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head stay tom power at 1:08pm 12.12.12 Catalina 30 4/1851 Hi All, Anyone know the head stay length for a 1985 Catalina 30 tall rig? Thanks. Tom
Companionway Door Track Insulation. Bowedtoothdoc at 11:21am 12.12.12 Big Boats 3/1476 Happy Holidays to Everyone on such a great forum! I recently noticed that on my sliding companionwa
Lazerette filling with water RWSlater at 10:08am 12.12.12 Big Boats 6/1804 I have a 96 passage 42 and the transom lazerette is leaking in sea water when I'm underway. I suspec
New 9.9hp high thrust Yamaha Matros at 9:04am 12.12.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/4885 Hey Everyone, I'm thinking of purchasing a brand new outboard (Yamaha 9.9 high thrust 25") and woul
Tripp Design FourPoints at 8:54am 12.12.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1431 Does anyone know anyone at Tripp Design in Norwalk, CT (designers of the Bermuda 40, the Block Islan
Plastic Classic Question Squidd at 6:58am 12.12.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2185 This is for a different forum, but some of you guys might go there and perhaps be able to help me...
Old O23 Centerboard Pivot ruidh at 5:26am 12.12.12 Day Sailers 18/4001 I'm trying to remove the centrists on my '71 O23. This is an iron keel with a pivot pin that goes al
Sydney International Boatshow Ken13559 at 8:35pm 12.11.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1120 Any Aussies on this forum? If yes, could you tell me if the Sydney International Boatshow (Aug 2013)
Sacrificial zincs?? dutchy at 5:24pm 12.11.12 Big Boats 8/2382 Does the Yanmar 3GMF (fresh water cooled) have any zincs in the engine block? It is my understandin
repair help please rstone at 4:30pm 12.11.12 Ask All Sailors 25/7263 hey everybody, i'm totally new to sailing. as in never been. but sunday i bought a 1969 morgan 22 in
Videos from Desolation Sound ... eliems at 4:29pm 12.11.12 Ask All Sailors 5/2236 Just started loading some of the clips from our trip last year on to YouTube. Desolation Sound is a
New Membership Cards (2) thubbard84 at 4:20pm 12.11.12 HAPS (Hunter Assoc. of Puget Sound) 2/6543 Hi All, Attached is samples of the new HAPS "business cards." We will hand 5-10 of them to everyone
Southern Boating Roger Long at 3:02pm 12.11.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 19/5761 The gift of humor that keeps on giving: http://www.cruisingonstrider.us/images/SBO/SouthernBoating.
Should I insulate my headliner space? (8) gnashty at 3:00pm 12.11.12 Big Boats 4/7626 My wife and I just bought our 1987 Hunter 40, which we're living aboard, and we are battling the ele
Things That Go Squish in the Night (1) Roger Long at 2:48pm 12.11.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/1851
Barrier coat recommendation Isla-Mae at 12:04pm 12.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2068 I am restoring a 1977 O'Day 25. How important it it that I have a barrier coat put on the bottom?
Speed sensor through hull fitting on O'Day 25 Isla-Mae at 12:01pm 12.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1842 I am restoring a '77 O 'Day 25 and come to a speed sensor fitting just aft of the keel. The gauge is
sigh, Selling my boat... What made you buy yours?? KandD at 11:29am 12.11.12 Big Boats 5/2031 :cry: USN has decided my wife has spent enough time on the east coast and we are going west... we'l*
Engine to Engine rivettw at 10:23am 12.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1412 Hello guys, Currently looking at the feasability of swapping out my old 2QM20 (in 79' 37ft Hunter cu
Modify Bulkhead between Nav station and Main Salon maisso at 9:14am 12.11.12 S2 2/1558 I have a 1983 9.2A and am considering some improvements. One of which would be to 'cut' the separati

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Speed/temp sensor wire splice capta at 1:23pm 04.03.23 After splicing the wires together and heat shrinking the connection, you might want to cover the who
No bottom paint capta at 1:17pm 04.03.23 Have an artist come in and paint a great white facing away from your hull and scare anybody coming a
AITA? Racing situation that came up Davidasailor26 at 1:15pm 04.03.23 Not sure if this applies to the situation. My second diagram might more accurately depict the other
Hunter 28 chainplate kloudie1 at 12:58pm 04.03.23 Welcome to the forum! The rod is screwed into a nut which is in an anchor in the grid beam. In order
AITA? Racing situation that came up stickinthemud57 at 12:57pm 04.03.23
No bottom paint LloydB at 12:14pm 04.03.23 My boat gets crud when sitting in a slip over the summer but the pressure washer takes care of that
AITA? Racing situation that came up Davidasailor26 at 12:07pm 04.03.23
Re-rigging running rigging - source suggestions please Joe at 12:00pm 04.03.23 I like Samson, Marlow and Yale. Not a NER fan. I like solid color line, and they charge more for s
Adding Ballast to Hunter 240 Crazy Dave Condon at 11:26am 04.03.23 I would not do that as it may well affect the integrity of the water ballast tank
Hunter 23 keel resting on trailer/other Hunter questions Crazy Dave Condon at 11:23am 04.03.23 Sent the poster a private message. Please vouch for me as he has alot of questions
No bottom paint BigEasy at 11:15am 04.03.23 I just bought a Macgregor 26 s that i plan to store on a trailer. it has a nice gel coat on the b
Hurricane season 2022 Analysis walt at 11:14am 04.03.23 FYI, there is an article linking solar variability and the onset of La Nina events Study ties solar
AITA? Racing situation that came up Roland5048 at 11:10am 04.03.23 I've only raced a few times but I would think this scenario would fall under the "Rules of the Road"
No bottom paint Joe at 11:04am 04.03.23 Use toilet bowl cleaner to get the crud off quickly. A bucket of diluted acid based toilet cleaner,
Forestay size quarter in. vs 5/16 with CDI furler Joe at 10:57am 04.03.23 Why don't you consider 5/32? Cat 27's spec 3/16" for stays and cap shrouds, 5/32" for lowers (2 pai
Speed/temp sensor wire splice shemandr at 10:31am 04.03.23 ...Once I realized that the Allen key that came with the kit was an odd size, I ordered a bunch to h
Forestay size quarter in. vs 5/16 with CDI furler AaronD at 10:28am 04.03.23 The standard forestay from Catalina Direct is 1/8" 316 SS. My Schaefer SnapFurl CF-500 furler and th
1977 Pearson 27 keel bolts dressler17 at 10:12am 04.03.23 They look better than mine and our keel is solid. Did you buy the boat?
Bilge Pump breaker (1) twalker H260 at 10:05am 04.03.23
Must keep the mast from coming down (fiberglass) dlochner at 9:59am 04.03.23 The gelcoat I applied yesterday never cured. I'm guessing ambient temp was around 55F. The can was

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