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Looking for a C22 swing keel trailer in SE Ole RB at 11:06am 09.12.05 Other Sailboats 0/669 I've got a '77 C22 swing keel I'll be selling that's in a slip without a trailer.
Main Halyard sucked up in Mast--How to fix?? Excalibur14928 at 10:48am 09.12.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/2801 Hi, I'm a novice boat owner, I have a Catalina 22 (1984) that I purchased 3 years ago; my son was 9
Looking for a RL70C Bob Halter at 10:26am 09.12.05 Big Boats 1/1464 I am looking for a Raytheon RL70C raychart color radar/chartploter display #M92735.I have installed
Water Storage Bags On The H-26 Mark A at 9:56am 09.12.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/872 I am looking for a source on the (5 Gallon, I guess) collapsible water storage bags that are on my 1
Link 2000 Question Rick D at 9:51am 09.12.05 Ask All Sailors 5/1083 I am replacing my Freedom remote with a Link 2000. Quick question: I have two banks of house batteri
ready to start a Cal 20 restoration Chris Sturm at 9:28am 09.12.05 Cal 1/841 I recently bought a Cal 20 that was in really good condition. It was a fresh water boat, but I'm go
Loss of suction sucks Sandi at 9:16am 09.12.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 9/1733 Peggy - We have your book and have followed rather closely. The boat is in an area of tons of marin
240 launching Crow at 8:37am 09.12.05 Smaller Boats 7/953 This is my first post. I am seriously close to purchasing a 240. I have looked at as many differen
Update on H356 leech flutter Jim Seamans at 8:27am 09.12.05 Big Boats 2/781 Well, Last winter I took my mainsail back to UK sails who had said they would fix the sail under war
c-22 wing keel turn over Genesis16615 at 7:15am 09.12.05 Smaller Boats 2/1708 Just thinking.. I've put Genesis in what I think to be some near lay downs.. Has anyone ever actuall
Noxious Bilge JHall at 7:06am 09.12.05 Big Boats 2/882 Have noticed a funny smell when the boat is closed up for a while. MSD clean and pumped, deo in hold
Morgan 34 steering systems Darryl Aubrey at 6:16am 09.12.05 Morgan 0/1916 I have a 1967 Morgan 34, hull #130. Originally it had a makeshift hydraulic steering system which I
Damaged Cross beam under mast Aaron at 6:08am 09.12.05 Islander 2/1987 The beam under the mast is rotten and now removed. I need information on how to construct and repla
prop shaft coupler Capt Rob at 6:01am 09.12.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1188 Does any one know the size of the bolts on the shaft to engine coupler ?Thanks Rob
sani-potti parts Dave D 94 H26 at 5:28am 09.12.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/2057 Help, Peggy! Or anybody else that may know! I removed the Sani-Potti from my new-to-me H26 to thorou
48' Hunter??? John Richard at 5:18am 09.12.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/907 I just read that Mike Harker was working with Hunter on a new 48' model and will sail hull #1 around
Keel bolts Monty16708 at 4:52am 09.12.05 Ask All Sailors 2/1105 I am cleaning and repainting the bilge on my Catalina 30 and there appears to be some type of "rubbe
Water Ballast? RGallagher at 4:42am 09.12.05 Ask All Sailors 7/2463 What exactly is water ballast. I sail a Catalina 22 swing keel and would like to go up in size. The
Reefing line sizes David Ochoa at 4:35am 09.12.05 Big Boats 7/4718 I thought I saw some information regarding this a while back but couldn't locate in the archives. I'
Plumbing steve rainey at 4:17am 09.12.05 Ask All Sailors 2/1208 understand some of the newer boats are getting away from hoses and using CPVC piping insted. could t

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Battery isolator issue Bogart at 4:44am 05.12.21 Thanks again for all your input. Heading the ACR way. Cheers
Check your Standing Rigging Folks CrispyCringle at 4:38am 05.12.21 ^^^^^ What do you mean by "wire openings"? Are you talking about where the t-ball fits into the mast
eye candy jon hansen at 4:32am 05.12.21 Michael, let me put it this way. when i put my lawnmower away in the fall, i change the oil and sha
Sailboat Deck Paint (2) kbgunn at 4:18am 05.12.21 I've had good results using the TotalBoat Wet-edge topsides paint and the TotalTread Non-skid deck p
eye candy jon hansen at 4:16am 05.12.21 i do so love simplicity. all the best parts of sailing, non of the gadget maintenance.
eye candy (1) TomY at 4:06am 05.12.21
Cleaning with TSP Bob J. at 3:38am 05.12.21 I just got my butt chewed on a FB page for using this to clean mold from my decks. I saw that y
Battery isolator issue Maine Sail at 2:48am 05.12.21 If you insist on replacing it like for like, the only somewhat reasonable replacement is a Victron A
'78 Hunter 27 Tiller/rudder interface David in Sandusky at 2:14am 05.12.21
2007 H38 Pins in blocks permanent or press-out? justsomeguy at 1:02am 05.12.21 (is the correct term "bail"?) Becket, I believe.
Our 315 Arrived Skipper John at 12:41am 05.12.21 Congratulations to 315 #74 and #75. If Catalina is building about one a month, I hope my new boat wi
I am about to begin replacing my original Raymarine instruments, radar, and GPS, in stages on my Beneteau 361 - 2001 SeaTalk system in stages. BigEasy at 8:33pm 05.11.21
Nasty Surprise Hello Below at 8:22pm 05.11.21 BTW @Peggie Hall HeadMistress does your book ship to Canada? Yup Get Rid of Boat Odors
Replacing reefing lines on H34 Kenyon boom danm1 at 8:17pm 05.11.21 The leech reefing line on mine runs through the boom in the port side. The outhaul is in the center,
361 where in boat is the dock AC inlet fuse ? BigEasy at 8:13pm 05.11.21
Keel Bolt Replacement jibes138 at 8:10pm 05.11.21 I agree with finesse versus brute force. The bolts likely have 5200 or similar sealing them and tha
Our 315 Arrived Tom J at 8:03pm 05.11.21 Very nice. Similar in many respects to our C310, with a more traditional layout in the v-berth and l
Replacing reefing lines on H34 Kenyon boom mnmpizza at 7:55pm 05.11.21 The pulley system inside your boom is for the outhaul.
Surprise!! Shaft wear by packing nut JoeWhite at 7:11pm 05.11.21 I agree with RoyS. To reduce dripping I put lanocoat before I screw on the nut. Lanocoat softens and
Replacing reefing lines on H34 Kenyon boom Capn Vinny at 7:10pm 05.11.21 I would guess that the most likely scenario is that the lines run from the winch, up into the boom o

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