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Shroud & Stay tensions for Catalina 22 Capt Jim24025 at 5:19am 06.27.08 Trailer Sailors 2/2201 Please help. I have two students that are wetting their Catalina 22 tomorrow and they asked me to h
Buying a Ranger 26 George at 6:56am 06.27.08 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 1/1889 Hi. I am the proud new owner of a '74 Ranger 26, and would love to hear about any tips or tricks for
Advice for buoy mooring line cherylgrrl at 8:10am 06.27.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1706 We just bought a MacGregor 26M last September (our first sailboat!) and were lucky enough to be able
Holding tank levels s/v Sweet Laraine at 8:47am 06.27.08 Ask All Sailors 0/894 I saw a fisheye lens that fit into the top of a holding tank to indicate 1/4, 1/2 and full tank. I c
Toilet maintenance Robert Ellis at 10:44am 06.27.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1215 I am looking for information on removal, cleaning and maintenance of the toilet on my Mac 25.
Winterizing Westerbeke Engine and Water Intake O'Day 272 Eric at 11:02am 06.27.08 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1640 I've recently moved my boat to a yard that does not handle winterizing. I've always placed antifree
ideas on cockpit floor replacement pimerese at 6:29am 06.27.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/5464 I have a 1985 H31. The cockpit floor is getting spongier every year. I know I will eventually need t
Leaky ballast seal phillwag at 6:03am 06.27.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/984 Has anyone ever had to replace the rubber seals on the ballast drain (on the bottom of the boat AND
Keel Hoist Line Replacement Annette de Paz at 5:59am 06.27.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/949 The keel hoist line on my Hunter 20 snapped. You wouldn't believe the trouble we had getting it bac
help rigging gary at 4:48pm 06.27.08 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/894 thanks justin for sending that qwners instrution.
Big wind trim on a smaller well set-up boat. Ray at 1:39pm 06.27.08 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 8/3042 I sail a 1980 Catalina 22 with new Ulman sails. A 150 hank on genny and a fully battened loose foot
Crazy Dave is Hunter again elle at 1:24pm 06.27.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/888 Dave Condon aka 'Crazy Dave' is again a Hunter dealer. The deed was done yesterday in Florida.He w
Right Propeller? Peter at 1:06pm 06.27.08 Seidelmann 6/1615 I'm looking for the 'right' prop. for a Seidelmann 25.Someone put a left-handed prop on ' it just i
Russian sub salvage operation BaySailerBill at 8:26pm 06.25.08 Ask An Oday Owner 2/901 Who says the Russian Navy can never rise again!A few of you gents have asked me about our sunken R
Painting hull from white to dark... reserche at 7:58pm 06.25.08 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1142 Hello there!I'm in the process of buying a 1984 Hunter 31... I'm really excited about the boat- its
screaching sound while motoring JohnJ at 8:37pm 06.25.08 Mid-Size Boats 7/1197 I have been getting a screeching sound while motoring. I just bought a 2001 Catalina 310 and had to
screaching sound while motoring JohnJ at 8:58pm 06.25.08 Ask All Sailors 11/1254 I have been getting a screeching sound while motoring. I just bought a 2001 Catalina 310 and had to
Unknown Starboard Piece (1) Pat Hooyman at 11:03pm 06.25.08 Big Boats 8/1085 Can anyone identify the StarBoard piece in the photo? It was in the cockpit locker when I got my H3
Jammed Anchor Chain and Windlass wdg at 11:47pm 06.25.08 Big Boats 9/2291 At the time the boat I now own was put up on the hard, the anchor was brought up and there is no sla
Handheld GPS Tim at 1:00am 06.26.08 Ask All Sailors 21/2487 Before investing in a GPS/Chartplotter, I'd like a handheld GPS for use sailing the Great Lakes. An

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Jerk dlochner at 7:10pm 05.12.21 Here's hoping the police call you soon to return your outboard. Depending on how long it has been
Surprise!! Shaft wear by packing nut dlochner at 7:08pm 05.12.21 not to get into Gieck's engineering formulas in detail, but : the engineering formulas f
Raw Water Inlet Hose Stu Jackson at 6:40pm 05.12.21 Winterizing an Engine on the Hard (Thanks to Maine Sail) - NEVER connect a hose to your raw water pu
Sealing cabin top seams Stu Jackson at 6:35pm 05.12.21 If it goes on top of something asnd doesn't ever move: BUTYL TAPE from Maine Sail Bed-it-with-but
Water in keel? Mattcia123 at 6:31pm 05.12.21
Catilina 30 Merrimack River Mass to B and O canal Stu Jackson at 6:24pm 05.12.21 Tank is 20 Gallons and I was gonna bring two extra portable so an extra 10. So 40 gallons, at 0.5
Replacing reefing lines on H34 Kenyon boom WasabiRush at 6:16pm 05.12.21 Thanks everyone for the responses. Great info and helpful.
Freshwater Plumbing System MFD at 6:16pm 05.12.21 From the sticky thread on this site - check here first. https://www.marlow-hunter.com/wp-content/exp
Freshwater Plumbing System Stu Jackson at 6:15pm 05.12.21 Probably not much different than this: https://www.westmarine.com/WestAdvisor/Pressurized-Freshwate
What boat is this? FastOlson at 6:04pm 05.12.21 FWIW that E-38 will pass up a herd of more "modern" performance cruisers. Like others I have always
2001 Catalina 250 Bottom Paint Barrier Coat Question Ralph Johnstone at 5:58pm 05.12.21 What if ... Aye, and there lies the question :rolleyes: . Is it better to have epoxied and never
2001 Catalina 250 Bottom Paint Barrier Coat Question shemandr at 5:49pm 05.12.21 What if ...
Catilina 30 Merrimack River Mass to B and O canal jssailem at 5:42pm 05.12.21 Sounds like your thinking about the issue. That is a good start. Note if you bring helpers (which I
Sealing cabin top seams rukidn at 5:41pm 05.12.21
Catalina 310 dinghy davits KZW at 5:36pm 05.12.21 The davits on my boat are capable of swinging out of the way and did so every winter except this la
361 where in boat is the dock AC inlet fuse ? fullbore at 5:34pm 05.12.21
Catilina 30 Merrimack River Mass to B and O canal jbstuebner at 5:29pm 05.12.21 Tank is 20 Gallons and I was gonna bring two extra portable so an extra 10. My hope was to stay visi
Jerk fullbore at 5:28pm 05.12.21 Marinas should have cameras
Sealing cabin top seams (1) Ralph Johnstone at 5:26pm 05.12.21 I know my monitor grows blurrier as I get older, but I don't see where these seams are in what appea
New Prop jssailem at 5:23pm 05.12.21 Yes I did on March 20th and got minimal feedback Selecting the correct propeller size: How to ch

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