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Polypropylene rope - floats or nope? wdonovan at 6:32am 05.13.21 Ask All Sailors 14/2693 Want to buy a coil in case I need tow rope. Chose PP because all accounts say it floats. Shopping ar
Mast light - LED Replacement (1) AwwShucks at 8:21pm 05.12.21 Catalina 310 5/1055 194079On my way back from an afternoon / evening sail I noticed that the light on top of my mast was
Mooring - Boat to Bouy (3) ricksoth at 7:34pm 05.12.21 Ask All Sailors 10/998 I have moved my day sailing Cal 27 to the mooring ball "out back" as my wife would say.... (I think
HOW MUCH HP DO I NEED FOR MY 50 YEAR OLD O'DAY 22? CROOKATILLY at 6:59pm 05.12.21 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1239 I AM RETIRED ON LIMITED INCOME. THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD A 7.5 HONDA HP ON THIS LOVELY LITTLE DAY SAI
Sealing cabin top seams rukidn at 5:16pm 05.12.21 Catalina 310 12/2035 A while back I posted the rebuild of our companionway hatch cover. Moisture damage. Now I need to re
Freshwater Plumbing System Capt. Papa John at 4:02pm 05.12.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/724 Can someone provide me with a Freshwater System Plumbing Diagram for a Hunter 34?
2001 Catalina 250 Bottom Paint Barrier Coat Question (1) Maddog1927 at 1:32pm 05.12.21 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1266 I recently acquired a beautiful 2001 Catalina 250 Wing Keel. The boat has never been bottom painted
Catilina 30 Merrimack River Mass to B and O canal jbstuebner at 12:24pm 05.12.21 Ask All Sailors 31/2571 I must relocate my boat a gift , Catilina 30, w/ factory diesel . I am going to sail it under power
What boat is this? (1) dLj at 7:18am 05.12.21 Ask All Sailors 9/1015 Does anybody know what this boat is? Interesting keel. dj
Relocating and recharging Cold Machine Closing Time at 6:54am 05.12.21 Catalina 310 10/1347
New Prop Deleted member 117556 at 6:36am 05.12.21 Catalina 310 8/1606 Just had a new fixed 3 blade 15 x 10 prop installed replacing the original 13 x 9 prop that came on
Water in keel? Mattcia123 at 6:04am 05.12.21 Ask All Sailors 3/545 Hello all, I was installing a new bilge pump yesterday, located center line about mid ship. I drille
2005 Hunter 27-3 Steaming/Anchor light wiring solved (1) CharlieSea at 5:31am 05.12.21 Mid-Size Boats 0/483 First time motoring at night, turned on the Steaming light and it lit and so did the Anchor light.
A Global View Will Gilmore at 5:29am 05.12.21 Weather and Forecasting 7/1224 Found this interesting site with an interactive 3D weather animation. earth :: a global map of wind
Raw Water Inlet Hose Souellette at 4:14am 05.12.21 Catalina 275 12/3042 Does anyone know the inner diameter of the raw water inlet hose to the water pump assembly? Looking
Standing Rigging Catalina 309 Pompadi at 7:02pm 05.11.21 Catalina 309 Group Forum 5/2143 Hi all, Our 2006 C309 still has the original standing rigging, it all appears to be in good conditio
Replacing reefing lines on H34 Kenyon boom (4) WasabiRush at 6:44pm 05.11.21 Big Boats 11/1930 I have a 1986 H34 and most of the running rigging was replaced by PO. The reefing lines come out the
Marina Wanted Letta at 6:20pm 05.11.21 Ask All Sailors 1/387
Looking for Marina for Haul Out to Trailer - 26' Tanzer Letta at 6:17pm 05.11.21 Trailer Sailors 2/635 Does anyone know a marina in the Fort Meyers area that will lift a sailboat with a travel lift and p
Bent Stern Rail Update (3) Necessity at 5:31pm 05.11.21 Ask All Sailors 3/509 Tig Mig Mobile Welding based out of Farmingdale, NY- arrived 8AM sharp to troubleshoot. In the end

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Need some advice on renovating the interior of my new Catalina 25 Captain-Will at 9:39am 09.20.24 For the cushions, definitely remove the covers and wash them. I wash them by hand in a big tub. In
Need some advice on renovating the interior of my new Catalina 25 Captain-Will at 9:38am 09.20.24 The musty smell might be that the covers just need a good cleaning, if you can remove the covers, j
Angled Engine Control Enclosure Leeward Rail at 9:24am 09.20.24 I find crouching down to see anything very annoying. The back of my panel is exposed in the lazaret
Angled Engine Control Enclosure Leeward Rail at 9:12am 09.20.24 That panel looks nice. Why don't you acquire it and transfer your gauges into the new panel? Errr.
Wiring new LED lights in salon/saloon headliner jssailem at 8:39am 09.20.24 You will install these in a "hidden" space where you can hide extra wire. Go with heat-shrink butt c
Wiring new LED lights in salon/saloon headliner BAD ORCA at 8:38am 09.20.24 you can put a piece of heatshrink over Wago nuts with a bit of dialectric grease over the open ends
Osmosis BigEasy at 8:27am 09.20.24
Sore eyes after day of sailing. BAD ORCA at 8:25am 09.20.24 I wear contacts, and use reading glasses. To me the most important thing is the darkest, polarized,
Osmosis jssailem at 8:25am 09.20.24
Legend 35 - Water heater hose replacement? JoeWhite at 8:24am 09.20.24 Is it possible to rotate the hose? If so you ma be able to pull put by rotating it.
Angled Engine Control Enclosure jssailem at 8:23am 09.20.24 That panel looks nice. Why don't you acquire it and transfer your gauges into the new panel?
Propeller fell off - need size and vendor recommendations BigEasy at 8:03am 09.20.24
Propeller fell off - need size and vendor recommendations Tally Ho at 7:05am 09.20.24 I'm not finding benefits to be worth the cost. Perhaps once I have some longer passages in mind, I
Delayed Gear Engagement - Forward Only Davidasailor26 at 6:41am 09.20.24
Propeller fell off - need size and vendor recommendations StretchCT at 6:37am 09.20.24
Wiring new LED lights in salon/saloon headliner JBP-PA at 6:23am 09.20.24 The thing about Wagos is that like wire nuts, they should only be used inside enclosures. Use insid
Delayed Gear Engagement - Forward Only Ward H at 6:16am 09.20.24 I went thru this when diagnosing my Hurth HBW 50 (IIRCC) tranny, then again when I installed the TMC
Osmosis norfolkcatsailor at 5:30am 09.20.24
Osmosis BigEasy at 5:00am 09.20.24
Forestay Broke Away moorglade1 at 4:50am 09.20.24 I own a 20 year old percision 21 sail out on barnaget near conklin island this off season i plan to

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