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changing headboard fabric on a 42 passage davidandmoyia at 8:06am 12.18.11 Big Boats 5/1208 Has anyone out there changed the fabric on the headboard on a passage? Is it hard to do?
18.5 rubbing strake (1) gbatta at 5:59am 12.18.11 Smaller Boats 4/1693 Hi everybody. I am an italian sailor owner of a Hunter 18.5. I have a problem with rubbing srake (
1986 hunter 31 spreader brackets wawho1321 at 5:09am 12.18.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1328 hello everyone, I am looking for a spreader bracket for my 1986 hunter 31. The ear of the bracke
safety rail stanchion failure Catalina 28 jansan1 at 4:59am 12.18.11 Mid-Size Boats 9/4430 Thought it might be of interest to Catalina owners to describe recent events. Boat is on the hard
Clever Boatyard Roger Long at 4:32am 12.18.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 6/4249 Yesterday was to be an easy day so we slept late and planned a leisurely departure. Serendipity had
water tank material ?? MrBee at 9:30pm 12.17.11 Ask All Sailors 12/2291 Hello all, We have not used the water tank since we bought the boat 3 years ago do to constant sma
Link to winch covers bad. Ed Schenck at 4:49pm 12.17.11 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/3584 When selecting the link to the winch covers get this result: Oops That is an incomplete address.
Trailering jho11381 at 4:26pm 12.17.11 Catalina 30 16/4844 What are the legalities on Trailering a Catalina 30? Does anyone have experience in doing this and w
How to install drain plug Pizza at 4:21pm 12.17.11 Ask An Oday Owner 6/4279 I'm tired of hand pumping out my 1975 O'Day 20 which takes on rain water on the trailer. I want to i
Transmission installation (3) sfgary at 4:07pm 12.17.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1460 A few months ago I lost reverse docking in S.F. I now have all the parts to install the new trany. T
Eleven HP?? rippleeffect709 at 1:46pm 12.17.11 Catalina 30 9/2250 we have a Montego 25 at the moment. once ours sells, we are looking a couple of Catalina 30's right
Curved Helm Cockpit Seat bofus11 at 10:01am 12.17.11 Ask All Sailors 4/8460 I've got a 1972, 30 Pearson, and I'm looking for anyone who can guide me in the right direction to f
Hunter 36 Main Outhaul azdawgfan at 9:40am 12.17.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/2163 I am a sailing rookie and just bought a 07 Hunter 36. I am having trouble outhauling my main with t
My Christmas Card to All (Especially Casco Bay) (1) dscribner at 8:12am 12.17.11 Ask All Sailors 10/2205
Yacht Club Membership Rules Stretch at 7:52am 12.17.11 Ask All Sailors 20/6656 Dear Readers; I am asking for your opinion for a resolution to this club rule that a member brought
Fuel Pump Mystery Roger Long at 6:35am 12.17.11 Musings With Maine Sail 33/14968 I accidentally ran my main tank dry, fortunately while charging batteries instead of underway. Afte
Painting Bilges Mick143 at 6:08am 12.17.11 Ask All Sailors 7/3315 Any advice, thanks. Never done it, but the bilge could use some work...thanks
Amazing Morning Roger Long at 5:17am 12.17.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 2/2489
Charlestown jibes138 at 4:31am 12.17.11 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 0/1640 Roger, You can anchor on the South side of the city in the river right across from the marinas. The
Lighting issue...please help! MentalPatience at 11:38pm 12.16.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/2412 I recently purchased a 1972 catalina 27. Im trying to address a few issues before i take her out aga

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suggestions to try for : my brand new New Yanmar 1 Gm10 which won't start. ? Tally Ho at 6:01am 09.24.22 A Diesel engine needs 3 things to run: -Fuel - have you verified fuel is getting to the injectors?
hunter 49 washing machine retro fit artboas at 5:55am 09.24.22 so we've finished our install of the Candy Smart 5kg front loader and it's a perfect fit and fits t
Invest 98L smokey73 at 5:43am 09.24.22 Dammit Jim, hope you are doing well this morning. Any perspectives. I am supposed to attend a "bea
05 H36 Non-technical question on B&R rig artboas at 5:39am 09.24.22
H49/H50 main sheet input artboas at 5:30am 09.24.22
H49 Deck Dorade / Cowl vents artboas at 5:05am 09.24.22
H34 Companionway Doors artboas at 4:52am 09.24.22
Thru-hull discussion - Upgrades and issues Hayden Watson at 4:47am 09.24.22 Here is a link to a very long thread that has a full discussion of the problems and fixes that I wen
Upgrades to cross to the Caribbean dlochner at 4:45am 09.24.22 There's a big difference between going to the Bahamas, a long day sail from Florida or to the Caribb
Thru-hull discussion - Upgrades and issues Hayden Watson at 4:17am 09.24.22 I upgraded all four on my Mk2 C30 to those thru-hulls a year ago and am very happy with them. One t
Help Me Choose A Boat !! Davidasailor26 at 4:05am 09.24.22
Upgrades to cross to the Caribbean kappykaplan at 3:28am 09.24.22 What electronics do you currently have? Is the deck rigged for jacklines? Is the main rigged for r
Help Me Choose A Boat !! petecasey at 12:05am 09.24.22 Lots of you are raising good points. It is tough to decide on a boat when on the one hand I want to
It's a good thing that I checked the web site! Kings Gambit at 11:23pm 09.23.22 Just tonight returned from two weeks at Santa Cruz Island; 10 hr of motoring to get back here. Our p
Two Holder/Hobie 12s HenryHester at 10:38pm 09.23.22
Traveling alongside The_Sailing_Pelican at 10:37pm 09.23.22 Wouldn't that be like watching sausage being made? LOL
Two Holder/Hobie 12s (4) HenryHester at 10:33pm 09.23.22 209531
suggestions to try for : my brand new New Yanmar 1 Gm10 which won't start. ? Ralph Johnstone at 9:01pm 09.23.22 My VOMeter and shore power system showed 13.2v on the batteries which ad been on shore power for a
Rebedding Catalina 310 chainplates with the mast up Stu Jackson at 8:34pm 09.23.22 as I do them in series Just do one at a time. Chainplate Rebedding 101 - with Bed It with Butyl f
Yanmar 3GM30F light blue smoke when cruising (2) Ralph Johnstone at 8:34pm 09.23.22 Does anyone know where I should shoot an IR temp gun on the engine to check actual operating temp?

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