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Post Bumpers chief14326 at 12:15pm 06.07.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1308 I finally got the boat into the water for the season on Monday. I replaced the rubrail for the secon
Strainer needed for bilge suction line? Dave C270LE at 12:25pm 06.07.06 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1122 I recently purchased a 1994 C270 and was checking out the bilge. I found the bilge pump suction hos
Loose Stantions Fix? KS285 at 1:34pm 06.07.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/947 Hello All,Many if not all of my stantions on my new to me 93 First 285 are loose. Does anyone hav
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR DENNIS SCANLON, CRACKER JACK HL YUNG at 1:26pm 06.07.06 Hallberg-Rassy 2/2145 I found your boat on this website. In case you didn't get the bad news already, it was hit by one of
Installing portholes Bobby Knee at 1:22pm 06.07.06 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/993 I would like to add ports to my 2002 Mac 26x. Has anybody done this? Where did you locate the ports?
Hull color of O'day 322, 302, 272 Marcus at 1:48pm 06.07.06 Ask An Oday Owner 0/1148 The stern of my O'Day 322 was hit some time ago and the old owners repaired it. My problem is that
Sailing on SF Bay avoy at 4:08pm 06.07.06 Smaller Boats 4/993 I am considering buying a Hunter 240 and was wondering if anyone has any experience sailing a small,
Masthead fitting? Bill Roosa at 10:59pm 06.05.06 Big Boats 0/876 I recently had the opportunity to go aloft to fix the anchor light and noticed a fairlead (pad eye w
Engine Room Scott at 11:02pm 06.05.06 Mid-Size Boats 3/1081 Sound reduction attempt on a 88' Catalina 27 with an M18In an effert to reduce the engine noise tha
install chartplotter on Irwin Citation 30 alan bernstein at 11:14pm 06.05.06 Other Sailboats 1/809 I have a 1982 Irwin Citation 30 and am planning to install a Raymarine C-70 chartplotter on my wheel
Can the walls of the holding tank retain odor? Scott21120 at 9:47pm 06.05.06 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 2/1434 I have been working to eliminate the obnoxious odor from our "new" Oday 34. I started by replacing
Autohelm ST30 tranducer FOB at 10:55pm 06.05.06 Ask All Sailors 4/1715 I have a Autohelm wind speed system. One of the cups at the top of the mast is gone. I only have 2 n
What have I got? (1) resdog at 1:48am 06.06.06 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/937 Can anyone give me some information on this model: 1984 First24. This model is never listed on any
H34 Hull Thickness (1) Gary B. at 2:46am 06.06.06 Big Boats 6/1267 I just want to post a photo of a core sample from a 1986 H34 hull to supplement past postings on H34
Leaky V Berth Hatch David ONeill at 1:39am 06.06.06 Ask All Sailors 8/1464 Does anyone have any suggestions for material for re-insulating at V Berth hatch? Mine is old, dry,
Oday 25, Damp wood in Cabin Top Dwight Thomas at 2:53am 06.06.06 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1170 Has anyone ever drilled into their cabin top to mount something and found that they have damp wood s
Wooden Mast Replacement Dargo at 3:00am 06.06.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1891 I am the owner of a 1967 Sailmaster 22. Unfortunately, the wooden mast was shattered while the boat
diesel mechanic Dusty Rhoads at 3:31am 06.06.06 Ask All Sailors 3/1015 In need of a good diesel mechanic near Quantico, VA along the Potomac River. My bud was bringing hi
Attachment for boom vang KennyH at 4:09am 06.06.06 The Cherubini Hunters 2/992 Could someone with a boom vang on their hunter 25 give me an idea on fittings. I have the vang but
Catalina 30 - leaking windows - need help Philip Malcove at 5:15am 06.06.06 Ask All Sailors 10/4397 My 1980 Catalina 30 is leaking in the two small windows (one in the head, and the one on the other (

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West Marine Sold (again) Leeward Rail at 1:19pm 06.18.21 We can expect more dazzling sales on anything we don't need and higher prices on the things we do
Square sail .. Big Blue flies! shemandr at 1:11pm 06.18.21 ... My wife asked me how we would get a whopping great 52-footer back to Florida, and I said we wou
Towing a Cat 22 sail sfbay at 1:11pm 06.18.21 Let us know what you decided to do.
Any jack line systems anybody would recommend for a 2000Mac 26X? (1) sail sfbay at 1:10pm 06.18.21 I purchased my jacklines here WEST MARINE Polyester Webbing Jacklines \| West Marine and they work fi
Towing a Cat 22 John Marrone at 1:09pm 06.18.21 Like all the options.......Thanks to everyone
Windlass suddenly tripping main breaker skunther at 1:06pm 06.18.21 I'm going to pick up a new windlass. This one seems to be at the end of its serviceable lifespan.
Yanmar 2GM20F Failure - reality check needed jmce1587 at 1:01pm 06.18.21 The only obvious possibility is a clogged pick-up tube in the tank but it could be lots of things l
Replacing furling line on under deck furler Rcd1649 at 1:01pm 06.18.21 Update, stitching the lines worked... eventually. first mistake we made was first line meeting sl
Sailing Brownsville TX Flying Jay at 12:57pm 06.18.21 I was stationed at Naval Air Station corpus and kitesurfed laguna madre for three years. It was very
Boat Explosion in Greenport Leeward Rail at 12:42pm 06.18.21 Considering that gasoline's flashpoint is below freezing, and therefore almost always above that tem
BELT DUST DayDreamer41 at 12:32pm 06.18.21 Rid yourself of belt dust completely and improve alternator efficiency, convert to a serpentine belt
West Marine Sold (again) dlochner at 12:28pm 06.18.21 And this in the press release: ng in the same sentence, what a contradiction of terms. Has anyone e
Hunter 33 Main Traveller Arch - Adding 12v Power to arch DayDreamer41 at 12:23pm 06.18.21 If I were a betting man, the arches horizontal mounting deck plate has a hole in it, the fiberglass
Chainplate adaptor separating from deck Timm R Oday25 at 12:17pm 06.18.21 Perhaps a different perspective might help . I'm a big fan of crows feet sockets . Worth a try
Square sail .. Big Blue flies! Jollyroger at 12:16pm 06.18.21 Okay, fair enough, maybe you will come to Florida. I went to Seattle eleven years ago to look at
Towing a Cat 22 dmax at 12:10pm 06.18.21 Ryder used to rent trucks you could use to tow someone else's trailer, not sure if they still do, an
Yanmar 2GM20F Failure - reality check needed Stu Jackson at 12:07pm 06.18.21 @Fredct , Ken's is a good candidate. Here's a longer description, depends on what filter housing y
Sail Cover Between Sailing Days Ward H at 12:01pm 06.18.21 @duck21 I do as you do, depending on the conditions, and have wondered the same. I will cover it jus
Hunter 33 Main Traveller Arch - Adding 12v Power to arch Hello Below at 11:56am 06.18.21 So I guess I am going to have to drill up through the boat grp and into the tube. Good luck jasonc
Relay for always on MC-614 Maine Sail at 11:46am 06.18.21 The MC-614 only turns on when the brown wire sees a +12V signal. It gets wired to the ignition switc

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