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Catalina 310 featured in Latitudes & Attitudes Magazine bobjames at 7:23am 12.31.10 Catalina 310 3/2514 Bill Lewis is the Technical Editor for the C310 International Association and has been an officer of
Merc/Nissan/Tohatsu 6HP Lot Of Complaints, What About 8HP? sigbear at 5:02am 12.31.10 Ask All Sailors 21/52352 I have been reading several different reviews regarding Merc/Nissan/Tohatsu 6-8 hp "4 stroke" outboa
Dead light repair H27 bsavulis at 9:51pm 12.30.10 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1575 I have a 1975 H27 it has 8 alumium framed deadlights (non opening windows) I am about to begin rebui
Hunter 260 purchase shanker at 9:22pm 12.30.10 Smaller Boats 23/7072 I have an opportunity to buy a 260 Hunter. I have never been on one and I'm trying to get a good fee
Dinghy Davits stephen Penny at 8:04pm 12.30.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1720 I have researched dinghy davits and considering sourcing from Martek or Garhauer for my Hunter 31. D
toe rail Desmond at 5:58pm 12.30.10 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 2/4231 SV Endeavor, Newport OR. I am having trouble finding an aluminum toe rail to fit my Ranger 33.
Re-Packing A traditional Stuffing Box (32) Maine Sail at 5:22pm 12.30.10 Musings With Maine Sail 18/45448 While digging around in some old boat parts boxes, I found the stuffing box from my old Catalina 36.
Auto Tiller Pilot (4) Billbeard at 4:50pm 12.30.10 Ask All Sailors 5/3339 I just saw this ad in my local craiglist protection/certification/guarantee. More info Auto Til
oday 34 information dsailormon at 4:27pm 12.30.10 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1087 am seriously considering buying a oday 34. was hoping some folks could give me any insight as to wha
Teflon Grease?????? dsmylie at 1:02pm 12.30.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 5/3253 All, Where can I find teflon grease? I've asked the big box stores and the smaller ones and they a
Bottomsiders and Dogs Runaway at 12:11pm 12.30.10 Ask All Sailors 7/2801 I'm looking at buying Bottomsiders for the cockpit of my Hunter 29.5. I have two 70 pound canines t
V22 or V 222 UseDaGreyMatter at 10:48am 12.30.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/5159 I keep hearing people say she is a 222 since she has the pop top. Could be.... According to the imag
Passage 42 Charting the changes. Tully.J at 10:01am 12.30.10 Big Boats 6/1979 Hi there, Im new to the forum and very glad to have found it . I am very serious about buying a Pas
Replacing a Hunter 25.5 pop top tcoursey at 9:35am 12.30.10 Ask All Sailors 4/2699 I was thinking of trying to replace my pop top. It has spider cracks and leaks a bit. I would think
History of the Lancer 25? Tod at 7:47am 12.30.10 Lancer 3/4503 Was the Lancer 25 ever built by a company called Glassline Products? Here is a boat that the owner
Replacing topside teak with Plasteak Ketoj at 7:04am 12.30.10 Ask All Sailors 8/10296 After years of pain in maintaining the narrow teak eyebrows along the length of the cabin top, I pur
$12K? Really? chefmike at 6:09am 12.30.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1769 http://sailingtexas.com/201009/sventure24102.html
Raritan compact... inflow stopped. ericson_adam at 7:02pm 12.29.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/3264 A couple of month ago, I bought a boat that was discussed years ago on this forum. The Ericson 29 h
Seafrost plates gettinthere at 5:01pm 12.29.10 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 0/1397 2 free seafrost plates. Taken from an 80's vintage Mason 42. No signs of leaks. One is diagonal cut
seafrost fridge ocean5 at 4:55pm 12.29.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 5/3339 good day ,even in winter time .we have a beneteau 373 with seafrost fridge system . i find that it d

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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
How do I add a new turning block at base of mast? flightlead404 at 12:02pm 08.10.22 Well this turned out to be easy peasy. Wish all jobs were this simple. I couldn't get the torx hea
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 Jacktar at 12:01pm 08.10.22 By the way for cat 22 owners, you can keep your current fire extinguishers unless they are over 12 y
2 boom vangs, no main sheet? Leeward Rail at 11:42am 08.10.22 just ordered the C22 Owner's Manual from CatalinaDirect.com so maybe I don't have to ask too many m
Put it in a slip, or keep it on the trailer? Any Sea at 11:36am 08.10.22 I use mine from a dry slip, fully rigged. I would be very reluctant to keep a boat with a cast iron

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