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Motor size for Catalina 25 Ernie Kollar at 4:03am 04.24.06 Smaller Boats 6/5621 I am upgrading the motor for my Catalina 25 -fixed keel. The manual recommends a 9.9 hp. Does anyo
DELIVERY MIKE at 11:55pm 04.23.06 Ask All Sailors 2/1008 WANTED .....DELIVER MY YACHT TO UK FROM FLORIDA......BOAT SHIPSHAPE NEW SAILS /EPIRB/AUTO PILOT FRES
Steering pedestal richard18986 at 5:01am 04.24.06 The Cherubini Hunters 2/1015 Mine is an "84 with a weakening cockpit pedestal. The base is corroding, mainly at one quarter of t
Morgan Invasion 2006 photo's steve poynor at 6:13am 04.24.06 Morgan 0/1415 ere are a few pictures form the party after the Invasion. There might be a picture or two of you he
Standing rigging DCSailor at 6:15am 04.24.06 Smaller Boats 1/812 I had my outer shroud on the starboard side snap. I can measure the port side, but does someone know
Electric water pump Falcon14980 at 6:22am 04.24.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/942 I just got back to my boat after a two week trip to find the 15 amp fuse to the water pump had blown
UNIVERSAL 25HP 3CYL FUEL CONSUMPTION/HR @ 2300RPM JBWARD59 at 6:57am 04.24.06 Catalina 30 3/2388 HAVE CAT 30 WITH UNIVERSAL 25HP 3CYL I NEED FUEL CONSUMPTION/HR @ 2300RPM
Sailing/Marinas in Chicago Paul at 6:55am 04.24.06 Ask All Sailors 6/879 Hi,My wife and I are heading to Chicago the week of May 14th. Can any one recommend any nice mari
Towing a dighny Ed at 7:35am 04.24.06 Ask All Sailors 6/1129 I have been sailing for two years and a half and just got a dighny to expand my weekends on The Ches
Ranger 29, shift lever & cable Joseph Gaites at 7:44am 04.24.06 Ranger Yachts (CA/FL) 2/1859 Does anyone know where to buy a shifter ' throttle control assembly for a Ranger 29, or where to buy
Mast fitting Kurt Myers at 7:36am 04.24.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/915 About a foot below where my furling fore stay attaches to my mast is a eyelet with two short legs ,
baby bottom coating TonyN. at 7:48am 04.24.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/890 Has anyone out there tried a zinc 10% based baby diaper cream as a bottom coat for summer long berth
transmission dip stick ronvansickle@bellsouth.net at 6:00am 04.24.06 Bigger Boats 0/888 I have the stock universal 24 horse engine and transmission in my O Day 34 Gypsea. I drained the tra
Where is the waterline NEPTUNEE at 5:38am 04.24.06 Smaller Boats 3/1022 I am still restoring my old 22, and I am getting ready to paint, but the trouble is, that the bootst
whisker pole is it worth it? ChuckThomas at 5:34am 04.24.06 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1013 I have owned my H33 for almost a year now. I have a 150% genoa. Would I see much downwind performa
Propeller shaft Randy Church at 5:28am 04.24.06 Big Boats 5/1179 I'm almost afraid to ask this question. Does the rudder have to be removed in order to remove and r
Replace the board that covers the bilge with ? Marshall Turner at 10:11am 04.24.06 Mid-Size Boats 1/1073 The plywood board that covers my bilge is delaminating after 25 years. Any suggestions for a better
How to clean mesh cockpit cushions? Rich Stidger at 9:43am 04.24.06 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1757 I have seached the arhives and found only one suggestion of using Soft Scrub on the cockpit cushions
Rudder post tube replacement Jeff at 10:40am 04.24.06 The Cherubini Hunters 3/1090 Having suffered from a prolonged and annoying leak from what I thought was the packing gland of the
cockpit cover or shade? charliehall1@verizon.net at 10:36am 04.24.06 Ask All Sailors 2/971 We recently purchase an Oday 30. The boat included a large blue canvas maybe 10 X 12 with a section

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Should I lubricate my rudder post? Driftin II at 8:28am 12.16.20 Thanks for the advise - I was going to try silicone grease - the teflon sounds even better.
Hunter 18. billwnc at 8:26am 12.16.20 Yes. The scupper drain hose.
Hunter 216 Bungee Chord On Rudder Pod Parsons at 8:20am 12.16.20 That "VARA" rudder is just damage waiting to happen, so be careful. When I owned that boat, I abused
Anyone have pics of mast lowering Bridle attachment? (1) kmhalvorson at 8:18am 12.16.20 This is the diagram for my 23.5, the 26 uses the same system. If you have a mast crutch, it is just
Should I lubricate my rudder post? dmax at 8:17am 12.16.20 I have used teflon trailer hitch grease (super slippery) but any waterproof grease will do.
Texas December Racing (1) Jackdaw at 7:50am 12.16.20 . Chili contest portion of the regatta was cancelled due to Covid concerns. Normally two classes, ch
Moving chainplates outboard Kings Gambit at 7:40am 12.16.20 Hi all, I was reading the replies to joe28532 's leaking chainplates problem and don't want to hija
Texas December Racing Jackdaw at 7:27am 12.16.20 Yea, the time to keep a boat from driving over you is not when they are a lane up and overtaking, it
Moving chainplates outboard (1) Jackdaw at 7:06am 12.16.20 While this COULD be done, for your need its not worth the effort. For sure new longer spreaders, an
ipad for navigation sesmith at 6:57am 12.16.20 Also, let's address the cost. You can get a 13" iPad and a 7" iPhone for about $1,600 and the maps
The Proper Prop Crazy Dave Condon at 6:53am 12.16.20 @jssailem and @Daveinet At the age of 9 celebrating New Years Eve 12/31/59, my family was on the SS
Prop shaft zinc 321 DougM at 6:47am 12.16.20 Hi Doug, Have you looked at Boatzincs.com? They have magnesium shaft collars. not sure if they h
Hunter 216 Bungee Chord On Rudder Pod Hunter216 at 6:42am 12.16.20 I didn't but it would be fun to have. Might be a bit of a handful though since I mostly sail single
Got a new sailing dinghy Captain Larry-DH at 6:39am 12.16.20 You could do them together leaving plastic in the middle to form an inner and outer rail. Great id
Check Your GFI's leo310 at 6:36am 12.16.20 the wire melted at the crimp point.
Should I lubricate my rudder post? Justin_NSA at 6:26am 12.16.20 Tried to find anything and all I came up with is this article on improving the C30 in general. There
Hunter 18. Crazy Dave Condon at 6:20am 12.16.20 Are you talking about the cockpit drain?
Escrow service for personal boat sale? thinwater at 5:33am 12.16.20 Someone is mixing up terms. Escrow and documentation are two different things. The OP is asking abo
Prop shaft zinc 321 Will Gilmore at 5:32am 12.16.20 wondered if aluminum would work in fresh water... Check the alloy composition. Aluminum is actual
Check Your GFI's Daveinet at 5:15am 12.16.20 Those photo DO NOT show show the reason why. Those photos show lousy workmanship. Heat is caused by

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