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Midship Cleat on Catalina 36 mholt at 5:41am 06.23.10 Big Boats 2/2382 Hi, We have a 2005 Cataliina 36 and are having trouble fitting a midship cleat. We have tried all t
installed new s/s sink in our 260 (1) Bob 04 H260 at 5:14am 06.23.10 Smaller Boats 3/1396 I picked up a small s/s sink while on vacation in Florida this winter. It was only $30, new, but was
new owner needs painting swing keel advice for 26S Captneeen at 5:09am 06.23.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/4589 looking for some advice on bottom painting a 26S New owner, just got a 1994 26S that was used on la
h34 shaft lenght moanalanni at 11:07pm 06.22.10 Big Boats 0/867 I am trying to get a quote for a new s/s shaft on my h34 . my service agent needs the lenght for t
Help Me Identify This Smell Paul Mermelstein at 10:01pm 06.22.10 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/2951 I've had the boat 2+ years and there is this odor that I smell only when first opening up the boat.
Speaking of Aussie sailors... Joe at 9:59pm 06.22.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1355 ... the exciting world of grand prix sailing on the unbelievable 18 foot skiff is very, very popular
Maximum head sail Tired n Giddy at 8:44pm 06.22.10 Smaller Boats 6/1456 Hi I have just purchased a 2004 - 260 and was wondering what the maximum head sail size is possib
Sailing Close Hauled Question kpgraci at 7:10pm 06.22.10 Ask All Sailors 7/3557 Newbie question - Went out sailing Sunday, after a few hours of no wind things picked up and we had
Backing Down / Testing Reverse Thrust Maine Sail at 6:57pm 06.22.10 Musings With Maine Sail 13/5391 Well I finally got to test out my new toy, a digital strain gauge. For my first little experiment I
Achillles inflatable part Edlk at 6:27pm 06.22.10 Ask All Sailors 3/1977 Does anyone know where you can get the channel that attaches the wood benches to the inflatable side
Help! Reefing Puzzle Challenge (1) Tim S/V Zephyr at 6:25pm 06.22.10 Ask All Sailors 13/3448 Hey Folks... I recently bought a Catalina 25 sailboat and am trying to figure out how to set up the
Slug Lub Mick at 5:56pm 06.22.10 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1472 I have noticed that it is harder to raise the Main , due to the slugs sticking. I was wondering if a
Main Halyard Rope Clutch Slippage canavap at 5:49pm 06.22.10 Catalina 30 3/2587 My 3 year old main halyard (3/8" Sta-Set) slips in my rope clutch. Has anyone had this problem? I
Fish Finder Mac at 5:20pm 06.22.10 Ask All Sailors 11/1967 I've read where you can mount the transducer in the bilge of a sailboat. I have a Mac 25 and was wo
First sail fiestaMojo at 5:09pm 06.22.10 The Cherubini Hunters 9/1982 Well, got the sails on this past weekend; first sail was yesterday - the solstice (Sailstice) of cou
Sticky vinyl fenders Gudenuph at 4:15pm 06.22.10 Ask All Sailors 13/2848 How do you clean up the sticky surface of vinyl fenders that may have seen too much sunshine? What
emergency tiller grb at 2:25pm 06.22.10 Catalina 30 2/1643 My 30' TR lacks any emergency steering tiller. I can fashion a circular end to fit what appears to
Drop the mast or boatswain chair? Jib halyard stuck.. 1977oday22 at 2:16pm 06.22.10 Ask An Oday Owner 10/4069 As we all know in boating, there is a first time for everything. While I was sailing this weekend, I
Perko Latch parts for repair piper at 2:07pm 06.22.10 Ask All Sailors 7/3625 I've an older version of the Perko 930 latch on the head door. The latch part of the latch (i.e. bo
Sailing show on Travel channel Tim R. at 1:22pm 06.22.10 Ask All Sailors 2/1711 My wife and I used to watch a program on the travel channel a few years ago. It was about an Aussie

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Forever to Charge - What's This? jviss at 5:49pm 03.21.22 What happened when you separated them? What was the resting voltage for each? Have you tested them
Auto Pilot Kings Gambit at 5:48pm 03.21.22 A couple of things. First, I don't think you should connect the drive to the quadrant; Edson is qu
Christmas in March Dalliance at 5:43pm 03.21.22
Auto Pilot Kings Gambit at 5:43pm 03.21.22 Budget, budget. Always budget. Advise your best reommendation, then let the chips where they fall, I
Anchor windlass for Hunter 340 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:39pm 03.21.22 Take a look in here and let me know if this helps.
Forever to Charge - What's This? Hayden Watson at 5:38pm 03.21.22 Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I have some pretty good battery testing gear, though, including a
Auto Pilot jviss at 5:35pm 03.21.22 My below deck autohelm has failed while underway. Should not try to fix at sea, so you're stuck w/m
Auto Pilot Kings Gambit at 5:29pm 03.21.22 My below deck autohelm has failed while underway. Should not try to fix at sea, so you're stuck w/ma
Great Sailing Sunday. Woops! Crazy Dave Condon at 5:29pm 03.21.22 As the gusts get stronger you may want to consider reefing early for example 15-17 mph. With the 17
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard jviss at 5:29pm 03.21.22 I'll second the "why" on this. Of course, in a single circuit it likely doesn't make sense. But th
Auto Pilot jviss at 5:27pm 03.21.22 I thought the idea was to give William options. William said "...want to install an autopilot, Any
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard jeepbluetj at 5:25pm 03.21.22 "Same circuit" maybe misleading, A GFI should not be on the load side of another GFI, daisy chaine
Help with pumpout station part Justin_NSA at 5:25pm 03.21.22 Thanks Dave. Looks like Grainger and Amazon have the couplings also. And they are not expensive. Nee
Great Sailing Sunday. Woops! Tater at 5:21pm 03.21.22 What were the wind speeds when first sailing? Hi Dave. I est. 5-10 with gusts to 15. The big one c
Great Sailing Sunday. Woops! Crazy Dave Condon at 5:15pm 03.21.22 What were the wind speeds when first sailing?
Legend 40.5 - Anchor chain stowage Kings Gambit at 5:04pm 03.21.22 The short answer is "replace with SS chain." It's slippery; does not crust over, does not kink in wi
Firefly battery issues Brad Hoff at 5:03pm 03.21.22 I have been having issued myself. Installed 3 Firefly 12v the fall before the pandemic. Boat did get
Rudder Reference Installation Hunter Vision 36 zephyr070 at 4:59pm 03.21.22 Nice installation! This is exactly what I have on my Vision 32. One question: did you bed the mounti
Auto Pilot Stu Jackson at 4:48pm 03.21.22 And, in my opinion, that's all there is to it! Except that's NOT all there is to it, is there? Th
H280 Boom & Jiffy Reef zephyr070 at 4:41pm 03.21.22 Hi there! I remember coming across this blog post when I first bought my 89 Vision 32. I was curious

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