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Loss of power, C30 with a Universal M25 engine tshalvey at 7:32pm 10.22.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/1567 Hi all, I'm a newbie here and thanks for any help you may be. I'm a new sailor and now own a C30.
To or not To pumpkinpie at 7:01pm 10.22.19 Ask All Sailors 28/3622 .
Convert to internal halyards (10) Minnesail at 4:59pm 10.22.19 Catalina 22 7/2485 My 1974 Catalina 22 came with two external wire-to-rope halyards that tied off to cleats on the mast
FLYING A ASSYMETRIC SPY DEAD DOWNWIND Valerio at 3:21pm 10.22.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 12/1278 This weekend i manage to fly only my assymetric (no main) dead downwind using the main boom with a p
Freshwater Hoses & Filter... Identify brand? Hose types? (1) Ziggler at 3:18pm 10.22.19 Ask All Sailors 8/750 Fellow Sailors: About the fresh water system in a 1984 Morgan 32. Two questions: 1) What brand is
Rudder Replacement billdig at 2:27pm 10.22.19 Ask All Sailors 3/882 I had to replace my rudder this year on my Tartan 3700. In my case, it was cheaper to replace rather
Catalina 18 on Jack stands Ajay73 at 2:16pm 10.22.19 Smaller Boats 1/864 I have a situation where I want to put my C18 on its keel and support it with jack stands. Anyone ev
Mast Head Casting Ed S at 11:16am 10.22.19 Mid-Size Boats 3/982 I sailed under a bridge - not the center section. The lake was low and I thought I would clear it,
Sailing Uma (2) william24424 at 11:07am 10.22.19 Ask All Sailors 15/4012 This young couple refitted a Pearson 36, cruised around caribbean then up the East Coast...all the w
Looking to buy a 1995 C30... 87roadracer at 9:11am 10.22.19 Catalina 30 4/1070 This boat does need work and I was wondering what the costs would be to replace all of the running r
USCG Search and Rescue billjoye at 8:11am 10.22.19 Ask All Sailors 3/595 Here is a fascinating article about one of the USCG heroes. The life work of this man may have saved
Factory option thru hull? (2) ontherocks83 at 8:01am 10.22.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 9/1371 I was wondering if anyone knew what this thru hull may have been intended for on a C30 MKI. If you l
Aqua man All U Get at 4:13am 10.22.19 Ask All Sailors 3/628 Hi all, During the last upgrade to the iPad we lost Garmin BlueChart mobile that we bought in 2016.
new to my macgregor 23' moses ramez at 12:56am 10.22.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/602 Is the v- berth area suppose to be completely foam filled,including on the port side storage at the
too big (1) Valerio at 4:22pm 10.21.19 Ask A Hunter Owner 17/1649 i am sailing with this big genoa, i cannot go at close reach but my speed is good, still i cannot be
Is anyone going for one last cruise of the season jssailem at 3:57pm 10.21.19 Pacific North West Cruisers 106/7689 I posted on the Weather Forum a favorable weather window for the next 10 days. Just wondering if a
Will it? pumpkinpie at 3:20pm 10.21.19 Ask All Sailors 4/667 .
Paris Sailing (10) Will Gilmore at 2:32pm 10.21.19 Destinations 37/3856 My wife was invited to join my son's girlfriend on her trip to Europe. Of course, she couldn't turn
Pressurized Alcohol Stove ?'s ontherocks83 at 2:25pm 10.21.19 Ask All Sailors 48/9265 So this question is multi-faceted. My new to me 1984 C30 has the original pressurized alcohol stove.
Racing the Beneteau First 345 Norand at 2:12pm 10.21.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/2164 Hi there I will be doing some racing in my friend's First 345 next season. He mainly used it for cr

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Cat310 Engine bed Good Vibes at 5:47am 06.11.24 Hull 63 from 2001 no plate :)
Halyard line (1) Tally Ho at 4:58am 06.11.24 Which one did you get from SBO? I think I went with XLS3
Failed Traveler Part dlochner at 4:47am 06.11.24 That's an impressive garbage can!
Cat310 Engine bed Afraal at 4:34am 06.11.24 Hull 23, no plates either! @SwanSong qq: where did you purchase the blue hose from the thermostat?
Minneapolis Cat 22 advice LakeShark at 4:11am 06.11.24 The furler is pretty simple. You feed the sail into the foil and use the halyard on the foil to pull
A Sobering but Not Unexpected Incident in the PNW east coaster at 4:06am 06.11.24 I was involved with solving the seaplane problem in Victoria harbour. The end result was a dedicated
Cat310 Engine bed east coaster at 3:35am 06.11.24 Hull no 166 from 2002 no plate such as shown.
Newport 28 batteries Davidasailor26 at 2:28am 06.11.24
A Sobering but Not Unexpected Incident in the PNW SFS at 1:26am 06.11.24 According to the recordings of the radio transmissions that I have heard, the "tower" cautioned the
Cat310 Engine bed john2 at 12:47am 06.11.24 we have hull 58 and is without the plate. we have original engine and transmission.
A Sobering but Not Unexpected Incident in the PNW Ralph Johnstone at 9:47pm 06.10.24 Several interesting tid-bits were passed along from a buddy of mine who is a pilot : - The Harbour
Leaky windows tehsailor at 9:28pm 06.10.24 if you are really tired of doing Windows use go buy some smoked plexiglass and do the VHB tape to mo
H30t Boot Stripe (2) PAC3142 at 7:36pm 06.10.24 I had an H30G. I did the same. I took the bottom paint to the top of the boot stripe, and added a
Halyard line jssailem at 7:13pm 06.10.24 As seen in Cruising World magazine. Polyester (Dacron): For decades, polyester has been the go-to r
Minneapolis Cat 22 advice mach2knots at 7:12pm 06.10.24 Looking for help with setting it up for the first time. Mostly with the CDI furling headsail.
Minneapolis Cat 22 advice LakeShark at 6:58pm 06.10.24 What info are you looking for? I believe the lakes in the cities require electric motors and you ge
Failed Traveler Part rgranger at 6:31pm 06.10.24
Failed Traveler Part Hayden Watson at 6:25pm 06.10.24 The only way to replace that part is to find some lucky C30 owner who is upgrading to the Garhauer f
Failed Traveler Part dlochner at 6:14pm 06.10.24
Is a little water in the bilge okay? captcoho at 6:05pm 06.10.24 You don't indicate if the boat is in the water or on the hard which makes it difficult to diagnose

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