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Trailer sailing :) c_witch at 1:31pm 07.04.13 Trailer Sailors 7/3151 Well last year we had a slip and the boat was in all season. This year due to various problems we fi
Photo upload question Old Skool Neil at 1:28pm 07.04.13 Forum Help (Site Talk) 7/4198 What is the total attachment limit per user?
Thinking of buying this boat... toddorts at 11:57am 07.04.13 S2 14/3352 Hi everyone. I was referred to your expert advice by someone over at Cruisers Forum. I'm thinking ab
change tiller to wheel? tmiller1116 at 10:33am 07.04.13 Catalina 30 10/5980 1983 Catalina 30.... with tiller. I like a tiller for a variety of reasons, but wifey has too much
BOMAR Hatch Acrylic John Hosty at 10:13am 07.04.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/597 I recently had trouble finding a new acrylic for the 13" hatch on my H41. Just wanted to let everyon
House Battery Location Aking7667 at 10:05am 07.04.13 Big Boats 1/1004 Hello. Does anyone happen to know where the original location of the house battery bank for a 1987
Valuations John Hosty at 9:29am 07.04.13 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1075 Does anybody have any thoughts on how I might be able to find historical fair market values? For exa
Boat Cover Billycor6 at 8:08am 07.04.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1211 I am renting dock space ,what kind of cover should I use and where is the best place to buy it?
Bilge Discharge Hose Routing Blitz at 7:27am 07.04.13 Ask All Sailors 11/4284 I'm having the common issue after relocating my bilge pump to the deepest part of my shallow bilge (
Sailing at 46kts YVRguy at 6:22am 07.04.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1510 Saw this in the Times this morning. I had no idea they had come this far... http://www.nytimes.c
Hunter 30??? piball at 10:26pm 07.03.13 Mid-Size Boats 7/1477 This question will drive mathmatitions and engineers nuts. Probably English teachers too. My yacht
Repair of cracks in deck of 1983 O'day 25 ddooher at 8:23pm 07.03.13 Ask An Oday Owner 4/4285 I am developing thin spider cracks on the deck, that I have seen in numerous older O'Days. The crac
Finally got to Two Harbors caguy at 7:20pm 07.03.13 Ask All Sailors 17/2350 Could not get a better mooring especially 1 day before the 4th https://plus.google.com/app/basic
Tangier Island rgranger at 6:34pm 07.03.13 Destinations 5/5971 Hey All I'm heading to the Chesapeake Bay in the morning with my family and my new-2-me Balboa 26
Windspeed, heel, and comfort zone. Sixgun77 at 6:15pm 07.03.13 Smaller Boats 8/1475 I'm curious: What windspeed is the max that is safe to take my 25 out in? It's the 4 foot draft vers
Please don't laugh at me.... cymeyer at 5:59pm 07.03.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/1465 We have had a 321 for about 14 years and love the boat. Have not done any cruising and had never le
dang,,,grounded again kpgraci at 5:12pm 07.03.13 Ask An Oday Owner 22/2093 in preparation for launch day I put the motor (72 merc 7.5) through its paces, well, no tell tale.
Question About Draft flabrewer at 3:58pm 07.03.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1077 Hi folks, new sailor here looking at a '83 30' Tall Rig with 5'3" draft. I plan on doing most o
Furling Gennaker on my h23 C Jones at 3:53pm 07.03.13 Smaller Boats 5/1135 I think this will help with our low winds every summer. I flew it today, alone with 3 knots of air a
need a new outboard mdsdurango at 3:16pm 07.03.13 Trailer Sailors 14/3235 The little Nissan 3.5 two stroke that came with my Montgomery 15 was, as I expected, the weak link t

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Bimini mount solar panel install advice (1) Boatkeep at 5:19pm 07.28.22 I use a light and fish the wires from the inside to make sure you don't lose track before they get
New Battery Gene Neill at 5:01pm 07.28.22 Our two articulating 30W panels might provide enough, or you could do something similar with larger
Access to distribution panel kappykaplan at 4:59pm 07.28.22 Welcome to the forums! Do you have any photos of your setup to share? :beer:
Seawater strainer o-ring dkinzer at 4:56pm 07.28.22 A lot of equipment manfactured recently has metric dimensions so it is entirely possible (even likel
Anchorman Power 700 Windlass Rich Stidger at 4:51pm 07.28.22 Don't have it custom machined at a shop. Buy the part direct from a UK supplier. Shipping is not
Surveyor- Kemah Tx Jumpstart at 4:47pm 07.28.22 Thanks JRacer. Got a quote for trucking. Almost double what we were thinking. That and other associa
How soon is to soon? Tally Ho at 4:28pm 07.28.22 I'll admit that I get excited for them ... it sounds like @Allowishish has a solid plan and is read
AC Wiring Question (1) Tally Ho at 4:21pm 07.28.22 I have 3 which works for me. Charger, water heater, outlest. If you have AC that would add one.
Seawater strainer o-ring Two Sails at 3:56pm 07.28.22
AC Wiring Question DeniseO30 at 3:43pm 07.28.22 op doesn't really need the redundancy of 120 and 12 volts for the refrigeration unit. Contrary to
AC Wiring Question jviss at 3:32pm 07.28.22 Done correctly, electrical systems are safe, done incorrectly they are deadly. Here, here!
AC Wiring Question dlochner at 3:30pm 07.28.22 To the OP, I'm a little late to this party as I don't normally read the Catalina forum. After skimmi
AC Wiring Question Hayden Watson at 3:29pm 07.28.22 That would be a big AC panel, even on a 40' boat, no? I have 3 which works for me. Charger, water
Chainplates for Drogue thinwater at 3:28pm 07.28.22 I have towed drogues in gale and near gale conditions many times for research. A drogue element pull
Slippery Strip For RIB Keel? dmax at 3:26pm 07.28.22 You could make your own using a strip and adhesive from mcmaster-carr: https://www.mcmaster.com/uhmw
Anchorman Power 700 Windlass JamesG161 at 3:26pm 07.28.22 One last thought about the Friction core... It seems to match Part #76 taper and used for less wear
Anchorman Power 700 Windlass JamesG161 at 3:22pm 07.28.22 I do not know, but suggest using same materials as Part# 76. Jim... PS: you might call Simson-Lawra
New Battery w4swk at 3:22pm 07.28.22 Nice plans. Have you taken into consideration the requirement to have a controller on the solar out
Stopping engine jviss at 3:14pm 07.28.22 Actually Don is correct. if this is the factory alt(leece-Neville) with key /on excite.. Once the a
Stopping engine Paulam at 3:05pm 07.28.22 and you wonder why people like to me find it difficult

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