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Several more hours of cleaning/scrubbing (2) Orbweaver at 6:05pm 05.02.21 Ask All Sailors 1/412 Today I decided my back felt well enough to tackle some more of the cleaning/de-oxidizing on Serenad
192 Mast Step cheeseNcrackers at 5:35pm 05.02.21 Ask An Oday Owner 2/616 Hello all and thanks for your time in advance. I am just getting back into sailing after 20 years wi
Stem/Keel Repair - Update (1) withintheruins14 at 5:21pm 05.02.21 Ask All Sailors 3/801 193649 ZqLvQBFC5Mw I am redoing this boat stem here. The stem already has old repairs, but I plan
H310 port side ropr clutch wdonovan at 2:19pm 05.02.21 Mid-Size Boats 4/831
Electrical mystery blownprofits at 1:59pm 05.02.21 Ask All Sailors 4/1229 I just bought a 1984 Catalina 22 with an old electical panel and lots of jury rigged wiring. Fortun
1986 Hunter 31 deck caulking (2) DPEYTON at 12:20pm 05.02.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/606 I am removing and replacing mildewed deck caulking on each side of the hatch opening. Once removed i
Wilcox Crittenden to Raritan PhII markwbird at 12:14pm 05.02.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/1413
Privatization of St Pete Municipal Marina mcartair at 9:27am 05.02.21 Ask All Sailors 22/2565 If your in the Tampa Bay Area, you may have heard there is a movement by mayor Kriseman to privatize
What happened here... (1) shemandr at 7:22am 05.02.21 Ask All Sailors 21/1802 Seen from Lorilei restaurant in Islamorada last evening. No stormy weather. Little rain in the las
Raritan Electro-Scan waste handling system In New York MKSail at 6:58am 05.02.21 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/633 Dear Sailboat Owners, I would like to know if the Raritan Electro-Scan waste handling system with U
Transfer of Beneteau 31' from FL -> NY (3) MKSail at 6:25am 05.02.21 Ask All Sailors 4/800
Dripless propeller shaft (3) Andy_P at 6:02am 05.02.21 Engines and Propulsion 13/1459 Hello, I'm getting my recently bought Shipman 28 ready for launch, and found this behind the engine.
Racor Fun Yesterday (1) SawyerCurt at 4:17am 05.02.21 Catalina 310 13/2008 I changed the fuel filters yesterday on the hard, which is always a delightful job (note sarcasm) an
SafeFS30 - installation on a Passage 42 - Location to install? Puesta del sol at 7:46pm 05.01.21 Big Boats 5/758 Any suggestions on where to install 2 - ProSafe 30 Amp Galvanic Isolator on a Hunter Passage 42
H26 Bilge location CaptainRan at 7:43pm 05.01.21 Smaller Boats 3/536 This is probably a question for Crazy Dave. It appears to me that the bilge pump location in the rea
Hunter Passage 42 - Any idea what these bulbs (maybe) in the DC Panel are for (1) Puesta del sol at 7:38pm 05.01.21 Big Boats 3/645 There are red lights on the panel the light when the breaker switch is on - any idea what these migh
Passage 42- Electrical Panel A/C light indictors - wires - burnt (3) Puesta del sol at 7:36pm 05.01.21 Big Boats 19/2089 Anyone have a thought as to what may have caused this? I am not finding any other electrical issues
Polaris Compass / no fluid PaulOtt at 5:49pm 05.01.21 Sirius 21/22 8/1577 The compass mounted on the port cabin bulkhead has no fluid and is just upside down. I have had it
New Owner / Hull 355 / Pop Top Mast Slug ? / Keel Hole / Cockpit cubby (3) PaulOtt at 5:29pm 05.01.21 Sirius 21/22 6/1477 Just purchased hull 355 / Doing a full recondition over the next few months. Mast Slug: I am presum
240 HIN indentation number location? SolentHunter at 4:06pm 05.01.21 Ask A Hunter Owner 9/862 hi all, just purchased a 240 :) I'm struggling to find a hull number. I saw (in the manual I think

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Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard aftica_1 at 5:03pm 09.18.24 Welcome to the forum! :beer: Sorry to hear of your woes with your new-to-you boat. Blisters are no
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard kappykaplan at 4:57pm 09.18.24 Welcome to the forum! :beer: Sorry to hear of your woes with your new-to-you boat. Blisters are not
Just Bought My First Boat - About to Give it to a Scrapyard Don S/V ILLusion at 4:56pm 09.18.24 Take it somewhere you/someone else can fix the blister and apply paint?
Tartan 33R Throttle Cable kappykaplan at 4:47pm 09.18.24 However, now the throttle creeps towards idle while motoring at speed. I didn't notice anything in
Tartan 33R Throttle Cable Schwarz633 at 4:43pm 09.18.24 My recently acquired Tartan 33R has a Yacht Specialties pedestal and Universal 5424 diesel. I just r
Cutter rig Willemvan at 4:30pm 09.18.24
Wheel to tiller Stu Jackson at 4:04pm 09.18.24 Not a good idea. You might find out more here: https://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/forum.asp?FORU
Wheel to tiller kappykaplan at 3:54pm 09.18.24 Just don't do it. :plus:
Wheel to tiller Scott T-Bird at 3:50pm 09.18.24 Just don't do it.
I joined the club. NEW BOAT! Scott T-Bird at 3:49pm 09.18.24 You will never be sorry! She is an excellent boat for your location.
Cutter rig dlochner at 3:45pm 09.18.24 Some offshore sailors add a removable inner forestay in order to fly a smaller head sail and to have
H376 Mixing Elbow dlochner at 3:38pm 09.18.24 So what is the proper maintenance on an elbow? Is it run time related or just age? I imagine a prop
Wiring new LED lights in salon/saloon headliner FasterHorses at 3:27pm 09.18.24 Success stories aside, these look like fancy wire nuts which are not NMMA approved. I don't see wh
H376 Mixing Elbow Justin_NSA at 3:16pm 09.18.24 So what is the proper maintenance on an elbow? Is it run time related or just age? I imagine a prope
Wiring new LED lights in salon/saloon headliner dLj at 3:05pm 09.18.24 Success stories aside, these look like fancy wire nuts which are not NMMA approved. I don't see wh
Cutter rig Jim Legere at 2:35pm 09.18.24 Many people do not realize that a cutter is designed for that rig - the mast is further aft than on
Wiring new LED lights in salon/saloon headliner Rich Stidger at 1:30pm 09.18.24 Success stories aside, these look like fancy wire nuts which are not NMMA approved. I don't see whe
Wiring new LED lights in salon/saloon headliner Hello Below at 12:54pm 09.18.24 I've used the Wago connectors in several places on my boat - they have performed very well. :plus:
Wiring new LED lights in salon/saloon headliner dLj at 12:16pm 09.18.24 I've used the Wago connectors in several places on my boat - they have performed very well. One thi
H376 Mixing Elbow (2) Ralph Johnstone at 11:24am 09.18.24

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