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Lines to Cockpit Chris3704 at 10:14pm 03.21.09 Ask An Oday Owner 1/1222 My wife and I purchased an O'Day 23, with what appears to be the original running rigging, back in J
Navimatics Maps for Garmin chartplotters captain frank II at 8:06pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 9/2336 Any body have experience using Navimatics maps in their Garmin chartplotters ? They are so much chea
'86 22 flcaptainbill at 7:59pm 03.21.09 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1284 Considering purchase of an 86 22 and have a couple of questions. 1. What is the towing weight. 2.
Help Running with the wind KandD at 7:52pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 8/1868 Not sure if this is the place... but I went out for a sail today and tried to run wing and wing with
Pedestal for Catalina 42 Salon Table lavie423 at 5:04pm 03.21.09 Digital Dumpster Dive -- FREE Gear 1/1594 To appease my first mate and make for a happy crew, I built a cabinet to support the salon table for
Mixing elbow sail361 at 5:39pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 5/1978 I have a simple question for you motor heads. I tore apart my heat exchanger today to check it and c
SD 20 oil seal in water replacement? tsmwebb at 3:57pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 4/2377 I'm back in La Paz, Mexico because one of my saildrives has started to leak a bit of tranny oil out
Irwin 31' Citation JoeD at 3:31pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 5/10859 Looking at a 31" citation. It has damaged mast strp and floor grid. Looking for any information that
Floor grid JoeD at 3:26pm 03.21.09 Irwin 1/2007 Looking at a 31' Citation. The mast step is broken and floor grid damaged. Anyone know any thing abo
can someone start a thread on how to properly wax a boat? (1) luvitt at 2:55pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 10/2259 sounds silly, but i've not had good results in the past. I guess there is some trick, or special sa
Measurement question for PSS shaft seal Ken Honeycutt at 2:35pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 0/40 I want to install a PSS shaft seal before splash down this spring so I took some measurements today.
Plastic Clips (1) AndrewB at 2:33pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 5/1439 Does anybody know where I can purchase some new plastic clips for the hindge of our hatch. Photo is
Store survey Phil Herring at 1:46pm 03.21.09 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/1905 First, I want to thank everyone who responded to our store survey. We received many, many responses
Skylight Replacement; hardware or not Mysterious Ways at 1:23pm 03.21.09 Big Boats 1/1346 I was once told that when replacing the skylights I should not have the corners of the new acrylic d
Rolly Tasker 14' (4) jhesh at 1:19pm 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 7/1566 Hi all, First post here, hope I do it right. I have what I think is a Rolly Tasker daysailer. I d
New 6 horse tohatsu captian dave at 11:11am 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 13/2576 I've been looking on the internet for a new outboard. I been looking at the Tohatsu 6 HP extra long
Deck core replacement project Ed Schenck at 11:10am 03.21.09 The Cherubini Hunters 11/2804 Here's a topic that has been covered many times, cutting out and replacing wet and rotten deck balsa
New electric item Ron20324 at 10:29am 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 10/1868 New (to me, at least) at the Home Depot store: It is an AC adaptor, 30-amp male (plug) connector to
how to get internet onboard thru your cell w/o paying extra. (2) luvitt at 9:11am 03.21.09 Ask All Sailors 8/2278 Im surfing from the boat now, on the hard in the boatyard. Im way out in the country with no wifi,
320 furling line Bill C320, Papillon at 8:11am 03.21.09 Mid-Size Boats 6/2583 Anyone know the factory recommended diameter of the headsail furling on a 320 mark II?

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New Catalina 30 Owner mikeracca at 1:42pm 03.08.22 The formerly clear hose is most likely the vent line. It should be replaced with sanitation hose.
Alternator question - is this AC? Stator pic included Maine Sail at 1:37pm 03.08.22 The green arrow is pointing to the stator tap. Who converted that alt to external regulation?
Found a 2003 C310 (4) JRT at 1:34pm 03.08.22 Well life got in the way for awhile so I realized I've not been active or updating much. We closed o
Universal M3-20: Raw Water Exhaust out the Shaft Seal kloudie1 at 1:25pm 03.08.22 The seal should be fine.. but I agree, it sounds like a restriction in the mixing elbow.
Leaving old cables & wiring in inaccessible areas. jeepbluetj at 1:24pm 03.08.22 There are indeed spots in Catalina's that you're never removing the wire. In my old MK1 C-30 all of
New Catalina 30 Owner Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 1:20pm 03.08.22 a formerly clear hose going out to the port side, a yellow cap with a crack in it (hence the duct t
Furling line fairlead placement Harken Mark IV jssailem at 1:09pm 03.08.22 I did not hear, can you rotate the way the drum guard sits to provide an open fairlead?
inspectors estimated current market value vs asking price Scott T-Bird at 1:08pm 03.08.22 I'll take your word for it. (Not that it matters) ;)
Furling line fairlead placement Harken Mark IV (1) jssailem at 1:08pm 03.08.22 Here is another idea for a stanchion block. I like that it has a rotating sheave, not simply a frict
Furling line fairlead placement Harken Mark IV Hayden Watson at 1:04pm 03.08.22 I would be inclined to try putting the bulleye on the outside of the forward leg of the pulpit.
inspectors estimated current market value vs asking price Kings Gambit at 12:55pm 03.08.22
Universal M3-20: Raw Water Exhaust out the Shaft Seal dmax at 12:55pm 03.08.22 Your theory does sound correct, restricted flow in the mixing elbow. Not sure of your set-up but I c
inspectors estimated current market value vs asking price Scott T-Bird at 12:51pm 03.08.22 empirical? really??
Hunter Passage 42 Holding Tank Sending Unit Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 12:48pm 03.08.22 That should make replacing hoses when they need it challenging. --Peggie
inspectors estimated current market value vs asking price Kings Gambit at 12:44pm 03.08.22
inspectors estimated current market value vs asking price Scott T-Bird at 12:42pm 03.08.22 It also seems that an unwritten rule of boat sales is the selling price will be 10-20% lower than
inspectors estimated current market value vs asking price Scott T-Bird at 12:40pm 03.08.22
So, an East Orient 32, Sabre 28, and Hunter 27 walk into a bar... dlochner at 12:25pm 03.08.22 Thanks! I actually have a print out of your response to the EO when I initially looked at it in th
inspectors estimated current market value vs asking price dlochner at 12:22pm 03.08.22 Actual selling price based on what? You can look at this boat. If the boat is sold through a brok
Steering quadrant loose. Beneteau 361 2001. Autopilot detached kappykaplan at 11:56am 03.08.22 Photos?

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