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Cal 31 Steering System matteisenberg at 5:14pm 12.27.21 Cal 1/947 Dear CAL 31 owners (or folks familiar with pull-pull steering), I'm the owner of a 1983 Cal 31. It
catalina 25 red bimini... MitchM at 4:52pm 12.27.21 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 2/1662 a rescued red catalina 25 bimini--. when a storm blew thru our maina, , the owner's ch
all Pearson 303 owners (1) Cypressman at 12:26pm 12.27.21 Pearson 9/2576 I have a 303 and need to know how long the shaft log extends into the inside of the boat. I think my
Key West activities. Scott T-Bird at 10:36am 12.27.21 Ask All Sailors 24/3412 Sue ' I have 3 nights booked in Key West in February. Always interested in suggestions for water-ba
Removing Shaft from flange on Universal M-25 rajhnsn at 10:08am 12.27.21 Bigger Boats 42/5904 I've read the posts on this topic and watched the videos posted back in 2011. They recommend separa
A never ending problem (1) patbratton at 7:19am 12.27.21 Ask All Sailors 19/2640 Does anyone else have problems with attractive young women continually coming to his dock and beggin
Hunter 356 2002-coupler replacement bcrossb at 2:07am 12.27.21 Engines and Propulsion 4/1072 With an inch of shaft showing between coupler and seal, how does one go about replacing coupler? Ent
Wow! First image from the James Webb Space Telescope (1) Brian D at 6:49pm 12.26.21 Sails Call Lounge 7/2241 201241
Hunter 28.5 Questions.... chipmonger at 6:29pm 12.26.21 Mid-Size Boats 4/791 Hello all, Recently purchased a '87 Hunter 28.5 and catching up on deferred maintenance. Had a few
New year nautical resolutions or projects Phil Herring at 4:15pm 12.26.21 Ask All Sailors 28/4677 Crazed windows making you crazy? Dreaming of an updated galley or elevating your electronics? Share
Hunter window reseal massnspace at 9:45am 12.26.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/3897 Need to reseal at least one of the windows on a Hunter 19-2. These are the typical Hunter frameless
M25-XP Oberdorfer Raw Water Pump is dripping oil at the base Jops at 2:25pm 12.25.21 Big Boats 10/3779 M25-XP Oberdorfer Raw Water Pump is dripping oil at the base. Can I just order a new mounting gaske
Sydney Hobart Race TimFromLI at 2:24pm 12.25.21 Ask All Sailors 16/2048 Does anyone know of a way to watch the race start?
Unknown Part and function (2) Jimc91 at 1:20pm 12.25.21 Ask All Sailors 26/3987 Merry. Christmas to all. I recently acquired a Hake Slipper 17. Well preserved and rigged as fract
A new 466 Blacksheep at 11:31am 12.25.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/2607 Merry Christmas everyone. I have just had the opportunity to acquire a lightly used 466. I have neve
Hose in stern of boat - Can anyone identify? (2) Monheganlover at 9:48am 12.25.21 Catalina 310 11/1914 Happy Holidays. I could have posted this at the end of the recent thread on bilge blower hoses. Howe
Hunter 40.5 Water heater to hydronic diesel baycloud at 9:16am 12.25.21 Big Boats 6/1703 Hey all, I'm away from the boat again so I had a question on trying to use the hydronic system to he
Where are the seasonal marine sales?? CYQK at 8:00am 12.25.21 Ask All Sailors 1/555 Have you been seeing any good sales out there used to receive all kinds of sales emails,not many thi
NORAD Tracking Santa jssailem at 6:47pm 12.24.21 Weather and Forecasting 2/849 For your young Sailors. Santa has been seen south of the border on the NORAD radar. https://www.nor
Merry Christmas to our fighters in all branches of military! BlowMeAway at 6:29pm 12.24.21 Ask All Sailors 3/498 https://www.google.com/search?q=josh+groban+ill+be+home+for+christmas'ie=UTF-8'oe=UTF-8'hl=en-us'cli

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Thoughts on replacing 9 year old agm batteries on a B323 Phil Mac at 7:08am 04.01.25 There is a short cut, you can just replace your house bank (with a class T fuse). Keep your AGM s
Thoughts on replacing 9 year old agm batteries on a B323 Phil Mac at 7:08am 04.01.25 Good point. I hadn't thought to notify my insurance company. That might be a good place to start.
Thoughts on replacing 9 year old agm batteries on a B323 dlochner at 6:33am 04.01.25 Not mentioned in any of the responses is your insurance company. The policy on LFP batteries vary by
How to mount a Force 10 2 burner stove (3) 4lane at 6:11am 04.01.25 I think the pivot point it either the screw at the top of that swing arm or they use the screw knob
How to mount a Force 10 2 burner stove 4lane at 5:46am 04.01.25 You could have taken your own advice. Had you read the manual before posting, you would have seen th
Thoughts on replacing 9 year old agm batteries on a B323 JBP-PA at 5:32am 04.01.25 I was hoping for shortcuts but I know that it isn't really likely. There is a short cut, you can
The Little Engine story continues colemj at 5:03am 04.01.25 One week's worth of work. Oh man, I have been burned so many times after saying that...:) Good l
Beneteau 321 genoa roller furler swivel top and low parts stuck together BigEasy at 4:02am 04.01.25 , I hope to repack the grease in the bearing section as well. Can anyone offer a quick tutorial. I
The Little Engine story continues kappykaplan at 3:17am 04.01.25 Lookin' and soundin' good, John. :beer:
Catalina 30 electrical system feedback (2) paulstraw at 12:07am 04.01.25 Thanks for all the thoughts and feedback! In no particular order: Diagrams: Various updates based o
Cliffside sails DirectSails at 9:52pm 03.31.25 Has anyone dealt with Cliffside Sails? I ordered a mainsail from them right after the first of th
Glow Plugs for M25XPB in Catalina 310 kloudie1 at 9:14pm 03.31.25 Seems like a lot of power but it is one fourth of an ampere hour for 30 seconds. A fresh cool altern
The Little Engine story continues kloudie1 at 9:05pm 03.31.25 Great news, Jim
Glow Plugs for M25XPB in Catalina 310 Project_Mayhem at 8:42pm 03.31.25 Thanks for posting this! I had no idea these little guys drew so much power!
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? Project_Mayhem at 8:39pm 03.31.25 On my 94 C30, its a few feet away from the engine. I'm not worried about heat getting high enough to
Hunter 376 Dining Table Finish (1) marcham at 8:37pm 03.31.25 Dug a little bit in my Hunter files archive.... found this one (attached)....
Hunter 376 Dining Table Finish marcham at 8:35pm 03.31.25
Hunter 340 'A' rig measurement help pls marcham at 8:15pm 03.31.25 I'd be surprised if the spinnaker halyard on a fractional mast is at the top of the mast. Normally,
Have others installed heat shield on Racor primary fuel filter? (2) max_sailing at 8:10pm 03.31.25 My 310 either has no fuel/water separator, only the on-motor primary filter, or I haven't found it y
Refridge and freezer marcham at 8:09pm 03.31.25 Do you have lots of solar to run the evaporator or would you run the engine to cool the holding plat

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