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Laminate verses carpet Mic Jones at 11:18pm 03.16.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 22/7152 I have just finished my first attempt in my home installing laminate flooring. Looks good and servic
Rigger Recommendation-San mateo, CA mikesh at 10:40pm 03.16.11 Ask All Sailors 2/1990 Can anyone recommend a good rigger to look at a mast top problem in the San Mateo/San Francisco area
Beneteau Cutlass Bearing Mounting Corrosion (1) sailtjk at 8:07pm 03.16.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/3285 I'm a relatively new owner of a 1999 Beneteau 321 which we keep in San Diego. In January the boatyar
Bottom paint help new owner Richie50 at 7:28pm 03.16.11 Catalina 22 6/2075 I just got my 1976 C22 last October; it was apparently not sailed for 2 years. I plan on mooring her
stuffing box packing contagious at 6:35pm 03.16.11 Big Boats 7/1788 Has anyone changed the packing without hauling the boat out?
Aluminum or stainless steel rivets? Blitz at 5:02pm 03.16.11 Ask All Sailors 21/21032
Spongy Foredeck captined at 4:13pm 03.16.11 Ask An Oday Owner 10/3206 Have a Spongy Foredeck Three ' X Three ' any one know what what is between the Deck and the Cabin. W
keel bolts on a 1982 hunter danpan3 at 3:50pm 03.16.11 The Cherubini Hunters 3/2002 hi any one know what kind, size and how the keel bolts are attach to the lead keel on my 1982, 27 fo
dry storage Hurricane season Turk&Caicos JeanGuy Bourgeois at 3:42pm 03.16.11 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1256 Any body with experiance in dry storage during hurricane season close to Turk'Caicos?
Fun with Broaching kpgraci at 2:25pm 03.16.11 Ask All Sailors 7/4615 Funny how things work out. I was in the process of trying to understand the definition of Broach, ho
layup dry storage Turk&Caicos area JeanGuy Bourgeois at 2:01pm 03.16.11 Ask All Sailors 4/2250 Hi Anybody with experiance dry storage in the Turk'Caicos during the Hurricane season? Any other sug
Electrical Panel (1) FourPoints at 12:14pm 03.16.11 Ask All Sailors 15/5219 I am replacing my 21 year old OEM 5 circuit electrical panel and box enclosure with something a litt
performance upgrdes for C27 with fin keel peconicbay at 11:14am 03.16.11 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1735 Hi, Has anyone tried to improve the performance of their C27? The only after maket part that I hav
1984 Hunter 31 sliding hatch acrylic John Kirkland at 9:33am 03.16.11 Mid-Size Boats 2/2094 Here is a source for replacement acrylic for your sliding hatch. They will cut to exact size. Reason
Fixed Spreaders and Backstay Tensioners highdesertM26 at 9:14am 03.16.11 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1400 Greetings fellow Mac owners. I wanted to solicit feedback on fixed spreaders and backstay tensioner
Bilge pump backflow? Kermit at 6:44am 03.16.11 Ask All Sailors 18/9751 I suspect water is backflowing through the bilge pump discharge pipe when my Hunter 23 heels to port
relocating mainsail traveler kdshutler at 6:37am 03.16.11 Seidelmann 1/2904 I have a seidelmann 30 that I'm prep'ing to paint. I would like to make any changes prior to that.
Binnacle Leaks Jim Legere at 5:44am 03.16.11 The Cherubini Hunters 0/1588 Is it just me, or is life about constantly struggling against small leaks on my boat? I have done al
Shower Replacement 1992 35.5 mysticrun at 5:40am 03.16.11 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1696 I need to replace the flexible hose in the Head Shower. Has anyone tackled this before? Looks like
Spring Gelcoat Maintenance Revisited Ducati at 5:23am 03.16.11 Ask All Sailors 5/2413 Maine Sail offered some really great info on bringing heavily oxidized gelcoat back to life. My time

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Access to distribution panel kappykaplan at 4:59pm 07.28.22 Welcome to the forums! Do you have any photos of your setup to share? :beer:
Seawater strainer o-ring dkinzer at 4:56pm 07.28.22 A lot of equipment manfactured recently has metric dimensions so it is entirely possible (even likel
Anchorman Power 700 Windlass Rich Stidger at 4:51pm 07.28.22 Don't have it custom machined at a shop. Buy the part direct from a UK supplier. Shipping is not
Surveyor- Kemah Tx Jumpstart at 4:47pm 07.28.22 Thanks JRacer. Got a quote for trucking. Almost double what we were thinking. That and other associa
How soon is to soon? Tally Ho at 4:28pm 07.28.22 I'll admit that I get excited for them ... it sounds like @Allowishish has a solid plan and is read
AC Wiring Question (1) Tally Ho at 4:21pm 07.28.22 I have 3 which works for me. Charger, water heater, outlest. If you have AC that would add one.
Seawater strainer o-ring Two Sails at 3:56pm 07.28.22
AC Wiring Question DeniseO30 at 3:43pm 07.28.22 op doesn't really need the redundancy of 120 and 12 volts for the refrigeration unit. Contrary to
AC Wiring Question jviss at 3:32pm 07.28.22 Done correctly, electrical systems are safe, done incorrectly they are deadly. Here, here!
AC Wiring Question dlochner at 3:30pm 07.28.22 To the OP, I'm a little late to this party as I don't normally read the Catalina forum. After skimmi
AC Wiring Question Hayden Watson at 3:29pm 07.28.22 That would be a big AC panel, even on a 40' boat, no? I have 3 which works for me. Charger, water
Chainplates for Drogue thinwater at 3:28pm 07.28.22 I have towed drogues in gale and near gale conditions many times for research. A drogue element pull
Slippery Strip For RIB Keel? dmax at 3:26pm 07.28.22 You could make your own using a strip and adhesive from mcmaster-carr: https://www.mcmaster.com/uhmw
Anchorman Power 700 Windlass JamesG161 at 3:26pm 07.28.22 One last thought about the Friction core... It seems to match Part #76 taper and used for less wear
Anchorman Power 700 Windlass JamesG161 at 3:22pm 07.28.22 I do not know, but suggest using same materials as Part# 76. Jim... PS: you might call Simson-Lawra
New Battery w4swk at 3:22pm 07.28.22 Nice plans. Have you taken into consideration the requirement to have a controller on the solar out
Stopping engine jviss at 3:14pm 07.28.22 Actually Don is correct. if this is the factory alt(leece-Neville) with key /on excite.. Once the a
Stopping engine Paulam at 3:05pm 07.28.22 and you wonder why people like to me find it difficult
AC Wiring Question jviss at 3:01pm 07.28.22 a small, say, six circuit 120 Volt panel That would be a big AC panel, even on a 40' boat, no?
Stopping engine Maine Sail at 2:59pm 07.28.22 That's not so, Don. When the regulator is shut off, and there's no field current, there will be no

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