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Souleman at 12:17pm 06.09.20
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I recently purchased a Catalina 310 that was being broken up. On inspection, I found 5 Quantum sai
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need a venture 17 main sail
Frank H at 11:49am 06.09.20
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I have a 2000 310 with in-mast furling. I've been using an empty plastic bottle to plug the boom end
tgrayson at 11:45am 06.09.20
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need a venture 17 main sail
Autnot2 at 11:15am 06.09.20
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I had a catastrophic mast lowering experience this past week which resulted in a broken jib furler d
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Scott T-Bird at 10:46am 06.09.20
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Thunderbird is insured with Boat US / Geico, so I called them directly for a quote on Catalina 320 (
ryansk at 10:25am 06.09.20
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I have a 1993 H27 with an inboard Yanmar diesel. I believe my holding tank (waste tank) is leaking.
Lordimpala at 10:21am 06.09.20
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Last Saturday we got caught in a deep fog in Long Island Sound (no problem, happily), but it go me t
Steve760 at 8:37am 06.09.20
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Hello eveyone, My refrigerator unit is a Grunert passagemaker ac450 and i'm having a hell of a time
bawlmer at 7:16am 06.09.20
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Fellow Sailors. My water heater gave up the ghost last week. It started leaking from unknown places.
CMF Hunter 27 at 6:12am 06.09.20
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This is my 1st sailboat and would like to get sailing sooner than later but would like to start havi
Kings Gambit at 5:53am 06.09.20
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John sinclair at 8:23pm 06.08.20
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Whouze at 8:01pm 06.08.20
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Looking at a 1994 Hunter online. Did model come with pelican gates port and starboard for boarding o
Erbardy at 6:07pm 06.08.20
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I just renovated my 1974 catalina 22. Looks great and I remounted all the hardware. I do notice wa
SeanP at 5:42pm 06.08.20
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Hi helpful forum! I repaired the down drain on the sink in the head. When I turn the water pump on,
SeanP at 5:40pm 06.08.20
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I have a 31 Hunter 1986. The port fill cap near the bow is marked Water. When I open up under the v-
Capn Vinny at 4:18pm 06.08.20
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