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Adding balast to level boat at rest. Joel H. at 1:55pm 12.26.12 Ask All Sailors 19/7140 So here's one I've been pondering off and on. Early last season, while rowing my dink around the s
Cleating the Sheets... (2) Squidd at 1:42pm 12.26.12 Ask All Sailors 25/5841 I think I hve my traveler figured out/reconfigured to a useable state... http://forums.sbo.sailbo
Universal M25 Oil Leak from Block Plug (1) texascat30 at 12:52pm 12.26.12 Ask All Sailors 3/4663 Hello folks - I was changing the oil on my 1985 Catalina 30's M25 and discovered I had lost a lot
Attaching Jib (2) William John at 11:57am 12.26.12 Day Sailers 6/2838 New boat and asking for help. The bow plate has 2 holes to attach sails. The hole furthest aft has a
Patching hole in sliding hatch cover HillbillyWanderer at 11:47am 12.26.12 Catalina 22 4/1387 Time has come for the work to start and the dreaming, well gotta get my inspiration from somewhere.
Looking for help for my 40 wdowychyn at 11:21am 12.26.12 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1194 Recently purchased a 1988 40. The stem plate/anchor roller made of pot aluminum has broken off at th
Sitting low in the stern A and S Laidlaw - Nee Nee at 11:13am 12.26.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/3241 I have a 1993 Catalina 28 that I purchased a little more than a year ago and I noticed that she sits
Volvo MD2 Buzzlovelace at 11:06am 12.26.12 Mid-Size Boats 5/2041 Will a Volvo MD2 fit into my 71' Catalina 27
grey water SailingaS2 at 10:52am 12.26.12 S2 1/1100 I purchaced an S2 9.2a this past fall so I have not spent much time aboard My question is were do th
Mast related rigging and hardware (2) William John at 10:22am 12.26.12 Ask An Oday Owner 3/996 there is track (below the boom attachment track), and an padeye below that. What is their intended u
Diazel question Serge Tremblay at 8:07am 12.26.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 18/2670 I own a hunter 40.5 built in 96, Yanmar 50hp has 1400 hours was serviced every year, it starts and r
Laptop Navigation mjmercer19248 at 7:04am 12.26.12 The Cherubini Hunters 11/2192 I would like to utilze my laptop for navigation. I am running windows 7 and want to know if anyone h
tiller extension versus tiller motor connection ollie-bout at 5:44am 12.26.12 Smaller Boats 5/3022 I'm thinking I'm going to need a tiller extension on my 9.9 Honda or connect it to the tiller for be
Replace 3/8" plywood "core" with 1/4" G10? Cool Beans at 4:11am 12.26.12 Ask All Sailors 13/6465 Cockpit sole is getting a bit springy. . .brown water drips when it rains hard. . .thinking a recore
Yanmar Water Temp RAD88 at 9:14pm 12.25.12 Ask All Sailors 9/12307 I have a YSB12. It only has idiot lights. How do you know when the thermostat has opened? I just win
Last sail, not bad for Minnesota! Jackdaw at 9:11pm 12.25.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2092 This year the sailing season lasted 224 days at our club... we pulled the first week of December. I'
Tach for 1GM10 Ken13559 at 5:54pm 12.25.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/5696 Hello and A Merry Christmas to All who celebrate and a Happy Holiday to All who enjoy it. I'm lookin
270 likes/dislikes ken/seadreams at 12:12pm 12.25.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/2279 Happy Holidays Everyone. This goes out to the 270 owners. My wife and I are looking for a 270. Can a
No posts Lost Parent at 11:54am 12.25.12 Ask All Sailors 15/2550 I know I will draw some flack from this but I am wrong to,looking out the window at all the snow and
Merry Christmas Ken at 11:34am 12.25.12 Catalina 22 9/1505 Hi fellows, I'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. Hope all is we

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Zinc on strut? dlochner at 10:01am 04.09.23 The point is that the strut is not in direct electrical contact with the shaft and that the shaft a
Zinc on strut? fstbttms at 9:59am 04.09.23 Not all struts are electrically isolated. Some are connected to the bonding system. The point is
Its funny Friday! smokey73 at 9:55am 04.09.23 A senior citizen drove his brand new Mercedes convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the
Zinc on strut? dlochner at 9:55am 04.09.23 Seriously? The shaft is isolated from the strut by the cutless bearing :facepalm: Not all struts
Zinc on strut? fstbttms at 9:52am 04.09.23
Zinc on strut? Don S/V ILLusion at 9:49am 04.09.23 As the strut is electrically isolated from the shaft, anodes on the shaft do not protect it. If the
Install wash down pump? jssailem at 9:44am 04.09.23 Thoughts. Beyond the power concerns, you have the water sourcing internal plumbing running hoses a
Zinc on strut? fstbttms at 9:38am 04.09.23
Thread maintenance on my sailboat jssailem at 9:33am 04.09.23 There are many different products being used. Lancote is popular. I am using it in the same way Greg
Companionway replacing pen boards for easy access while cruising Rick Webb at 8:31am 04.09.23 I don't have a picture. I made a frame using dowels and vinyl tubing in the corners to attach them
Importing GPX File into a Garmin GPS 5212 Rich Stidger at 8:16am 04.09.23 Does it matter what I name the ADM file? I don't think so. But I don't have this GPS5212. I have u
Companionway replacing pen boards for easy access while cruising Siamese at 8:09am 04.09.23 I'll let you know when I find the perfect solution, but in the meantime... Our Catalina 315 came wit
Alternator temperatures Hello Below at 7:53am 04.09.23
DC Air Conditioner thinwater at 7:01am 04.09.23 Just remember that DC does NOT lower the power requirements that much, just 10-20%. You would probab
Importing GPX File into a Garmin GPS 5212 geoffschultz at 6:52am 04.09.23 I have company arriving today, but I will have time to detail instructions tonight. Meanwhile, go
Companionway replacing pen boards for easy access while cruising Crusty Ol Salt at 6:37am 04.09.23 I made our companionway cover based on Sailrite's design. I made it so it completely covers the co
Companionway replacing pen boards for easy access while cruising (1) Ward H at 6:17am 04.09.23 lots of great responses. I found this on the sailrite site. It looks cool. https://www.sailrite.co
Posting Guidelines JamesG161 at 6:07am 04.09.23 I have an App that converts my boat repair videos to YouTube format. But I prefer this site for post
New furling genoa for a 76 30ft Catalina Ward H at 5:55am 04.09.23 I had found a list of changes made to the C30 over the years that was posted on the Catalina 30 Asso
Legend 40.5 - Refrigerator and Freezer manuals fero at 4:50am 04.09.23 I just finished reading the manual, useful information, these units use R-12 and evaporators. My 199

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