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Broken Outhaul ? pdxjohnny at 5:56pm 10.02.22 Catalina 22 4/785 Hey all, while sailing today the clew of the mainsail came loose. There is a wire that runs inside t
Networking NMEA 2000 ... help! Scott T-Bird at 5:41pm 10.02.22 Ask All Sailors 41/3821 Want to confirm / simplify my plan! I just purchased and installed a B'G Zeus 3S chartplotter and I
New Galley Faucet Water Connections (2) planoron at 9:47am 10.02.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 4/1280 Wife wanted an updated faucet on our 380 so I started looking into it today I see the connections ar
Turn-Around Destinations in One Day's Travel Kings Gambit at 9:23am 10.02.22 Destinations 11/1943 Long Beach is a convenient location in California from which to depart for outbound destinations dep
Loos gauge questions (1) SailingLoto at 6:25am 10.02.22 Ask All Sailors 7/1693 I acquired this Loos gauge to help tune my catalina 25 awhile back. What am I looking for numberwise
Shaky Tiller (1) shank at 4:41pm 10.01.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/973 Hello, I took my 82 Catalina 27 out for her last sail of the season today and there was a very noti
Bilge pump impeller working, but not pumping John_F at 1:23pm 10.01.22 Ask All Sailors 38/4230 I tested my bilge pump today. I took off the hose and placed the pump in water. The pump works; howe
How well does a C-270 trailer? capt_paul at 10:15am 10.01.22 Trailer Sailors 4/1197 Hey friends! I wanted to know how folks are trailering their Catlina 270's? I read a forum back in 2
Adding hard ballast, Perils and pitfalls? HeelBoy at 6:32am 10.01.22 Ask All Sailors 26/3079 Wondering if anyone has tried adding a few hundred pounds of hard stuff, low in the boat. The goal b
Where do you guys put your battery? Jamesiv1 at 5:39am 10.01.22 Catalina 22 16/1607 Where is the best place to put the battery? And how do you guys secure it? I accidentally drilled a
Cabin Woodwork in I36 (3) petecasey at 10:15pm 09.30.22 Islander 2/3193 Hi all, I looked at an Islander 36 today. It looks pretty good, except some known leaks, although h
Ian's third landfall rgranger at 6:49pm 09.30.22 Ask All Sailors 4/678
It's groundhog day artboas at 6:44pm 09.30.22 Big Boats 15/1571 Bit of a weird title for a post, but very appropriate. Come aboard the boat. Take groceries out of m
helm wheel nut Rick.johnson at 10:48am 09.30.22 Ask All Sailors 9/1032 Hi Guys I have a 87 hunter 40 legend sailboat just purchased in June an am in the need to find the
Getting cold out here fred1diver at 10:33am 09.30.22 Ask All Sailors 20/1473 Well, fall is almost here, the temps have dropped significantly around here, will probably be my las
Thoughts on Stepping the Mast ...3TacksontheWater at 8:53am 09.30.22 Catalina 22 7/1176 Hello All: It's getting closer to launch date. Now is the time for the "new me" to plan for steppin
Where and how do you store your inflatable dinghy Nichole340 at 5:01am 09.30.22 Ask All Sailors 24/2678 I have an Achilles Haypalon dinghy. Every year, I take it home, wash and clean it, and store it, in
Finally did it Brian D at 8:22pm 09.29.22 Sails Call Lounge 14/1531 I ordered a chicken and an egg on Amazon. I'll let you know. ...
Sail cover identification help please (1) Timm R Oday25 at 3:37pm 09.29.22 Ask All Sailors 5/555 My neighbors bought out an old building . The previous owner also owned a marina in Door County . Sh
Wobbly Fixed Keel (2) Nunami at 2:02pm 09.29.22 Ask All Sailors 31/2991 I'm looking at a '83 Catalina 25. The boat is in excellent condition. I was ready to close the deal

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Yanmar 2gm20f - Suspected fuel line blockage mermike at 7:30am 08.20.24 It doesn't take much of an air leak in the fuel system to bring the engine to a sputtering halt. It
Navigational Buoys Used as Racing Marks (1) william24424 at 6:58am 08.20.24 Excellent thread. If I may summarize... 1- Racing around Navigation buoys is legal 2- Be careful on
Which jib car to use on a Hunter 33 Joe at 6:17am 08.20.24 The two track locations offer the sailor options with the headsail's "tack angle". The tack is the
Navigational Buoys Used as Racing Marks Scott T-Bird at 6:09am 08.20.24 For me, it was timing. I turned 18 a few days after Nixon announced "peace with honor". There was
H26 Roller Furler issues kappykaplan at 4:24am 08.20.24 While I waited for them to warm up I started testing the furler. Pulling the sheet it unfurles WITH
H26 Roller Furler issues Chiriqui at 4:14am 08.20.24 Yesterday I went to work on the problem. I took my 2001 pickup with the rigging to lower/stepping th
Anchor, dock, or buoy? jssailem at 4:06am 08.20.24 Yes it is. :yikes: Terrible. Drives one to want to anchor. Then there is the eelgrass. :yikes::yikes
Hull interior twodzusfittings at 3:42am 08.20.24 @drgbanks I'll PM you in a couple of days. Lets take this off line.
Faucet replacement HELP sailcapt340 at 3:29am 08.20.24 Long needle nose pliers or long reach vise grips will be able to get up and into the hole. They wil
Do you put your bimini down? BigEasy at 10:12pm 08.19.24 I despise the Bimini.... fold it back leaving the canvas attached then return to the covered positi
Merit 22 owners (2) Drinky Crow at 9:52pm 08.19.24 , Thanks That is a very interesting ...... Infact it is probably something I can fix. This is yo
Head occasionally bubbles and won't flush when stuck with a #2 skunther at 9:39pm 08.19.24
275 questions Codybear at 9:28pm 08.19.24 Funny, about six months ago a C275 came up from Texas to Wilmette, IL at the same time I was getting
Navigational Buoys Used as Racing Marks FastOlson at 8:58pm 08.19.24 Reminds me of crossing a road in Vietnam! You are supposed to just look straight ahead and walk at
Do you put your bimini down? TheZ3 at 8:44pm 08.19.24 I despise the Bimini...feels like having a convertible and never dropping the top. There are folding
Tiller pilot ? Raymarine jb cruzan at 8:40pm 08.19.24 Any update?
Catalina 27 teak before and after jb cruzan at 8:34pm 08.19.24 Great work
Anchor, dock, or buoy? Hello Below at 8:33pm 08.19.24 @jssailem, after reading the post from @TimFromLI, us folks in the Salish Sea are very fortunate to
Trouble starting my Atomic M25 Diesel dLj at 8:13pm 08.19.24 As another position on this - I spent many years with just a DVM, actually began with an analog volt
Merit 22 owners jefstr at 8:07pm 08.19.24 Hey Russ, Thanks That is a very interesting way to fix the problem. Infact it is probably somethin

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