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Replacing Wall / chainplate sailliny at 6:19am 04.24.14 Catalina 310 7/1535 I need to start planning on replacing my starboard side bulkhead between the forward cabin and main
Fairclough Boat Cover for Catalina 310 Boconnor310 at 5:37am 04.24.14 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/40608 I have a damaged Fairclough cover and support racks for a Catalina 310 that I am willing to give awa
Keel Questions SubVet752 at 2:13am 04.24.14 Catalina 22 2/869 I have seen a number of threads covering various aspects of swing keel refinishing but I have not se
hatch handles bugsboat at 6:58pm 04.23.14 Big Boats 4/793 Has anyone replaced the hatch arms on their Hunter 37.5? I ordered replacement arms from the Huntero
Motor mount bugsboat at 6:51pm 04.23.14 Catalina 22 5/873 The motor mount on our 1990 Catalina 22 springs are broken. I have searched many places and thought
floors... jaycrawford97 at 6:33pm 04.23.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 15/1825 Looking for floor ideas, have carpet now, but, looking at wood floors inside/out, any pictures ideas
Top 3 Heaters, Non-Shore Power? braol at 6:29pm 04.23.14 Ask All Sailors 21/7092 All, I'd like some feedback on the top three ways people heat their cabins when not connected to sho
CNG? Tom Marini at 5:58pm 04.23.14 The Cherubini Hunters 7/863 Can anybody tell me what I should know about CNG. I am getting my 81 33' Hunter (new to me) ready a
Carabelle, FL Gene Neill at 5:57pm 04.23.14 Catalina 22 5/1097 We took our first bona fide "cruise" last weekend! We sailed out of Carabelle, FL., spent three days
exhaust flapper requirement?? centerline at 5:56pm 04.23.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1953 what is the determining factor in whether an exhaust outlet needs a flapper installed. my boat
Info on Chesapeake Eastern Shore in Virginia? Mulf at 5:31pm 04.23.14 Ask All Sailors 1/851 Three boats from Kent Island are planning a two week cruise down the eastern shore of the Chesapeake
Strap boat to trailer? (1) Nahart51 at 4:49pm 04.23.14 Catalina 22 14/1853 After six years of rehab, I'm finally going to get her wet. Got an hour trip. Do you guys strap the
How to remove and then replace winches phennessey at 4:08pm 04.23.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 21/12280 I am about to do my first ever cleaning and re haul of all winches on board My question is how are
Hunter 23.5 centerboard lift line replacement Fred White at 3:29pm 04.23.14 Smaller Boats 1/1997 Need to replace the centerboard lift line (rope) on my Hunter 23.5. I know I need to suspend the b
Need help identifying make and model (3) PNL at 2:53pm 04.23.14 Ask All Sailors 13/1283 maybe O'Day? 17' length over all. All help appreciated.
In the water (1) pk104 at 2:35pm 04.23.14 Catalina 310 8/1274 It was a cool and windy day in Ohio but PainKiller is back in the water and at her dock. Plenty of w
MI to FL boat relocation: sail it or truck it? Vegas at 2:01pm 04.23.14 Ask All Sailors 14/2086 I've gotten quotes from $5700 to close to $9000 to truck my 38 ft. diesel Beneteau from St. Clair Sh
Talking Boats.... Warren Milberg at 1:54pm 04.23.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1409 In reading the recent thread where an owner asked if he should replace a $7 shaft log hose that seem
Moving Into Monroe DHaranSailor at 1:26pm 04.23.14 Ask All Sailors 20/2394 Hello again! I just got the call from the Chicago Park District today that I got a spot this summer
Can anyone identify this battery charger? (1) robertsapp at 1:20pm 04.23.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1917 This is on our new to us 1997 Hunter 376. No sign of any kind of manufacturer's mark or label. Belie

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Furling main, halyard replacement Hunter 33 2006 (2) kbgunn at 5:28pm 08.01.23 The manual for our boat specifies a dyneema core with a polyester cover. A polyester double braid wo
Ignition Issue, Need Help/Advice Bents at 5:21pm 08.01.23 Thank you for the replies everyone!! Upon further inspection I'm definitely going to replace the wh
Weird electrical issue jssailem at 5:08pm 08.01.23 Here is the website link I found the manual. Diesel-Heater-Manual.pdf
Wow! Sailing boat rescued by the G�theborg! garymalmgren at 5:01pm 08.01.23 Googled as much as I could, but could not any information of how the rudder was lost. This post says
Weird electrical issue burns3c at 4:45pm 08.01.23
Weird electrical issue burns3c at 4:43pm 08.01.23 Thank you, John, this is just the info I needed. I dont have a manual and was having trouble trackin
Weird electrical issue Tally Ho at 4:31pm 08.01.23
Weird electrical issue (1) jssailem at 4:29pm 08.01.23 Welcome to SBO @burns3c . Congrats on the Catalina 36. Nice Boat. Your Dickerson Newport Diesel Hea
Wow! Sailing boat rescued by the G�theborg! kappykaplan at 4:19pm 08.01.23 Nice find, jviss! Tks for sharing. :beer:
Selden - Furling Main GibbyGibstone at 4:17pm 08.01.23 @ice breaker and @Sailgunner ... thank you very uch for your replies. Depending on what we get, I'l
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? jviss at 3:54pm 08.01.23
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? Davidasailor26 at 3:35pm 08.01.23 Ah, I see. It depends on how you define TWS. The definition I'm familiar with isn't the same as y
Weird electrical issue jviss at 3:30pm 08.01.23 There could be a poor connection causing a significant drop with the pump load. I'd check grounds,
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? jviss at 3:23pm 08.01.23 GWS is Ground Wind Speed - the actual speed of the wind over the unmoving ground, as opposed to TWS
Weird electrical issue Benny17441 at 3:21pm 08.01.23 Make sure the batteries are in good health. Test the pump's actual power draw against the specs of s
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? Davidasailor26 at 3:01pm 08.01.23 Did you mean SOG/GWS, or perhaps SOG/TWS? If so, what's GWS? It is, indeed, confusing. But then
Old DataMarine instrument ...does it speak NMEA0183? jviss at 2:35pm 08.01.23 it demonstrates the type of confusion you can cause using SOG/GWS for performance monitoring. If yo
Weird electrical issue burns3c at 2:15pm 08.01.23 They are both on the house bank, but separate circuits, which is why it's weird to me. Also the ligh
DIY tiller tamer fails ('68 Javelin) Hayden Watson at 2:12pm 08.01.23 Thanks - I think my next attempt is tubing (or bungees); wrapped rope isn't working. What is it ab
Weird electrical issue Davidasailor26 at 2:06pm 08.01.23

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