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Rudder wobble repair Cat30owner at 1:07pm 05.23.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/2114 I have 1980 Catalina 30 tiller and have noticed a slight wobble in the rudder when sailing 5 to 7 kn
Transducer stickman at 12:34pm 05.23.07 Ask All Sailors 2/1143 I've got a new, standard-issue, low-dollar fish finder/depth finder with a through-hull transducer,
Forward deck hatch -- the dreaded soggy wood tegwilym at 3:27pm 05.23.07 Ask A Catalina Owner 17/1847 I've been working on my new (used) Catalina 22 that I bought in February. I've been chasing down 3
Weight in the ends Alan at 10:25pm 05.21.07 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 4/2336 After sailing back from Key West in gale force winds and seas running 10 to 12 feet our skipper rema
Water in Propane tank Fred7825 at 11:48pm 05.21.07 Big Boats 8/1103 Anyone have anything further on the water problem in propane tanks?
Calibrate the Fuel Gage john meyer at 12:26am 05.22.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1258 Anyone ever calibrate their fuel gage? Unlike past gages I've owned, this one seems to be working b
teak work wrenchs wench at 12:33am 05.22.07 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1360 last yr i re did all my topside teak, handrails etc and used the 3 step process sold at most marine
Electrical system buzzzsaw at 12:38am 05.22.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1049 Had to do a little work to get the electrical system to work, but seems ok now. The battery is locat
Genoa Track Positioning (1) JoshGray at 1:04am 05.22.07 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1086 I am getting close to reinstalling the deck hardware on my OD22. My 22 has been outfitted with genoa
3M 4200 Sailoff at 3:23am 05.22.07 Ask All Sailors 9/1685 We did some work with this but didn't realize that you have to use it all within 48 hours or it hard
Oouch - bow trauma... John6017 at 3:34am 05.22.07 Smaller Boats 9/1604 I found my Hunter 240 at the marina with the bow riding on the front of the dock! Needless to say I
Catalina 27 max RPMs Universal M-18 Tim Haibach at 3:58am 05.22.07 Mid-Size Boats 5/6065 I'm not sure my throttle cable is set properly. I am able to reach hull speed at 2500-2600 rpms on c
Doesn't point...... Patrick at 4:00am 05.22.07 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 24/5355 Just did the Hospice Regatta here in FLL, and once again the boat wont sail high, it just wont point
Hunter 30 '88-94' trailerable? Mark at 3:58am 05.22.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/1014 Does anyone have any experience highway trailering a Hunter 30 (1988-94)? I'm wondering if it's do-a
Repacement folding table H28.5 robhawk at 4:04am 05.22.07 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/737 I need a replacement for a missing sette folding table. The one that mounts to mast pole. Does any
Finally - wet, happy and home (1) Dave C20469 at 3:49am 05.22.07 Other Sailboats 2/978 As I mentioned last fall, I'm the proud owner of a Pearson 303 - Wind Dreamer II (my avatar is a pic
Full Enclosure on H40 same as AP at 3:46am 05.22.07 Big Boats 8/1097 Thinking of paying for extending my Bimini and Dodger but dont have a good solution for the travelle
Remove nut holding shift/throttle lever assembly sailingdude at 3:10am 05.22.07 Catalina 30 1/1771 I am in the process of moving the shift and throttle controls on my 1980 C-30 (original Atomic 4 eng
Questions from a new owner? Calvin Dockery at 3:04am 05.22.07 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/890 I bought a Macgregor 25 this weekend and came with what I view as a very small owners manual. The gu
Leak into cabin Rob at 2:58am 05.22.07 Mid-Size Boats 3/1201 Hi.I have a leak on the starboard side of our 79 C27. Water(brown) drips on to the shelf in the qua

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O'Day 272 wiring issues All U Get at 6:22am 09.14.21 Nope. That looks like a 12v voltage tester. (I'd use a multimeter) A tracker puts a modulated sign
Bringing dogs aboard (1) jssailem at 6:07am 09.14.21 The boating option for our Hurricane Lily is still undecided. out the sunroom I see dog toys scatter
NEW SAILS rajhnsn at 5:53am 09.14.21 I have taken mine off, it wasn't stuck so very easy. Looking towards the stern, the packing nut loo
Bringing dogs aboard (1) RoyS at 4:58am 09.14.21 Our dogs never relieve themselves on the boat. However, they must trust that they will be brought to
water pressure loss Don S/V ILLusion at 4:51am 09.14.21 Unless the yard plugged the tank vents (all of them), the problem is most likely unrelated to the wo
it's cooling off DougM at 4:45am 09.14.21 We had a weather window of sorts Sunday and yesterday. Needed a north to northeast wind as was fore
Bringing dogs aboard (1) TomY at 4:21am 09.14.21 Having read a zillion posts like this one, I'm reluctant to say that our two small dogs just go on d
1st Haul/Bottom Job/Cutlass Bearing - Any gotchas? sailme88 at 4:21am 09.14.21 Not stated was if YOU were doing all of the items on your list, or having a yard do it. I saw your
Bringing dogs aboard (1) DougM at 4:09am 09.14.21
1st Haul/Bottom Job/Cutlass Bearing - Any gotchas? (1) kbgunn at 4:06am 09.14.21 +1 on the rudder bearings. The rudder is the primary lifting foil on our boats and gets subjected to
I left the lights on shemandr at 4:01am 09.14.21 I'm not a battery guru but there are some who post here. I think it's unpredictable how much your b
Bringing dogs aboard DayDreamer41 at 3:59am 09.14.21 We have a 10 mth old German Shepherd he loves the boat, he hates the water, funny how that works. We
Do you make a Wifi hotspot? Do you use a dedicated one? dLj at 3:41am 09.14.21 Has anybody looked at Skyroam? Never heard of it. Got a link? dj p. s. Just looked it up. Looks
Does anyone have this top plastic piece for a Jabsco manual pump? Apex at 3:15am 09.14.21 I have a non-twist lock type available, pump head only. And entire toilet assembly, with twist-lock
1997-H410 Stay chainplate cracks !! (2) vgoya at 1:39am 09.14.21 Do both port and starboard sides look the same? Yes, both sides look the same. Port and starboard
Does anyone have this top plastic piece for a Jabsco manual pump? JamesG161 at 11:40pm 09.13.21 Try here... Hunter 280 toilet Full pump head replacement and upgrade to yours. Jim...
Do you make a Wifi hotspot? Do you use a dedicated one? Mark Maulden at 10:56pm 09.13.21 Has anybody looked at Skyroam?
Invest 94L (1) JamesG161 at 9:27pm 09.13.21 It barely happened, but 75 mph does make it as Hurricane Nicholas! 25 miles. The big issues is th
Bringing dogs aboard Hayden Watson at 8:54pm 09.13.21
I left the lights on Benny17441 at 8:45pm 09.13.21 How long the charge may last depends on the health of the battery. You may conduct a "Load Test" o

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