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Battery Charger location - 37CC ccarmody at 4:55pm 05.23.11 Bigger Boats 15/2760 Any suggestions on where to install the battery charger on a 37CC? The previous one died last week
Bill Garden passed away woodster at 4:48pm 05.23.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1669
Swim Platform (4) R�gis at 4:43pm 05.23.11 Bigger Boats 6/3224 Swim Platform O'Day 37 CC Here is the swim platform that I just added on my O'Day 37. Strongly the
Want New Oven/Stove Combo LeeJune at 4:40pm 05.23.11 Mid-Size Boats 4/1491 I do not like the alcohol stove/oven on my Vision 32. Considering a propane system. Would like to kn
keel rubbing keel trunk Carolyn1964 at 4:26pm 05.23.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/2142 We replaced the keel winch this weekend, not a terrible job but man some of those bolts and nuts
Running rigging and block help Falconer at 4:09pm 05.23.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2437 I have all but made up my mind on new running rigging (M25). I think I'm going to buy the set from C
And so it begins... pafb19 at 3:45pm 05.23.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1324 New to this forum so please be patient. Recently purchased an O'Day 19. Boat is kept in the water
C36 Mk II Owners Manual, Free to a good home SV Escapade at 3:23pm 05.23.11 Big Boats 1/2126 Hi All.... When we ordered C'est Bon, a 2000 36 Mk II, Sharon Day got so tired of me calling and ask
Owner's Manual ms-card@cox.com at 2:39pm 05.23.11 Big Boats 1/2035 FYI - After several searches in vain, I finally found a Hunter 38 owner's manual on line. Here's the
Freed sail foot Kasumi at 2:27pm 05.23.11 Catalina 22 4/1370 Has anyone tried sailing with the foot out of the boom on a catalina 22? I was thinking of doing it
Outboard for Mac 26S danphilgreen at 1:12pm 05.23.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/3476 Hi everybody. First time post here. I am having to let my O'day 27 project boat go after hundreds of
Back in the saddle again.... (3) Slade at 12:41pm 05.23.11 Trailer Sailors 16/6100 After a 15 year absence from sailing we finally got our new (to us) Starwind 223 in the water and ha
Joined the 7 knot club Saturday! OldCat at 12:39pm 05.23.11 Catalina 22 19/4195 :dance: My first time, though it is just catching up with some others here. 7.1, reefed, Genny fur
H31 Bilge problems IanJ at 12:34pm 05.23.11 Mid-Size Boats 14/4257 Getting a slight urine like smell from my bilge, I think from old leakage from a defective (now repl
Cetol and Varnish - What's the Difference? robertsapp at 11:59am 05.23.11 Ask All Sailors 14/22858 I know there are a lot of threads that debate the virtues of each product, but my question is what e
Aluminum external corrosion carlpaez at 11:31am 05.23.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1785 I have a 1980 Catalina 27 and it has a mast boom that could use some help. I bought this vessel in M
Bittersweet.... chefmike at 11:30am 05.23.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1295 watching my Venture 222 roll away with its new owner. Bitter because now I am boatless; sweet becaus
Variprop Ken Honeycutt at 10:56am 05.23.11 Big Boats 12/6714 Just thought I'd post a recommendation for anyone considering a new prop. I installed a Variprop thi
transducer installation anchorron at 10:36am 05.23.11 Catalina 30 4/3195 I want to install an inside hull transducer on a 1988 Catalina 30. Is there anywhere in the hull whe
Neoprene Gasket for holding tank Inspection Plate bigmuffin at 10:24am 05.23.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/5184 Hi, Unfortunately, I've had to open the inspection plate to my holding tank a few times recently. Th

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Legend 40.5 - what length hose for forward head replacement? Ralph Johnstone at 7:15pm 09.07.22 Considering you didn't mention the year of your boat, you certainly like to live dangerously. Even
Bottom Paints fstbttms at 7:14pm 09.07.22 At my Club we do not use a bottom cleaning diver. We dive on our own boats. So, there's no one to
Practice?? sesmith at 7:14pm 09.07.22 Agree on practicing docking skills. You really can't get too much of that. Until we started cruisi
Electric panel Ralph Johnstone at 7:01pm 09.07.22 as there appears be power to the switch, but compressor does not start. If you have power to the
1987 Cat 22 Transom Scupper Drain Leeward Rail at 6:57pm 09.07.22 Not me! Mine are glassed in. No insert. Oops crap.. Sorry I just remember you going through a lot
Legend 40.5 - what length hose for forward head replacement? baycloud at 6:42pm 09.07.22 Interesting. I've scoured the forums and everyone seems to say (for the forward head) to tie the two
Wire mesh size for A/C and engine seawater intake strainers 4Winds at 6:14pm 09.07.22 That sounds about right. I asked 6-8 vendors on ebay selling the shurflo screens and strainers if th
Legend 40.5 - what length hose for forward head replacement? Don S/V ILLusion at 6:14pm 09.07.22 I recall replacing both - i bought a replacement for the long fwd head only after removing the old o
Just a little surface rust Captain Larry-DH at 6:13pm 09.07.22 Also, if you buy the Scandvik nut driver it makes installation and adjustment much easier. I get o
Interesting Smell - 1993 Hunter Legend 40.5 Don S/V ILLusion at 6:11pm 09.07.22 All good suggestions, however, it appear this is another phantom thread in which someone asks a ques
Wire mesh size for A/C and engine seawater intake strainers (1) DeniseO30 at 6:05pm 09.07.22 The strainer baskets are actually expensive, it's less expensive to actually buy the whole strainer
Interesting Smell - 1993 Hunter Legend 40.5 baycloud at 5:40pm 09.07.22 I've been having some odors and it's very challenging to determine because there can be multiple sou
Electric panel Benny17441 at 5:36pm 09.07.22 Those breakers in the panel are resettable fuses. There should be a main breaker and if you are goi
Holding tank odour (Peggy ?????) baycloud at 5:29pm 09.07.22 I don't have a lot of experience here, but I am working through the same type of problem right now.
Another Auto-Pilot Accident TimFromLI at 4:54pm 09.07.22 4AM? You snooze, you lose.
1987 Cat 22 Transom Scupper Drain (1) Gene Neill at 4:46pm 09.07.22 All the later C22 have the much better aft scupper design. Installing brass tubes is easy if you h
Thinking of downsizing from my H26 Crazy Dave Condon at 4:28pm 09.07.22 @rgranger Being a dealer for Compac at SML, wind was not as good as the coast. When Warren Luhr
East coast Florida causing spots heritage at 4:21pm 09.07.22 Active Captain is my go to source for anchorages. Garmin bought the rights to Active Captain but ha
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