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Stainless Cleaner Jongleur at 8:43am 08.24.14 Catalina 30 9/1663 Search doesn't seem to be working. While reading Mainsheet magazine there was an article on a st
Replacing sails paddy4699 at 8:37am 08.24.14 Catalina 22 6/1410 Our 1986 C22 needs new sails. Any recommendations, suggestions on who to go to for these sails woul
Jabsco head question - backpressure krivalsi at 8:04am 08.24.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/2722 Last year I installed a new Jabsco head manual pump (29120-3000) on my 1988 Catalina 28. Everything
Hot Water Heater for 1987 C36 (1) down_shift at 6:43am 08.24.14 Big Boats 3/1237 I have an original 6 gal 1500w hot water heater by Atwood that leaks. The Seaward F600 at Defender.c
Soon to be... newbie 310 owners. SailFysh at 6:00am 08.24.14 Catalina 310 11/2723 Hello all, After 15 years my wife and I have decided to get back into sailboat ownership and it l
Water Lock Muffler (2) Jongleur at 10:07pm 08.23.14 Catalina 30 1/884 It's either a Water Lock Muffler, Water Lift Muffler, or Accumulator. Anyway, it's leaking. Any
It Wasn't All Work (3) Jongleur at 9:59pm 08.23.14 Catalina 30 2/1247 We did go to a nice place overnight. Dockton. Had a nice motor. Not much wind, until we tried to
Handhold Rebedding (2) Jongleur at 9:51pm 08.23.14 Catalina 30 0/925 Just one more I forgot. I rebedded my exterior handholds. I used the butyl tape and countersun
Window Temporary Fix (3) Jongleur at 9:44pm 08.23.14 Catalina 30 1/870 One more thing? This is the temporary fix for the windows to make them watertight in the Pacific
So I'm planning to sail to Annapolis... Piotr at 9:12pm 08.23.14 Ask All Sailors 27/4118 So I'm planning to sail to Annapolis -UPDATE ... on Sunday of the Labor Day weekend, stay on the mo
Cleaning Diesel Tank Exterior (2) Jongleur at 8:51pm 08.23.14 Catalina 30 1/842 Bear with me. I'm rather proud of how clean I got this.
Scrum Board (1) Jongleur at 8:45pm 08.23.14 Catalina 30 4/899 Here's how I keep track of jobs on board. Column on far right is "done".
Bow Roller Fix (4) Jongleur at 8:41pm 08.23.14 Catalina 30 7/1384 Agonized over this fix for quite a while. Turns out it wasn't too bad. Now have the nicest bow r
Reboot button (1) There and back again at 8:38pm 08.23.14 Smaller Boats 2/1003 I needed a full day of Sailing like I had today in my little Catalina, especially after the crazy we
New Hinges on Engine Access (4) Jongleur at 8:34pm 08.23.14 Catalina 30 2/1069 Has anyone else done this? Replaced the hinges on the engine access doors. Put them on the side
Seat Locker Covers (2) Jongleur at 8:25pm 08.23.14 Catalina 30 0/712 Here's the new Coroplast seat locker covers. I absolutely love them! Also a pic of the stuff I rep
Panda generator fresh water flush Rob38 at 8:08pm 08.23.14 Big Boats 0/890 I recently read an article suggesting that all panda generators would be well served by running fres
Service manual for Yanmar JHE - '85 H-40 kenackerman at 6:28pm 08.23.14 Big Boats 7/1289 I'm in the process of closing on an '85 H40. The current owner (he's the second owner) does not have
Don't Pay the Ransom dptransom at 6:11pm 08.23.14 Ask All Sailors 2/968 Hello! My girlfriend and I are currently preparing our Morgan 382 for an extended cruise to the C
VHF radio? slowdog at 6:04pm 08.23.14 Ask All Sailors 8/2065 I am looking to get a VHF radio . It will be used on a inland lake (Texoma) I am looking at a Midlan

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Clean main sail cover kappykaplan at 1:55am 07.19.23 The items get cleaned, then dried, then sprayed, then air-dry. Truth be told, my sail loft does thi
Winch handle safe use Hayden Watson at 11:01pm 07.18.23 I would really like to see a documented case of a winch freely spinnin while under load without the
Clean main sail cover zinahewitt at 9:56pm 07.18.23 I treat my dodger and bimini with 3M 303 every year. So for 303 You take it home, you spray it , Y
Clean main sail cover (1) zinahewitt at 9:52pm 07.18.23 Sunbrella is usually matte, and looks like canvas, showing the threads on both sides. This seems to
Need Help with my Spaghetti! jssailem at 9:28pm 07.18.23 Old boat's electrical were not always properly color coded as they are now. A thick black wire goin
Crack in the bilge where mast meets bottom hull - Catalina 320 catalinasailing at 9:15pm 07.18.23 I have ran a ground and the issue came up after the boat ran a ground and pulled by harbor master ve
Universal diesel M18 v belt replacement Richard19068 at 9:10pm 07.18.23
Crack in the bilge where mast meets bottom hull - Catalina 320 jssailem at 9:09pm 07.18.23 the following is My opinion based on the images and the statements made. The cracks like that on a
Head toilet not flushing to holding tank. BTC1984 at 8:41pm 07.18.23 Look for a hose running from the top of the waste holding tank to a vent somewhere on the boat. Min
Winch handle safe use TimFromLI at 8:39pm 07.18.23 Perhaps. It would be interesting to see how that handle would behave if a pawl gave way and set the
Need Help with my Spaghetti! dlochner at 8:07pm 07.18.23 The DC- (DC does not have a ground) ends up at a connection point on the engine, typically around th
Life vest inflated while stored on boat. Common? WayneH at 7:59pm 07.18.23 I have three in a locker on my boat and one of them popped sometime in the last year. Not sure when
Bulb Questions and Confusion - Automotive-type Bulbs ggrizzard at 7:07pm 07.18.23 "Dual Contact"! One for the red (hot) wire contact, one for the black (or yellow) wire (ground) cont
Life vest inflated while stored on boat. Common? rgranger at 7:03pm 07.18.23 I had three inflate when i didn't want them too... but it had nothing to do with the mechanism and e
Smoking St. Louis Ribs rgranger at 6:58pm 07.18.23 I need to get one of those eggs.... I keep looking for them on offer up and FB market place.
Need Help with my Spaghetti! Joe at 6:20pm 07.18.23 When anyone says "THICK BLACK WIRE" to battery and the same to the engine.... I can't assign any va
Against the wind - in the docks Don S/V ILLusion at 6:18pm 07.18.23
New Seaward/Whale S-600 water heater leaking fresh water? Rick D at 5:50pm 07.18.23 I think you are doing a good job of eliminating most of the common sources. FWIW, I had the same iss
Against the wind - in the docks PaulK at 5:13pm 07.18.23 How does that work with a 20 mph wind pushing the boat into the dock? If the boat is held by the s
Head toilet not flushing to holding tank. Tally Ho at 5:03pm 07.18.23 Pump may need to be serviced (or replaced), joker valve is probably shot, discharge hose could be pl

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