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Looking for an Owner's manual faithforster26@msn.com at 2:44pm 12.10.09 Catalina 30 8/2721 Hi: We have purchased a 1988 Catalina 30 MK 11 and would really like to obtain an owner's manual. I
Planned interior upgrades for Oh Joy (1) CharlieCobra at 2:24pm 12.10.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1526 We have plans for making this old girl a little homier as we restore her. We plan to do some extend
Pettit Protect 4700/4701 barrier primer Solmansail at 1:23pm 12.10.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1673 Has anyone used the Pettit Protect primer for a barrier coat? Would you recommend it? It takes few
Mainsheet Traveller Problem redmarsail at 12:15pm 12.10.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1765 I have recently purchased a Beneteau 323 (second owner) and have sailed it 3 times, first sailing it
Lust Roger Long at 8:49am 12.10.09 Ask All Sailors 10/3002 Loving my heavy old Endeavour 32 as I do, it isn't often that I see a small fast boat that creates s
Compressed natural gas wdancer at 7:37am 12.10.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/2884 Hello all I have recently purchased my legend and after great effort and time i managed to get the c
Screws in soft deck...... NYSail at 5:44am 12.10.09 Ask All Sailors 9/1961 Hello all. Through all my projects I have done, one has eluded me... working with epoxie and fibergl
Anchors - (Fortress - Worlds Best?) Ducati at 5:35am 12.10.09 Ask All Sailors 12/2746 I was very impressed with the ease + security of a CQR anchor while we chartered in St Martin. All o
Zspar / Beneteau / Catalina halyard issue kaptaindave at 8:21pm 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 7/2485 I have a client with a mast with Z spar / US spar inmast furling mast (as commonly used on Catalina,
Sell in Michigan or Florida? Livingstone at 8:06pm 12.09.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1204 I have a 1985 MacGregor 25 that i would like to sell, and I want to try to get the best price I can
Audio experts-Rock the Boat? Andy1237 at 7:17pm 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 23/3889 Any experience with Rock the Boat audio sales? My CD player may have died and I think it is better
What ever happened to "Help a fellow sailor with a dream " RAD at 6:00pm 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 0/1271 After reading about Flo and the thesailordude it just dawned on me that we never heard from Jim.....
Exhaust manifold output gasket Witzend at 5:29pm 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1358 Since I had to remove it to take the bell housing off to deal with my striped out R'D damper plate (
Rich had asked how i mounted my batteries.. (2) emergpa1 at 4:14pm 12.09.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1176 This could be a repeat post, i posted it earlier, but now I do not see it. maybe it is lost in cyber
Bilge pump on 26SV BobN at 4:08pm 12.09.09 Trailer Sailors 2/2200 Was planning on installing bilbe pump(s) - any recommendations on best locations?
help with thru deck fitting stx203 at 3:05pm 12.09.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1166 I'm starting winter chores on my new (to me) 77 ODay 25. For some reason the previous owners install
Pearson 33-2 keel joint Forrest at 2:56pm 12.09.09 Pearson 2/3088 I have a 1990 Pearson 33-2 with the wing keel. I have owned the boat for the past 5 years.The keel i
Head Stay Hood Furler Hunter Well steveebryant at 1:41pm 12.09.09 Mid-Size Boats 4/1931 I have a Hunter 30. There is a headsail furler well in the bow of the boat. I have purchased a new H
Keel Bolt Condition? (1) Clark at 1:34pm 12.09.09 Ask All Sailors 10/3020 I'm going to look at an older Capri22 this weekend and the owner has sent a number of pictures in ad
Leaking Port Windows Daytona at 1:28pm 12.09.09 Big Boats 3/2324 Can anyone tell me where I might get replacement gaskets for my port windows? This is for a 1987 Hu

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NEW SAILS sail sfbay at 2:51pm 08.21.21 Good choice!! When there is a bolt rope in the sail running in a track on the boom, the loads are
Replacing trailer hand winch cable with UHMWPE synthetic winch rope ? Leeward Rail at 2:45pm 08.21.21 If you end up switching to Dyneema I found good pricing at cbknot.com I switched to a UHMWP rope.
SELF TAILING WINCH ARM DIRECTION twodzusfittings at 2:40pm 08.21.21 I understand that now, thanks everyone.
Hunter 31 Main sail luff. Dennis Kitchen at 2:35pm 08.21.21 Yeah those slugs will come down a lot faster than they go up.
Wooden Leeward Rail at 2:32pm 08.21.21 He eventually started his own company (8 employees) and contracted out to the telephone companies..
Our first long-distance trip in a 19' Mariner. Leeward Rail at 2:31pm 08.21.21 Low water shots look great. I first discovered that with a disposable waterproof camera.
Our first long-distance trip in a 19' Mariner. rgranger at 2:28pm 08.21.21 You may have found a new "best practice" in drone photogarphy. ;)
Best of Luck dlochner at 2:27pm 08.21.21 The problem with Solar Panels is they can catch updrafts. Since your boat @dlochner appears to be
Wooden rgranger at 2:26pm 08.21.21 I tend to think that led those students who were legitimately college bound to stigmatize those wh
Hunter 31 Main sail luff. shemandr at 2:24pm 08.21.21 My Mark 25 was set up like that and I never got it. Although it looked sloppy, that boat had a very
Best of Luck JamesG161 at 2:11pm 08.21.21 The problem with Solar Panels is they can catch updrafts. Since your boat @dlochner appears to be o
Oday 272 LE Bulkhead and bilge water sail sfbay at 1:49pm 08.21.21 Welcome to the forum!! 1. Need to find out the source of water entrance into the bilge and stop it.
How's Your Bottom Doing These Days ? dLj at 1:29pm 08.21.21 Ralph Johnstone...........six to seven years out of an application of bottom paint is remarkable an
Best of Luck kloudie1 at 1:27pm 08.21.21 Man, I knew a woman who kept me out of some trouble, but it cost me more than a new engine/trans! ;)
How's Your Bottom Doing These Days ? dLj at 1:23pm 08.21.21 You say coast of BC - are you in fresh or sea water?
How's Your Bottom Doing These Days ? sail sfbay at 1:20pm 08.21.21 Ralph Johnstone...........six to seven years out of an application of bottom paint is remarkable and
How's Your Bottom Doing These Days ? Charles Erwin at 1:19pm 08.21.21 Ralph Is your permanent moorage influenced by any fresh water source? Does your boat go to dry st
Best of Luck (2) dlochner at 1:18pm 08.21.21 @kloudie1 Thank you for the good wishes. Fortunately, Second Star is an unusually prescient boat th
Complete new bimini/dodger/enclosure H38 - Ideas, Tips, Recommendations? (2) sail sfbay at 1:04pm 08.21.21 Rather than make a long post of dodger/bimini/full enclosure specifications suggest taking a look at
Hunter 31 Main sail luff. Dennis Kitchen at 12:49pm 08.21.21 Thanks kloudie1, I kinda suspected that but mine is set up a little funky and I wanted confirmati

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