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A Mystery sea_casper at 6:53pm 05.23.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 3/2453 Tonight, Public Television, Pearl Harbor, Midget Sub ' Roger.
Hunter e33 humming GreggL at 6:29pm 05.23.12 Mid-Size Boats 11/1966 Fellow Hunter owners, newbie here. Just took delivery and spent my first few nights aboard the ne
dripless shaft seal woes jwadd at 6:27pm 05.23.12 Catalina 30 4/2043 I'm in need of a dripless shaft seal for a 1988 Catalina 30 with a Universal 25XP engine. After laun
Diesel Engine Shaft Seal Packing Sail123 at 6:26pm 05.23.12 Engines and Propulsion 5/3164 I have a 1976 Yanmar diesel engine that should have the shaft resealed before it leaves the hard of
88 Cat 30 forsale questions (1) Howeman at 6:18pm 05.23.12 Catalina 30 18/2282
Only 15k, what to buy? orokusaki at 6:04pm 05.23.12 Sails Call Lounge 3/3707 I'm wondering what sort of boat I can get into for 15k. I only care about A) lasts long, B) can be s
looking for a 96 23.5 owner manual sailboat738 at 5:49pm 05.23.12 Smaller Boats 4/1060 hi guys just bought a 96 23.5 and looking for an owners manual . if you have one could you post a
Fin Keel sailboat stored on a boat lift: recommended? (2) Freeblowing at 5:44pm 05.23.12 Ask All Sailors 20/8452
Halyards in Mast and Back to Cockpit Fred Villiard at 5:34pm 05.23.12 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 6/5407 Don or anyone, I'm running my halyards in my mast and back to the cockpit and am wondering is ther
Water seeping in at keel bolt Dave2424 at 5:21pm 05.23.12 Big Boats 8/3017 Hello Assembled Luminaries I have some seepage from the forward keel bolt. I assume that I need to
Beneteau 393 (3) locogato at 5:19pm 05.23.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/50 A client is buying a Beneteau 393 in Raiatea Tahiti and I will be delivering her San Diego. I had po
water in engine oil trichardson at 4:53pm 05.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2015 I have a Hunter 430 with a 50hp Volvo engine. A couple of weeks ago I came up with water in my engin
Static battery charger rgranger at 4:45pm 05.23.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1880 Hey All I read this article on using static electricity from wind blowing over a wire to charge a b
Chesapeake Hunter Rendezvous Aug 9-12 (1) Carl sv WINDROSE at 2:59pm 05.23.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2168 The Hunter Sailing Associations of the Chesapeake are pleased to announce The Hunter Chesapeake Rend
Stem Fitting Sealant (1) Clark at 1:26pm 05.23.12 Musings With Maine Sail 5/2847 Rascal, my Capri 22 got into an argument with a Hunter 28.5 and lost. I have to replace the stem fit
painting copper sallylynnh at 1:16pm 05.23.12 Engines and Propulsion 2/2561 I have cleaned my heat exchanger and now need to paint it. I'm having trouble finding what paint to
Securing Swim Ladder reworb at 1:04pm 05.23.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 6/2606 The swim ladder on our new to us 311 is held in the up position by a ratty old sticky bungee cord.
Stern Boat drain robert19954 at 11:42am 05.23.12 Ask An Oday Owner 10/2674 Water gathers on my stern deck. It used to drain out of the back but for some reason it doesn't and
Leakage into the bilge Brian Aldeghi at 11:31am 05.23.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1671 Just bought a Mac 26s. Has a few issues--the worst of which is about 10 gallons of water coming fro
Mast steps, Fixed or foldable? Gyberman at 11:13am 05.23.12 Catalina 30 1/1343 Hello Catalina 30 Owmers, I recently purchased a 1987 MK 2 Cat 30. My problem is the Spreader lights

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H49 Deck Dorade / Cowl vents joshw5144 at 6:02pm 09.22.22 Thanks, 4 inch fit perfectly in the existing hole. Just needed to drill slightly different hole pa
Help Me Choose A Boat !! Will Gilmore at 5:58pm 09.22.22 With regard to headroom I think it's true that most live boards spend a lot of time in the cockpit
Persistent Fresh Water Leak dmdiehl64 at 5:14pm 09.22.22 Do you have a heat / AC system installed? Our bilge pump would cycle a few times a day and it had me
H49 Deck Dorade / Cowl vents Daze at 4:54pm 09.22.22
Persistent Fresh Water Leak Davidasailor26 at 4:51pm 09.22.22 I would think your water tank would be empty pretty quickly if the bilge pump is cycling 6 times a
H49 Deck Dorade / Cowl vents sail sfbay at 4:37pm 09.22.22 I aslo replaced my tired PVC cowls with large stainless steel ones from Shop \| Buchan Marine. Same s
Invest 98L Tally Ho at 4:31pm 09.22.22 So to be clear, it is going to rain? Just kidding, our weather forecasters never get it right:huh
MK1 interior rearrangment. Tally Ho at 4:27pm 09.22.22
H49 Deck Dorade / Cowl vents joshw5144 at 4:21pm 09.22.22
Persistent Fresh Water Leak Tally Ho at 4:11pm 09.22.22
Help Me Choose A Boat !! Tally Ho at 4:03pm 09.22.22 I think you really need to ask yourself whether or not you will be sailing to Tahiti in the near fut
where to add a second halyard sail sfbay at 3:56pm 09.22.22 If you want to install a dedicated halyard consider a block near the top of the mast. Can you use th
Catalina 30 Needing Dinette Table or Dimensions Hayden Watson at 3:49pm 09.22.22 It's for-sure nice to have the extra bunk area, but be aware that the sleeping person is 98% likely
H49/H50 main sheet input joshw5144 at 3:45pm 09.22.22
MK1 interior rearrangment. Stu Jackson at 3:18pm 09.22.22 Pete, your ideas are not consistent with how boats are built. I've owned Catalinas since 1983. The
MK1 interior rearrangment. dlochner at 2:51pm 09.22.22 Boats are a compromise. Part of that compromise is the cost. If you like more modern boats, then you
H49/H50 main sheet input Daze at 2:26pm 09.22.22 I replaced mine as the original parted after the outhaul parted....long story - 35 knot sustaining w
What's this hole in the shelf for? Rick Webb at 2:24pm 09.22.22 Looks like the perfect place to keep your rolling pin so that it does not roll all around making noi
Invest 98L jssailem at 2:23pm 09.22.22 Time will tell. We will post as soon as clarity occurs in our crystal ball. Let's all chant togethe
Invest 98L kloudie1 at 2:13pm 09.22.22 Watching carefully!

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