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More January racing in Texas Bill19233 at 8:21pm 01.21.20 Racing 29/4915 Last week was over 20 knots, but this week was another drifter. A frontal passage gave us a little w
Looking for a rigging service in or near San Pedro CA marke14 at 6:54pm 01.21.20 Ask All Sailors 9/3480 Greetings SBO friends, If anyone has any recommendations for a rigging company to re-rig my wire ro
Catalina 34 MK II salon table conversion gary16188 at 3:35pm 01.21.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 5/2741 Hello, Can anyone tell me how to lower the salon table for use as a berth. i cannot figure it out. T
Hunter 37.5 (1990)-Garmin Linear Drive Autopilot Installation Assistance Biggin at 2:17pm 01.21.20 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/793 I am in the process of replacing all of my original Raymarine instruments including the ST60 (wheel
Scimitar rudders Drinky Crow at 1:13pm 01.21.20 Racing 4/1432 Like the ones on the old Pearsons/C'C's. What's the helm like? Balanced or heavy/dead....?
Fluid line to overflow tank Hydro Therapy at 11:32am 01.21.20 Ask All Sailors 2/415
Looking to get out on the water in Tampa on Saturday Project_Mayhem at 9:28am 01.21.20 Ask All Sailors 6/622 We're averaging 20F in Chicago lately. As a result the sailing bug has been gnawing at us pretty har
Access to exhaust elbow on Universal MX 25 in Catalina 36 Fudsdad at 1:59am 01.21.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 1/652 Can anyone help me access my exhaust elbow to clean the end of the sea water hose? Is it from the a
Replacing a "Max Prop" on a Beneteau 25 mm metric sized shaft. Mike H. at 9:05pm 01.20.20 Ask All Sailors 0/19 We have a 1989 Beneteau First 35s5. New to us last June. 31 years old. When we pulled her out for th
Solar vents Weasel at 7:19pm 01.20.20 Ask All Sailors 2/572 Has Nicro Fico gone out of business. All I see are Marineco units at EXORBITANT prices. Anybody?
Appropriate Fuse Size ? catalanc at 5:29pm 01.20.20 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/3393 Hi Guys, I have a new 2 me 1988 Seaward 24. Very simple electrical system and I am replacing old/m
New name and graphics (1) RussC at 5:01pm 01.20.20 Ask All Sailors 13/1120 I pulled the cover back on the Merit today just enough to wipe down the area and install the new vin
Hunter 240 needs stern rails and stern seats (1) Dolphin55 at 3:33pm 01.20.20 Smaller Boats 20/2373 My Hunter 240 came with an open transom - no stern rails or stern seats. I can purchase the rails an
Question about repairing toe rail and hull (3) AndreInPortland at 2:29pm 01.20.20 Catalina 22 15/2307 An area of visible damage on Avalon is on her starboard toe rail and hull. I'm not sure if the toe r
Grey Enterprises Gone? markwbird at 10:06am 01.20.20 Ask All Sailors 12/2376 I am freaking out. What happened to Grey Hatches?
Frozen M-18 - Rebuildable? Jimski at 10:03am 01.20.20 Engines and Propulsion 12/1308 2 part question: 1. I have a frozen M-18 that's been in my garage for 2 years. It froze after sucki
Newport RI to Mystic CT (1) ontherocks83 at 8:59am 01.20.20 Ask All Sailors 10/2786 This summer I am hoping to take the trip from Narragansett Bay to Mystic Ct for a few days. Is anyon
Hunter 22 Mast Raising from Trailer Single Handed (8) curt in CO at 8:51am 01.20.20 Smaller Boats 1/1950
2014 Beneteau Oceanis 48. Freezer Vortac at 8:27am 01.20.20 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/1045 Hi All I am having problems with the freezer. It is my understanding that all 4 side should form
I need a used mast for a Hunter 34 MacV at 6:03am 01.20.20 Parts Search 15/3807 I recently bought a 1988 H34 demasted due to hurricane damage. The boat is docked in Dania Beach, F

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O'Day 25 Boat Stands (1) dlochner at 11:01am 10.09.24 There's probably a bit of room for error in height as you can always put more wood under the keel
Another Legend 40.5 holding tank replacement 3.26.24 baycloud at 10:39am 10.09.24 Hello so I just posted a video on how I redid a metal tank by wrapping it in fiberglass. I know, all
TD 14 BigEasy at 10:27am 10.09.24 Did you know that the Katrina "shock" study showed people gained huge amounts of body weight up to
TD 14 JamesG161 at 10:04am 10.09.24 Read an article a few days ago, about increased death rate in a given community, following catastro
Catalina 30 Engine Smoke and No Throttle Control (1) Ralph Johnstone at 9:42am 10.09.24 Under what conditions can this happen and how can it be avoided when running the engine out of the
Dodger and Bimini features you love? BigEasy at 9:27am 10.09.24 Place a small tab / loop on underside of Bimini canvas to provide a hanger for a battery powered lan
TD 14 BigEasy at 9:17am 10.09.24
Good price?? egabe38 at 8:53am 10.09.24 Ok gotcha!! Thx for that analogy. Almost all true except the part about losing the weight. That has
Dodger and Bimini features you love? Hello Below at 8:50am 10.09.24 No leather! :plus: The leather trim on our new (and pricey) dodger looked very rich and pleasing f
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Moondawg at 8:43am 10.09.24 Got the bolt out for $50 at the machine shop. Not going to worry about the offset hole as the bolt
ASA 101 course JoeWhite at 8:00am 10.09.24 To answer your question in my case, the first 4 hours in the morning was class time and after lunch
Good price?? jssailem at 6:59am 10.09.24
TD 14 kappykaplan at 6:53am 10.09.24 It would not be a good day to test your reefing techniques... It is a Hunker down day Agreed! :be
TD 14 jssailem at 6:46am 10.09.24 The winds going across central Florida at landfall will be very, very bad. DAMMIT JIM It would not
Dodger and Bimini features you love? JBP-PA at 6:27am 10.09.24 The Bimini on my small boat has telescoping side tubes. I can use it in the lower position for sail
Dodger and Bimini features you love? Scott T-Bird at 6:19am 10.09.24 The connector can be a tricky issue. On my boat (also Catalina 320), I believe the dodger and bimin
First sail... first trip... Hunter 23 Project_Mayhem at 6:12am 10.09.24 @Project_Mayhem When transporting my zero turn lawn mower, it is stored as forward on the trailer
Catalina 30 Engine Smoke and No Throttle Control Project_Mayhem at 6:08am 10.09.24 you can set up a barrel for a raw water pump suction hose but extreme caution is required otherwise
O'Day 25 Boat Stands Project_Mayhem at 6:04am 10.09.24 There's probably a bit of room for error in height as you can always put more wood under the keel @
Good price?? egabe38 at 6:01am 10.09.24 Correction main was reshaped in 2020 so 4 years ago

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