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Spinnaker Set Up Tobydaisy at 6:52pm 05.03.14 Catalina 22 4/1014 The lake is still frozen, but, I am beginning to rig my new to me '74. I bought an asymetrical spi
Hard Starting Yanmar Rich M at 6:43pm 05.03.14 Mid-Size Boats 9/2207 I have an 85 28.5 with a 2gm Yanmar that is starting the apparently typical starting issues of an ol
Radar installation help wcletien at 5:57pm 05.03.14 Catalina 30 18/2666 I recently purchased a Raymarine a78 chartploter/radar/sonar system for my 1983 Catalina 30. I have
Sold my O'day GeorgiaBII at 5:13pm 05.03.14 Day Sailers 0/744 Thanks for all the help gents and admirals. But today I sold my first sailboat to another new sailor
bilge floor board cover floating in water! sdstef at 5:13pm 05.03.14 Day Sailers 1/895 I launched last Sunday and returned to the boat last night. Found the bilge overflowing and half in
Anchor Light Bulb Chuck Magee at 4:30pm 05.03.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/1041 Looking to change a anchor light bulb on a Hunter 33.5 over to a LED. Since I haven't been up the ma
thru-hull issue? Maybe not! Pat at 4:24pm 05.03.14 Bigger Boats 5/1051 Went to the boat and spent the night....when I opened the thru hull for the Raritan PHII head, water
compass balls rgarrison@gmail.com at 12:45pm 05.03.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/662 Has anyone out there used compass balls to help their fluxgate compensate for other ferrous interfer
Swinh keel connection amisinc at 12:45pm 05.03.14 Catalina 22 1/673 1974 catalina 22 swing keel The cable connection point has a crack Need to fabricate a new connectio
Replacing Thermostat in Northern Lights Generator agaliha at 12:31pm 05.03.14 Sabre Express 2/7299 After un-winterizing my boat this spring, my generator (Northern Lights 673) started overheating. I
Power & Batteris Doc_holiday at 12:19pm 05.03.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1062 I chose to move some weight around and make space more useable. I made a frame and mounted the two (
Gps nav on ipad Larry D Calander at 12:09pm 05.03.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1288 Nobody have any good aps for navigation?
Replacing Burnt Salon Bulbs canuck at 12:01pm 05.03.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1080 We have a 2012 Hunter 39. How do we remove the round circular salon light fixture cover to get at th
Seldon GX15 SheridanMae at 11:51am 05.03.14 Ask All Sailors 0/715 We recently installed a Selden GX15 Top Down Furler on our Catalina 36 with a Selden retractable spr
Selden GX15 Top Down Furler SheridanMae at 11:15am 05.03.14 Big Boats 1/2253 We recently installed a Selden GX15 Top Down Furler on our Catalina 36 with a Selden retractable spr
New guy here (1) vthardhatdiver at 11:11am 05.03.14 Ask An Oday Owner 7/1181 Hello forum folks! This is my first post but I have been lurking for a while now. Wanted to say hi,
Oversize masthead sheaves for all line external halyards (2) $tingy Sailor at 10:44am 05.03.14 Catalina 22 2/1955 If you're going to replacing your external wire/rope halyards on your first generation C22 for all r
is this correct for the front and rear stay pins? (1) gitpicker2007 at 9:26am 05.03.14 Catalina 22 8/1471 This is the pin rigging system that came with the 22 I just bought. These pins are holding both the
boat cleaning splax at 9:14am 05.03.14 Big Boats 6/4009 Hello All, I want to share some positive experiences with boat cleaning this past week.
Fuel efficiency gfroch at 8:47am 05.03.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/971 Hi- I've become a partner in an '85 Hunter 31 with a Yanmar 2gm20F, which I believe is a 16hp. C

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I have an 21' American Fiberglass Perry Welch at 10:04am 07.23.23 Hi Stick I would suggest you revisit my first post when I made sure to tell all that I do not know a
Pressure/temperature valve and setting on water heater (1) east coaster at 9:26am 07.23.23 This is the pw pump.
Wrapping my boat question stickinthemud57 at 9:25am 07.23.23 Quotes from various companies are between $5-$6,000. I just wonder about the durability. No flames
Life vest inflated while stored on boat. Common? Alan Gomes at 9:18am 07.23.23 I had three inflate when i didn't want them too... but it had nothing to do with the mechanism and
Catalina 27 teak before and after BigEasy at 9:10am 07.23.23 I think my teak was varnished. I have bare spots on the toerails now. Need I completely strip th
Life vest inflated while stored on boat. Common? stickinthemud57 at 9:10am 07.23.23 Shouldn't have taken the red pill.
Wrapping my boat question xavpil at 9:03am 07.23.23 Quotes from various companies are between $5-$6,000. I just wonder about the durability.
Heads up for FWC VP 2003 owners - heat exchanger Hollyberry at 9:01am 07.23.23 When you have your HE cleaned at a rad shop, they will pressure test the HE after cleaning. What w
Heads up for FWC VP 2003 owners - heat exchanger Ralph Johnstone at 8:57am 07.23.23 I took my exchanger to a local outfit, they put it in an acid bath and seem to have dissolved much
CHI-MAC today jon hansen at 8:48am 07.23.23 Sunday morning, soft winds, bright sun, ........ good time to have the cook make pancakes with michi
Jacklines and Tethers thinwater at 8:40am 07.23.23 ...Practice these movements before you "need" them. So true. Work the systems out in fair weathe
"Portable" Anchor Light? (1) jviss at 8:34am 07.23.23 Here's an update. The boatyard said they'd go back up in the crane and really fix it this time, but
Jacklines and Tethers kappykaplan at 8:32am 07.23.23 Practice these movements before you "need" them. :plus:
Catalina 27 teak before and after jviss at 8:27am 07.23.23 Super results! I usually apply 2 coats of Cetol natural, followed by two coats cetol gloss. Usua
Can't find leak on 8' Mercury Inflatable jviss at 8:24am 07.23.23 To the OP: What kind of material is it, PVC or CSM/Hypalon? How old is it?
Can't find leak on 8' Mercury Inflatable jviss at 8:22am 07.23.23 One atmosphere of pressure is 14.7-ish psi. So your 3.8 psi is really (14.7+3.8) 18.5 pushing on 14
Wrapping my boat question Hollyberry at 8:07am 07.23.23 I think 'dock rash' would be a much bigger issue than with paint. It won't 'buff out'. If it was ine
Jacklines and Tethers dLj at 7:45am 07.23.23 Having spent some time reading jackline advice from many seasoned sailors, I have followed the advic
Jacklines and Tethers Hello Below at 7:13am 07.23.23 You don't have to walk tall. There is nothing wrong with crouching, crawling, or scooting on your b
Posting Guidelines (1) JamesG161 at 6:14am 07.23.23 There is Windows version too , but for the Apple world... I just did a video recording of my iMac

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