottom. Yes, i checked for that. Looks good. Also, my tanks
Newbie Intro jviss at 3:15pm 09.30.23 what kind of club? i know nothing of the ssb world An amateur radio club, specifically, the Southe
Yanmar SD50 recurring seal issue kloudie1 at 3:06pm 09.30.23 Covered pretty well. Only other is a bad o-ring seal. Another might be a pinhole in the casting
Newbie Intro jon hansen at 2:39pm 09.30.23 what kind of club? i know nothing of the ssb world
Blocked fuel pickup JoeWhite at 2:34pm 09.30.23 If you want it done right, you must do it yourself.
It's a good thing that I checked the web site! Kings Gambit at 2:28pm 09.30.23 Just tonight returned from two weeks at Santa Cruz Island; 10 hr of motoring to get back here. Our
Newbie Intro kappykaplan at 2:02pm 09.30.23 Good luck! :beer:
North Sails 110 headsail Tally Ho at 1:47pm 09.30.23 And to get more people interested, post the dimensions. It isnt really specific to a C&C boat, just
Need first hand info on the 2007 Hunter 33 Crazy Dave Condon at 1:18pm 09.30.23 Originally the 33 came with a small engine which is ok for lake sailing but not for larger bodies of
Ultrasonic wind masthead transducer (1) Tally Ho at 1:17pm 09.30.23 I am adding a sailing instrument to my boat this winter and have decided on wireless for the masthe
Ultrasonic wind masthead transducer dLj at 12:35pm 09.30.23 The problem with my Windex is that it is always pointing to where I want to go. I think it is defec
Universal 25xp. No start. charliec30 at 12:28pm 09.30.23 Finally got my starter and put it in however, my picture of wiring it is not clear. Does anyone have
Ultrasonic wind masthead transducer capta at 12:19pm 09.30.23 I use a Windex. Neither wireless nor ultrasonic. dj The problem with my Windex is that it is alwa
Blocked fuel pickup stephen_i_w at 12:18pm 09.30.23 In my previous boat, I had a similar issue with the feed tube getting clogged with some sort of slud

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