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Catalina 28 Cruising speed under motor Hard pull to port William Weeks at 4:17am 06.29.24 Mid-Size Boats 10/1209 Hi all, I intended asking Catalina 28 owners what speed I should get under power with a Yanmar 3ym 2
2004 Hunter 36 Refrigerator...repair or replace? Kupe at 6:02pm 06.28.24 Big Boats 17/1167 Hey gang- Some time during the three weeks since our last visit to our 2004 Hunter 36, the refriger
Wiring Alternator Without AC Tap Foswick at 4:13pm 06.28.24 Engines and Propulsion 6/522 It's a long story how I got here, but I'll get to the point. I am about 4 days from home and had to
Leaking helm cover Kazdude at 3:56pm 06.28.24 Catalina 309 Group Forum 2/931 Anyone have any issues with leaking helm cover in Catalina 309 - rain fills catchment bowl under cov
How to run reefing lines thru the boom.... Rich 35.5 at 1:27pm 06.28.24 Ask All Sailors 27/1551 Our new Hunter 35.5 has the single line reefing. The first reef line was removed at some point, an
First time question: I own a 1974 Oday 20. Tim11465 at 10:50am 06.28.24 Ask All Sailors 8/556 I'm thinking about a furling system for the headsail. Does anyone have recommendations? I have the o
3gm30f injection pump rack control stuck (1) Fedor Aredakov at 10:12am 06.28.24 Engines and Propulsion 3/504 Hi, everyone. I have a problem with my injection pump. I've installed it somehow wrong and rack cont
Invest 95L --> TD #2 --> TS Beryl --> H Beryl --> Texas Alert! (3) JamesG161 at 7:22am 06.28.24 Weather and Forecasting 31/2701 This bears watching for sure. We are posting 96 hours models today or 3 days out. Both GFS and E
Search Beautiful Womans in your city for night David Albright at 5:45am 06.28.24 Alden General Chat 1/17 Sexy Womans in your city
How to fix RayMarine wind gauge. (1) Ted10028 at 9:30pm 06.27.24 Ask All Sailors 3/347
Harken MKIII Furler line assistance (1) zinahewitt at 8:46pm 06.27.24 Ask All Sailors 8/960 Hi All, Based on this. https://www.p2marine.com/documents/harken/harken-furler-identification.pdf I
Ablative bottom paint help Catalina27 at 6:21pm 06.27.24 Ask All Sailors 10/780 Hello, first time doing bottom paint on my Catalina 27. I got Pettit Hydrocoat and while the Pettit
Find Beautiful Girls from your town for night Williscr3 at 9:50am 06.27.24 Alden General Chat 0/6 Womans from your town
1984 Hunter 20 Bow Pulpit (2) wimbledan at 8:22am 06.27.24 Smaller Boats 9/657 Hello! I'm new to the forum and it has been about 25 years since I have done any significant sailin
Looking for advice re installning a 3 bow bimini on a Capri 22 bjorn von euler at 8:21am 06.27.24 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/334 Im trying to understand how to install a 3 bow Bimini that Catalina sold me. However there are no g
Battery Placement gmarch85 at 6:14am 06.27.24 The Cherubini Hunters 4/658 I am curious where everyone has there batteries on there 37c. Previous owner has them in the icebox
What are these screw things called (1) bearnance at 8:25pm 06.26.24 Ask All Sailors 37/2013 225633 I need helpppppp. For the downhaul on my catalina 16.5
1975 O'Day 25 Gated Thru Hull (Under Galley Sink) GreggS at 1:49pm 06.26.24 Ask An Oday Owner 6/582 Hi. Just bought an old O25 and launched it last week. So far, so good. But I would like to do a few
1996 440 Oceanis Choke Cable Replacement William Taylor at 11:21am 06.26.24 Ask A Beneteau Owner 15/1163 Does anyone know the part number for the engine choke cable for this model Beneteau and a source? Sh
Small Boat to teach Grandchild captstu at 8:26am 06.26.24 Smaller Boats 6/424 Hi, I'm interesed in purchasing a small boat - around the size of a Dolphin Senior - to teach my gr

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Bowsprit Protection from Chain Foswick at 1:01pm 03.26.25 My lack of understanding here is where the torsion is coming from? The anchor parked in the roller
Diesel engine as generator question? kloudie1 at 12:33pm 03.26.25 @ Foswick: Since diesels need compression heat to ignite the fuel, it has to have a full charge of a
Bowsprit Protection from Chain colemj at 12:14pm 03.26.25 Well, it does until you crank on the manual override. I don't know any other way to safely raise th
Diesel engine as generator question? colemj at 12:00pm 03.26.25 Interesting, this brings up a question I have been thinking about for some time now. At some point
Any Nissan/Tuhatsu experts out there? azambella at 11:52am 03.26.25 Thanks. It's really small block so I don't think it will be hard to find. TZ
Diesel engine as generator question? colemj at 11:41am 03.26.25 You missed Calder's point. The point is non-sensical. Yes, if you are running your engine for p
Galley table ideas dmax at 11:39am 03.26.25 As Paul says, 1/2" is good - use a high quality, exterior grade plywood. Marine if you want to spend
Any Nissan/Tuhatsu experts out there? (1) Richard19068 at 11:31am 03.26.25 I have an old Nissan 2 cycle outboard motor and want to identify it. The "TAG" has worn off so the
Adding eye straps to C320 toe rail rickr104 at 11:07am 03.26.25 Hah! Totally agree - The drilling was making me nervous. I slept on it and decided to use 1/2" PVC c
Diesel engine as generator question? Foswick at 11:06am 03.26.25 You missed Calder's point. I don't think the point was lost. I think, though, that the assertion th
What the heck are these compression fittings?! sailcapt340 at 10:49am 03.26.25 Check Fresh Water Systems Co. I agree with Mark, why not just replace the fittings with updated con
Diesel engine as generator question? Foswick at 10:43am 03.26.25 Some diesel notes: ... That is a really great answer that actually gets to the question. Of course,
DIY Remote Monitoring System SV Temenos at 10:37am 03.26.25 If you have the Cerbo and a way to stay connected to the internet (cellular wifi or Starlink) check
Bowsprit Protection from Chain Foswick at 10:27am 03.26.25 Hydraulic magnetic breakers are a thing, and use a different mechanism than thermal breakers. Eithe
Galley table ideas PaulK at 10:08am 03.26.25 Problems with water absorption often come when people aren't careful with their epoxy coating, or if
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Galley table ideas fred1diver at 9:52am 03.26.25 What thickness plywood would you recommend? Having a frame on the sides will add stability and stren
Diesel engine as generator question? dlochner at 9:26am 03.26.25 Thanks. Looks like some good articles. John Harres is an excellent resource, certainly worth a c
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