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Nice at 12:10pm 07.17.03
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The cockpit of my '89 C30 gets a little crowded when a bunch of kids come aboard. Stern rail seats
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I have a question about anti-fouling paint and barnacles. Last year (2002), we did _lots_ of bottom
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Charles Sutton at 9:23am 07.17.03
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I am a new sailor. I capsized my fourth time out, on Cliff Pond in Nickerson State Park on Cape Cod
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I have a damaged interior cushion on a'86 Hunter 23. The fabric is rotten and torn. It's that blue
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port side location, how do counter balance the weight of 40 gals.? I am interested in putting a fle
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I would like to paint the nonskid sections that are white on my 89, 37 Legend. Does anyone know of a
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Hi all. (From sweden so please excuse my bad english) I am a beginner to the wonderful world of sail
Doug at 5:44am 07.17.03
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A couple weeks ago we were beating it back to the docks in a building breeze -- I'm guessing 15-20 k
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hOW BEST TO SET LIGHT/CONTRAST FOR VIEWING IN THE DAYLIGHT WOULD BE APPRECIATED FOR A SL 520 CHARTPL
Frank A. Varisco at 4:24am 07.17.03
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Dear Owners, Can anyone clear up some rumors I've been hearing regarding Catalina Warranties? First,
Bob Miller at 4:16am 07.17.03
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I'm trying to build a data base of all of our 37C's here in Washington or the Puget Sound. I have in
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We purchased a Super Cold Machine with the additional water-cooling unit approximately 9 months ago
John at 4:00am 07.17.03
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I have a 5411 12hp diesel in my 1980 Catalina 27 and it runs great. In my old Catalina diesel manua

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Backstay Failure
DrJudyB at 11:03am 08.28.20
nd of the furler?
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jssailem at 10:45am 08.28.20
Makes me want to inspect my boom pins this weekend!! Did that on Wednesday. Broke a finger nail pu
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smokey73 at 10:15am 08.28.20
You don't have to change gauge of the original wire. You can add a new smaller gauge in parallel w
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weekendrken at 10:08am 08.28.20
Or a buddy with a workshop! One season I was doing a lot of work and semi-permanently set up my Wor
Nylock keel nuts, good or bad idea?
jssailem at 9:58am 08.28.20
Welcome Andrew. Glad you are finding the sense that we are in this together, new and old boat owners
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Backstay Failure
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Passage 42, 1997: windlass not working   (2)
fero at 8:44am 08.28.20
Did you open the motor? I had the Leroy Somer motor on S-L Anchorman stop working twice. The problem
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