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Catalina 27 Keel Bolts (3) youngkevin89 at 12:17pm 05.02.22 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/3284 I am in the process of buying a larger boat (have small deposit down but have not yet committed). Ev
Lower rudder bearing support repair/replacment Jack Lott at 11:34am 05.02.22 Ask All Sailors 0/270 I have a 2006 CatalinaMorgan 440, purchased new. The last in water hull cleaning discovered rust on
Stuffing box- Uh Oh! (H310) wdonovan at 11:25am 05.02.22 Mid-Size Boats 8/1725 Yeah... so I probably should have repacked the stuffing box off season but I didn't, owing to the fa
Beneteau 373 2005 - replace the engine compartment access door strut ldalmonte at 11:07am 05.02.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1263 Beneteau 373 2005 - i need to replace the engine compartment access door gas strut. Does someone ha
Help, Please, with Link2000-R Programming jviss at 7:58am 05.02.22 Musings With Maine Sail 10/1883 Greetings, I can't find the information that I know exists somewhere. I know I've programmed my L
centerboard and trailering on 23.5 waterman30 at 7:53am 05.02.22 Smaller Boats 2/562 Hi - I found an old closed thread on this but just wondered if any consensus on cb up or down for tr
Replacing kitchen faucet - 15mm tubing to 3/8" metal nut? DRhoads at 6:12am 05.02.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1236 I am trying to replace the old faucet with a newer one. the problem I ran into was going from the 1
WORX Hydro shot WG620.4 20v CYQK at 4:36am 05.02.22 Ask All Sailors 8/1100 Bought one of these cordless pressure sprayers...WOW what an idea Check it out just drop the intake
H240 Pulpit drawing SolentHunter at 3:05am 05.02.22 Smaller Boats 2/431 I have a bent pulpit and it needs to be replaced. Does anyone have a scale drawing which I can give
Tacoma Narrows Hayden Watson at 12:05am 05.02.22 Pacific North West Cruisers 36/5869 I will be heading down to Olympia later this week and the current through the Tacoma Narrows will be
Painting fiberglass boxes around steering wheel, O'Day 28 1985 BKParks at 6:55pm 05.01.22 Ask An Oday Owner 22/1958 Hello, my original fiberglass boxes that hold my tach and auto-pilot, etc. are pitted from all the y
Simrad WP30 Belt Tension SabreToothedEngineer at 6:17pm 05.01.22 Ask All Sailors 23/2559 I have a Simrad WP30 on my 1983 Hunter 34. I believe it's original, but I'm not sure. There was an
MaxiProp on 37c? DanMaine at 6:07pm 05.01.22 The Cherubini Hunters 3/564 I found s 15" 3 blade MaxiProp on Ebay. Has anyone used one like this on a 37C? with a 1" shaft? I
Single-handing a Catalina 310? Monheganlover at 3:00pm 05.01.22 Catalina 310 27/4961 I am looking at doing some single handing of my 2002 Catalina 310 this summer. I have an auto-pilot
Repair poor factory fiberglass - advise needed flightlead404 at 2:24pm 05.01.22 Big Boats 4/896 I have two areas on the boat where it appears poor manufacturing processes left a void behind the ge
Looking for a roller I can use when using the trailer winch to raise the mast brockangelo at 2:12pm 05.01.22 Catalina 22 11/1495
Flooring for Hunter 1984 Addie H at 11:19am 05.01.22 Ask All Sailors 3/876 My husband and I took out the old floor boards and want to put something new. Any suggestion are ap
New to me o'day mariner 19' (6) Girth Brooks at 10:17am 05.01.22 Ask All Sailors 15/4034
windlass not working and how to use it solo? sunlover at 9:06am 05.01.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 10/1684 are there any switches that I should be aware of? the controller looks weathered but I'll start d
why not have these built in? sunlover at 9:01am 05.01.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/824 cut two supports to prop open engine hatch.

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So It Begins: Deck Recoring Project (3) SailingCal21 at 9:32am 04.11.25 The saga continues. Last section of the portside masked off and ready to apply the SoftSand non-ski
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 9:13am 04.11.25 Going to take a different "tack" on this subject. I believe that I will stick to OEM sails when I
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions BigEasy at 8:39am 04.11.25 Going to take a different "tack" on this subject. I believe that I will stick to OEM sails when I r
B&R rig tuning take 1 SteveHughessails at 8:32am 04.11.25 Today I will be attempting to confirm the position of the mast using the halyards etc. and tighten t
Alternator Temperature Sensors Hello Below at 8:31am 04.11.25 The only difference between the Balmar alternator and battery temp sensors is the size of the lug h
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions Captain Larry-DH at 8:23am 04.11.25 There are a couple of other choices - radial Hydranet and its equivalence from other manufacturers,
Possible deck issue? BigEasy at 8:21am 04.11.25 I would think if it is the same at ALL of the stanchions (or at least symmetric port/starboard) tha
B&R rig tuning take 1 (1) SteveHughessails at 8:18am 04.11.25 I spent my time on Wednesday cleaning and oiling all the turnbuckles etc. By the time I was finished
Connecting a battery Charger to 1977 Hunter 27 with Yanmar 2qm15 sailermania at 8:17am 04.11.25 Thank You all for your posts. I apologize as I was away. This Hunter 27 has nothing on it electronic
Fluorescent light above mirror in head - wiring question JoeWhite at 8:11am 04.11.25 There are at least 3 capacitors in this image. Look on the underside of the PC board where the capac
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 7:59am 04.11.25 Of course you do....... I will not argue that it is 90's technology. But it appeared dlj was ove
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions dLj at 7:51am 04.11.25 @shemandr nice explanation! I very much agree with you on being able to point. I've never understood
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions Joe at 7:20am 04.11.25 I disagree with this. Of course you do....... I will not argue that it is 90's technology. But
Possible deck issue? thinwater at 7:05am 04.11.25 I would think if it is the same at ALL of the stanchions (or at least symmetric port/starboard) that
Depth needed to safely launch/retrieve Catalina 18 Wing Keel SailingLoto at 6:14am 04.11.25 Unless you are launching a sunfish, I would expect this dolly, the trailer and you to end up wet.
Sails, materials, designs - so many questions shemandr at 5:15am 04.11.25 To try to answer dLj's question about how to tell if a sail is worn out. I would say there two area
Depth needed to safely launch/retrieve Catalina 18 Wing Keel Timm R Oday25 at 4:52am 04.11.25 THat looks pretty handy to have around . It would take some getting used to when backing up
Cabin Ventilation Foswick at 10:09pm 04.10.25 That's weird: A company selling a product that explains why their product is the best solution to a
Cabin Ventilation Stu Jackson at 8:55pm 04.10.25 foswick, no need to try to reinvent the wheel, along with some dubious assertions. Here is the bibl
Salvage Yards pgandw at 7:34pm 04.10.25 General only builds/rebuilds Rhodes 22 for 50? years. Can't tell you about the toe rail. Fred W

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