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Out board motor mount Jeff Smith at 11:53am 10.11.01 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1066 Does anyone have any ideas, for tighteningthe bolts on the out board motor bracket.If I remove th
ST6000 control unit replacement Andy at 3:21am 10.11.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/2645 Has someone experiences with an replacement of Autohelm control units? My 1993 ST6000 unit is defect
THROTTLE CONTROL WALLACE SHAKUN at 11:09pm 10.07.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/951 HOW BEST TO TIGHTEN THROTTLE CONTROLLINKAGE. LEVER BACKS-OFF WILL NOT STAYIN FORWARD POSITION. WHE
Looking for a C-30 Sean Coerse at 8:13am 10.10.01 Mid-Size Boats 1/942 I'm looking for a early to mid 80's C-30 tall rig with bowsprit to replace my current H240. I sail
280 new owner Steve at 6:39pm 10.10.01 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/885 I have found an 1996 280 and want to put in an offer. What should I look out for on a used Hunter? A
St4000 Autopilot Tracking Howard Sherman at 2:44am 10.10.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/1042 I have a ST4000 autopilot that does not track properly. This unit was already installed in the boat
272 Rigging tension/tuning Craig M. Creller at 11:30am 10.09.01 Ask An Oday Owner 8/2430 Just purchased an O'Day 272 and the mariona launched it for free, but they want $125 bucks to tune t
Seatalk Greg at 7:13am 10.09.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/928 I am trying to interface my Autohelm Autopilot with my Garmin GPS and my laptop computer running Vis
spinaker measurements Rob Springate at 6:14pm 10.14.01 Ask All Sailors 5/1190 I am looking to purchase a spinnaker but all the e-mail inquiry forms ask for measurementsAnd I hav
flaky lcd screen Nate Jackson at 12:56pm 10.08.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1171 Bill,I have an autohelm 4000 wheel pilot on my c-270. Occasionally, the numbers on the lcd screen
Previous/current Catalina owners John M. Nielsen-jmnsailart@msn.com at 1:32am 10.13.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/879 I was just wondering if someone somewhere keeps (or has kept) a "previous owner list on all Catalina
Can I add a swim platform Jim Cook at 1:22pm 10.11.01 Bigger Boats 3/2113 across my transom, a few inches above water level? With about 3 feet of freeboard, those rope-type
Help find my leak Frank at 1:56am 10.08.01 Smaller Boats 8/1042 My 23.5 leaks about 1/2 gallon of water into the bilge every time I take it out. The water has salt
Vinegar Ken Juul at 4:42am 10.10.01 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 3/1404 Following your suggestions on keeping the smells clean from the head I have rearranged the inlet hos
NEW BOAT FINANCING Tim Leighton at 12:05am 10.11.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1540 Greetings from a (I think??) a new Catalina owner: Got "hooked" at the Annapolis Sailboat Show las
Sonar Sounders Osman Togay at 8:48am 10.09.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1138 Dear Friends,I am looking for deep sonar sounder with transducer, for the deep down and ahead seei
vang attachment Matt at 3:25am 10.14.01 Smaller Boats 5/1179 One thing that has never worked well for me is the way the vang is attached to the mast foot via a s
Support for older Autohelm equipment John Visser at 9:02am 10.08.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 3/1059 I have an Autohelm 4000. I can't find any reference whatsoever to this unit on the Raymarine websit
Nav Station Set up Ken Juul at 11:17pm 10.09.01 Guest Expert: Cruising with Kayaks 1/1153 I am planning on rearranging the set up of my nav station over the winter. I currently have an Apel
thread bare? Greg at 5:20am 10.11.01 Forum Help (Site Talk) 3/1105 know this will sound silly, but once I put a thread into my tracker, they seem to disappear after a

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Water intrusion from swing keel well (Catalina 22)? rgranger at 9:22am 06.11.20 It could be the cracks you identified but on most swing keel boats there is also a rubber washer und
H26 and H260: what do you keep in your cockpit lockers? symont at 9:18am 06.11.20 Good food for thoughts. thank you!
Hella marine fan repair SeaBob48 at 9:16am 06.11.20 There is almost no way a change of 1.5 inpit volts would overheat the resistor so much as to burn t
Sailing Solo (1) kloudie1 at 9:16am 06.11.20 Probably old hat for you, Tarkus; this was posted by a former member, Roger Long. Good reading info:
My Boat Is Held Together By Zip Ties! Hayden Watson at 9:14am 06.11.20 I must be the odd-man-out cause I hate duct tape and have not used it in decades. After I very shor
Battery Management jviss at 9:11am 06.11.20 You mean the BSS DCP switch? First, I never want to manually combine the banks, and second, it does
Battery cable thru-hull? symont at 9:05am 06.11.20 I use these big ones because the previous owner had drilled big holes: Thru Panel Connector I woul
Oil for older small diesel sail sfbay at 9:03am 06.11.20 Got it!!..........you are looking for an oil that has high zinc dialkyldithiophosphate (ZDDP) conten
Sailing Solo kloudie1 at 8:59am 06.11.20 I had a Spirit 23 with a pigtail and until I rigged a topping lift, I'd free up the mainsheet and va
In Board Shrouds SteveLKN at 8:50am 06.11.20 Keep us updated on performance please. What about the cushions? Are you going to modify them or fo
Hella marine fan repair Don S/V ILLusion at 8:48am 06.11.20 There is almost no way a change of 1.5 inpit volts would overheat the resistor so much as to burn th
US Spar furler drum removal richk at 8:43am 06.11.20 In my case the mast was stepped. It may have been easier if it were unstepped and horizontal. I wo
Battery Management Scott T-Bird at 8:41am 06.11.20 I could "close the loop" on this by adding a 1-2-OFF switch to select which bank is involved in th
My Boat Is Held Together By Zip Ties! thinwater at 8:37am 06.11.20
My Boat Is Held Together By Zip Ties! Justin_NSA at 8:23am 06.11.20 I was prepping a boat in Alameda to bring south and told a dockmate I needed to get a roll of balin
Hella marine fan repair SeaBob48 at 8:20am 06.11.20 This happened right after I installed a new battery on that bank. The battery bank is charged and m
My Boat Is Held Together By Zip Ties! Calif. Ted at 8:13am 06.11.20 I was prepping a boat in Alameda to bring south and told a dockmate I needed to get a roll of baling
Zinc for my 84 hunter 31 Tom Fritz at 8:12am 06.11.20 Thanks Pizzazz! This was exactly what I was experiencing. Sail sfbay Thanks for the Manual better th
Hella marine fan repair SeaBob48 at 8:10am 06.11.20 A resistor like that will burn either because it is a bad design or something has gone wrong. Eithe
Firefly batteries and the rest of the charging system tfox2069 at 8:03am 06.11.20 Those graphs are "under load" at a 30A or 11A load. A 20 hour load would be 5.8A based on the curre

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