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San Fransisco JOLISAILOR at 3:06am 11.18.13 Mid-Size Boats 2/1127 Hello, Is there someone who can give me the adress of CATALINA dealer in San Fransisco please . Fami
drain plug in bilge of o'day 19 michaelw at 12:14am 11.18.13 Ask An Oday Owner 3/5221 I recently bought a 1964 O'Day Mariner 19 swing keel. There is only one drain plug in the boat and
Trailer Setup (1) mikep22 at 11:14pm 11.17.13 Ask An Oday Owner 12/3090 After lurking in the forums for a year or so, I finally found a boat to buy and join the ranks of th
Tie Downs needed for 25 SK? alfreddiaz at 11:00pm 11.17.13 Trailer Sailors 19/3139 I just bought a 1980 Catalina 25 Swing Keel. I see that with the fixed keels, owners strap down the
what does self bailing mean? troutman at 8:34pm 11.17.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1142 I have a V21 and I see that water can drain thru the keel cable hole but how does water drain from t
Newport Headed to the Dump (4) philwsailz at 6:41pm 11.17.13 Ask All Sailors 17/2466 'Cut the lead keel off the parts boat today and loaded it onto a dump trailer to take to the landfil
Alternator Question BWagner at 6:36pm 11.17.13 Ask All Sailors 10/1913 Hello, I have noticed recently that when under power we are operating at a net deficit with respe
Significant weatherhelm on a beneteau 343 Davefromoregon at 5:15pm 11.17.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 27/11928 I was sailing today on the river in 10-20kt wind. Both main and headsail were reefed while sailing c
Dodger Windshield Cleaning (2) seadaddler at 4:39pm 11.17.13 Big Boats 14/7333 Here in Florida I keep the dodger windshield panels zipped out for more air flow but last week was o
Broken Throttle Cable SailbadTheSinner at 3:03pm 11.17.13 Big Boats 4/1179 I thought I might share with you an experience which I would rather not have had. My wife and I w
Single handed Asymmetric gybing... weinie at 2:15pm 11.17.13 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 28/13778 Don, I enjoyed your video on single handed setting and dousing an assym spinnaker using a sock. I
Winter project's on Catalina 27 TR,Today Compression post (3) dive7mmwet at 2:09pm 11.17.13 Mid-Size Boats 0/2470 Last winter we located and purchased a fresh water, 2 owner well loved Catalina 27 Tall Rig, She had
Should a keel trunk have any flex to it? (3) hawk232 at 12:33pm 11.17.13 Ask All Sailors 50/7447 well the good news is that we made it out for the maiden voyage yesterday! sailed for a solid 45min
Key West Vacation DanKo at 12:17pm 11.17.13 Ask All Sailors 20/3596 I'm a midwestern sailer. I have a Catalina 22 and a 20 foot racing scow. I am competent on those boa
Oday 272 Tabernacle Replacement Suggestions 87roadracer at 11:16am 11.17.13 Bigger Boats 11/4623 So my new "old" 272 Oday needs a new tabernacle and I would like to have the ability to step the mas
where can I leave my truck and trailer? nena at 9:20am 11.17.13 Destinations 3/3370 I will be trailering my Oday 26 to Biscane Bay in February. Hope to spend about 6 weeks sailing the
Rusty Keel C2L at 7:31am 11.17.13 Big Boats 12/3120 I have a 34 Hunter with steel keel that is rusting. I would like to 1) remove the rust and 2) refin
controls cherub78 at 7:24am 11.17.13 The Cherubini Hunters 0/640 Thanks David in Sandusky for the info,I will call them to see if ideally I can convert from my lower
how do you secure carpet? troutman at 7:09am 11.17.13 Mid-Size Boats 10/3539 I see many people like to have carpet inside and outside their sailboats. How is this secured? I w
Main reefing on '79 33 mystery117 at 3:13am 11.17.13 The Cherubini Hunters 6/973 When I bought this boat the main was missing and I had to set everything up myself. When I had to r

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Solar vent recommendations jviss at 4:03am 06.15.23 I am not a fan. I had a couple of Nicros when I bought my boat. Someone had installed them right i
Rub Rail Adventure kappykaplan at 3:58am 06.15.23 You're welcome, Crazy Dave Condon! :beer:
Steps for Replacing my HBW50 transmission with ZF 12M jviss at 3:55am 06.15.23 If it's just a bolt on, you are lucky! If I have to replace mine it's a new bell housing for around
Rub Rail Adventure Crazy Dave Condon at 3:52am 06.15.23 Include the rubrail too. You may have to tape off the forward hatch. Learned that trick and it wo
Steps for Replacing my HBW50 transmission with ZF 12M SimiSAilor at 3:13am 06.15.23 The 12M bolts directly to your existing bell housing. No adapter or modification necessary. Jeff
Hunter 306 vertical play on Rudder Stock.......how to fix? kappykaplan at 2:21am 06.15.23 Tks! :beer:
Rub Rail Adventure kappykaplan at 2:20am 06.15.23 Seal the companionway with a sheet of plastic. Make a hole in the plastic to insert a leaf blower.
Help with Hunter 45 CC AC power. artboas at 12:00am 06.15.23 so who at Hunter decided this was a good idea.... kill your battery plug into shore power and nothi
Hello to the community Ralph Johnstone at 10:54pm 06.14.23 You can remember the 60's? I am the 60's. Not braggin', just an unfortunate fact of life.
Hello to the community justsomeguy at 10:25pm 06.14.23 A little too 60ish. You can remember the 60's?
Hello to the community Ralph Johnstone at 10:15pm 06.14.23 Very nice indeed. I like the pinstriping but please don't get into streaming flames coming from the
Diagnosing engine issues - Universal M25 Ralph Johnstone at 9:58pm 06.14.23 Learned a lot about my engine, and only missed a few days of sailing. C'mon .............. wher
Hello to the community (1) RSHunter27 at 9:09pm 06.14.23 Wow - that is one KAAAALEAN boat! Looks new! I designed some new graphics for the back of my boat
Screens for Windows DaveJ at 8:28pm 06.14.23 New screens came yesterday, installed today just like mentioned above. Open window, remove gasket an
Solar vent recommendations rgranger at 8:11pm 06.14.23
Diagnosing engine issues - Universal M25 Dave96734 at 8:07pm 06.14.23 Thanks for all the great comments and discussion! I tried starting with the raw water seacock close
Where to find Engine Guages Nav Pod Calif. Ted at 7:55pm 06.14.23 Just received it, it looks identical except it has the holes for the ignition and engine shut off o
Keel position from winch view Mike25 at 7:50pm 06.14.23 The problem is I cannot see the cable either. The winch and cable are inside an enclosure with just
Solar vent recommendations Steve L22188 at 7:22pm 06.14.23 Nicro vents were 15 years old and still working on my 1988 O'Day 302 )before I sold it last month af
Hello to the community chichiflys at 6:20pm 06.14.23 Wow - that is one KAAAALEAN boat! Looks new!

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