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Lifelines r.bostic356 at 9:41am 09.13.11 Catalina 22 8/1863 I have a Catalina 22, 1976. previous owner had lifeline installed but when I bought only had the st
Precision 21 vs O'Day 192 GordoSK at 9:26am 09.13.11 Trailer Sailors 23/28457 Hello, I am a new sailor currently taking lessons and I am considering the two boats (Precision 21
Cradle/Jack Stand Heights for Irwin 25 JimGo at 9:25am 09.13.11 Irwin 0/3151 Hi! For those following the saga of me finding a sailboat, I gave up on the Catalina 25 that needed
Hydraulic steering on B- First 42 CrazyLegs at 9:00am 09.13.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1523 Hi Gang, my first post as we are just now looking at purchasing what I think (hope) is our dream boa
Batteries...where to start? sailcruiser at 8:24am 09.13.11 Ask All Sailors 30/5207 Hi everyone, I'm working through some issues on a recently purchased boat. It can be one of sever
Mast floatation windchime22 at 7:27am 09.13.11 Catalina 22 6/2881 Has anyone seen/installed/have any foam or etc in the top of mast on case of a knockdown? Do you thi
Stainless steel anchors and deck hardware Fogg at 6:23am 09.13.11 Catalina 30 5/1692 I recently ran into a source for stainless steel pelican hooks, turnbuckles and a lot of other stain
H 26.5 motor mount tschroder at 5:53am 09.13.11 Parts Search 0/3479 I would like to replace the EZ-lift motor bracket with an original "fixed" motor mount. Does anyone
Second bilge pump gpdno at 5:13am 09.13.11 Ask All Sailors 9/2698 I'm looking to install a second bilge as a back-up in case of a failure of my primary pump or float
S2 8.0C Engine Compartment Pictures (1) Styx at 4:55am 09.13.11 S2 12/7520 I have a 1976 S2 8.0C. I am doing a complete refurb. When I purchased the boat, the engine compartme
Frozen AC Rag Bagger at 4:52am 09.13.11 Catalina 30 4/1356 I have a 1984 Catalina 30. I purchased the boat last year and she came with a built in AC unit. I'
Safety Rail History ISFISSY at 1:51am 09.13.11 Ask All Sailors 21/6124 Why do sailboats have cable safety rails in lieu of SS tubing rails?
new sailor needs help EDHAAR at 12:32am 09.13.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1672 I need help,I recently purchased an O'day 12' dinghy it is a rather old boat .I do not know how the
More (or less) on Pettit Hydrocoat obsailor at 8:20pm 09.12.11 Ask All Sailors 14/5853 I contacted Pettit to get their reaction to last week's comments about problems of soft growth with
Hunter 34 bow/stern pulpit design/dimensions Pheidingsfelder at 7:21pm 09.12.11 Big Boats 2/2498 I finally found someone to build my stainless! Crazy story, they found me actually. We're trading SS
Storage ideas? sPk at 7:17pm 09.12.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2996 Anybody have any clever ideas for storage shelves for the O'Day 25? I want to increase the shelf '
Topping Lift with Rigid Vang on H29.5 tlowum at 7:02pm 09.12.11 Mid-Size Boats 4/1696 My recently purchased 1994 Hunter 29.5 has a rigid boom vang that the previous owner had installed.
Really good news for me NSR sailaway78 at 6:51pm 09.12.11 Ask All Sailors 14/2621 I probably shouldn't post this here, but just for the two wheel gear heads on the board. A friend o
Hunter 28 Holding Tank daysailor204 at 6:13pm 09.12.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/3256 Recently, my H28 aluminum holding tank began to leak. I read many interesting ways to fix it. Most
Interior cabin light furniture for Hunter 216 peloqusy at 5:02pm 09.12.11 Smaller Boats 1/1805 Hello, I want to be able to sleep in the Hunter 216 cabin. Do you have plans for making furniture

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25 vs 26S, who's best to windward? Tedd at 5:07pm 09.24.22 What Tedd is referring to as the inspection port is what I was calling the vent port. Potato potato
HELP Siamese at 3:54pm 09.24.22
HELP Alan Gomes at 3:52pm 09.24.22 Hi Alan. Well.... He sounded like he knew what he was talking about LOL He has cut apart 3 C22's f
HELP Rick Webb at 3:48pm 09.24.22 Your 5200 will be a good temporary repair until you get around to doing the complicated repair in 20
HELP Jamesiv1 at 3:38pm 09.24.22 Make a temporary repair until you pull the boat. Which it sounds like you are off to a good start.
HELP Jamesiv1 at 3:35pm 09.24.22 Why would there be a layer of wood? Catalina did not core their hulls. And why would you be getting
Spring for Forespar Whisker Pole? Rick Webb at 3:24pm 09.24.22 Received the spring from Sailor Sue in the mail this afternoon. It is exactly correct. Thanks so muc
First 405 Rudder Parts JohnShannon at 3:04pm 09.24.22 Probably was a spacer, a gap between the rudder and the hull reduces efficiency and the First serie
Hunter 33, 2015 Scott T-Bird at 3:01pm 09.24.22 I don't think it matters that they are keel bolts. The torque is whatever is published for the size
Anyone in PEI CA willing to check a boat out? Epic1969 at 2:26pm 09.24.22 Yes in the big picture the boat is the least of their problems! i second prayers to those hit by Fi
Invest 98L JamesG161 at 2:20pm 09.24.22 Dammit Jim, hope you are doing well this morning. Any perspectives. I am supposed to attend a "beac
Rebedding Catalina 310 chainplates with the mast up Monheganlover at 2:06pm 09.24.22 Thanks for all the great suggestions!
Yanmar Engine Mount Worries (1) senang at 1:34pm 09.24.22 Here is the page of our 3JH4E manual for the engine mounts. It shows a port/starbord differentiazati
Rebedding Catalina 310 chainplates with the mast up marchem at 1:16pm 09.24.22 While you are rebedding them you should consider using epoxy to seal the core around each of them. I
Invest 98L (1) jssailem at 1:14pm 09.24.22 While Ian is still classified as a Tropical Storm we can expect the storm to turn north within the n
where to add a second halyard ingramsail at 1:00pm 09.24.22 Thanks Dave, pulled the jib down this morning. The track is a poly extrusion, will go back later an
Anyone in PEI CA willing to check a boat out? jssailem at 12:54pm 09.24.22 Thanks HB for posting the news link for PEI. They were hit hard. A little like the US East Coast whe
Upgrades to cross to the Caribbean Crusty Ol Salt at 12:11pm 09.24.22 There's a big difference between going to the Bahamas, a long day sail from Florida or to the Carib
HELP Crusty Ol Salt at 12:05pm 09.24.22 Make a temporary repair until you pull the boat. Which it sounds like you are off to a good start. I
HELP Alan Gomes at 11:44am 09.24.22

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