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Lectra San Grandfathered? Mike Hancock at 8:54pm 11.28.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 16/12151 I have done considerable research regarding the use of an old Lectra San in zero discharge waters. M
HELP installing my PYI dripless shaft seal truckman at 7:51pm 11.28.09 Catalina 310 9/8350 Can anyone give me a couple of pointers regarding my catalina 310. I bought the PYI shaft seal and
Connecting the dots Guest at 6:20pm 11.28.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/2698 In the years since we purchased Belle-Vie in 2002, a 1991 P42, the bilge has always contained a cert
End of season Ross at 5:43pm 11.28.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2817 Nancy and I went to the boat today and pulled our food supplies for the freezing season. We could ha
Preliminary Wiring Diagram (1) Snotter at 4:26pm 11.28.09 Ask All Sailors 25/10422 I am getting ready to add a 75 amp altenator and smart regulator to my morgan 41. I ripped out the
Rudder modification 1974 21ft Mac (2) shine at 4:21pm 11.28.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1805 My wooden tiller has seen its last days, so while I am making a new one out of solid wood, I went to
hull question seebreeze at 3:55pm 11.28.09 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1479 Can anyone tell me about the hull construction of a 222? Today I brought my boat home and had a tra
Sunbird's Question (1) Shoaldrafter at 3:51pm 11.28.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1232 Sunbird, September/October 2005 is not directly about 25, but on page 13 Ted Brewer gives one of h
Cal 2-30 bulkhead repair Painter at 3:00pm 11.28.09 Cal 0/2044 I need to repair a dry rotted port side bulkhead which holds the chain plate for the upper shroud. W
Mainsail foot paphman at 2:16pm 11.28.09 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 9/8274 We will be replacing our main on our Catalina 22 soon. My question is does it make a differance if
VC17 prep. question sbailey64 at 1:57pm 11.28.09 Ask All Sailors 20/11911 I just bought a sailboat that has been bottom coated with VC17 over the past ~10 years. It has 5 coa
Toe Rail & rain leak BobT at 12:06pm 11.28.09 S2 19/7378 It appears as though my vigorous core repairs at the chain plate port side last spring has vibrated
Battery help bigsick at 10:44am 11.28.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1138 I have boat up for the winter and have stored the two batteries in my basement. Should they be on a
Amp Ratings wufibugs at 10:25am 11.28.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1903 I am installing an 800 watt generator and to do so, I am wiring in a 3 position selector switch . F
Old Mac Sailors David F at 9:21am 11.28.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/3277 I read a thread the other day that I believe was written by a 65 year old Mac owner. That was my ag
CNG Capacity Frank P at 7:39am 11.28.09 Ask All Sailors 12/3365 All, I will eventually be converting from CNG to propane and would like to know what the capacity of
bolt rope foot Quoddy at 4:30am 11.28.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1750 I'm trying to decide what the best way is to rig the foot of the main; I have a choice between loose
O'Day 30 emergency tiller deck plate TinKicker at 7:10pm 11.27.09 Bigger Boats 3/2613 I just bought a 1980 O'Day 30. When trying to open the emergency tiller deck plate, the edges of th
Central water manifold Grady17631 at 5:20pm 11.27.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1701 Happy Thanksgiving to all. My boat is located in Northeast Alabama and stays in the water year round
Adding an Inverter need fuse info som1335 at 3:55pm 11.27.09 Ask All Sailors 14/5758 The instructions for the inverter I am installing state you need a fuse or circuit breaker in the ba

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Catalina 27.5 sail sfbay at 6:55am 05.10.22 Welcome to the forum!! Are you referring to the Catalina 275? If so, suggest an internet search on
2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season (1) JamesG161 at 6:43am 05.10.22 How did the forecast turn out? too large to upload here. The video shows the Surface temperature
Hunter H22 Spreader Bracket Replacement (1) rgranger at 6:39am 05.10.22 probably safe to just drill and rivet but if you want to be extra cautious, you could fill them with
Winch maintenance - how often do you? Parsons at 6:37am 05.10.22 I use a rule-of-thumb (literally) that a good surveyor taught me. Put your thumb in the handle hole
Help replacing sheave divider on a Hunter 26 rgranger at 6:34am 05.10.22 Same problem, but ... What the hell is that? https://forums.sailboatowners.com/attachments/205156
Legend 35.5 bow pulpit seat (1) sail sfbay at 6:20am 05.10.22 See posts # 1, 5, 6 and 6 on how several forum members made their seat Bow Pulpit Seat \| Sailboat Ow
Winch maintenance - how often do you? jviss at 6:17am 05.10.22 I do mine every other year. Pro tip: very little grease is necessary, only a film on the bearings.
Sailing the Heel Crazy Dave Condon at 6:02am 05.10.22 The past few responses reflect the same sentiments of Warren Luhrs who founded Hunter
Broken Steel Bolt in Universal M 12 Engine StanleyJ at 5:36am 05.10.22 Thanks Folks! After using a combination of your solutions, I finally was able to remove the broken
Sailing the Heel shemandr at 5:19am 05.10.22 In the OP the main looks pretty deep to me. Once you get to 15 Kts. the outhaul should be tight to
Mast wiring access bil1215 at 5:18am 05.10.22 Some builders use a wire connector on the deck. They are convenient yet they experience corrosion is
How can I protect this terminal block? jviss at 5:11am 05.10.22 If you don't care to eliminate it as others have suggested, you can try Corrosion-X.
Newport 30-3 grab rails bil1215 at 5:03am 05.10.22 Looks really nice! Greg Thanks Greg, it was about 4 hour labor to make the 2 of them. I messed up
SWEET GALE has left a trail of broken dreams from Texas to Maine that has spanned more than 70 years. TomY at 5:03am 05.10.22 Interesting that you should bring this up after 2-1/2 years! @TomY what has become of Sweet Gale?
Sailing the Heel jviss at 5:01am 05.10.22 Depends on the boat. Consult your naval architect! Some boats were designed to go faster at steep
how to take down mast for trailering Crazy Dave Condon at 4:57am 05.10.22 As a volunteer and owning a sailboat dealership, I took care of one such boat for the Boy Scouts @D
Which antiseize on injectors? kloudie1 at 4:45am 05.10.22 Since there are a bunch of copper crush washers in the system, I don't think there'd be a problem wi
O'Day 40 traveler?? LouisMK at 4:45am 05.10.22 Point well taken, thank you
Loose shrouds? sailme88 at 4:39am 05.10.22 Your answer is in those pics... Yes there may be stretch in the rigging... but the support of the m
Mistake made when installing lines aft (fortunately it was an easy fix) danooxnard at 4:18am 05.10.22 I did the same install last year. I left the bolts in place and trimmed in place using a dremel t

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