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Selden in mast question (2) Believe H46 at 2:52pm 04.05.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 14/1282 Rigger took mainsail out then ghosted. Went to put it back in (1st for this newbie), which appeared
Galley sink project (5) Scott T-Bird at 12:27pm 04.05.25 Ask All Sailors 6/550 The other project I got started on was replacing my galley sink and faucet. I mentioned before that
Water fill replacement cap azambella at 10:24am 04.05.25 The Cherubini Hunters 1/223 Has anyone replaced the water deck fill cap on their 82 Hunter? The markings are WC. 1 1/2. I tri
Hatch boards vents (1) Timm R Oday25 at 10:14am 04.05.25 Ask All Sailors 24/1288 In an effort to keep the dampness to a minimum And reluctance to put any more holes of any type in
Catalina 22 Carpet bebling at 8:55am 04.05.25 Catalina 22 4/820 Does anyone have a source for carpet for a 1988 C22? I did not see any carpet listed on the Catalin
deck skylight replacements for 2002 hunter 356 (1) Seneca at 8:40am 04.05.25 Ask All Sailors 14/746 Both of the skylights on my 2002 Hunter 356 are needing to be replaced. It sounds like they no longe
Martec prop cotter pin replacement material 4lane at 6:10pm 04.04.25 Ask All Sailors 6/427 Martec folding props have a small cotter pin that goes through the hub and nut. I believe they are M
Catalina 310 market value sailboat sabbatical at 11:07am 04.04.25 Catalina 310 6/1277 So I bought a Catalina 310 a few months ago with the intention of sailing/motoring up the ICW for si
What's this? (1) DinghySailor at 9:45am 04.04.25 Ask All Sailors 7/576 After a light-air sail yesterday, with the asym on the reach home, my crew found what appears to be
The holy grail of all questions nautical Timm R Oday25 at 9:23am 04.04.25 Ask All Sailors 34/1872 I've looked everywhere . Scoured the earth I have . Here goes . "how does one keep toilet paper fr
Replacing nuts on keel bolts (5) Scott T-Bird at 7:05am 04.04.25 Ask All Sailors 20/1441 My Catalina has 1" studs and the torque is specified to be 235 ft-lb. There are 9 of them. My bilg
Starting battery MattA at 9:40pm 04.03.25 Engines and Propulsion 9/993
Down the (New Design) Hatch! ...3TacksontheWater at 6:03pm 04.03.25 Catalina 22 13/1574 On the old "to do list" for Waffle House was to replace the lens on the fore-hatch. Why replace? It
Cracks in the bilge (1) HermanHunter at 5:58pm 04.03.25 The Cherubini Hunters 7/700 Hello, I've bought my first sailboat, Hunter 33 1980 Cherubini. She was sitting on the ground for a
How to fix weeping keel bolts? shaant01 at 5:45pm 04.03.25 Trailer Sailors 0/373 I own a Siren 17 (trailerable sailboat) and find that the bolts on the retractable centerboard tend
Hunter H240 Centerboard bracket deteriorated PSA (2) Sneed at 4:37pm 04.03.25 Trailer Sailors 20/1476 I was replacing the centerboard uphaul on my h240 and this is the condition of the bracket. I reali
Hunter 38 2006 what color gelcoat number? MarcinS at 11:17am 04.03.25 Big Boats 4/422 Hello, I'm starting to repair the gelcoat spiders/stars on my boat. I can't find the gelcoat color n
Wiring a combo deck/steaming light jcockrell at 10:21am 04.03.25 Catalina 22 2/626
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit dlochner at 8:27am 04.03.25 Ask All Sailors 28/1294 Our 2021 Honda 5hp outboard has developed an annoying habit, it likes to take afternoon siestas afte
Sailing Tender Foswick at 7:51pm 04.02.25 Ask All Sailors 36/2623 Recent discussions on another thread got me thinking about revisiting my tender situation, this year

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Seacock Quality... Replace?--Currently on the hard. Ward H at 2:37pm 07.24.25 I went with a poor man's step wrench when installing my thru hulls. Turns out a brake adjuster to
New to the forum ...3TacksontheWater at 2:10pm 07.24.25 That's a great boat you got, and rare! Congratulations, and welcome aboard! That boat has clearly b
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat Foswick at 2:05pm 07.24.25 Rich makes a fair suggestion about just covering it up and dealing with it later. However, I wouldn'
Mac 25 mainsail woes or ok Davidasailor26 at 1:31pm 07.24.25
From a Catalina 22 to a 310 (2) ToddL214 at 1:29pm 07.24.25 Here's the link to the "C34 Tech Wiki" I mentioned. Catalina 34 - c34.org Just in case you didn
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat Rich Stidger at 1:25pm 07.24.25 This doesn't look like a big deal. What I would do is this- It's the middle of the season, and I w
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat (1) dlochner at 1:19pm 07.24.25 This will be easier to work on when the boat is out of the water, in the meantime get one of these:
Mac 25 mainsail woes or ok (1) Davidasailor26 at 1:09pm 07.24.25
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat Foswick at 1:07pm 07.24.25 The good news is that I think you are correct that there is no structural damage. What I would do i
Help! Idiot Cracked My Gelcoat Davidasailor26 at 1:04pm 07.24.25
Mac 25 mainsail woes or ok SteveHughessails at 1:03pm 07.24.25 Hi Mark There are no battens, no batten pockets. That logo is black felt pen. :-)
From a Catalina 22 to a 310 ToddL214 at 1:02pm 07.24.25 Congratulations on the C 310 acquisition; you'll love it. I made the trip to the C 310 from a C 22
Sailing LI (Huntington) to Catskill. NEED ADVICE! Zero experience. David in Sandusky at 12:55pm 07.24.25 Well done! A great first cruise! David
Universal M-18 fuel return line part identification danclawson at 12:49pm 07.24.25 Another option is to find exactly where the leak is, remove the "leak-off" manifold and take it to
From a Catalina 22 to a 310 shemandr at 12:47pm 07.24.25 I moved up several times i.e. 2 footitis. I was worried at some point about handling the larger boa
Mas-Technologies MS200 alternator alarm colemj at 12:29pm 07.24.25 The MS200 was an analog to NMEA2000 converter. I don't know much about it, but these devices are co
Mac 25 mainsail woes or ok colemj at 12:13pm 07.24.25 Given that the M25 logo is on the sail, and it is old and faded, my bet is it is a M25 sail, because
Mac 25 mainsail woes or ok SteveHughessails at 11:40am 07.24.25 So far the only sails I have found are almost at par with the cost of the vessel. Lol
Merit 22 owners (1) RussC at 11:02am 07.24.25 Christmas came early today. I guess I have a project for the day now :biggrin: replacing upper, lowe
Universal M-18 fuel return line part identification danclawson at 10:26am 07.24.25 Where in the metal line, is the leak? Is it at the fitting or at what point in the line. In other w

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