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VHF radio COCKPIT Plug bobcat30 at 6:40pm 04.25.12 Catalina 30 3/1291 The VHF plug in the cockpit does not make a good contact to the female end of the cockpit mic. I se
Water Pressure System drbobfarra at 5:58pm 04.25.12 Pearson 2/1506 I just sailed my 1990 27' Pearson from Milwaukee to Montrose Harbor in Chicago. This is my first sa
Unconventional Bottom Paint rgranger at 5:43pm 04.25.12 Ask All Sailors 18/5130 Hey All I'm hoping for some advice on the use of graphite bottom paint. I've read a lot about it o
Bronze cleaning Ted at 5:25pm 04.25.12 Ask All Sailors 11/8210 I'm looking for suggestions on how to clean my cast bronze seacock before I reinstall it. The surfac
Stainless grab rails O'day 28 (2) tcwaltz at 5:25pm 04.25.12 Bigger Boats 8/2184 As much as I like the look of teak inside my boat, I'm not a huge fan of it on the outside. The pre
rail mounted engine aliebnick at 5:01pm 04.25.12 Mid-Size Boats 4/1388 I have a 1986 Hunter31. I am looking to mount my dinghy's 2011 6 hp Mercury outboard engine on my st
Teak floor in the cockpit John Rushing at 4:58pm 04.25.12 Big Boats 3/3969 I have a Hunter 34 and was wondering if anyone out there has put teak floors in their cockpit. Did
Pearson 303 transducer location GarEi at 4:50pm 04.25.12 Pearson 5/2233 This is a question for Pearson 303 owners. I am replacing my thru hull depth sounder transducer. Her
Triple Rope Clutch bobcat30 at 4:40pm 04.25.12 Catalina 30 5/1721 I need to remove the Triple Clutch on the PORT side of the cabin top. I undid six bolts and it wi
Perko waste deck fitting redhead78 at 4:15pm 04.25.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1814 I installed a perko, 1.5" waste deck fitting on my boat. Do I need anty other adapters or anything f
Bilging and more ... navigateur at 4:12pm 04.25.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/1149 I'm working my way from bow to stern .. bilge, bilge pumps, electrical, AC, DC, batteries, charging
bilge water Beeg at 3:52pm 04.25.12 Ask All Sailors 7/2689 Just acquired a Cat. 25 swing keel. Haven't owned a boat in 35 years. Boat sat in cradle several yea
New Instruments and GPS at Helm Ronald10239 at 3:22pm 04.25.12 Mid-Size Boats 1/1233 Modifications to my Yacht Specalities pedistal guard (12" o/c x 1" to 9.5" o/c x 1.25) to accomodate
Mast Rake Siamese at 2:56pm 04.25.12 Catalina 309 Group Forum 10/3666 The mast on my 309 has a pronounced rake. Sorry, about the lack of pictures, but we'll see if it ge
Caution: Leaking Knotmenter fittings for ST60 series artboas at 2:53pm 04.25.12 Big Boats 23/11926 Ok, it's been awhile since I wrote a really contraversial topic... so here it is. There is a serious
Trailering with the motor lbyonkers at 2:49pm 04.25.12 Smaller Boats 4/1395 I have replaced the original motor mount with an adjustable one. I attached it with a 3/16 x 12 x 12
Bimini for 1977 22' Oday captined at 2:02pm 04.25.12 Day Sailers 3/4259 Cheapest way to install a Bimini on a 22' Oday 1977, any ideas, does anyone have one, so I can get s
Hunter 25.5 help Jeremy21515 at 1:51pm 04.25.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/3146 Model 25.5 I am preping this boat after having laid it up for 14 years. My son took it to the Abacos
Recommend an engine compartment blower smoothsailing at 1:41pm 04.25.12 Ask All Sailors 31/7117 Hi All, I'm looking to replace my engine compartment blower. It's old and draws much to much cur
Wanted: Navico DS200 & DL200 instruments (1) achassell at 1:38pm 04.25.12 Ask All Sailors 3/2807 Having just launched our Catalina 27 for the season, I've discovered that I can't use the sensors fr

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Side Stay Tension JBP-PA at 1:45pm 11.29.22 In my opinion, your shrouds should never be floppy loose, there should always be some tension. If y
Side Stay Tension ColumbiaRiverDoug at 1:31pm 11.29.22 Thank you DayDreamer41! I live on the water in a floating home, so the boat is ready to go when the
Warped Rudder sbrogden at 1:11pm 11.29.22 Please post pics of your build. That approach works well for tillers as well. Here are some pic
Side Stay Tension DayDreamer41 at 12:20pm 11.29.22 If too floppy and you end up with an accidental jibe you could be without rigging all together. Bein
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard thinwater at 11:37am 11.29.22 Outboard = solar. Unless you run the engine all day and full rpms, not enough to amount to anything.
How ro remove an in-mast furling mainsail? DayDreamer41 at 11:35am 11.29.22 Ah the challenge of a furling mainsail, with (2) persons one in the cock pit and one on the mast mou
Replacing cockpit throttle on Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850) Hollyberry at 11:03am 11.29.22 ..... Given the age (guessing it is OEM from 1984), I'm thinking it will be easier just to replace
Another Lithium conversion ... Hunter 49 Schematic Hayden Watson at 10:57am 11.29.22 The best option I have seen to avoid the dump load to the diodes due to HVC is to lower the regulato
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard Leeward Rail at 10:55am 11.29.22 lithium battery bank should not be charged by an unregulated alternator. Aww come on... Let's d
Single handing WI Rigger at 10:41am 11.29.22
Single handing (2) Davidasailor26 at 10:27am 11.29.22
Boat is Hibernating Justin_NSA at 10:26am 11.29.22 We had to haul out early (October) due to the low lake level and the reach of our crane. The predict
Side Stay Tension ColumbiaRiverDoug at 10:21am 11.29.22 Thanks to rgranger and Calif. Ted for comments. I did not have the owner's manual, so I really appr
How ro remove an in-mast furling mainsail? JamesG161 at 10:18am 11.29.22 @ckreitlein and I finally had our phone call last night. We discussed Terminology and focused on hi
Single handing WI Rigger at 10:10am 11.29.22 Is there a color preference? Can the lettering be reflective?
Replacing cockpit throttle on Elite 29 (aka Feeling 850) Elite29Owner at 9:52am 11.29.22 Thank you both for your responses. Fortunately, the mechanical linkages are working fine. The prob
Charging the House Battery Bank with a Small Outboard Stu Jackson at 9:48am 11.29.22 house battery bank consists of 3 x 100ah lithium LiFe4 batteries in parallel. While the discussion
Boat is Hibernating SawyerCurt at 9:34am 11.29.22 Just curious, why did you take the mast down? The cover that came with the boat when I purchased h
hunter 49 washing machine retro fit Zencra at 9:33am 11.29.22 IMPORTANT thanks Art I took that advice from you previously. the machine is actually quite a tight
Single handing Davidasailor26 at 9:31am 11.29.22 Is there a specific letter size, must the hailing port lettering match the size of the boat name?

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