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Mast head diagram John Danz at 7:04pm 04.18.14 Catalina 22 6/3711 Does anyone have a diagram of the masthead for a 1982 Catalina 22?
condensation dripping trainmanjess at 6:33pm 04.18.14 Morgan 9/1778 hello all I just spent 5 wonderful days and nights on my mew-to-me 1971 Morgan 35ft sailboat... t
Elongated Line to Chain Splice (2) Windborne at 4:16pm 04.18.14 Ask All Sailors 4/3250 Went to anchor out a couple of weekends ago and found that the stainless steel thimble the line was
st4000 not reading data from garmin 740s Jared1048 at 3:55pm 04.18.14 Mid-Size Boats 5/2512 Hello, I've taken an nmea 0183 port and connected it to the nmea input on the autohelm st4000 but
Leaks Hobartwoodworks at 3:41pm 04.18.14 Smaller Boats 1/711 Still on the hard but the mast is up; just making sure rigging is all good before we trailer to the
Looking for Swing Keel for Catalina 25 tpengra at 3:35pm 04.18.14 Parts Search 1/1002 I have a 1979 Catalina 25 swing keel and am in search of another keel the one I have now is totally
Repowering Catalina 28 gholtze at 3:00pm 04.18.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1031 We recently purchased a Catalina 28 1992 Fiona, problems with a pre-purchase replacement water pump
H380 Main A/C breaker charliegrau at 2:19pm 04.18.14 Big Boats 3/617 Saw a post earlier about replacing a circuit breaker on a 380, and now, sure enough, I need one. Ge
Dreams of Youth Roger Long at 11:36am 04.18.14 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/2804
Blue water in a Seafarer 37 chetfisher at 11:22am 04.18.14 Seafarer 13/16662 I'm considering buying a Seafarer 37 and wonder if anyone has bluewater experience with this boat.
Hunter Bashing - First Aid Kit James10016 at 11:11am 04.18.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 25/5135 All, Forgive me, this is a bit long winded, but I hope it is of sufficient interest to you, to ins
Bow Damage (2) 23ODay at 11:09am 04.18.14 Ask An Oday Owner 22/2451 I just got my first sailboat and it is a little of a fixer upper. There are a few things that need s
Shear pin for skiff outboard gregorybross at 9:58am 04.18.14 Catalina 30 0/593 I have a Mariner 3.3 2 cycle outboard. It keeps breaking shear pins sometimes at the most unfortuna
choosing a genoa Gene Neill at 9:37am 04.18.14 Catalina 22 7/1155 I wonder if you guys could give me some input. At present, I own three mains (it's a long story) but
Anchor windless drum Newport Bob at 8:05am 04.18.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/1153 The windless on our Beneteau 373 has a gypsy and drum. I understand that I can use the drum with the
Radar Pole and Dinghy Davits deaconblues at 7:50am 04.18.14 Big Boats 4/1473 I have a 2006 Hunter 41 AC with a bimin and stern rail seats. I'm currently looking at Kato davit
Newb needs help rigging Main (3) suvh8er at 6:23am 04.18.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1946 Hello Everyone, I just bought a Mac 25 "lawn ornament" that I am refurbishing. Having primarily on
H23' - Move Main Sheet Block to Cockpit Deck (1) carboman at 5:59am 04.18.14 Smaller Boats 8/1198 was thinking of adding the option to move the main sheet block assy to the cockpit deck, just to hav
Backstay weedstomper at 11:35pm 04.17.14 Smaller Boats 11/1608 Has anybody ever taken a H260 or 270 to Hawaii? Can a backstay be adapted and would it be helpful f
Wax on wax off ChangsinLattitudes at 8:17pm 04.17.14 Ask All Sailors 26/3332 So just bought a '81 Catalina 30. Hull seems like its in good condition, no oxidation, shiny. I was

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Water filter clarification... Captain Larry-DH at 6:43am 10.25.22 nice but a little pricey for me. But I would absolutely like to not only replace but also upgrade t
CDI FF2 patbratton at 6:39am 10.25.22 I replaced my forestay on the 23.5 with a stock replacement from the store on this website. Fit per
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long kloudie1 at 6:01am 10.25.22 Easy.. Remove the air cleaner, Pull the compression releases on both cylinders. Then disconnect the
Bad spider cracks ? shemandr at 5:34am 10.25.22 The only one I would say is just Gel Coat crazing is E. A,C & H appear to be cracks. I don't thin
Valve needed Parsons at 5:28am 10.25.22 For language purposes, a through-hull (the fitting in the hull) is connected to a seacock (the valve
Yanmar 2GM20f may have cranked too long RoyS at 5:18am 10.25.22 There probably is a drain on your muffler. Before you try cranking again you should empty the exhaus
Stagnant water in the lazarette Parsons at 5:13am 10.25.22 Permanent fix is a small drain hole at the bottom that will allow this to drain slowly to the main b
Stagnant water in the lazarette shemandr at 4:35am 10.25.22 Wet or Dry Shop Vac with shore power if you have it.
How to replace Hoses in the bilge? xavpil at 3:41am 10.25.22 Each bilge pump should have their own dedicated through hull/drain overboard. On my boat, all my b
Bad spider cracks ? xavpil at 3:39am 10.25.22 . Thx for taking the time to reply. I actually bought the boat 2 weeks ago. It s now out of the w
How to replace Hoses in the bilge? kappykaplan at 2:39am 10.25.22 So the manual and electric bilge pumps connect to share the same they hull. Each bilge pump should
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't kappykaplan at 2:19am 10.25.22 How's the rebuild progressing? :plus: Yes, John, inquiring minds want to know! :beer:
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Marmalade at 2:18am 10.25.22 How's the rebuild progressing? Fingers crossed your schedule is holding course!
Removing sludge from heat exchanger-Yanmar karellen at 11:59pm 10.24.22 I'll second the cooling system flush. Worked well on my 3GM30 that had muddy brown cooling water (su
Motorcycle Gear for Sailing? Sanfelice at 11:40pm 10.24.22 I use a heated motorcycle jacket ( Gerbing) which is very lightweight and use my foul weather jacket
Keel separating? Dean Strong at 10:15pm 10.24.22 Very typical of Hunters with iron keels. Hunter advised me 20 years ago to open the crack with a Dr
Motorcycle Gear for Sailing? jon hansen at 9:46pm 10.24.22 wool what kind of bikes yawl ride. me, bmw 1150 r 2004 ski suit, snowmobile suit, bibs & parka
Motorcycle Gear for Sailing? sail sfbay at 9:39pm 10.24.22 No, too restrictive.......why not consider a diving dry suit?............used that wind surfing in t
Valve needed Leeward Rail at 9:24pm 10.24.22 you'll need a strong valve to prevent the seasick from, well doing what the seasick do, until it ca
Motorcycle Gear for Sailing? Leeward Rail at 9:20pm 10.24.22 I have wondered about the battery heated waterproof jackets.

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