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Outboard leg lenght MaxinCalgary at 6:11pm 05.07.14 Smaller Boats 14/1453 When't out to the boat today . Just serviced and put the outboard on last week . Companion way lock
Help jakewelch at 5:35pm 05.07.14 Catalina 22 0/416 Live in upstate new york and want to buy used Cat 22 with winged keel vintage year 2000 or newer. I
Bottom Paint mmsailor at 5:19pm 05.07.14 Smaller Boats 9/2068 Has anyone used interlux fiberglas bottomkote nt ? I have used vc 17 in the past but find this is a
Are these ports in your boat? (1) Phil Herring at 4:14pm 05.07.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1133 They're old Bomars (since discontinued) from the 1980's. We have the gasket for these ports but we
Chartering a Macgregor Subnate at 4:06pm 05.07.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1668 I'm really interested in the Magregors, but have never owned a boat. I would like to go out on one t
Java - Update (2) Jim Seamans at 3:42pm 05.07.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1530 Where to begin... Most of you know of my wonderful medical problem so that is where I'll leave it
23.5 rub rail attachment Crazy Dave Condon at 2:15pm 05.07.14 Smaller Boats 0/569 It has been some time but need a little help regarding attachment of the rubrail to the hull/deck jo
And in my Bilge today was ---- (1) Coyote at 1:37pm 05.07.14 Bigger Boats 8/1796 I was horrified this morning when I went to check my Bilge, and found this,,, seems a bit like a mil
battery's (1) Oliver at 12:48pm 05.07.14 Ask All Sailors 3/973 Old battery sulfated a bit, green but only get about one quarter the charge, July 2012. My new batte
Suggestions DST8000 transducer placement in H34? (1) PGIJon at 12:34pm 05.07.14 Big Boats 5/1149 I've attached the specs for the DST8000 Transducer as a jpg. Is this a viable replacement for the o
23.5 Rudder mmsailor at 12:32pm 05.07.14 Smaller Boats 10/1985 I ordered new spacers for the rudder housing today from the chanderly here . It seems to me that the
23.5 crack repair mmsailor at 12:29pm 05.07.14 Smaller Boats 3/748 I talked to Dave C about using water tight to repair the crack in my transom . Is this product made
New CDI install (1) Tobydaisy at 12:26pm 05.07.14 Catalina 22 0/543 I just received my CDI furler from Cat Direct. It came with a new stay. When I was researching th
Sugar Scoop papabenn at 12:18pm 05.07.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1005 Can someone please enlighten me as to when (what year) Catalina added the sugar scoop with a walkthr
mast blocks trainmanjess at 12:14pm 05.07.14 Morgan 1/1556 hello all I got a problem... my '71 Morgan 35' has a mast that is keel stepped.... this is my 1st
Inverter grounding rschultz at 12:05pm 05.07.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1245 I have a 2004 B323. Installing an Inverter (brand omitted as purpose of this question is not to inv
TS-50S Repaired... Brian D at 11:47am 05.07.14 SSB and Ham Operators 3/4415 ...and is being shipped back to me. Should have it Monday or so. Cause? Leaky capacitors damaged tra
What's the right torque for thermostat housing bolts chrisyse at 10:34am 05.07.14 Engines and Propulsion 3/20327 Hi, Could anyone help? While replacing the thermostat, I broke one of the two bolts securing the t
CDI Roller Furler tgrass462 at 10:07am 05.07.14 Smaller Boats 6/3278 We're planning on installing a CDI roller furler system on our 1999 H-260 this spring. Hunter Owner
How to thread line into boom EricFowler at 9:29am 05.07.14 Ask All Sailors 10/2765 I have a Catalina Capri 16, which has a line that connects to the snap on the end of the topping lif

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Hunter 212 hull crack (1) jayarmala at 5:03am 08.09.23 218639218639
Hunter 212 hull crack jayarmala at 4:55am 08.09.23 Unfortunately the boat is over an hour away and the current owner only posted 1 picture showing the
identify sailboat jviss at 4:53am 08.09.23 Those pics are great. Is that your shop? It's very cool. I think that boat may be worth something
Hunter 212 hull crack jayarmala at 4:52am 08.09.23 Do these two back to back cracks represent a failure right through the hull?
T3800 - Location of Macerator Pump? jviss at 3:44am 08.09.23 You told us you were an electrician. You have a breaker that has two wires correctly color coded. T
identify sailboat mark allen at 3:40am 08.09.23 thanks so much to all of you! I appreciate your expertise, kindness and patience with my inquiry.
identify sailboat Jim Legere at 3:16am 08.09.23 Fireballs were very popular racing dinghies 40 year ago. They were pretty easy to sail compared to l
c 16 leak JohnShannon at 11:12pm 08.08.23 The flaps in the transom, are called transom flaps and indeed allow a lot of water to drain quickly
What is the meaning of this? JohnShannon at 11:07pm 08.08.23 DownWind Sail Area/ Displacement ?? I too would guess asuymcl = asymmetrical spin
identify sailboat JohnShannon at 11:04pm 08.08.23 I concur Fireball lovely boat.
AC Fridge overconsumption. MikeHoncho at 10:29pm 08.08.23 Yes the amperage would be half for his 220 V supply but the wattage would always be the same regard
T3800 - Location of Macerator Pump? Stu Jackson at 9:14pm 08.08.23 Yes, but a red and a black, probably 14 or 12 gauge, disappear from the panel up into that corrugat
Urban Anchorages Kings Gambit at 9:04pm 08.08.23 How crowded? Not at all right now. Three sailboats nicely spaced. (One arrived since the picture.)
Watches Hayden Watson at 9:01pm 08.08.23 Watch? I thought that was the shift we needed to be on deck lookout.
Urban Anchorages Alan Gomes at 9:00pm 08.08.23 How crowded?
Urban Anchorages (1) Kings Gambit at 8:53pm 08.08.23
AC Fridge overconsumption. Project_Mayhem at 8:23pm 08.08.23 A partially clogged refrigerant line could cause the compressor to work harder. I've also seen compr
Its funny Friday! jssailem at 8:22pm 08.08.23 He really did it... Who would have known... And he got away with it, no body... at least til the lat
Watches rgranger at 7:44pm 08.08.23 My son builds watches here is his website https://go.tmgwatchco.com
'76 Cat 22 Keel Winch operation mbaker267 at 7:27pm 08.08.23 Yes, the keel pivot is on my to-do list. One reason I started looking at the lift mechanisms. I need

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