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Story (1) shine at 7:37pm 10.26.19 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/782 Over the last year or so I have emailed captain Ron for some advice with my 25 Mac swingkeel. We hav
Eliminating Bumpers While Exiting & Entering Home Berth (3) sail sfbay at 5:53pm 10.26.19 Ask All Sailors 16/1155 Attached are photos of my berth fender installation. I secured one Plastimo fender on the upwind st
Winch Handle Repair Kit ToddS at 5:35pm 10.26.19 Ask All Sailors 8/3622 So I have what I consider to be "standard" locking Lewmar 10" winch handles... chromed bronze... per
1994 Catalina 28 how many gallons is water heater tank? CFitz at 3:19pm 10.26.19 Ask A Catalina Owner 8/956 It's our first time winterizing ... just wondering how many gallons the hot water tank is.
Leaking shroud connection Chuck Powell at 2:43pm 10.26.19 Bigger Boats 4/862 I own a 1987 O'Day 272LE. I noticed the boat interior bulkhead has been beefed up where the shroud c
Merit 22 review (3) RussC at 12:28pm 10.26.19 Ask All Sailors 3/6035 After nearly 2 months of refurbishing the Merit, and rebuilding a new trailer to fit it, the weather
Coupling removal (2) Elizabeth at 10:22am 10.26.19 Ask All Sailors 22/7253 Hello, I am a new lady sailor. I am trying to change the staffing box in my hunter 40 legend but af
Retubing RIB gettinthere at 9:50am 10.26.19 Ask All Sailors 7/2077 My AB is pretty well worn at the bow, beyond repair. Surfing the net, I can't find any DIY posts fo
Sailing/Tacking at anchor ontherocks83 at 9:43am 10.26.19 Ask All Sailors 18/2683 On my last C30 I noticed that when anchored in high winds she would start sailing at anchor and begi
Forward birth leak Dani Girl at 8:52am 10.26.19 Ask All Sailors 5/807 Hi All, I have a leak in the forward birth, starboard side, 10" forward of the port light on the sid
Tow Boat US scuba201 at 8:41am 10.26.19 Ask All Sailors 7/998 What plans do y'all recommend?
Sequoia on the Move dlochner at 7:38am 10.26.19 Sails Call Lounge 6/873 How do you move a 100 year old 104 ft long boat? Very carefully with a big trailer. yQ56x3-1m54
B&R Boat Inner Chainplate Don Lucas at 5:52am 10.26.19 Big Boats 3/1434 What is the inner chainplate on the B'R rigged boats attachment construction to the hull? I can see
Used Motor Oil as Fuel SailMaster at 11:51pm 10.25.19 Engines and Propulsion 11/1516
Virtual channel markers (2) garymalmgren at 9:55pm 10.25.19 Ask All Sailors 11/1595 Yes. Nothing there to see but markers that are shown on AIS as V-AIS markers. The following post is
New Hunter 260 Sails kenfunhog at 4:02pm 10.25.19 Smaller Boats 9/2029 I am looking to replace my 12 year old Hunter 260 Sails. Has anyone replaced your sails? Where did
Stove for Catalina 270 Elissatoo at 3:09pm 10.25.19 Mid-Size Boats 5/1603 I am looking to either replace or rebuild the stove on my Catalina 270. Are there any suggestions
water pump hoses peterbud at 2:55pm 10.25.19 Engines and Propulsion 3/684 i have a Oberthorp 202-908 waterpump and want to replace the hoses from both the thru hull and back
Sabre 28 cruising speed sailmandan at 1:52pm 10.25.19 Sabre Sailboats 12/4243 First post. I have #579 Sabre 28...love the boat. Engine is Westerbeke 13 and prop is 2 blade 14x10.
Hunter 18 bottom paint? (2) mark2 at 10:36am 10.25.19 Day Sailers 6/1429 Just purchased this used 18 that appears to have been painted with a thick, textured material that i

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Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine kloudie1 at 8:26am 09.24.24 Dammit, Jim.. I feel for those folks from Cape San Blas , Apalachicola, Carrabelle, and on down to a
Lubricating outhaul car/track BAD ORCA at 8:23am 09.24.24 Note that McLube makes several products. "OneDrop" is for ball bearings and things that roll. "Sail
Assortment of cheap fixes on Cat 22 Jacktar at 8:21am 09.24.24 Well its hurricane time again, ready for surges in gulf no matter where you are its a small bathtub
Starter motor burned up? jssailem at 8:20am 09.24.24 To replace my Ammeter does that require a difficult rewire of the whole system ? No Perhaps it wou
Starter motor burned up? BTC1984 at 8:09am 09.24.24 To replace my Ammeter does that require a difficult rewire of the whole system ? Or is it pretty sim
Lubricating outhaul car/track JBP-PA at 8:03am 09.24.24 Note that McLube makes several products. "OneDrop" is for ball bearings and things that roll. "SailK
Thoughts on locating Battery switch Belzoni at 7:51am 09.24.24 One last post from me to this thread. I believe these forums serve as a good long-term repository of
Adding a Bimini Justin_NSA at 7:34am 09.24.24 Thank you all for your input, I found a guy in Rhode Island (where boat was made) from Kinder Indus
Replace universal 25xpb exhaust riser dmax at 6:59am 09.24.24 I wouldn't - just take a close look at it internally as best you can - especially where the raw cool
Extra line from boom...what is it? jssailem at 6:21am 09.24.24 I would just have to get in the habit of remembering to do this if i dropped the mainsail while it
holding tank pump out blowing macerator gaskets? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 6:19am 09.24.24 In that case, a shutoff valve in it as close to the tank as possible may be the only solution, cuz y
My rudder broke off smokey73 at 6:04am 09.24.24 Since you are already out of the water and the rudder is removed you can do most of the work like re
Adding a Bimini william24424 at 6:00am 09.24.24 Thank you all for your input, I found a guy in Rhode Island (where boat was made) from Kinder Indust
My rudder broke off smokey73 at 5:51am 09.24.24 Wow $1200 an hour just for the crane. I hope they don't dawdle around when they move the boat. At
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? Crazy Dave Condon at 5:40am 09.24.24
Starter motor burned up? kappykaplan at 5:07am 09.24.24
Starter motor burned up? (2) BTC1984 at 4:49am 09.24.24
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? Kermit at 7:51pm 09.23.24 Dang. If I'd have known that, I could have got you over to my place in the mountains by just flash
how do you permanently remove yourself from this website? Kermit at 7:50pm 09.23.24 Whoa! You managed to bring @Kermit back! Here I am!!!! (My wife hates it when I say that, too.)
My rudder broke off wardk at 7:46pm 09.23.24 We don't have a sling , we get a crane charges us 20 dollars a minute to get the boat from the wate

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