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11.0A Mast "boot" or "Seal" Spike033 at 4:34am 01.19.13 S2 19/2351 Hi Everyone, I have owned my 11.0 for 4 years now and have always stored mast up. I am at a new yach
Mast raising question Brian Buzz at 9:41pm 01.18.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/2551 Maybe someone can help me with this question. When raising the mast on my 26s the line from the mast
Power winch for Hunter 38 NZhunter at 9:24pm 01.18.13 Big Boats 11/2458 Can any one advise me on how to retro-fit a power winch to my Hunter 38? I have slab reefing and a
New radio? Brian D at 9:14pm 01.18.13 SSB and Ham Operators 7/16198 So my wife is telling me not to fix the TS-50. She says to get a new radio. I have looked around and
Check Valve RHUMB RUNNER at 9:05pm 01.18.13 Big Boats 23/9819 I have a 2009 49, on my electric blige pump discharge there is a one way valve is this a factory ins
Hunting for a leak... Rocket1 at 8:45pm 01.18.13 Big Boats 13/2633 OK folks - this one has been driving me crazy, so I thought I might float it out there and see if an
Mainsheet on a 260 epsilonblue at 7:24pm 01.18.13 Smaller Boats 1/880 I have a 260 which we race in a mixed handicap fleet, when it gets windy we have problems with the m
Excess? Rick D at 7:19pm 01.18.13 Ask All Sailors 40/6155 OK, so I have a pile up of projects before the new season, so I paid my boat washer to wax my boat.
canvas projects Dixie Chicken at 5:58pm 01.18.13 Mid-Size Boats 8/1870 I got this boat a few months ago, and have been keeping pretty busy making her look good again. What
Check your toe rail bolts Jared1048 at 4:59pm 01.18.13 Mid-Size Boats 2/1119 While adding harken stantion blocks to tuck the furling line away noticed that some of the bolts wer
How to rebuild trailor for 22ft O'Day ?? Soaringeagle at 4:18pm 01.18.13 Ask An Oday Owner 9/3191 Hi- Need YOUR HELP- Question- How would one convert a boat trailer for a 22 O'Day???? ne
Westerbeke ignition key BCDurbin at 4:13pm 01.18.13 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2339 2003 B393 with a Westerbeke. I need a new ignition switch/key. Any difficulties changing this out? A
Deck board replacing kwmccaslin at 2:34pm 01.18.13 Day Sailers 1/1021 Choosing material for wood decking. Anyone with experience with 'composite' deck material in constru
MacGregor To Cease Production cscott at 2:07pm 01.18.13 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/5642 Interesting Development that is true. Go to www.MacGregorSailors.com and read Thread: MacG to
Waypoint Error ? kloudie1 at 1:53pm 01.18.13 Ask All Sailors 14/2425 uuhhhh.. http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/18/world/asia/navy-ship-aground/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Toronto Boat Show joker460 at 12:23pm 01.18.13 Ask All Sailors 11/1900 Just got back from the Toronto Boat Show. Maybe 12 sailboats at the most. Mainly the new Catalina'
Someone Need Crew 1/19/2013 MLampner at 12:03pm 01.18.13 Ask All Sailors 0/974 I am traveling on business and am in Tel Aviv Israel. In Israel the weekend is Friday and Saturday.
surprising amount of condensate moisture inside cabin centerline at 10:14am 01.18.13 Ask All Sailors 12/4004 I have the boat on the trailer and its under a covered area. I pulled the cushions out and brought t
H26 centerboard removal Zapadda at 10:08am 01.18.13 Smaller Boats 5/1661 I have my H26 on the trailer in my shop. I am a ways from a boat yard so would like to lift and pain
Batteries - What The Future Holds....... (1) Maine Sail at 9:23am 01.18.13 Musings With Maine Sail 66/41416 Somewhere over the horizon Lithium battery technology, namely, LiFePO4 or a similar inherently safe

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Catalina 315 Isoterm Refrig Question leo310 at 7:25pm 02.23.23 On mine its located by the water heater on the shelf
M25xpb Dipstick buddybear at 7:24pm 02.23.23 Found a thread on the Catalina 36 website. It references a Kabota part that might interest you. ht
Universal 25xpb Parts buddybear at 7:20pm 02.23.23 The trick is to get the Kubota block #, Figure out which tractor it fits also helps. I used to ge
advice on auto chart plotter Captain Larry-DH at 7:13pm 02.23.23 Navionics Boating USA Inland Lakes app on your smart phone.
Installing EV-100 karellen at 7:09pm 02.23.23 Not really been talking to Raymarine support for every day for a week and finally got how to setup
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:06pm 02.23.23 I ask you @Ralph Johnstone, if the state of the current technology is such that diesel engines are
26.5 hunter wing keel dimensions Orbweaver at 7:05pm 02.23.23 For future readers, my 26.5 wings were 24.5" across tip to tip.
Installing EV-100 seadaddler at 6:56pm 02.23.23 Not really been talking to Raymarine support for every day for a week and finally got how to setup m
EV -100 to old system seatalk seadaddler at 6:53pm 02.23.23 Yes I already ordered the E22158 should be here in few days
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? WayneH at 6:21pm 02.23.23 The video only shows how the engine works. Each end of the piston rod external to the engine is conn
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? (1) Will Gilmore at 6:19pm 02.23.23 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/Steam_engine_in_action.gif?20080305185032 The ol
can you mix winch and winch handle brands? jssailem at 5:52pm 02.23.23 Be careful Greg... that bad boy might winch the sail up before you see it is caught on the spreader.
I have come to the conclusion Ralph Johnstone at 5:13pm 02.23.23 But I have never steered using the emergency tiller..... Never crossed my mind can I see the compas
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:07pm 02.23.23
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? (2) Ralph Johnstone at 5:01pm 02.23.23 Following up on @JamesG161 's posting with a simple explanation used to teach students what goes on
I have come to the conclusion Captain Larry-DH at 4:27pm 02.23.23
can you mix winch and winch handle brands? (1) Tally Ho at 4:17pm 02.23.23
I have come to the conclusion Crusty Ol Salt at 4:12pm 02.23.23 Let me start with this 64 y/o full time construction worker. I still got it, just a little slower. I
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? Tally Ho at 3:44pm 02.23.23 If I understand correctly, this engine does not "drive" anything and there is no rotational output
New Engine Design. What could it do for a boat? (1) JamesG161 at 3:23pm 02.23.23 It isn't that these points aren't good points, they are but...o_O Crazy. Rut Roh!! ngineer who di

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