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Shower Curtian Help Tom Potter at 3:03pm 08.10.10 Bigger Boats 0/1409 I'm brain storming some ideas on how to install a shower curtain on my 28 to keep the wood bulkheads
Run new wire for wind instrument up mast windchime1 at 1:53pm 08.10.10 Mid-Size Boats 4/1794 I have a 1991 33.5 Hunter that I am trying to replace the wire for a Raymarine ST60 wind transducer
Calling all B57 Owners RobInAnnapols at 1:52pm 08.10.10 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1148 All- I'm looking at a few Beneteau 57s as my next boat. Current boat is a Morgan 44 Center Cockpit
SeaGloss Pro for Non-Skid Eras at 1:52pm 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 3/3080 Has anyone used SeaGloss Pro? (West Marine brand non-skid) Also, I've read many posts about the
sea crown sailboat pupluv at 1:45pm 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 4/9151 Anyone know anything or have literature for Sea Crown sailboats? Apparently these were made in Ceres
Adding an Automatic Bilge Pump kpgraci at 1:44pm 08.10.10 Day Sailers 7/2189 Hey All, Got an '73 ODay 22, now in a marina (!) so I want (need) to install an automatic bilge pu
Scuppers and bilge questions radioguy at 12:59pm 08.10.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/3906 This is a two part question :) 1. I've yet to put my boat in the water. I can see when I wash the
Small Coolant Leak Marc14857 at 12:42pm 08.10.10 Big Boats 8/2307 I have a very small coolant leak on the Yanmar 4JH4E ever since I took possesion of the boat. After
Mainsheet Article Deadline September 10th bobjames at 12:29pm 08.10.10 Catalina 310 0/1272 Hi Captains and Admirals: How is your spring launch going? My launch on Lake Erie is scheduled for M
Moving to DC from SF with Catalina 30 pkremser at 12:17pm 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 18/4316 HI all: We just found out we might be moving from the San Francisco Bay Area to Washington DC with
Hunter 37 Owners Manual? mtownson at 12:09pm 08.10.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/4350 I just bought a 1987 Hunter Legend 37 and have looked everywhere for an owners manual. Does anyone k
Sad sight (2) PotomacDaysailer at 11:41am 08.10.10 Trailer Sailors 16/5818 Passed by the Washington (DC) Sailing Marina on a bike ride and saw this boat, looks like it has bee
Has anyone improved jib sheet "cleating"? Clark at 11:31am 08.10.10 Mid-Size Boats 6/1761 We have a 1996 280 and there are some jam (V) cleats for the sheets to be used until the wind streng
Zincs for hunter 33 yanmar 29hp engine??? paul1938 at 10:31am 08.10.10 Mid-Size Boats 2/1609 I just purchased 2 months ago, a 2005 H33 with the yanmar 3 cl. engine, that's the one with 29 hp. I
Fuel tank repair caguy at 10:23am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 11/2586
Wanted-Raymarine St4000 autopilot control head (2) joe-fran at 10:23am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 8/6182 My Ericson-28 was hit by lightning earlier this summer. All electronics were fried. Have replaced th
cradle design Bob 04 H260 at 7:39am 08.10.10 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1875 I have a friend with a Hunter 270 - (a 260 with a keel). He does not have a trailer or cradle and th
Opening Port Windows Piratenorm at 7:27am 08.10.10 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1250 I am going to change the fixed portlights on my Catalina 30 Mk 1 (1983) to at least 2 opening ones b
You guys were right I was wrong higgs at 7:19am 08.10.10 Ask All Sailors 13/2738 all the griping about West marine hit me as a bit picky. No more. I was wrong. 3/16' lifeline
Teflon grease, silicone grease can? Ken13559 at 7:19am 08.10.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 12/11173 Peggy, In one of your recent post, you mentioned using teflon grease to lub the inside of the Jabsco

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Do you use checklists? jssailem at 7:23am 06.27.22 Check lists are a great reminder to affirm all of the required and nice to do tasks are complete. Ce
Fridge time-on measurement DeniseO30 at 7:22am 06.27.22 There was a time when 12 volt Refrigeration compressors where not not available. just about any a
Main Halyard for Catalina 315 Bill Russell at 7:13am 06.27.22 Stephen - thanks for the photos of your line arrangement. My boat does not have the fourth rope clu
New Catalina 30 Owner jssailem at 7:01am 06.27.22 Congrats Mike. You have brought Luna a long way. From being a lost hulk tied to a slip, to now splas
Water pump on a 2002 Beneteau 331 DougM at 6:58am 06.27.22 Probably air getting into the system somewhere, but also check the filter screen in the pump itself
Sensors Needed for obtaining TWD so I can display wind shifts on B&G Vulcan 9. Sandy Stone at 6:56am 06.27.22 Are you doing the calculations by hand, or will your existing instrumentation take care of it once i
Sensors Needed for obtaining TWD so I can display wind shifts on B&G Vulcan 9. Davidasailor26 at 6:53am 06.27.22 I think there should be a pair of settings to use Speed Over Ground and Course Over Ground for true
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 6:37am 06.27.22
Good exercise of older boaters Siamese at 6:26am 06.27.22 :laugh:
Anchor violently "jumps" onto bow roller Matt White at 5:42am 06.27.22 Thanks all! I have worked on the finesse of tap-tap-tapping the shank over onto the roller. I also r
Oday 19 centerboard help shemandr at 5:23am 06.27.22 If you build a centerboard there is some latitude about its size and the material. If you are not l
Battery bank question Scott T-Bird at 5:17am 06.27.22 It's really difficult to provide any rational answers when we don't how you use your boat. Do you j
Good places in BC to buy Catalina Mast? jssailem at 5:13am 06.27.22 You could also try Ballenger Spar in Watsonville California. https://ballengerspars.com The can make
Good places in BC to buy Catalina Mast? Claude L.-Auger at 5:07am 06.27.22 Hitching a ride on John's suggestion, not only could you try to match the extrusion, but looking at
New Catalina 30 Owner jssailem at 5:04am 06.27.22
Hunter 26 taking on water David in Sandusky at 4:55am 06.27.22 Our mystery, high volume leak under weigh was the cockpit drain hoses. On our boat, the stern wave n
New owner of neglected 1986 Capri 18 (1) SailingLoto at 4:10am 06.27.22 I used stands on my 25, but you should easily be able jack that little boat up and block it to get u
Dock line noise. Will Gilmore at 3:29am 06.27.22 I'm fairly sure I could find the anser for under $150,000 :wow3: That sounds like a real deal. Ho
Fridge time-on measurement MFD at 9:19pm 06.26.22 For $30 you can get a cheap charge monitor and it will log how much power you use, but not cycle ti
Hunter 26.5 owners. Soonersailor at 9:17pm 06.26.22 Thanks John. Just the info i needed. I did notice all the images I found on google showed mains mark

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