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Does anyone fly a spinnaker and if so what are you flying?
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Does anyong out there tow a 27' Catalina?
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I know this has come up before and no one has been able to find a source of real bronze, not red bra
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The next big project on my H34 is to reconfigure the galley. Those who are familiar with this boat k
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Hi again all, I just documented my 1991 Catalina 30 Mark II and am looking for a good place to mou
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I currently have a 13 x 10 3 blade prop on my Catalina 270. A friend of mine has a 14 x 14 Martec 2
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I'm sure I'm not the only on who spends more time cleaning the boat then I do sailing the boat. It'
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Mike G. at 6:06am 01.27.09
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Does anyone have any ideas as to how to restore the anti-glare coating on my Garmin 182 GPS Screen?

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Matching gelcoat with a colorimeter ?
jnorten at 2:11pm 02.19.22
Use the advice shared in the previous posts. I will add in to trust your eyes. Electronics are a g
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I was also thinking, with the quick charging of an LFP bank, and the capacity increase compared to F
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Is it a ball-bearing sheave? Who are you asking? :) I looked it up, it is, indeed, a ball bearin
LiFePo4 Refresh
jviss at 1:52pm 02.19.22
I am thinking a (relatively) large LFP bank, like 400+ Ah, that's kept at 50% SOC when I'm on the mo
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Selling used stuff here and fraud
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PaulK at 12:14pm 02.19.22
Is it a ball-bearing sheave? Doesn't look like it, even though the car is almost $400 retail. Simp
Down windsails.   (1)
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Tally Ho at 11:58am 02.19.22
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Matching gelcoat with a colorimeter ?   (1)
sail sfbay at 11:55am 02.19.22
To match gelcoat colour recently on a 38 and 18 year-old boats, I went to Spectrum (see catalogue) a
Matching gelcoat with a colorimeter ?
PaulK at 11:54am 02.19.22
Haven't heard of anything like that. Seems like someone with that ability would be advertising heav
Defender Sold
Hello Below at 11:29am 02.19.22
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captcoho at 11:10am 02.19.22
Question is, when I get the compass off, can I squirt WD-40 into the cable, or even a light airgun o

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