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1984 catalina hot water heater 1234 at 1:08pm 08.05.14 Big Boats 2/1248 have a 1984 catalina 38 does anyone know the maker and type thanks
I will be at the Annapolis Sailboat show! Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:55pm 08.05.14 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/3202 Interesting how one thing can lead to another...a few weeks back I decided to jump into the "Beware
Stern pulpit Larry Nix at 12:41pm 08.05.14 Smaller Boats 1/1032 Has anyone modified the stern pulpit to better enable climbing up from the stern boarding ladder.
Bimini for Capri 18 Captain Capri KLR at 12:17pm 08.05.14 Smaller Boats 2/2758 Will a Bimini for a Cat 22 fit a Capri 18?
Source for Hunter 170 cup holders? mark2 at 12:15pm 08.05.14 Day Sailers 1/1665 Doing some work on our 170 and want to replace the faded-gray cup holders. We removed one of them an
Loose footed main captcoho at 11:37am 08.05.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/900 I know by searching the forum there are numerous thoughts on the subject of Loose footed mainsails.
Bow Rollar (1) rblevens at 11:27am 08.05.14 The Cherubini Hunters 15/2184 Is there a place to find a replacement anchor bow roller?
Model Plans 7kevin at 9:46am 08.05.14 Sails Call Lounge 0/3505 My dad has a Hunter Vision 36 and I would like to build him a model of it as a gift. Unfortunately,
Help Mike in Cape Cod at 9:41am 08.05.14 Smaller Boats 5/865 Can anyone send me a photo or sketch of the original routing of the H23.5 centerboard cascade line a
"Sideshift" Bow Thrusters captmaddog at 9:08am 08.05.14 Big Boats 1/1459 Wondering if anyone has installed or know about someone that has installed a bow thruster made by Si
Cockpit Table Leg DaveJ at 5:50am 08.05.14 Catalina 310 6/1355 I am sure others have/had the same issue with the leg of the cockpit table. Mine does not lock and w
Power Distribution Panel Problems Frank Bean at 2:31am 08.05.14 The Cherubini Hunters 4/897 I have a 1981 Cherubini 37C. I have issues with the DC power panel. I have some burned out indicator
Oceanis 351- Fuel handle next to main switch Beach Bum at 1:44am 08.05.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1049
Hull ID jonelli at 12:15am 08.05.14 Catalina 30 4/1334 Is the HULL # only stamped into the little metal plate on the transom? The reason I ask is that I
Sippy Cup/Big Gulp Regatta Results? Survivors? (1) caruthers at 10:33pm 08.04.14 Ask All Sailors 3/1504 Anyone here participate in the race this year? I was planning on it but I am seriously a fair-weathe
No DC power JohnnyMac at 8:38pm 08.04.14 Big Boats 10/2767 Tonight I took out my house battery to exchange it in the morning for a new one. I turned off the ho
Drop in Replacement for Raymarine Depth rpwillia at 7:57pm 08.04.14 Ask All Sailors 3/885 Anyone ever heard of a drop in replacement fish finder for the Raymarine depth instrument? Am trying
FYI - ST30 Speed Transducer Replacement (2) John T1594 at 7:45pm 08.04.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/6171 My 2000 H340 has an instrument cluster on the sea hood over the companionway. It has a Raymarine/Aut
Mega 30 (1) mblockb at 7:32pm 08.04.14 C&C 2/4863 Just bought a mega 30. Previous boat was a Chrysler 22. Looking to get as much info as possible from
Oil in freshwater cooling Universal M25XP Mikesails48 at 7:04pm 08.04.14 Engines and Propulsion 5/2010 A quart of oil was accidentally dumped into my freshwater cooling system. I drained the mixture of

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Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks Dalliance at 11:19am 08.29.23
No Binnacle Compass on Oceanis 34.1 (2) toastysailor at 11:19am 08.29.23 219347 219348
Winchbit driver Hayden Watson at 11:15am 08.29.23 Has anyone tried installing one of these? My Catalina 310 has limited access to the area above the
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks kappykaplan at 11:14am 08.29.23 How often do you apply it? It's applied to the headsail luff tape at the beginning of the season.
Wooden block under mast step. Mark W at 11:12am 08.29.23 Well, the mast stepped fine. The shrouds are long enough. I will insert pins to be sure the turnbuck
Wooden block under mast step. Mark W at 11:11am 08.29.23 Its possible that they replaced the mast with a new design mast which is a little shorter to compen
H34 Mast Rewiring WasabiRush at 11:08am 08.29.23 Great info Dalliance. Thanks.
'07 Hunter 27 In-Mast Furler Failure (2) VT Fitz at 11:06am 08.29.23 Epilogue: The rigger arrived late this morning and he swapped out the 1/4" line for my topping lift
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks jviss at 11:03am 08.29.23 It's a wax. You're likely to make it worse as wax traps dirt. Great for zippers though. We use Zipp
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks jviss at 10:49am 08.29.23 :plus: Never had a problem with McLube not lasting very long. How often do you apply it?
Bad experience with a yacht broker, appreciate some advice Barnacle Bill at 10:45am 08.29.23 I am a broker and based on your notes, I'd say the person you were dealing with was pretty much usel
No Binnacle Compass on Oceanis 34.1 kappykaplan at 10:42am 08.29.23 Could you post a photo of your existing binnacle?
H34 Mast Rewiring Dalliance at 10:36am 08.29.23
Catalina 30 vs O'Day 25 Stu Jackson at 10:20am 08.29.23 how can this boat be single handed from behind the wheel if the lines, traveler and winches are all
Replace section of G4 anchor chain tfox2069 at 10:19am 08.29.23 When adding a connecting link, there's one issue I didn't see discussed - sorry if I missed it: The
Gulf Storm Potential (1) jssailem at 10:14am 08.29.23 Surge warnings
H34 Mast Rewiring WasabiRush at 10:06am 08.29.23 My mast on the 1985 model H-34 is a Kenyon BF 5386.. They may have used different ones during the r
Replace section of G4 anchor chain Rich Stidger at 9:49am 08.29.23 I will wade into this snake pit with my 2 cents of opinion. I have always used ACCO brand G4 5/16"
Catalina 30 vs O'Day 25 kappykaplan at 9:47am 08.29.23 I assume one would have to steer from in front of the pedestal? As @Calif. Ted said, let Otto do t
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks kappykaplan at 9:42am 08.29.23 It's a wax. You're likely to make it worse as wax traps dirt. :plus: Never had a problem with McLu

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