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Smoking St. Louis Ribs jviss at 12:58pm 07.18.23 Sails Call Lounge 3/1021 Anyone have a recipe for the rub? What do you use for sauce? I have made traditional Texas, Kansas
Water tank fill fitting (1) bhr10950 at 12:43pm 07.18.23 Ask All Sailors 0/322
Bulb Questions and Confusion - Automotive-type Bulbs jviss at 12:01pm 07.18.23 Ask All Sailors 12/1802 So, I'm confused. First, the LED replacement bulb I bought for my anchor light, a Dr. LED Polar S
Head toilet not flushing to holding tank. chriscampbell at 8:59am 07.18.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 25/4586 I'm sure this has been answered here, but I've searched and not coming up with answers yet. I have
Universal diesel M18 v belt replacement BTC1984 at 7:28am 07.18.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 34/5394
Oday 19 Rudder (3) boardmanlake at 6:43am 07.18.23 Day Sailers 3/1410 I am restoring the tiller handle and rudder for my Oday 19 that I recently purchased and ran into a
New Seaward/Whale S-600 water heater leaking fresh water? jonelli at 12:19am 07.18.23 Ask All Sailors 15/1153 Hi All, I recently replaced my water heater because it was old and I had a coolant leak which turned
Gelcoat repair (1) elcojo2 at 8:10pm 07.17.23 Ask All Sailors 11/2498 I have try to performed a gelcoat repair using spectrum repair kit for catalina sailboat. Follow th
exhaust system on 1997 Hunter 310 CharlieAnn at 7:21pm 07.17.23 Ask All Sailors 5/630 muffler seam to leak water into bilge, where should I look to find where leak is coming from.
Let's Buy A Sailboat Don Guillette at 4:37pm 07.17.23 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 15/4368 I've had some interesting phone conversations over the years and this one was high on the interestin
Macerator thru hull not in use Jason and Dina at 2:18pm 07.17.23 Catalina 30 3/791
Topside paint McPhee at 11:12am 07.17.23 Mid-Size Boats 13/1959 Hey everyone, I'm searching for the white paint I should put on my cockpit/deck to roughly match. T
Water proofing zippers.... NYSail at 7:15am 07.17.23 Ask All Sailors 11/1934 So new bimini zippers leak. What product do people use to waterproof them. thanks Greg
Vent Hose Project_Mayhem at 6:11am 07.17.23 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1152 I'm about replace an MSD porta pottie. The current vent hose is old and barely reached the last time
two questions - 2008 H36 George Braun at 4:56am 07.17.23 Big Boats 6/1109 1 - anyone know the AWG of main battery connection cables offhand? I forgot to measure this weekend.
Marine air unit will exhibit a loud buzzing noise after it reaches temp and fan stops discovery at 4:39am 07.17.23 Big Boats 0/5 Unit runs fine for days but then after a cycle it makes a loud buzzing noise after cycle and it grow
Marine aire 16 k btu unit will make loud buzzing sound after shut down discovery at 4:33am 07.17.23 Ask All Sailors 4/816 My aft air conditioner unit will operate normally for days then after a cycle and fan is off exhibit
Catalina 27 shore power vs battery BTC1984 at 6:25pm 07.16.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/2269 When I'm connected to shore power I turn off my batteries switch. My cabin lights work fine if the
Why is there not a specific forum for Catalina 27 ? BTC1984 at 6:16pm 07.16.23 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1289 Cat 27
Clean main sail cover (3) zinahewitt at 5:57pm 07.16.23 Ask All Sailors 12/1450 Hi All, I hope your week is going well, not too hot, not too rainy. I have a main sail cover. Look

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How to tie a reef line to boom with a track? Davidasailor26 at 8:55am 08.25.25 Is there, or would it be possible to add, a padeye on the bottom of the boom to tie the reef line to
Transmission ratio (1) Claude L.-Auger at 8:48am 08.25.25 I cannot attach the Service manual for that transmission as it is too large but it does show a ratio
How to tie a reef line to boom with a track? JoeWhite at 8:47am 08.25.25 The foot of my main has a bolt rope. I measured vertical drop from the reef cringle straight down an
How to tie a reef line to boom with a track? kloudie1 at 8:42am 08.25.25 Do it just as the drawing shows. It will not affect the outhaul. Mine is that way. If you need to re
Hunter 34 Reefing and; Lines led to Cockpit? (1) Claude L.-Auger at 8:16am 08.25.25 Kloudie, like me, has the original Kenyon boom. If you have it too, you'll see the 3 sheaves for the
Lazy Bag for H260 h2o_snow at 8:12am 08.25.25 Precision Sails made one for us.
Keel/Hull Crack on Splash dmax at 7:26am 08.25.25 If it was dropped enough to cause that damage, the paint on the bottom of the keel will show it, reg
Hull damage (1) JBP-PA at 7:21am 08.25.25 With the rudder, the only danger is that the internal frame may be corroded. Was there any rust in
Keel/Hull Crack on Splash JBP-PA at 7:13am 08.25.25 If they dropped the boat onto sand/dirt/grass there may not be evidence on the bottom of the keel.
Why hasn't anyone made a robot to clean our boat bottoms? dmax at 7:00am 08.25.25 Like this? Yacht for sale??
Dock power and interior lights- questions. Claude L.-Auger at 6:46am 08.25.25 FYI the AC and DC circuits on the boat are not related. The only interconnection would be the charge
Short but sweet.. Claude L.-Auger at 6:10am 08.25.25 With a young family, a powerboat is more accomodating as it has more space for the friends kids alwa
Setting the mast strut lengths on H260 RolfSail at 5:35am 08.25.25 Mast struts: Hello Tomhn, were you able to successfully adjust the mast struts. I did not see any r
Monark M1 14 Buoyancy shemandr at 5:28am 08.25.25 There could be closed air spaces under the gunnels or other areas between compartments. The amount
Genoa Sail trim for broad reach or run Andrew Burton at 5:06am 08.25.25 https://www.cruisingworld.com/how/go-outboard-go-faster
Genoa Sail trim for broad reach or run Andrew Burton at 5:05am 08.25.25 I was having a leisurely sail yesterday evening in about 10 to 12 knots wind (very small whitecaps
Yanmar 3GM30F: Wiring Harness & Aftermarket Panel kloudie1 at 4:35am 08.25.25 The question is whether the LED will allow enough current to activate (excite) the field. My guess i
Monark M1 14 Buoyancy dLj at 3:52am 08.25.25 I'd put it in shallow water and fill it with water, see if it floats. Then see if it needs more boya
Hull damage ShawnL at 3:47am 08.25.25 It's fiberglass. There's very little that can't be fixed or un-done and re-done if you mess it up (
Why hasn't anyone made a robot to clean our boat bottoms? sailme88 at 3:29am 08.25.25 I keep my hull clean by SAILING the boat regularly. Several of our club's launch Stewards are divers

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