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Our first boat newbie72 at 3:41pm 07.23.14 Catalina 22 6/853 Hello all! We finally did it and bought our first boat! We bought a 1985 Catalina 22. We are new
Rigging & Mast (Urgent Question) TriSwiss at 3:25pm 07.23.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 19/2347 I'm interested in purchasing a 1998 Hunter 376 - The biggest issue is that it will need complete rig
Leasing my 36 ft S2 EQUINOX22 at 2:26pm 07.23.14 S2 2/1010 Hello fellow S2 boat owners, knowing what a great sailing vessel, an S2 Cruiser is, do you know anyo
painting the ceiling carpet EQUINOX22 at 2:22pm 07.23.14 S2 3/1364 Hi, I would like to make the interior of my boat lighter and more attractive, so I am wondering if I
Sacraficial Zinc BrianW at 1:34pm 07.23.14 Smaller Boats 3/824 I have a couple of dumb questions: If you set out a zinc "fish" as a test for stray current, can you
Need help with finding parts for a catalina 22 Dave84 at 1:18pm 07.23.14 Catalina 22 4/992 Hi, I'm looking for parts for a Catalina 22 1979. I need a white plastic port trim and a stem head f
Escape Rhumba Furling Issue lillyenglund1 at 12:17pm 07.23.14 Ask All Sailors 13/6655 I recently bought a used Escape Rhumba with 'smart rigging' (the sail wraps around the mast and has
in the water, shake down, QUESTIONS<<< (7) jmczzz at 11:57am 07.23.14 Catalina 22 5/1552 Launched "Grace" in Bull shoals res, sailed, anchored, put her in a slip. All went pretty well excep
Profurl B29S on Beneteau 323 rschultz at 11:54am 07.23.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/2408 I have a 2004 B323 with a factory installed Profurl B29S headsail furling unit. The boat is new to
Mast Raising Bridal Wire for Hunter 23.5 Gardnera at 11:03am 07.23.14 Smaller Boats 3/1914 I purchased a 1993 Hunter 23.5 but it did not come with a mast raising bridal wires. hunterowners.co
Cabin table dimensions Svlorelei30 at 10:24am 07.23.14 Catalina 30 17/5549 A previous owner cut the length of the cabin table, I guess to slide in better. Now I cannot use it
Cabin floor carpet pattern Svlorelei30 at 10:21am 07.23.14 Catalina 30 3/1772 Does anyone have a carpet pattern that they could copy from a Catalina 30 MKIII floor/carpet? If not
Transmission Problems makanikai1 at 9:59am 07.23.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/1310 I have recently have my second transmission installed. The last one was two years ago. Our mechani
Companionway Teak Replacement (1) LiveAloha at 8:51am 07.23.14 Big Boats 5/1547 Found a New replacement for my weathered companionway teak handhold with integrally mounted Sun Lev-
Plumbing layout on 1984 First 30E shyamh at 8:45am 07.23.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/780 Here might I find details of all the plumbing lines, flows and schematics for an '84 first 30E? I'm
IPad mini and GPS shyamh at 8:31am 07.23.14 Ask All Sailors 24/4000 Good morning all, What external GPS receivers would you recommend for use with iPad navigation apps?
Sailing Downwind Rleiby at 7:22am 07.23.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/952 1993 Hunter 30T: What size and brand whisker pole might you recommend? 110 Genoa. Any suggestions o
To Be or not to be? Bad Obsession at 7:22am 07.23.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1394 I have something mounted to the stern of my boat. It looks like an old bracket that a motor bracket
Simrad AP 11 problems Rodd at 7:21am 07.23.14 Musings With Maine Sail 9/4766 Can anyone suggest how to proceed when getting an error message: "Actuator, Fail" from an AP 11 pilo
want new motor for C 16 Marc SCCP16II at 7:02am 07.23.14 Com-Pac 10/9028 Recently purchased '87 C-16 with same model Evinrude 4. It runs fine, but looking to upgrade to a 4

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Blown exhast odaydokay at 10:43am 07.08.23 This saga ended yesterday when I got the part from Westerbeke. Large Northeast distributor Hansen d
Hunter 33, Do wires actually run in between the deck and head liner?? Dalliance at 10:36am 07.08.23 My 1980 Hunter 33 had the mast wires running through the bilge and up the compression post into the
Head removal Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:04am 07.08.23 If you plan to continue only day sailing once a year, the Johnson AquaT is an ok choice. However,
What brand transducer is this? Ben16737 at 9:49am 07.08.23 The bells and whistles are mostly software driven, so they are cheap to add in and the market is co
Need help wiring my new air conditioner (3) FDICsailing at 9:44am 07.08.23 Here is the finished writing. Does it look correct? For the power I had to use an orange extension c
Lake boat vs Florida boat aging question FastOlson at 9:34am 07.08.23
Merit 22 owners (2) RussC at 9:05am 07.08.23 It's heavy!!!! I've installed struts on a couple of my boats over the years and find them a very w
Lake boat vs Florida boat aging question Don S/V ILLusion at 8:50am 07.08.23 Havng owned boats both in New England and Florida, generalities about location can be misleading. T
Lake boat vs Florida boat aging question FastOlson at 8:45am 07.08.23 I know plenty of 30 year old boats with the original rigging here on Lake Ontario. So Very True h
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA (1) jssailem at 8:44am 07.08.23 Chart Plot from data received 07July 17:12 GMTly on his face and pants and shirts, and jackets... Es
Bow thruster and electric winch iestion Hollyberry at 8:33am 07.08.23 For most sailboats I think a bow thruster is only going to be 'necessary' if the boat won't back up
Bow thruster and electric winch iestion Calif. Ted at 7:57am 07.08.23 I got my ASA certs on a Beneteau 43 at a time when no one would dream of putting a bow thruster on a
Water balast leak in Hunter 260 (2) twalker H260 at 7:25am 07.08.23 Photos from construction phase of h26/260 by Marlow Hunter. How much water are you getting? A litt
st 4000 and rudder position Tally Ho at 6:56am 07.08.23 That makes sense, in very light winds, with almost no movement. I was also thinking, it would be go
What brand transducer is this? dlochner at 6:51am 07.08.23 The bells and whistles are mostly software driven, so they are cheap to add in and the market is com
What brand transducer is this? Ben16737 at 6:43am 07.08.23 Can't help you with the brand, however, those are ancient and it is highly unlikely that you can fi
Hammock install on a H26? WesternTraveler at 6:31am 07.08.23 Unless you already own one, I would not spend all the money on the "tacker" just to hold up the ham
What brand transducer is this? dlochner at 6:30am 07.08.23 Can't help you with the brand, however, those are ancient and it is highly unlikely that you can fin
Head removal Dream Weaver at 6:21am 07.08.23 Thanks for your quick answer. I should have written this earlier! I spoke to Patrick at Groco, who
P42 motor mounts mbaker at 6:09am 07.08.23 4JH2-TE. 62HP.

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