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finding a transmission control cable steve at 10:36pm 02.02.06 Mid-Size Boats 2/972 Hi I am trying to find a replacement transmission shifter cable for a 1978 hunter 27 that has a yanm
Headsail size on the Chesapeake Bay? Justin4192 at 10:19pm 02.02.06 Ask All Sailors 5/1589 Hi everyone, I bought a nice 1982 Catalina 25 early last month and have been putting in a lot of wo
New to sailing and wanting to take classes, ASA or Maule at 10:01pm 02.02.06 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 19/3195 New to sailing and wanting to take classes, ASA or US Sailing? Don't want to take, and pay, for one
Swing Keel Roger N at 9:58pm 02.02.06 Forum Help (Site Talk) 0/871 I sail on a tidal lagoon with many mud banks. I frequently touch bottom and this pushes-up the keel
Sherwood/Oberdorfewr Interchange Paul Mieszczenski at 9:29pm 02.02.06 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1202 The raw water pump on my Universal M-12 is in serious need of repair. It has the Sherwood Brass Work
Rhombline Broke sailor SV Marcell at 9:07pm 02.02.06 Ask All Sailors 8/1364 I am reading thr book "Surviving the storm" and they keep talking about following the rhombline. Wh
Gulf Coast rebuild Katrina jbreland at 8:22pm 02.02.06 Smaller Boats 4/886 This may be a bit early, but I can't help but wonder.......Anyone know of plans to rebuild the mar
New Sails - victim of Katrina! GBrooks at 11:30pm 12.31.05 Big Boats 3/889 Unfortunately, our HUN375 was totalled by Katrina. We had just purchased new sails for her. We rec
Changing rigging Joe at 10:49pm 12.31.05 Smaller Boats 0/919 Our Catalina 250 WK is about 5 years old. 3 of those years were in salt water. Any advice on how oft
Sailing in Croatia and Montenegro Morski Krastavac at 10:39pm 12.31.05 Ask All Sailors 3/1366 Hello All and first off Happy New Year with lots of good sailing-days.The following link has alrea
H40 murkehaze16758 at 8:40pm 12.31.05 Big Boats 13/1033 My wife and I are looking to buy a hunter 40 over there in USA, we plan to sail the carribbean for a
Big crack between windows on Catalina 470 Popeye18292 at 8:32pm 12.31.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1512 Hello everyone,This crack is in the aft head area of a 1999 Catalina 470.Does anybody else have a
WIND SPEED KEN at 7:42pm 12.31.05 Trailer Sailors 7/1857 WHAT WIND SPEED (MPH) DOES A CAT 22 LIKE BEST ? I AM RESTORING A '73 FOR SPRING/SUMMER..WE WILL B
26M Mast Light Lowell Carrington at 12:21pm 12.31.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1347 I plan to install a masthead light on my 2006 MacGregor 26M. I have a couple of questions that I ne
Yanmar Smoking Jeff at 11:55am 12.31.05 Big Boats 23/1718 2004 had 50 hour engine service, no smoke before service and lots of smoke after. Engine mechanic cl
Passage 42 propeller suggestions? Paul Cossman at 10:44am 12.31.05 Big Boats 4/1594 It's time to replace the original 2 bladed propeller on our Passage 42. We use our boat solely for
Bilge Blower Wiring Question Dan H at 10:39am 12.31.05 Ask All Sailors 5/2628 I am rewiring my boat completely and I have a question. This boat will have two separate electrical
Bow Roller Advice needed..... Gary at 9:49am 12.31.05 Ask All Sailors 5/940 84 H31Wondering if anyone could tell me if the anchor roller designed for a danforth/fortress in th
interior cushions alex19889 at 9:41am 12.31.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/956 I'm thinking of replacing all the interior cushions of my Catalina 30 and wondering if anyone out th
Furling the main and roller furling Henry Carsberg at 9:36am 12.31.05 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 8/2047 At what wind speed should the sails be furled so to have the most efficent heel? Should the roller

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Looking for cabinet and door latches for '97 Beneteau Oceanis 381 (1) ransarge@gmail.com at 3:53pm 05.26.21 thanks for the replies neither of those are the latches i have, there is a round hole you put your f
Jabsco electric head switch. Rjm st.petersburg at 3:49pm 05.26.21 Peggy, does it look correct to you?
Interior mast cover that is removable to access the wiring (1) sail sfbay at 3:46pm 05.26.21 Can you post a photo of the part and is it an interior or exterior part? I exterior, is this what y
Best genoa for Catalina 30 Sanfelice at 3:45pm 05.26.21 I would suggest a 135 for a Catalina 30. Given that the lower forward shrouds are so far forward, ta
Catalina 38 chainplate failure sail sfbay at 3:30pm 05.26.21 Welcome to the forum!! Very sorry to hear about the chain plate failure. Can you supply photos? I
Replacing frameless acrylic fixed ports Hayden Watson at 3:25pm 05.26.21 What a nice looking job! Looks very good and thanks for sharing - something I'd like to tackle on
Newbie - Just brought a 1986 Hunter 23 home (7) Roughsawn at 3:24pm 05.26.21 Update yet again! Finally got the rudder squared away and on the boat. That thing looks kinda HUG
Best genoa for Catalina 30 shemandr at 3:17pm 05.26.21 I had a raw water cooled A4 engine. I'll have to include the boat spent most of its days in fresh w
Strange starting issue - anyone else experienced? Tom J at 3:04pm 05.26.21 Great info. If you have any tips for where to find and how to install the mechanical guage, that wo
Last straw Rick486 at 2:42pm 05.26.21 Meh....
Odd Discharge Rick486 at 2:38pm 05.26.21 From what I was told, that was the sort of thing a shot from the flight surgeon would take care of.
Best genoa for Catalina 30 (1) JRR at 2:23pm 05.26.21 i am aware of instances of fuel spills on docks. It makes sense that it isn't permitted in some plac
running aground on a sandbar! shemandr at 2:18pm 05.26.21 I would have deployed the jib and then backed it against the wind, and the resulting heel would ha
Odd Discharge AwwShucks at 2:13pm 05.26.21 I'm not sure if you checked the underside of the stairs, as JRT and I suggested. In any case, I se
After 35 years of sailing I fell in today DayDreamer41 at 2:09pm 05.26.21 Sorry to hear you went for an unintentional swim, the complete surprise to me is the water temperatu
Alternator Mounting Failure Stu Jackson at 2:08pm 05.26.21 You used the wrong size bolt. Alternator Pivot Bolts for M25 Bracket Upgrades: https://c34.org/bbs
Alternator Mounting Failure DayDreamer41 at 2:06pm 05.26.21 Thanks for posting, I guess a closer inspection is required
Any Flying Scot Sailors Out There? shemandr at 1:53pm 05.26.21 I was out about 2 hours today. Feeling more confident and I'm looking more at details. For most of
Last straw thinwater at 1:42pm 05.26.21 I don't know the specifics, and don't really want to, but... It's just a forum. A watercooler conve
After 35 years of sailing I fell in today (1) thinwater at 1:37pm 05.26.21 ABYC now requires that a safety ladder be accessible from the water, and that the ladder have at lea

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