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O'Day 25 or Catalina 25 JanS48 at 12:16am 10.29.14 Ask All Sailors 19/12655 Greetings I'm looking at a couple of boats, both appear to be in good shape with lots of extras. Th
Force 10 - cozy cabin heater ejessen at 7:16pm 10.28.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/3458 My 1987 Hunter 31 comes with a "Force 10 - cozy cabin heater". Even after reading the manual, I a
New S25 owner here... (1) Koolbreeze at 6:42pm 10.28.14 Seidelmann 4/1972 Hi everyone, Just bought a s25 and don't have a clue yet! I've never sailed before and I've got alot
Potential Boat Lift Damage to Shaft Alignment & Transmission sailor302 at 6:29pm 10.28.14 S2 6/2056 While winterized my YSM 12-R engine today, there was an intermittent grinding noise apparently comin
New to forum excited about our new (to us) purchase mytime at 6:25pm 10.28.14 Catalina 30 5/1269 Hello all... I am about to refurbish our new to us ...Catalina 30 (6242) with 750 hrs on a Univesal
Tanks on a Catalina 27 (1) japtenks at 5:40pm 10.28.14 Mid-Size Boats 6/6329 So my 27 has a lack of tanks on board. I've seen in philwsailz thread http://forums.catalina.sailboa
New (to me) Catalina 27 (4) japtenks at 5:22pm 10.28.14 Mid-Size Boats 5/1514 Hello all, So I went and got myself a sailboat, it has been a blast having sometime to work on and
O'Day 27 Wiring Diagram wtirrell at 5:21pm 10.28.14 Ask An Oday Owner 0/846 I have a 1974 O'Day 27 that I've restored. I'm having some wiring issues using some of the original
Catalina 28 Steering Post Winterizing summerplace at 3:59pm 10.28.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1842 I have a 1998 Catalina 28 MKII. This year for the first time I noticed some dripping on the rudder
Calling Hunter 21' boats in the Solent 1340fxd at 3:34pm 10.28.14 Smaller Boats 0/594 Calling all 21' yachts in the Solent area I own a Beneteau 21.7 kept in Lymington and for the las
Need to Know Windex bolt/thread size? (2) McIntoshUSA at 3:15pm 10.28.14 Ask All Sailors 11/2482 We bought our first Sailboat 6 months ago. I recently got up the courage to go up the mast to the sp
C&C 34 Keel Bolts dynomite at 3:03pm 10.28.14 C&C 4/5958 I am a new owner of a C'C 34 1978 Vintage. I am trying to seal and fibre glass the keel joint .The
Door latches fall off bobscaggs at 2:17pm 10.28.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1506 I am going to assume that others have the same problem I have on my "new to me" 2003 Hunter 426 with
Plastic Sid Axinn at 1:49pm 10.28.14 Parts Search 0/920 I need a plastic piece for the opening in the cabin of a Newport 31. This is a curved piece.
Reputation Points? rgranger at 12:29pm 10.28.14 Forum Help (Site Talk) 44/6715 I guess I'm not very observant or maybe this is something new... but I just now noticed a double pa
1997 Hunter Windshield jvidal01 at 11:26am 10.28.14 Big Boats 9/1251 I have a 1997 Hunter Passage 42. The Windshield that is in the deck is approximately 7 feet wide nee
H23 how to access the lazarette stvnm at 11:17am 10.28.14 Smaller Boats 12/1323 Hello, I just got a 87 H23 wing keel and I am assessing what needs to be done before it can go ba
Anyone know where I can find one of these? (1) holdech at 10:14am 10.28.14 Ask All Sailors 13/1803 It's a bracket from my winter cover - attaches the side tubes to the ridge pole. I have no idea wher
Can I tighten packing gland more or should I repack? pateco at 10:03am 10.28.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/2774 I am the new owner of a 1983 Hunter 31 that is leaking too much from the shaft seal/stuffing box. Se
Instrument Panel Nsdnh31 at 9:59am 10.28.14 Mid-Size Boats 9/5181 Looking for a web site link to purchase a replacement instrument panel on our 1985 H31. Someone was

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Car Accident jviss at 7:33am 09.04.23 The older drivers have dementia, the younger drivers are stoned, the police have given up, you basi
raising and lowering mast (1) PJL at 7:28am 09.04.23 Used to do this when I had a Catalina 27. Its mast step hinged forward. So, the first thing one ne
Tax Number Crusty Ol Salt at 7:27am 09.04.23 You are applying for you to conduct trade between a point of exit in the USA and a point of entry in
P42 motor mounts juznip at 7:24am 09.04.23 The YouTube Sailing channel Sailing Jib Sea has a video of them doing it. I have to agree it looks i
Rope to anchor chain attachment Stu Jackson at 7:23am 09.04.23 What's your problem with the question about which may be better? The reason I asked is that most p
Lake of the Woods Hugh Burton at 7:13am 09.04.23 Glad to have met you. Hope you enjoyed you stay at Northern Harbour
Winterization of hot water tank Davidasailor26 at 7:03am 09.04.23 My heater has a hose to divert any water from the T&P valve to the bilge. I used to open the valve a
Winterization of hot water tank dlochner at 6:57am 09.04.23 Another option for draining the HW tank is using a small 12v diaphragm pump. I picked one up on Amaz
Winterization of hot water tank Tally Ho at 6:39am 09.04.23
Yanmar 2YM15 Oil leak Pattern- Need advice please kloudie1 at 6:36am 09.04.23 Leak appears to be dripping from the top left of the picture then spreading according to heel, pitch
Blown exhaust not enough I guess jssailem at 6:29am 09.04.23 Guess which one failed last week. :banghead::facepalm::biggrin:
raising and lowering mast shemandr at 6:25am 09.04.23 I've participated in using a gin pole. It was fine for the 23 to 25 foot boats. But for the larger
Car Accident RoyS at 6:20am 09.04.23 The older drivers have dementia, the younger drivers are stoned, the police have given up, you basic
New to the forum Sunbird22358 at 6:16am 09.04.23
Blown exhaust not enough I guess RoyS at 6:12am 09.04.23 It is a good practice to carry a replacement for every belt and pump on board. All pumps fail eventu
Yanmar 2YM15 Oil leak Pattern- Need advice please RoyS at 6:00am 09.04.23 Square oil stain is usually caused by water mixed with oil. Water spreads the oil to the edge of the
Blown exhaust not enough I guess odaydokay at 5:56am 09.04.23 Thanks to all. Back on it later today. Like an idiot, I did not look at the coolant level last nig
Invest 95L shemandr at 5:55am 09.04.23 Damnit Jim!
Winterization of hot water tank Jimongee at 5:38am 09.04.23 Thank you Jssailem and dlochner. I actually now live in Nashville, tn but will keep our C & C a Ma
Invest 95L (2) JamesG161 at 5:35am 09.04.23 This is the reason it will be a Major Storm. Hurricane Fuel or Stored Solar HEAT. Normally we sho

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