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M 25 bilge pump location? whudatt at 4:33am 10.04.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/1957 Good morning folks, i am getting ready to install a 800 gph bilge pump in my 1985 Mac 25 ' would rea
Newbie question about roller furling head sail Tedd at 8:00pm 10.03.19 Ask All Sailors 7/1507 I've never used a roller furler but I'm thinking about getting one for my boat. My question is about
Distance and time from Powell River to Sidney BC Richard19068 at 3:19pm 10.03.19 Ask All Sailors 19/1725 Greetings, Can any of you PNW guys give me an estimate of the nautical distance and average travel
Racing a Hunter 23 Michael Alan at 2:34pm 10.03.19 Racing 10/1282 I just purchased a 1987 Hunter 23. I would like to race it occasionally. I could use advice on the b
Accessing the Yanmar fuel filter on a B331 Bluenose at 12:58pm 10.03.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/591 Hi all, I went to change the Yanmar secondary fuel filter (3GM30F) today and it is very close to the
Motor and mounting gtg at 11:52am 10.03.19 Smaller Boats 2/800 Hello! I have a new motor, long shaft. Old motor was a short shaft and on a motor mount. Can I di
Legend 35.5 (1990) Traveler nfg2u at 11:15am 10.03.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/465 Does anyone have drawings for the traveler on the 35.5? I know that some folks here have some great
Catalina 18 Furler hinmo1 at 10:39am 10.03.19 Smaller Boats 6/1709 Does anyone know if a CDI FF1 furler will work on a Catalina 18. By specifications, it looks not (I
Yeti - are they that good? (1) Justin_NSA at 9:34am 10.03.19 Sails Call Lounge 22/2685 Or do they just have one helluva marketing and promotion division? I just got an email from West Ma
Any Boats Available on the East Coast drewlamparello at 9:29am 10.03.19 Catalina 275 22/3014 I've owned 4 Catalinas since the mid 80s, a 27, a 30 and Cat 22 and a Capri 22. Dorian took the Cap
Fitting cockpit covers Dry White at 7:32am 10.03.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/408 I have just bought a hunter legend 40.5 which came with all enclosing cockpit covers but no instruct
How to remove BedIT? Project_Mayhem at 6:01am 10.03.19 Musings With Maine Sail 11/2274 I applied a generous amount of BedIT to an outboard bracket that I had to remove. It stuck to the tr
Sailing 'er in. (5) TomY at 4:57am 10.03.19 Ask All Sailors 20/1996 It's rare, but we do see an occasional boat sailing into a harbor onto a mooring or anchor, even occ
DTops decal All U Get at 3:19am 10.03.19 Ask All Sailors 3/750 Hi all, I just tried to purchase my DTops decal for 2020. Once again there is a delay in the proce
10 degrees of leeway? danstanford at 2:18am 10.03.19 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 15/3163 Was out for a nice sail in 10 knots of breeze and a fairly lumpy sea state and decided to trim and t
2002 Catalina 400 as advertised is 2000 Tim francis at 10:12pm 10.02.19 Ask All Sailors 5/762
The Pacific Northwest HIGHs Win JamesG161 at 8:03pm 10.02.19 Weather and Forecasting 3/950 The Pacific HIGH continues to spin off Protective HIGHs and the Jet Steam Dips south... The Results.
fresh water pump / breaker Richard19068 at 5:26pm 10.02.19 Ask All Sailors 13/2030 When I turn on the the circuit breaker for my fresh water pressure pump it occasionally bumps back a
What Make of Sailboat (2) LakeMan at 4:54pm 10.02.19 Ask All Sailors 18/1685 Hello everyone. I just picked up a garage sale find. I'm looking for help finding out what make of b
unstepping the mast hgeismar at 4:38pm 10.02.19 Ask All Sailors 1/277 I need a video on how to unstep the mast on my 25'O'Day sailboat

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Pedestal cup holders Clydo at 10:36pm 10.02.23 Has anyone replaced any of their cupholders? One of my four is broken and wonder where can get rep
what is the standing headroom? Stu Jackson at 9:22pm 10.02.23 You should instead be asking about sitting headroom. :huh: I had a Catalina 22, with a pop top and
Jib sheet block Project_Mayhem at 9:04pm 10.02.23 Here you can see the T-track on the coaming, the aft stand-up block, movable cleat, forward Genoa b
Kevlar skid plates? Project_Mayhem at 8:50pm 10.02.23 The Starwind 19 is a shoal keel boat so a typical keel guard might not work. This boat has a draft o
Air is not welcome here! Project_Mayhem at 8:06pm 10.02.23 I forgot to ask - Can I use a 5/16" hose on a 1/4" barb without any potential for future issues?
Kevlar skid plates? rgranger at 7:23pm 10.02.23
Air is not welcome here! Project_Mayhem at 7:00pm 10.02.23 I let the motor run while working on other things today. My test probably helped a bit but it wasn't
Absolute Newbie looking for a 30 Ward H at 4:23pm 10.02.23 What are the normal areas needing attention on a Catalina 30 from the 80's? What's easily fixable a
Absolute Newbie looking for a 30 Richard19068 at 3:21pm 10.02.23 Before making the statement about Tahoe being a relatively small lake, I did look at the Wikipedia
Absolute Newbie looking for a 30 dlochner at 3:13pm 10.02.23 Tahoe is a pretty big lake ( 31st largest surface area in the country) but I agree that a trailerab
21 Day Cruise mermike at 2:54pm 10.02.23 Wow, that was a big hit. Must have been a hard emotional blow to see such damage to that beautiful
Absolute Newbie looking for a 30 Richard19068 at 2:49pm 10.02.23 For a relatively small body of water, a 30' sailboat would be more than might be necessary. A 27' b
21 Day Cruise mermike at 2:48pm 10.02.23 Now this was deep in the canyon with only donkey to carry you up to the rim? What did you do? ter
Kevlar skid plates? Skipper J at 2:35pm 10.02.23 Hi Everyone, I am painting my hull and wonder about extra protection for the keel as well. Looks lik
21 Day Cruise Richard19068 at 2:34pm 10.02.23 Wow, that was a big hit. Must have been a hard emotional blow to see such damage to that beautiful
Absolute Newbie looking for a 30 jssailem at 2:29pm 10.02.23 Welcome to the forum. now that you are here, try a search for the words Newbie, first boat, what sho
Islander 28 - Stuck zippers in interior headliner JoeWhite at 2:12pm 10.02.23 w5AEBhwIqDc
21 Day Cruise jssailem at 2:03pm 10.02.23 Now this was deep in the canyon with only donkey to carry you up to the rim? What did you do? term
Absolute Newbie looking for a 30 Project_Mayhem at 1:46pm 10.02.23 I can't quote a firm figure, however, I would estimate somewhere between 5 an 10K. The boat will b
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? (1) rgranger at 1:45pm 10.02.23 I have a small DeWalt shop vac. I really do like it and it isn't all that heavy but it does take up

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