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Going gigging for the Frog Crazy Dave Condon at 5:11pm 08.17.16 Smaller Boats 9/659 Kermit advised he had not put in chorox in the water ballast tank and oh did he get a wiff when gues
Roller Furler Identification (1) mrudman850 at 5:00pm 08.17.16 Ask All Sailors 2/620 Hi All This furler is installed on my 1977 Catalina 22. Having trouble with it and want to add a l
Big Mistakes are meant to be Made (5) JacksOffSailing at 4:59pm 08.17.16 Catalina 22 20/3511 I just joined the site yesterday and went right to the Catalina 22 section. Ironically, for the past
Attn Raymarine Raystar 125 GPS owners artboas at 4:46pm 08.17.16 Big Boats 20/6814 So, we started our cruise about 10 days ago with an overnight sail to the 1000 islands. Navigating i
Catalina 22 possible purchase (4) DRMark at 4:35pm 08.17.16 Catalina 22 9/1161 Sorry for the long post, but any helpful info or advice would be appreciated. I'm a complete newbie,
almost time for my trip fred1diver at 3:27pm 08.17.16 Ask All Sailors 3/474 I'd like to thank everyone who answered all my questions for my trip planning, I'm leaving friday ea
Ballast Weight Soldier at 3:13pm 08.17.16 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/542 Does anyone know the ballast weight for the Beneteau 343, 2005 year built. Need it for a PHRF rating
On The Rocks...Need Bourbon! Jtcf78911 at 2:54pm 08.17.16 Ask All Sailors 28/2057 I wasn't so naive to think that my inaugural sailing season would be one without a few sailing surpr
Floor Matting Dana Shields at 12:25pm 08.17.16 The Cherubini Hunters 6/1132 Folks, is the attached link good stuff for floor matting (for both the inside as well as cockpit of
What happened here? (2) shemandr at 11:20am 08.17.16 Musings With Maine Sail 15/2764 I put this fuse holder in at the beginning of the season. It was placed to replace one that suffere
Lewmar 42 inch folding wheel Alice A. at 10:55am 08.17.16 Big Boats 2/1732 We have a problem with our 42 inch Lewmar folding wheel. The 2 halves of the hub don't fit together
Long term test on Jabsco head flapper valve alexco38 at 10:26am 08.17.16 Ask All Sailors 16/2116 In 2007, I replaced the flapper valve with a home built part. I use a piece of roof flashing rubber
Wiring Connectors... SailFysh at 10:22am 08.17.16 Ask All Sailors 28/2103 I'm sure this is old hat to most of you but I have never replaced a raw water pump. It is pretty str
Kentucky Lake Pam at 10:09am 08.17.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/962 Does anyone sail a macgregor on Kentucky Lake?
1993 macgregor. Pam at 9:47am 08.17.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/500 Can someone please tell me where the battery compartment is. And how the motor wires are ran to it.
What is your ratio--greater than 1? Kings Gambit at 9:16am 08.17.16 Ask All Sailors 44/2392 Reading through the posts on this forum over the past few years, plus what I see around me and see e
Hunter 39 Shower Sump Knotty Dog at 7:13am 08.17.16 Big Boats 10/1715 Good morning, Does the shower sump drain to the holding tank or does it drain to the bilge in this m
using search here walt at 6:40am 08.17.16 Forum Help (Site Talk) 8/970 I haven't figured out how to best use the search here.. For example.. in the ask the macgregor fo
Volvo Penta Gear Oil (1) JamesG161 at 4:21am 08.17.16 Engines and Propulsion 18/5274 My MD22L has a reverse gear which supposedly requires just VP's own brand oil at $50 a quart!:yikes:
Rotating mast, boom articulation, clutches and winches pcoff61 at 12:30am 08.17.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/637 Hi there, Just picked up a 26S last week...non stock mast (3 x 5.5) and the vertical holed mast plat

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Cleaning foam cushions? william24424 at 9:31am 04.04.24
Converting 5411 to Electric Drive - removing old coupler jssailem at 9:16am 04.04.24 Interesting project. From your location I suspect you are lake sailing. The use of your engine is mi
Solar / lithium question Stu Jackson at 9:10am 04.04.24 All battery monitors do is to offer an educated guess as to state of charge. The programming of bat
Ruined mast or not a big deal? jssailem at 9:05am 04.04.24 No Internet forum can substitute for on site inspection. :biggrin:
Converting 5411 to Electric Drive - removing old coupler (3) jssailem at 9:03am 04.04.24 Like Michael, I had to decide about the shaft after I got the engine out of my boat.. It was a slam
Ruined mast or not a big deal? Scott T-Bird at 8:45am 04.04.24 I'll agree that the 2nd picture looks a little like a dent at the spreader, but It also appears that
Ruined mast or not a big deal? jssailem at 8:40am 04.04.24 Nice Call @thinwater . Solid advice for @cstan . And I like the new Avatar.. Your boat sailing fla
O'day 192 tidal mooring jssailem at 8:36am 04.04.24 the keel just barely touches the soft sand at the lowest tide. This will do a wonderful job of cle
Cleaning foam cushions? Scott T-Bird at 8:26am 04.04.24 Yes, replace foam. You don't want to... yet part of you understands you must. Also I'd suggest to c
Solar / lithium question Scott T-Bird at 8:20am 04.04.24 What voltage do the batteries read in the morning after discharging all night? Why do you run air c
Solar / lithium question Johann at 7:37am 04.04.24 I am looking at the Victron screen that shows the data I guess I need a bigger battery bank then W
Water-ballast funny story Crazy Dave Condon at 7:35am 04.04.24 Thanks. Like I said, it could be excess marine putty that may have separated but the good news no
Benefits / drawbacks of going bigger john6206 at 7:27am 04.04.24 @pgandw Thanks for the info. I'm pretty familiar with the theory. Just haven't done it yet. Pretty
Ruined mast or not a big deal? Crazy Dave Condon at 7:25am 04.04.24 Former Catalina dealer and I concur with @dlochner good assessment. Take a picture of the dent anyw
O'day 192 tidal mooring rmilofsky at 7:24am 04.04.24
Adding a new rope clutch Calif. Ted at 7:22am 04.04.24 As I awoke this morning it literally "Dawned" on me "Garhauer makes an adapter plate for that". I kn
RECOMMISSIONING THE FRESH WATER SYSTEM RoyS at 7:03am 04.04.24 It is nearly impossible to get all the chlorine out of your hot water tank by simply running the wat
Rode for Desolation Sound dLj at 6:03am 04.04.24 Never trust a bowline on a floating line that's not under load! :) A trick I learned recently - af
Rode for Desolation Sound dLj at 6:00am 04.04.24 Nope, but a long standing boater tradition on wallace isl is to make a sign..... a short hike from
Stuffing box question. jssailem at 5:53am 04.04.24 An interesting idea. It strikes me as a clever high tech idea looking for a problem to solve. I like

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