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What Is This? (1) GorillaToast at 9:12am 05.13.14 The Cherubini Hunters 13/1049 1981 Hunter 27 Cherubini Does anyone know what this tongue of raised fiberglass aft of the mast ste
Yesterday (2) allen-deckard at 8:47am 05.13.14 Catalina 22 3/1039 Got out into the Atlantic florida keys anyway found a Cuban refugee boat floating. Nice little pi
the best marine sanitation hose??? centerline at 7:55am 05.13.14 Ask All Sailors 29/18949 I need to replace the 1.5" dump line from the head to the tank. It currently has the trident hose s
Trailer bearing preload? (1) Cope at 7:48am 05.13.14 Catalina 22 2/1036 I'M doing the bearings on my orignal 1973 single axle trailer and want to see how much preload you f
Mac 25 Stern Rail Tsatzsue at 7:30am 05.13.14 Parts Search 1/1729 I am looking for a stern rail for a 1977 V25. I assume the Mac 25 stern rails are the same since the
Catalina 380 Shroud Diameter Catalina380 at 7:04am 05.13.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1008 Hi Can anyone tell me what the wire diameter is for a 2002? I am thinking about buying a Loos Rig
Anyone use the old Schaefer furler? kito at 6:25am 05.13.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1794 My H30 came with a schaefer furler. The kind thats a non reefing type....all or nothing. I would lik
GPS Route Question lehigh375 at 6:19am 05.13.14 Ask All Sailors 11/1352 I am not at my new to me boat and have a Chartplotter question. I am not too computer davy so simpl
late model transom make up allen-deckard at 6:04am 05.13.14 Catalina 22 10/1293 Getting a new outboard. Putting a 9.9hp merc on the back (that's been hashed out and set in stone)
Need to remove Gear Case on 1989 XP25 chrisyse at 4:17am 05.13.14 Engines and Propulsion 2/1631 Hi, I need to replace lower thermostat housing, which requires removal of the gear case (timing c
Draining the fuel tank Blue Pearl Captain at 3:09am 05.13.14 Mid-Size Boats 25/4921 I've read in the manual that draining the fuel tank is regular maintenance. Is this necessary if you
Pretty cool technology rfrye1 at 10:03pm 05.12.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1616 Most of us have been boating a long time. From the early days of handheld GPS to chartplotters to DS
Two cutlass bearings? (1) Dalliance at 8:52pm 05.12.14 The Cherubini Hunters 8/2117 Dalliance has always had what I take to be two cutlass bearings; one at the Y-strut and one in the s
Oday 272 Head kickntires at 7:15pm 05.12.14 Bigger Boats 6/3309 Hello all, I just purchased an 1986 Oday 272. The head was removed by a previous owner and I am pl
Bike on O'Day 25 sPk at 6:08pm 05.12.14 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1122 Anyone have any experience with folding bikes or storing a bike while sailing the O'Day 25? Will a
Water Pump bobcat30 at 5:31pm 05.12.14 Catalina 30 2/864 Last fall I drained all water systems and drained the pump. This Spring... Filled the two tanks.
GPS multi pin connector ChangsinLattitudes at 5:13pm 05.12.14 Ask All Sailors 1/695 Having trouble with my Garmin 498 chartplotter. Female side of the plug was left out over winter un
galley drawers for s2 9.2c (1) Calypso at 4:57pm 05.12.14 S2 3/1405 I have two drawers left from when I put in an oven. The two under the stovetop. If some one needs th
Plastic Portlight FourPoints at 4:35pm 05.12.14 Ask All Sailors 5/1843 I have a plastic portlight on the starboard side of the hull in the aft berth. This was scuffed so
New Chartplotter and Depth Guage Installation (9) RJD at 3:41pm 05.12.14 Catalina 22 9/1830 Got a chartplotter and depth gauge for Christmas so I had no choice but to get out the saw, fibergla

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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
I have an 21' American Fiberglass (3) Perry Welch at 7:14pm 07.22.23 Lets go back to the :Short Sail", problem. As you can see from the pictures I got the cunningham hoo
Have you tested your PFD? Leeward Rail at 7:05pm 07.22.23 It is good to test these things. Knowing how they work before you go in the water in an emergency i
CHI-MAC today jssailem at 7:04pm 07.22.23 Windy shows a stronger wind field closer in to shore. Maybe that is the difference. Going to be an i
New Hunter arch panel (6) jaysweet at 7:03pm 07.22.23 So I bought a couple of hunks of pretty expensive solid teak, just a bit over 1" thick (true), and m
CHI-MAC today jssailem at 6:58pm 07.22.23 WOW... The boat out in the lake is doing 6kts while the boats closer to shore are doing 8+
I have an 21' American Fiberglass Perry Welch at 6:56pm 07.22.23 Hey Stick If you would bother to look at the picture, you will see that the center board is a Dagger
Universal diesel M18 v belt replacement jssailem at 6:53pm 07.22.23 Nice job. Write that up in your boat log so that you can remind your self of the experience and the
Universal diesel M18 v belt replacement (3) BTC1984 at 6:48pm 07.22.23 I took the belt to the Napa store and he matched it with a gates 7395 XL. I only loosened bolts one

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