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Man Overboard shipwreck66 at 9:00pm 05.21.11 Catalina 22 5/2061 forgive me for stating the obvious here, but was having lunch with local coast guard personnel today
9.2A stern tube diameter? scottmcg at 8:28pm 05.21.11 S2 5/1680 I'm repowering my 1977 9.2A next month with a BetaMarine 902 (25hp). While the boat is on the hard f
Evaporative A/C shipwreck66 at 8:25pm 05.21.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 22/4020 Ok Phil, here is your update. I Purchased a Kuulaire Evaporative AC to put on my boat to run off an
Outboard alternators ebsail at 7:36pm 05.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1499 What happens if you run an outboard with an alternator and your battery switch is in the off positio
Forward wheel on Pearson 10M JudeHey at 7:31pm 05.21.11 Pearson 1/1712 Why is the wheel forward in the cockpit on the 10M? How do people like it? Thanks
Ilya is Launched! arknoah at 7:01pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 0/1173 After many frustrating weeks of waiting and trying not to be a major pain at the marina, Ilya was fi
Winch to eye relationship (1) dscribner at 6:29pm 05.21.11 Trailer Sailors 12/6649 In one post I posted a photo of my boat on the trailer. One fellow piped up and said that my winch
Hunter 40 Mast Step Well jmag at 6:10pm 05.21.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1058 Our Hunter 40 (1986 vintage?) has a shallow well for the mast step. It's a problem. It collects but
Battery life Ross at 6:02pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 7/2470 I had to change my batteries this year they lost 3 volts over the winter and won't hold a charge. Th
Patronus is home Juice6576 at 5:59pm 05.21.11 Mid-Size Boats 6/2110 Shakedpwon cruise is in the books. The weather was crappy and not much sailing got done, but we sure
Crack In Mast (1) plannen at 5:45pm 05.21.11 Ask All Sailors 36/10274 My mast has a 12" crack at the lower section of this 50 ft mast. (see photo) Is there a risk sailing
Motor mount installation and access to bolts? jrale at 5:37pm 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1996 Macgregor Owners, RE: 25 ft Macgregor sailboat: How do you gain access to motor mount bracket bolts
barlow winch Jerry C at 4:52pm 05.21.11 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1388 how to take apart a barlow australia on a 222 mast
Rudder Line Question Ledhead51879 at 4:34pm 05.21.11 Day Sailers 2/1625 I recently purchased an Oday DSII but it has a DSIII rudder, I took the rudder assembly apart to cle
Removing bent dipstick Raftco at 4:09pm 05.21.11 Engines and Propulsion 2/2866 I have a Universal 25XP diesel. Today, I went to check the oil level and found the dipstick seems t
Boom vang ehudm at 3:10pm 05.21.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/6078 Did anyone try to use 2 boom-vangs? one connected to the port side and the other to starboard side.
Breaker Sizing FourPoints at 2:59pm 05.21.11 Musings With Maine Sail 27/14750 I'm trying to size the breakers for the new electricial panel, right now on the old panel everything
What would you do with this fitting? Roger Long at 2:15pm 05.21.11 Musings With Maine Sail 18/6996 This fitting on my Yanmar, just downstream from the RW pump, has a NPT thread but has to end up orie
Grand opening of New dock in Anacortes paulj at 2:08pm 05.21.11 Catalina 310 2/1748 New dock at Port of Anacortes - Cap Sante Boat Haven Anacortes,Wa is not for Catalina 310's ..
Normal cracks in keel? (3) bustedrudder at 2:03pm 05.21.11 Big Boats 3/2135 Looking at a 376 shoal draft. On haulout it was noted there is a 2' crack on the port side starting

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Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida dlochner at 5:25pm 09.13.22 One positive outcome of the pandemic for cruisers was the explosion of delivery services. We used In
Clevis Pin Forestay dLj at 5:25pm 09.13.22 Looks to me like the U connector has sprung out. In doing so, it is shearing off the cotter pin. The
Clevis Pin Forestay dlochner at 5:21pm 09.13.22 Welcome to SBO! Yep, you'll want a pin an ?" longer. To remove the pin you'll need to take the lo
Clevis Pin Forestay Justin_NSA at 5:20pm 09.13.22 You could add SS washers to center it if you like. The important thing is to be sure that cotter is
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida gettinthere at 5:15pm 09.13.22 forgot about provisioning further north Newport Northport port washington
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida gettinthere at 5:10pm 09.13.22 if Delaware bay is tough current then you aint seen nuthin yet. Pablo Creek at the st John's river i
Unknown part on my 18.5 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:07pm 09.13.22 The 18.5 did not come with a mast raise system. The very first mast raise system as factory standar
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida gettinthere at 5:04pm 09.13.22 do you have a dink to get ashore. A must if anchored out. Provisioning will be tough as many anchora
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida dLj at 5:01pm 09.13.22 That's great! I'll message you. Just let me know. dj
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida palcuz at 5:01pm 09.13.22 If Guy decides to go up the Delaware and through the C&D canal - on his way down the Chesapeake he'
Sailing a 22ft Cape Dory from Boston to Southern Florida dLj at 4:59pm 09.13.22 If Guy decides to go up the Delaware and through the C&D canal - on his way down the Chesapeake he'l
DC Circuit Breaker Failures justsomeguy at 4:51pm 09.13.22
Hello, I am new here. I am looking at buying a 1988 Catalina 30 MKll (1) dmax at 3:58pm 09.13.22 Ted, you are right, the toe rail is part of the deck (my previous boat was a 1989 C-30). One C-30 I
Hello, I am new here. I am looking at buying a 1988 Catalina 30 MKll Calif. Ted at 3:46pm 09.13.22 I'm remembering the toerail on that boat as being a molded in part of the fiberglass deck pan which
Hello, I am new here. I am looking at buying a 1988 Catalina 30 MKll shemandr at 3:34pm 09.13.22 Don't let the problem the owner tells you about distract you from the ones he doesn't. He's basical
Fischer panda generator Question artboas at 3:30pm 09.13.22 Thanks so much. I was confident there was a knowlegable answer out there ! Ok, so I spoke to FP a
Water Lift Exhaust Muffler on 461 - HELP Harle000 at 3:26pm 09.13.22 I've been corresponding with Vetus. It's their suggestion I move to the 90
Stuffing box repack marchem at 3:21pm 09.13.22
Water Lift Exhaust Muffler on 461 - HELP Stu Jackson at 3:20pm 09.13.22 Have one machined out of delrin Good idea, but he doesn't even need to do that. Here's a link to
Water Lift Exhaust Muffler on 461 - HELP Mechone at 3:13pm 09.13.22 Many thanks. I've identified the Vetus Waterlock VTSLSL90 as being a possible option but I've met a

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