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Bad Luck Bay? Roger Long at 1:32pm 11.11.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2094 If you read the final update to my last post, you know that I finally met up with the group of boats
packing gland Boatsail1 at 12:27pm 11.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1580 My packing gland appears to be water cooled. I see a drip once I shut the engine off. Am I correct
Asymetrical Spinnaker Furler Nodak7 at 11:07am 11.11.12 Big Boats 2/1219 Been looking into a Asymmetrical Spinnaker Furler System and I was wondering if anyone has had any e
We Were wrong, the "S" in 26S Stands 4 "Super Sport" MacNCheese at 10:40am 11.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2432 Turns out we were all wrong and the "S" stands for "Super Sport" as you can can see from this ad: ht
"GIT" Rot for Bilge Bed Piratenorm at 10:17am 11.11.12 Catalina 30 10/3883 I know this is going to create controversy, but here goes anyway. In my 1983 Catalina 30 Mk 1 I have
TP 52 with a tiller? Stretch at 9:56am 11.11.12 Racing 4/28932 This video always gets me charged up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYKTXsRLY9Y'feature=fvwrel Any
3GM30F Injector Questions (4) Stretch at 9:42am 11.11.12 Engines and Propulsion 4/3615 The engine is a 1991 model that had 960 hours on it in 19 yrs. I put 300 on in 2 seasons and it was
P26 Rudder tube question (1) drumbeater at 9:18am 11.11.12 Pearson 5/3231 I'm not sure what its supposed to look like. I dropped the rudder today and the bottom bushing is in
Bird Poop everywhere! Bad Obsession at 8:57am 11.11.12 Ask All Sailors 39/10790 Does anyone have any solution for keeping birds off of docks and boats? The problem that I, and a
Bulkhead fuel filter O'Day 272 with Westerbaeke ten-2 diesel cbourne200 at 6:45am 11.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 7/3031 Last time out wind was a little brisk, so bounced around on some waves. Have had boat less than a ye
Leaky oil manifold Universal M25 Sefuller at 6:16am 11.11.12 Musings With Maine Sail 8/8571 I replaced my oil pressure switch last year and redid all the connections on the oil manifold on our
Splash..Oh no!!! ranchu56 at 6:07am 11.11.12 Big Boats 4/1187 My steering wheel retaining nut is now resting on the bottom of Narragansett Bay here in Rhode Islan
Gas tank Leaking seadaddler at 6:07am 11.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/842 I hae 2 outboard gas tanks not leaking from the tank but both pickup parts that the hose hooks up to
Dunedin City Marina seadaddler at 5:29am 11.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/758 We are at the Dunedin city Marina,Fl and what a great marina to stay at and so much to do in town,we
Is this a MacGregor Cabin table? (3) MacNCheese at 5:05am 11.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1768 Found this in my boat and was curious if it came with the boat? If so, where does it mount? As
no more mast AndyR at 3:28am 11.11.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1954 hi bad day at the office yesterday i managed to hook the backstay of my beautiful 2002 393 onto a
how seaworthy fido at 8:38pm 11.10.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/5188 good day sailors lost my job sold my house, presently sail a Catalina 27, in fresh water, looking t
Sticky Control cables bobcat30 at 4:58pm 11.10.12 Catalina 30 3/1460 I was told that my control cables (Forward/Reverse) and (fast/slow) are sticky. They said they might
rolling furler USCG369 at 4:30pm 11.10.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1004 Oes anyone have or even know if you can find a rolling furler for a MAC venture 21 if ao where do yo
Help needed for East Coast Menhaden Fishing elle at 2:36pm 11.10.12 Ask All Sailors 18/3322 Folks, I'm not sure this is the best forum for this message, but I know that HOW is a fantastic m

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Ice Box Lid Hold Open DaveJ at 12:30pm 03.07.23 I have wanted these supports for a long time, could never find them or saw them and had no way of kn
Selling to a USCG and Texas registered boat to someone living in Mexico Crusty Ol Salt at 12:26pm 03.07.23 Cash only. No checks. Sounds like a scam. First thing I thought of too. Cash, in hand to the ba
Ice Box Lid Hold Open buddybear at 12:23pm 03.07.23 I purchased these on Catalina direct and installed them on the fridge and dry storage lid. They wor
Wind instruments Siamese at 12:23pm 03.07.23 Silly me. I saw the title and was thinking trombones and such.
Solar q's SycloneDriver at 12:16pm 03.07.23 Typically, on a 12 volt system, every 100 watts of panel gets roughly 10 amps of controller. You c
Ice Box Lid Hold Open (1) Deleted member 117556 at 11:56am 03.07.23 I purchased these on Catalina direct and installed them on the fridge and dry storage lid. They work
Engine control panel modification twalker H260 at 11:48am 03.07.23 How is clearance from front of pod without trim to the wheel?is there sufficient clearance behind pa
Anchors AaronD at 11:46am 03.07.23 Asking about anchors is brave. You might set off a theological war. :yikes: Here's what I settled o
Selling to a USCG and Texas registered boat to someone living in Mexico dlochner at 11:45am 03.07.23 Cash only. No checks. Sounds like a scam.
Engine control panel modification Scott T-Bird at 11:03am 03.07.23 It looks like you might be able to take a few inches off the bottom of the tube, and maybe a bit o
Drinking water filter esedenka at 11:00am 03.07.23 I use a filter from the dock supply, mostly for sediment. Under the galley sink I have a General Eco
Engine control panel modification twalker H260 at 10:35am 03.07.23
Engine control panel modification BigEasy at 10:20am 03.07.23 I would avoid attempting to relocate the components; you will undoubtedly run into unforeseen issue
Wind instruments Dalliance at 10:11am 03.07.23 Real time wind readings from the masthead are nice to have, but not critical. I sailed my boat for
Engine control panel modification Scott T-Bird at 9:27am 03.07.23 For the trim ring, I would see if you can modify what you got as replicating that shape would be di
Engine control panel modification dmax at 9:11am 03.07.23 Tough problem - I think your best bet is to modify what you have. For the stress cracks I would buil
No Engine Alarm buzzer when key is on (2) Ralph Johnstone at 9:11am 03.07.23
Wind instruments Scott T-Bird at 9:10am 03.07.23 Just about everything on your boat is overkill if you really examine everything that you don't reall
Solar q's dlochner at 9:09am 03.07.23 what size of solar controller do I need? Size the controller to the panel. How do I hook it up
Wind instruments dlochner at 9:05am 03.07.23 I sailed for 30 years without wind instruments. While they are handy and can provide good informatio

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