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Bowsprit Dimensions Ksarna at 11:14am 10.21.09 Catalina 30 2/1549 Does anyone have the demensions for the bowsprit. I'm planing on fabricating one and need a little t
309 vs 310 Performance rpwillia at 10:49am 10.21.09 Catalina 310 5/3740 OK, by the PHRF these two boats are pretty close. I have the fully battened main which helps me poin
Attn. San Francisco sailors on sail size pkdailey4 at 10:38am 10.21.09 Ask All Sailors 9/1927 OK... Some of you have said to ditch my Texas Jib. So I want to have my head sail cut down from a 14
Is it necessary to remove the sail ? pkdailey4 at 10:20am 10.21.09 Ask All Sailors 40/5428 The boat's being transported by truck. Why would or wouldn't you remove the main from an in-mast fur
Sail Plans? jfreeman at 8:57am 10.21.09 Catalina 310 8/3121 Hey All - I am working on my PHRF application, and trying to determine some things for eventual r
Moldy life vests Ricky at 8:33am 10.21.09 Ask All Sailors 8/1947 i have about 30 life vest that I store in the aft locker on my 44 Hunter. Some of them are getting
Chain Plate Failure Sailornels at 8:32am 10.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 3/2835 Recently an O'day 25 out of my marina suffered a chain plate failure due to water infiltration at th
Online Manual Source Stu Jackson at 8:28am 10.21.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1605 Our C34IA Past Commodore found this very helpful link: http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,5283.0.ht
co ownership experience ThomasLof at 8:17am 10.21.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1371 Dear co-Catalina owners.... We own a Catalina 36MkII #1790, based in Preveza in the NW-part of the
Does a discharge line need a lock? robertsapp at 7:27am 10.21.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 15/6381 We boat in the Gulf of Mexico and the bays surrounding Pensacola, FL. Our Hunter 336 is set up so t
teak hand rails wjs at 6:16am 10.21.09 S2 5/1720 I want to refinish the teak hand rails on my 1981 9.2A. Is it best to remove the hand rails from th
Heat guns for shrink wrap sailfree at 3:46am 10.21.09 Ask All Sailors 5/10386 I found the following in another thread. Has anyone else used or tried an electric heat gun to shrin
ben 32s5 or oceanis 321 Mersea mud at 2:51am 10.21.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1696 Husband looking for a new boat, mainly for weekend cruising with young family and weekends away. How
Raymarine Autopilot Clutch Larry Jackel at 9:37pm 10.20.09 Big Boats 0/2697 For the last few seasons the clutch on my 2005 H44 Raymarine linear drive autopilot has been reluc
O'Day 28 and 30 Cockpit Sizes Ocean Lady1 at 6:09pm 10.20.09 Bigger Boats 0/1457 Can anyone give me the length of the cockpit for an O'Day 28 and O'Day 30?
Outboard Fuel Consumption Gudenuph at 3:39pm 10.20.09 Day Sailers 8/11872 How many gallons per hour should I expect to consume in a 9.9 HP Mercury 2-stroke outboard engine pu
Balboa 20 Keel bolt location ? edhilsenhoff at 2:19pm 10.20.09 Balboa 5/4637 Is the small sealed triangle on the floor in front of the sink the access????:confused:
Davit choice on 411 chacharoona at 12:00pm 10.20.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1290 Hi Forum I'm considering an upgrade of my dinghy arrangement. Currently, I deflate and fold, with a
perfect sailboat aline at 11:12am 10.20.09 Mid-Size Boats 0/2012 Hello I'm looking for a smaller mid size sailboat, for me that means 26 to 30 ft. I'd like it to ha
High Voltage from Alternator Gordon Taylor at 10:18am 10.20.09 Big Boats 4/1555 While running the engine to warm the oil before a recent oil change, I noticed the Volt meter at clo

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Air Conditioner Failing buddybear at 12:24pm 04.20.22 Can't help much with out more information, but at those temperatures there is a chance it will fr
Fresh water flush Xstream at 12:12pm 04.20.22 How does the toilet know whether the water at the supply is fresh or salt? What difference does it m
Yanmar 4JH3E Prop- RPM at full load Silverman at 11:46am 04.20.22 Thank you for your comment, I have found some articles that indicate the cause is "too much pitch or
40.5: Replacing Clutches senang at 11:36am 04.20.22 The aluminium plate on my 2005 Hunter 38 is 10mm if my memory is still good. Normal procedure for th
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Yanmar 4JH3E Prop- RPM at full load Silverman at 11:19am 04.20.22 Thanks for the response, will try it again on the actual sea trial. Current owner not providing/doe
Time to replace lifelines? Dalliance at 10:48am 04.20.22 Time to replace them. I did when mine started to look like that. Went with bare stainless and adde
Yanmar 4JH3E Prop- RPM at full load Don S/V ILLusion at 10:48am 04.20.22 Probably not (with emphasis on the first word) but rather than guess, if I was contemplating buying
Air Conditioner Failing DeniseO30 at 10:24am 04.20.22 Can't help much with out more information, but at those temperatures there is a chance it will fre
Hank on vs Furler Help/Information Wanted jmczzz at 10:20am 04.20.22 I did not see where you said what type of furler you have. Some are very reliable and give decent
Anchor locker leaks (1) jdrutten at 10:17am 04.20.22 The leak in my H-306 chain locker didn't take as much investigation. The photo below was taken looki
Fresh water flush Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:56am 04.20.22 Uh-oh...I missed that. It did seem like an overly complex plumbing scheme. It should NOT have bee
Tahatsu 6hp Sailpro for my Hunter 240 waterman30 at 9:32am 04.20.22 I just traded my 9.8 for the 6 to save my back. It should work fine on the lake I think. I was think
Epic Fail Tater at 9:20am 04.20.22 So, there was an overhead power line near the boat ramp? This surprises me. I would think that wo
Fresh water flush Xstream at 9:10am 04.20.22 As per the first post: I have a Jabsco twist and lock manual toilet: # 29090-5000.
Fresh water flush Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:06am 04.20.22 I've never had a marine toilet and don't fully understand the procedure, but if my freshwater system
Air Conditioner Failing buddybear at 9:05am 04.20.22 Mark, there are some very simple things you can do to determine if it actually needs to be replaced
Newbie questions Xstream at 8:57am 04.20.22 I think you'll like your new Bene Bruce! I'm waiting for the lake level to come up before we put in
Epic Fail markwbird at 8:49am 04.20.22 So, there was an overhead power line near the boat ramp? This surprises me. I would think that wou

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