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Swing Keel on a Venture 21 nameaneh at 5:22pm 05.02.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/7818 My owner's manual for an old Venture 21 says that I need to insert the top lock bolt after lowering
Water leak into port side in electrical panel cymeyer at 4:35pm 05.02.09 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1618 I get water into our electrical panel area when healing into heavy wind. Can't seem to trace where
Dutchman Reefing Roy10289 at 4:17pm 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2731 I have the Dutchman sustem on my boat ,but 2 of the mono lines broke as soon as I bougt the boat. Co
Liferaft and/or EPIRB? John at 4:03pm 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1555 For those sailors on the West Coast (in other words, sailing in the same or similar conditions to mi
Installing X-5 wheel autopilot Mick Johnson at 3:53pm 05.02.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1180 Help installing Autpilot wheel X-5 from raymarine. locating the compas unit and the control box, als
Check Your Chain Plates (1) Maine Sail at 2:58pm 05.02.09 Musings With Maine Sail 23/9712 Hi All, This photo was sent to me by a friend yesterday. The story is they were tuning the rig when
Catalina 11 hp engine recomendations?? hobbit at 1:59pm 05.02.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1547 We are looking @ 1980 30 ft catalinas. Is the 11 hp engine sufficient?
Sewing Strattaglass? Bad Obsession at 1:12pm 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 20/5877 I have bought an industrial sewing machine. I am thinking about buying a sheet of strattaglass and
Toilet Cam at 12:46pm 05.02.09 Cal 0/1501 I have a 1969 cal 25 I recently purchased. I'm looking for information of the mechanics and any othe
Joker valve? Bossman at 12:46pm 05.02.09 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 7/6641 Hello Peggy, Hope you can assist on this prior to my unbolting everything. Have a Jabco head,
26M or 26X Standing Fast at 12:33pm 05.02.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/3839 I am new to this forum and have been looking at the 26' s for about a year. It just seems that there
Outboard Motor for 23' - HP and Weight? John Lafferty at 10:33am 05.02.09 Smaller Boats 3/1186 What size outboard motor came with the Hunter 23 originally? Any idea of how much the outboard weig
Keel Lifting Ring CaptDon01 at 10:25am 05.02.09 Smaller Boats 7/2284 I've got a Capri-18 and I need to install a lifting ring on the stub coming out of the keel to lift
How Deep of a Reef? thisoldspouse at 9:57am 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1483 I've finally got the time to install my "Jiffy Reefing System". It will be used on a 77 Mac 222, the
Catalina 27 Tall rig peterkozup at 9:40am 05.02.09 Mid-Size Boats 19/14661 Greetings to all! I have recently signed the papers on a 1983 Catalina 27, so have joined this group
Topside Paint Step to the Rear at 5:01am 05.02.09 Ask All Sailors 4/1422 My wife and I were discussing our newly purchased Pearson 30 and maintenance we would like to do rig
Aft seat (2) paulj at 9:30pm 05.01.09 Catalina 310 5/1777 I always stand on the, original fiberglass, aft seat when I want to see while docking or looking for
H310 - Running a cable from companionway instruments mcaswell at 8:27pm 05.01.09 Mid-Size Boats 2/1421 I need to run a Seatalk cable from the instrument location (companionway) back to the helm. If I ca
Electric Panel-Ground? Nelsonhow at 6:51pm 05.01.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/1482 I'm trying to figure out why the cabin lights on my H 30 aren't working. When looking at the back o
Windows need rebedding... anyone done it before? Mike Howell at 6:23pm 05.01.09 Smaller Boats 3/1460 The large window on my starboard side has loosened. I want to 'rebed' it. Has anyone done this befor

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Funny Friday!!! (1) Tally Ho at 1:56pm 07.02.21 We made it! And it is a long weekend to boot!
Changing aft heads toilet from manual to electric Legend 41AC Juice6576 at 1:46pm 07.02.21 When installing any electric toilet, the plumbing is easy...but the wiring is critical. It needs to
Forum Thread Display Has Changed??? Phil Herring at 1:45pm 07.02.21 Phil, Looks like the gremlin has retreated due to hurricane Ella! That's about as good an explanati
Changing aft heads toilet from manual to electric Legend 41AC Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:36pm 07.02.21 When installing any electric toilet, the plumbing is easy...but the wiring is critical. It needs to
Forum Thread Display Has Changed??? ggrizzard at 1:35pm 07.02.21 Phil, Looks like the gremlin has retreated due to hurricane Ella! That's about as good an explanatio
Reconnecting cut transducer cable on Standard Horizon DS35 dlochner at 1:32pm 07.02.21 Several years ago, I was informed by a local Tech that has his own repair business, never to splice
Just can't get no release! dlochner at 1:28pm 07.02.21 Back in my racing days I worked the pit on a J35. Much of the race was spent removing twists from th
Anyone thinking of selling their 275? Mack & Tire at 1:18pm 07.02.21 Thanks all for being so friendly and helpful! We have found a Catalina 275 nearby, on Lake Ontario,
Mounting a chart plotter and maintaining the recommended compass separation Wm. Gill at 1:17pm 07.02.21 Don't know about the UDH 64 but I have a Garmin 741XL mounted about 10 inches away from the compass
Mounting a chart plotter and maintaining the recommended compass separation dlochner at 1:09pm 07.02.21 There are free apps that measure magnetic fields. Look for GEMECO Marine Accessories. With the unit
Question about buying Lewmar spare parts Ron20324 at 12:44pm 07.02.21 Hello, Both my Lewmar jib sheet cars have some damaged pieces. I could buy new cars but that seem
Just can't get no release! thinwater at 12:33pm 07.02.21 That's pretty interesting. I didn't realize lines had that much of a memory effect It's not memmor
1987 Catalina 22 Bilge Pump Location Leeward Rail at 12:24pm 07.02.21 Where is the Volcano located? That is the name for the tube that the keel cable goes through the b
Mounting a chart plotter and maintaining the recommended compass separation TomY at 12:07pm 07.02.21 I missed this in my original measurement, and planning. I am making a custom mounting platform for
Captain's decision that destroyed a City... Leeward Rail at 12:06pm 07.02.21 sDRXuF6OTss
Captain's decision that destroyed a City... Leeward Rail at 12:02pm 07.02.21 rw-FbwmzPKo Vincent Coleman was honored by Halifax years later for saving 900 people on an inbound
Just can't get no release! Project_Mayhem at 11:50am 07.02.21 Oh yes it does! I own an AV company. I can't tell you how many times I've asked people to recoil a c
1987 Catalina 22 SK Upper and Lower Shroud Boots Leeward Rail at 11:43am 07.02.21 FWIW, turnbuckle boots aren't essential Yup. In my case the forward shroud covers are for both sai
Just can't get no release! Leeward Rail at 11:31am 07.02.21 That's pretty interesting. I didn't realize lines had that much of a memory effect They have the s
Mounting a chart plotter and maintaining the recommended compass separation Head Sail at 11:24am 07.02.21 My Raymarine recommends similar spacing but I wanted the plotter and control head at the helm also.

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