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1st sail on our new 22 sport! bob lee at 4:52am 05.16.07 Catalina 22 5/1124 just took delivery of our new 2006 22 sport (purchased last year, just out of storage) what a nice s
center board 26S to cockpit Bob at 4:58am 05.16.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/787 I just completed a project control the center board on 26S from the cockpit. I have not seen anyone
spreader tip? janklam at 5:20am 05.16.07 Catalina 22 7/1395 is the side stay cable supposed to touch the spreader tubeor am i missing some kind of tip?not a c
New 222 owner Eric14568 at 5:28am 05.16.07 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1125 Hi FolksI bought an 87 Oday 222 last week. After spending most of this past week on it at the lake
Tuning a 27.7 Paul at 6:17am 05.16.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1246 Hi does anyone know how to get the max from a 27.7 regarding moving the mast foot forward and tensio
Lewmar Hatch Spare Parts Bob at 6:07am 05.16.07 Ask All Sailors 9/1830 I am looking for the gray hinge clips that go over the hiinge clips on my forward Lewmar Hatch on my
26 C Help me raise the mast MikeBrennan at 7:33am 05.16.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/826 Hi All:Well, we moved to Brunswick, Ga. and as a result of our time limits had to sell our M to a g
Hinkley higgs at 7:46am 05.16.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1094 When away from home, as I am this week, I gravitate to the nearest boat yard. I went to Waukegan, I
AC Charge on H-376 Larry Stewart at 7:41am 05.16.07 Big Boats 23/1428 I am not sure if my AC needs to be recharged or not but I would like to ask can you call just a regu
Auto Bilge Pump Les at 8:19am 05.16.07 Smaller Boats 1/1237 I'm installing an electric bilge pump and am trying to decide the best place to have the discharge l
Robin Radio Circuit Breaker Panel Doedee at 8:35am 05.16.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1165 I have a 41s5 purchased new in 1990. It camed equiped with an electronic circuit panel board built i
Electrical 12v Circuit Board Panel Doedee at 8:49am 05.16.07 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1607 I own a 41s5 beneteau, It was bought new in 1990.The boat came with an electronic 12v. circuit bre
Starting my diesel on O'Day 28 sapadeni at 9:47am 05.16.07 Ask An Oday Owner 9/2201 Well, my new (used, but new to me) 1984 O'Day 28 is finally in the water. Now for what may be a VER
GPS Greg at 10:29am 05.16.07 Ask All Sailors 10/1024 Let see pictures of where you mounted your GPS. I'm looking for ideas.
Restoring old Oday 22 VentureCrew at 11:22am 05.16.07 Ask An Oday Owner 4/973 I am an adult advisor for our Veture Crew (Boy Scouts of America) 508 and we are the proud owner of
Donna Lange is on a mooring in Bristol Ross at 12:25pm 05.16.07 Ask All Sailors 3/1051 http://www.donnalange.com/logstatusupdates.html
Sail Handleing buzzzsaw at 1:06pm 05.16.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1027 I have noticed in my indoctrination to the Mac 25 that the decks are not easy to walk on. How do you
S Rudder Reference Installation Greg W at 1:19pm 05.16.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/833 Installed rudder reference unit this evening in my H31 with assistance. For those of you who might
time for a new depth sounder mrscott at 1:39pm 05.16.07 Ask All Sailors 15/1132 My Hummingbird "el-cheapo" depth sounder finally died and it is time for a new one.Before I go bu
Charging System David at 1:44pm 05.16.07 Big Boats 19/1257 I have a 2005 38 Hunter I bought new that I have had many problems with. It was a early production

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EV-100 auto helm issues jssailem at 7:56am 06.28.21 @markwbird here is the guy. https://www.i3dgear.com Out of Ganges, Canada. Tell him you heard it fro
Adding Mast Base Blocks (1) jssailem at 7:51am 06.28.21 What is showing in the Hunter diagram appears to be the use of a Schaefer Marine backing plate to ex
Catalina 28 MkII steering quadrant panel dmax at 7:30am 06.28.21 Fiberglass parts like that are often hard to come by - you should try Catalina. However, the panel i
Adding Mast Base Blocks (1) sail sfbay at 7:29am 06.28.21 JRacer........made a good recommendation!! A photo of what you have would help. The Hunter 46 haly
1987 Catalina 22 Battery kloudie1 at 7:20am 06.28.21 Best bang for a buck (or a few) : Duracell Marine Deep Cycle Battery, Group size 27 - Sam's Club (sa
First 285 main controls sail sfbay at 7:14am 06.28.21 Congratulations on your new First 285!! What control lines do you want to move to the helm and wher
Never say never Hardhead at 7:07am 06.28.21 That's nuts. I was in 115 degrees a few times, and I still remember it 40 years later. On the plus
How to test inverter for shore power ELCI failure without ELCI present Fredct at 7:03am 06.28.21 lin 1 = inverter enabled. lin 0 = inverter disabled. 1- The inverter does not break the bond when A
to be or not to be Hardhead at 6:58am 06.28.21 Definitely keep looking. Those photos trigger my PTSD.
Adding Mast Base Blocks duck21 at 6:58am 06.28.21 Excellent. I've written them. Thank you!
How to test inverter for shore power ELCI failure without ELCI present (1) Fredct at 6:58am 06.28.21 195719
1987 Cat 22 Running Rigging Hardhead at 6:55am 06.28.21 As far as prices, I bought a lot of rope from Defender, on-line. Good luck - I was doing the same t
1987 Catalina 22 Battery Don S/V ILLusion at 6:42am 06.28.21 Looks like I now need a battery and not sure how a battery for this boat may be similar in spec. as
1987 Cat 22 Running Rigging D Swanson at 6:32am 06.28.21 To run a messenger line use a needle and whipping twine (or equivalent strong thread/string) to conn
EV-100 auto helm issues akar7 at 6:29am 06.28.21 I had the same issue. Adjusting the clutch and then replacing the clutch cam assembly didn't correct
Putting Fairing/Filler Between Fiberglass Layers? Filling Dimples thinwater at 6:28am 06.28.21 Those look like sags. Did you just lay glass across a big opening, without using a backing/form, tac
Docking Against the Wind jssailem at 6:28am 06.28.21 @Team118 Oh the joy of a new bigger boat. Sounds like you are having loads of fun. I bring my 35ft b
Yanmar 2GM20F Failure - reality check needed Fredct at 5:10am 06.28.21 @DougM Engine is not original to boat. Much newer. I inspected lines over weekend. Everything appear
Yanmar 2GM20F strong exhaust odor bobmorning at 5:03am 06.28.21 Find a Yanmar Owner's Maintenance school and take it. I went to a 3 day course at Mack Boring in N
Docking Against the Wind All U Get at 4:47am 06.28.21 If you have lines that can be left on the dock pre-measured that would help. Tying the spring to th

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