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New primary winch time. Art Gypsy at 1:59pm 10.21.09 Big Boats 2/1912 I have a 1987 C34 tall rig (new to me) with some hard to grind Maxwell 26 primary winches and no hop
Yanmar Diesel - 2QM15 (1) dwgifford at 1:03pm 10.21.09 The Cherubini Hunters 6/6816 I posted a question on this earlier but I need some more info. I have a tach for the diesel that r
Reefing the Main sail tore franzen at 12:53pm 10.21.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/2151 We own a 70's Venture 22 and have not needed to take a reef in the sails UNITL LAST WEEK. Just dropp
Bowsprit Dimensions Ksarna at 11:14am 10.21.09 Catalina 30 2/1551 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 5/3745 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 40/5429 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 8/3126 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 3/2836 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 15/6382 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 5/1724 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 5/10395 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 0/2700 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 8/11912 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 5/4638 Is the small sealed triangle on the floor in front of the sink the access????:confused:

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replace starter/glowplug key switch JoeWhite at 9:42pm 04.21.22 No, you can remove the front screws and pull the front panel out then you will see the switch.
Diesel tank cleaning advise needed SFS at 9:20pm 04.21.22 I agree with what Rich said, and if the boat is near your house, and you have that gear, coupled wit
New Catalina 30 Owner (2) mikeracca at 8:54pm 04.21.22
Diesel tank cleaning advise needed mikeracca at 8:52pm 04.21.22 I have pulled and replaced my level sensor a couple of times and I have never seen anything that re
Looking for info on the head/toilet AaronD at 8:41pm 04.21.22 I don't recommend my PO: nothing like straight in / straight out: iot who made such a mess 6 or
Diesel tank cleaning advise needed Rich Stidger at 8:36pm 04.21.22 I have pulled and replaced my level sensor a couple of times and I have never seen anything that rem
Folding 3 blade prop DArcy at 8:21pm 04.21.22 I had an old, ungeared folding prop on my last boat. Putting into forward would cause only one blade
Swim platform for my 26S patrickfarley at 8:11pm 04.21.22 Wow
Raymarine Wheel drive autopilot on Hunter boat- to upgrade? (1) Ken13559 at 8:00pm 04.21.22 NO don't cut the rudder tube! You'll let in water and sink! On my h326, just below where i stand, be
Anchor woes fred1diver at 7:56pm 04.21.22 Good point about the mud, we do have a lot of that around here, I will have to look into that
Raymarine Wheel drive autopilot on Hunter boat- to upgrade? DArcy at 7:53pm 04.21.22 It looks like the quadrant is under the panel behind the wheel. Open it up and see if there is room
Raymarine Wheel drive autopilot on Hunter boat- to upgrade? (1) higgs at 7:23pm 04.21.22 204679 Quadrants I have seen look more like this.
X2Power AGM battery Scott T-Bird at 6:16pm 04.21.22 those batteries are made by Enersys, the parent company of both Northstar and Odyssey. With firefly
Yanmar 2GM20F rear main seal (1) Ken13559 at 6:14pm 04.21.22 Ken, the parts book says it is a double lip nitrile, HTC 60829 oil seal. I think that is 60mm id, 8
Folding 3 blade prop Davidasailor26 at 6:14pm 04.21.22 We have a Flex-o-fold 3 blade on our Beneteau 37 with 30 HP engine and love it for the same reasons
Fresh water flush Tally Ho at 6:02pm 04.21.22 You could do what I do (my lav sink drain is not below the waterline). After sailing, and using the
Folding 3 blade prop Mikem at 6:00pm 04.21.22 Mu daughter has a 1984 H 37C with the 30hp engine and a Campbell Sailor fixed three blade. She crui
Advice on gelcoat delamination on keel capt.amory at 5:50pm 04.21.22 well done. forum
Raymarine Wheel drive autopilot on Hunter boat- to upgrade? Terry Cox at 5:48pm 04.21.22 Different model boat here, but ours came with a linear drive autopilot motor that is connected to a
Yanmar 2GM20F rear main seal Ken13559 at 5:48pm 04.21.22 Hey Ken, I'm really impressed with your diving into this project. How many hours do you have on y

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