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Wanted- Owners Manual Steven Earnhart at 3:40am 06.10.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/919 I recently purchased a 1985 Catalina 25' w/ swing keel. I would love to get ahold of a manual so th
Q: Mast base-plate pins Adam at 3:35am 06.10.03 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1026 Does anyone know off-hand what the diameter and length the two pins are that hold the mast base? Som
Thanks Peggy, love my new SeaEra head Russell at 3:19am 06.10.03 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1087 Per your recondition I purchased and installed a SeaEra head from this site. (They really are great
Love my Martec Folding Prop Russell at 3:07am 06.10.03 Ask All Sailors 3/1119 WOW is all I can say. Going from the OEM 2 blade fixed to a Martec folding prop was a rush. We fina
C-22 Privacy Curtain Robbin at 3:02am 06.10.03 Smaller Boats 3/1401 We are working on our boat and it had no privacy curtain when I bought it. I cannot tell how it is
H30 1989 Owner's manual Jay Uebel at 2:12am 06.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 1/956 Does anyone know where I can find an owner's manual for an 89' H30? I just bought one but the manua
Pamlico River boat ramps Steve Kamp at 1:52am 06.10.03 Smaller Boats 2/1344 Does anyone out there have any experience with/knowlege of boat ramps on the Pamlico River, North Ca
Just bad karma? (a whine) Don at 1:24am 06.10.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/878 Have you ever put into a marina as a transient and found that everything goes wrong? I'm in the mid
Custom Pedestal Guard Dave Winiker at 12:47am 06.10.03 Mid-Size Boats 0/856 Re custom pedestal guard photos: "Guide" should read "Guard". (Another senior moment). On my last vi
Leaking Mast Boot Bill at 11:32pm 06.09.03 Ask All Sailors 5/1997 The mast boot on our keel step mast is leaking. The boat is a 1995 Catalina 36 MkII. The water app
311 PHRF Scott Goldwyn at 11:18pm 06.09.03 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/3177 I race my 311 with the local sailing club and I'm having difficulty finding the PHRF for this model.
Changing Bow Lights Juan Manigault at 10:34pm 06.09.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/882 How do you change the bow lights on a C-30? Can they be changed from the anchor well?Thanks,Juan
Washdown Kit Cathy Taylor at 10:22pm 06.09.03 Ask All Sailors 2/1042 Has anyone installed a Washdown Kit on a Catalina? Which through hull did you tie into for raw wate
Relocating mainsheet? Tom Richards at 9:50pm 06.09.03 The Cherubini Hunters 4/1118 Typically when I'm sailing, I'm either singlehanding, or with my family (and in the latter case, my
Replacing shift and throttle cables, H37C Tom Richards at 8:34pm 06.09.03 The Cherubini Hunters 4/885 My first post to HOW.... this looks like a great resource!Threaded stud at the end of our shifter
356 Cabin Screen Dave at 5:50pm 06.09.03 Big Boats 9/877 I am planning for the warm and bug season and wonder if any of you 356 owners have a screen to repla
CLEANING SAILS/NEED A TILLER RICK at 2:22pm 06.09.03 Trailer Sailors 2/1511 RECENTLY PURCHASED A 1967 VENTURE/MACGREGOR...HOW TO CLEAN SAILS/ALSO NEED TO PURCHASE A TILLER.....
gelcoat Rudy at 2:01pm 06.09.03 Trailer Sailors 3/1508 I am thinking about buying a catalina 22 swing keel which has some small cracking and crazing around
Nils - Picture of New Battery Location (1) Bob Fliegel at 1:33pm 06.09.03 Smaller Boats 1/909 Nils, I have posted 3 photos (in the photo forum) of the installation of my re-located batteries on
Why don't sailboats have windshields? Wayne at 1:08pm 06.09.03 Big Boats 3/2171 I've recently seen one old and one new sailboat with a windshield instead of a canvas dodger. In bot

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Passage 42, 1997: windlass not working Ken13559 at 9:57pm 08.19.20 Some years back I too have clicking sounding of but windlass not working. The motor was shot. Replac
Refrigerator repair Ken13559 at 9:51pm 08.19.20 If gap not too big, filled it with a ball of butyl tape. Its easy to handle and can be easily presse
What could this be for? Ken13559 at 9:47pm 08.19.20 You need a spinnaker POLE. Makes the boat look like it HAS a spinnaker! Yes agree. Its not what y
Invest 98L JamesG161 at 9:29pm 08.19.20 Tropical Depression 13 is now being model tracked, but the main models differ. Still unlikely to gr
Hunter 260 Centerboard twalker H260 at 9:09pm 08.19.20
What qualifies as "advanced" when rating sailing ability? jon hansen at 8:38pm 08.19.20 i like doc's term "competent skipper" more than i like the term "advanced" sailing ability. never h
Yanmar 3GMD Just Shuts Off, Restarts Later HMT2 at 8:30pm 08.19.20 Fuel vent
Repairing large swath of balsa core (J/30) CarlN at 8:13pm 08.19.20 The solution to the problem is not caulk, but to seal the exposed core created by any penetrations
Yanmar 3GMD Just Shuts Off, Restarts Later joker460 at 7:59pm 08.19.20 Just a thought. If there is no fuel issue as you say, then I would suspect electrical. As the engin
Jib roller furling line block Dave Groshong at 7:39pm 08.19.20 It's a common cheek block, I don't think you can get that exact one any longer, but give me a call
replacing cdi halyard Serenity on Hudson at 7:35pm 08.19.20 My internal halyard ended up at the top of the furler. No Jib for me. Forced me to try the asym spin
Sink and cook top Clive PC at 7:31pm 08.19.20 Yep, exactly what i did Ron, but i used the original stainless pin. I think i cut about 12-14 inches
What qualifies as "advanced" when rating sailing ability? DArcy at 7:21pm 08.19.20 Offshore racers go through this all the time. For the capability of the boat, you could point to the
How do you store HobieDog at 7:15pm 08.19.20 If I were to plumb both engines to a manifold and add an electric pump, I could pump directly into
Somes Sound On MDI HobieDog at 7:11pm 08.19.20 Wow! Have only experienced the area from land, and it's been at least a dozen years... We're doing
Sink and cook top Ron20324 at 6:53pm 08.19.20 Please shoot some pics of your table mod Sounds like what I did on my boat. I raised the table as
Sink and cook top Clive PC at 6:48pm 08.19.20 Okay i will next time I'm at the marina. Actually i have many more mods including sailing mods so ma
What qualifies as "advanced" when rating sailing ability? Kings Gambit at 6:41pm 08.19.20 Yikes! Y'all can set sail without me in those conditions. I'm staying in my nice, cozy, safe anchor
Jib roller furling line block Ron20324 at 6:21pm 08.19.20 An older West catalog has them as Lewmar Jamming Blocks. Mine are used to free the lines from being
An invite to the GNBN - The Great Northern Boaters Net Brian D at 6:16pm 08.19.20 Thanks for the info. I will add that to my website. 0800PT is the same start time of the Baja Net on

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