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Help with a Binding Lewmar Folding Wheel mukilteomaniac at 10:18pm 08.11.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1132 Sailboat Owners with Lewmar Folding Wheels: I have a Lewmar folding wheel on my Catalina 320 sailbo
Help - Lewmar Folding Wheel is Now Binding mukilteomaniac at 10:17pm 08.11.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1992 Sailboat Owners with Lewmar Folding Wheels: I have a Lewmar folding wheel on my Catalina 320 sailbo
Damaged Sliding hatch paddy4699 at 7:25pm 08.11.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/3010 We just purchased a beautiful Catalina 22 , Circa 1986...but we found that the sliding hatch runners
Sculling Ken Prichard at 5:35pm 08.11.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 13/9790 I notice helmsmen who constantly have the helm in motion, more so with tillers and more so as the ai
Do I Need A Solar Charge Controller ?? (2) Maine Sail at 5:14pm 08.11.12 Musings With Maine Sail 21/13146 I get asked this question quite often and the answer is almost always a resounding, yes. There are
Reconfiguring main sail halyard hunter111 at 5:09pm 08.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/923 Has anyone reconfigured the main sail Halyard so that one can lift the main cell from the cockpit ar
Rebedding Stanchion (1) gpd955 at 4:56pm 08.11.12 Catalina 310 4/1996 If anyone needs to do this, I did it today and chronicled it so others can use it. It's only one way
Raymarine wheelpilot assembly help needed jibes138 at 4:05pm 08.11.12 Ask All Sailors 2/1316 A friend had his wheelpilot fall apart where the two races and ball bearings and nylon ball separato
Icom Mic Wiring Diagram rpell46 at 4:02pm 08.11.12 Ask All Sailors 4/5139 Hi everyone, My ICOM Commandmic II (157B) plug got crushed and I need to replace it completely, (don
Catalina 27 bilge leak (1) haynie5 at 3:55pm 08.11.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2306 I have water coming through the fiberglass in the bilge. Is it from a crack in the keel to hull joi
Stem Forestay Clevis Pin Size - 36Ft 1984 vela at 3:07pm 08.11.12 Big Boats 5/2232 Hello, hopefully somebody has info or can point me in the right direction for the dimensions of the
cockpit light Peter M at 2:39pm 08.11.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/3202 Cant find replacement bulb for the cockpit light attached to the front of the pedestal steering colu
Heave to c_witch at 2:32pm 08.11.12 Trailer Sailors 18/7113 Hiee all, Okie dokie our boat is classified as an ultra light cruiser. I'm wondering how effectiv
Running Lights amblinmike@gmail.com at 1:15pm 08.11.12 Pearson 2/1978 Hi, I am the lucky owner of Hull #9, Pearson Wanderer 1966. Recently, my starboard running light ha
Pearson Resolute duke1946 at 12:28pm 08.11.12 Pearson 3/4299 My partner and I have just acquired a 1965 Peason Resolute. We are looking for any information avai
Furling Tension shanker at 11:44am 08.11.12 Smaller Boats 2/1368 I'm into my first sailing season and my roller furling, or forestay, seems to be a little sloppy. I
Beneteau First 30 Performance tthomas at 11:36am 08.11.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/10700 Does anyone know much about the new First 30. I have been looking at one but have heard rumours that
AHOY Capt'n, Hiring.. (1) Dragon Fly at 11:18am 08.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1031 Seeking experienced capt'n to co-pilot an Oday 28' from mid-coast maine,... to: 1. Either to the nor
best book for a novice sailor? AaronL at 11:02am 08.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 13/3033 Just picked up my first sailboat last month and have a lot to learn. Any recommendations for learn
Now this is weird - Hope? Roger Long at 10:30am 08.11.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 15/4906 I just poured the first oil I pumped out of the sump into a clear container into the gallon jug wit

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Installing Composting Toilet in Oday 35 (1) TomY at 2:01pm 01.09.23 I am considering installing a composting toilet. Anyone done this on an Oday 35? Wondering about di
Ugly wallpaper Timm R Oday25 at 1:08pm 01.09.23 As a fellow Oday owner perhaps this will help . Pulling off that nasty burlap was almost fun. that i
Ugly wallpaper Project_Mayhem at 12:59pm 01.09.23 Bead board sounds easy to install. Is it flexible enough to conform to the hull? I think the fake te
Single handing WI Rigger at 12:54pm 01.09.23 Do most of you sail wearing gloves? Or are gloves for the heavy duty larger boats? Thanks
New Daggerboard Timm R Oday25 at 12:53pm 01.09.23 Almost too pretty to use
Rain water through the mast jonelli at 12:27pm 01.09.23
Ugly wallpaper jssailem at 12:24pm 01.09.23 Make it look nautical. Carpet is a dust collector. There are some FRP panels that look like bead b
Reefing Sail Trim Don Guillette at 12:21pm 01.09.23 Don, I am not sure I understand the question. John: To be honest with you, when I was presented wi
Dealing with water spots on cove stripe stickinthemud57 at 12:18pm 01.09.23 The Meguiars products are great. I was hunting around for my #49 Oxidation Remover and could not fin
Reefing Sail Trim jssailem at 12:16pm 01.09.23 Sailing at extreme heel and rudder angle may feel fast, but usually is slow. Not only is it slow b
Dealing with water spots on cove stripe (2) Ralph Johnstone at 12:13pm 01.09.23 As far as gel coat stains on the hull, my first go to is : rub until hell freezes over without dang
Solenoid Switch on the Battery Switch Panel, What Activates It? jssailem at 12:09pm 01.09.23 THis link may help... https://marinehowto.com/automatic-charging-relays
H240 bulkhead thickness (1) Ralph Johnstone at 11:52am 01.09.23 Take a look at Chicago screws for step one : of decorative metal backing plate on the opposite side
Bearing Cap rusted tight Crazy Dave Condon at 11:46am 01.09.23 Thank you all for helping with your advice. If the poster wishes me to contact him, please advise.
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? Crazy Dave Condon at 11:40am 01.09.23 The plans for the 23,5 as a dealer came from me and the mast raise system was my design. I was invo
Solenoid Switch on the Battery Switch Panel, What Activates It? dkinzer at 11:22am 01.09.23 You might want to change this over to a Blue Seas ACR. Yes, that is exactly what I'm considering.
Solenoid Switch on the Battery Switch Panel, What Activates It? artboas at 11:12am 01.09.23 The solenoid is activated by the key switch. You might want to change this over to a Blue Seas ACR.
Dometic Refrigerator Update kappykaplan at 11:11am 01.09.23 Sweet!
Reefing Sail Trim BarryL at 10:43am 01.09.23 Hi, This is a good topic. A few points from me: In use my boat for day sails, weekend or longer cr
Reefing Sail Trim DArcy at 10:16am 01.09.23 The answer very much depends on the sail being reefed and on the point of sail. A slab reefed main w

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