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Racing Catalina 27s peterkozup at 9:07am 07.12.09 Mid-Size Boats 4/6298 Hello to all, I recently purchased and am sailng a Catalina 27, standard rig, and have entered into
Water stains on teak table (1) Don S/V ILLusion at 8:50am 07.12.09 Ask All Sailors 11/8774 Not quite sailing related but it is the boat's salon table which has a water stain I'd like to elimi
looking for year oday javelin was built jack phibbs at 7:46am 07.12.09 Ask An Oday Owner 2/2424 I bought an old oday javelin. The hull number on the plate is l17591. It also has "class number 10
What to do with the lovelly wallpaper guidera48 at 6:32am 07.12.09 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1699 My 37 cutter has a grass wallpaper glued to the back of several bulkheads. I am redoing all the teak
Aft head door won't latch-handle inoperable PrincessoftheLake at 4:08am 07.12.09 Big Boats 4/1685 Rich sent me a link on the door latch issue in regards to my previous post and I do appreciate it.
Storaging the boom Jerry75 at 11:19pm 07.11.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1552 I wanted to create a place on the deck to store the boom when not in use. Has anyone made a storage
Harken unit 00 furler pin substitution Valentina at 9:14pm 07.11.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1752 HEY, SAILORS I had to de-rig my P-23 for some repairs and misplaced my forestay pin - it's a special
Personal firearms safety & legality jcherubini at 8:19pm 07.11.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2406 Has anyone had any bureaucratic or legal trouble with carrying (legally registered firearms) through
How Strong Is The Modern Keel??? sigbear at 5:25pm 07.11.09 Ask All Sailors 27/9084 I am considering buying a Catalina 310 or posibly Beneteau 311. I have never owned a sailboat, but
Hunter 27 Hatches Big Fish at 4:19pm 07.11.09 Mid-Size Boats 3/4489 Hello: I am new to sailing and have purchased a 1978 Hunter 27. It need a bit of work but nothing s
Hull # Charlie13958 at 3:33pm 07.11.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1411 Would someone know what year manufactures started to use Hull #s?
Gooseneck Issue Bad Obsession at 2:51pm 07.11.09 Ask All Sailors 15/3327 My Uncle just purchased a C ' C 32. Yesterday while sailing we discovered that the gooseneck had an
Stair treads Team118 at 1:11pm 07.11.09 Catalina 30 9/2906 Hey guys; Where would I find some type of rubber tread with an adhesive back to put on the ladder
Seal of approval (3) Skipper at 11:48am 07.11.09 Ask All Sailors 3/1429 Passed by a marker buoy loaded with pinipeds. One of the youngsters takes a fancy to us and comes
Dutchman Monofilament - Where to get? rpwillia at 11:16am 07.11.09 Catalina 310 7/6828 I need to replace the monofilament on my dutchman. Where is the best place to get it? Thanks
flat spots sailectrician at 10:51am 07.11.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2663 I am looking at buying a 25' Oday. There is a flat spot on the hull just above the water line and af
Retrofitting Power Tilt to Honda 9.9 sea_casper at 10:23am 07.11.09 Smaller Boats 3/1857 Has anyone added powertilt to a Honda 9.9?
Hunter 310 Bimini Arch Question Steve E. at 8:31am 07.11.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/1173 Hello All, I have a 1999 Hunter 310 with a fiberglass arch. Attached to the arch is a bimini we use
In Mast Furling PATBLEETSTEIN at 8:31am 07.11.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1843 On A Hunter 36, How Would You Suggest I Ease The Unfurling Of The Main. It Requires A Lot More Effo
Water in the cockpit dgesi at 8:19am 07.11.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/1034 Hi all, I just bought a brand new Capri 16.5 and dropped her in the water for the first time yeste

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Anchor Locker Not Draining (C27) mixmarkai at 4:24pm 03.28.22 Got it to flow/drain using a plunger. I'll clean out the locker and snake the drain shortly. Appreci
Anchor Locker Not Draining (C27) mixmarkai at 4:24pm 03.28.22 Might be useful to use a wet shop vac. Trying to get all that debris out that little vent will tak
Boat Bike "tech support" Tedd at 4:24pm 03.28.22 @John Nantz , I was fortunate in that most of my commute to work was on separate trails or bike pat
C310 anchor light ( Top of mast ) light specification valcour at 4:06pm 03.28.22 I think they made the wire connection for masthead light underneath before placing the masthead cran
C310 anchor light ( Top of mast ) light specification valcour at 3:59pm 03.28.22 Marine Beam sells a replacement LED bulb, they are cheap. I will look for the part number (or mail
1997 Hunter 336 crack in bottom of my hold Tally Ho at 3:54pm 03.28.22
Anchor Locker Not Draining (C27) shemandr at 3:52pm 03.28.22 Might be useful to use a wet shop vac. Trying to get all that debris out that little vent will take
Spinning Prop While Under Sail Hello Below at 3:48pm 03.28.22 Hello Fellow Beneteau Owners I have a new 2022 Oceanis 38.1 and found that the prop turns very nois
Rudder position sensor and Raymarine Evolution EV-100 Autopilot Question JamesG161 at 3:32pm 03.28.22 They are not cheap. Rudder Reference Tranducer Jim...
Yanmar 3GMF can't get rpms over 22,000 I believe is soon to be resolved ! Tom J at 2:57pm 03.28.22 If $39 photo tachometer from harbor freight is accurate the yanmar tachometer seems to be off by ap
Anchor Locker Not Draining (C27) PGUTIERREZ at 2:48pm 03.28.22
Standing rigging swaging .125 wire (2) SailingLoto at 2:48pm 03.28.22 Harbor Freight is one of my favorite stores. Make those fittings a regular inspection point and all
Rudder position sensor and Raymarine Evolution EV-100 Autopilot Question Monheganlover at 2:44pm 03.28.22 I don't know if maybe mine was mounted as an option when the boat was bought new and the ST4000+ sys
Oday 23 Mast step re-install HukilauMike at 2:34pm 03.28.22 I tried to remount that plate on my Oday 23 many years ago. I don't think it's a lag bolt because I
Yanmar 3GMF can't get rpms over 22,000 I believe is soon to be resolved ! Hayden Watson at 2:34pm 03.28.22 Yep. a small RC plane engines can turn in the tens of thousands of rpm's but anything bigger would b
Inavx Help iNavX at 2:27pm 03.28.22 Thank you for your replies. I still have not found the right combination for the data. How is th
Spinning Prop While Under Sail Davidasailor26 at 2:07pm 03.28.22 Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new boat! The Beneteau site shows the 38.1 as havi
Diesel in the Bilge ('05 H41DS) kappykaplan at 2:01pm 03.28.22 Nothing like some good detective work! Glad you got this sorted (identified) before your cruise. :
Diesel in the Bilge ('05 H41DS) (2) SV Bella at 1:44pm 03.28.22 I found the leak. It's on the top of the axillary tank (we did not add fuel to the axillary tank ye
Its funny Friday! Will Gilmore at 1:43pm 03.28.22 A truck loaded with Vicks VapoRub overturned on a NJ highway today. Amazingly, there was no congest

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