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Catalina Windlass Lost Parent at 7:59pm 03.06.13 Ask All Sailors 9/2686 I have access to a Lewmar V7oo windlass with a gypsy that takes 1/4 in chain and rope what are the o
22 Venture merlinuxo at 7:25pm 03.06.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/1126 Great price on 22, Treasure Coast CL. Not mine.
Genset for Hunter 386 kpittman at 6:46pm 03.06.13 Big Boats 11/3393 I am planning to install a genset on a 2004 Hunter 386. Can anyone recommend a dependable unit that
Weaver Davits kingsailor at 5:57pm 03.06.13 Big Boats 2/1523 Has any 456 owner installed the Weaver Industries davits on their boat? If so what feedback do you h
Electrical needs question kingsailor at 5:05pm 03.06.13 Big Boats 9/1321 Here is my situation. I have 2 AGM 8D batteries rated at 200 AH per battery. They are wired together
Havasu Convention Photo Link CaptDon01 at 4:24pm 03.06.13 Catalina 22 2/881 Here is a link to the Flickr site for the 2013 Havasu Pocket Cruiser Convention. At last check, the
Starter Issues Seabrink2006 at 4:08pm 03.06.13 Catalina 30 3/1390 Greetings All, I have an '84 Cat with the 23HP three cyl diesel, and have been having some issues wi
New pedastal / helm for Hunter 290 (5) cnardell at 3:07pm 03.06.13 Mid-Size Boats 1/1237 I bought my 290 new in 2002, and have always thought that Hunter did an extremely good job of giving
Likes/dislikes of '83-'90 H40 McZube at 2:42pm 03.06.13 Big Boats 2/1317 I have a H31. The H40 is our 10-yr-plan. For those who own these boats, what are your likes and di
Handheld VHF Bad Obsession at 2:23pm 03.06.13 Ask All Sailors 19/2926 I already have a VHF on my boat. I am thinking that in the future I would like to get a handheld VH
Re-Rigging Recommendation, Chesapeake Western Shore RS_Grampian at 2:17pm 03.06.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1265 I need to find an honest, reliable and reasonable person/company to evaluate and likely replace the
Lock Down Bolt Position (8) rgranger at 1:57pm 03.06.13 Balboa 3/3942 Hello All I posted this on the Yahoo site also but all I heard back was empty wind. I'm doing ma
Older Transducers (1) Styx at 1:54pm 03.06.13 Ask All Sailors 1/880 I have two older transducers. I got them when I bought my boat. I have no displays. All electronic e
Standing rigging. Whats critical Jared1048 at 1:53pm 03.06.13 Mid-Size Boats 8/2596 I recently got a quote for new standing rigging and it was about 50% more than I expected. I'm curre
Boat card scanning software hoges in wa at 11:53am 03.06.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1766 Hi. Does anyone use scanning software (that you use for scanning and storing business cards) on thei
Negative or isolated alternater ?!?! Andr� R. at 11:41am 03.06.13 Big Boats 2/936 I have bought an alternator Hitachi LR180-03, I tried to replace my old one, it didn't work, I broug
Catalina 27 dose she need 4 stands or 5 ? dive7mmwet at 11:39am 03.06.13 Mid-Size Boats 5/1910 Have to move our Catalina 27 home for a month and a half on the hard from marina, selling the 4 pad
Looking for a rudder for a Point Jude (1) Tom G, P-21 at 11:27am 03.06.13 Parts Search 2/5234 Looking for a rudder for a Point Jude 15 I am posting this for a friend who has a newer , 1990's, f
rigging corrosion (3) Bob 04 H260 at 9:51am 03.06.13 Ask All Sailors 13/3280 Our boat was in fresh water for 9 years and in Florida salt water for the last 3 years. I have a r
Recommendations for yacht club insurance stevec22206 at 9:01am 03.06.13 Ask All Sailors 7/1234 We are a small yacht club located in Illinois, just over a hundred members. The club has been notifi

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Stuck tell-tales stickinthemud57 at 7:18am 04.02.23 Similar problem. I recently switched over to a Rolly Tasker Lite Skin jib. The material RT uses for
Seeking Correct Small Hose associated with impeller replacement task jssailem at 6:55am 04.02.23 Randall without adding where the pump hose goes to (raw water intake or pump to exhaust) we are left
Survey Question (1) jssailem at 6:42am 04.02.23 long time lurker here, first time poster. I am looking at a 1984 Catalina 30 tall rig and thinking
ATN mast climber tip please. SycloneDriver at 6:40am 04.02.23 Got pictures of how you set it up? Are you using a bosuns chair? Here's a picture of a friend of m
Furling Main JamesG161 at 6:34am 04.02.23 best thread on In-mast furling In mast 'piece of crap' furling system With pictures and Manuals Jim
Furling Main JamesG161 at 6:30am 04.02.23 Do you have any idea what tension you used? Hire a rigger. Jim...
Clear instrument cover - what do I use? And the instrument panel itself? JBP-PA at 6:13am 04.02.23 You can get either most anywhere. Hardware stores or online. You can drill and cut it with normal to
Clear instrument cover - what do I use? And the instrument panel itself? JBP-PA at 6:08am 04.02.23 Your choice is pretty much limited to acrylic Plexiglass or polycarbonate Lexan. Both are fine. Acr
Stuck tell-tales JBP-PA at 5:44am 04.02.23 Excellent trimming? On my boat it is of course due to excellent trimming, but on someone else's bo
Clear instrument cover - what do I use? And the instrument panel itself? jssailem at 5:17am 04.02.23 Clear plastic cover. Is it cracked or just dirt and sun damaged. Some times these can be cleaned an
New C&C 33 Mk1 owner who will base in Portland Oregon jssailem at 5:10am 04.02.23
Stuck tell-tales (1) Hayden Watson at 11:30pm 04.01.23 Excellent trimming? I don't think so. At the mid-height location, there are three yarns on each s
Goosneck to Boom justsomeguy at 10:53pm 04.01.23 Maybe i'm misinterpreting the problem. I think @Joe has that figured, but I'd still like to fix th
ATN mast climber tip please. (1) dLj at 9:19pm 04.01.23 Got pictures of how you set it up? Are you using a bosuns chair? Here's a picture of a friend of mi
Furling Main bulbcreekfarm at 7:48pm 04.01.23 bulbcreekfarm Do you have any idea what tension you used? Cheers No I don't, was just going by f
Catalina 30 tall rig windlass installation (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:43pm 04.01.23 If you're interested in ideas for installing a windlass, you'll need to post a good half dozen shot
ATN mast climber tip please. SycloneDriver at 7:25pm 04.01.23 Thanks guys. I'll try relocating the line from the chain plate to the base of the mast. I'll put a
Stern Rail dlochner at 7:18pm 04.01.23
Stern Rail Georgedoyle at 7:15pm 04.01.23
ATN mast climber tip please. jaysweet at 7:10pm 04.01.23 I purchased a mast climber last year when I caught it on sale. I climbed to about 6 or 8 feet abov

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