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Installing Whisker Pole Padeye Bill at 1:57am 04.02.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2823 I recently bought a whisker pole for my 1988 TR C30 and I need to install a padeye on the mast for t
Swing Keel Joe Mascari at 12:02am 04.02.02 Mid-Size Boats 0/922 I have a 1975 H30 with a swing keel made from cast iron.The iron is in pretty bad shape and the sw
Radar/GPS Interface Gary Wyngarden at 11:31pm 04.01.02 Ask All Sailors 7/1240 I'm in the process of installing a JRC 1500 radar on my boat. The radar has a pair of wires designed
Rudder Delamination Jim Brzoska at 10:56pm 04.01.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 0/965 My C27 has a small area of delamination in the rudder in the center on the port side. It is far fro
Need Information on Rig Tensioning Lander at 10:23pm 04.01.02 Big Boats 2/870 The forestay on the H375 sags off to leeward almost 12" and the leeward shrouds are slack (read very
Companion way cover/hard to slide Guest at 1:03pm 04.01.02 Mid-Size Boats 5/2018 The cover over my companion way is very difficult to slide back especially when you are inside the c
why buy catalina daryl at 12:49pm 04.01.02 Mid-Size Boats 6/1089 I am just starting to shop for a late model sailboat roughly 26-27 feet in length. I plan to sail i
Hull Chalking vs Yellowing Jeff Bacon at 12:09pm 04.01.02 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/980 Hi All:As I was cleaning my hull this past weekend, it dawned on me that my hull was more "yellowe
ELECTRICAL QUESTION #3 Terry Cox at 12:00pm 04.01.02 Big Boats 3/809 I think my DC amp guage is defective. If I switch on most any device, e.g., fresh water pump, macera
ELECTRICAL QUESTION #2 Terry Cox at 11:54am 04.01.02 Big Boats 6/910 I'm told that when you're connected to shore power, and the inverter is on, that 110vAC will continu
Mast step alterations? Scott at 11:40am 04.01.02 Smaller Boats 2/877 I have a 1984 C-22 and have recently begun to "upgrade" a little to run my halyards to the cockpit.
PSS Dripless Shaft Seal Mike Denman at 10:56am 04.01.02 Big Boats 8/894 Does anyone have any experience with this product?? I'm seriously considering putting one on my 87'
backstay flag halyard Ron F at 10:18am 04.01.02 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/2372 I want to put a backstay flag halyard on my C-27. Any suggestions for the block and how / where to
motor steering dennis[fognhaze@optonline.net] at 9:55am 04.01.02 Ask All Sailors 2/1037 looking for ways to control outboard steering thru rudder tiller
Oday Rudder Jim Bozung at 9:39am 04.01.02 Day Sailers 1/1037 Age and hard sailing has taken it's toll on the factory rudder of my 222, Cool Change. Does anyone
Hunter 22 bimini help mike at 6:59am 04.01.02 Smaller Boats 0/1187 HiI have a 1982 Hunter 22 and would like to install a bimini. There were some posts about 2 years
U Shaped Setee Tony at 5:28am 04.01.02 Mid-Size Boats 1/950 I am about to build a U Shaped Setee and would like to know if anyone has done this and what problem
Keel up or down Mike at 4:37am 04.01.02 Smaller Boats 2/904 I just put my boat in the marina of a freshwater lake. Should I put the keel up or down while it's
mirage sailboats Tony at 4:08am 04.01.02 Ask All Sailors 1/1699 anyone know anything about Mirage sailboats 30 ft range?
28.5 Group Cliff Ruckstuhl at 3:11am 04.01.02 Mid-Size Boats 5/1141 I have started a email group on Yahoo for the 28.5. My goal is to share rig set up, boat set up and

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Like a bad case of piles, I have returned Mark Maulden at 9:01pm 03.28.20
Water in cabin S/V Tenacious at 9:00pm 03.28.20 Hello JRT, have had sweet water aft intrusion twice. If the fresh water intrusion only occurs with t
My first regatta- impromptu DArcy at 8:50pm 03.28.20 I said Catalina 27 I meant cal27 anyway I see the addiction .... I was holding my own working to wi
Like a bad case of piles, I have returned Terry Cox at 8:41pm 03.28.20 Hi Phil, very good news to have you back. Nasty stuff, that cancer. Seems the prognosis looks good f
Like a bad case of piles, I have returned Charlie Jones s/v Tehani at 8:09pm 03.28.20 Welcome back- Happy to hear you are doing well
Boatyard shut down due to COVID Tally Ho at 7:57pm 03.28.20 Maybe you can't get to your boat because of the stay at home order in your state. What part of this
Yet another boat off the trailer thread (1) Grotto at 7:52pm 03.28.20 On the final pull to be ready for summer
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 rgranger at 7:35pm 03.28.20 i used some today
Summer Storage on the Hard rgranger at 7:33pm 03.28.20 I have a bat that has taken up residence a sheet of large towel is a good way to catch a bat. Ball
Hunter 306 New Owner Questions (1) Arbee at 7:13pm 03.28.20 I'm back; finally! The boat arrived too close to Christmas for the trades to finish the main hull an
Looking for a folding prop recommendations for a folding prop for a 85 hunter 40. DayDreamer41 at 7:11pm 03.28.20 We have a Flex O Fold (18 RH 12) on our 41 DS powered by a Yanmar 4JH4E (54 HP) and as stated above
Gland packing size alvy at 7:10pm 03.28.20 Thanks Claude , i'll be measuring my railing tomorrow. Your stuffing box look like what I ha
Like a bad case of piles, I have returned Ward H at 6:55pm 03.28.20 Welcome back Phil, Glad the worst is over and you're on the mend.
2002 Hunter 386 Compass sgiarc at 6:50pm 03.28.20 Nice work.
H27 1979 Yanmar SB8 cooling system issues dLj at 6:42pm 03.28.20 Nice! dj
Water in cabin JRT at 6:26pm 03.28.20 I need to figure out the fresh water source in the aft area of the aft bilge area. It is very clean
7/8 hose fitting dlochner at 6:22pm 03.28.20 You don't need to go with expensive bronze fittings as brass will do fine in your treated water/gly
Jib furling line Dave Groshong at 6:18pm 03.28.20 A very basic rule of thumb is 2x boat length plus 10ft. It doesn't appear in the manuals, probably
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Protection (Collier 13 - 15, 18) Will Gilmore at 6:11pm 03.28.20 Collier has a fair amount to say about plastics and elastomers (new word for me, natural and synthet
Like a bad case of piles, I have returned John Nantz at 6:05pm 03.28.20 That is a really scary word "cancer". Sure glad it was caught before it got worse and hopefully the

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