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Mooring equipment and pennant lengths Richie50 at 4:35pm 03.29.11 Ask All Sailors 6/8377 I'm very excited to have received my first mooring permit today however I need some assistance. Base
why you should lock your keel and progress made on my boat (4) thomasgoodmaniii at 4:29pm 03.29.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/3236 I dropped my keel today to prep for paint. i had known that the prior owner had had the bright idea
Navigation Software cscott at 3:56pm 03.29.11 Ask All Sailors 12/3354 I know that the Navigation SW SEACLEAR II is used by many of you, including me. I was in the proces
Navigation Software cscott at 3:53pm 03.29.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1440 I know that the Navigation SW SEACLEAR II is used by many of you, including me. I was in the proces
CNG refills California Delta tdrews s/v five oclock at 3:35pm 03.29.11 Ask All Sailors 9/2531 We recently moved our Hunter down from Portland, OR and now in Stockton. We have 2 empty CNG tanks
LED spreader replacements billscott at 2:59pm 03.29.11 Bigger Boats 1/1446 I'd like to keep the vintage look of my spreader lights. Is there an LED replacement bulb for the O
fiberglass cure time redhead78 at 2:36pm 03.29.11 Ask All Sailors 25/24570 Hi all I have a ? on fiberglass cure time. I am going to use fiberglass cloth, and a resin and harde
Original 1980 C-30 sales sheet & siphon valve plumbing leak (5) jrowan at 2:36pm 03.29.11 Catalina 30 1/1921 I thought that anyone elso with a 1970's - 80's era C-30 might be interested to see the original sal
H37C aluminum tanks. (1) Ed Schenck at 2:21pm 03.29.11 The Cherubini Hunters 7/1966 I am starting to think about tank replacement/repair. In Owner's Mods we have one water tank projec
Stiff Shifter Rag Bagger at 2:03pm 03.29.11 Catalina 30 4/2548 I have a 1984 Catalina 30. I purchased the boat in April 2010 and it came with an Edson wheel. The
Where to buy a new swimming ladder? Dave555 at 1:24pm 03.29.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/2011 Anyone who knows if and where i could find a new swimming ladder for my 40.7? I lost the one that i
centreboard not dropping Jonathan12951 at 12:59pm 03.29.11 Ask An Oday Owner 19/3761 how do i force down the centreboard from inside the cabin of my 1971 Oday 23 - wire pendant variety
macsrator pump fuse blowing kylewilliams at 12:30pm 03.29.11 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 20/13496 hello, I purchased an ericson 27 with a built in head, holding tank plumbed to an on- deck pump-out
Doors (2) CCHer at 11:33am 03.29.11 Catalina 310 5/2269 I completed one of my winter boat projects last week and wanted to share. My old boat had companionw
Blasting Bottom derfus at 11:24am 03.29.11 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1185 Have you ever had the bottom paint removed by soda blasting? If so how did it turn out and aprox. wh
Kevlar Sails IndyEd at 11:07am 03.29.11 Smaller Boats 4/2287 I really thought hard about ordering a set of Kevlar sails (listed on Craigslist) and even contacted
Rotating Gooseneck Modification Ideas? (1) Bud22569 at 11:02am 03.29.11 Ask All Sailors 6/3234 I have a 1979 Seafarer 30 with a boom that rotates for reefing. I do not use the rotating boom for
ParaSailor Spinnaker ? $$ Luxury or Hype ? Stretch at 10:56am 03.29.11 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 3/10884 Don, I searched on this but did not find any user feed back. Your previous post was a long time ago,
demasted in the sea of Cortez patman70 at 10:46am 03.29.11 Ask All Sailors 10/3450 Recently crossing to the Baja side in my 30' Catalina, a nite run with4-5 ft seas ' 18 knots when th
Owner Manual for 40.5? PrincessoftheLake at 9:44am 03.29.11 Big Boats 24/5329 Does anyone know if there is an online version of the owner manual for the 1995 40.5? I'd love to k

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Magma grill kappykaplan at 4:41am 05.25.22 Could you get/make a rubber insert to put inside the clamp?
can't pump out waste tank All U Get at 4:03am 05.25.22 We met some cruisers with a similar problem. The tank was plugged so bad that neither the macerator
Anyone know what this is? Apex at 3:16am 05.25.22 freeze cap?
can't pump out waste tank sabbatical88 at 3:06am 05.25.22 Hi, Thought I'd finally follow up on this and ask another question. I went to the pump out station a
Captain to Hire for Columbia Bar Crossing Training FastOlson at 11:11pm 05.24.22 Chatting with the CG petty officer, he said he could read the boats name as they made their run ove
Captain to Hire for Columbia Bar Crossing Training jssailem at 10:47pm 05.24.22 Crossing the Columbia bar is on my bucket list. Been up to the CG Bar observation tower. There is a
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 10:23pm 05.24.22 Well I didn't think that fingerprints on the bottom side of the glass would matter, but the print ha
Bed-It Tape is back! ggrizzard at 9:59pm 05.24.22 Hooray!
Anyone know what this is? ggrizzard at 9:55pm 05.24.22 I can't see any normal holes in it, But... It might be a very old shaft coupler that somehow got le
New Catalina 30 Owner Hayden Watson at 9:46pm 05.24.22 ... Well that's about all the important stuff for tonight... oh I got the right hand part printing
Intake Silencer Richard19068 at 9:30pm 05.24.22 You have to keep i filled with DSF (diesel silencing fluid). Yes but isn't that very hard to get n
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 8:53pm 05.24.22 I got 1/2 of the new version 4 panel printed. This time it is black and the print turned out perfec
Alternators mikeracca at 8:44pm 05.24.22 Over the past 7 years exploring the Salish Sea and Puget Sound, if you focus on getting from marina
Captain to Hire for Columbia Bar Crossing Training Stu Jackson at 8:39pm 05.24.22 but we would like to develop the skills to cross the Columbia Bar Start reading. Seriously. Use Go
MacGregor 25 Classification stickinthemud57 at 8:37pm 05.24.22 There seem to be two types of sailors - serious racing sailors and everybody else. Racing boats tha
Alternators mikeracca at 8:36pm 05.24.22 I don't understand why you would pay that much money for a disposable Chinese alt (you don't even w
Engine overheats at idle, cools at 15k RPM's. Stu Jackson at 8:28pm 05.24.22 1. Make sure about your plumbing to the water heater. If it is shut off, it could also shut off t
Mistake made when installing lines aft (fortunately it was an easy fix) Sgt B Powell at 7:57pm 05.24.22 Good timing, I am about to do the same thing. Thanks for the insight.
New Articles Blitz at 7:50pm 05.24.22 If you are concerned about water loss and insist on keeping your charger always on at the slip I wou
Dealing with wind shear Mac Smith at 7:41pm 05.24.22

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