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Single-handing a Catalina 310? Monheganlover at 3:00pm 05.01.22 Catalina 310 27/4022 I am looking at doing some single handing of my 2002 Catalina 310 this summer. I have an auto-pilot
Repair poor factory fiberglass - advise needed flightlead404 at 2:24pm 05.01.22 Big Boats 4/655 I have two areas on the boat where it appears poor manufacturing processes left a void behind the ge
Looking for a roller I can use when using the trailer winch to raise the mast brockangelo at 2:12pm 05.01.22 Catalina 22 11/1131
Flooring for Hunter 1984 Addie H at 11:19am 05.01.22 Ask All Sailors 3/821 My husband and I took out the old floor boards and want to put something new. Any suggestion are ap
New to me o'day mariner 19' (6) Girth Brooks at 10:17am 05.01.22 Ask All Sailors 15/2841
windlass not working and how to use it solo? sunlover at 9:06am 05.01.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/1301 are there any switches that I should be aware of? the controller looks weathered but I'll start d
why not have these built in? sunlover at 9:01am 05.01.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/661 cut two supports to prop open engine hatch.
Deep stick Udi at 2:40am 05.01.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1131 Hi! Anybody have information where to get deep stick for Hunter 45? Thanks
Effects of disconnecting hydronic heater (1) baycloud at 11:29pm 04.30.22 Big Boats 23/2022 Hey everyone, back on the boat (in the rain). Made tons of progress, pulling really long days. My b
Iso Therm mixing value install (1) ricksoth at 10:02pm 04.30.22 Ask All Sailors 4/664 I purchased a hot/cold mixing valve from Fishermans and plan on incorporating it into my hot water s
Painting area between boot stripe and bottom paint (1) shank at 6:36pm 04.30.22 Ask All Sailors 6/850 This isn't my boat and just using the photo for illustrative purposes since my set up and colors the
How do I get to this bolt? (2) rpwillia at 5:48pm 04.30.22 Ask All Sailors 12/1090 I had a related discussion in the 310 thread, but have a new issue. To reinstall the one bolt, I nee
Smoothing boat bottom and painting (4) mechjagger at 5:46pm 04.30.22 Ask All Sailors 16/2749 Need some advice. My cat 22 has vc17 on the bottom and seems to have many layers of paint, it is al
Corrosion on Lightning mast (1) Seamus603 at 4:23pm 04.30.22 Ask All Sailors 7/459 Bought an "NTM"(New to me) Lightning late last year. Pulled it out of storage the other day, and was
O'day 25 Port and Stbd setee drains to where? (1) racenmotorsports at 1:52pm 04.30.22 Ask An Oday Owner 2/431 I didn't find anything searching so..... Help! I was trying to clean up my boat today and commenc
Water in the Rudder Post Tube dkinzer at 1:14pm 04.30.22 Big Boats 2/653 On our H41DS, I recently had removed the floor panel immediately behind the helm station in order to
2008 Hunter 45 CC Rope Clutch Removal to Repair jim01749 at 12:34pm 04.30.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/609 Hi, I am looking to repair one of the clutches on a 4 bank clutch assembly. Unfortunately the nuts
Halyard direction through the sheaves (1) brockangelo at 11:58am 04.30.22 Catalina 22 4/534
courtesy lights not working stephen covey at 11:55am 04.30.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/627 We just launched our new beneteau 46.1 and the courtesy cockpit lights don't work. The switch for t
Boom for Catalina Capri 18/ Catalina 22 Randy_C at 11:51am 04.30.22 Parts Search 0/301

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Ideas......needed for freezer circulation fan frigoboat system Straycat22296 at 7:46am 07.30.24 I use a 4"x4" computer fan. It has been installed for at least 10+ years. I installed SS bolts thro
Ideas......needed for freezer circulation fan frigoboat system Project_Mayhem at 7:40am 07.30.24 There's a difference between a mechanical and solid state relay. An SSR doesn't draw as much power t
Autopilot setup (2) duck21 at 7:29am 07.30.24 My 376 is setup with a sterndrive unit in the aft port side locker. The previous owner modified (cu
West Marine Inventory Scott T-Bird at 7:20am 07.30.24 Having a convenient store location is no longer convenient. There is nothing convenient about wande
Reefing: Procedural Questions duck21 at 7:04am 07.30.24 I think the distinction that's perhaps getting muddled is that of the function -- some folks (defini
Ideas......needed for freezer circulation fan frigoboat system CYQK at 6:54am 07.30.24 Right now i have the fan set to direct air right on the cold plate and it seems to work the best Yes
Reefing: Procedural Questions duck21 at 6:48am 07.30.24 Indeed, this past weekend I deployed my sails directly into the reef. However, we had already motor
Reefing: Procedural Questions jviss at 6:39am 07.30.24 As others have mentioned, tying the buntlines to the boom is not recommended as it is too easy to g
Reefing: Procedural Questions duck21 at 6:28am 07.30.24 @Ward H -- Thank you for this outline -- this is very helpful. I don't have a block at the at the c
renewing headliner Project_Mayhem at 6:26am 07.30.24 I'm in the middle of redoing the fabric wall lining on my boat. We started out using the 3M stuff, r
Yanmar electrical problem. jviss at 6:19am 07.30.24 Solution attached : reason for installing a booster relay is to avoid the complication of running
Ideas......needed for freezer circulation fan frigoboat system Project_Mayhem at 6:15am 07.30.24 A solid state relay might allow you to turn on a fan when the compressor turns on as it only draws 1
Ideas......needed for freezer circulation fan frigoboat system jviss at 6:14am 07.30.24 What would you like to use to control the fan? Perhaps temperature? If so, you can get an Inkbird
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renewing headliner Tally Ho at 5:49am 07.30.24 How about rubber cement? You can brush it on. I would probably vote for the spray, but if you d
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Autopilot setup Tally Ho at 5:45am 07.30.24 Neither.
West Marine Inventory Project_Mayhem at 5:44am 07.30.24 We're lucky enough to have a well stocked, flagship WM in Chicago. The next closest chandielery is a

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