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Catalina 22 Roller Furling ggdoby at 10:55am 06.28.12 Catalina 22 5/4118 I just purchased a 1987 Catalina 22, with roller furling. This particular rig uses the forestay as t
Sides of Headliner buckled / wrinkled on 26D (2) dawg2 at 10:38am 06.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1308 There are a couple places where the edge of the headliner is buckled either inward or outward. Is t
Replacing just the wheel in a pulley (1) dawg2 at 10:36am 06.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/4383 Is there a source for pulley wheels? This is the pulley for the daggerboard on my 26D and the wheel
Anybody using a gennaker furler? Jim Lanter at 10:19am 06.28.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/988 Share your experiences if you are. They are beginning to pique my interest.
Hunter 280 Furlex Type A and Forestay tension Cor280 at 10:09am 06.28.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/2133 On my 1996 Hunter 280 I have a Furlex furler. I would like to tune the rig but I don't see how to a
Setting up solar panels, need advice. caguy at 9:57am 06.28.12 Ask All Sailors 21/5354 I am installing a couple of solar panels on the C27 with a 12v system. I have two group 27 batterie
AC on Hunter 23.5 (2) DJN51 at 9:40am 06.28.12 Ask All Sailors 3/2725 Someone asked for pix on venting of portable ac on my 23.5 Hunter,finally remembered them.8000 btu u
Total coolant capacity for '08 H36? Ken Honeycutt at 5:59am 06.28.12 Big Boats 10/1672 I know the coolant capacity for the Yanmar is 5 quarts but not sure how much more I need for the wa
H26 Whisker Pole Needed NeverTooRuff at 4:32am 06.28.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1156 I have a '94 H26 w/a 110 Genoa. Seeking a quality yet "economical" adjustable whisker pole or plans
Mast Light Bulb for 28.5 Jim L at 4:23am 06.28.12 Mid-Size Boats 2/1259 I need to find out what type light bulb fits the mast steaming light fixture. it is the type that a
H49 alexnah at 2:42am 06.28.12 Big Boats 4/2405 I am new to this Forum. My H49 has a Teleflex I5601 that controls the engine RPM, water temperature
e33 (alert) engine cover gas strut fixing PaxiMoon at 1:05am 06.28.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/1200 This may be only our boat, but the lower end of the one of the gas struts on the engine cover pulled
johnson QR levers on forestay centerline at 12:42am 06.28.12 Ask All Sailors 20/9026 does anyone know what size of quick release lever I would need for the forestay on my 21ft masthead
Not so Hot water mogade at 12:10am 06.28.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1640 Hello all I'm the proud new owner of the Catalina 36 "Mistral". I've replaced all the seawater hose
Yanmar 27 HP smoking when around 3000 rpm Samaral at 9:35pm 06.27.12 Ask All Sailors 8/2525 Have a friend in Brazil that asked this to me. He noticed that when he revs up his engine to 3000 rp
C22 Centerboard Winch bardsong at 9:01pm 06.27.12 Catalina 22 14/5127 First, hello! I just created this account for a friend of mine, for whom I just purchased a 1984 Ca
C22 Centerboard Winch bardsong at 8:36pm 06.27.12 Ask All Sailors 15/3999 First, hello! I just created this account for a friend of mine, for whom I just purchased a 1984 Cat
A very good week to watch the sunset/moon rise Ross at 7:24pm 06.27.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1192 Check out this web site for the evening skies the next six days.http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/tours-
Bimini Top for an 88 MacGregor 26D dawg2 at 7:19pm 06.27.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/6346 IS there a company that has a standard bimini for an 88 26D? I need something to cover the cockpit
Puget Sound Catalina Day Regatta Saturday June 30 Tim C350 April IV at 7:13pm 06.27.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/984 If you're a Catalina Owner in Puget Sound and you haven't already signed up for the annual Catalina

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Think your PO made mistakes? (1) Hayden Watson at 5:49am 01.08.23 I still contend that the real sin of the PO was allowing it to partially sink or flood with rainwate
H26 Main sail rigging Crazy Dave Condon at 5:12am 01.08.23 Still check the mast mfg As there were different masts at the end of the Hunter 26 production line
Think your PO made mistakes? shemandr at 4:31am 01.08.23 I like tillers in boats under 30'. But I don't think that is that bad. It puts the helmsman in th
Set screw.... sailme88 at 3:49am 01.08.23 Consider yourself lucky....Murphy's first rule states, " Objects dropped or falling on a sailboat w
Set screw.... artboas at 11:17pm 01.07.23 Upper swivel furler set screw? Have you used binoculars to check your rigging? Many years ago, On
Single handing Will Gilmore at 10:22pm 01.07.23 take a ;picture for me to regenerate my brain please, You are on th I hope you meant to type that
Think your PO made mistakes? Calif. Ted at 8:44pm 01.07.23 Biggest chore with many boats is fixing the "Improvements" made by a previous clueless owner.
Dingy conversion (1) rgranger at 7:27pm 01.07.23 I'm envisioning a duct tape seam popping open while planing across a bay.... dj Lol
H26 Main sail rigging twalker H260 at 6:42pm 01.07.23 According to OP profile they have a 26, not 260.
Dingy conversion dLj at 6:09pm 01.07.23 On the other hand you can always hang the dingy up by its stern and cut the ends off the tubes as i
Rain water through the mast JoeWhite at 4:28pm 01.07.23 On my c36, water was leaking into the bilge from leaky windlass shaft seals aswell.
Think your PO made mistakes? Siamese at 4:26pm 01.07.23 A wheel on a Catalina 22. Maybe we can do a thorough search of the SailboatOwners site, and find th
Rain water through the mast jonelli at 4:14pm 01.07.23
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? Orbweaver at 4:08pm 01.07.23 One thing that we REALLY like about the 23.5 is the windows: between the ones on the sides and the c
What is a good Trailer Sailboat? Project_Mayhem at 3:26pm 01.07.23 Do not consider an O'Day 25. It's trailerable but not easily
Hunter 23 gets a little water around the keel bolts. Crazy Dave Condon at 2:02pm 01.07.23 @steve_d You probably have a topside leak. The first thing i would check are the shroud chain pla
H26 Main sail rigging Crazy Dave Condon at 1:52pm 01.07.23 There were different masts/booms for the 260 which you need to advise. Look for the mfg. sticker ei
Hunter 25 -2 mast manufacturer Crazy Dave Condon at 1:50pm 01.07.23 He needs to identify the mast first as there were two suppliers at the time
Hunter 26 outboard engine Crazy Dave Condon at 1:48pm 01.07.23 Except for the power sailors whose transom is built to power boat standards, the max hp for all sail
Hunter 25 -2 mast manufacturer Sailavie1 at 1:41pm 01.07.23 What part do you need? I replaced my 2008 H25 mast and have a few spare parts.

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