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Catalina Direct Window Shades Loose Ends at 11:45am 08.29.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/3184 Has anyone out there purchased and installed the new window shades offered on the Catalina Direct we
Furling Mainsail Truths Revealed bob_pattison at 10:48am 08.29.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/3151 O.k. Now that I have your attention; I wanted to share a story with the group about a visit to a 3 y
Small Tach options FourPoints at 10:42am 08.29.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1164 I want to add a tach / hour meter for next year, but I want one that is about 2" across, and all I'm
Wheel Pilot Does a Reset Mickey G. at 10:36am 08.29.13 Musings With Maine Sail 5/3418 I have a RayMarine Wheel Pilot ST4000+ that will do a "Crazy Ivan" (reset) while under battery power
Painful boarding ladder steps alallen1 at 10:16am 08.29.13 The Cherubini Hunters 8/3235 The one inch stainless tubing steps on our boarding ladder are painful to our bare feet. I saw rubbe
VOLVO PENTA MD2030D Loss of coolant Captain Haddock at 8:30am 08.29.13 Bavaria 5/8962 Hi everybody. The other nearly no wind day when cruising on my Bavaria 38C with a 2005 VOLVO PENTA M
Time to Intorduce Myself nolasafari at 7:41am 08.29.13 Mid-Size Boats 9/1943 My name is Jim and my wife is Donna.We finally closed on our 2006 Hunter 33.1. I would like to say i
Mainsheet system on the old 22' 1973 Oday. hp18carr at 7:34am 08.29.13 Day Sailers 13/3496 A little advice here please, I'm going through an old 22' 1973 Oday regrettably my Mainsheet system
H290 Refrigeration, part II Jon Bastien at 7:28am 08.29.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1210 So, about a year ago, I posted about the non-working refrigeration in my Hunter 290... and thought I
Homemade peek a boo shades SS-Aquilon at 7:18am 08.29.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/4395 I want to make peek a boo blinds out of wood for my Catalina 27. Has anyone ever tried this? If so,
lookng at used cal (3) trainmanjess at 6:55am 08.29.13 Cal 3/2333 hello all I have had a series of misfortunes with my current Mac25 sailboat, and t will cost me mu
Where to buy bronze fasteners? IH82BL8 at 5:48am 08.29.13 Ask All Sailors 5/1079 Where in the central Chesapeake Bay region can I buy bronze machine-thread fasteners? There are sev
Looking for a boat Tackigator at 5:43am 08.29.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 28/5286 I've been bitten by the boat bug, and I think I want to buy a Macgregor 26. I live in Northeast Texa
272 mainsheet and traveller agprice22 at 4:06am 08.29.13 Bigger Boats 11/2610 Hi all; first, thanks for all the great, reassuring info you have given on centerboards, mast steppi
teak deck caulk (2) bletso at 3:59am 08.29.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1910 What is the general consensus on the various caulks out there. My boat originally had two-part poly
Capri cyclone 13 parts? Jared111 at 3:07am 08.29.13 Parts Search 1/4884 I'm looking for a mast or just the joint sleeve that connects the 2 part masts. Anyone have one or
Beneteau 331 barryelwin at 11:09pm 08.28.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1320 Has anyone any idea where I could source a engineers drawing of a 331 tailshaft.
perkins M30 idle dan8152 at 9:17pm 08.28.13 Engines and Propulsion 4/5535 I have a new to me catalina 30 with a perkins 30hp engine and trying to figure out what the idle sho
any experience with Water ballast damage causing heeling pro mkrupa at 7:26pm 08.28.13 Smaller Boats 16/2203 I put my boat back in the water this year and found that it heels badly on port tack. ie it seems t
Victron BMV 600 Problem Chuckbear at 6:43pm 08.28.13 Ask All Sailors 6/2269 My Victron 600 Battery Monitor has worked flawlessly for years. This morning I was doing my usual ch

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Sidewall fabric upgrade nramsey at 9:44am 05.24.23 Nicely done! It's tough to get the curves right. What is the bead covering the joint?
Plans for hurricane season 2023? LydieBP at 9:38am 05.24.23 So nobody is moving their boat out of the area of hurricane risk ? So nobody is hauling their sailbo
Sleeping on 22 new design Any Sea at 9:32am 05.24.23 Please post your thoughts after you've used your v berth set-up. I'm interested to know how you li
I was so close ... Timm R Oday25 at 9:21am 05.24.23 I was so close part two.. I very carefully tied a messenger line to the coax cable at the base of th
Installing additional bunks on a trailer (1) sbrogden at 9:08am 05.24.23 Here's the boat on the trailer.
Sidewall fabric upgrade (3) LaDonaMina at 8:14am 05.24.23 On my Hunter the sidewall fabric was a dingy gray carpet that over the years got wet, held mold and
Santana 21 design info needed rgranger at 8:13am 05.24.23 Second @rgranger Rob, advise where Santana was built for me please. Dave Newport Beach CA http
Possible SmartPlug problem jviss at 8:02am 05.24.23 Thank you everyone for the suggestions. I am awaiting the delivery of the male (boat side) plug an
Possible SmartPlug problem Sailm8 at 7:57am 05.24.23 Thank you everyone for the suggestions. I am awaiting the delivery of the male (boat side) plug and
Seacock Mystery Ralph Johnstone at 7:48am 05.24.23 Ok the good news is the former owner got back to me and reports both holes are sealed from the outs
Santana 21 design info needed Crazy Dave Condon at 7:45am 05.24.23 Second @rgranger contacting Dwyer but is under new ownership. The mast head gave it away for me.
Sleeping on 22 new design morbidfollower at 7:45am 05.24.23 ya I haven't been a fan of the v berth as of yet. The froli system I got (v-berth large) seems modul
Seacock Mystery (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:40am 05.24.23 216024 Something is blocking the internals of the valve which is why nothing is coming through. I'
PSA - Check your through hulls BEFORE launch (1) eherlihy at 7:34am 05.24.23 The through hulls for the bilge pump, cockpit drains (scuppers), propane locker, head sink drain, an
Installing additional bunks on a trailer Crazy Dave Condon at 7:31am 05.24.23 Can you post a picture of the trailer?
I was so close ... Crazy Dave Condon at 7:29am 05.24.23 As a dealer, I would say OOPS as I did tha too. One reason why I am Crazy dave
Seacock Mystery silasl at 7:29am 05.24.23 Ok the good news is the former owner got back to me and reports both holes are sealed from the outsi
Stuffing box- dumb question? (2) Ralph Johnstone at 7:19am 05.24.23 Unfortunately, given the lack of response from the OP, it appears that their boat has sunk from a ru
Seacock Mystery Don S/V ILLusion at 7:17am 05.24.23
Sidewall fabric upgrade twodzusfittings at 7:05am 05.24.23 I had know idea what you meant by Herculon. So I googled it and then I found a list that discusses w

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