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Good mechanic in the Long Beach, CA area? Kelldog58 at 9:56am 06.07.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1744 Hello Everyone, Hope you are all staying safe with your families. I haven't been on here for a bit b
Mast mounted winch IASailor at 8:09am 06.07.20 Catalina 22 17/3391 Forgive my ignorance here but what is the purpose of the mast mounted winch?
Another bottom paint question! john6206 at 5:48am 06.07.20 Smaller Boats 7/2847 Hi everyone, Ive read many threads about bottom painting, i my be over thinking this, but I want t
Anybody Replace original HVAC unit? Jerry Clark H356 SV Persi at 5:39am 06.07.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/531 Appears my original 2003 MarineAirr (now Dometic) heat pump has bit the dust. I had some intermitte
Cristobal Wind Info kloudie1 at 4:20am 06.07.20 Weather and Forecasting 23/2919 Mid Lake Pontchartrain web cams .. always interesting to see the waves and check out the wind speed
B323: Adding a house battery S/Y Obelix at 4:03am 06.07.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 7/1805 Has anyone added a house battery to their Beneteau 323? I am planning to add Solar, and with that
C&C 25 V-bIerth Hatch (1) ch0ba at 8:02pm 06.06.20 C&C 4/1438 I've got a broken hatch lens that leaks. Does anyone know that what make hatch are on these models?
Tiller delaminating now cracked IASailor at 7:31pm 06.06.20 Catalina 22 11/2748 I was sailing today at Lake mcbride in Iowa. It was a beautiful day great sun and great wind. I stil
Hunter 26 rotten wood? Chrismck at 7:21pm 06.06.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1618 I looked at a 26 today. It's been sitting on the trailer for the past 5 years. The rear hatch leaked
Day sailer II bailer restoration Tipster1947 at 6:49pm 06.06.20 Day Sailers 4/2786 The Persea Cockpit bailer in my 1975 DSII has been temperamental. I finally got the stopper out to s
Seeking used B&G 496 masthead wind speed/direction transducer with or without cable Evankeel at 5:30pm 06.06.20 Parts Search 2/1299 Need replacement for B'G 496 masthead wind Instrument with or without cable.
What is this? (1) dmmlyons at 3:14pm 06.06.20 Ask All Sailors 20/3618 I bought a 1980 hunter 33 last year and it came with tons of equipment. Most of it I could figure ou
Hunter Legend 37 Deso25 at 2:46pm 06.06.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/680 Hello, I'm looking to by a Hunter Legend 37 and I'm wondering is any well known issues that i have
Spacer for Transducer? (1) SVCeviche at 2:03pm 06.06.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/1792 Hey all - I'm working up the courage to install my new Airmar B619 through hull transducer, and tryi
Attaching furler CharlesWood at 12:51pm 06.06.20 Trailer Sailors 7/1275 New sailor here. I have a Harken furler and am missing the part that connects it to the stem head.
Propeller Beneteau at 8:59am 06.06.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1379 We have a Beneteau 321 with a 3GM30F yanmar ,looking to upgrade to a folding/ feathering prop questi
Shift handles jwn3rd at 8:47am 06.06.20 Mid-Size Boats 3/1233 The shift handle on my Catalina 30 is almost impossible to move. I broke the holding screw off the
Flex Products Ron20324 at 7:28am 06.06.20 Ask All Sailors 22/2761 On TV I see commercials for Flex Tape, Flex Seal and a few other items from that product line. Has a
P42 starter battery discharges when off; why? BBC16385 at 7:20am 06.06.20 Big Boats 3/594 I have a 1997 P42. I close up the boat on a Sunday. Starter is showing 12.8 or higher. Come down
Hunter 386-2002 St60 Wind Instrument ST60 Gary Ryan at 6:09am 06.06.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/570 Hey Guys, Finally got our new/used Hunter 386 in the water. What a relief. It has the old Raytheon

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Table in cabin? Arrgh at 11:32am 03.31.25 I had an Oday 22 that had the holes in the floor for that base, but never actually had a table. I a
Engine Stern Tube for Hunter 29.5 jssailem at 10:36am 03.31.25 Is your stern tube solid and in place? If so, no need to repair/replace. The OP said that his stern
Sailing Season(spring) jssailem at 10:33am 03.31.25
Thoughts on replacing 9 year old agm batteries on a B323 (1) jssailem at 10:31am 03.31.25 9 years on an AGM battery, that is damn good. Your house bank has two AGM 80Ah batteries that mean
Sailing Season(spring) RussC at 10:14am 03.31.25 Here in SW Oregon the snowpack is 150% of normal right now. our main sailing lake is already 15-20%
EPIRBS Timm R Oday25 at 9:59am 03.31.25 We have the ACR brand .They have been excellant in getting our units battery replaced and back to us
Catalina 30 electrical system feedback dlochner at 9:57am 03.31.25 Had a chance to enlarge the drawings so I can actually read them. :) When designing an electrical
EPIRBS Cptd at 9:41am 03.31.25 Great, thank you, was looking at ACR, mellow yellow !
Sailing Season(spring) Terry Cox at 9:38am 03.31.25 Coyotes bout the only wild critters in our precincts. Don't care much for grass, just rabbits, cats
VHF SWR results... BAD ORCA at 9:32am 03.31.25 From your post 33 I take it that you found that the previously made fittings were defective so ever
EPIRBS dlochner at 9:28am 03.31.25 ACR or Ocean Signal are good brands. Not much if any difference. Both brands are owned by the same c
Pearson keel PaulM317 at 9:26am 03.31.25 Hi Paul. I have sailed on a Pearson. Great boat. Your crack on the keel is not unique to Pearson 30
VHF SWR results... BAD ORCA at 9:11am 03.31.25 Can you share any details of the crimp connectors? Sure, I used these. https://www.amazon.com/dp
Hunter 240 owners here? SteveHughessails at 9:10am 03.31.25 Thanks, it does seem a bit arduous. Any tips? Did you have to replace both pins and the roller? How
Catalina 30 electrical system feedback Stu Jackson at 9:10am 03.31.25 Another handy resource for boat electrical systems in parallel with Maine Sail's website is this one
Engine Stern Tube for Hunter 29.5 Brian M H23 at 8:55am 03.31.25 What's the driver behind replacing? I just bought a 29.5 and was about to replace the hose, but di
Hunter 240 owners here? hunter240 at 8:49am 03.31.25 I did the centerboard thing about 4 years ago. Not Fun. Make sure you have strong help.
Hunter 240 owners here? hunter240 at 8:47am 03.31.25
Main Rigging Upgrades Hayden Watson at 8:44am 03.31.25 How do you reef downwind? Most of our reefing is downwind, and usually in conditions where turning
Y33 bimini and dodger jssailem at 8:31am 03.31.25 Very nice, @mermike!

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