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Taylor heating tracy at 10:46am 11.25.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/846 On my 1978 C-30 I have a Taylors heater. Ive seen it on other older Catalinas.It is about a 1.5 foot
Osmotic Blisters Chuck at 9:31am 11.25.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1000 I have been following the interesting discussion regarding hull blisters. What experience and advice
New Hunter Boat on the Proving Ground?? Tom at 2:08am 11.19.01 Smaller Boats 1/815 Saw a new h306 on the Bay this weekend. ?????? As this is clearly a boat they have already, or pla
Need advice on a best spinnaker set up. Ron Adair at 6:11am 11.25.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/1104 I have a furlex roller furler, with a Genoa. I would like to buy a spinnaker this year.1.) Is it
Winterizing the water ballist on 1996 Hunter 23.5 Mark Widman at 6:01am 11.25.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/1103 I live in North Carolina where the temperatures rarely fall below freezing for any length of time to
Jib halyard replacement J Slocum at 12:56am 11.19.01 Mid-Size Boats 5/1263 What is the best way to fish new line through the mast on a 1985 tall rig?
Fuel Pump CT18fireman at 2:55am 11.25.01 Other Sailboats 3/837 I am looking for a fuel pump or diaphram kit for a late 50's Chrysler 4 cylinder inboard motor. Any
Liberty Cup Robert Dean at 1:01am 11.25.01 Racing 5/1497 To All,This page is not geting enough play.Possibly because Hunter does not support racing.In th
First 47.7 Racing Sails? Jon Halbert at 12:30am 11.19.01 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1344 I need some advice on the selection of racing sails. I'd love to talk to someone regarding sail mak
Guest Battery Charger Donald Klose at 11:58pm 11.24.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/952 I have had both the original and a replacement Guest 30-amp battery charger fail in the past 18 mont
H-34 Hull Mike Hickey at 11:02pm 11.24.01 Big Boats 4/978 I've looked at 2 H-34s. Both have a wrinkle in the hull support rib that separates the head area fro
macgregor 23 John Marsico at 12:07am 11.19.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1873 Does anyone know where I can obtain an owners manual and/or specs for a Macgregor 23
winter projects john withrow at 9:46pm 11.24.01 Smaller Boats 8/929 For my winter projects, I'm looking for suggestions on 1) Where and how to put cd player and speaker
Loosen the rigging? Scott Broad at 9:30pm 11.24.01 Ask All Sailors 3/1116 Unfortunately, I was forced to leave my mast up for this winter while my new 380 sits in the cradle.
???Prop type Bill Krause at 12:04am 11.19.01 Smaller Boats 5/905 I have a 98 H240 with a Honda 8hp outboard. Over the years it seems have more than enough power and
Sailing and using the motor Dolf Dalmeijer at 8:23pm 11.24.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1014 Is there any documentation why 'not sailing and using the motor on the same time'? Why stability pro
bluewater szunker at 2:58pm 11.24.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1011 thanks for the replies, is the construction quality (integrity)of the Catalina 28 ,28mkII good enoug
Painting mast Brent Borchers at 11:35pm 11.18.01 Ask All Sailors 2/1289 I'm about to paint the mast on my Hunter 23. I know the mast is made of aluminum and was wondering
Shaft alingment problem Howard at 1:25pm 11.24.01 Mid-Size Boats 6/938 I just did a clutch job on my 1978 H 27 with an 8 hp yanmar. The clutch was no problem but I need h
C-30 Headsail ruined Joe D at 10:25pm 11.18.01 Mid-Size Boats 0/731 I would like to warn anyone who has a headsail with the white UV cover on it, especially with the Ho

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Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise Michael Davis at 7:10am 03.05.20 The chip for the west coast of Canada for my Lorance chart plotter was about $300 cdn. Paper charts
Racing Hunters in March in Texas PaulK at 7:01am 03.05.20 Two reefs in the main could have reduced the effect of the vang on tightening the forestay. If you c
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Galvanic Corrosion (Collier 6) Maine Sail at 6:56am 03.05.20 That is a significant point to make. Kind of a myth busters conclusion. Thanks for chiming in.
Circumnavigation Vancouver Island 2020 Cruise (1) mermike at 6:50am 03.05.20 Charts - I've been looking at various ways to acquire charts for the trip. I choked on my beer when
Gelcoat cracks 1976 Catalina 22 PaulK at 6:15am 03.05.20 From the pictures, it looks like the cracks were in the paint - antifouling paint - that was on the
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Galvanic Corrosion (Collier 6) Will Gilmore at 6:13am 03.05.20 We find just as much DC stray current issues on mooring sailed boat as we do on marina sailed boats
Where is Kermit? (1) AlastairLC at 6:09am 03.05.20 Ha! I got a bill last year from the hospital for over $82,000
Water in cabin justsomeguy at 6:05am 03.05.20 Go back to your original post on this thread. That is the source of confusion. Thank you! Sometime
315 engine question stephen_i_w at 6:03am 03.05.20 I suspect that it is either a typo or something awful happened to that boat and it was re-powered.
Tohatsu 2.5 two stroke, not running 19thol at 5:42am 03.05.20 You could drive by here on the way, August is fine, shipping would be a lot I think, probably 30 lb
Water in cabin JK_Boston_Catalina310 at 5:29am 03.05.20 Peggie, Go back to your original post on this thread. That is the source of confusion. "It should N
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Galvanic Corrosion (Collier 6) (2) Maine Sail at 5:21am 03.05.20 I'm not saying that AC current doesn't have any effect on stray current corrosion. It's simply no
H34 Deck Item?? shemandr at 5:20am 03.05.20 Damn. I'll never be able to look at sail track again with assessing the orientation of the fastener
315 engine question JRT at 5:03am 03.05.20 Call Catalina and ask? Especially if you know the hull number.
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Galvanic Corrosion (Collier 6) Will Gilmore at 4:08am 03.05.20 Galvanic Corrosion: Corrosion of an anode metal due to its electrical connection to a more noble met
cal 27 Mark III Anniversary Edition John6275 at 3:49am 03.05.20 much appreciated. anything else you can share will also be appreciated.
Gelcoat cracks 1976 Catalina 22 Davidasailor26 at 3:41am 03.05.20
Sailboat Owners Guide to Corrosion - Galvanic Corrosion (Collier 6) Will Gilmore at 3:07am 03.05.20 It is my understanding that these threads are aimed at bringing greater clarity to to the subject o
Anyone familiar with Larry Pollocks Running Cloud Trimaran? (2) alpharalpha at 2:51am 03.05.20 Hmm, is interesting; I see his boat's a Flint design 1973; there's also a Richard Flint who did a CA
315 engine question Ron20324 at 1:49am 03.05.20 I doubt it was an option. The B 311/331/323 line probably went through the same process- use the sma

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