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inner forestay replacement mike b. at 6:14pm 10.01.12 Catalina 22 5/1470 I have a 1990 Catalina 22 and need to replace the rigging. The marina owner said that Catalina sugg
unknown cockpit canvas drazlou at 4:48pm 10.01.12 Catalina 30 14/1859 My 1994 C30 came with a dodger and no bimini. It did have a canvas cover in a bag that looked like i
Any other 385 Owners out there DebbyandBruno at 3:36pm 10.01.12 Big Boats 11/6440 Like another thread going for the 355, I was wondering if there are other 385 Owners out there that
Just bought a Catalina 27 for $2,000.00 Hull #1666 smprincipal at 3:23pm 10.01.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/2878 OK , So I used to live on a sailboat in my youth, having moved from Long Island where I was sailing
How does the freezer work? DebbyandBruno at 3:21pm 10.01.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1237 Hi there We are new to the boating world and have a silly question. I haven't been able to remembe
B & R Rig Tuning Mark Nooney at 2:20pm 10.01.12 Mid-Size Boats 10/2570 Hi I have a H31 with the B ' R rig. Is there any information available on the shrouds tension from
Propeller Size and pitch Gerry Cashion at 1:54pm 10.01.12 Bigger Boats 2/1155 O'Day 28 owners, I have been trying to find out what is the standard fixed 2-bladed prop for a 1983
DMI Instruments gholker at 1:49pm 10.01.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1144 My DMI knot meter stopped working, shows 0.0 knots, has power and my depth meter reads between 4ft a
Learing experience - which way to turn Mark48 at 1:37pm 10.01.12 Racing 9/10165 Well, I will probably get a few "you idiot" for this but I am trying to use this as a learning exper
wiring for GPS to Vhf Blitz at 12:59pm 10.01.12 Musings With Maine Sail 19/12996 Maine Sail and others: What type (size, source,etc.) do you use to hook up your GPS to your VHF? I
Jiffy Reefing fogram at 12:33pm 10.01.12 Catalina 22 11/3791 I was out sailing a couple of weeks ago and the wind rapidly changed from a consistent 4-5 knots fro
H 426/44/45 Generator Dave112 at 12:25pm 10.01.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1590 I have a Hunter 44AC that dos not have a generator installed and am considering installing one - I u
Bulge in the cabin floor Amason Grace at 11:43am 10.01.12 Catalina 22 4/2141 My 79 swing keel has an slight bulge forming beneath the cabin floor, close to the electrical panel.
H34 Seacock changeout info needed dqb24 at 11:35am 10.01.12 Big Boats 27/4348 1984 H34...newly moved from fresh water (Lake Michigan) to brackish water (Chesapeake) a year ago (2
Macgregor 26M kitxu at 11:34am 10.01.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1886 How is this boat?
Alternator quit working, I need some help scorpio77 at 11:04am 10.01.12 Ask All Sailors 8/1487 Hi guys, Yesterday while motoring, I had a broken sea water hose, It splashed salt water all ove
Covering up for Winter tgrass462 at 10:32am 10.01.12 Smaller Boats 10/1590 In past years I have unstepped my mast and stored my boat and trailer (Hunter 260) in indoor storage
New Owner needing Operator Manual keepsailin at 10:15am 10.01.12 Big Boats 2/1000 Hello all! Well, I just acquired a 1997 Hunter Passage 450 without any documentation nor access to t
Capacity of a 1975 Cat 22? fido911 at 10:09am 10.01.12 Catalina 22 2/1195 Please help! My sailing club is planning a short cruise down the ICW (Approximately 3 miles) for a
Fiberglass question paulh1 at 9:30am 10.01.12 Ask All Sailors 8/2872 Ok, dumb question. My fiberglass container says don't apply if under 60 degrees. What if you apply i

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eenie, meenie, minie, moe RoyS at 5:12am 05.25.22 I boat my boat from an electrical engineer. I didn't have your problem. Instead I had purple wires,
Fighting in mast furling again, and I'm loosing. SycloneDriver at 5:09am 05.25.22 Thanks for all the input. The weather has not been great here so I'm not spending as much time on t
Anyone know what this is? Will Gilmore at 5:07am 05.25.22 axle cap like off the a cooler hard to tell without a size reference The rollers on my trailer ha
Thru-Hull Stats RoyS at 4:57am 05.25.22 My refrigerator uses a heat exchanger built into the thru-hull for the galley sink. This in place of
Anyone know what this is? Rick Webb at 4:54am 05.25.22 axle cap like off the a cooler hard to tell without a size reference
can't pump out waste tank sailme88 at 4:47am 05.25.22 When the macerator on our boat failed it became necessary to autopsy the system.. The holding tank w
Preventer for a Hunter 420 RoyS at 4:45am 05.25.22 My boom only has the two bails, one for the preventer and one for the mainsheet. In prior seasons to
Magma grill kappykaplan at 4:41am 05.25.22 Could you get/make a rubber insert to put inside the clamp?
can't pump out waste tank All U Get at 4:03am 05.25.22 We met some cruisers with a similar problem. The tank was plugged so bad that neither the macerator
Anyone know what this is? Apex at 3:16am 05.25.22 freeze cap?
can't pump out waste tank sabbatical88 at 3:06am 05.25.22 Hi, Thought I'd finally follow up on this and ask another question. I went to the pump out station a
Captain to Hire for Columbia Bar Crossing Training FastOlson at 11:11pm 05.24.22 Chatting with the CG petty officer, he said he could read the boats name as they made their run ove
Captain to Hire for Columbia Bar Crossing Training jssailem at 10:47pm 05.24.22 Crossing the Columbia bar is on my bucket list. Been up to the CG Bar observation tower. There is a
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 10:23pm 05.24.22 Well I didn't think that fingerprints on the bottom side of the glass would matter, but the print ha
Bed-It Tape is back! ggrizzard at 9:59pm 05.24.22 Hooray!
Anyone know what this is? ggrizzard at 9:55pm 05.24.22 I can't see any normal holes in it, But... It might be a very old shaft coupler that somehow got le
New Catalina 30 Owner Hayden Watson at 9:46pm 05.24.22 ... Well that's about all the important stuff for tonight... oh I got the right hand part printing
Intake Silencer Richard19068 at 9:30pm 05.24.22 You have to keep i filled with DSF (diesel silencing fluid). Yes but isn't that very hard to get n
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 8:53pm 05.24.22 I got 1/2 of the new version 4 panel printed. This time it is black and the print turned out perfec
Alternators mikeracca at 8:44pm 05.24.22 Over the past 7 years exploring the Salish Sea and Puget Sound, if you focus on getting from marina

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