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hard to pump dave at 5:35am 10.17.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 6/1371 When pumping in raw water to flush the bowl the pump appears to be pressurized and hard to pump,very
lowering keel for maintenance Eric at 5:35am 10.17.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/859 Hi...this is the same post I put on the C25/250 National page....thought I'd spread out the joy...
rebedding snaps john withrow at 4:53am 10.17.02 Ask All Sailors 6/1101 What's the best way to rebed a snap?
Anybody watch the TV show "The Ship" Tom at 4:26am 10.17.02 Ask All Sailors 8/1191 on the history channel recently. I thought it was very good. It is a show about a replica of Cap
Traveler for Hunter 23.5 Jim Durrett at 4:16am 10.17.02 Smaller Boats 2/1109 I have only had my 1997 Hunter 23.5 for less that one year. I encountered winds in excess of 17 kn
Wing Keel Tom at 2:50am 10.17.02 Smaller Boats 5/1002 I am interested in knowing if it is possible to convert the water ballast to a wing or fixed keel.
H260 Perfect Tow Vehicle Robert P. Fliegel at 2:05am 10.17.02 Smaller Boats 8/821 Dear Fellow Trailer Sailors: I have spent the past few months trying to think of the perfect
where do i post ---looking for crew for bahamas harold at 12:44am 10.17.02 Forum Help (Site Talk) 5/968 looking for crew
Border material? Dennis at 10:54pm 10.16.02 Ask All Sailors 4/1078 I am not sure what it is called, but around the pop-top edge and several other places, there is this
Compass leak Monty Miller at 10:22pm 10.16.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 8/1541 The compass on our h29.5 has lost all of its fluid (mineral oil?) for some unknown reason. Does anyo
original manuals bo at 9:50pm 10.16.02 Big Boats 2/1189 Does anyone have web site or phone number for a provider of original manuals for 86 Catalina?
Mainsail boom furlers Bill Wertz at 8:34pm 10.16.02 Ask All Sailors 7/1546 I'm strongly considering adding an in-boom mainsail furling system on my 1995 Catalina 36MKII and am
interior restoration of a 1975 O'Day (The Walls) George A. Wines at 1:07pm 10.16.02 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1451 Please help me to find the best way to replace the contact paper on the walls of our 1975 O'Day. It'
Converting to single lever engine control Bob at 12:04pm 10.16.02 Ask An Oday Owner 0/953 I have an Oday 28 with a Universal 11 hp diesel, dual lever control. No pull switch to kill the eng
Exhaust Fume Leak Bill at 11:46am 10.16.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/1080 My boat is reeking of diesel fumes...especially the cushions in the salon. This seems to be coming
Bali Mark at 11:19am 10.16.02 Ask All Sailors 9/927 Casting my mind back to a little over twelve months ago there quite a few posts about September elev
Spare tire, or should I say rim for Mac25 trailer Roger at 10:28am 10.16.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1035 I would like to get a spare for my trailer, I have a 1982 Mac25 with original trailer. Does anyone k
Bottom paint stripping Rick at 10:05am 10.16.02 Ask An Oday Owner 1/937 Hello!I'm hauling out soon and want to strip the many layers of bottom paint on my O'day 25. Please
Autopilot and winch David Bryant at 8:47am 10.16.02 Mid-Size Boats 7/1258 I am going to install an autopilot and third winch on my Hunter 320. I am going to go with the Rayt
No Discharge Zones Debra B at 6:55am 10.16.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1735 It seems like a lot of the No Discharge Zones are set without any respect to technology available to

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....and so it begins... All U Get at 5:54am 09.15.20 In the thirties this morning, we would have begun heading south if we had stayed on a ball in Maine.
Main sheet twist 31seahorse at 5:45am 09.15.20 Would the twist be corrected by changing the threading of the block on the traveler? Try to thread
Main sheet twist All U Get at 5:36am 09.15.20 That looks like a Schaefer block, contact Joy and ask if there is a solution. I had a block doing t
Measuring mast rake. Will Gilmore at 5:18am 09.15.20 You can, as I do, measure to the boom, for convenience. As Jackdaw says, the degree of rake is what
Bought a 75 Cat 22 Gene Neill at 4:54am 09.15.20 All the cool kids are doing it that way these days. :thumbup:
Measuring mast rake. Jackdaw at 4:46am 09.15.20 Indeed to the deck. This number is only really valid for resetting to a desired value, or setting to
....and so it begins... (1) TomY at 4:15am 09.15.20 Follow up: Fueled today..19.7 gallons @$2.12.. $41.76 for the entire season.. 55 days sailing so
Main sheet twist sailme88 at 3:24am 09.15.20 Replace the line.. It has developed a twist memory..
Height of mast when on trailer? Rick Webb at 10:58pm 09.14.20 Check the archives I think this may have been asked before. In fact I think I asked it. I also thou
Main sheet twist Mark Maulden at 10:09pm 09.14.20 That block does rotate 360 By design. I cannot seem to locate one in the right direction Without sw
Beneteau 423 Storage and organization NYSail at 10:08pm 09.14.20 When we bought our 423 in 2017, we were frustrated at the storage. However over the years and as oth
refrigerator drain NYSail at 10:00pm 09.14.20 My refrig has a drain hose that leads to a pump that pushes water out via a through hull under the s
TS Sally JamesG161 at 9:25pm 09.14.20 I've been watching the Orange Beach buoy. ORANGE BEACH - 44 NM SE of Mobile, AL Whoa! This is goi
Main sheet twist Ron20324 at 9:18pm 09.14.20 Looks like that block on the upper right is rotating on you. There could/should be a little slide pi
plastic fuel tank repair Ron20324 at 9:11pm 09.14.20 ...I"ve now exhausted everything I know about fuel tanks... How about fuel cans, since you're spout
Unknown Sailboat Type tosudbury at 9:01pm 09.14.20 You sure it ever had any? My 20 footer doesn't have (or need in my admittedly ignorant estimation)
1991 Hunter 35.5 Legend-Head Faucet Replacement Canonshooternb at 8:21pm 09.14.20 you can get access by removing the horizontal wood trim and the screws its hiding. There was also 1
plastic fuel tank repair Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 8:02pm 09.14.20 If it's polyethylene, it's not repairable....the USCG has some pretty strict regs when it comes to f
Replace Marine Radio Coax & Mast Lights... Ron20324 at 7:44pm 09.14.20 Did you try to pull on the halyard(s) at the same tme as the coax?
Crack in Companionway Entrance - Catalina 30 MKII Hull #4984 (3) d-marko at 7:18pm 09.14.20 I had the same exact symptoms that I fixed recently. What i found was that rain water was pooling in

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