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other Kevinbilly at 8:01am 03.02.13 Catalina 22 1/926 I love this site.
new to this Kevinbilly at 8:00am 03.02.13 Catalina 22 19/1475 I bought an older model c22. I have the mast but it isnt on it. They started redoing the boat. I abo
Teak finish MikeGibson at 5:20am 03.02.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1485 I have a 1997 Beneteau Oceanis 461 with teak interior. I need to re varnish the teak finish. Does an
"Macgregor blue" touch up paint?.... centerline at 11:54pm 03.01.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/2761 Is there such a thing as premixed touch up paint for the light blue deck on the macgregor boats? or
Can't wait (1) Lost Parent at 11:01pm 03.01.13 Ask All Sailors 6/1483 61703.vB
O'Day 40 Portlights nramsey at 10:07pm 03.01.13 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1055 I want/need to replace all of the opening portlights on my '86 O'Day 40. I have a mix of Gray and B
white powder on fuel pump nipple (1) newsailor72 at 9:08pm 03.01.13 Engines and Propulsion 13/8004 I'm in the process of cleaning my carb. (4 stroke 6 hp tohatsu), when I removed the fuel hose from t
A portlight in the cockpit question..? Chris Patterson at 7:14pm 03.01.13 Ask All Sailors 3/1449 I'm going to order a Beckson portlight from here, and I was wondering if anybody dealt with these. T
Swamped (Knocked down) Sirius 21????? c bowers at 7:04pm 03.01.13 Sirius 21/22 5/9619 Hello Sirius owners I am wondering if anyone has had the unfortunate experience of "swamping" or
anchor windlass installation puppet at 6:30pm 03.01.13 Ask All Sailors 7/2235 My body demands I install an anchor windlass! I have a Hunter 290. Hunter Marine not any help! Anyon
Moorings/Sunsail 323 inarathree at 4:38pm 03.01.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1215 My wife and I are looking to upgrade to 30'ish boat. We really like the Moorning/Sunsail 323 boat l
Are Zebras bad in the Great Lakes? rgranger at 4:23pm 03.01.13 Ask All Sailors 4/1222 Hello I've been doing some maintenance and general repair work on my new-2-me Balboa 26'. One of t
Cartoon Don Crowther at 2:44pm 03.01.13 Ask All Sailors 11/2304 Ok. I remember seeing a cartoon about sailing. I'm pretty sure it was here. It was about 6 or 9 pane
wood on a sailboat trainmanjess at 1:34pm 03.01.13 Ask All Sailors 13/2635 hello all i find myself in a pickle right now. i recently bought a Mac25 sailboat, and i have remo
Speakers Mounted Underneath Stern Rail Seats c130king at 12:37pm 03.01.13 Catalina 310 12/6918 I have 11 year old speakers in NAVPOD housings. Believe the speakers are MA-7500. But both are sho
Raymarine Raypilot 65 remote LCD display OEM? Skip Gundlach at 11:26am 03.01.13 Parts Search 0/1428 Raymarine Raypilot 65 remote LCD display OEM? I have a remote which is the aged twin to this:
1985 Hunter 25.5 - bulge pump? whyistherumgone at 10:03am 03.01.13 Smaller Boats 5/3934 Can anyone tell me if the 1985 Hunter 25.5 came with a bilge pump and if so where was it installed.
Source for Morse Shaft Bearing Solstice at 9:43am 03.01.13 Ask All Sailors 4/994 Hoping someone can point me to a source for a Morse CB. I'm not familiar with the sources that poppe
strun tube harryjoe at 9:01am 03.01.13 The Cherubini Hunters 1/1128 I have a cherubini 33 hunter model 1980 and need to replace sturn tube. Need info on where to buy o
Looking for a captian's test book frankiedogs at 8:55am 03.01.13 Ask All Sailors 8/1640 I am looking for a copy of Get Your Captain's License, Fourth Edition for a relatively reasonable (r

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Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question JES7 at 4:05pm 04.04.23 @JES7 Look in the storage locker of the boat to see if anything is there. If not, call the owner i
Re-rigging running rigging - source suggestions please dLj at 3:45pm 04.04.23 Thanks for sharing the outcome and resource DJ. The plot thickens, West Marine just told me they d
Recommended maintenance/checks during haulout? Hello Below at 3:34pm 04.04.23 clean and check all thruhull transducers, speed log, Just a suggestion, is to remove the transduce
Hoisting and Flying Gennaker: Advice Needed BarryL at 3:09pm 04.04.23 Hey, How many crew will you have when you fly the gennaker? The set and douse are usually different
AITA? Racing situation that came up BarryL at 3:05pm 04.04.23 Hey, As you (and everyone else) noted, the other boat was in the wrong. What you need to do in that
Furling Line Options BarryL at 2:57pm 04.04.23 Hello, As mentioned, you certainly can to a smaller diameter line, like 3/8". You just need to be s
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question Crazy Dave Condon at 2:55pm 04.04.23 @JES7 Look in the storage locker of the boat to see if anything is there. If not, call the owner if
FET Battery Isolator and Different Charging Voltages Maine Sail at 2:34pm 04.04.23 That does present a conundrum doesn't it. The alternator output would go first to the LFP house ban
S2 9.2C wire/plumbing diagrams jrussnogle at 1:48pm 04.04.23 You are dead on, Mark. But, hat tip to Tiara. Jeff Rowan, Marine Technical advisor for Tiara, respon
Catalina Smile - keel repair or engineered fix on Catalina 36 kappykaplan at 1:38pm 04.04.23 Please merge the two threads - same OP. Tks. :beer:
Furling Line Options kappykaplan at 1:16pm 04.04.23 Stripping the core is common practice. :plus:
Zinc on strut? JoeWhite at 1:13pm 04.04.23 Good point Rich. My C36 has a 2" disk zinc on the strut. It does become eaten away and I replace it
Recommended maintenance/checks during haulout? Don S/V ILLusion at 1:00pm 04.04.23
AITA? Racing situation that came up Leeward Rail at 12:35pm 04.04.23 I read all these comments before my morning coffee, and wonder.. why would anyone race and deal with
Zinc on strut? Rich Stidger at 12:33pm 04.04.23 Look around your boatyard. Do you see any boats with a zinc on the strut? Does the source who advi
FET Battery Isolator and Different Charging Voltages walt at 12:21pm 04.04.23 The FET isolator likely will have very low voltage drop.. but the old style diode isolators might dr
Holding tank relocation? MT28.5 at 12:20pm 04.04.23 Hello Peggie and thank you for posting. The head is directly in front of the lazarette. Also I missp
Keel rebedding or engineered fix for this catalina smile on Catalina 36? Terry Cox at 11:41am 04.04.23 Obviously this is preferred, but is it required? Keel bolts look fine to me. Hi Jim. Yes, it is re
FET Battery Isolator and Different Charging Voltages dlochner at 11:35am 04.04.23 Each bank gets what the alt is delivering. Impossible to have two different voltages through an arg
Catalina 16.5 Rigging Question Will Gilmore at 11:26am 04.04.23 That block on the bow, ahead of the furling drum, that looks like a tack block for an asym. -Will

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