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Replacing Sheaves Jeff at 9:28pm 03.30.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/865 Saw a post this past year regarding the replacement of Sheaves and can not locate it. I am changing
Mast compresion post? O'Day 22 David Rainwaters at 9:11pm 03.30.05 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1013 Can anyone tell me whether my recently purchased O'Day 22 (made Dec 1980) is supposed to have a comp
Should I move my 4 batteries? Dave at 3:47pm 03.30.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/729 I've just purchased a 1998 26X. It came with a 2000 watt inverter (at the galley setee) and a total
Elecrtical Distribution Box John S at 2:42pm 03.30.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/688 Here is the start of my rewire project. The box is a single piece of African Mahogany milled on the
Instantaneous water heater Mike G16596 at 2:08pm 03.30.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/805 Does anyone have experience with the Eemax Instantaneous Water Heater?
Reefing the main Gregg at 1:14pm 03.30.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/706 A few weeks ago, we went out to San Francisco Bay and sailed all day. It was great. We were gettin
cutless bearing kevin at 1:08pm 03.30.05 Mid-Size Boats 12/880 i have a 91 hunter 30t and i need to change the cutless bearing, is there a procedure written up for
Sail Dimension Carl at 12:41pm 03.30.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/723 Need to know the luff and foot measurements of the 26D main sail. Please reply of site to info@saylo
Limited transom space on Mac 26 wander at 12:34pm 03.30.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/810 Have recently acquired a '94 Mac 26 with 9.9 Suzuki ob. Transom is so narrow that ob can't be moved
Electric head for 376 Ed den Dooven at 11:50am 03.30.05 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1227 I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions for putting an electric head on my 1996 376. I w
Electric head for 1996 376 Ed den Dooven at 11:46am 03.30.05 Big Boats 1/722 Does anyone have any idea on an electric head that would fit into the footprint of the standard head
Electronic Navigation gr8 2 av8 at 10:30am 03.30.05 Ask All Sailors 2/1005 Just would like to get some opinions on some of the navigation software. What do you think of the B
Masthead Spinnaker Halyards Mark at 10:11am 03.30.05 Racing 3/1680 Alan,Reading through the Archives, I saw a message from you where you were thinking of adding some
Searching for Outlaw trailer david buchanan at 9:42am 03.30.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/688 I am currently searching for an O'Day Outlaw for sale - or a trailer for one on its own. I am locate
H37C "flappers". Ed Schenck at 9:39am 03.30.05 The Cherubini Hunters 12/1093 Or alias "zebra mussel collector". On the post entitled "Rudder Post Leak" we were reminded by Gene
under sole bilge hose replacement Tim Dalton at 9:29am 03.30.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/963 I need to replace the bilge hose on my H33 and wonder how to get it out from the section that is und
GPH Bill Welsch at 9:24am 03.30.05 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/2099 In checking the archives, saw Stu's input (and others) on the issue of what kind of hours per gallon
dimensions for centerboard (Looking for Sidworc) Jocelyn (nipan2) at 9:21am 03.30.05 Ask An Oday Owner 0/783 On january 22 at my quesion to know the spec for the centerboard (O'Day 25) you wrote:Joceylyn, I h
Rigging new speed and direction indicator in H31 Joey Sowell at 9:17am 03.30.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/884 I recently purchased the Raymarine ST 60 value pack for the purpose of replacing the wind speed and
Live well ? Cooler? what was it intended to be? smokey at 9:12am 03.30.05 Mid-Size Boats 10/969 Hi, on the 1979 hunter 27, at the aft in the cockpit, there is a built in well. was it intended to b

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Drilling a hole for a USB port in the DC panel jaysweet at 5:39am 09.20.20 You can use a step bit like this one. Seadaddler suggested the same. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Xtr
Fixing brakes on 1990 Mac S Trailer rgranger at 5:37am 09.20.20 Bust Out Another Thousand = BOAT
Drilling a hole for a USB port in the DC panel Mechone at 5:37am 09.20.20 Die mentioned above does the best job.I had 2 ,12v sockets. I left them and installed the usb in ano
Bow Eyes mermike at 5:36am 09.20.20 Without a picture it is hard to say, but could you fill the holes and redrill them to 3/8? A 1/2" sh
Wanted Hunter 36 Vision, ready to buy now judybuddy at 5:18am 09.20.20 there is a utube video of a lady who bought a beater 32 Vision. Several really of her adventure and
Wanted Hunter 36 Vision, ready to buy now judybuddy at 5:10am 09.20.20
Shrouds and Stays diameter? rpludwig at 4:55am 09.20.20 simple & eze! https://cfd.northsails.com/sailing/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/08115139/NorthSails-Cat
Argh. (1) Will Gilmore at 4:44am 09.20.20 https://thelibraryladiesdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/walken.gif Even the inimitable Christoph
Bow Eyes (1) vwjay at 2:53am 09.20.20
Bow Eyes twistedskipper at 1:17am 09.20.20 Photo?
Argh. Rich Stidger at 9:25pm 09.19.20 So this pirate walks into a bar with a peg leg, a hook for an arm, and an eye patch. The bartender l
After 10 Years Benny17441 at 9:11pm 09.19.20 Sometimes we put boats or RVs away and one day like in the middle of a pandemic we decide to tinker
Bow Eyes Benny17441 at 9:08pm 09.19.20 You could eliminate them. I think those bow eyes are used to attach straps when the boat is trailer
Argh. Benny17441 at 9:03pm 09.19.20 "Grog" was a British Navy term for water diluted rum rations for a ship's crew. I still partake of
Argh. Stu Jackson at 8:24pm 09.19.20 I trashed my pirates BS years ago, they were a bunch of pretty rotten guys. Kept the rum.
Rust Never Sleeps. Stu Jackson at 8:19pm 09.19.20 For those of you with Yanmar engines, please note that this is a Catalina with an exhaust nipple in
H26 - Bottom Paint Flaking sail sfbay at 8:13pm 09.19.20 Looks like you lost your barrier coating?
Drilling a hole for a USB port in the DC panel Tedd at 8:12pm 09.19.20 Yes, definitely a job for a step bit. It will make the tidiest hole. Or a die set, if you can find o
Rust Never Sleeps. Ralph Johnstone at 8:09pm 09.19.20 Well dang, if you can get a factory cast 316 elbow, why the F would you have one welded up They d
After 10 Years Michael Davis at 8:07pm 09.19.20 10 years without sailing?!

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