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Warm fuzzy Sandy Stone at 2:29pm 01.12.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1351 Yesterday turned out to be sunny and comparatively warm after a spell of cold and/or dreary weather,
roller furler (2) Chasemixon at 2:27pm 01.12.14 Smaller Boats 17/2004 Well now I've gone and done it to quote a friend... So as you can see I broke my jib roller furler
Shaft Length for Outboard on 1985 25 PS pimmsno1 at 2:00pm 01.12.14 Lancer 10/2871 Hello All : I have a 1985 Lancer 25 PS. I have a Johnson 120 outboard 2 stroke that I am sure is
pop top mbeil53 at 11:47am 01.12.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 23/8809 I have a macgregor 25. I was wondering if any owners have ever convertedm the poptop into a permane
Moving Up SailAway1 at 10:23am 01.12.14 Smaller Boats 8/1745 I currently have a C22 that I absolutely love. The admiral says that she wants something bigger wit
Pearson Triton Stern Rail sully75 at 9:37am 01.12.14 Parts Search 1/3928 Hi All, I'm looking for the stern rail off a Pearson Triton. Mine is not original and is ugly as
Dress code for Sunbrella colors? Stretch at 6:58am 01.12.14 Ask All Sailors 30/4665 There are some really interesting new pattern and color choices for a new sail cover and bimini cove
Bow Pulpit on my 1983 28' Oday what's underneath? fourwhitesocks at 6:48am 01.12.14 Bigger Boats 0/924 Does anyone know what's under the bow pulpit stanchions on my 1983 28' Oday? Is it solid fiberg
Improved Mounting of Stern Pulpit (1) TheSaltyNarwhal at 6:30am 01.12.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1340 My stern pulpit is loose, and not mounted in a couple spots. Was hoping to put a bracket (something
Pattern or Plans for Bimini & Dodger for Hunter 333 / 33.5 TheSaltyNarwhal at 6:17am 01.12.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/1841 I have a 1988 Hunter 333. I bought with a poorly fitting bimini, and the first storm we were out in
hiring a captain to move a boat? PNW centerline at 12:46am 01.12.14 Ask All Sailors 20/6540 I am wondering about what it should cost to move a 36ft islander 36 from anacortes to portland 350nm
replacing cover(s) for hiking straps Piotr at 10:04pm 01.11.14 Ask All Sailors 21/4690 My son just obtained (was gifted) a Melges 16 (aka X-boat, aka cub-boat). The boat is in a great sha
Yanmar 2gm Questions Nereussailor at 8:20pm 01.11.14 Ask All Sailors 16/3213 I have a Yanmar 2gm in my 1983 H30. I was wondering if anyone has cleaned their crankcase breather a
New to me Catalina 30 burnswelds at 7:29pm 01.11.14 Catalina 30 18/3066 Hello all, I just picked up a great 1980 Catalina 30 TRBS. I have a lot of questions. First I have
PSS Dripless on 310 JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 5:07pm 01.11.14 Catalina 310 12/2480 Am in the middle of my winter upgrades. Today I tried to install my new Dripless adapter. It turns
sailed Today seadaddler at 4:24pm 01.11.14 Ask All Sailors 2/774 Well I took my boat out of the boat storage yard All American now with new owner and new name Safe C
Change a couple of things? 2sticks at 12:17pm 01.11.14 Bigger Boats 4/1211 Our Oday 32 has proved to be very well suited to our needs but a couple of modifications would help
Hunter 23 winch size (1) chrisandmolly at 11:54am 01.11.14 Smaller Boats 2/1465 Happy New Year, Could someone give me the dimensions on the winch size for the stock winches on a
RC435 Chartplotter 7sailing7 at 11:50am 01.11.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/933 Are there any sailors out there with this chart plotter ? I have had nothing but problems. One day i
critical upgrades flasailor at 11:34am 01.11.14 Big Boats 3/1428 When perusing the forum, came across a "critical upgrades-do these or else" posting for a Catalina 3

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Help finding the right boat (1) Tally Ho at 2:53pm 06.19.23 How about a Bene 393? Long cockpit, should hold 6 people, 2 in perch seats, and the helmsman. Ever
Shroud anchor point JBP-PA at 2:51pm 06.19.23 Yea, they are still called chainplates even though they are bolts not plates (on your boat) and ther
Shroud anchor point JBP-PA at 2:49pm 06.19.23 You are absolutely right. The bolts you circled are where your shrouds should attach. Who knows what
Prop shaft seal- what make is it? Hunter27-2 (1) Tally Ho at 2:46pm 06.19.23 If you are going to do something with it, you might want to consider a dripless seal. There are sev
1984 Catalina 27 floor board under the stairs. Mine is missing. Ideas for replacement? Thanks. Tally Ho at 2:37pm 06.19.23 I'm a little confused by that void in the picture that doesn't show any support for a replacement p
New 170 sailor (3) SKOTBRO at 2:16pm 06.19.23 See attached, page 28 and 30.
Portugal Rick Webb at 2:16pm 06.19.23 Did not seem like that long ago but having to think about it twenty years ago renting a Macgregor 26
New 170 sailor (4) rsmithfh at 2:03pm 06.19.23 TLDR I messed up my boat and I need help. So I took the boat out for the first time, in a little mo
Water Heater - Heat Exchanger Problems Hello Below at 1:57pm 06.19.23 For 10 years we had out Watts mixer value set to not mix (ie be damned, give us water as hot as it g
Batten Lengths H26 rgranger at 1:38pm 06.19.23 That will all depend on who made your sail. Best thing to do is to buy some stock and cut it to siz
Help finding the right boat rgranger at 1:37pm 06.19.23
Water Heater - Heat Exchanger Problems rgranger at 1:26pm 06.19.23 if one is so helpless as to not be able to control the temperature of the hot water outlet, being ou
Fresh water "Pressure Capacity Tank" - Keep or Toss ? Radio Flyer at 1:19pm 06.19.23 I need guidance on my fresh water system. The PO had a 3" x 15" PVC 'tank' plumbed into the syste
Hardware needed to attach CDI roller furling on a 1989 Catalina 22. (1) justsomeguy at 1:00pm 06.19.23 Can anyone tell me what hardware is needed to attach the roller furling drum to the stem fitting?
Shroud anchor point (1) mbaker267 at 12:56pm 06.19.23 Thanks, I thought that looked wrong. This boat does have the forward and aft shrouds. If you look at
Dockside water connection Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:40pm 06.19.23 They are not analogous. I posted this to another conversation about dock water connections: Fai
Help finding the right boat Don S/V ILLusion at 12:35pm 06.19.23
ZF Hurth transmission slipping Hayden Watson at 12:22pm 06.19.23 Thank you Hayden, have you done this before? do you know how intensive it is? I have not done this
Do you trailer with the motor attached? danooxnard at 11:59am 06.19.23 I trailer with my motor attached to my C22. It is a 9.9 Tohatsu and weighs about 94 pounds. I am usi
Shroud anchor point Any Sea at 11:55am 06.19.23 The short answer is it's wrong. The upper shroud should anchor to the middle chain plate shown in y

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