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Add a Battery truckman at 10:19pm 11.02.09 Catalina 310 3/1874 Hello, I am looking at adding a starter battery and paralleling my two stock batteries. Anyone out
Flooring/Cabin Sole Ideas miamibmw at 9:41pm 11.02.09 The Cherubini Hunters 10/16003 Was in the Home Depot today ' happened to pass by the laminate flooring section. This got me to thin
looking for info phil m at 9:30pm 11.02.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1016 I am working on a hunter 1987 sailboat having trouble finding flooring for inside cabin as well as s
Thru-HolyS#@! Devian at 8:29pm 11.02.09 Ask All Sailors 17/3300 So a thru hold valve failed sometime in the recent future and it almost sunk my boat today. 28" of s
Navigation Equipment for a 77 Catalina 30 dstaylor95 at 7:32pm 11.02.09 Catalina 30 4/1991 Currently there are no navigation systems on the boat except the compass. I would like to get one s
forward hatch logic Manny at 7:29pm 11.02.09 Ask All Sailors 17/7082 So... it seems like every sailboat i've seen with a hinged hatch above the v-berth has the hatch ope
Is it running aground? BobM at 7:14pm 11.02.09 S2 4/1496 I took the day off (sick...cough) but had to drop the boat off at the marina to be craned out tomorr
MK-II Wing Keel Diego-Don at 5:44pm 11.02.09 Catalina 22 1/1828 I'm thinking about an 88 Catalina-22 wing keel version. We sailed a 1980 Catalina-22 swing keel ver
"Ouch" I busted a chain plate Boom Magnet at 5:33pm 11.02.09 Catalina 22 7/2470 OK, so I take my newly purchased, '73 Catalina 22 for the maiden voyage and after 15 minutes (in 15
Pearson 303 boom has bend in it turk100 at 4:15pm 11.02.09 Pearson 3/1631 Is it normal for the boom to have a slight bend in it? Or, are all booms supposed to be perfectly st
Generator Exhaust Thru Hull (1) Frank P at 4:00pm 11.02.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2833 Hello All, I am looking for a stainless steel exhaust thru hull similar to what is shown at the webs
Looking for a sailboat with trailor Marilea at 2:03pm 11.02.09 Trailer Sailors 9/4416 Hello, I'm looking for a sailboat, with head room to stand up inside. I need a sailboat that fits
St. Pete., Fl area 27' Hunter oldgranpop at 1:08pm 11.02.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/953 I am the new owner of a 1982 Hunter 27' ' would like to meet up with owners of similiar boats to lea
Wing Keel width Salty at 1:02pm 11.02.09 Ask All Sailors 0/7 Would anyone happen to know the width of the wing on the Oday322 wing keel? I got a problem on my ha
Mast tuning hunter 336 Morning Haze at 12:16pm 11.02.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/3990 Hello there, I am a new hunter owner. We bought a hunter 336 (1995) and I have some problems tuni
Storing the boat on a sloped drive way Bill Leathen at 11:52am 11.02.09 Smaller Boats 4/1407 I have a slightly sloped drive way where I store my H23 over the winter in Wisconsin. In the past,
Water heater question butchrobbins at 11:44am 11.02.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1605 How long should it take for a 12 gallon tank tp get hot after starting the engine?
cabin table paphman at 11:43am 11.02.09 Catalina 22 19/7626 My wife and I sail a 1884 C-22. I would like to change out the cabin table covering and think it bes
How much horsepower? BiminiJack at 11:35am 11.02.09 Bigger Boats 5/1910 The engines in the boats that I'm looking at have about 50/50 Atomic vs. Diesels. Now the Atomic 4
Oday 322 Wing Dimension Salty at 11:16am 11.02.09 Ask An Oday Owner 0/940 Would anyone happen to know the width of the wing on the Oday322 wing keel? I got a problem on my h

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Shackleton's Endurance Found Justin_NSA at 5:59am 03.13.22 Are you saying Shackleton knowingly embarked at a less than ideal time? Yep. It's part of the trag
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Bug screen artboas at 1:45am 03.13.22 Used pet screen when I replaced the two damaged hatch screens on our boat. I came up with a really
Purchasing Sails mikeracca at 11:15pm 03.12.22 I have talked with a couple sail lofts, and the one I felt the best about was Precision Sails. They
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New Catalina 30 Owner (1) jssailem at 7:18pm 03.12.22 Firstly, welcome to the club. You found an old boat with an old scheme wiring. You were aghast that
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