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NOAA forecasts (1) Piotr at 8:55pm 10.20.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 32/3330 are not very accurate. For those of you who read my other post (to reef or not to reef), you know th
3-blade prop:pitch and diameter for '83 O'Day 28 RBilly at 7:21pm 10.20.14 Bigger Boats 2/1397 Purchased last May an '83 O'day 28 with 5411 Univeral ( Kubota) diesel. Has a 12" dia x 11" pitch p
Cap shroud tension eugenesdream24 at 7:19pm 10.20.14 Ask All Sailors 9/3464 I am reading a lot about shroud tension since I noticed today that my cap shroud is much looser than
Last Sail of the Season! Ward H at 6:57pm 10.20.14 Ask All Sailors 6/944 Finished up the season with a day sail with the Admiral on Friday and then another day sail with a b
Looking for Interest in a Trailer Sailor Event at Lake Texom Barnacle Bob at 6:55pm 10.20.14 Trailer Sailors 9/3824 Ahoy, My name is Captain Bob. We are considering a Trailer Sailor event around the first week of Apr
Port-Starboard Question rpwillia at 6:27pm 10.20.14 Racing 30/20871 Last Saturday I was racing in a race and came across another boat on starboard tack when I was on po
H376 Help for Raising Mainsail (7) John Murphy at 6:11pm 10.20.14 Big Boats 1/1104 Dan ' Others Interested, Sorry for being sooo late in posting this info ' pics. but I am seriously "
Non-skid paint for H170 plastic deck? mark2 at 5:58pm 10.20.14 Day Sailers 0/1139 Hi all, I am making some repairs to several cracks in the deck of our 170. I had to pull up the anti
Non slip surface restoration Rick Templeton at 4:43pm 10.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/596 Looking into refinishing the non slip surfaces on our 340. Getting some nicks and stains under the m
cockpit enclosure Richard Olden at 3:54pm 10.20.14 Ask All Sailors 9/7098 I am attempting to get some cost I formation on a cockpit enclosure for a Catalina 400. I am looking
Water Pressure Pump Dutch1 at 3:33pm 10.20.14 C&C 0/1686 I have three water tanks on my C'C Landfall 38 and ran out of water. Found out because the fresh wa
Sail Care mmsailor at 1:59pm 10.20.14 Smaller Boats 9/1704 I thought there was a company that did a re resin process to bring life back to older sails . I real
Johnson or Yamaha Outboard?? eugenesdream24 at 1:23pm 10.20.14 Ask All Sailors 37/7306 Hey everyone, I am putting a 9.9 long shaft on the back of my Irwin 28 since my Atomic 4 seems to be
sprider cracks on the hull Richard Olden at 1:03pm 10.20.14 Big Boats 1/1070 I am looking at buying a Catalina 400 and I noticed there are some spider cracks on the hull just ab
Transmission Slipping in Forward peter_ms at 11:52am 10.20.14 Catalina 310 3/1007 I don't have the damper plate issue but my transmission is now slipping in forward. This is presumab
shore power hummingbirdbassist at 10:22am 10.20.14 Big Boats 3/780 1980 hunter 30 Plug shore power plug into shore plug, Plug into boat,,,,,, no red light when flippi
Installing auto pilot H 29.5 james295 at 9:24am 10.20.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/1082 Almost finished installing ,ray marine ev 100 . I have a couple of questions, the wheel drive motor
Keel Bolt Backing Plates (1) Rhendy30 at 8:27am 10.20.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2580 I would like to do this with my Catalina 30 BEFORE I experience any problems... I have a little h
8.0a - Life line stantions (5) jlillie at 7:39am 10.20.14 S2 5/851 Hi everyone. I know I've neglected to post for several months related to my restoration of my 8.0a.
Did I winterize right? njlarry at 7:19am 10.20.14 Engines and Propulsion 6/1976 Just winterized my MD-25XPB for the first time and wonder if I did it right. We ran 6 3/4 gallons o

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A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Terry Cox at 6:26am 08.19.23 Good news, John. Quite the saga. Winter cruises in the PNW remain one of our favorites. kqRmir2LI4c
Measurements of the Cutlass Bearing? RSHunter27 at 6:26am 08.19.23 I hate to keep pissing on your corn flakes like this @RSHunter27 , but if you do decide to incorpor
Legend 40.5 windlass chain jumping fix jssailem at 6:22am 08.19.23 Clever idea. Be sure to rinse down the area and keep it clean of debris that comes up with the chain
Urban Anchorages shemandr at 5:02am 08.19.23 Agreed! It's anchor hogging. And not without risks. That boat will not turn in harmony with its n
CL14 Dinghy shemandr at 4:52am 08.19.23 By specifying "...this particular boat .." you limit the responses from the many posters who have e
Musings On Boat Electrical Panels jviss at 3:54am 08.19.23 Are you sure? Aren't the negatives "common" and the individual wires for the + side? One side of
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. jviss at 3:50am 08.19.23 There are four M25s on eBay right now, a couple of M25XPs, and lots of parts.
Urban Anchorages Captain Larry-DH at 3:37am 08.19.23 13 to 1 scope. Tis a bit beyond needed.... dj :thumbup: Not quite 13:1 because the guy had about
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Ward H at 3:26am 08.19.23 Fantastic news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hmmmmmm, another winter cruise??????
Tide Clock dLj at 1:04am 08.19.23
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't dLj at 12:57am 08.19.23 @MikeHoncho spent a couple nights in Everett. Was here on his way home from a much needed sailing c
Tide Clock NYSail at 12:57am 08.19.23
Skimmar Seagull 12 Genaker Mason13 at 10:09pm 08.18.23 Also what would be a good way to add a topping lift.
Skimmar Seagull 12 Genaker Mason13 at 10:05pm 08.18.23
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't (2) jssailem at 10:01pm 08.18.23 @MikeHoncho spent a couple nights in Everett. Was here on his way home from a much needed sailing cr
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. (9) mikeracca at 9:41pm 08.18.23
Saving Another Catalina, An abandoned Catalina 36. Stu Jackson at 9:21pm 08.18.23 If you can get the M25 running it's a great engine for that boat. If not, IIRC they aren't too easy
Speedometer Paddle Wheel Stuck (2) Ralph Johnstone at 9:13pm 08.18.23 Does your transducer look anything like this : d the part number for the plug : 219019
Musings On Boat Electrical Panels Stu Jackson at 9:11pm 08.18.23 Each vertical row of breakers is connected together by a positive flat bar, and there's an adjacent
Rear seal size/specs for kanzaki k3mp CamaroMan at 8:23pm 08.18.23 seals fit perfect thanks!

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