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Long shaft or extra long shaft. hz293 at 10:56am 04.29.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1609 I have a 76 Catalina 27 with the cut out in the stern to mount an outboard. I would like to know if
starter wiring ssardone at 10:46am 04.29.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/3685 I recollect reading about this problem here but haven't been able to find it again. On my '01 320 I
Daysail rentals out of Marathon,FL? flynfol at 9:45am 04.29.11 Ask All Sailors 12/3587 Anyone have any experience with renting a daysailer out of Marathon, FL.....good, bad or ugly?
crack in transom seam gfroch at 9:05am 04.29.11 Smaller Boats 8/3969 Hi- I have a '95 h26 that I've sailed for 12 years. There is a ridge on the transom that begins wh
Headmate Rebuild jimtidwell at 8:34am 04.29.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/3913 I finished the pump rebuild last weekend, returned today to find no water flowing into the head. I
Rule pump not turning off Desmond at 8:11am 04.29.11 Ask All Sailors 8/2897 My bilge pump has recently stopped turning off. I checked the obvious and it is not the float. I e
Electric Trailer Winches Thomas Dynneson at 6:43am 04.29.11 Trailer Sailors 7/4884 I am interested the use of an electric winch to retrieve a Hunter 23.5. After investigating several
Dry Tortugas seadaddler at 5:59am 04.29.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1565 Hi left charlotte harbor early thursdy morning and wind on our nose so went inside down to ding darl
Closed cell foam (bulk) sources? ampersand at 5:34am 04.29.11 Day Sailers 5/2069 Does anyone know where I can get a sizable chunk (or composite layers) of closed cell foam to replac
JVC 1500 radar power cable Jared1048 at 3:07am 04.29.11 Parts Search 2/3780 The part number is cfq-8572 but I cant find it anywhere! I've been searching all over but its not
Mounting deck hardware on 323 Taroona at 12:12am 04.29.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/2291 Hi there was wondering if any body had a drawing or details of the deck/coachhouse of a 323. I want
Electrifying my mast? 1977oday22 at 8:08pm 04.28.11 Ask An Oday Owner 8/2312 OK, heres this years project/upgrade. I purchased one of those combo mast/deck lights and an anchor
Buy sail cover from this website? Endurance2010 at 7:54pm 04.28.11 Big Boats 5/1704 Has anyone bought a sail cover from the link on the top right corner of this page. I think it's Sai
Trailers suzukirider4787 at 6:58pm 04.28.11 Bristol 2/2696 I am looking to purchase a Bristol Corinthian that doesn't have a trailer does anyone have any sugge
new heat exchanger Mary Ellen at 6:50pm 04.28.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2199 Hi, all - replacing the heat exchanger on my universal m25xp on our Catalina30. Is it a straight sw
undersized headsail Bill Worth at 6:40pm 04.28.11 Ask All Sailors 2/2144 Catalina 250 initially had a 30' luff to their headsails. They shortened the mast a few years down t
Looking for other Oday 23s in my area finnerman at 6:34pm 04.28.11 Day Sailers 5/1821 I own a 1973 Oday 23 and live near Oriental NC and was wondering if there was anyone on this forum i
4 stroke happy! (1) merlinuxo at 5:46pm 04.28.11 Trailer Sailors 10/5680 I picked up a 4 stroke, 6 hp Tohatsu a few weeks ago on Craigslist in anticipation of getting my Mor
Companionway Hatch JeffThompson at 4:38pm 04.28.11 Big Boats 0/1088 Unfortunately, recently had our Hunter 38 broken into while on the hard - the propective theives too
Beneteau 311 swing keel Florida sail at 4:22pm 04.28.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/5445 I'm thinking about moving up and would like any info on the 311 swing keel. Sailing the gulf coast o

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HUNTER 380 cockpit lazarettes locks sail sfbay at 2:10pm 08.10.22 Please post photos of the two locks so the forum can advise on how tho install them. Some interesti
DIY TITANIUM HOSE FITTING FOR STERN TUBE IN BENETEAU Bob S at 1:54pm 08.10.22 Makes total sense. Thank you for sharing this!
2 boom vangs, no main sheet? Jamesiv1 at 1:50pm 08.10.22 1987 Catalina 22 owner manual (attached) includes a discussion (4.1.3 Setting Up The Boom) and diag
ODay 34 refrigeratiom SailingCal21 at 1:43pm 08.10.22
Fuel gauge sender sail sfbay at 1:43pm 08.10.22 Happy to say the fuel gauge on my Hunter 46, ski boat and powerboat are spot on. The powerboat requi
Universal M-12 running hot Hayden Watson at 1:40pm 08.10.22 That makes sense. 200 is kind of where I draw the line also. I am just wondering if I could have b
2 boom vangs, no main sheet? (3) sail sfbay at 1:32pm 08.10.22 1987 Catalina 22 owner manual (attached) includes a discussion (4.1.3 Setting Up The Boom) and diagr
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hayden Watson at 1:32pm 08.10.22 Hayden, i love have gents like you as permanent crew. a good wrench is a blessing. :) I am just
Catalina Fuse Box Richard19068 at 1:30pm 08.10.22 ...between the engine and the batteries... makes no sense to me. The only things on the engine tha
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

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