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Gor-tex Packing and Hot to touch Walt at 10:31am 04.16.01 Big Boats 4/1123 Just had my packing gland repacked with a gortex packing product. This stuff is supposed to be drip
C30 Bilge Pump & Switch David Garrison at 10:31am 04.16.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1097 Hi. I am considering installing a new bilge pump on my 1986 Catalina 30. Right now, I am looking a
once agine-- stern rail seats Dave B. at 10:12am 04.16.01 Smaller Boats 0/810 Still lookin , Still thinking---Would JOE ERNST Hunter 23.5 owner, please E mail me,I have one ques
Headsail Robert Dean at 9:42am 04.16.01 Racing 4/1366 I have been in the late winter/spring racing mode for several weeks now and I am beginning to believ
Heat Brad at 9:25am 04.16.01 Mid-Size Boats 0/957 Has anyone intstalled "Radex heater cores on there Catalina 30? They are made by Dickinson. If you h
Water Heater Brad at 9:11am 04.16.01 Mid-Size Boats 1/894 Hi all. I have bought a 6 gallon hot water tank the stainless one from seward that runs off the engi
mast head light switches lloyd ferencik at 8:19am 04.16.01 Ask All Sailors 4/1288 I have just purchased a perko combination anchor steaming light.It combines to seperate lights to be
Teak and Holly Flooring Cliff Ruckstuhl at 8:11am 04.16.01 Ask All Sailors 3/1147 Where can I buy some Teak and Holly flooring with out having to buy a whole sheet? I want to be abl
Sailboat paint jobs Chris Saraga at 7:53am 04.16.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/2739 I am new to sailing and am painting my 1974 Catalina 22. I was wondering is their something thatI d
Paint a straight line on a curved hull Chris Saraga at 7:38am 04.16.01 Smaller Boats 3/1298 I am painting a red stripe on my 1974 Catalina 22. I was wondering how professional painters getthe
Boat yard finds Ed Nolan at 7:32am 04.16.01 Ask All Sailors 2/1232 Don't know where to get info, so I thought I might prevail on the group and ask if anyone knows anyt
Rudder play Gary Ross at 7:00am 04.16.01 Mid-Size Boats 1/1115 I have found that my rudder has 1-2" of vertical movement observed with the boat out of the water. B
Beneteau First 38 keel - hull joint separation Dan Bottjen at 6:54am 04.16.01 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/5975 An '84 Beneteau First 38 fell over in a strom when dry docked, broke it's mast. The "bolt on" keel
Scupper Holes Jesse at 6:40am 04.16.01 Mid-Size Boats 2/1089 I recently purchased a 1988 Catalina. It has two large scupper holes in the cockpit, but does not h
loose stanchions Bryce at 6:37am 04.16.01 Ask All Sailors 3/1548 We got wet last week, and while on the boat this weekend, I noticed that one of the stanchions was l
Trinidad John Van Stone at 6:28am 04.16.01 Ask All Sailors 1/1353 I am going to be leaving my boat in Trinidad for 1 month and would like input on where I should put
ignition switch was off while engine ran Jack Betts at 5:43am 04.16.01 Big Boats 9/1305 Meant to file this in Big Boats forum but mistakenly sent to General Forum. Here's the problem: Sund
boom vang anchor Jerry Gerber at 5:29am 04.16.01 Smaller Boats 5/1017 Is it safe to attach one end a boom vang to a stanchion base?
Wiring question Steve Franklin at 5:19am 04.16.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1221 So, how does one run a wire from the electrical panel to the masthead?!? No problem tracing the wir
RUB RAIL RELIEF luvmy22 at 4:58am 04.16.01 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/1011 Help!, Have a 85, 22 that has sustained some rub rail damage. Have to replace the rubber and about t

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Heat shrink solder connectors jssailem at 6:14am 04.13.20 recently purchased a hydraulic crimp tool from Harbor Freight While Harbor Freight can supply you
Sliding Galley Catalina 22 shadyside at 6:10am 04.13.20 Erbardy...I live near Annapolis MD and have a sliding kitchen for a Catalina 22. The previous owner
Terry Cox at 6:10am 04.13.20 My previous employer normally provided sluggish stately sedans for employee use. Then one year (1976
HANK ON JIB SAIL SHEETS THECUSCUS at 6:08am 04.13.20 One "set" ( a port and a starboard) tied to the clew with a bowline. Drop the sail, untie the sheet
New Running Rigging: bothered by what is probably a non-problem DougM at 5:55am 04.13.20 Old lines swell over the years. That may have something to do with salt water, I don't recall offha
Cabin sole Hunter 28.5 HMT2 at 5:48am 04.13.20 Looking to change mine out at some point. Currently have the bilge ares under the soft spot filled
Lower shroud rigging breaking Crazy Dave Condon at 5:46am 04.13.20 @rgranger The Boat in picture is really heeled over. Once when introducing a new Beneteau, the sa
Should I purchase a Hunter 18? Crazy Dave Condon at 5:23am 04.13.20 @CurtisC Thank you for the correction. Boy I forgot about the 18 having introduced that boat to
2002 Hunter h326 forestay size Ken13559 at 5:21am 04.13.20 John, thanks. As advised, I'll order the forestay together with the furler. If actual wire is differ
Has anyone tried these heat exchanger brackets? rpwillia at 5:18am 04.13.20 You guys are awesome when I have these nagging and somewhat obscure/hard to research issues. Thanks
1981 Hunter 30 ft hull cracks David in Sandusky at 5:17am 04.13.20
1981 Hunter 30 ft hull cracks Windy Daze Hunter 31 at 4:43am 04.13.20 Hi Steve, I have a similar Hunter Sailboat in a 1984 Hunter 31 which is the model which came out aft
Cabin sole Hunter 28.5 (1) Jim L at 4:00am 04.13.20 Looking to change mine out at some point. Currently have the bilge ares under the soft spot filled
Heat shrink solder connectors Tipsynippertoo at 3:52am 04.13.20 I would not use these as it is probable you will have a poorly solder joint within the connector. Th
high water? danstanford at 3:14am 04.13.20 Was talking to family who live on the St. Lawrence at Brockville and they have water over their dock
New lines and arrangement help please senang at 2:49am 04.13.20 If you take a close up picture of the labels someone will be able to translate them. I could
Filler..... advise needed Captain Larry-DH at 2:04am 04.13.20 That is an interesting crack. I'm assuming the image was posted rotated and the crack is horizontal
Raw water intake thru hull relocation Yamaha 25 Syntonos at 11:30pm 04.12.20 Glad to be of help. nice you have the place to "get after it" without the layday charges of a boat y
Docking Mishap (2) Will Gilmore at 11:03pm 04.12.20 177488 Containership Milano Bridge allided with cranes in Busan, one injured "14:37: Commenced STBD
Filler..... advise needed Mark Maulden at 10:44pm 04.12.20 Agree with Dave. Wonder how the rudder post is....

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