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Engine mounts Soaring eagle at 2:54pm 08.15.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2341 Anyone have any thoughts on replacing motor mounts ??? I have a Yanmar 30GM in a cat 320 . Yanmar
Heat exchanger clamp Tom J at 1:11pm 08.15.14 Catalina 310 8/2395 I had another heat exchanger clamp break. Ordered 2 new clamps from our local Universal distributor
Alternator and tachometer cutting in and out 4arch at 12:47pm 08.15.14 Big Boats 9/5570 I recently unplugged from shore power with batteries full, motored about 5 hours, and dropped the an
Dismasted! (2) KrustyKrab at 11:38am 08.15.14 Smaller Boats 24/3530 Is what happens when you don't use your mast-raising shrouds. Trailer sailors know what I mean. I
Hatchboard bag Canvasback at 11:38am 08.15.14 Catalina 309 Group Forum 6/2704 Hey skippers, curious to know how you stow your hatchboards. All comments much appreciated!
Macgregor Venture 22 Mast needed njbaker at 9:57am 08.15.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/3031 Hello all. I just purchased a 1983 Venture in great shape but...I do not have a mast! Can anyone
battery relocation bryan crites at 9:54am 08.15.14 Big Boats 7/1704 Any ideas on a better battery location for a hunter 1984 34. I am cosidering moving them to a much e
Mast tuning specs AZTom at 9:42am 08.15.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/831 I recently purchased a 1999 Beneteau Oceanis 321 with in-mast furling. Can anyone help me find the
Raymarine Auto Tiller Pilot Remote twodzusfittings at 9:03am 08.15.14 Smaller Boats 1/849 Has anyone installed a RF remote to their Raymarine St1000 or ST2000. If so are you experiencing any
Wheel Nut wflowe2 at 8:53am 08.15.14 Ask All Sailors 19/2062 Friend Lost the steering wheel nut on his 1989 Hunter 30. The shaft is 1" SS and the nut was not met
New to me 272 on Seneca Lake (1) agprice22 at 8:40am 08.15.14 Bigger Boats 1/872 We have had a few wonderful days with our 272 refurb project! We have redone most of the boat, and w
Adding ball bearing upgrade to a cdi furler dkyvars at 7:53am 08.15.14 Catalina 22 5/2030 I have a cdi jib furler on my Catalina 22. Can I add ball bearing upgrade to it?
Toe Rail Help (1) repawn at 6:48am 08.15.14 Ask An Oday Owner 12/3127 I am repairing the leaks on my boat and have to remove the toe rails on my Oday 22 - there are 5 scr
340 Refridgerator slr295 at 6:07am 08.15.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/966 My Adler Barbour original gets cold but freezer not cold enuff to make ice Had tech look it over mo
Twin wheel helms Peoplevalue at 5:32am 08.15.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1997 Hi All Sailors I have just purchased a second-hand Dufour 425 with twin wheels at the helm (the fi
Orientation of chain plates MaryEllaRose at 5:24am 08.15.14 Catalina 22 8/2097 I'm in the process of re-bedding my chain plates and need information on how to orient them in relat
shaft tube Tom Fisher at 5:21am 08.15.14 S2 4/959 I've got a leak in the shaft tube of my S2 11 meter sloop. Water leaks from the shaft tube aft of th
leaking chain plates Tom Fisher at 5:15am 08.15.14 S2 7/2155 I've got a 1985 S2 11 meter aft cockpit sloop. I've had occasional leaks at the chain plates. The de
Venture Educated Guess When Catalina 36 #1700 Was Built? rardiH36 at 7:50pm 08.14.14 Ask All Sailors 10/3339 Per the title subject line, anybody know how to find out when Catalina 36 Hull#1700 was built? I am
How to stop a new 4 stroke engine. rs8684 at 7:25pm 08.14.14 Engines and Propulsion 5/1407 Having had a 2 stroke engine my entire sailing life, I have always stopped the engine, when done for

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Hunter 38 Kitchen Sink Replacement Summerof69 at 5:29am 08.09.23
looking for a 23 mast base zspar Crazy Dave Condon at 5:24am 08.09.23 Although uS Spars in Gainesville, Florida sells Z Spar parts, @rgranger suggested going thru the for
Hunter 212 hull crack Crazy Dave Condon at 5:16am 08.09.23 Walk away
Hunter 212 hull crack (1) jayarmala at 5:03am 08.09.23 218639218639
Hunter 212 hull crack jayarmala at 4:55am 08.09.23 Unfortunately the boat is over an hour away and the current owner only posted 1 picture showing the
identify sailboat jviss at 4:53am 08.09.23 Those pics are great. Is that your shop? It's very cool. I think that boat may be worth something
Hunter 212 hull crack jayarmala at 4:52am 08.09.23 Do these two back to back cracks represent a failure right through the hull?
T3800 - Location of Macerator Pump? jviss at 3:44am 08.09.23 You told us you were an electrician. You have a breaker that has two wires correctly color coded. T
identify sailboat mark allen at 3:40am 08.09.23 thanks so much to all of you! I appreciate your expertise, kindness and patience with my inquiry.
identify sailboat Jim Legere at 3:16am 08.09.23 Fireballs were very popular racing dinghies 40 year ago. They were pretty easy to sail compared to l
c 16 leak JohnShannon at 11:12pm 08.08.23 The flaps in the transom, are called transom flaps and indeed allow a lot of water to drain quickly
What is the meaning of this? JohnShannon at 11:07pm 08.08.23 DownWind Sail Area/ Displacement ?? I too would guess asuymcl = asymmetrical spin
identify sailboat JohnShannon at 11:04pm 08.08.23 I concur Fireball lovely boat.
AC Fridge overconsumption. MikeHoncho at 10:29pm 08.08.23 Yes the amperage would be half for his 220 V supply but the wattage would always be the same regard
T3800 - Location of Macerator Pump? Stu Jackson at 9:14pm 08.08.23 Yes, but a red and a black, probably 14 or 12 gauge, disappear from the panel up into that corrugat
Urban Anchorages Kings Gambit at 9:04pm 08.08.23 How crowded? Not at all right now. Three sailboats nicely spaced. (One arrived since the picture.)
Watches Hayden Watson at 9:01pm 08.08.23 Watch? I thought that was the shift we needed to be on deck lookout.
Urban Anchorages Alan Gomes at 9:00pm 08.08.23 How crowded?
Urban Anchorages (1) Kings Gambit at 8:53pm 08.08.23
AC Fridge overconsumption. Project_Mayhem at 8:23pm 08.08.23 A partially clogged refrigerant line could cause the compressor to work harder. I've also seen compr

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