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Looking at my first boat. Bobsled at 11:11am 06.08.11 Ask All Sailors 28/4895 Hello all. I am looking at buying my first real sailboat soon. I am seeing what look like good deals
Hunter 280 Window Leaks Cor280 at 10:24am 06.08.11 Mid-Size Boats 11/5995 I have a 1996 Hunter 280 with a leaking front hatch and a leaking front right window. For the hatch
Removing Engine From an 8.5 S2 texasprinter at 10:08am 06.08.11 S2 1/1415 The engine in an S2 is accessed by a panel in the aft berth. I realized that the engine will not com
V berth sheet size KittyB at 8:24am 06.08.11 Catalina 30 16/14254 Hi, all, Excuse the monumental ignorance and appreciate any and all thoughts. We are new owners o
Seasmoke has a new owner, for real this time... CharlieCobra at 8:12am 06.08.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2126 We begin her restoration this week. We will be going slow at first while we clear out our logjam o
Which "One Sail" would you select? Clark at 7:48am 06.08.11 Ask All Sailors 12/2636 I'm in the process of converting from a CDI furler to hank-on sails on our Capri 22 TR/FK. We race t
To paint or not to paint. (1) Ed Schenck at 7:14am 06.08.11 Ask All Sailors 13/3184 Avid followers know that I recently had the bottom and keel soda blasted on my H37C. Now I am fairi
new lines for jib on venture 21 dohcdelsol93 at 7:01am 06.08.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1787 i have two lines connected together for raising my jib (i think its for raising my jib/geona) It's
Bavaria Yachts sponsors 19th Annapolis Leukemia Cup Regatta BavariaYachtsUSA at 6:37am 06.08.11 Bavaria 0/2034 Bavaria Yachts USA, which opened for business at Yacht Haven of Annapolis, MD, in May, has partnered
O'day 25 spinnaker size Joe5893 at 6:28am 06.08.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1451 Hi all, I have an O'day 25, but I have never flown a spinnaker. There is one for sale near me loca
Great deal on Garmin GPS76cx Captnkev25 at 6:24am 06.08.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1744 Let me start by saying I'm in no way affiliated with West Marine or Garmin but I had to pass along t
What is it? dfast7181 at 6:19am 06.08.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/1323 The other day I was filling the boat with fuel and while doing so a thick, honey/yellow colored, cle
Portable cruise air versus central air. Christian Sailing at 5:46am 06.08.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3344 We have a 28 ft irwin and the wife has agreed to do some extended cruising but cool air is a condit
home built forward hatch hellerjo at 5:38am 06.08.11 Smaller Boats 0/1036 Has any one out there built a hatch. What material should be used? Fiberglass, lexan, wood,etc. T
Chainplates (1) furdui at 10:39pm 06.07.11 Yamaha 28/9186 Hi,yamahanians,I am new at this forum,but I own a Yamaha 25 MkII for about 10 years (and for that re
Gas Spring lifts Mark Juetten at 9:46pm 06.07.11 Big Boats 5/1639 Would like help locating source for Gas spring lifts for icebox on 96 376 Thanks
Portable AC Bad Obsession at 9:03pm 06.07.11 Ask All Sailors 15/7914 I am thinking about getting a portable AC to cool my Catalina 30. I have seen some posts about this
Quiet Mast? Happy Dolphin at 8:08pm 06.07.11 Day Sailers 3/1500 Applied copper pipe insulation tubes into my mast to silence the Bell Clapping from the newly instal
Pearson 33 Spinnaker Bail JTL1017 at 7:16pm 06.07.11 Pearson 2/2305 I need to hook up a spinnaker bail at the top of my mast. I have a Pearson 33 1987. Has anybody done
Electric Winch stephen Penny at 7:13pm 06.07.11 Big Boats 5/2193 Can the forum offer any advise installing an electric winch conversion kit onto a Lewmar 40 and 44 o

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Garmin Wireless wind vs. Raymarine microtalk gateway? (1) Tally Ho at 8:37pm 06.15.22 Does anyone know if this Raymarine i60 wind display can get wireless signal from a TacTic T120 trans
Wire Size mikeracca at 8:33pm 06.15.22 Are you familiar with Ohm's Law: I = E/R It was proposed in 1827 and is still used today. Bigge
Seven Mile Bridge Marathon Benny17441 at 8:30pm 06.15.22 What is your Draft, 5' or 6' 6"? From the specs the shallow draft boat has a mast height of 57' 4"
COCKPIT LINE HOLDERS (3) Tally Ho at 8:14pm 06.15.22 Right now, I am using these 3M Command hook cord holders for 4 lines on each side of my cabin top.
Transmission to shaft coupling bolts sheared '07 H38 Ralph Johnstone at 7:57pm 06.15.22 2) Any ideas what might cause this? Angular shaft misalignment would be a first guess. This is n
2GM20F V-Belt for Alternator (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:50pm 06.15.22 Have you used the alternator bracket to take up or supply slack to the belt you are using ? rry, bu
Replacing engine instrument panel Ward H at 7:36pm 06.15.22 Maybe give Catalina Yachts customer service a call. They may have an idea for a solution.
Wire Size (1) Ralph Johnstone at 7:31pm 06.15.22 There gets to a point where the bigger wire will actually have just as much loss as a smaller wire.
Plastimo 16274 air pump for engine room - how is it controlled? SycloneDriver at 7:17pm 06.15.22 Diodes are only used because of the dc relay. When the relay shuts off it induces a spike (generate
Laminate sole in cabin - Whitish haze water mark Len Ingalls at 7:12pm 06.15.22 Heat with clothes iron: How to Remove Water Stains From Wood
Replacing engine instrument panel Calif. Ted at 6:59pm 06.15.22 Connects to pedestal with 1 bolt which also serves to hold the anchor piece for the trans and accele
Replacing engine instrument panel Scott T-Bird at 6:44pm 06.15.22 Your instrument pod was discontinued in 1999 when the one in the link on my prior post was introduc
Trouble removing prop shaft vidalia at 6:44pm 06.15.22 The Buck Algonquin prop puller works well. After pulling the coupling replace it with a split coupl
Trouble removing prop shaft vidalia at 6:43pm 06.15.22 Ya probably have a giant burr on the shaft where the set screw point was pushing. That is keeping t
Trouble removing prop shaft vidalia at 6:41pm 06.15.22 Cut the shaft or use-a buck Algonquin coupling puller..your coupling is straight not tapered. There
Laminate sole in cabin - Whitish haze water mark dlochner at 6:37pm 06.15.22 Try wiping with a microfleece cloth. If that doesn't work try cleaning with a paper towel dampened w
Helm seat on 280 Clark at 6:30pm 06.15.22 We leave ours in place the vast majority of the time but ours has cutouts that allows it to hang sec
Trouble removing prop shaft vidalia at 6:25pm 06.15.22 Be sure you DO NOT get any Pb on the output seal or you will be rebuilding the gear box.. Thanks!
Bimini mount solar panel install advice Hello Below at 6:22pm 06.15.22 If the arch is constructed like the MH 33 then with some persistence you will be able to get 10 AWG
T3800 - Location of Macerator Pump? jviss at 6:18pm 06.15.22 Ugh! Thanks.

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