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Doyle Cradle Cover bobjames at 9:47am 05.15.14 Catalina 310 5/3378 I have a love-hate affair with my Dutchman system and as I age gracefully I find myself wanting to a
Tiller for Macgregor 26X Helvio at 9:13am 05.15.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/838 Hi Everyone, I am looking for a idea for convert my 26X for tiller. If someone has any idea fro des
yet another nav light question kpgraci at 8:34am 05.15.14 Ask All Sailors 22/4513 The COLREGS offer a variety of options for navigation lights on a < 12m sailboat, but as I already h
Catalina 270 on a lift-can't contact Catalina suznhenz at 8:34am 05.15.14 Mid-Size Boats 6/2394 Hi - I am preparing to purchase a 1993 Catalina 270 and am planning on storing it on our 8000 pound
auto helm carneypat at 8:27am 05.15.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/925 having trouble our boat will not hold course with our wheel helm auto pilot our hunter 29.5 seems t
Cunningham/boom hold-down dawn_coyote at 8:21am 05.15.14 Catalina 22 20/7502 Can someone help out with pictures of how yours is rigged? I'm trying to sort out what I have and wh
Advice when Pulling head on 1989 M-XP25? chrisyse at 7:56am 05.15.14 Engines and Propulsion 1/1451 I've decided to pull the head to replace a broken lower thermostat flange housing. I've replaced hea
Logo Colors (1) chuter at 7:39am 05.15.14 Smaller Boats 10/1635 The Hunter logo on the sides of the cabin on my 1985, 23' boat are in need of replacement. Might an
Bolt size for swing keel cal21 Pcalvin1966 at 7:15am 05.15.14 Cal 0/963 What size bolt or pin do I need to put in the swing keel in down position it will be in a slip so it
Seeking shortest & slimmest AA batteries yammy at 10:07pm 05.14.14 Ask All Sailors 23/9277 Does anyone know which brand got the shortest ' slimmest AA batteries (i.e. 49.2mm x 13.5mm)? The st
Water from engine compartment bobcranmerbrown at 9:39pm 05.14.14 Mid-Size Boats 7/1948 I have a 1980 Hunter 27 with a Renault diesel engine. The stuffing gland is leaking so lots of water
water pump help (2) krivalsi at 3:46pm 05.14.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1323 I have a 1988 Catalina 28. Engine is Universal M3-20. My mechanic pulled the coolant water pump
VIN # pacerow at 3:03pm 05.14.14 Irwin 0/1634 Two questions. Since the VIN# wasn't placed on the transoms until 1972, where would I find it on the
Installed depth finder (8) RDS2012 at 3:01pm 05.14.14 Smaller Boats 7/1049 Used two 165 degree concealed cabinet hinges. Think it will work.
Flooded cabin in 192 Jerry Shenkman at 1:55pm 05.14.14 Day Sailers 1/1000 Hi; I am new to this forum. I bought an O'Day 192 im Jan/14 to use as a day sailor. Today I opened
New Style Windows & Balanced Rudder Questions -C25 Kper at 1:10pm 05.14.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1304 What year did the new style windows make it into the C25? And... How can I distinguish a balanced ru
did the heat damage my forestay and lifelines? RonRelyea at 12:56pm 05.14.14 Ask All Sailors 16/1811 Some of you may recall that last month, my boat (on the hard) was bow-to-bow with another boat that
Stem fitting help (2) Minnesail at 12:43pm 05.14.14 Catalina 22 9/1883 There's an odd thing on my stem fitting: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-t5YHeWpDldE/U3PFf730tyI
Bent swim ladder bobjames at 12:11pm 05.14.14 Catalina 310 7/2189 Over the winter and possibly due to the shrink wrapping process, my swim ladder is bent to one side
Hood furler...need help (1) kito at 11:36am 05.14.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1085 Can someone tell me if there is a piece missing in the photo of the Hood furling system? Seller does

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Can't find leak on 8' Mercury Inflatable RoyS at 4:33am 07.23.23 Carefully check the cones at the stern. Mine developed a tiny leak (much slower than yours) where th
I have an 21' American Fiberglass (1) Will Gilmore at 9:59pm 07.22.23 Sail track stops
Prop size for my 28.5 jssailem at 9:02pm 07.22.23 Do not guess or use someones numbers. You need to evaluate your boat. They want to know the diameter
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA rgranger at 8:50pm 07.22.23 I've got to up my game on taking photos and such. Thing is, like when coming into port here, there
Life vest inflated while stored on boat. Common? (1) rgranger at 8:46pm 07.22.23 Went to the boat today. My inflatable had popped. How weird. Never had one go off on its own i
Early production Kittiwake (1) jssailem at 8:45pm 07.22.23 218090
Have you tested your PFD? jssailem at 8:37pm 07.22.23
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA (2) JamesG161 at 8:37pm 07.22.23 I have the Parrot on order. ok .
Hunter 25.5 Bow Damage Advice AustinSailor at 8:32pm 07.22.23 Thanks so much everybody, this is just the type of advice I was hoping to receive. Fantastic forum!
Have you tested your PFD? Mark Maulden at 8:17pm 07.22.23 We have a couple of West Marine Coastal inflatables. They are about 7-8 yrs old and the color indic
Have you tested your PFD? (4) jssailem at 8:06pm 07.22.23 sailing magazines, I noticed a big difference between the UK and USA published ones. I don't thin
Strange beep from cockpit engine panel gfroch at 7:59pm 07.22.23 OK. You know how when you're sailing and you hear a faint noise and you can't tell where it's coming
Catalina 27 teak before and after jon hansen at 7:44pm 07.22.23 nice work
Catalina 27 teak before and after jaysweet at 7:38pm 07.22.23 Wow, great job! Hardly looks like the same boat!
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA jaysweet at 7:35pm 07.22.23 I did start at Gibson Island, but that was only where I did the boat preparations. I was keeping my
CHI-MAC today DayDreamer41 at 7:34pm 07.22.23 best of the great lakes. wind, waves, fresh water, sun burn, biting black flys, blue berry pancake
CHI-MAC today PaulK at 7:33pm 07.22.23 We had a light-air night one time. Other watch wrapped the spinnaker around the forestay about 15x.
Sailing adventures of SV MUSETTA dLj at 7:27pm 07.22.23 Nah: I'm in Rock Creek (White Rocks Marina), and it was my understanding that you started at Gibson
Catalina 27 teak before and after (8) BTC1984 at 7:27pm 07.22.23 More photos. The Coaming covers were breaking and had gaps. I used Gflex to fill in the gaps and I
New Hunter arch panel (4) jaysweet at 7:20pm 07.22.23 Here are the Hella Courtesy Lamps (back side), which look to be mostly waterproof (IP67) and a prett

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