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Any ideas for sealing or restoring non-skid deck? speras at 8:45am 10.10.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1233 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 20/8016 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 13/975 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 10/1289 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 4/853 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 2/4092 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 4/4183 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 1/900 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 2/3447 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 4/771 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 4/1045 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 1/431 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 7/1063 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 10/2508 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 17/2986 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 12/1617 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 4/917 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 5/1496 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 5/1263 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 2/946 It's time to overhaul my 1986 Hunter 40's transmission on the Yanmar 44hp engine. Last time I went

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Hasserott Beach Mooring Balls (Grand Traverse Bay) dLj at 7:34am 05.20.24 I've always assumed that the mooring balls at Hasserott Beach were privately owned. My friend said
Hasserott Beach Mooring Balls (Grand Traverse Bay) dLj at 7:29am 05.20.24 @Tally Ho The great thing about freighters is that you can see them coming a long way off. I don'
Mooring ball pennant question dLj at 7:23am 05.20.24 What @dlochner said! I highly recommend getting the pick-up buoy. I used to keep a previous boat o
store mast diagonal on h260? and mast down lessens pull on anchor 80%? Crazy Dave Condon at 6:48am 05.20.24 The Hunter 260 came with a mast raising system as part of the original equipment that even a 11 year
Fabric search JBP-PA at 6:34am 05.20.24 Close, but not quite. Courtesy of Google image search. https://www.ebay.com/itm/174943109140 htt
Mosquitoes and Other bugs kloudie1 at 6:31am 05.20.24 Welcome !! Inside the cabin, I use No Pest Strips. (big box or Amazon or Ace) They pretty much kill
Mosquitoes and Other bugs shemandr at 5:48am 05.20.24 The short answer is no. There are measures you can take but if the bugs are on the boat more than yo
Dufour 500 GL shemandr at 5:38am 05.20.24 ..Seemingly, the boat reviews provide optimistic praises regarding the boats sailing performance.
Mooring ball pennant question dlochner at 5:28am 05.20.24 Yes. Just drop the pennant and go sailing. Attaching some kind of float to the pennant will make p
Dufour 500 GL PaulK at 4:39am 05.20.24 Hi and thanks. Seemingly, the boat reviews provide optimistic praises regarding the boats sailing
Fresh water pump dlochner at 4:29am 05.20.24 Johnson makes some similar sized pumps, don't know if they are drop-ins. I've had an Aqua-King pump
Mosquitoes and Other bugs dlochner at 4:18am 05.20.24 Spiders are a fact of life in a freshwater marina. After 40 years of Great Lakes boating and a decad
Raymarine wind instrument wiring fred1diver at 3:47am 05.20.24 Cool, thanks everyone for the answers, I ended up using a waterproof cable clam for this year, might
Oceanis 343 In Mast boom assembly BigEasy at 9:30pm 05.19.24 Appears to be a US Spars make Yes! I suggest contacting US Spars for advice on how to repai
Mosquitoes and Other bugs catsails8 at 9:26pm 05.19.24 Welcome Paul, to SBO forums. Congratulations on your new to you boat. One solution would be to mov
Mosquitoes and Other bugs jssailem at 8:16pm 05.19.24 Welcome Paul, to SBO forums. Congratulations on your new to you boat. One solution would be to move
Replacing exhaust hose (2) Sutric at 7:16pm 05.19.24 I finished replacing the hose yesterday and what a PITA! I had to cut a 14" by 18" hole in the aft c
Raymarine wind instrument wiring (1) Dalliance at 7:12pm 05.19.24 I installed my RayMarine wind instrument with a five pin waterproof connector at the mast base. Bou
inline blower question shemandr at 7:01pm 05.19.24 https://www.westmarine.com/search?q=blower%20hose Looks like it could be 3" or 4".
Raymarine wind instrument wiring Captain Larry-DH at 6:05pm 05.19.24 I use a Blue Sea Systems or Scandvik Cable Clam to bring the cable through the deck, then inside the

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