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Boom Vang recomendation Royal Flush at 9:20am 04.23.09 Ask All Sailors 6/1782 I have a 30 footer and broke my vang last weekend while not de-powering it under a brisk broad reach
Anchor Roller Pin Dan at 7:49am 04.23.09 Ask All Sailors 11/5775 Both my anchor and anchor roller have holes that line up at the forward end. I want to find a large
Windlass Hubert at 6:55am 04.23.09 Big Boats 1/1525 I have a 1987 36" and would like to install a windlass - too much strength and energy to pull up by
Replace port light earlkeim at 5:55am 04.23.09 Smaller Boats 2/1073 I am replacing the port light in the head. I have ordered a gray port light that fits the opening an
depth sounder wcaime at 5:39am 04.23.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1591 I have mounted a new Raymarine ST 40 transducer in hull on sailboat, using silicone. Worked great fo
Guest safety and instruction briefing breweraz at 12:14am 04.23.09 Ask All Sailors 11/2252 We have recently purchased a MAC 26s. We came up through years of Hobie and Prindale on big water.
tiller problems stevestephens at 11:29pm 04.22.09 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 2/2910 I have a 74 ranger 33 with a lot of play in the tiller. I know for certain in needs a bushing or som
Non skid area paulj at 10:26pm 04.22.09 Ask All Sailors 2/1342 I've used 3M non skid cleaner for a couple years on my Catalinas decks non skid area and it's time t
Mac 26x Steering Cable in aft bed streetpilot at 7:04pm 04.22.09 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1694 When I bought my used 26X I noticed that the steering and gear cables came through a hole in the cei
Dinghy Goo Alan K at 6:11pm 04.22.09 Ask All Sailors 1/1447 Has anyone found an easy way to clean up and prevent the "goo" :puke: which some of the vinyl part
C309 #91 Hello from Florida zeesmurf at 6:10pm 04.22.09 Catalina 309 Group Forum 0/2053 New member from the Yahoo group, just wanted to say hello and how nice it is to have multiple sites
1981 H27 w/1GM - What size cutless bearing? SailormanDan at 6:02pm 04.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 6/1617 Hi, Does any one know the size of the cutless bearing in a 1981 H27? Not sure if I need to panic ah
1981 H27 Shoal Draft - How Much Bottom Paint? SailormanDan at 5:57pm 04.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 4/1615 Does any one know how many gallons of bottom paint I should get for my 3'3" draft H27? Gotta paint i
Mystery? Where does the "donut" go? (2) Jim Dort at 5:34pm 04.22.09 Big Boats 1/1200 While sailing, my outhaul separated from the main's clew and I lost a "donut". When the sail was re
Mystery: where does the "donut" go? (2) Jim Dort at 5:24pm 04.22.09 Ask All Sailors 10/4223 While sailing, my outhaul separated from the main's clew, and I lost a "donut" when it did so. When
New Member J in Mississippi at 4:50pm 04.22.09 Catalina 309 Group Forum 1/2014 Hi everyone. Things seem a little heated in the Yahoo Groups 309/ IC30A now. W have too few members
New Portlights for 1981 Hunter 30' sloop mike4751 at 4:35pm 04.22.09 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1327 If you have experience installing new portlights now available from SailboatOwners for my old Hunter
Remove pulpit captrick at 3:09pm 04.22.09 Bigger Boats 0/1246 I damage my pulpit, Oday 30 and need to remove it to be welded. Before I jump in just seeing if anyo
starting renault fnuttersny at 2:46pm 04.22.09 Mid-Size Boats 1/1180 :doh::confused:Need a little help starting renault. I followed manual but??? First, after switching
Disposal of Outdated Pyrotechnics Jon6436 at 2:37pm 04.22.09 Ask All Sailors 15/2781 Over the years I've accumulated quite a few Red Flares and Skyblazers that have become outdated. Sur

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Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard jviss at 6:41am 03.19.22 It could well be that the GFCI is faulty. Another observation is that you didn't trip GFCIs when
Raw water impeller (Yanmar 4JH4) RoyS at 6:36am 03.19.22 You need to carry a spare (new not used) impeller on board. You should probably carry a complete spa
Wheel Lock Question - Beneteau 311 with Wheel Steering kloudie1 at 6:19am 03.19.22
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard RoyS at 6:14am 03.19.22 A previous owner may have bonded the neutral wire (white) to the ground wire (green) somewhere. This
Replacing cabin sole in 1979 Hunter 30 Jim Legere at 6:14am 03.19.22 Roy is 100% correct. I did the cabin sole on my 1983 H37C. The silicone is a bch to get off. I use
Floorplan overhaul thoughts? RoyS at 5:58am 03.19.22 Do you mean, you can't without a pump? I have never seen a pump on a galley sink drain. Gravity wo
Raw water impeller (Yanmar 4JH4) sailme88 at 5:56am 03.19.22 The first indication of failure should be an obvious decrease in the volume of discharge water at t
Inability to hook up to GFCI shore POWER while on-the-hard Davidasailor26 at 5:52am 03.19.22
Pinhole of light through hull. Best way to fix? kjdoyle1 at 5:38am 03.19.22 Thanks guys for the responses! No, there are no dings or damage on the outside of that hole.
Pinhole of light through hull. Best way to fix? dlochner at 5:36am 03.19.22 Good points. Here is a closeup pic. What does the paint or gelcoat look like on the other side? I
Pinhole of light through hull. Best way to fix? Davidasailor26 at 5:35am 03.19.22
Pinhole of light through hull. Best way to fix? thinwater at 5:35am 03.19.22 I don't see any structural damamge. Maybe there is a small gouge on the outside, probably just throu
Heat Exchanger to Raw Water Pump Hose - An Adventure in Maintenance. sailme88 at 5:31am 03.19.22 Just getting ready to jump back into readying the boat for service and appreciated your advice abou
Pinhole of light through hull. Best way to fix? (1) kjdoyle1 at 5:30am 03.19.22 Good points. Here is a closeup pic.
Floorplan overhaul thoughts? Joe at 4:22am 03.19.22 Hi All, We completely gutted every bit of the interior and drive train and are planning on buildin
Pinhole of light through hull. Best way to fix? rgranger at 4:16am 03.19.22 I would layer fiberglass from the outside using the 12:1 bevel. I would use epoxy instead of polyes
Epic Fail (Recovery) rgranger at 4:06am 03.19.22 Hey, Granger, I have the same broken spreader bracket, and have the new one waiting for me to insta
37C Rudder assembly components Jim Legere at 3:52am 03.19.22 David, There are no detailed drawings that I know of. If you download the owner's manual from the "B
2022 PacificNW Weather Update Will Gilmore at 3:38am 03.19.22
Have you made cockpit cushions? Will Gilmore at 1:13am 03.19.22 I made the patterns with heavy news print paper. The curve won't make any difference to the seamstr

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