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Water in Cabin arellana at 7:00am 05.15.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1715 Hi, I am a new owner of a 1986 Cat 22. It does not rain very much in Colorado, however, last week h
Flushing Problem - Backflow? Not pumping water to the tank. Raftco at 5:24am 05.15.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/7056 Hi Peggie, New to the 'Head' business and a new to me boat. Just commishioned this weekend, was wo
White Water Marine GarEi at 5:03am 05.15.11 Pearson 1/1497 Has anyone had any dealings with White Water Marine in Port Heron,MI? I am thinking about useing the
Engine replacement on Catalina 27, 1988 Roger Thomas at 4:44am 05.15.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/2089 Hi Guys. My engine Universal M-18 gave up and I need to replace it. If anybody has a rebuilt one or
Mystery Leakage DockH at 4:14am 05.15.11 Ask All Sailors 8/2800 Even with a tarp over the cabin and the boat still out of the water I am getting a lot of rain in th
Keel Repair (2) DockH at 4:06am 05.15.11 Ask All Sailors 7/4232 Something took a chunk out of the lower leading edge of my lead/fiberglass encased keel. No other hu
Portlight handle pabraam at 1:24am 05.15.11 Ask All Sailors 3/1856 One of the locking device/closing handles on my Lewmar portlights detached from the acrylic (it stil
Raritan PHII - smell with each stroke/pump Guest at 10:37pm 05.14.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/3595 Couple of questions: I have a terrible smell, by the head, when pumping my Raritan PHII. I rebuil
Buffalo to Atlantic Capt Andy at 9:50pm 05.14.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1605 I am planning a trip from Great Lakes to the Atlantic, 9/1/2011, via the Erie Canal ' Hudson. Can so
New Boat! (1) FourPoints at 9:01pm 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 1/1613 Ok, not exactly new, but it is performing like a New One! I just got the new sails from Neil Pryde t
Folding Tiller jimfrankelly at 8:47pm 05.14.11 Smaller Boats 0/1362 Has anyone put a hinge in the metal tillers used on the Hunter 260 ' 270 models??? Picture would be
Dulce, two week update (13) CharlieCobra at 8:41pm 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 3/2036 It's been two weeks since we started on Dulce. Here are some shots of the progress. Here's some sho
Hunter 54 two week update (11) CharlieCobra at 8:16pm 05.14.11 Ask All Sailors 2/2016 It's been a long two weeks on the H-54. As you can see the cabin sole is done except for some trim,
New h23 shore power (4) C Jones at 6:28pm 05.14.11 Smaller Boats 1/1333 Just finished it this week. I used a Square D, 30amp. load center with 2- 120 volt breakers. One 20
Registration numbers "hidden" on boat 1Goldie at 6:13pm 05.14.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/2941 We failed our free safety check because we did not have our registration numbers somewhere inside on
Throttle lever - not controlling engine robfmcc at 5:22pm 05.14.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1907 It seems that my throttle lever isn't controlling the RPMs of the engine, it will put the boat in ge
Mounting a fluxgate compass. Slade at 4:35pm 05.14.11 Musings With Maine Sail 4/4142 I've got a Raymarine ST40 fluxgate compass. No problem with mounting the display away from interfer
Saturday... (2) Timo42 at 4:09pm 05.14.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1357 5kts off Malibu. Realtime
CAtalina 30 Main Bulkhead replacement ron albert at 4:01pm 05.14.11 Catalina 30 7/7862 Hi all. Anyone ever replaced the main bulkhead on a Catalina 30. Mine is water damaged and cosmeti
Sliding Hatch Cover betzhunter at 3:58pm 05.14.11 Big Boats 7/2406 My boom fell from the line that it was attached to and cracked the hatch cover on my H34. Now i need

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New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 6:17pm 08.26.22
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 6:16pm 08.26.22 Oh wow. What a bummer. How soon do you have to leave? Grandma loses her in home care coverage at t
Frozen prop shaft DAR at 6:01pm 08.26.22 As other's have mentioned and I alluded to, I wouldn't use too much torque. You said it was in Ne
New Catalina 30 Owner mermike at 5:58pm 08.26.22 Take her with you. A PITA, but doable.
Mainsheet location shemandr at 5:54pm 08.26.22 Now I like to have a pillow for my ss.*
Frozen prop shaft DAR at 5:53pm 08.26.22 Former C30 owner here. The direction seems to be to figure out what is holding the prop shaft- is
Frozen prop shaft smokey73 at 5:47pm 08.26.22 OK, that might work, will give it a try... thanks As other's have mentioned and I alluded to, I
Frozen prop shaft DAR at 5:45pm 08.26.22 I am betting it is the shaft packing gland is dried out and frozen. That said way to many variables
Frozen prop shaft DAR at 5:41pm 08.26.22 IT'S frozen. What is IT? I'd suggest finding just what IT is before you apply any force. 1. Sepa
Frozen prop shaft RitSim at 5:38pm 08.26.22 Former C30 owner here. The direction seems to be to figure out what is holding the prop shaft- is i
Raise the boom on a Catalina 30 (1) Kingjim91 at 5:37pm 08.26.22
Frozen prop shaft DAR at 5:33pm 08.26.22
Frozen prop shaft DAR at 5:31pm 08.26.22 There are bolts on the coupling that are probably on either pretty tightly or frozen themselves. M
Frozen prop shaft Crusty Ol Salt at 5:18pm 08.26.22 I am betting it is the shaft packing gland is dried out and frozen. That said way to many variables.
Anchoring/Guest moorage with access to downtown Seattle? mermike at 5:07pm 08.26.22
Counterclockwise spinner just SE of Cozumel? JamesG161 at 4:55pm 08.26.22 Dammit Jim" looking for some perspective here. check your PM's
Frozen prop shaft Ralph Johnstone at 4:50pm 08.26.22 IT'S frozen. What is IT? I'd suggest finding just what IT is before you apply any force. 1. Separ
2006 Hunter 25 - Swim Platform Stress Cracks Sailavie1 at 4:44pm 08.26.22 I have the same boat, so this is very interesting info. So far no cracks on mine but I will tie the
Lewmar 25 winches FastOlson at 4:26pm 08.26.22 If Lewmar winch models are still ID'd the same way, your old model 25 might be less advantaged than
Hunter 280 mid boom traveller chp at 4:21pm 08.26.22 Was thinking of adding stiffener plates as you suggest. Didn't think about spreading out the blocks

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