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Rusted bolt in Pivot Mount jcouch at 5:46pm 02.20.14 Ask All Sailors 0/662 Hello all, My Catalina 22 is out of the water and is lifted up on an 'A' frame. To make a long s
Earth Wind Map Anonymous 121765 at 5:34pm 02.20.14 Ask All Sailors 4/1061 I came across this link awhile back ' thought I would share it with folks that may not have seen thi
Homemade furler slowdog at 4:55pm 02.20.14 Ask All Sailors 3/990 I am looking for pic of home made furler
Cover for installing a plotter (1) johanlavenius at 4:21pm 02.20.14 Mid-Size Boats 0/726 Iam about to install a plotter in the bulkhead on the starboard side of the cockpit and it will take
weather programs allen-deckard at 3:44pm 02.20.14 Catalina 22 2/925 started using this program and am really liking it. very easy to use and just the info I want withou
Broken cockpit cooler drain hman at 3:41pm 02.20.14 Ask An Oday Owner 4/883 I'm not sure which way to go here....While wiring a new depth sounder, I found the drain on the bott
VIDEO- Overnight in the Keys on my Hobie Sailing Kayak (2) sailingandsuch at 3:39pm 02.20.14 Ask All Sailors 6/4863 I just went down to the Florida Keys to buy a used Hobie Tandem Island. I figured while I was down
CNG Regulator pressure limit Steverhnm at 2:12pm 02.20.14 Big Boats 4/1203 So it looks like filling my old 1990 Hunter CNG tank is next to impossible in New Mexico and souther
Outboard Bracket Replacement korchinskyp at 1:51pm 02.20.14 Day Sailers 10/5002 I have an 1983 O'Day 25 and want to replace the outboard bracket. It appears that lag bolts were use
water in the refridgerator cpconway4@msn.com at 12:54pm 02.20.14 Catalina 30 15/1753 my 89 cal 30 keeps getting 1"-2" of water in the refer whether I wash or if there is rain/no rain. I
have not posted for some time alexh at 11:08am 02.20.14 Sirius 21/22 0/6883 Hi everybody it is almost over and my thoughts are of open water. I have a Sirius 21 1978 and love
300 watt solar panel mounted bwtween split backstay Jared1048 at 10:58am 02.20.14 Mid-Size Boats 4/1733 hello all, I have an idea for mounting a 300 watt panel (40lbs, 39inches by 72) between the split
Propane solenoid valve & coil (1) Ceri at 10:50am 02.20.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/1927 Sailboat is 2000 Beneteau Oceanis 36 CC. Solenoid cuts gas off after few minutes, barely enough t
Hull Number ? DennisMansour at 9:30am 02.20.14 Big Boats 3/934 Good Day, Have on board my 1985, 34ft Hunter a teak plaque with, N0.908358 Can someone kindly interp
New owner Cherubini 37 Need advice Wolfer69 at 9:18am 02.20.14 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1356 Good morning. Congratulate me. I just put a offer down and got it accepted on Hull 290 in Kemah. Awa
mast step organiser anthony at 8:33am 02.20.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/890 Good day all I hope everyone is doing well, waiting for the snow to finally go, and get those outsid
Bedding winch on teak (1) malyea at 7:19am 02.20.14 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1883 Servicing my old Lewmar 40STs and adding backing plates. When I remount them, what's the best materi
yanmar 2gm20f need help hunter285 at 6:14am 02.20.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1417 so i don't know very much about the old yanmar but recently i have been looking at some diagrams and
Rough layout for my wheel (1) gsfaulk at 4:33am 02.20.14 The Cherubini Hunters 0/607 Well, after a lot of wood filler and sanding, I have a rough layout for my wheel. Top center spindle
Opening water strainer ArkadiyS at 9:56pm 02.19.14 Catalina 30 19/2164 Is there a special tool that is needed to access water strainer on Cat 30? The top has this odd tri

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Balmar 150A Alternator with MC-615 Regulator Issue dlochner at 8:33am 06.12.23 Alternator output fuse? the fuse for the regulator or the main DC fuse? - I haven't check the fuse
In mast furling main working much better now BroncoJohn at 8:27am 06.12.23 Thanks for the information. It looks like the remaining friction problem I have is with the sheave
Balmar 150A Alternator with MC-615 Regulator Issue DayDreamer41 at 8:24am 06.12.23 Do you have a service disconnect on the alternator? Did you check the alternator output fuse? Eit
Transducer troubles jssailem at 8:22am 06.12.23 My first thought was a failed transducer. You did not paint the transducer with bottom paint by cha
Pumping out Hunter 380 Waste Tank - Macerator pump failed. JamesG161 at 8:19am 06.12.23 I have never seen a holding tank without a dip tube installed. :plus::plus: In fact you can downl
Steps for Replacing my HBW50 transmission with ZF 12M Ward H at 8:12am 06.12.23 Are you aware of the size differences between the HBW50 and ZF 12M? Catalina Direct shows this: "Im
Balmar 150A Alternator with MC-615 Regulator Issue Maine Sail at 8:08am 06.12.23 How about a photo of the shunt wiring? Where is alt B- wired?
Transducer troubles dlochner at 7:39am 06.12.23 Sounds like a bad transducer.
Balmar 150A Alternator with MC-615 Regulator Issue dlochner at 7:36am 06.12.23 Do you have a service disconnect on the alternator? Did you check the alternator output fuse? Eith
Steps for Replacing my HBW50 transmission with ZF 12M dlochner at 7:29am 06.12.23 Replacing a transmission is essentially a nut and bolt operation. Unbolt a bunch of stuff and bolt t
Steps for Replacing my HBW50 transmission with ZF 12M u0958901 at 7:11am 06.12.23 Different boat model and engine but the process is the same.
Topping Lift Sailfanatic at 7:09am 06.12.23 Ideally terminate the topping lift below the backstay and above the main halyard. If it has to go t
In mast furling main working much better now JamesG161 at 7:04am 06.12.23 @BroncoJohn click on the link in @jdrutten's post for how to learn the mechanism of in-mast furling
Is it the trim, or is it the sails? (1) jssailem at 6:59am 06.12.23 You strike a positive chord @sesmith . Here in these threads there are volumes about Universal, Yanm
Steps for Replacing my HBW50 transmission with ZF 12M LouBegue at 6:45am 06.12.23 http://www.catalina350.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=685 This is awesome info.
Steps for Replacing my HBW50 transmission with ZF 12M u0958901 at 6:36am 06.12.23 http://www.catalina350.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=685
In mast furling main working much better now jdrutten at 6:32am 06.12.23 ... Here is another tip. The boom angle is needed ... Jim, I was moments away from referencing o
Balmar 150A Alternator with MC-615 Regulator Issue jviss at 6:14am 06.12.23 Let me put it this way. If the engine is running, no house loads are on, the battery voltage is "up
In mast furling main working much better now (2) JamesG161 at 6:11am 06.12.23 My boat has a white plastic horizontal roller bar near the mast then flat roller wheels next in lin
Universal engine parts, and maintenance schedule, and dinghy davits? Afraal at 6:05am 06.12.23 Thank you JRT! That link is priceless! I will order the hoses. Any tips/lessons from your changing a

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