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Replacing nuts on keel bolts (5) Scott T-Bird at 7:05am 04.04.25 Ask All Sailors 20/2162 My Catalina has 1" studs and the torque is specified to be 235 ft-lb. There are 9 of them. My bilg
Starting battery MattA at 9:40pm 04.03.25 Engines and Propulsion 9/1227
Down the (New Design) Hatch! ...3TacksontheWater at 6:03pm 04.03.25 Catalina 22 13/1873 On the old "to do list" for Waffle House was to replace the lens on the fore-hatch. Why replace? It
Cracks in the bilge (1) HermanHunter at 5:58pm 04.03.25 The Cherubini Hunters 7/990 Hello, I've bought my first sailboat, Hunter 33 1980 Cherubini. She was sitting on the ground for a
How to fix weeping keel bolts? shaant01 at 5:45pm 04.03.25 Trailer Sailors 0/452 I own a Siren 17 (trailerable sailboat) and find that the bolts on the retractable centerboard tend
Hunter H240 Centerboard bracket deteriorated PSA (2) Sneed at 4:37pm 04.03.25 Trailer Sailors 20/2125 I was replacing the centerboard uphaul on my h240 and this is the condition of the bracket. I reali
Hunter 38 2006 what color gelcoat number? MarcinS at 11:17am 04.03.25 Big Boats 4/592 Hello, I'm starting to repair the gelcoat spiders/stars on my boat. I can't find the gelcoat color n
Wiring a combo deck/steaming light jcockrell at 10:21am 04.03.25 Catalina 22 2/804
Honda Outboard Siesta Habit dlochner at 8:27am 04.03.25 Ask All Sailors 28/1909 Our 2021 Honda 5hp outboard has developed an annoying habit, it likes to take afternoon siestas afte
Sailing Tender Foswick at 7:51pm 04.02.25 Ask All Sailors 36/3437 Recent discussions on another thread got me thinking about revisiting my tender situation, this year
Oday Trailer Weight Distribution (3) EnamrdSalr21 at 4:48pm 04.02.25 Ask An Oday Owner 8/1029 Hey all! I'm looking into buying a new to me 1982 O'day 192. It's not in perfect condition, but I t
Bolt for pop top support strut dyelaine at 9:30am 04.02.25 Catalina 22 3/907 My new (to me) Catalina 22 is missing a bolt for one of the struts (starboard) that hold up the pop
SPRING BREAK - Weather jssailem at 7:33am 04.02.25 Pacific North West Cruisers 13/1282 In the Northwest, it is good to remember that Spring is the time of rain showers that bring April fl
Depth needed to safely launch/retrieve Catalina 18 Wing Keel (3) majorkong1 at 6:51am 04.02.25 Trailer Sailors 19/2116 I recently purchased a Catalina Capri 18 wing keel. When I went to launch at my local ramp, even wit
Lewmar old standard hatches interior frame colin.w at 5:50am 04.02.25 Ask All Sailors 6/561 Hey all, has anyone had any luck replacing the fragile interior ivory frames for the old standard ha
Hunter 23 cloth color (1) Andrew125i at 9:39pm 04.01.25 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/539
Sailbrite Teak Oil Sealer - second coat? (3) skunther at 5:56pm 04.01.25 Ask All Sailors 4/667
Great Deal on Antifouling (1) Foswick at 4:37pm 04.01.25 Sails Call Lounge 2/1017 230700
H310 Shoal Keel Bent KenK13623 at 2:42pm 04.01.25 Mid-Size Boats 16/1793 I have a H310 with a winged shoal keel. The previous owner must have run it aground or bounced off
Alternator Terminals - Please help before I fry something! (1) Project_Mayhem at 9:32am 04.01.25 Musings With Maine Sail 14/2005 Can anyone tell me which terminal is tach, positive output and if needed, sense? This is going to be

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H26 Mast not sitting flush (1) rgranger at 10:54am 10.28.25 I had to replace mine once. It got bent a little and the top piece would not sit correctly in the
Cracked gel coat below the waterline colemj at 10:27am 10.28.25 When the gelcoat cracks and stays proud like in the picture, it is almost likely to be damage in the
Need help identifying a part from my vent hose (1) zinahewitt at 10:26am 10.28.25 You can't upgrade your vent to 1" by just replacing the thru-hull. To do that requires either a n
Where can I buy a bumper section for a Hunter 23.5 ? (1) Rick Webb at 10:25am 10.28.25 Call Dave He is semi-retired and pretty much only takes on work that is brought to him. He is a gre
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. sv_regulus at 10:07am 10.28.25 I chose it because it's what I have available to me. I hadn't planned on welding the tank. I'd plann
Where can I buy a bumper section for a Hunter 23.5 ? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 10:02am 10.28.25 And the inflatable things that hang off a boat are FENDERS because they fend the boat off of a hard
Cracked gel coat below the waterline Don Crowther at 9:59am 10.28.25 Thanks I'll have to have a closer look inside. I think it's under the aft berth. I may just grind t
OLYC Online Yacht Club members roll call... Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:51am 10.28.25 It was the CompuServe Sailing Forum and I was a member! Compuserve preceded the web...in fact I was
Need help identifying a part from my vent hose Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 9:31am 10.28.25 You can't upgrade your vent to 1" by just replacing the thru-hull. To do that requires either a ne
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. DArcy at 9:29am 10.28.25 As for tankage, I think I can squeeze a larger tank into the space for diesel in the same spot made
Cracked gel coat below the waterline Davidasailor26 at 9:24am 10.28.25
More Woes for Catalina and Tartan Yachts Project_Mayhem at 9:08am 10.28.25 Maybe If Catalina switched to making stink pots... pontoon and wake boats.... Lots of people buying
Invest 98L (1) JamesG161 at 9:02am 10.28.25 235198 :pray::pray::pray: Jim...
Advice on selling our 1994 Hunter Passage 42 marcham at 9:01am 10.28.25 For a selling price below 100k, I'm not sure a broker makes sense. I'd list it on Facebook marketpla
Invest 98L JamesG161 at 8:35am 10.28.25 The news tonight said being at elevation would be worse in this storm. For winds yes, but Storm Su
Yanmar 2YM15 anode replacement PMK at 7:05am 10.28.25 I removed the anode in my saildrive 5 years ago. It looked fine, with no notable metal loss, so I p
More Woes for Catalina and Tartan Yachts Leeward Rail at 6:51am 10.28.25 , I would venture to say that there were more Catalina sailboats sold in US than any other brand. T
Rigging Quote shemandr at 6:14am 10.28.25 The boatyard will charge for the unstepping and re-stepping the mast and the usual stowage of the bo
Possibly wrong boat, but dreaming. mermike at 6:00am 10.28.25 As others have said, get as much sailing experience as you can before trying such a thing. You have
Towing a Catalina C30 1983 jssailem at 5:56am 10.28.25 The Marina service manager says this is an oversize mast. During the long production run of this b

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