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Racor fuel filter (3) paulj at 11:23am 04.06.13 Catalina 310 6/1656 Seems Racor has changed the upper seal design on the replacement filters. The new seal cross sec
A Few More Stupid Question Caribbeanknight1 at 10:33am 04.06.13 Smaller Boats 4/1100 Please bear with me. So I have been going over my new to me H240. It's beautiful and by all appearan
Spring Series Beer Can Racing on James River, VA tomgrigsby at 10:10am 04.06.13 Ask All Sailors 0/901 Our spring series is starting up this Sunday at 1:30pm. Anyone who'd like to come out, please do. It
Winter cover bffatcat at 10:06am 04.06.13 Ask All Sailors 10/4333 I have never covered my boat and fortunately never had any trouble. Last year I had my vintage Pear
Catalina 27 automatic bilge pump installation John Dibb at 7:07am 04.06.13 Mid-Size Boats 4/6961 I have a 1984 Catalina 27 with a manual Whale bilge pump installed - i want to add an automatic pump
IS this a Pearson serial number? jackhartjr at 6:46am 04.06.13 Pearson 2/1700 Hi folks, A friend bought a 19 foot sailboat with this serial number, PEA92020E485. Is this a Pear
Converting to LEDs Ken Secor at 5:53am 04.06.13 Catalina 22 4/2194 Working, navigation and interior illumination requires power. LEDs use far less battery power for e
S2 C Owners Manual and Ships Log Stardust 50548 at 5:31am 04.06.13 S2 0/1075 I have an Owners Manual and Ships Log for the S2 11.0 Center Cockpit that I will give away. Just le
Type of stainless steel katana750 at 7:48pm 04.05.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1809 One more question I am not sure how somebody would know this, but you never know...are the bow and
Electrical schematics for 1980 C22 Milton.Audas at 7:16pm 04.05.13 Catalina 22 2/10811 G'day guys. Trust everyone is hard at work de-Wintering boats for the upcoming season (unless you're
cruising spinnaker tackline to stemhead on catalina 380 sdfriedman at 6:13pm 04.05.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1519 i am adding a cruising spinnaker to my catalina 387. where are you attaching the tackline? are you a
H-34 Cushions (3) kloudie1 at 4:34pm 04.05.13 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 2/1626 I just replaced my salon cushions and now I have a used set that is in OK but not pristine condition
H27 instrumentation? CHSN WND at 2:09pm 04.05.13 The Cherubini Hunters 11/2754 Hi all, I'm closing soon on a 1978 H27. She has no electronics, just the wheel-post mounted compass
Halyard sheave size quietriot at 1:30pm 04.05.13 Ask An Oday Owner 1/764 I have an O Day 32 it is a 1978. Does anyone know what the deminsions are for the main and jib halya
Can't acces on Apple devies jsalley at 1:05pm 04.05.13 Forum Help (Site Talk) 1/4364 Phil et al - Was trying to receive a PM earlier today, and got a "mailbox is full" message. While de
Looking for previous owner!! Catalina 30 "Gossamer" DovetailNJ at 12:57pm 04.05.13 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1209 1982 Catalina 30 Gossamer. She's a Sandy salvage and I'm desperately trying to find the previous own
E-mail from marina in MD Scott at 12:45pm 04.05.13 Ask All Sailors 28/3929 "For those of you working on your vessels, please follow the below guidelines per the MDE Compliance
New Motor carengin at 9:45am 04.05.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1061 I have a beneteau First 32 with a Volvo Penta 17hp Model MD7B. I need to replace it with a new or r
Mysterious Hole in Mast (1) Catch the Sun at 9:24am 04.05.13 C&C 13/4700 There is a reinforced hole built into front of the mast of my C'C32 that I have not been able to fig
New sailor needs advice for Catalina 22 light12pdr at 9:04am 04.05.13 Catalina 22 2/44580 Are there any Catalina 22 people in the Annapolis area that I could connect with to learn how to set

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Keel Winch Failure 1984 Catalina 22 Gene Neill at 6:39pm 04.13.23 Even if the company that's coming to inspect the boat finds nothing wrong, I'd still float her for a
Shakey in gear Hayden Watson at 6:39pm 04.13.23 When you say + - .015", do you mean that it is a vertical offset or an angle misalignment. To put i
Help installing A/C on a Hunter 33.5 Sutric at 6:36pm 04.13.23 The PO of out boat installed it under the nav table and ran 4" diameter flex venting to outlets in t
Polishing the hull of a 1980 sailboat advice Hollyberry at 6:30pm 04.13.23 ...... Poli-glow is very controversial. Some like the look. Some say once it starts to weather it l
Polishing the hull of a 1980 sailboat advice Davidasailor26 at 6:08pm 04.13.23
Anti seize on coupler set screws? dlochner at 5:58pm 04.13.23 I am having second thoughts about whether I should have put it on the shaft. Get a split coupling
in-cabin electric bilge pump question dlochner at 5:56pm 04.13.23 Probably. The bilge pump is probably a centrifugal pump. These pumps have vane that spins and pushe
Anti seize on coupler set screws? TimFromLI at 5:48pm 04.13.23 I serviced mine last year, I used permatex anti seize on both the coupler set screws and the coupler
Removing Hurth HBW 150 Hollyberry at 5:47pm 04.13.23 Can you remove the bell housing with the gear/adaptor assembly? Don't you need to remove the bell ho
Polishing the hull of a 1980 sailboat advice Hollyberry at 5:43pm 04.13.23 Odds are it's old gelcoat, esp if it's white.. If you want a low effort seasonal result look into "
Beneteau Questions TimFromLI at 5:37pm 04.13.23 That doesn't sound like an original setup. I have a Beneteau but I have 2 pumps, one for the bilge
Beneteau Questions Hollyberry at 5:37pm 04.13.23 Our setup is the typical man/auto master switch with a float running the pump in 'auto'. The shower
Shakey in gear S/V Sideways at 5:32pm 04.13.23
Polishing the hull of a 1980 sailboat advice xavpil at 5:23pm 04.13.23 First determine if the boat is painted. I won't be able to find out by asking the seller if it wa
season begins, the lakes are open (1) Tally Ho at 4:48pm 04.13.23 Photo in my local paper this week of the first ocean-going vessel to make port in my neck of the woo
Shakey in gear (1) Ralph Johnstone at 4:48pm 04.13.23 I can only get it to + - .015" I don't know if you'll find much on the market that can live with
Beneteau Questions Tally Ho at 4:41pm 04.13.23
Paint Rollers (Covers) Tally Ho at 4:38pm 04.13.23 I use a foam roller. Full recoat with hydrocoat every fourth year. Chip touch up with a small dispo
Anti seize on coupler set screws? Tally Ho at 4:34pm 04.13.23 In the process of replacing my PSS bellows, I had to replace the coupler set screws as they got man
Shakey in gear Hayden Watson at 4:29pm 04.13.23

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