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if your steering is getting like driving a truck rather than a sports car one possibility, which we had, was a cracked piston inside the rams which allowed fluid to pass from one side of piston to the other. this manifested itself in truck-like heavy steering. there was no fluid loss. greg burdick d...

hi james,

so is the door on the sail cat the same as the powercat?

if it's never been off it's probably corroded. i 've has good luck inserting a small screw driver in between the outer cover (removeable) and the actual track. you can get at it at the end under the steps. work it gently and will eventually loosen up.

if you have plastic frames i think beckson made them and you can order direct or i think they are available thru west marine.

hi all, on the subject of fridges. friends of ours used to own "beach magic" which is a 2004. somewhere in its life before our friends bought it the prior owner had the novacool removed and a cold plate based custom fridge / freeezer custom designed and built. basically it was a thick foam box, glas...

if you're truly thinking about modifying the 75s you might want to think about swapping for the newer 110s

we have a chain/rope rode. 60' of chain. almost always let out more than the chain. regardless, we've always done a rolling hitch using the pigtail of the y splice.

i agree with alan. we cruise our 75s at 3400 all the time. many days it's 10-12 hrs straight. we've done that for 13 years.

first, i hope to god i'm never out in a storm bad enough to bend the bows. that aside i'd be interested to know what cat experienced the bends. most sail cats have a mast section running from hull to hull, so to bend the bow it most like would snap that. many power cats have solid deck with an i-bea...

sorry mis-read. it's position 7 & 8

hi,

the build date is part of the serial number on the stern steps. it's 2 digit year and a 2 character month. i think year is last 2 digits of the number.

hi,

probably want to post this on the powercat forum. not sure how many owners will see this here.

hi, one note of caution. if your 2004 has the old style galley and dinette you may not be able to remove/replace the unit without doing some cutting of the settee back. when we replaced ours we had to cut about a 1' section out of the back and then re-glass after new one was in. we removed all cabin...

as an owner of a 2003 this looks like a nice example. it has the newerhead layout. relatively low hours.

hi tim,

first, i admit to being ignorant on the basic issues.

how does this affect your upper helm, if at all?

also, on the temp sender, how does it deal with F/C?