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Steering inspection plate leak Brad on Vashon at 10:29am 02.27.12 Catalina 30 10/2275 During the survey, we found a leak that was entering at the aft bulkhead just to lateral of the rudd
Solar Panel Location 311/323 watercayman at 10:27am 02.27.12 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2832 Hi Folks, I'm looking for some good advice as to what seems to work best in terms of a permanently
HEELING the FEVER in the Atomic 4 RobertLangdirect at 10:27am 02.27.12 Ask All Sailors 7/1764 Let me set this up with my boat, GOOD TRADE, a Pearson 31, hull 14 with its original, raw water cool
Found a c22 txtowman at 10:15am 02.27.12 Catalina 22 10/1811 Found a c22 for $500 with a trailer. Should I buy it for parts?
Failure to Burp a Volvo drip less packing gland reworb at 10:05am 02.27.12 Ask All Sailors 2/2188 Does anyone know what could happen if a boat was hauled and then put back in the water without burpi
Mast Step Bail Assembly (3) aquavilla at 9:46am 02.27.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1040 While sailing this weekend we had our ubolt attachment at the mast snap. The boom vang and mainshee
Any clue what this is? (1) oldjags at 9:41am 02.27.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/2113 I found this stored in the compartment under the v-berth. It's a piece of starboard on a teak base.
The Freeze (1) Texrob at 9:16am 02.27.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1022 Every year some of the guys go sailing for a whole weekend, the colder the better. It's called the
SJ 7.7 stuff.. tsheie at 9:05am 02.27.12 San Juan Sailboats 4/948 I've got some extra equipment for my San Juan 7.7, is someone is interested.. - whisker/spinnaker p
Catalina 25 Swing keel Mikem at 8:23am 02.27.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/5013 We now have a 1980 Catalina 25, swing keel in the family. We do not have a trailer for it. Two quest
96 Passage 42 Freezer Question lgprovence at 7:35am 02.27.12 Big Boats 17/2156 Our freezer recently died and I am looking to replace it. Current equipment appears to be original
putting some color on my genny anthony at 6:43am 02.27.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1033 Hi all Been thinking for a while about putting some color on my genny. A decal, paint?, I don't know
Replacement Temperature Sender for the M15 5411 Atomic? Mechanicalmike at 6:33am 02.27.12 Mid-Size Boats 3/3614 Hello, I recently went through the process of testing the gauge and sending unit on my 1981 Catali
Mast support while trailering lbeer64 at 6:20am 02.27.12 Smaller Boats 2/2891 I have just purchased a Catalina 250 WB that is 800 miles away and has never been on a trailer. The
Recess is finding a new home RECESS at 4:34am 02.27.12 Ask An Oday Owner 20/3069 I have sold Recess, our Oday 25, and we are sailing our now to us 1982 Pearson 323 home this weekend
323 transmission while sailing RECESS at 4:06am 02.27.12 Pearson 6/1417 I am bringing a new to me 1982 323 home over this coming weekend. I plan on doing a lot of sailing a
40ft hunter starboard cabin lights not working tempest at 9:49pm 02.26.12 Big Boats 6/1470 Any ideas lights were working fine but after sailing starboard cabin lights not working. When I tur
H27 cabin light wire run Manny at 9:25pm 02.26.12 The Cherubini Hunters 12/1873 So I need to cut a 5" hole :eek: through my cabin top to run my chimney through to the outside. Does
Trailering a C-27 sail_MN at 7:44pm 02.26.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1244 I am curious how many people trailer their C-27? Is the older wing keel model that difficult to trai
Sail # vs. Serial Number Fred at 7:19pm 02.26.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/3459 Is there supposed to be a relationship between the boat serial number (stamped on the hull) and the

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JABSCO LITE OVER-FILLING THE BOWL! Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:31pm 03.21.22 You only need to replace the 2 option flush panel with a 3 option panel that offers a choice of wat
Kudos to Peggy Hall - Installed Raritan Fresh Head no worries about contamination now Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:23pm 03.21.22 That's your choice. You're right that no toilet designed to use sea water should ever be connected
Wooden strip for Stern Rail Seats (1) Ralph Johnstone at 8:19pm 03.21.22 Could use teak like the original.
Auto Pilot MikeHoncho at 8:12pm 03.21.22 Stu, you apparently have no sense of humor. That first sentence was meant to be humorous. I would
New O'day 28 Owner with lots of questions BKParks at 7:11pm 03.21.22 Welcome to the forum, I am in the same "boat" as they say as you. I also bought a 1985 28 this wint
Christmas in March Tally Ho at 6:55pm 03.21.22 Sounds like you had a good day at Yachtapalooza. I was there too. It was cold and wet. Straight
Firefly battery issues Davidasailor26 at 6:46pm 03.21.22 Getting these batteries to 10.5v is not easy with constant monitoring for several hours. Even when
Auto Pilot Dalliance at 6:41pm 03.21.22 Just bought a 1988 34' Catalina and want to install an autopilot, Any suggestions greatly apprecia
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard Davidasailor26 at 6:32pm 03.21.22
Auto Pilot jviss at 6:25pm 03.21.22 On my boat, to fix the problem I described, the wheel would have to be hard over to one side or the
Auto Pilot Kings Gambit at 6:20pm 03.21.22 Funny! I'm assuming the steering gear is still good, I heave-to and lock the wheel. The biggest c
Have you made cockpit cushions? watercolors II at 6:12pm 03.21.22 Have made many of my own cushions plus cushions for friends. Yes, make patterns, DO NOT use old
Auto Pilot jviss at 6:10pm 03.21.22 It might be repairable at sea if the quadrant could be absolutely IMMOBILIZED. Otherwise, goodbye i
ASA 101 class... Kings Gambit at 6:02pm 03.21.22 Funny, but oh so true!! And so the truth comes out! The Emperor has no clothes!!:laugh:
ASA 101 class... BigEasy at 5:59pm 03.21.22 ASA 101 isn't going to be taught in really crappy weather because then you may not return for 102
Auto Pilot Kings Gambit at 5:57pm 03.21.22 The device comes as it comes. It was on the boat when I bought it. Two failures in 18 years; none o
Forever to Charge - What's This? jviss at 5:49pm 03.21.22 What happened when you separated them? What was the resting voltage for each? Have you tested them
Auto Pilot Kings Gambit at 5:48pm 03.21.22 A couple of things. First, I don't think you should connect the drive to the quadrant; Edson is qu
Christmas in March Dalliance at 5:43pm 03.21.22
Auto Pilot Kings Gambit at 5:43pm 03.21.22 Budget, budget. Always budget. Advise your best reommendation, then let the chips where they fall, I

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