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Mast head light ID (1) patman70 at 10:43am 04.01.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2522 Looking for a lense for this mast head light. However it has no manufactures logo, only "made in Ger
mast cradle Sirius repair at 10:40am 04.01.11 Sirius 21/22 9/6195 At the end of last season I took down the mast and found that my mast cradle was extremely loose.
Sailboat aground off Fire Island (1) RAD at 10:10am 04.01.11 Ask All Sailors 53/22668 Le Papillon, a sailboat en route from Maryland to Maine,ends up on the beach near the village of Sal
Replacing counterbalance system for sliding companionway hat Bill in VA at 10:08am 04.01.11 Big Boats 1/1672 The vertical sliding companionway hatch in a Hunter 45CC is counterbalance by two coil springs behin
Solar panel recess dranage Bill Roosa at 9:56am 04.01.11 Big Boats 1/1184 Hey guys, the solar panel on my 40.5 Legend is always filling up with water. I have the old one pie
Lewmar Portlight Replacement Screens - MKI tonkasail at 9:28am 04.01.11 Big Boats 0/2344 I am trying to find replacement screens for the Lewmar portlights on our 1990 Catalina 42 MKI and ha
installing a shower in a 272 Out Islander at 9:18am 04.01.11 Ask An Oday Owner 8/2964 does anyone have any experience with converting the head area to a shower on a oday 272 or any other
Propane Tank La Bella Vita at 8:55am 04.01.11 Big Boats 2/1241 Hello, We have a 410, 2001. The propane tank valve has been difficult to open and close, need a pl
Thoughts on Bottom Painting or not? impulse II at 8:20am 04.01.11 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1357 Hello All, Looking for input before the season kicks off up here in the north. Last year I purcha
New cabin eyebrows. Ed Schenck at 8:01am 04.01.11 The Cherubini Hunters 11/4087 I just ordered six pieces of one inch mahogany cut to 5/32" thickness. Yard only had 8' boards. I
Downloads gpd955 at 4:29am 04.01.11 Catalina 310 0/2 If anyone needs them, I uploaded the Universal M25XPBC manuals and the Catalina 310 Owners Manual (f
catalina 22 trailer owners txtowman at 9:41pm 03.31.11 Catalina 22 5/1730 Does your trailer have 2 x 6 bunks or 2 x 8 bunks?
Is she a pearson??????? (1) DanielLeeBerry at 8:38pm 03.31.11 Pearson 4/1797 I am the new owner of what I am told is a 1975 pearson 25 but so far can find no pictures online to
Max Wind you would sail a .4oz spinnaker in? rpwillia at 8:10pm 03.31.11 Ask All Sailors 8/5006 Curious.
Creative problem solving... FourPoints at 7:54pm 03.31.11 Ask All Sailors 6/2833 So I'm getting ready to head up to the defender sale tomorrow (taking the day off!), and I just reme
1989 Hunter Vision 32' Euphoria at 7:41pm 03.31.11 Mid-Size Boats 3/3212 I just purchased a 1989 Hunter Vision 32' and need to update and service the boat....would anyone ha
cleaning Perko sea water strainers eianm at 7:10pm 03.31.11 Big Boats 5/3719 I am embarrassed to admit- after 6 months I have only just goit around to checking my seawater strai
H42 main earth plate eianm at 7:06pm 03.31.11 Big Boats 1/1180 i have the factory drawing, but can not locate the main earth plate- can anyone please enlighten me-
H42 aft most small keel bolt MB at 6:55pm 03.31.11 Big Boats 2/1290 I've got a small leak coming from the small aft keel bolt on my H42. We had the aft end of the Keel
What are unsafe winds to sail in? New2thecat at 6:15pm 03.31.11 Catalina 22 17/4171 It was between 15 and 20 knots today on Lanier just wondering how hard it is to sail in or even if I

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386 Miles per day? Planning a trip from NYC to Yorktown VA jssailem at 9:35am 05.25.22 back in 1012 Wow, Smokey I had you figured as a younger man. Did not know Hunter had perfected the
DANGEROUS & Misguided efforts in the fight against climate change rgranger at 9:30am 05.25.22 @rgranger's 10% loss might be high, however even a 5% loss would be significant overtime. There are
Flush thru-hulls flange/head size on Catalina 42. BourbonS at 9:30am 05.25.22 Found this. Flange diameter is 2-/1/2". Ordered to try. ... (I guess this would be a right moment fo
DANGEROUS & Misguided efforts in the fight against climate change rgranger at 9:24am 05.25.22 The assumption is no loss of hydrogen before being used in the car. However, we all know that along
Magma grill JoeWhite at 9:16am 05.25.22 1 inch PVC white water pipe cut in halves and put under the clamp as spacer.
386 Miles per day? Planning a trip from NYC to Yorktown VA smokey73 at 8:57am 05.25.22 I made a trip from New Rochelle NY to Beaufort SC back in 1012 in my new to me Hunter 40.5. Like yo
DANGEROUS & Misguided efforts in the fight against climate change Davidasailor26 at 8:29am 05.25.22 Sorry, I missed the part about losses to spillage. That does make for a more interesting discussion.
can't pump out waste tank JamesG161 at 8:25am 05.25.22 It's either a faulty macerater or blockage in that line. Or 1) air leaking Deck Pump out Cap. 2) P
DANGEROUS & Misguided efforts in the fight against climate change JamesG161 at 8:18am 05.25.22 I live 15 miles from NASA Stennis Space Center. I have seen how they store Compressed Hydrogen. Si
can't pump out waste tank Windpilot at 8:13am 05.25.22 This adds another potential issue to your Trouble shooting. Jim... A vacuflush system does not cha
can't pump out waste tank JamesG161 at 7:59am 05.25.22 I have a sealand fresh water vacuflush toilets and 20 gallon holding tanks This adds another poten
Shipping boat from HI to mainland? dlochner at 7:57am 05.25.22 Probably the cheapest and easiest way for a small boat is to rent a container and put the boat in th
DANGEROUS & Misguided efforts in the fight against climate change smokey73 at 7:56am 05.25.22 I believe @rgranger is referring to the 10% "lost hydrogen" that escapes, presumably during fueling,
Intake Silencer (2) SV Bella at 7:54am 05.25.22 It's just an empty hollow plastic jug. There was a little motor oil blow back in there.
DANGEROUS & Misguided efforts in the fight against climate change dlochner at 7:51am 05.25.22
looking for a salvaged Catalina 22 keel IASailor at 7:41am 05.25.22 I would be interested in knowing how the keel was lost, as well. Good luck on the search for parts.
DANGEROUS & Misguided efforts in the fight against climate change JamesG161 at 7:34am 05.25.22 The product water would be released into the atmosphere, eventually re-condensing. Yes. The point
386 Miles per day? Planning a trip from NYC to Yorktown VA flightlead404 at 7:31am 05.25.22 Thanks for the feedback. I edited the thread title not to confuse the model number with the miles w
Anyone know what this is? Crazy Dave Condon at 7:22am 05.25.22 @jssailem i was trying to be polite by saying scrap but was thinking bunch of crap
eenie, meenie, minie, moe FastOlson at 7:08am 05.25.22 Might be good to step back from all keyboards and count to ten, slowly. ....even when you are correc

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