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Any ideas for sealing or restoring non-skid deck? speras at 8:45am 10.10.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/959 Hi - We've had a great couple seasons on our 1991 Mac 26S, but I'm realizing the deck needs some sea
Rig modifications for flying a Gennaker (1) onlinelee at 7:16am 10.10.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 20/6442 Hi Beneteau friends, I have what I guess is a standard factory fitted bow anchor roller on my 2003
The river runs through me jleblanc31 at 5:37am 10.10.16 Ask All Sailors 13/845 I slept on the boat this weekend with my two youngest boys . it took a little getting use to with t
Replacing the in-haul line on 27-3 in mast furling Craig Cook at 5:18am 10.10.16 Mid-Size Boats 10/857 After several months of trying, this project is finally done. I know there are only a few 27-3's ou
Extra table section Slipin Away at 3:21am 10.10.16 Big Boats 4/742 Has anyone come up with a cleaver place or way to store the extra dining table section when not in u
Northstar TPPL Charge Profile Charles Erwin at 9:08pm 10.09.16 Ask All Sailors 2/3353 I have looked over the internet published documents (without success) to get this information. Can
Removing Mainsail from In-Mast Furler SDcondogirl at 7:19pm 10.09.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 4/3699 Hi All! I'm new at my "big Bene" and need a little help getting the mainsail out for storage this wi
Storage under seats Marty at 6:08pm 10.09.16 Day Sailers 1/717 I am interested in creating water-tite storage under the seats. Specifically to mount a pair of batt
Siren 17 pictures before winter. (7) Goatman at 4:41pm 10.09.16 Trailer Sailors 2/2953 I wanted to get some pictures taken of our small Siren before the snow blows in. Will be taking some
Water in cabin Bill and Kathy McDonald at 4:21pm 10.09.16 Catalina 22 4/698 Our "NTU" 1974 C-22 is an in the water boat. We live in Belize so don't need to trailer (and my golf
Fridge Door Insulation strip Alansails at 3:47pm 10.09.16 Catalina 310 4/773 Has anyone replaced the fridge door insulation/seal strip? I have not tested ours but when we were t
2005 44DS Yanmar transmission dwlocke at 12:19pm 10.09.16 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/375 ran over a buoy in the dark, wrapped chain on prop, stalled the engine...now transmission is stuck i
Best Time for Repairs Spazz at 11:58am 10.09.16 The Cherubini Hunters 7/705 This is first year my wife and i have owned our own sail boat and our hunter 30 cherubini is our "st
In mast furling Bob S at 7:10am 10.09.16 Ask A Catalina Owner 10/1872 We've started looking to move up. I have a question for the in mast furlers. How easy is it to remov
Fuel Tank leak (2) valcour at 7:06am 10.09.16 Catalina 310 17/2124 Found a leak on my 13 year old aluminum tank. For those that may be wondering, it will come out the
canvas treatment b crites at 5:52am 10.09.16 Ask All Sailors 12/1426 Do you treat your canvas bimini with anything. Have heard many do. An have read not to. I have fu
Plastic or synthetics that bond with epoxy AaronD at 10:27pm 10.08.16 Ask All Sailors 4/643 I'm filling in a concave space in a locker to mount a battery; a previous owner had just set a batte
How much play in forestay linkage with Johnson Lever? vizwhiz at 8:24pm 10.08.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/925 I have a Johnson Lever under the forestay. Followed after Sumner's example somewhat. I have the orig
Hole In 26S hull RichardL at 6:10pm 10.08.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/896 I just took my 26S out of the water to escape the wrath of Hurricane Matthew and after getting it ou
Overhaul Transmission time. Orion253 at 4:37pm 10.08.16 Ask All Sailors 2/695 It's time to overhaul my 1986 Hunter 40's transmission on the Yanmar 44hp engine. Last time I went

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Shakey in gear (1) S/V Sideways at 7:38am 05.01.23 Thanks for all the tips. I've installed the sigmadrive and I'm happy to report that my engine is run
Hunter vs. Catalina 22 AaronD at 7:28am 05.01.23 I don't have personal experience with the relevant Hunter offerings, but I stand by the comments I w
Sailing Movies? JBP-PA at 7:25am 05.01.23 You can find lots of movies, audiobooks, and ebooks from your public library. Especially ones you wo
DIY of standing rigging with compression fittings kloudie1 at 7:18am 05.01.23 Just a word of caution .. be sure to use some kind of anti seize on the threads of the mechanical fi
LiFePO4 Update - Any Experiences to Report? dlochner at 7:16am 05.01.23 Excellent points. I guess I thought everyone had settled on one way with FLA, but now that I think
Waste Tank Level Indication Hunter 33 2004 BroncoJohn at 7:03am 05.01.23 $36 per sensor from New Providence Marine. I installed these on my fresh and black water tanks rece
LiFePO4 Update - Any Experiences to Report? jviss at 6:33am 05.01.23
LiFePO4 Update - Any Experiences to Report? Johann at 6:32am 05.01.23 It seems to me we're still in the technology exploration stage with LiFePO4 for boats, there isn't
Fortress anchor tfox2069 at 6:30am 05.01.23 When I bought my 2009 H36 in 2018 it had a Fortress FX-23 on the bow from the PO. I did a lot of an
LiFePO4 Update - Any Experiences to Report? Davidasailor26 at 6:26am 05.01.23 It seems to me we're still in the technology exploration stage with LiFePO4 for boats, there isn't
Will a Raritan fit? Hunter 31 bonkle at 6:25am 05.01.23
LiFePO4 Update - Any Experiences to Report? Johann at 6:21am 05.01.23 Jordan was installing the switch after the failure. Which is puzzling, why didn't OPE provide for t
LiFePO4 Update - Any Experiences to Report? jviss at 5:56am 05.01.23 It seems to me we're still in the technology exploration stage with LiFePO4 for boats, there isn't w
LiFePO4 Update - Any Experiences to Report? dlochner at 5:54am 05.01.23 Exactly. It seems a potential loss of the BMS (at least temporarily) was anticipated since there wa
LiFePO4 Update - Any Experiences to Report? Johann at 5:30am 05.01.23 The AGM would only be used to start the engine, unless the LFP house bank was off line. If the AGM
1972 Pearson 30 Bow Chocks? allduckedup at 4:16am 05.01.23 Also, I'm looking for a replacement tiller for the Pearson 30 or similar.
Will a Raritan fit? Hunter 31 bonkle at 4:10am 05.01.23 Are you saying your PAR is the same height as the PH Superflush at 3.25" ? ke you're safe. The pa
Raritan PHII lubricate piston from top? dlochner at 4:08am 05.01.23 How do you get the lube in there? I give the tube a good hard squeeze or two. It works with a tub
LiFePO4 Update - Any Experiences to Report? dlochner at 4:04am 05.01.23
Fortress anchor LaDonaMina at 3:50am 05.01.23

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