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Sticky Winch Mama Bruff at 1:45pm 08.20.02 Ask All Sailors 8/1505 Just bought a lovely boat from a couple who "never used those winches"...One of the winches is super
Prop turns while sailing Travis at 1:34pm 08.20.02 Big Boats 3/936 I have been sailing my 1983 H34 for only a month now and I have noticed that at hull speed while sai
Best Bottom Paint for Trailerable? Mama Bruff at 1:25pm 08.20.02 Trailer Sailors 9/4659 My trailerable boat needs a fresh coat of paint for her bottom, as the original (black - yuck)is so
Changing the Raw Water Impeller S. Japhe at 12:59pm 08.20.02 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/1124 I understand that it is advisable to change the impeller on my 28HP Yanmar after 150 hours or so. I
Bottom paint on 222...original is coming off Mama Bruff at 12:58pm 08.20.02 Ask An Oday Owner 3/1108 Hi,We just purchased a 1984 Oday 222. She is beautiful and well maintained, perfect interior. Her h
Wind Direction Point Eric at 12:39pm 08.20.02 Ask All Sailors 3/1237 When the forcast is calling for: SW wind 10 to 15 kt. Seas 1 to 2 ft.I am confused. So the wind is
Vang it. mike at 12:20pm 08.20.02 Smaller Boats 6/847 I've read how important the vang is to sail shape. Particularly to bring the top batten parallel to
Beached Mac 25 (Rudder questions) Benjamin at 12:17pm 08.20.02 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1461 I recently purchased a beached Mac 25. Besides all of the many things that come with a beached vesse
Storage cradle Brian Smith at 11:43am 08.20.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/1046 Does anyone have a suggestion regarding the best storage system for a Hunter 31. Jack stands or crad
help peggy nick at 10:53am 08.20.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/1423 I think my holding tank is backing up in bowl while sailing what is wrong.
manual or rigging instructions for oday25 rick at 10:19am 08.20.02 Day Sailers 8/1605 I badly need a manual for my boat
RUDDER POST STUFFING BOX AL PERKINS at 10:06am 08.20.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/957 Our Cat30 #3698 has water spurting up between the lower flange of the stuffing box and the raised fi
A question for Peggy... Geoff in Ann Arbor at 10:04am 08.20.02 Mid-Size Boats 8/1107 Peggy, I'm getting ready this weekend to replace the holding tank and all hoses in my '92 33.5. I h
Jiffy reefing a '92 33.5 Geoff in Ann Arbor at 9:55am 08.20.02 Mid-Size Boats 7/2183 Does anyone have a photo or diagram of how to rig the outhaul for the 1st reef? The diagram in the m
Fun and games on my ten day vacation. Long post. Geoff in Ann Arbor at 9:51am 08.20.02 Mid-Size Boats 9/1213 Well, I'm back at the desk safe and sound, and in one piece from our trip up to the tip of the Bruce
Steerer question on h410 Gary and Judith Backway at 9:13am 08.20.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/913 I recently posted this question but had no replies and wondered if it was shunted down the list by t
Battens for an Oday 23 Bobby Stone at 8:40am 08.20.02 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1907 I'm missing 2 of the battens on the mainsail on my oday 23. Where can I get a replacement? How mu
Hoyt Jib Boom Ed at 8:35am 08.20.02 Mid-Size Boats 0/912 I understand Gary Hoyt is going to be licensing his boomed jib design for production boats.Does an
Oar setup for C22? John Perry at 7:58am 08.20.02 Smaller Boats 17/3065 New to the forum here. Just brought home a '76 Cat-22 and we're anxious to get her outfitted and rea
Par Jabsco head maintenance Gary at 7:41am 08.20.02 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 1/3104 Peggy, what is recommended maintenance for a standard Par Jabsco head. The manual says to pour some

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Apollo Ball Valve Failure (2) jssailem at 6:34pm 08.29.20 I am sure glad I did a short haul. While hanging in the slings over night, I removed and replaced 2
Cover for steering assembly / cables? JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 6:20pm 08.29.20 Attached are pics of the new cover from Catalina. It looks like it needs to be trimmed where it mee
thoughts on Columbia 24 Dave Groshong at 6:16pm 08.29.20 It's a great boat! Built stout, sails well too. If you need the basics to get it sailing, I'm ha
Anybody know if there's a master "reset" for a Raymarine ST4000+ autohelm? sailme88 at 6:12pm 08.29.20 The reset is a credit card... As of at least 2014, Raymarine had stopped supporting the ST-4000. Th
Guidance sailme88 at 6:03pm 08.29.20 So a question for you. What is your learning style? Are you a visual learner, or prefer to read?
Cover for steering assembly / cables? (4) CowboyWay at 6:00pm 08.29.20 Attached are pics of the new cover from Catalina. It looks like it needs to be trimmed where it meet
Apollo Ball Valve Failure Rick D at 5:56pm 08.29.20 The Apollo valve can be rebuilt in place without the standard "turn to remove". You can buy the re
Guidance Capt jgw at 5:25pm 08.29.20
Finish on interior Hunter 356? Jimongee at 5:13pm 08.29.20
Apollo Ball Valve Failure Rich Stidger at 4:27pm 08.29.20 The Apollo valve can be rebuilt in place without the standard "turn to remove". You can buy the re
Guidance jon hansen at 3:55pm 08.29.20 capta just gave you the best recipe to learn the sport, period. enjoy!
Apollo Ball Valve Failure JamesG161 at 3:26pm 08.29.20 The Apollo valve can be rebuilt in place without the standard "turn to remove". You can buy the rep
Nasty Under the Battery Box Hunter 410 Don Lucas at 3:23pm 08.29.20 Good info Don! Is the battery bank you're talking about right in front of the engine, more or less
Attempting to get information about this small sailboat capta at 3:08pm 08.29.20 Wow, what a lovely lil sailing dink. Some people have all the luck. Nice.
Guidance capta at 3:04pm 08.29.20 Good afternoon everybody, A quick briefing on my goal, I'm a 25 year old looking to get involved in
Apollo Ball Valve Failure Rich Stidger at 2:42pm 08.29.20 Rick- I would strongly advise against attempting replacement of the valve in the water. The BIG pro
Forepeak Bulkhead (2) Castrilper55 at 2:42pm 08.29.20 Here's a couple of pictures of what I have done so far. I intend to remove the fabric and replace i
Another Raymarine wind speed issue. joker460 at 2:41pm 08.29.20 One other thing to ask. Did you disconnect the yellow wire from the display and then measure it. If
Apollo Ball Valve Failure Rick D at 2:40pm 08.29.20 nope, it's bronze.
Guidance shemandr at 2:28pm 08.29.20 Or this: https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/barnegat-bay-a-cat Again a design of 100 year history on

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