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Early Catalina 30 Cushion Dimensions LaDonna14021 at 5:39pm 11.20.14 Catalina 30 14/10086 We just bought a 1975 Catalina 30 that has no interior cushions. Catalina wants more than $5000 for
Sailing a Hunter 28? JerryA at 5:03pm 11.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1421 Anyone sailing an early 90's Hunter 28? Looking at one, but I haven't seen any on the water. So I do
ProMariner GS30 Gulf Stream Marine 7 x 50 RC Binoculars pupluv at 4:23pm 11.20.14 Ask All Sailors 3/2371 Anyone tried these Binoculars ? On sale at Hamilton Marine for $120, which is an amazing price for c
410 heat Don Lucas at 4:20pm 11.20.14 Big Boats 7/1345 Whose has diesel forced air heat on their 410? Where did you install the heater and run the air duct
1973 newport 21 patom at 4:07pm 11.20.14 Newport 0/2041 anyone know where i can get a owners manual 21 Newport 1973
Took off my ports today (1) Brian D at 3:31pm 11.20.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1598 What a task. I still believe the previous owner used 5200 to attach the ports. Took well over two ho
Battery Wiring very CONFUSING (3) SeisNudos at 3:30pm 11.20.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/4893 I recently purchased a Ben First 38.5 - 1983 - The first owner purchased it and placed it with The M
Oscillating Multi Tool for Repair Work CloudDiver at 2:46pm 11.20.14 Ask All Sailors 30/7024 For some of the small cuts I need to make in wood or fiberglass where a circular saw or recip saw wo
Volvo Ocean Race shemandr at 11:26am 11.20.14 Ask All Sailors 48/5815 Is any one following this race? I've been checking in at the web site and finding it hard grasp h
Lock for steering wheel Oc 46 knutjh at 11:09am 11.20.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/933 Were can I find a lock for the steeringwheels for my oceanis 46 (2007) ?
keel holes boblin at 9:24am 11.20.14 Big Boats 1/1326 Hello,we are new owners of a Catalina 34 and looking forward to tapping the info shared here and som
chafe protection - which is better? Justin_NSA at 8:11am 11.20.14 Ask All Sailors 10/3268 While my mast is down I plan to replace my spreader tip boots. They aren't that old but they are dri
Any Info On MarinAire A/C Units? robertsapp at 7:21am 11.20.14 Ask All Sailors 2/1879 I'm curious whether anyone has any info on or experience with marine air conditioning systems sold u
Rubberizit to fix holding tank???? KenCamp at 6:39am 11.20.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 13/4261 Hi all, I was wondering if anyone had used a product called "Rubberizit" to seal a holding tank.
A mistake no one should repeat... (8) Sumner at 8:52pm 11.19.14 Ask All Sailors 16/3360 When we bought the Endeavour we made one fatal mistake that no one should duplicate. The prior owne
West Sound, Orcas Island Terry Cox at 8:10pm 11.19.14 Pacific North West Cruisers 0/1762 John Lund, a boating buddy and I, were heading west through Pole Pass towards Stuart Island when a b
Shroud Spreader M25 Wakulla212 at 7:06pm 11.19.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1577 Next question. At the end of each shroud spreader is a black plastic insert that has a light duty
Interesting Boats For Impound Auction (3) Rick D at 6:41pm 11.19.14 Ask All Sailors 4/2173 The Long Beach, CA marina is having an auction of impounded boats this weekend. (For locals with int
Where can I buy stanchions for my O'day 25 Rudy21 at 6:41pm 11.19.14 Day Sailers 5/3295 I just bought a 1982 O'Day 25 and it does not have a pulpit or stanchions. Where can I buy used sta
Sail Slide Dimension captcoho at 5:37pm 11.19.14 Catalina 30 0/785 I'm talking with different sail-lofts for a new mainsail. One sail-maker wants to place the sail sli

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Pedestal Wheel Lock on 1999 H280? dlochner at 5:47am 09.23.23 Your best best would be calling Edson. They have good tech support. It looks like you have the Visi
Just a bit too much heel and helm dlochner at 5:37am 09.23.23 On J boats, flat is always fastest. That sometimes means giving up a degree or two of pointing to ke
Disturbance off Florida kappykaplan at 5:34am 09.23.23 We hope you stay safe @kappykaplan :pray: Tks! Checked docklines yesterday and shortened up the s
Disturbance off Florida JamesG161 at 5:31am 09.23.23 Power Outages starting on the First Day of Fall. At least TS Ophelia brings in cooler weather. We
Disturbance off Florida kappykaplan at 4:04am 09.23.23 Dammit Jim... I failed to use that moniker in my previous post!
Just a bit too much heel and helm danstanford at 3:01am 09.23.23 Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but... I believe using the traveler to bring the sheet to wind
Universal M-18 not starting Davidasailor26 at 2:57am 09.23.23 The engine stop will stop the high pressure pump from pumping to the injectors.. Your injector pump
Disturbance off Florida JamesG161 at 2:51am 09.23.23 Making Land fall now at 60 MPH max winds, near Emerald Isle, North Carolina! Tropical Storm Ophelia
45DS mainsail furling H30sailor at 2:25am 09.23.23 I don't do a lot of single handing, but when the going gets tough and it's just me and miles of oce
Disturbance off Florida (1) JamesG161 at 2:24am 09.23.23 A few Reporting Stations to view. NDBC - Station 41025 Recent DataNDBC - Station 41064 Recent Data
Disturbance off Florida (2) JamesG161 at 2:07am 09.23.23 Tropical Storm Ophelia? Station Home Page - NOAA Tides & Currents Dammit Jim...
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. Hayden Watson at 11:26pm 09.22.23 I still have to say that I would tackle it with a 120v 1200psi pressure washer. There is nothing in
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. (8) mikeracca at 10:26pm 09.22.23 So not much to report for this week, I spent most of it in Alaska. Today was the only day I got to w
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water jssailem at 9:59pm 09.22.23 I cannot imagine that the physics is uniquely different between the various seals used and the vario
Deck paint recommendations (7) RSHunter27 at 9:01pm 09.22.23 X3XwvsorsYw220176
Datamarine Instruments Kelsa at 8:41pm 09.22.23 Luna has a couple Datamarine instruments in the cockpit area near the companionway hatch. I have no
Yanmar Diesel stalls when underway Techstyle at 8:35pm 09.22.23 I had a similar problem and found that the screen before the first fuel filter was completely clogge
Datamarine Instruments Kelsa at 8:29pm 09.22.23 Well by the look of the website they say a lot on one page, then the products page shows one small
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? Kelsa at 8:23pm 09.22.23 As a side note, while in school for electrical engineering, I worked at a marine electronics place
Dripless Shaft Seal Cooling water Ralph Johnstone at 7:55pm 09.22.23

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