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Universal 25 Removal Dolph Haynes at 11:20pm 05.26.03 Mid-Size Boats 2/948 I need to pull out the Universal 25 on my 1986 Cat 30. I assume that the galley sink cabinet can be
Laptop on board? what is missing... Jim A at 11:03pm 05.26.03 Ask All Sailors 7/971 A TV tuner is missing. I can't find a good TV tuner for my laptop. It has a DVD player. I could 86
C 350 and The Delmarva cruising Ralley Ivana at 10:33pm 05.26.03 Big Boats 8/979 I just got back from sailing the Delmarva with my Catalina 350 Hull number 7. What a fabulous vesse
Boat Speed under power Ron Thweatt at 10:16pm 05.26.03 Ask An Oday Owner 2/950 I have an oday 25 with the omc runs great seems to go faster in reverse than forward can only get ab
Yanmar toggle switch Matt Wolf at 10:11pm 05.26.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/1248 I have a 1989 H28 (not 28.5) equipped with a 18HP Yanmar diesel. The tachometer cluster is located
Leaking Ports Chuck Gassert at 9:42pm 05.26.03 Mid-Size Boats 6/1229 Fellow SailorsI have a few leaking opening ports that leak around the seal. It seems at heavy rai
Packing - Not Dripping Nick at 9:21pm 05.26.03 Big Boats 1/748 On the first run up the chesapeake thsi spring, I had no water dripping our of the shaft packing gla
Tiller Tamer Nancy Thompson at 7:06pm 05.26.03 Smaller Boats 3/1019 Any suggestions for a tiller tamer for 19' waterballast? I bought a Davis tamer tiller some years ba
Slot closed at the top Jose Venegas at 3:08pm 05.26.03 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 4/1654 How do you know if the slot between the genoa and the main is too closed at the top?I just bought a
windows and teak trim Daniel Youngblood at 2:54pm 05.26.03 Smaller Boats 9/1361 How do I redo the windows they have some leakage around the seals/molding? Do you remove them and re
Stern Radius John Miller at 2:46pm 05.26.03 Big Boats 0/776 RustyYou asked earlier this month what the radius is on the H34.See the attached picture. The num
Stinkey Floor Boards Barry at 2:44pm 05.26.03 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/901 Help !!! I have a Hunter 34, 1983, it is a great boat, but last year I discovered my holding tank wa
Craning a dry-docked 22 Todd at 1:56pm 05.26.03 Day Sailers 0/958 Follow-Up to question re: crane lifting a dry-docked 22.Have found that by using two 20 foot (20,0
Halyard on a Cat 30 Warren at 12:55pm 05.26.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/836 On my recent purchase of a Catalina 30 I noticed the (2) Jib Halyards are no longer running inside t
Water ballast leak w/ photo! (1) Reena at 12:28pm 05.26.03 Smaller Boats 5/936 We have repaired the last 2 seasons two cracks that spread out in a "Y" about 2 inches from the fron
That Blankety-Blank Salon Table Support Bob Seiden at 11:48am 05.26.03 Mid-Size Boats 6/1032 We have a 2001 C320 (#851)Last year the salon table went down WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY and was even mo
Atomic 4 problem Lee at 11:39am 05.26.03 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1288 I have recently purchased a 27' with an Atomic 4 gas engine. I replaced the gas but have twice exper
Squeaky Floor Glenn Freiman at 11:04am 05.26.03 Mid-Size Boats 2/1037 I have a 1987 Catalina 30 with a squeaky floor just to starboard of the stairs on the cabin sole. A
water hose pre-filters Frank Mott at 10:47am 05.26.03 Ask All Sailors 3/1041 As a new C350 owner, we want to maintain our water holding tanks in as pristine and clean a conditio
Barlow Winch parts Heidi Ribkoff at 10:47am 05.26.03 Big Boats 4/1001 I am looking for Barlow winch parts, specifically the self tailer for our '86 Hunter 40. I have been

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Rust Never Sleeps. jibes138 at 1:40pm 09.19.20 While you may be noticing some salt water leaking as cause for concern you should be much more conce
Cam cleats for jib sheets?? thinwater at 1:38pm 09.19.20 I haven't had a horn cleat on a sheet... ever... including larger cats. An obsolete concept for mos
Lifting Points philiefay at 1:38pm 09.19.20 Thanks John. I had the boat inspected for Tahoe yesterday. 5hrs later they told me they found 3 ze
What is wrong with my sail? Benny17441 at 1:36pm 09.19.20 Wrong size sail, luff too long. Can you lower the goose neck?
Closed Cell Foam for cushions..... thinwater at 1:31pm 09.19.20 Re. Sunbrella, it's not the pressure, it's the chemical. a. PW or strong chemical with remove the f
O'Day 322 Wing Keel width jibes138 at 1:30pm 09.19.20 How are you taking down the mast? Why sacrifice a tape measure, use a length of string or line to m
Fixing brakes on 1990 Mac S Trailer kappykaplan at 1:12pm 09.19.20 Best thousand bucks I ever spent. BOAT unit? :beer:
Invest 90L kappykaplan at 1:10pm 09.19.20 Don't want this stuff! Too wet a year so far. :beer:
Lifting Points jssailem at 12:59pm 09.19.20 centerboard out? Out or just swung down. Centerboards have a pivot point. You should be able to i
making progress jssailem at 12:50pm 09.19.20 Nice job Fred... :biggrin: Very nice.:clap: I started such a challenge last December. We are progre
making progress fred1diver at 12:41pm 09.19.20 thanks Darcy, I even went all in and bought a P-Touch and every wire is labelled, so no hand written
Main sheet twist All U Get at 12:19pm 09.19.20 I made my own line using 3/8 dyneema 12 strand and then where my hands pull on the line, I used the
Cam cleats for jib sheets?? sloughsailer at 12:16pm 09.19.20 Almost. But do it 100 times in a race, you'll understand the difference. Never though of that. All
John Alden Co. of Boston drew up design # 989 for Pearson Yachts in 1964. The result was the Pearson Countess 44. shemandr at 12:15pm 09.19.20 The Columbia 40 by Charlie Morgan has similar sheer and long overhangs. The Countess shown has a fl
Lifting Points philiefay at 12:14pm 09.19.20 I read through Rgrangers PDF. Very helpful and thanks for this information, my only question is how
sailing Lake of the Ozarks SailingLoto at 12:10pm 09.19.20 We're on the lake. What Marina do you sail out of? i saw you. you were asking about someone named M
Shrouds and Stays diameter? CAT22SWTEXAS at 12:06pm 09.19.20 Thank you both. Stu, I have a manual in route from Catalina Direct. Looking forward to studying it
New to trailer sailing and need advice on stepping mast Meriachee at 12:03pm 09.19.20 You have to be careful so the mast does not sway sideways until the upper shroud takes over to prev
Height of mast when on trailer? philiefay at 11:55am 09.19.20 As Dave said, I added blocks of wood horizontally across the bow pulpit, this lowered the angle so I
Shrouds and Stays diameter? Hunter216 at 11:54am 09.19.20 only ONE Loos gauge, because the difference between the rigging sizes spans the size of one gauge -

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