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SeaMonkey25 at 10:41am 05.18.20
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I have a 2004 Catalina 36 MkII and need to replace the faucet in the head. The faucet is almost imp
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The transom shower sprayer has not seen a great deal of use over the years, but the old plastic part
BenIodine53 at 9:36am 05.18.20
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Sorry for the long-ish post. Please bear with me. The inevitable occurred; I had engine trouble. Ba
stickinthemud57 at 9:03am 05.18.20
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Part One: I am having trouble furling the jib on my Hunter 170 using roller furling and am looking
odaydokay at 9:01am 05.18.20
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O'Day 28 flange leak into the starboard quarter berth area. Occasional drip for years now too much
stickinthemud57 at 8:41am 05.18.20
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A search revealed a good deal of info and advice regarding bottom paint for the Hunter 170, but I di
Jrtauber at 8:36am 05.18.20
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I he a Perko raw water filter that needs a new cover bolt. Has anyone replaced one. How do you remov
Sailor Kev at 7:55am 05.18.20
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Just wondering where you got that trailer. The one behind Cooper. Thanks
bvassallo at 7:51am 05.18.20
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Can anyone tell me the functions of the unlabeled red and green switches on the electrical panel? I
dlochner at 7:50am 05.18.20
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If you have ever wondered what the Defender Warehouse store looks like, they just launched a virtual
ontherocks83 at 7:01am 05.18.20
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I have a couple questions about my mast wiring / connectors. First is, does anyone know where to fi
ToddS at 6:32am 05.18.20
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Last summer my big question was "Do I need a new alternator"... and to make a long story short, the
Tim Mills at 3:54am 05.18.20
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Captains: I am moving a 2006 H41 with a Raymarine C80 chartplotter from RI to Hampton, VA. I noticed
eianm at 11:15pm 05.17.20
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I finally got around to removing my starboard side fixed port panel to re seal to overcome a small b
R20Sailor at 6:20pm 05.17.20
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Hello, I can do a lot of things with boats, but I am seriously weak at electronics. Thankfully my bo
kgibson4 at 5:53pm 05.17.20
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Does anyone know how many H23's were built/delivered? SailboatData.com doesn't have that figure. M
jaysweet at 5:41pm 05.17.20
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Despite doing 10 or 20 boat projects over the past 5 weeks, I'm running short of time to do everythi
Serenade at 5:25pm 05.17.20
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Hello everyone. I am new to the forum, but have had my Catalina 22 for 29 years! (1981- hull 10028
sailme88 at 4:48pm 05.17.20
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Screw COVID....... My bride and I along with another couple made our first sail of the season in the
Jrtauber at 4:21pm 05.17.20
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The Perko raw water strainer on my 1993 H37.5 needs a new cover bolt. Has anyone ever replaced the b

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Engine Overheating
smokey73 at 4:55pm 03.23.25
It is a siphon break and I have the same setup as @kloudie1 There is no hose from the siphon break
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Tks for sharing your memories. May John rest in peace.
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Hi Pat Many thanks for posting. More great news, I love it. Yesterday we were contemplating unwrappi
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heritage at 4:38pm 03.23.25
Does the hose that runs out of the top of the U shaped siphon break have any water coming out of it
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Ralph Johnstone at 4:33pm 03.23.25
Plastic thingie on the top of the "U" is a check valve to stop any siphoning. Nice mounting locat
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Alan Gomes at 4:32pm 03.23.25
As Alen pointed out, I vote for blocked primary filter. If it has viewable tray look to see if ther
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kloudie1 at 4:31pm 03.23.25
On the '85 H-34, the vang lower multi-block is shackled to a fixture on the mast base.. From there ,
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JoeWhite at 4:28pm 03.23.25
As Alen pointed out, I vote for blocked primary filter. If it has viewable tray look to see if there
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kloudie1 at 4:23pm 03.23.25
On my old 34, it looks like this: Plastic thingie on the top of the "U" is a check valve to stop any
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Project_Mayhem at 4:00pm 03.23.25
This boat looks really well cared for. People love their Whalers!
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shemandr at 3:57pm 03.23.25
Ha! Yeah that's a problem. But the Indian River Lagoon is really too shallow for sailing anything
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Ralph Johnstone at 2:24pm 03.23.25
anything else?
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dlochner at 2:02pm 03.23.25
But, my hope/assumption is that there is some other circuit protection (breaker) for that circuit.
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Tally Ho at 1:41pm 03.23.25
Our newly-acquired H33 has the subject engine. It starts and idles fine, but with the throttle lev
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Foswick at 1:12pm 03.23.25
The loads from the windlass and in particular the inrush loads will exceed the panel's capacity. If
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Thank you @garymalmgren for all the great input!

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