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New to group Irwin 37 MKV Questions Collinsj at 2:10pm 11.16.09 Irwin 5/7872 Let me introduce myself first, My name is John and my wife is Bobbie. We have just purchased a 1981
Damper Plate Rattle (4) Witzend at 2:09pm 11.16.09 Catalina 310 1/1852 Well folks, I pulled the engine and split the bell housing to find out why I was getting so much rat
bimini and dodger for legend 37 jackpot at 2:07pm 11.16.09 Big Boats 0/1470 I just bought a hunter legend 375, and it has the original bimini and dodger. But, the former owner
Rudder Specifications johnorr at 12:53pm 11.16.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1561 I own a 1979 Hunter 25 where it broke its mooring in a storm and went on the rocks. The rudder shear
strange granules warner82 at 12:13pm 11.16.09 Catalina 30 3/1666 hi, just bought a cat 30 and there is this strange granules on the port side looks like bug "guanno
1977 Catalina keel crack Taz at 11:15am 11.16.09 Catalina 30 0/1470 There is an article in the Catalina knowledge base by Roger Dupre concerning the keel crack problem
Leaking Forward Hatch YorkshireLad at 10:55am 11.16.09 Big Boats 1/1255 The 'new-to-me' H40.5 has a leaking forward hatch - it's the large Bowmar hatch over the v-berth. T
rebedding windows newboatowner at 10:35am 11.16.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1876 I need to rebed all of the windows on my Catalina 30. Is there a specific gasket available? What i
Need new plastic rscottweiser@gmail.com at 10:30am 11.16.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1441 The plastic cover for my ignition switch and gauges has become cloudy and I cannot read through it.
Smokey engine Texas Lake Sailor at 9:45am 11.16.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2142 After motor sailing last weekend for about 4 hrs as I returned to the slip I started to lose power a
Corrosion at the entry nipple to my holding tank panamajim at 8:53am 11.16.09 Big Boats 6/1928 I have corrosion on my Ezell 35 gallon holding tank at the nipple that exits the tank with 1 1/2 ID
Westerbeke Radman at 8:21am 11.16.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1611 I am deciding between to 411's. Does anyone have any strong opinions about issues with the Westerbek
Sticky throttle/shifter Mike H. at 7:49am 11.16.09 Big Boats 10/3138 The throttle shifter on my 94 Vision 36 is very hard to operate. It's a MV shifter, one lever operat
HawkSpeed Prop & Shaft Antifouling Rich Stidger at 7:35am 11.16.09 Ask All Sailors 20/9150 Does anyone have any experience with the HawkSpeed product? I have resisted the use of PropSpeed du
Relocating the Valves for the Water Holding Tanks ProfDruhot at 7:34am 11.16.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1196 I own a beautiful Catalina 36 MKII and I find it incomprehensible that there wasn't better engineeri
What anchor size for my Hunter 42 rocna 33 panamajim at 7:29am 11.16.09 Big Boats 5/6199 I have a Hunter 42 passage and I am thinking of buying a Rocna 33 which is kilos. Is this overkill?
TackTick Wireless Wind Instrument Vinny at 6:16am 11.16.09 Big Boats 3/2653 In the past on this and other forums as well I have been negative of the TackTick Wind Instrument th
My winter project for grandchildren Capn Ellis at 6:09am 11.16.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1330 My cousin gave me an Achilles inflatible. It has wear but the tubes are sound. I have a 26' Hunter
Painted bulkhead problems? (2) emergpa1 at 5:45am 11.16.09 Ask An Oday Owner 14/3780 So here is the final, finished interior. I painted the bulkheads as most of you guys already know. I
Leak below anchor locker mikew1229 at 5:10am 11.16.09 Big Boats 3/1787 When I removed the access cover for the space forward of the vee-berth on my 1983 Hunter 34, I found

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Seeking advice from any chemists, bottom paint related Sailor Sue at 4:52pm 04.27.22 Thanks to JamesG and rgranger - that is the kind of information I was hoping for. Tomorrow, based on
Hunter 216 Sailing performance shemandr at 4:42pm 04.27.22 I don't race my 216 so I just sail the fun points of sail. I don't have a spinnaker so downwind is
O'day 23 need sliding companionway hatch jhall82 at 4:34pm 04.27.22 I have one I might could be convinced to part with haha, where are you located at?
Fuse or Breakers? JoeWhite at 4:31pm 04.27.22 If I was going to place switches in the cockpit, I would install small toggle switches in the cockpi
Docking with a loop Tally Ho at 4:16pm 04.27.22 Damn perfectionists! Greg
Pearson 30 live aboard cruising? fred1diver at 4:11pm 04.27.22 The PO probably left the seacock open and flooded the motor, I have just got a 72 P30, making her re
Engine Coolant Hoses to Hot Water Heater/Tank SV At Last at 4:06pm 04.27.22 Our boat has the original Seaward 11 gallon heater. The connections for the hoses from the engine ar
What kind of wood??? (1) jeepbluetj at 3:26pm 04.27.22 My boat built in 2003 is teak/teak veneer. The color is quite light, likely because of the finish on
Fuse or Breakers? BAD ORCA at 3:17pm 04.27.22 Ok perfect. I figured there would be no problem , but just wanted to make sure there was no safety
New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 3:16pm 04.27.22 I would check out Tacoma Screw. Tacoma Screw Products \| Home Up here in the North Sound, I like Cha
Rudder bearing JamesG161 at 2:31pm 04.27.22 My guess is your Fiberglass tube is wearing on the inside. It sounds annoying, but I would look fo
Annual WAxing ROutine Hello Below at 2:31pm 04.27.22 We use a product called Woody Wax to protect the non-skid gelcoat. It sprays on and gets rinsed off
Hose adapter for Hunter's 1 5/8" water fitting bmohr at 1:59pm 04.27.22 Wow, that's something that wouldn't have even occurred to me. I'm not that high tech. LOL.
Entryway Hatch Panels Edging sailcapt340 at 1:47pm 04.27.22
Hose adapter for Hunter's 1 5/8" water fitting Davidasailor26 at 1:46pm 04.27.22
Annual WAxing ROutine flightlead404 at 1:41pm 04.27.22 Thanks
Annual WAxing ROutine Davidasailor26 at 1:38pm 04.27.22 Is there anything special you need to do to deal with the original factory "built in" diamond anti-
What kind of wood??? dmax at 1:32pm 04.27.22 Not sure what Catalina used in 2003 but I bet you could get your answer here: https://www.catalina36
Entryway Hatch Panels Edging ggrizzard at 1:26pm 04.27.22 "Starboard" brand plastic. Sold in sheets/panels of various sizes depending upon where you buy it.
Annual WAxing ROutine flightlead404 at 1:25pm 04.27.22 Is there anything special you need to do to deal with the original factory "built in" diamond anti-s

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