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Annapolis Catalina Cup Challenge (NOODS) Capt john schafer at 8:11am 11.25.19 Racing 1/614 A very strong possibility exists that the Annapolis NOODs may include a Catalina Class, Next May 15
Rudder Bushing ? DMendels at 7:43am 11.25.19 Bigger Boats 2/1056 I have a 1975 ODay 27 and noticed that I was getting a kind of chatter through the tiller especially
Bottom Paint Technology Handidude at 6:17am 11.25.19 Ask All Sailors 9/2127 There are a lot of new bottom paints out there. What do you like or dislike. Why? Have you tried any
Help! Engine won't start :( CalGirlBoater at 6:10am 11.25.19 Ask All Sailors 25/4266
Sail Cabo San Lucas MikeGoogs at 6:05am 11.25.19 Ask All Sailors 1/559 We will be in Cabo San Lucas for the month of February and are looking for a sailboat rental and/or
Brake Line Quick-Release Coupling Set from Catalina Direct (3) Zinger88 at 7:21pm 11.24.19 Catalina 22 2/563 The brake line quick release coupler on my Trail-Rite extended trailer has rusted out. I see that Ca
Change from 3 blade stationary propeller to 2 blade folding propeller linnylee at 5:40pm 11.24.19 Pearson 1/858 I have a 1990 Pearson 27' with a 3 blade stationary propeller and want to change it to a two blade f
Whet Your Appetite? Terry Cox at 4:54pm 11.24.19 Pacific North West Cruisers 7/946 Recently completed a Veterans Day Cruise 2019 here, bk11K4Jn9so that I originally posted on another
40.5 Anchor Windlass Karl13265 at 9:52am 11.24.19 Big Boats 8/1241 Looking for the make and model of a horizontal anchor windlass installed on other members 1995 - 40.
Ericson 23 MkII Owner's Manual TBlown at 9:23am 11.24.19 Ask All Sailors 7/1851 Does anyone have or know where to obtain an owner's manual for a 1976 Ericson 23 Mk II? Any help wo
Blisters Lazy1 at 9:22am 11.24.19 Catalina 22 17/1956 Hi, I just got my boat this last summer and after having it out overnight one time I found small bli
Found a C28 ONLY site, great wiki with links to everything HarryFine at 8:40am 11.24.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 4/1125 I love this forum, but there is another I frequent, a discussion group ONLY for Catalina 28 owners.
I found a Catalina 28 Group w great Wiki HarryFine at 8:39am 11.24.19 Mid-Size Boats 1/1307 I love this forum, but there is another I frequent, a discussion group ONLY for Catalina 28 owners.
In Search of ! Propeller shaft 1975 O'Day 1"X60" 1 tapered end, merry up to a 1975 Atomic Capt'nJim at 7:48am 11.24.19 Ask An Oday Owner 1/434 Had to cut my shaft, yea dumb I know but it was the only to remove it, had to replace stuffing box a
Catalina 34 MKII Mainsheet gary16188 at 6:06am 11.24.19 Big Boats 2/1530 Does anyone know of a better mainsheet setup. The original setup is a bit difficult when single hand
Hunter 340 Asymmetrical Spinnaker Rigging? Yachtsman1686 at 5:57am 11.24.19 Big Boats 5/4263 Hi All, I recently purchased an asymmetrical spinnaker for my H340. Not sure how I'm going to conne
Left or right thread on Oceanis 37 prop coupling nut Rob Heath at 2:02am 11.24.19 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/808 Hi Does anyone know whether the nut that holds the prop shaft to the gearbox coupling is left or rig
Do these actually work NYSail at 10:59pm 11.23.19 Ask All Sailors 20/2176 https://www.google.com/shopping/product/1199338835464413791?q=power+washer+sandblaster+attachment'tb
Venture 17 - Cracked Keel (6) KKP at 10:09pm 11.23.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 14/3268 Hello! We've got a new-to-us 1971 Venture 17 and are unsure which direction to go with this keel. Re
Need picture of bow stem of Oday 35 (1) rajhnsn at 5:23pm 11.23.19 Bigger Boats 10/1243

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Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Boomer2it at 8:21am 09.30.24 I replaced the exhaust elbow last spring, and turned a relatively easy project into a debacle. I lea
Stackpack / lazy jacks rigging on a Beneteau 311 Shorinsean at 7:18am 09.30.24 Thank you all; I'll look into setting up the LJ's into the top of the stackpack rather than the bott
Amalfi Coast Sail william24424 at 6:59am 09.30.24 Sorry Art, was offline this weekend. So you can charter in Italy & Greece with a US Coast guard char
Stackpack / lazy jacks rigging on a Beneteau 311 Ward H at 6:36am 09.30.24 In @Shorinsean s photos you can see that his sail is not sewn into his pack. In @jssailem s photo
Stackpack / lazy jacks rigging on a Beneteau 311 kappykaplan at 6:08am 09.30.24 my Mack Stack Pack is not sewn to the sail, so I can remove the sail easily even with the jacks and
Stackpack / lazy jacks rigging on a Beneteau 311 Tally Ho at 5:44am 09.30.24
Stackpack / lazy jacks rigging on a Beneteau 311 sailme88 at 5:12am 09.30.24 I have a stack pack built by a local sailmaker. Works great. A friend recently bought a slightly ne
Amalfi Coast Sail Joe at 4:41am 09.30.24 I enjoy vids that are simple to understand, interesting in subject matter and exhibit good camera an
Stackpack / lazy jacks rigging on a Beneteau 311 (1) Caboteur at 1:47am 09.30.24
Alternator Bracket for Universal M25XPB Final Setup john2 at 11:51pm 09.29.24 that takes care of the squeaking at idling , nice!
Newbie question: First Boat - Am I in the right place? ScottBHome at 10:08pm 09.29.24 Where in Upper Michigan? In The Cisco Chain of Lakes, on Thousand Island Lake on the MI/WI line, a
Newbie question: First Boat - Am I in the right place? Leeward Rail at 9:59pm 09.29.24 Siren 17 may be an option.
Random Yanmar instrument warning light and buzzer Leeward Rail at 9:33pm 09.29.24 Doesn't look like the flange has room for a nut behind it. @Ralph Johnstone if you look at the phot
Pearson 31-2 1991 with wing keel shemandr at 7:02pm 09.29.24 With wing keels it's good if the rudder is not longer than the keel. Maybe Lake Michigan is deep en
Sea-Fire system Dan_Y at 5:56pm 09.29.24
Starter motor burned up? heritage at 5:11pm 09.29.24 I agree with what David said. Instead of having two cables from the battery run into the engine com
2999 Hunter 310 rudder kappykaplan at 4:41pm 09.29.24
paralleling batteries MFD at 3:21pm 09.29.24
Starter motor burned up? Davidasailor26 at 3:02pm 09.29.24 Update: what would happen if my alternator voltage regulator was defective? if yes and it was stuc
Took out zephyr sail drive motor kloudie1 at 2:37pm 09.29.24 The engine part is the sane as a 20 HP OMC outboard unit from that era.. meant to be transom mounted

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