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Catalina 25 - how is boom supposed to be secured to gooseneck (3) Panaphobe at 9:41am 03.25.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1737 The attachment of my Catalina 25's boom to the gooseneck has always been... questionable. See the fi
Sailing to Catalina Island? SailorElliot at 9:40am 03.25.21 Ask All Sailors 56/9454 I'm a newbie sailor who just finished the ASA 101, but I would like to make my first voyage. I own a
Boat Transportation Service Recommendation Fleet at 7:45am 03.25.21 Catalina 310 11/1510 Catalina 310 #108 is now mine. Now I need to get it from Texas to Alabama. Any recommendations on
Outboard Tilt Release Issue (2) MikeMikeMike at 7:25am 03.25.21 Engines and Propulsion 5/1124 Take a look at this picture: mage is from before we bought it -- the boat is now clean) My concern
Toe rail replacement strategy geek_guy at 7:22am 03.25.21 Big Boats 1/498 Morning all, I would like to replace the toe rail on a Passage 42. I found new rail but they can o
1984 Hunter 37c conversion to sloop Mikem at 10:29pm 03.24.21 Ask All Sailors 7/813 My daughter has a 1984 Hunter 37c. What is involved to convert it to a sloop? If the baby stay is r
Hatchway slides - teflon UHMW tape miketcook at 6:09pm 03.24.21 Catalina 30 0/591 Catalina 30 - 1989 Only a few pieces of the original teflon tape that the hatch slides on were left
H34 Keel Work (1) WasabiRush at 5:49pm 03.24.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1017 I'm looking at an H34 to purchase and the owner mentioned some special keel work that was done by a
Bow Water Ballast (1) sail sfbay at 5:28pm 03.24.21 Ask All Sailors 5/1017 Ever seen a sailboat like this? Came across this boat in Port San Luis, California in the middle of
Installing new fuel tank Medusa at 3:30pm 03.24.21 Catalina 30 12/1524 Howdy! Just bought a 1987 Catalina 30 and before i could even begin the fun projects I found a leak
masthead sheave O-28 wmacken at 12:25pm 03.24.21 Bigger Boats 2/614 Does anyone know how many sheaves are in the masthead of a O-28? Mine is setup with one forward haly
Hull Cleaning IN the water? EbbTide27 at 11:56am 03.24.21 Ask All Sailors 21/4280 Hello, family! This is my first post here. I am the owner of a 1982 Catalina 27....and have been r
Man Overboard Equipment Recommendations drm1 at 9:26am 03.24.21 Big Boats 18/2421 Hi everyone, we have a 2005 Hunter 36 sailboat (bought last summer). We sail on the Great Lakes, pri
You Tube Channels Bolander at 9:17am 03.24.21 The Cherubini Hunters 1/714 I imagine like a lot of you, I peruse YouTube for sailing videos. I stumbled upon 2 great channels l
M26swing: where mount a shoot through the hull depth transducer? (newest project) Grace Note at 9:08am 03.24.21 Ask A Macgregor Owner 19/1132 Probably won't work to shoot thru the bottom water tank as an air pocket will disrupt it. The PO m
Kill switch required for all boats under 26' Hayden Watson at 8:54am 03.24.21 Ask All Sailors 20/1927 I saw this today and wonder how many sailors on boats under 26' use a kill switch? kill switch requi
Teignmouth Electron Jimbeaux at 8:07am 03.24.21 Ask All Sailors 2/392 I know she was on Cayman Brac and time and souvenir hunters have not been kind to her. Does anybody
Help Sealing Under Waterline Through Bolts for New Rudder Port (4) SV/Journey at 7:16am 03.24.21 Ask All Sailors 32/2955 We could really use some good advice! We have recently installed a new bronze rudder port on our Cal
Sail cover insignia (1) Jacomo Sailor at 8:25pm 03.23.21 Catalina 22 10/1211 Anyone here have the sail cover insignias that CD sells? I'm making new canvas this season and want
Spring Cruise 2021 Terry Cox at 7:04pm 03.23.21 Pacific North West Cruisers 38/2285 In the planning stages of a San Juan Island spring cruise the week of April 4. Long dry spell coming

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Engine Vent Fan ggrizzard at 9:28am 01.30.24 Sounds like the fan is hard wired to the ignition circuit. There is no safety issue with putting i
320 dink Scott T-Bird at 9:28am 01.30.24 We have a Zodiac 270 aero floor. It is 8'10" and fits on the bow, but I can't say that I've ever go
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 Jacktar at 9:24am 01.30.24 Pretty lucky with my solar day nite vent running it keeps the interior around 95 max and locations o
Android phone app connection issue Rich Stidger at 9:23am 01.30.24 No VPN, and I'm using the same wifi network. And it failed to connect on a different wifi network a
321 prop anodw/nut and 2 25mm shaft anodes kappykaplan at 9:23am 01.30.24 Wesleymi, you should post this in Digital Dumpster Dive -- Free Gear: https://forums.sailboatowners.
Mast Support Bracket "Event" kloudie1 at 9:16am 01.30.24 I agree that a rigger or someone who is familiar with that mast support structure should be consulte
Remote oil filter for M25XP Hello Below at 8:39am 01.30.24 Then let's give this a try. From my research on this forum, Fred Ficarra (R.I.P.) on Epitome was a
Leaking Chain Plates dmax at 7:48am 01.30.24 Once you get a moisture reading you'll know what your up against - where it shows greater than 20% m
Remote oil filter for M25XP Hayden Watson at 7:09am 01.30.24 The best answer might be to either do some carpentry on your model to enlarge engine access, or to
Remote oil filter for M25XP FastOlson at 7:07am 01.30.24 The best answer might be to either do some carpentry on your model to enlarge engine access, or to g
Mast Support Bracket "Event" dlochner at 7:04am 01.30.24 Looking at the photos I was struck by several anomalies. All of the hardware is different, there is
Funny Friday!!! (1) Will Gilmore at 6:35am 01.30.24 It's certain that the investment in the wedding was a lot more than Super Bowl tickets. Still, we h
Remote oil filter for M25XP (1) Hayden Watson at 6:34am 01.30.24 Hayden, this is kind of like reverse engineering and maybe a bit convoluted but what the heck . . .
Remote oil filter for M25XP (1) Hayden Watson at 6:28am 01.30.24 Hayden, Here's a picture of the front of an M25, same as your XP. The oil pan is way below the bot
Mast Support Bracket "Event" sailme88 at 5:26am 01.30.24 Pure speculation here, but the location and damage seen in the pics " to me" does not have the appea
40 Autopilot Linear drive Mounting Location DonEvans at 5:11am 01.30.24 Don- Just installed mine, will send pics later this week. I secured a steel angle on the horizonta
Mast Support Bracket "Event" Terry Cox at 4:27am 01.30.24 Good photos of the issue, but would defer to a marine rigging surveyor for a technical evaluation of
Funny Friday!!! jssailem at 2:07am 01.30.24 Super Bowl 2024 A good friend of mine has two tickets for the 2024 Super Bowl, 50 yard line box seat
So, you're thinking of going Electric... jssailem at 2:02am 01.30.24 The issue, as I looked upon the idea, is the density of stored energy. A boat has a finite volume of
Rig setting process, please forgive me for putting it here danstanford at 1:56am 01.30.24 What type of rig do you have? Depending on your rigging, backstay tension usually determines your

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