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Water pump/ Swinging at mooring eric1795 at 11:43pm 05.11.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/856 My MacGregor has a freesh water system and has a Whale water pump fitted. After only 4 years the ele
Steering eric1795 at 11:36pm 05.11.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/788 My steering wheel shaft seems to be corroded and might need replacing. I need to know how to uncoup
Datamarine Depth Gauge Health Check Tony5898 at 11:31pm 05.11.05 Ask All Sailors 6/1497 I have an operational Datamarine Depth gauge on my C'C. However, after careful inspection, the back
o'day kitten carol browning at 11:21pm 05.11.05 Day Sailers 2/1934 Hello, I purchased a O'day kitten at tag sale for $25.00.I think its from the the 1960s. It looks
Gelcoat/old paint and peel away jwurch at 10:16pm 05.11.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1318 I used the peel away product on my bottom over the past few weeks. It worked like a charm. You can
dropping your keel Rick at 9:55pm 05.11.05 Mid-Size Boats 4/991 yep, it happened, i let someone steer while i went below and "bang", he hit a rock!!well, it opened
Tack attach method John S at 3:35pm 05.11.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/3707 I would like to know how the tack of the mainsail is normally attached to the boom and if anyone has
Hatch Sliding James at 2:21pm 05.11.05 Ask An Oday Owner 2/903 I will replace the teak hatch guides this year - Why? because the old ones are split, grey, coming o
motor steering BratsRUs at 2:02pm 05.11.05 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1052 Need some advice.Have always loved sailboats from afar so a few years ago I took a basic sailing c
new boat grounding in sea trial Sam at 1:43pm 05.11.05 Big Boats 19/1738 New Catalina had soft grounding on inside breakwater sandy shoaling and came to a complete hault whi
Microwave on 37.5 Sea Sharp at 12:49pm 05.11.05 Big Boats 7/1117 I would like to install a microwave on my new to me 37.5. I have seen pictures of most installation
Bow or stern first docking Broke sailor SV Marcell at 12:19pm 05.11.05 Mid-Size Boats 12/3327 Well I finally got my boat to Colonial Beach. I had a hard time getting the boat in the slip. Trie
Battery Charger David Harcourt at 12:09pm 05.11.05 Mid-Size Boats 6/1204 My battery charger that came with my Catalina 310, hull 59, has after four years fried my batteries
Striping PHitchcox at 11:52am 05.11.05 Mid-Size Boats 3/981 Honest, I've checked the archives and gotten two different answers for two different boats.Simply
inverter sizing 700W v. 2000W Paul F at 11:25am 05.11.05 Ask All Sailors 10/1716 Advice please, in choosing the right size of inverter to purchase which is better to have a 700 watt
battery Connections rpeddle at 10:08am 05.11.05 Ask An Oday Owner 1/982 I'm new to sailboats. I just purchased a 76 oday 20 and I trying to figure out how to connect the ba
fred, what is the......................... duality at 9:56am 05.11.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/934 fred what is the angle of your pedestal guard??? i brought mine to the machine shop and he thinks he
bimini top for 1982 Hunter 33 Bob Rupinski at 7:35am 05.11.05 Mid-Size Boats 3/1227 I want to have a bimini instaled on my boat. The canvas man says that to do it so that the hardware
Deck Delamination Don Dicken at 7:24am 05.11.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1039 Deck Delamination - A dull 'thump' on the starboard deck has become a 6 feet long spongy area runnin
Faom mattress replacement trivers at 7:12am 05.11.05 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/1163 I have a Hunter 40.5 (1995) whose aft berth cushions need to be replaced. They are 4" thick. Might s

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Install Wallas heater in a Hunter 41 ac Baja bash at 6:44pm 03.29.21 Hi, thank you all for your ideas and suggestions. I am going to go with a Wallas Spartan mounted in
Great Lakes Navigation jssailem at 6:36pm 03.29.21 That is a good idea. @sloughsailer . I borrowed my wife's laminating equipment she used while teachi
Great Lakes Navigation sloughsailer at 6:22pm 03.29.21 I often sail in shallow waters where there are no channel markers or other nav aids. I need my chart
Jib furler on Hunter 356 chuckwayne at 6:18pm 03.29.21 the standard 356 furler was a profurl B29. All of the above suggestions for pulling the screws are g
Mystery Mastic jssailem at 6:09pm 03.29.21 As I look at your pictures, I sense the goop you started this discussion with is likely beneath the
Mystery Mastic jssailem at 6:05pm 03.29.21 I just can't imagine why they wouldn't clean up the ugly streaks afterwards. Maybe the wind was st
Great Lakes Navigation (1) jssailem at 5:59pm 03.29.21 Have you looked at the "OpenCPN" software on your computer? The software is free. The charts are fre
Mystery Mastic jdrutten at 5:58pm 03.29.21 Anchor locker snorkel! Might not be a bad idea. But yes, the PVC was my shotgun effort at building s
Boat Transportation Service Recommendation Alansails at 5:53pm 03.29.21 Excellent news @Fleet we will have 3 310s, that seems like a class race in Lake Guntersville I've
Standard-sized toilet / Catalina 320 Ward H at 5:53pm 03.29.21 @Scott, I rotated the bowl on the base as in Fig 3 on Page 6, which I believe is what @Peggie Hall H
Mystery Mastic Scott T-Bird at 5:24pm 03.29.21 That boat looks like it is in very nice condition and I doubt you have any serious problems with it.
H310 outhaul rigging (1) MIsty's Destiny Captn. at 5:18pm 03.29.21 Do you have a Selden rigging? I'm in the middle of replacing my outhaul and the eye loop end of the
Converting from diesel engine to electric motor Ken13559 at 4:58pm 03.29.21
Standard-sized toilet / Catalina 320 Scott T-Bird at 4:46pm 03.29.21 You DO know that the SeaEra's base can be oriented to either side, not just out the back? And occup
C22 Swing Keel/Fiberglass Repair? (1) ambler at 4:45pm 03.29.21 The repair looks beautiful. I'm saving your photos in case I'm unlucky enough to have to do mine in
Recommendation on Tablet to use for Navionics App? envisionvenicefl at 4:43pm 03.29.21 I have an iPad wifi only and the Bad Elf pro. Amazing!
Any suggestions on how to fix this? Seen a bunch of YouTube videos, a bit nervous as to specifics. Appreciate any specific advice. 1980 o'day 28. Tally Ho at 4:41pm 03.29.21 Thanks Greg, I was also wondering if reinstalling rudder would be difficult? I would assume there
Boat Transportation Service Recommendation JRT at 4:33pm 03.29.21 @Cat310_107 when you moving down to the lake? 4 310s racing in the Great RIver Race would be aweso
Standard-sized toilet / Catalina 320 (1) Scott T-Bird at 4:16pm 03.29.21 It's a little cramped, even with the marine size toilet. Sue is not happy because she thinks the st
Catalina 385 / Golf Cart Batteries? Monterey385 at 4:14pm 03.29.21 I had been curious about 6 volt sizes and saw the DIN 6 volt golf cart battery size on Trojan's web

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