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Visiting Bay Area June 1-6th bobby64 at 1:20pm 05.29.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1028 Hi Catalina folks! I am a Norwegian leisure captain, instructor and Catalina 400 owner that is visi
192 mast & rigging questions Jerry Shenkman at 1:00pm 05.29.14 Day Sailers 5/1237 Hi; I am new to the 192 so here goes. How much does the 192 mast weigh? When it is standing in th
prop shaft alignment Pat T at 12:38pm 05.29.14 Ask All Sailors 11/3174 Over the winter I pulled the transmission and installed a new damper plate. While at it I replaced t
Couple of Spring projects... Help? (3) jpeac2 at 12:34pm 05.29.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1586 Couple of Spring projects... Updated All - Sorry for the blast of posts but we have a long list
On lighting - indirect and remote controlled? jpeac2 at 12:07pm 05.29.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/591 All - Looking to make some light upgrades to the Oceanis 351 we have. A couple things I am c
Bug Screen for Companionway mauisean at 11:21am 05.29.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1115 Ahoy, First time posting! Purchased a 42s7 last year. Wondering what works to keep the bugs from
Stay extension for use with a furler Michael Lynn at 10:43am 05.29.14 Smaller Boats 7/1705 Hello all, I have noticed in the CDI Furlers information sheet "Which CDI Furler Do I need" (found
looking for boq rail edsmith at 10:39am 05.29.14 Bigger Boats 4/892 I need a bow rail for my oday sailboat
macerator magic dehler25 at 10:25am 05.29.14 Big Boats 8/1456 The macerators obviously need to be switched on to supply power, but what else switches them on to r
Need A Place For The Winch Handles DaveJ at 9:29am 05.29.14 Catalina 310 13/3364 Entered my first official race yesterday and part way through realized that I do not have a convenie
driveshaft strut brent r at 8:19am 05.29.14 The Cherubini Hunters 3/730 I have a 79 raider 33 by Cherubini and have managed to break the strut and possibly bent it in the p
new 222 oday owner redmackc at 7:48am 05.29.14 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1090 Does the 1984 222 boat have equal stability on heeling with the center board down or up?
A neat thing I saw Winkfish at 7:44am 05.29.14 Ask All Sailors 24/9102 Two weekends ago, I crewed for a friend of mine, just the two of us, on a Rhodes 19 in a regatta at
Watermaker experience rlamb at 6:59am 05.29.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 15/1747 Am planning on installing a watermaker on my 466 before I take it to Mexico next year. I have analy
Hunter 140 cracks repairs wildrp at 6:40am 05.29.14 Day Sailers 1/1977 We purchased a 2000 Hunter 140. It is in great condition overall, but the deck and the cockpit has c
galley benchtop AndyR at 2:54am 05.29.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1066 Hi everyone long time since I posted guess that means we havnt had many problems (dismasting asid
Stanchion legs...again weedstomper at 11:34pm 05.28.14 Smaller Boats 3/844 I bought last year a '98 H 260. Soon I noticed the screws of one of the stanchions' legs were loose
Raymarine ST50 tridata depth and speed indicator Remivan at 9:59pm 05.28.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/811 Own a Beneteau Oceanis 281 (1995) equipped with the subject equipment. The previous owner put a pas
Poll on dock lines NiceBeny at 9:04pm 05.28.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/793 I look around my dock at how other people tie there boats, I have fore and aft lines with spring lin
Rigging question for 23-2 keatser at 7:45pm 05.28.14 Ask An Oday Owner 1/614 Just raised the mast on my O'Day 23-2 and have a question about bow. At the chailnplate on bow there

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Electrical upgrades Ralph Johnstone at 1:47pm 05.28.23 Your refer draws 5 amps, is that per hour? OUCH ! Back to the books. 5A is the rate of pulling
Sail drive raw water intakes Captain Larry-DH at 1:47pm 05.28.23 I just watched the latest video episode from Sailing Parlay Revival. If interested, watch this and
Marine Toilet Question Tally Ho at 1:46pm 05.28.23 I have a manual head, an older Raritan. I cannot quite get used to the idea of saving the TP in a
Mainsail up! sbrogden at 1:06pm 05.28.23 I'm thinking this picture would be even better with some water under the boat ! I plan on putting
Jib furler basics and maint Dave at 1:06pm 05.28.23 Does this happen when the sail is attached? What is the wire attached to the top of the drum? The
Electrical upgrades Johnb at 12:17pm 05.28.23 Your refer draws 5 amps, is that per hour? If that's the case it draws close to 100 amp hours in a
Beneteau 35s5 Rudder Bearing thetone at 12:06pm 05.28.23 This looks like it will do the trick. How long is the steel bar?
G-Flex Question - Curing Time thinwater at 11:58am 05.28.23 Another thing about amine blush. It must be removed before painting or the paint won't dry.
Electrical upgrades morbidfollower at 11:35am 05.28.23 Your refer draws 5 amps, is that per hour? If that's the case it draws close to 100 amp hours in a
Need details about this boat tsuchenek at 11:28am 05.28.23 My neighbor who is 90 years old found an ODay boat in the corner of one of his barns. He remembers
Need details about this boat tsuchenek at 11:27am 05.28.23 I measured it from the ground. It looks like 20 feet long, depending on where the measurements are t
Electrical upgrades Steve_Catalina at 11:25am 05.28.23 Here's some electrical upgrades I did last summer, finally got around to taking some pictures of wh
Marine Toilet Question (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:09am 05.28.23 Or, you could always buy RV and Marine toilet paper! Isn't that just about the same as using thes
What speed makes you fire up your motor? Kings Gambit at 11:05am 05.28.23 The basic stimulation to go to power is the wish or need to arrive at destination before dark especi
What is at the top of my mast. capta at 10:37am 05.28.23 The shielding should be tinned copper, so being exposed is not a problem for the radio signal. I'd p
What speed makes you fire up your motor? capta at 10:22am 05.28.23 That question was completely dependent on the circumstances. As a charter boat with a schedule to ke
What speed makes you fire up your motor? Captain Larry-DH at 9:48am 05.28.23 I use 6 knots as planning speed. Our flat water sailing speed is 0-10 knots depending in conditions,
Center Board problem bwilldoit2 at 9:34am 05.28.23 The way I understand how the center board works there is one ( the cable ) as you described that rai
Shipping a boat question (2) Sailm8 at 9:06am 05.28.23 Actually that was the total price after being gauged by the storage lot and the crane company.. Th
Hunter 23.5 anchor locker size (1) JamesG161 at 9:01am 05.28.23 You may get your answers here... HunterOwners.com downloads or scale this drawing.

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