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Louisiana catboats or small day sailors La catboat at 6:05am 07.10.20 Other Sailboats 0/5 Live in south central Louisiana near Lafayette. Seeing if any catboats or any small trailerable day
Just needs a little TLC (1) Gene Neill at 5:36am 07.10.20 Catalina 22 11/924 Guys, please don't fight over this one: FREE Catalina 22 sailboat - boats - by owner - marine sale
Replacing bulb on aqua signal bow light with led issue CYQK at 5:34am 07.10.20 Ask All Sailors 5/638 So am replacing with led on my bow light and of course did the voltage testing before re-mounting th
26S & Minn Kota 48 LB thrust trolling motor (1) George_NJ at 3:19am 07.10.20 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2514 I just wanted to put this out there for anyone wondering what such a motor would do with a 26S. On a
New San Diego Sailor needs mentor! Hungryfroggy at 8:25pm 07.09.20 Ask All Sailors 16/2100 Hi all! My wife and I bought a Catalina 30. We've spent the last 2 months cleaning it up, complete
almost vacation time fred1diver at 4:31pm 07.09.20 Ask All Sailors 14/1107 only one day to go and I'm on a week long vacation, going to be spending that time to work on the bo
What adhesive did Hunter use to glue windows to the boat, the big windows on the sides of the deck. (1) ChampagneBoatingonaBeerBudget at 1:07pm 07.09.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 7/1693 I've got a 1993 Hunter 19-2. The top seal on the big side windows has come loose in several places a
Mainsheet traveler on H23.5 travelingjerryb at 12:18pm 07.09.20 Smaller Boats 9/859
High or Low for CO? Kings Gambit at 9:21am 07.09.20 Ask All Sailors 28/1665
Stern light replacement and wiring moldycheese13 at 8:07am 07.09.20 Catalina 30 6/2404 I have a 1979 Catalina 30. The stern light broke off (crossed stern dock lines somehow did it) and I
Tranny lever adventure Clydo at 7:25am 07.09.20 Catalina 310 6/1521 Procedure before leaving dock and still tied eng warmed push tranny lever fwd, back to neutral, reve
Sun Images during a Solar Eclipse. (2) jssailem at 7:06am 07.09.20 Weather and Forecasting 2/613 The sun has fascinated life on this planet since the first ooze emerged from the swamp. Solar eclips
Stuck Stove Valve jviss at 5:16am 07.09.20 Ask All Sailors 6/755 Force 10 Gourmet Four Burner Range You know how the range valves push in to light and spring back e
Folding wheel for Catalina 36 Cat36Amoore at 4:26am 07.09.20 Ask All Sailors 9/2030 I'm looking at replacing my current wheel on my 36 Catalina with a 40" Lewmar folding wheel. Will t
Keel Bolt proper torque. BillGr at 7:55pm 07.08.20 Ask All Sailors 2/519 What stud torque is recommended for a Hunter 27' fixed keel ? I have a 26' Grampian that is very si
O'Day 322 backing plates Tally Ho at 7:31pm 07.08.20 Bigger Boats 2/659
Beneteau First 35s5 downwind TButler at 6:59pm 07.08.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 9/3815 Hi - I am new to sailing and the 1993 Beneteau First 35s5. Upwind sailing came more naturally to me
Autohelm recommendations Unremarcable at 4:28pm 07.08.20 Day Sailers 12/1915 Hi all, thinking of adding an autohelm to my O'Day 222 with the goal of opening up more single-hande
LiFePO4 conversion (1) Tim22 at 3:23pm 07.08.20 Musings With Maine Sail 29/7937 I am planning on upgrading my batteries to LiFePO4 and would be grateful of comments on the attached
1984 Hunter 31 Thru Hull sizes thelilnauti at 2:51pm 07.08.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/929 Hello everyone, I am getting ready to pull our 1984 Hunter 31 out for a much-needed bottom job. The

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recommendations for a line cutter (on prop shaft) for a 2004 Hunter 41 spadaforaj at 2:17pm 01.26.25 Thanks Rod
Home Pumpout System Project_Mayhem at 2:15pm 01.26.25 Nice setup! I had one of those as a backup bilge pump. Careful not to over tighten the screws when y
1984 Catalina 30 Tall Rig - Questions about furling system & anchoring Project_Mayhem at 1:49pm 01.26.25 You have not one but two bow rollers though I would feel more comfortable throwing the line over the
Transmission output rust Tally Ho at 1:35pm 01.26.25 Its surface rust. Ive read a few articles that stated that if theres surface rust on the coupler th
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? (1) Tally Ho at 1:32pm 01.26.25
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? (3) Ralph Johnstone at 12:24pm 01.26.25 For all the reading I have done on GFO, I still don't understand GORE GFO packing. Or for that matt
1984 Catalina 30 Tall Rig - Questions about furling system & anchoring jssailem at 12:22pm 01.26.25 Retrieve the anchor by hauling in the rode hand over hand. The chain in the locker does not appear
1984 Catalina 30 Tall Rig - Questions about furling system & anchoring jssailem at 12:18pm 01.26.25 You can anchor the boat. Just grab the anchor, and let it drop over the side. I would tie off the e
Fuel filter size Richard19068 at 10:40am 01.26.25 I disagree about the swap and it's one of the only times I've ever disagreed with Maine Sail; if yo
Fuel filter size Don S/V ILLusion at 9:28am 01.26.25 Maybe im getting the terminology mixed up here, but why would you ever flow from a smaller micron t
What is this on my boom? Joe at 8:56am 01.26.25 The basic topping lift tackle that is rigged on the majority of 70's80's era small Catalinas is pret
Fuel filter size CrispyCringle at 8:56am 01.26.25 Maybe im getting the terminology mixed up here, but why would you ever flow from a smaller micron to
What is this on my boom? PaulK at 8:53am 01.26.25 We put a reef into a lazy-bagged sail on a Beneteau Oceanic last summer. It is possible, but needs t
Fuel filter size Stu Jackson at 8:19am 01.26.25 finally on the electric fuel pump an 80 micron. The last one I suppose is to stop the big stuff tha
Fuel filter size Stu Jackson at 8:16am 01.26.25 Then in that case you will swap out that 2-micron secondary for something larger. MaineSail says th
Sunken Treasure SailingLoto at 7:47am 01.26.25 Just to put a finer point on it, I'd wager that you can buy a decent Morgan 382 for $20-25K. There
Runaway diesel Alan Gomes at 7:30am 01.26.25 There is a situation where the engine can runaway at full bore and cause catastrophic damage. That
Fuel filter size Alan Gomes at 7:25am 01.26.25 On my 2002 310, I have a 10 micron racor primary, then a 2 micron secondary then finally on the ele
Fuel filter size (1) jssailem at 6:29am 01.26.25 Let's discuss this Service bulletin from FEB 2003. It specifies a new fuel pump inlet filter PN# 048
Traditional Stuffing or Dripless? Blitz at 6:01am 01.26.25 Gore GFO. He also mentions a couple of others in the article Gore GFO, Duramax Ultra-x and GTU sti

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