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Stern light WillC at 12:05pm 10.04.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1180 Just bought a '84 Catalina 27 and the stern light doesn't work. Tried changing the bulb. Any suggest
raising the mast allen puchaty at 12:25pm 10.04.06 Ask An Oday Owner 3/961 i was just wondering but i just go this boat a week ago and i raised the mast what is the easy way t
sailing with empty ballast? gary nelms at 12:33pm 10.04.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/2936 Owning the Mac 26X for 9 months now and sailing it a lot, I am getting daring, but don't want to get
Easy Block Failure Alert (1) Grizz at 12:59pm 10.04.06 Mid-Size Boats 3/1437 Today Ma Nature was blowin' 35+ out of the north, pushin' 10-12+ footers on Lake Michigan onto the s
Need some dimensions on H23 Trailer Bill Leathen at 1:36pm 10.04.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/886 Can someone advise the distance between the wheels on a Hunter 23 trailer. Also the distance from t
True motorboater stories Andy at 1:43pm 10.04.06 Other Sailboats 2/829 In response to the urban myth about motorboating with a trailer (Why I am a sailor, not a motorboate
Help if you can Mark at 2:43pm 10.04.06 Smaller Boats 2/891 I'm stuck in my office with my 260 manual a number of miles away.Should anyone have one next to the
Need lift strap locations on H30 R. Bounds at 6:50pm 10.04.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/978 I need to know the measurment between lift points ( front and rear ) on a 79' H-30 shoal draft. Sett
Looking for Aerogen Wind Distributor in the USA. Chuck711 at 9:14pm 10.02.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1280 Looking for Aerogen Wind Distributor in the USA.Also any suggestions in wiring wind Generator......
Winter storage in MA Tony Z at 9:43pm 10.02.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/814 We are looking for a good deal on winter storage. Our usual haunt went up to $45.00/ foot this year
New mainsale for a 94 26s richard at 1:15am 10.03.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1246 I am thinking of buying a new mainsail. I did an archive search and it sems like sail warehouse com
San Francisco Fleet Wekk Steve at 2:00am 10.03.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1799 I'm planning to take my boat to fleet week in San Fransicso this coming week. My plan was just to s
Suggestions on PFD's TimHayes at 2:04am 10.03.06 Day Sailers 3/1118 All,I am looking to purchase new PFD's to use on my 170. Since we will be wearing them all the tim
Boat Photos Pooka 3 at 2:51am 10.03.06 Ask All Sailors 14/1365 What do you think is a reasonalbe price to pay for an action, on the water, color photograph of your
Mark II Rudder Post Packing....How To? Bob at 2:08am 10.03.06 Catalina 30 5/2534 I know that their have been threads posted in the past about the procedure for removing and replacin
Mast winch size Frizzgrig at 4:01am 10.03.06 Smaller Boats 1/1094 Well, I'm slowly making progress on my project of rehabilitating my new old boat. I noticed most of
Pin-to-Pin Headstay length gulfsailorp323 at 4:03am 10.03.06 Mid-Size Boats 10/2343 I just purchased a Harken MkIII roller furling unit for my 1986 H28.5. Does anyone who has installe
FOLDING PROP Alex at 3:30am 10.03.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1206 For a Hunter 420, does anyone have information on what type of folding prop should be used if at all
How to prep molded non-skid surface for painting Papa Sailor at 4:03am 10.03.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1433 I am repainting my fiberglass boat that has a lot of molded in non-skid surfaces. How would I prep
New Owner! Brian M H23 at 5:55am 10.03.06 Smaller Boats 2/854 Well, it's been almost a month now but I finally got around to logging on here! I'm the new owner of

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Install Diesel generator in the Bavaria? Terry Cox at 5:07pm 06.19.21 Our 1991 boat came equipped with an 8KW Onan Genset that has served us well over the years. During t
When 11 knots is really 25 knots Gene Neill at 4:43pm 06.19.21 so set the main and oppose the direction with the tiller ? I must try this ! Yep! Tiller to leewa
Funny Friday!!! Sailavie1 at 4:29pm 06.19.21
Adding a microwave to a Beneteau 37 kodiak1120 at 4:13pm 06.19.21 I checked the boat and there is an outlet installed in the microwave cabinet, so it should be pretty
Install Diesel generator in the Bavaria? JamesG161 at 4:12pm 06.19.21 My only experience has been with Kohler. Since you understand output sizing and selected needs, I w
New Windlass - V1 or V2 for 1993 Hunter Legend 35.5 (13000lbs) jssailem at 3:38pm 06.19.21 Read the manual.
Wooden blocks for my Keel (1) jssailem at 3:34pm 06.19.21 Out here we have a few pieces lying about on the beach that could be cut down and repurposed.
Keel wench.. Rick486 at 3:19pm 06.19.21 Does it use the larger drum size that the oem ones switched to ? Evidently Catalina factory switche
West Marine Sold (again) Davidasailor26 at 2:49pm 06.19.21 Yeah. The two things customers, and most everybody, hate most to pay for are shipping and parking.
Joker valve substitute for Thetford Headmate justsomeguy at 2:40pm 06.19.21 Can anyone give me some first hand knowledge? https://forums.sailboatowners.com/threads/joker-valv
West Marine Sold (again) ggrizzard at 2:30pm 06.19.21 And I was concerned that no one but me would care!!! :biggrin:
Replacing furling line on under deck furler nveater at 1:32pm 06.19.21 I have the Hood under deck Furler on my 33.5. While it was a bit fiddley, it wasn't that difficult t
West Marine Sold (again) Kings Gambit at 12:54pm 06.19.21 Yeah. The two things customers, and most everybody, hate most to pay for are shipping and parking. C
My "new" 2000 Mac26X trailer, does it have surge brakes? Wade Gizzy at 12:49pm 06.19.21 I had a 300 mile trip home from Ohio to Harrisburg, Pa on interstate 80 across the Appalachian mount
West Marine Sold (again) Davidasailor26 at 12:31pm 06.19.21 Defender is my go to on-line store. If I order in the AM its at my door the next day. That used to
Raymarine Evolution Wheel Pilot Install (2) Closing Time at 11:56am 06.19.21
UPS must hate sailors Capt jgw at 11:55am 06.19.21 I just got a gallon epoxy kit delivered by UPS. Outside of the box was wet and sticky and I thought
Sail Cover Between Sailing Days duck21 at 11:52am 06.19.21 I was pretty pro-active with daily covering on my Catalina. However, on our new Hunter 376 the bimin
Funny Friday!!! SFS at 11:45am 06.19.21 I want to know what the guy on the right is using for bait :biggrin: He's gonna need a bigger reel
Traveler car replacement for Newport 17' (1) Ward H at 11:27am 06.19.21 @Dzianko Welcome to the forum! My first sailboat was a 76 Newport 17. Fun boat. Is this the traveler

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