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    Need to find a rudder tie bar

    At the end of last season in rough water the tie bar for my port rudder snapped right where it enters the socket at the tiller arm. I still had rudder control in the starboard because the wheel connects to that one first. Now it's time to start looking at fixing the problem. I can't fit into the...
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    White haze on the windows

    My boat is an 82 and looks pretty good but the windows for the cabin betray it's age. They are covered in white haze. What is that and more importantly, what can I do to remove it so I can get my boat looking better? I don't want to replace the windows altogether if I can help it.
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    What can you tell from this wake?

    Re: What can you tell from this wake? I'm not sure I could get much of a view of anything with my tabs under my swim platform but here's what they looked like when I got them fully extended down after working on them. When I was trimming I just kept an eye on my speed. When my speed started...
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    What can you tell from this wake?

    OK this may be odd but I figure there has to be someone on here that can do something with this. Last season I was having a problem with my trim tabs. They were barely moving and my fuel consumption seemed to be ridiculous. This season I topped off the resevoir for the hydraulic pump and now...
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    Four barreled carburetor not opening last two?

    Morning folks, I have two chevy 350 engines on my 29' chris craft. Yesterday was the first day I took the boat out for any length of time this season. First, I had a problem with my starboard engine where I couldn't get it to go past 2600rpm. As soon as I would throttle above that the engine...
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    Fiberglassing plywood for new hatches?

    Morning folks. My hatches were all sagging pretty badly so I took them out and cut new ones out of cabinet grade, 7 ply, 3/4" plywood. Tomorrow I intend on trying my hand at fiberglassing for the first time and I had a question about the plywood. Can I just run the cloth to within a quarter...
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    Need to redo my rails, but what am I looking for?

    Evening folks, here's a picture of my boat. The bases for those rails are all rotted out and the hand rails have come right off pretty much. I am going to redo the bases, but I figured I might as well put on new rails as well. But whenever I search for hand rails I get what looks like grip...
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    What RPM shoould I be at?

    29' Chris Craft Catalina 281 with two Mercury (I believe) 350's. Since I've had engine troubles which have been addressed, and I had a chewed up prop which I am addressing now so I don't yet know what speed I should be at. Where should I be for RPM's? Last season I had it up to 4500 or so but...
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    Chris Craft Catalina aft bilge and shower pump question

    Hi folks, I put the boat make in the subject cause I figure fellow catalina owners would best be able to help me. It's an 82 Catalina 281 I have two questions (second summer with the booat, never owned one before, got no one else to ask). First, the guy that winterized my boat told me that it...
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    Blower not working, have wire, no idea where it goes

    Hi folks, new here, found the forum by searching for wiring for a blower. Here's a little background. Bought an 82 Chris Craft Catalina Express from someone I know last fall. Just got it into the water a few weeks ago. Aside from needing to replace some sagging hatches, no other problems...
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