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transducer trainmanjess at 6:57pm 12.13.13 Kittiewake 4/4927 hello all I have a Kittiwake 23.5 full keel sailboat... I am looking at installing a depth finder
San Francisco Bay & Delta (1) Delezynski at 4:02pm 12.13.13 Trailer Sailors 2/2150 Our last cruising was in the San Francisco Bay and Delta area. During the trip, I recorded a lot of
I dont get it. Doc_holiday at 1:37pm 12.13.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/1729 So tomorrow is the parade of lights in Richmond. We opted to try to join although we won't be as sp
Looking at a 1980 36' Cherubini Hunter tomorrow Alctel at 12:11pm 12.13.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1440 Hi all, I am looking at a 1980 36' Cherubini Hunter tomorrow, mainly as a liveaboard in the Victo
Fuel Tank Drain Steverhnm at 11:29am 12.13.13 Big Boats 2/875 Is there a way to bleed out the bottom of the fuel tank, i.e., water in the tank, on this boat? I h
renault sheila at 9:49am 12.13.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/808 Is there a right hand and left hand rotation cone? Works fine clock wise will not work counter clock
Looking at a 1980 36' hunter tomorrow Alctel at 9:46am 12.13.13 The Cherubini Hunters 26/6398 Hi all, I am looking at a 1980 36' Cherubini Hunter tomorrow, mainly as a liveaboard in the Victo
ACE Marine Insurance? Gunni at 7:59am 12.13.13 Ask All Sailors 9/1942 Looks like I'm going to have to change carriers. Apparently my old carrier wants me to pay for their
Is a 27 to big to trailer sail? hewebb at 5:05am 12.13.13 Mid-Size Boats 19/2929 I currently have a Catalina 25 WK that lives on a trailer so I can visit several lakes. Initially I
28'oday electronics cockpit mounted Dragon Fly at 4:25am 12.13.13 Bigger Boats 3/1056 84' Oday, 28' with depth finder/wind insturments mounted at helm in pods. needing to replace th
Exhaust riser life Clydo at 10:33pm 12.12.13 Catalina 310 11/2635 Wondering about replacement of exhaust riser on my 2003. Perhaps factory installed stainless steel
Manual windlass WhitmerG at 9:18pm 12.12.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1573 Hi All...Just new to the Forum. Glad to be part of this valuable information source. I'm considerin
Best route from BVI to Humacao rsotomayor at 6:57pm 12.12.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1487 Hi- I am researching the best route from BVI to Palmas del Mar. Would be leaving Penns Landing in
Catalina 30 Livability Sanford H. at 4:15pm 12.12.13 Catalina 30 38/21788 Howdy! I'm looking at an Catalina 30 mkII, and am looking for some opinions regarding the "livabilit
Windlass Oil Lost Parent at 3:50pm 12.12.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1233 I just recently rebuilt my anchor windlass and would like to know what oil is best to use for the ge
13 afc GREGP at 3:46pm 12.12.13 Ask All Sailors 1/1006 was just given a 13ft boat. H I N starts with afc has anyone ever heard of it?
New owner Mac 25 with questions? Eric Baldwin at 2:50pm 12.12.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 27/3715 Hey Mac owners, anybody out there who owns or is a wiz on Mac 25's and would like to answer some que
10.3 keel removal Big John at 2:20pm 12.12.13 S2 6/1889 I have had the misfortune of hitting a rock this year. It resulted in a small smile at the hull keel
Rewiring Paddle Wheel Speed Transducer c130king at 2:01pm 12.12.13 Catalina 310 5/1787 I frequently have to remove my paddle wheel speed transducer and clean it out so that it will spin f
Female Sailboat Owners.... Warren Milberg at 12:50pm 12.12.13 Ask All Sailors 28/4138 In a recent post I put up about a course I am considering for new owners of sailboats, a number of r

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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
Help finding the right boat Scott T-Bird at 11:23am 06.19.23 It seems like you are comparing extremes. A Pearson 39 is a very old design that was made intention
Dockside water connection George Braun at 11:13am 06.19.23 If you have a transom shower, just T it into the cold feed. Very simple Art - how would that then
ZF Hurth transmission slipping Garester at 11:10am 06.19.23 You can also rebuild the HBW 50 for about $500. Hurth HWB 10 Transmission Rebuild dissassembly par
Oberdorfer N202M-908 Pump leaking stevenhagberg at 10:56am 06.19.23 I have a Catalina 30, 2001 hull number 6444. When I bought the boat with 560 hours on the Univeral M
Rub Rail Adventure (2) Brinky63 at 10:30am 06.19.23 Hi All, I figured I'd keep the thread going! Attached are two photos from the stern which show the

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