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Show us your spinnaker! (1) Kermit at 1:42pm 11.08.13 Ask All Sailors 104/14426 I really love seeing colorful and unusual spinnakers. Spinnakers seem to say alot about their owners
Reviving the Damper Plate & Engine Mount Discussions JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 12:42pm 11.08.13 Catalina 310 11/5973 So I am the latest to have to tackle this problem. I have the "death rattle" and will be doing this
Guest Battery Selector switch SwanAround at 12:28pm 11.08.13 Big Boats 4/1223 Need to replace the battery selector switch for 2004 Hunter 356. None of the ones on offer today se
Painting the Rudder lehigh375 at 12:09pm 11.08.13 Ask All Sailors 12/3469 Anyone know anything about why the rudder would be painted differently on a Hunter33 than the rest o
winter sailboat cover for Cal 27 carolsohl at 11:45am 11.08.13 Cal 2/1606 I will be making a sailboat cover for our Cal 2-27. I am wondering if anyone else has done this and
S2 7.3 Wet Keel ? Mike Palmer at 11:25am 11.08.13 S2 5/3752 Has anyone heard of a wet keel on an S2 7.3 ? I am looking into purchase and the picture of the bild
Deep cycle or combination batteries for battery bank Loose Ends at 10:37am 11.08.13 Musings With Maine Sail 21/4859 What kind of batteries should I have in my battery bank on my Catalina 27? The PO had one deep cycle
for those with a saildrive, cleaning the barnicles jbinbi at 9:03am 11.08.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1022 the e33 has a saildrive. The saildrive comes thru a rubber sort of gasket, and when the boat was hau
1971 Coronado 35' Cc Yacht Specialties Steering windomember at 8:45am 11.08.13 Ask All Sailors 13/5654 Hi, I own a 1971 35' Coronado Center Cockpit Hull 07 produced by Whitaker Industries at Costa Me
07 Tohatsu 9.8 Mr Mac at 8:30am 11.08.13 Ask All Sailors 2/881 Does anyone have a soft copy of the service manual for the Tohatsu/Nissan 9.8EF? I need to replace
Finally an Owner (5) azguy at 5:25am 11.08.13 Catalina 22 10/1092 Well, after looking at over a dozen boats and really considered a C27 I decided on a more prudent C2
Canada 2013 paulj at 9:09pm 11.07.13 Catalina 310 13/2565 Took 40 days this year for the trip...... https://picasaweb.google.com/1dbpaul/CANADA2013?authuse
Raymarine ST50 Monty VM at 8:52pm 11.07.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1849 I need to replace or rebuild my masthead transducer unit for the ST50. I think the bearings are pack
Looked at what should have been a nice boat Roadking Larry at 5:57pm 11.07.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1588 Took a precursory look at what might have been a nice old boat. I'm kind of new to the boat world so
Mast For Catalina 30 Tall Rig bassmanss at 5:54pm 11.07.13 Parts Search 4/6892 I'm looking for a replacement mast for my Catalina 30 Tall Rig. I'm located at Lake Lanier GA. I'd
Gear hammock and replacing pressure alchohol stove. BobnCamie at 5:01pm 11.07.13 S2 5/1433 Two questions, can anyone steer me in the right direction for smaller(5 ft. or less) gear hammocks.
Hunter 25 deck organizer and clutch mounting` (2) Savet at 4:18pm 11.07.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/4044 Hunter 25 deck organizer and clutch mounting Ahoy gents! I recently purchased a 1982 Hunter 25 and
removing Hurth transmission the finman at 3:41pm 11.07.13 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1156 Hi all, I need to replace the transmission on my O'Day 34. How difficult/easy is to remove it (Hurt
Want buy used Boom and rudder and sails for Hunter model 170 WALTER SURF at 3:13pm 11.07.13 Parts Search 0/1198 Hi.I need buy for my Hunter sailboat model 170 Year 2000 a used boom a rudder and the sails. Pleas
Deck Sag at Mast Step Hale Meakipe at 2:30pm 11.07.13 Catalina 30 5/2265 Have a 85 Catalina 30 berthed in San Diego. While having rig work completed riggers noted that there

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Cleats?????? AaronD at 3:34pm 03.06.23 Good question. My experience with nylon cleats has been fine; no problems with strength or with UV (
Chainplates ShawnL at 3:29pm 03.06.23 I just learned today (on Sail Life on YouTube) that diesel works well to remove the remnants of buty
Knock off that racket! rgranger at 3:29pm 03.06.23
First time Porta Potti owner/user : question rgranger at 3:26pm 03.06.23
Chainplates kclancy at 3:14pm 03.06.23 Hey George - thanks for the insight. I have read that it wasn't all that simple and that is not a ta
Knock off that racket! thinwater at 2:58pm 03.06.23 Ytube conduit install video. Seems like a good one. Watching it made me think of a few variations. i
Factory Head discharge plumbing diagram. Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 2:49pm 03.06.23 My geriatric memory lost that you have a VacuFlush...it doesn't work like any other toilet. I've b
Synthetic standing rigging for a mac 25 AaronD at 2:29pm 03.06.23 I've done a fair bit (OK, an unreasonable amount) of thinking about this; considering synthetic for
Drinking water filter jssailem at 2:10pm 03.06.23 Thanks.
Knock off that racket! jssailem at 2:07pm 03.06.23
Leroy Somer windlas repair WanderIVth at 1:44pm 03.06.23 I'm trying to get access to the motor on a Leroy Somer S801 windlass. After much work I've removed
Knock off that racket! dlochner at 1:42pm 03.06.23 How many cables will you be running? A PVC conduit would work. It only needs to be attached at the
Factory Head discharge plumbing diagram. Hans Baart at 1:39pm 03.06.23 Peggie thanks for the reply. The toilet is a Sealand vacuum toilet by Dometic. Where do I put the
O' Day 40, and or choice and selection? Siamese at 1:35pm 03.06.23 I got suckered an anchor thread. Ohhh.....I see...."and or" was supposed to be anchor. G'bye.
Knock off that racket! Project_Mayhem at 1:34pm 03.06.23 Some masts have conduits already installed. Or look for a track inside the mast, these are for slid
Drinking water filter Captain Larry-DH at 1:31pm 03.06.23 I was exploring the Guzzle H2O Stealth unit built here in Oregon. They were at the Boat show displa
Drinking water filter Captain Larry-DH at 1:20pm 03.06.23 Larry. Any issues with the ACUVA unit leaving the system off for periods of time? I saw there was a
Factory Head discharge plumbing diagram. Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:11pm 03.06.23 I haven't committed every boat mfr/model's plumbing schematic to memory...but since vented loops are
Factory Head discharge plumbing diagram. Hans Baart at 1:06pm 03.06.23 Hi Terry, Thanks for the reply. I have a vacu flush now with a ripped pump bellows. No warning it w
Ice Box Lid Hold Open buddybear at 12:40pm 03.06.23 I recently purchased a ice box hold open from Catalina Direct prt# Z4237 it had been used on the Ca

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