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Backstay for 1987 Catalina 22 (1) coldaddy at 1:54pm 04.19.25 Catalina 22 9/1356 Hello, I've not been on the forum in awhile and I'm quite new to sailing (a hobby taken up late in
2008 Oceanis 40 - Marine head water intake fitting size (diameter) and strainer type (4) miraculix at 1:29pm 04.19.25 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/630 Hi all, I had freezing damage to the intake water strainer on our 2008 Beneteau Oceanis 40 marine
Removing pin from old deck block? BAD ORCA at 10:01am 04.19.25 Ask All Sailors 7/877 I have a few old Schaefer deck blocks with badly worn sheaves. Two of the blocks have a tapered bas
Imray/Iolaire Chats of Eastern Caribbean Cptd at 8:54am 04.19.25 Ask All Sailors 0/219 Anyone out there been using the charts that Don Street collaborated on with Imray of the Eastern Car
Lifting pump on M-25XPB getting voltage but not current. dhandzy at 5:05am 04.19.25 Catalina 310 15/1819 I'm having an issue with my fuel lifting pump when trying to start the engine: The engine won't sta
2001 Hunter 340 main bilge and leak questions BW1973 at 4:52am 04.19.25 Big Boats 7/850 The main bilge has a hole above just aft of the bilge pump. it's about 1 inch above the bottom of t
Instrument Shuffle (1) Foswick at 4:27pm 04.18.25 Ask All Sailors 12/854 I'm motivated to move some instrumentation around. The main issue I am trying to rectify is the fact
Deck Plate in Cockpit Floor (1) Foswick at 3:45pm 04.18.25 Ask All Sailors 11/984 Access to the engine compartment is pretty tight on my boat, from the front. The only other access i
A good Sailboat work marina in St. Pete or Tampa area Peanut Gallery at 12:18pm 04.18.25 Ask All Sailors 0/295 I used to use the Salt Creek Marina in the Tampa area for reliable, affordable work on my boat. I ju
DE 32 thoughts and suggestions WaKen at 9:10am 04.18.25 Down East Yachts 0/2136 I'm new to Downeast boats but am looking at a 1975 32 for cruising the Sea of Cortez. I would apprec
O'Day 322 chainplates Free Spirit! at 8:56am 04.18.25 Bigger Boats 23/2187 I have a '77 O'Day 322 that looks like there's rust coming from the starboard and port chainplates.
Master bed seal to lazarette (H380) marcham at 11:21pm 04.17.25 Big Boats 0/472 Good evening, Curious if another H380 can check something.... The two rear lazarettes (seats) in th
Continuing my Oday 192 survey... bear with me! EnamrdSalr21 at 6:36pm 04.17.25 Ask An Oday Owner 9/1417 Hi all! Thanks for the comments on my last posts. Wondering if you might be able to help again as I
composting head thumper3 at 4:18pm 04.17.25 Big Boats 0/270 Hi all, my wife and I bought a 2011 hunter 36E and want to put in a composting head where the toilet
Need a local (greater Boston area) shop that can bend and machine plexiglass azambella at 1:26pm 04.17.25 Ask All Sailors 7/516 Hi all, anyone know a shop than can make a plexiglass part for me?
Last night, greatest experience SteveHughessails at 10:26am 04.17.25 Ask All Sailors 22/1568
Paint protection film gettinthere at 6:03am 04.17.25 Ask All Sailors 6/597 Just finished rolling Alexseal 501 poly 2 part paint. After full cure, I'm considering installing a
2005 Hunter 38 red boot stripe LLeDrew at 4:56am 04.17.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/529 The stripe on my boat is oxidized past redemption. Is this tape or paint, and if the latter, does a
Epoxy Putty BigEasy at 10:08pm 04.16.25 Ask All Sailors 4/689 Anyone have experience using Sea Goin two part epoxy putty in a wet environment?. Will not be used
Southwest Vancouver Island Foswick at 4:09pm 04.16.25 Pacific North West Cruisers 11/1415 We are kicking around the idea of venturing from Victoria, west along the coast of Vancouver Island,

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Hows this boom/mast look.. on my "new" (1971) Catalina 22 dlochner at 6:12am 10.30.25 . How does the mast look? Seems a little odd with the opening wonky... but not sure. Some people in
Lifeline Stanchion Orientation Questions (Catalina 22) dlochner at 6:03am 10.30.25 Photos of the stanchion bases would be helpful. It is unusual for the stanchions to be angled towar
Lightning strike Davidasailor26 at 5:58am 10.30.25
Hows this boom/mast look.. on my "new" (1971) Catalina 22 (2) ...3TacksontheWater at 5:57am 10.30.25 To understand what's going on it would be helpful to see more than 6" of boom and mast track at a ti
Lightning strike Will Gilmore at 5:06am 10.30.25
Lightning strike kappykaplan at 4:44am 10.30.25 The fire on deck after the strike looks pretty hinky.
Lifeline Stanchion Orientation Questions (Catalina 22) (1) jssailem at 4:40am 10.30.25 Watch boats as they approach the dock, and see how folks wanting to help the boat skipper grab for t
Timing for the perfect tack Indysailor at 4:23am 10.30.25 I think first, rather than getting hung up on 90 or 100 degrees, the advice of going close hauled to
Lightning strike dlochner at 4:13am 10.30.25 AI, the spreaders and the guy being blown overboard.
Lifeline Stanchion Orientation Questions (Catalina 22) Apex at 2:57am 10.30.25 The mounting feet are likely a trapezoid, so not easy to turn around. Could they be bent due to lif
Lightning strike garymalmgren at 2:49am 10.30.25 I looked at how one guy went to the mast after the strike and paid no attention the the guy blown ov
Lightning strike Davidasailor26 at 2:23am 10.30.25 Definitely AI. Look how janky the spreaders are. Also the lightning bolt seems to originate at the m
Lifeline Stanchion Orientation Questions (Catalina 22) (1) Carl Wonderful at 10:20pm 10.29.25 Forgot to mention my boat is a 1971 C22. Actually not even sure they came with them back then.. or
Timing for the perfect tack jssailem at 9:30pm 10.29.25 maintain as much of your original speed-over-wate This is the objective of a good tack. To do thi
Fuel range for C30 with M25-XP jssailem at 8:46pm 10.29.25 Send me your route and day of departure.
Fuel range for C30 with M25-XP jssailem at 8:45pm 10.29.25 Raise the sails and go for the gold. Chicago is forecasting 9 knots with gust at 16 on Saturday. Su
Fuel range for C30 with M25-XP Project_Mayhem at 8:37pm 10.29.25 40 nm @ 4 knots = 10 hours 10 hours = 5 gallons at 0.5 gph You "must" have a C30 Owners Manual.
Invest 98L jssailem at 8:34pm 10.29.25 Great pilots with big cajonas.
Goosneck corrosion - how bad is this? (1) jssailem at 8:22pm 10.29.25 File https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%2Fid%2FOIP.Ca
Broken Mast block alternativez PaulK at 7:23pm 10.29.25 Sailboatdata shows the Cal 2-27 has a deck-stepped mast. Attaching the turning block to the deck/ca

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