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Cat 310-Side Decks Colour Albanach at 12:20am 12.29.12 Catalina 310 1/1503 Has anyone ever tried to match the colour of the non-skid gelcoat of the side decks or cockpit sole?
Sailing with the Main only... silvercharlio at 10:31pm 12.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 26/4212 season greetings to all...please let me know your experience sailing only with the main, your oppin
Questions about hull defects. (4) Ward H at 9:56pm 12.28.12 Ask An Oday Owner 6/1431 Closely inspected the exterior hull and bottom of my O'day today. The bottom paint was very thick an
Water Water Everywhere IN MY BOAT! Ward H at 9:20pm 12.28.12 Ask An Oday Owner 10/1863 I know I have/had a slight rain-water leak and have had about an 1" of water in the bilge on and off
Bent Boom TR6 at 5:08pm 12.28.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1509 Anyone have experience of trying to straighten a slightly bent boom ? It is bent at the mainsheet mo
Freezing Ballast in 23.5 Browndog68 at 4:37pm 12.28.12 Smaller Boats 20/4544 The temps have been cold here in Kansas this past week. Parts of the lake have frozen, including ar
Catalina 375 Owners??? Hummingbird1 at 2:55pm 12.28.12 Big Boats 1/2028 Am I the only one?
Mainsail slug size Don Crowther at 2:35pm 12.28.12 Big Boats 3/1628 Hello fellow H 34 owners: I'm needing to find out the slug/slide size for my mainsail. I thought I
Nav System Ideas FredV at 2:24pm 12.28.12 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1544 The "Laptop Navigation" thread prompts me to ask about other navigation options. I've been playing w
Autopilot/seatalk/gps rdees at 12:39pm 12.28.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/5755 I have a '93 OC400. Recently purchased an Autohelm 7000+ autopilot contol head to replace the 7000
Need Mast 22' - 1981 fdc at 12:07pm 12.28.12 Smaller Boats 2/985 I had the rare accident of losing my mast while sailing my 1981 Hunter 22 this past summer and I'm l
Southern California Coast sailing with a Mac walt at 10:51am 12.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2343 I lived in LA (Huntington Beach and then Long Beach) for a few years a LONG time ago and spent a lot
Battens oday630 at 9:45am 12.28.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 11/9369 My mainsail has 4 battens, the top batten is full length. I believe these battens are original to th
Zebra mussels... whats the risks? Jackdaw at 8:23am 12.28.12 Ask All Sailors 17/4315 After being 'introduced' in Lake Minnetonka 2 years ago, these things have exploded, pretty much cov
Battery Out-gassing question Stan Breaux at 7:58am 12.28.12 Ask All Sailors 5/3793 I have a 1996 Catalina 36 MKII with two 4D batteries and a separate starting/reserve battery. I'm
Luck Roger Long at 7:38am 12.28.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 9/6215 I seldom run the fuel as low as I have and learned this morning that the gauge on the second tank
Salon Table BWagner at 6:19am 12.28.12 Big Boats 5/1609 Hi All, On our 426DS the salon table is supposed to lower so that you can use the supplied filler c
Dodger for Catalina 310 deke at 5:47am 12.28.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1701 I'm trying to find a 310 in the St. Petersburg, Fl. Area so JSI can measure to enable their building
Two forestays on ODay 19? weh5748 at 4:15am 12.28.12 Day Sailers 5/1620 When I bought my Oday 19 this past spring it had the normal forestay and jib but also had an extra j
Need a mast for 1983 Catalina 22 Hobart08 at 8:52pm 12.27.12 Catalina 22 5/4844 Hello - I toppled my mast for my 1983 Catalina 22 and desperately need a replacement mast. Catalina

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Roller furling issue garymalmgren at 5:31am 06.13.22 Hi Isavochi Well you can thank your lucky star that your forestay let go and you still have a standi
VHF at helm (possibly hands free) Parsons at 5:19am 06.13.22 I went to the radio inside, pulled it out, and noticed a loose wire behind it, but no plug on the ra
Introduction-New Member to Forum Ottdreamer at 5:17am 06.13.22 Jack the trailer up with the boat on it. Place jacks under the boat. Lower the trailer.
New Catalina 30 Owner BigEasy at 4:43am 06.13.22
Thru Hull -- do I really need it? danooxnard at 4:17am 06.13.22 This on my to do list for my 74 C22. I plan on replacing the threaded pipe with a real thruhull for
Forestay transportation (2) danooxnard at 4:03am 06.13.22 Here are some pics of my Catalina 22. Pow pulpit does make it easier.
Roller furling issue (2) danooxnard at 4:02am 06.13.22 pics of what it should look like
Identify the mystery item... Apex at 3:07am 06.13.22 i would think wind instruments....not that I have a brand in mind, but the large tab on one side, an
Hiring a skipper dlochner at 2:47am 06.13.22 Hiring a captain and crew will be more expensive than trucking. Captains will get $350 a day or more
New Catalina 30 Owner (1) mikeracca at 12:10am 06.13.22
Yamaha 30 - prop shaft thrust bearing replacement (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:14pm 06.12.22 the second image is a birds-eye view looking down at it. It was the '"floor" label that lost me.
Hiring a skipper capta at 10:08pm 06.12.22 Depending on when you want to go, my wife and I might be free. PM me please.
Legend 40.5 Chainplates baycloud at 9:52pm 06.12.22 Totally different design. Good news and that's what I thought...so any tips on how to inspect? How
Fuel Puzzle Hollyberry at 9:27pm 06.12.22 A friend had similar symptoms a while ago on a Hunter 40. Eventually found the pickup tube had a pin
Grounding two isolated battery banks Hayden Watson at 9:19pm 06.12.22 How are you protecting the alternator if the LPO BMS suddenly shuts down charging? by connecting b
Does your Chart Plotter still work with your preferred Chart supplier? dLj at 8:53pm 06.12.22 I'm not certain all this consolidation is a good thing. It doesn't seem to be.... dj
Legend 40.5 Chainplates Rick D at 8:41pm 06.12.22 Hey all, how are the chain plates constructed, and how can we (or can we) inspect them? It seems li
Asymmetric spinnaker on oceanis 37 (2) SoSound at 8:41pm 06.12.22 OK, @macdoug, I finally made it down to the marina with my phone for a picture. If the goal us to j
315 Winds & Sails & Heel Angles stephen_i_w at 8:01pm 06.12.22 Today, I was out on Lake St Clair. According to my wind instrument it was gusting up to 20 knots, t
First there was Marinco then SmartPlug and now VoltSafe??? I'm not totally convinced (2) Rjm st.petersburg at 7:29pm 06.12.22 Cord protection. Plug protectors are coming soon.

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