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Fuel shut off or emergency decompression? Dave at 3:53pm 09.24.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/933 I just bought a 1987 Catalina 27 with a M-18 diesel. Is the pull handle beside the instruents a fuel
How does one tell the difference... Brian D at 11:19pm 09.22.06 Ask All Sailors 68/3452 Between a blue water cruiser and a coastal sailer?I guess one could "kick the tires" so to speak.
new sailor, again chuck7799 at 3:41am 09.23.06 Smaller Boats 10/1322 I'm the proud owner of a Catalina 22--New to me but a vintage boat--Tried to raise the mast last Sun
Spinnaker Pole for Oday 322 Mike Fisher at 3:34am 09.23.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/977 I purchased an 1987 Oday 322 that has a spinnaker but did not come with the pole. I would like to bu
Cover for the main diesel tank Valen at 3:24am 09.23.06 Hallberg-Rassy 4/2209
Leaking sliding Hatch Jacomo at 2:55am 09.23.06 Mid-Size Boats 3/2174 Anyone have an experience with repairing a leaking sliding cabin hatch?When we have a heavy to mild
Running engine out of water jaydog5000 at 2:07am 09.23.06 Mid-Size Boats 1/890 I have a Catalina 30 with a universal m-25. It is fresh water cooled with sea water to cool the cool
Winter De-commissioning jaydog5000 at 2:05am 09.23.06 Mid-Size Boats 2/1169 Does anyone know of a link that will list the things to remember to do when decommissioning the boat
Running engine out of water jaydog5000 at 1:56am 09.23.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1046 I have a Catalina 30 with a universal m-25. It is fresh water cooled with sea water to cool the coo
losing engine revs in 3ym30 steve at 1:32am 09.23.06 Mid-Size Boats 8/1275 Just had the heat transfer bundle replaced because of overheating of my Yanmar 29HP 3YM30. Now, when
Macregor 26 Better than ?? ptsbug at 4:04am 09.23.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 16/1403 Wasn't quite sure how to pose this question without ruffling feathers.I was looking at the Hunter 2
Help - Stern toe rail broken off on a HC-33 Bob Pullen HC-33 1981 at 4:10am 09.23.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/969 Help...If anyone can assist me in how to proceed with this repair, it will be sincerely appreciated.
air-conditioning terry connor at 6:32am 09.23.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/993 beneteau 331 with air-conditioning blows warm air need help
Who knows (1) dwain6805 at 10:16am 09.23.06 Destinations 10/2043 this location?Hint don't let the blue skies and calm seas fool you.Dwain
Fuel Tank Charlie at 10:08am 09.23.06 Big Boats 6/785 I have a 1985 Hunter 34. The handbook say that the fuel tank is 25 gallons. I remember a post on t
New Boat Owner Bruce_n_Oakville at 9:43am 09.23.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/832 I am a newbie sailor, looking at my 1st boat. I am down to a couple of boats..one being an older cat
Help me downsize - 216 Ron Mehringer at 9:17am 09.23.06 Smaller Boats 10/989 I've had an h26 since about 2000. I keep it at a dock all summer on Lake Wallenpupack in PA.Even t
Battery or Selonoid? Frank Bean at 8:55am 09.23.06 The Cherubini Hunters 2/937 I need some input.....and yes I have looked at the archives........I established a 4 x 115 amp hou
Those three alarms! reason at 8:27am 09.23.06 Ask An Oday Owner 0/736 I just bought an 1979 Oday 30. While out on a trial run an alarms light went on. I turned to the old
Replacing Cleat Tony23670 at 3:00pm 09.23.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1139 While being towed, the port bow cleat was ripped out of the deck. Is there any literature or informa

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anchor chain Ron20324 at 6:22pm 01.19.21 ...Stepping back a little further raises the question of - Does the smaller 1/4 chain have a high e
37C Windlass (2) Mikem at 6:13pm 01.19.21 Here are two pictures of the windlass on my daughter's 1984 37C. In the bottom picture the switch m
Setup for mounting dinghy to stern? miketcook at 6:12pm 01.19.21 Sorry, you were talking about the whole dinghy. I was thinking you were just trying to mount the en
1986 Newport 27-3 first boat (7) JohnRichard at 6:12pm 01.19.21 Thank you for the kind words. I will need help for sure. Let me answer some questions and post a p
Setup for mounting dinghy to stern? miketcook at 6:11pm 01.19.21 I've been working on reproducing an older wooden mount I saw on another boat. Decided to see about
Why is America so disinterested in racing? jon hansen at 5:26pm 01.19.21 DZI6lFuaqrM the kids will come if they are lead.
Why is America so disinterested in racing? jon hansen at 5:16pm 01.19.21 i'm a huge fan of the bethwaite books. understanding the wind is the true game of this sport of sai
Newbie - Just brought a 1986 Hunter 23 home sail sfbay at 5:10pm 01.19.21 Congratulations on your new boat and welcome to the forum!! Driving on 1986 tires???? Sounds like
Battery Mixing integrating Lithium Lifepo4 AGM or Gell heritage at 4:53pm 01.19.21 The advantage of the system shown in the video is that the Lifepo4 battery charges the Fla battery b
Why is America so disinterested in racing? TimFromLI at 4:30pm 01.19.21 As a sailor who likes to race, it's hard for me to relate to a multimillion dollar composite foiling
same model engine but different HP Davidasailor26 at 4:30pm 01.19.21
12 volt charging at marina dlochner at 4:18pm 01.19.21 @jssailem and @DArcy The issue with small low power charging sources and AGM batteries is the amount
Why is America so disinterested in racing? LeeandRick at 4:13pm 01.19.21 kids will show up. Back to cost. When I brought the forerunner of this boat, the Exocet/ B-14, to
Coming soon - Automated Docking Assistance capta at 4:04pm 01.19.21 That would take most of the fun out of boating. I love to dock boats. In South America, the pilot wo
12 volt charging at marina DArcy at 4:02pm 01.19.21 John, It sounded like you were saying that using 37 amp hours would bring the 2 batteries down 40% d
Why is America so disinterested in racing? jon hansen at 3:55pm 01.19.21 tally, so would your grandson :cool:
Why is America so disinterested in racing? jon hansen at 3:53pm 01.19.21 it ain't the kids, they only know what they are taught.
Why is America so disinterested in racing? (3) Tally Ho at 3:51pm 01.19.21 My short answer... Sailing is too slow. It's the "NOW" generation. "I want it now!!!" Instant on TV
Why is America so disinterested in racing? (1) jon hansen at 3:44pm 01.19.21 189307 maybe if gramps was not such a tight wad, and taught the grandkids on their new boat .......
Winter sailing SailingLoto at 3:42pm 01.19.21 Anyone else out braving the winter weather to go for a quick sail? We took then kids out for an h

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