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URGENT - Keel Trunck Damage - taking on water! Steve Z at 9:51pm 07.10.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1371 My boat is a 1984 MacGregor 25. I was motoring yesterday with the swing keel in the locked down pos
First 24 Cooker eric14632 at 8:27pm 07.10.04 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1009 I believe that the factory fitted camping gaz bottle cooker is now deemed unsafe by marine surveyors
First 24 Mast Lowering eric14632 at 8:25pm 07.10.04 Ask A Beneteau Owner 0/1145 Has anyone come up with a safe method of mast lowering given that the mast step is much lower than t
Installing AC in a Hunter 31 Len7182 at 6:39am 07.06.04 Mid-Size Boats 6/2670 AC for Hunter 31 Thanks RJ for the response. At this time we only plan to use the AC when plugged i
Sail boat comparison information? blown away at 3:39pm 07.10.04 Ask All Sailors 5/1432 Hello all,I'm interested in purchasing a used sail boat 26 to 28 foot size and am having trouble f
B Ray1156 at 2:22pm 07.10.04 Ask All Sailors 0/919 This week my B
B Ray1156 at 2:19pm 07.10.04 Mid-Size Boats 4/917 This week my B
Rudder trouble jybiom at 1:40pm 07.10.04 Mid-Size Boats 4/1078 I have a 1978 Catalina 27. The rudder has a visible crack in the surface on one side from the rudder
searching for a deep keel catalina 28 Pat17356 at 12:07pm 07.10.04 Mid-Size Boats 0/822 HiI live on the west coast (Vancouver) and am looking for a Catalina 28 Mark I deep keel. If anyo
Need headsail luf of Catalina 22 Joe Conway at 11:23am 07.10.04 Smaller Boats 2/1258 To: 22' Catalina sailboat owners:I really need to find out the "Head Sail Luff" of a Catalina 22
Leaking Windows sailwriter at 10:35am 07.10.04 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/971 Since I bought my boat I had a small leak in the salon of the cabin that dripped onto the nice wood
356 Demo Sail Paul8821 at 9:27am 07.10.04 Big Boats 4/858 I am considering the purchase of either a Catalina 350 or Hunter 356/36. I have arranged a demo sail
Length of Forstay softlady 2 at 8:19am 07.10.04 Ask An Oday Owner 0/817 I have a 1982 22ft Oday and during an accident the forstay was snaped. Ordered one from D'K Marine
Winch handle KB0RRG at 8:01am 07.10.04 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/765 I would like to buy a spare winch handle, but the winches on my boat are a bit unusual and standard
Plastimo 7.9' Inflatable Tender question Rich18890 at 6:17am 07.10.04 Ask All Sailors 2/1027 Right now I have a hard dingy but I'm looking at buying a Plastimo 7.9' P240 Inflatable Dingy for my
Mast Electrics H355 vrmagill at 3:18am 07.10.04 Big Boats 10/998 I am in the process of tracking down an electrical problem in my anchor light. Can anyone out there
Lowering mainmast while Afloat Phil Smith at 3:08am 07.10.04 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/969 Does anybody routinely lower the mainmast whilst afloat to negotiate a bridge etc.? And also, do the
Standing rigging / bulkhead repair Norman Lacy at 12:36am 07.10.04 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1322 I have an O'day 26. The standing rigging for the mast is bolted thru SS chain plates to the interio
Pedestal Grey Rover at 12:16am 07.10.04 Mid-Size Boats 1/973 I have a 79 Catalina with a pedestal steering system which I am trying to upgrade, there are no manu
Steering failure on 410 Steve Feinsilver at 12:03am 07.10.04 Big Boats 12/1091 A more exciting evening's sail than planned... sailing my 2000 h410 Thursday evening when steering

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Motor opinion jrmil1454 at 6:28am 08.02.20 Thank you all for your ideas. We settled on a 3.5 HP gas motor available from Amazon and is return
Replacement Propane tank for Catalina 310 Jacksail at 6:24am 08.02.20 Before you disposed the tank did you look at getting it re-certified as all it is a new safety valv
Hull numbers.... again ShawnL at 6:24am 08.02.20 I will check. We've been busy working on the deck and the electrical, only really looked at the mai
Catalina 275 Inboard Diesel jviss at 5:52am 08.02.20 Back to the DIY, if you can get a Yanmar, saildrive and installation for a reasonable price, you ma
Rebedding bow pulpit on Catalina 310 Monheganlover at 5:52am 08.02.20 Thanks! And, yes, I am going to countersink the holes and use butyl tape.
Boom Vang question Terry Cox at 5:36am 08.02.20 Different model boat here, but our vang working end passes through a turning block at the mast base,
Catalina 275 Inboard Diesel Codybear at 5:19am 08.02.20 Unless you plan to spend most of your time below, you'll be happier with a C275 than a C270. Just in
Beneteau 331 engine room fan Mechone at 5:19am 08.02.20 My boat has 4 clam shell vents across transom one is hooked to blower .4 X 4inch flex hoses run into
EEE SAH EEE AHS shemandr at 5:15am 08.02.20 If you stay in your slip be aware that longer lines are better than short ones. If allowed use neig
Rebedding bow pulpit on Catalina 310 JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 5:07am 08.02.20 The forward two supports have aluminum plates embedded in the hull. There are no nuts. Just unscrew.
Fuse Holder for Propane System...... sailcapt340 at 5:05am 08.02.20 On my Electric panel I have an LP Gas Breaker that we have to switch on first, then at the Galley St
best headsets? dlochner at 4:59am 08.02.20 Three of my last five days involved "No service" locations. Not to mention $10/day international r
M25 Universal troubles - need advice jviss at 4:51am 08.02.20 If you have a low oil pressure problem, you will be lucky if it's just the pump. One cause of low o
Hot water coming through cold lines jviss at 4:29am 08.02.20 I got mine on eBay. There are tons of them available, inexpensively.
Catalina 275 Inboard Diesel jviss at 4:19am 08.02.20 The exact same motor Catalina is selling is being sold online at that website with a manufacturer's
EEE SAH EEE AHS Will Gilmore at 4:19am 08.02.20 Haul her out, if you can. Even better, would be to sail her to an area that is not under threat. T
Invest 92L Captain Larry-DH at 4:07am 08.02.20
M25 Universal troubles - need advice garymalmgren at 1:22am 08.02.20 You don't know what the oil pressure is. You need to know what the oil pressure is before you go to
EEE SAH EEE AHS rpludwig at 1:04am 08.02.20 Soggy....we're nearby in New Bern area at BSC. Our policy is quite simple, if a named hurricane is
Beneteau 331 engine room fan Ron20324 at 10:25pm 08.01.20 I went sailing yesterday and listened and felt for any blower. Nada. Now there is a "Fan" breaker o

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