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kiwi grip Don Crowther at 7:27pm 05.01.11 Ask All Sailors 18/7352 Hello I have a question about Kiwi grip. Is it necessary to grind off the old non-slip before appl
Music for yer Ipod Stretch at 7:14pm 05.01.11 Sails Call Lounge 0/2971 I think you will like this song by the up and coming Xavier Rudd called "Come Let Go'', here is the
Overheating engine... frustrated! Steph at 7:10pm 05.01.11 Ask All Sailors 9/6192 I posted this about a year ago...thought I had it solved but guess not...My Westerbeke 13A engine ov
A newbie with an H27 (2) Mike 1 at 6:48pm 05.01.11 The Cherubini Hunters 7/2792 I bought a 1982 Hunter 27 late last season. I have been doing what I can through the winter as far a
Sad day at my Marina Marc Bergmueller at 6:47pm 05.01.11 Ask All Sailors 17/4782 On Friday, as we headed down the Chesapeake, we heard the call of a grounded sailboat on the Nantico
Where can I get this steaming light? ebsail at 6:35pm 05.01.11 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1644 My 83 Oday 25 has a cracked (and corroded old) steaming light that appears to be an old Perko fittin
Post Launch Gremlins Marc14857 at 5:48pm 05.01.11 Big Boats 7/1865 So we launched our 44 AC last week and I went down to the boat to finish commissioning and found the
Anyone replaced the diodes or rebuilt their Alternator? jrowan at 5:37pm 05.01.11 Catalina 30 8/5537 Hello, We were out sailing on this fine day on the Chesapeake when I noticed that our Universal die
Shaefer Free Furling 350 for Jib captined at 4:59pm 05.01.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1582 Anyone use one of these, I ran the furling line back to the cockpit- need to install a roller of sor
thankyou for your advice jrale at 4:58pm 05.01.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1171 Dear Macgregor owners, Thank you for your advice regarding the need for an outboard motor for launch
B331 Propellor shaft packing James Simmonds at 4:07pm 05.01.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 17/5846 There is what looks to be frayed packing where the shaft on my B331 exits the skeg. I have never n
Dog drowned on purpose Zaphro at 4:06pm 05.01.11 Sails Call Lounge 3/4501 The fella who lost the dog anchors near our marina. He's had problems with crabbers dropping their g
Yanmar 1GM Cup Plug Popped Out (1) SailormanDan at 3:59pm 05.01.11 Engines and Propulsion 6/4083 Hi, I am in the process of troubleshooting an overheating Yanmar 1GM engine. I took the zinc out an
replacing the windows wellandfamilyrobinson at 3:28pm 05.01.11 Sirius 21/22 8/5996 We have had our 1982 sirius for over 10 years and windows are getting tired. They plexi has started
Frigomatic Thermostat and cover Jim Champion at 2:27pm 05.01.11 Parts Search 0/4019 Last week the thermostat cover broke from the side of my refridgerator. The thermostat still seems t
Malfunctioning Manual Bilge Pump Switch?? (2) Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 1:53pm 05.01.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2620 Malfunctioning Automatic Bilge Pump Switch?? We have a bilge pump with one of those non-floating fl
Maiden voyage report (1) justsomeguy at 11:57am 05.01.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/2239 http://tomeshew.wordpress.com On the page "First splash". Please forgive the redundancies on the b
Vertical battens on a 376? jander31 at 11:47am 05.01.11 Big Boats 4/1595 I need to replace the main on my 1997 376. UK Sails is recommending vertical battens and an upgrade
H26 center board deterioration Molly1034 at 11:34am 05.01.11 Smaller Boats 3/1957 Have any of you H 26 owners had experience with metal deterioration of of the s.s. mechanism that ra
Webasto diesel heater freedom2015 at 11:28am 05.01.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1894 Does anyone know where you can get maintenance done on a webasto heater? We live in Victoria, B.C a

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2 boom vangs, no main sheet? Jamesiv1 at 1:23pm 08.10.22 Waste of money IMO. It is mostly a big ad for the Catalina gear they sell. I looked at it for a fe
Yanmar 3GM excessive smoke on cold start odaydokay at 1:21pm 08.10.22 Yes to throttle open at least to some degree and also to a cetane booster. Some have written about a
ODay 34 refrigeratiom Richard19068 at 1:18pm 08.10.22 I have a 210AH wet cell bank, maintained by a 60 watt Solar Array that gives me < 10 AH/ per day. I
Universal M-12 running hot odaydokay at 1:14pm 08.10.22 That makes sense. 200 is kind of where I draw the line also. I am just wondering if I could have bu
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jon hansen at 1:06pm 08.10.22 Hayden, i love to have gents like you as permanent crew. a good wrench is a blessing. :)
2 boom vangs, no main sheet? (1) Jamesiv1 at 12:58pm 08.10.22 Here is a better photo of the two rigs. From what has been posted I'm thinking the left one (blue li
Need input ASAP. Simon Sexton at 12:51pm 08.10.22 @Erbardy , Good afternoon! It looks like that's just gelcoat crazing, not any serious inte
Fuel gauge sender dbirken at 12:39pm 08.10.22 Dave. Fuel volume guages are notoriously inaccurate. For all the time I have been using a boat, th
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) Hayden Watson at 12:28pm 08.10.22 ... and quoting myself... I know I started off with the idea of a passive system but I think you
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hayden Watson at 12:25pm 08.10.22 If indeed you can get that engine rebuilt for $1k to $2k I would agree. But I have not been able to
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) Johnb at 12:03pm 08.10.22 Electric water pump with, say, 20 feet of suction head or more (depends on the depth of the thermoc
How do I add a new turning block at base of mast? flightlead404 at 12:02pm 08.10.22 Well this turned out to be easy peasy. Wish all jobs were this simple. I couldn't get the torx hea
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 Jacktar at 12:01pm 08.10.22 By the way for cat 22 owners, you can keep your current fire extinguishers unless they are over 12 y
2 boom vangs, no main sheet? Leeward Rail at 11:42am 08.10.22 just ordered the C22 Owner's Manual from CatalinaDirect.com so maybe I don't have to ask too many m
Put it in a slip, or keep it on the trailer? Any Sea at 11:36am 08.10.22 I use mine from a dry slip, fully rigged. I would be very reluctant to keep a boat with a cast iron
2 boom vangs, no main sheet? Any Sea at 11:29am 08.10.22 It looks like your missing the rigging to attached the mainsheet to the boom. That will need to be a
Mixing elbow cracked. ggrizzard at 11:29am 08.10.22 He left to buy a propane torch! :biggrin:
Mixing elbow cracked. Scott T-Bird at 11:28am 08.10.22 What happened to the OP? Since his elbow was cracked, I'd assume he read a few posts and has it wo
Mixing elbow cracked. Justin_NSA at 11:24am 08.10.22 What happened to the OP?
Another quite AC question - Geothermal? (aquathermal) Tedd at 11:18am 08.10.22 So what I'm hearing is that this would probably only work in a deep lake with very cold water down

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