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Earth Ground gczenis at 12:07pm 08.12.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1423 I'm in the process of installing a Xantrex inverter on my Catalina 34 Mark II, the boat is 2006 with
stuffing box leak green98tj at 11:30am 08.12.09 Big Boats 10/3741 I have a 1986 Hunter 34 with a Yanmar 3GM30F. The suffing box leaks more than it should. I have been
Hunter 23.5 transom drag 23-5sailor at 11:21am 08.12.09 Smaller Boats 7/2842 Hello All. I have a 93 hunter 23.5 with sugarscoop transom. I noticed my transom drags. I would h
1gm Heating floridabill at 11:20am 08.12.09 Mid-Size Boats 4/1428 I have a 1982 1gm raul water cooled. I would like to put a real temp gauge on the engine in additio
Picture of Hunter 23.5 bimini from local chandlery 23-5sailor at 11:08am 08.12.09 Smaller Boats 1/2896 Hello All. This spring I bought a 93 Hunter 23.5. I'm slowly making upgrades to it. I'm thinking
Lazarette latch JimKissinger at 10:44am 08.12.09 Big Boats 3/1913 Just got home from a Catalina Is. trip and see that the lazarette latch on my swim step is gone. I f
Humor: Unqiue Boat Name (1) geoffschultz at 10:04am 08.12.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2204 Here's a photo that I just saw and got quite a chuckle out of it. -- Geoff
Roller Furling Hunter 19 Adrian9458 at 9:28am 08.12.09 Smaller Boats 1/1513 Any One Ever Put Roller Furling Jib On Their Hunter 19? If So Can I Do It Myself And What Brand Woul
Just joined Like to say Hi Oday20 at 8:44am 08.12.09 Ask An Oday Owner 33/3966 I just bought an O'Day 20 1974. I'm looking for other owners of a 1974 O'Day 20. I have many questio
Rings instead of cleats Smitty at 6:38am 08.12.09 Ask All Sailors 16/5405 My marina uses those stupid rings instead of cleats on the docks. I have made up a set of custom do
zinc for 1979 hunter 33 robertwomack at 4:54am 08.12.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/2070 I have a 33' Hunter 1979. I want to replace the zinc. The boat is in the water. Does anyone know the
Build a rudder? Phoebe 1 at 4:37am 08.12.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/3113 Has anyone built a Rudder for a 25? I have wood working skills and would like to build an airfoil r
Mainsheet fiddle block Merriman free G A P at 8:40pm 08.11.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/1572 If you need a Merriman block you may have mine for the cost of mailing. It is in working condition
Pop Top dmkey at 9:26pm 08.11.09 Catalina 22 2/1523 I'm trying to figure out the secret to the pop top on my 22. It goes up on the pistons until it rea
Another rigging question dmkey at 9:22pm 08.11.09 Catalina 22 2/1797 I put my new to me '90 Catalina 22 in the water last week. We had trouble raising the genoa into the
Back in the saddle BobM at 9:22pm 08.11.09 S2 5/1580 Finallfy got out for a sail two weeks ago. Coming back in through a crowd of racers the furler line
Chesapeake Area Sailors Morgan_Dial at 8:13pm 08.11.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1320 I am a Navy student at the Defense Information School at Fort Meade. I am looking to do a photo stor
Need Propane 12v solenoid valve for 303 turk100 at 6:32pm 08.11.09 Pearson 2/2112 Hello everybody! I need the 12v propane solenoid valve that mounts inside the vented hatch in the co
OB Motor Bracket scuba717 at 5:38pm 08.11.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1240 Need to replace my OB bracket on my 25' Mac as the old one died!! Have a 4 stroke 9.9 HP any suggest
VHF MMSI Number Question Rick D at 5:25pm 08.11.09 Ask All Sailors 13/4265 I had a JRC VHF radio below decks as a back up and convenience item. Anyhow, the mike cord on it beg

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Auto Pilot MikeHoncho at 8:12pm 03.21.22 Stu, you apparently have no sense of humor. That first sentence was meant to be humorous. I would
New O'day 28 Owner with lots of questions BKParks at 7:11pm 03.21.22 Welcome to the forum, I am in the same "boat" as they say as you. I also bought a 1985 28 this wint
Christmas in March Tally Ho at 6:55pm 03.21.22 Sounds like you had a good day at Yachtapalooza. I was there too. It was cold and wet. Straight
Firefly battery issues Davidasailor26 at 6:46pm 03.21.22 Getting these batteries to 10.5v is not easy with constant monitoring for several hours. Even when
Auto Pilot Dalliance at 6:41pm 03.21.22 Just bought a 1988 34' Catalina and want to install an autopilot, Any suggestions greatly apprecia
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard Davidasailor26 at 6:32pm 03.21.22
Auto Pilot jviss at 6:25pm 03.21.22 On my boat, to fix the problem I described, the wheel would have to be hard over to one side or the
Auto Pilot Kings Gambit at 6:20pm 03.21.22 Funny! I'm assuming the steering gear is still good, I heave-to and lock the wheel. The biggest c
Have you made cockpit cushions? watercolors II at 6:12pm 03.21.22 Have made many of my own cushions plus cushions for friends. Yes, make patterns, DO NOT use old
Auto Pilot jviss at 6:10pm 03.21.22 It might be repairable at sea if the quadrant could be absolutely IMMOBILIZED. Otherwise, goodbye i
ASA 101 class... Kings Gambit at 6:02pm 03.21.22 Funny, but oh so true!! And so the truth comes out! The Emperor has no clothes!!:laugh:
ASA 101 class... BigEasy at 5:59pm 03.21.22 ASA 101 isn't going to be taught in really crappy weather because then you may not return for 102
Auto Pilot Kings Gambit at 5:57pm 03.21.22 The device comes as it comes. It was on the boat when I bought it. Two failures in 18 years; none o
Forever to Charge - What's This? jviss at 5:49pm 03.21.22 What happened when you separated them? What was the resting voltage for each? Have you tested them
Auto Pilot Kings Gambit at 5:48pm 03.21.22 A couple of things. First, I don't think you should connect the drive to the quadrant; Edson is qu
Christmas in March Dalliance at 5:43pm 03.21.22
Auto Pilot Kings Gambit at 5:43pm 03.21.22 Budget, budget. Always budget. Advise your best reommendation, then let the chips where they fall, I
Anchor windlass for Hunter 340 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:39pm 03.21.22 Take a look in here and let me know if this helps.
Forever to Charge - What's This? Hayden Watson at 5:38pm 03.21.22 Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I have some pretty good battery testing gear, though, including a
Auto Pilot jviss at 5:35pm 03.21.22 My below deck autohelm has failed while underway. Should not try to fix at sea, so you're stuck w/m

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