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Not being able to see where you are going walt at 7:07am 04.12.16 Ask All Sailors 52/3228 I an curious what the general feeling is towards putting some sort of foresail on a sailboat that bl
Post pictures with Crazy Dave (1) Kermit at 6:56am 04.12.16 Ask All Sailors 22/2189 Now that @rgranger will be meeting @Crazy Dave Condon I think a thread honoring our favorite uncle i
Keel lock bolt location? (1) pulsewave at 6:37am 04.12.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1311 I have a copy of the older manual and it doesn't seem to match the configuration of my Macgregor Ven
Update: What size outboard on your Mac 25 Greengas at 6:28am 04.12.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 25/6944 I am looking at buying a 1988 2 cycle 9.9hp motor for my 1980 Mac 25. I would like to know what oth
Jabsco pump All U Get at 5:59am 04.12.16 Ask All Sailors 0/314 Hi all, Sitting on the Fl. / Ga. border for the next few days (weather) and had to fix a sump pump t
2016 Annual Great Lakes C-22 Cruise CaptDon01 at 5:57am 04.12.16 Catalina 22 2/941 If you have never been on a group cruise with your boat, you don't know what you've been missing! Ma
Question about restoring grab rails (1) IH82BL8 at 5:20am 04.12.16 Ask All Sailors 3/395 Apparently my grab rails are made from multiple pieces. The "feet" were screwed onto the rail using
Mac 224 rudder sailnewbie at 5:12am 04.12.16 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1132 Anyone have the length of the rudder on the Mac 224? The rudder that came on it was beat up bad and
Y25 Weather helm ! (3) furdui at 3:31am 04.12.16 Yamaha 15/4599 Hi everybody, Something I wanted to do,for at least ten years,was moving main sheet system,track and
New San Juan 28 owner - propellor question Grey wolf at 10:10pm 04.11.16 San Juan Sailboats 3/2689 Hi all Just purchased a 1983 San Juan 28 up in Campbell River 6 days ago, and very excited about ge
I would like to change out my wing keel for a fin keel DonC3222 at 9:09pm 04.11.16 Ask All Sailors 19/3820 I have a Hunter 340 and like to race it on Wednesdays. I see the benefits of a fin keel and am wonde
I would like to change out my wing keel for a fin keel DonC3222 at 8:59pm 04.11.16 Big Boats 6/1261 This may be a crazy thought, but I would like to change out my wing keel for a fin keel on my Hunter
Xantrex Link 1000 Solitude at 8:08pm 04.11.16 Musings With Maine Sail 5/2773 I have a Xantrex Freedom 20 charger/inverter with a Xantrex Link 1000 remote and am having trouble w
Improving my old H26 (4) Doug J at 7:04pm 04.11.16 Smaller Boats 23/3048 I've been working on improving my 94' H26, installing new accessories, re-doing a lot of the wiring,
TV antenea sailnewbie at 6:47pm 04.11.16 Ask All Sailors 15/815 Anyone ever mounted a TV antenna of any and it worked very well. I have dish network at home and was
Upholstry.. (1) TommmD at 6:23pm 04.11.16 Ask All Sailors 4/841 Anyone use an underlayment for their boat cushions? My aft cabin came with a piece of very open weav
1979 Hunter 30 - 1" prop shaft, flax recommendation Robert1224 at 6:04pm 04.11.16 The Cherubini Hunters 2/798 Ahoy, I am repacking my packing gland for the first time. I removed the old flax which measured .20
Random sailing pictures (1) Roadking Larry at 5:26pm 04.11.16 Ask All Sailors 31/2659 So post your random sailing picture. Not bad for a 40 year old Cal 2-27 Note the angle of the horiz
Forestay replacment questions. (2) Roadking Larry at 5:15pm 04.11.16 Ask All Sailors 5/573 I've decided I want to add a roller furling headsail to my boat. Figuring out which CDI is no big de
VHF Antenna cable Ken13559 at 4:46pm 04.11.16 Ask All Sailors 7/1354 I'm setting up an alternate vhf antenna on bimini frame. Thinking of using SS cable-tie as plastic t

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Anchor/Rode (1) eherlihy at 12:26pm 10.02.23 By fluke, do you mean a Danforth knockoff? As a very general rule-of-thumb, you want 1 pound of anc
21 Day Cruise (1) mermike at 12:21pm 10.02.23 Welp, things didn't go exactly as planned. The 5 year olds who run Glen Canyon Damn decided to drop
The cutest thing I've seen Project_Mayhem at 12:21pm 10.02.23 Two in the cockpit and one facing backwards straddling the mast! That main looks brand new
Absolute Newbie looking for a 30 Project_Mayhem at 12:19pm 10.02.23 I've also been looking into the C30 for my next boat. Here are a few items to look out for based on
Absolute Newbie looking for a 30 tfox2069 at 12:13pm 10.02.23 Thanks Don! So, employing the services of a surveyor might be the best path to take. Well, eventu
Absolute Newbie looking for a 30 dmax at 12:10pm 10.02.23 For lots of Catalina 30 info, go here: Welcome to IC30A - International Catalina 30/309 Association
Absolute Newbie looking for a 30 TakingOnWater at 11:44am 10.02.23 Thanks Don! So, employing the services of a surveyor might be the best path to take.
Islander 28 - Stuck zippers in interior headliner JoeWhite at 11:40am 10.02.23 I believe you are referring to zippers on the dodger. If so, you can take a side cutter and cut from
Absolute Newbie looking for a 30 Don S/V ILLusion at 11:31am 10.02.23 One of the biggest mistakes new boaters make is focusing on a single manufacturer. What you should d
Hi 1987 40 ft. Hunter legend on the inner ceiling molded on it seem to be missing something on the port side a maybe cover panel about 4x6 " ?? rgranger at 11:19am 10.02.23 We will need either a photo or a very clear description.
Do you need to put your boat on a diet? (1) rgranger at 11:08am 10.02.23 Does drinking the beer that's in the cooler qualify as removal? :beer:
Newbie Intro Rick D at 10:04am 10.02.23 O.K., I've finally given in, I'm a newbie. I just submitted an application to a club, I'm register
Islander 28 - Antenna Cable location Don S/V ILLusion at 9:58am 10.02.23
Line identification Crazy Dave Condon at 9:30am 10.02.23 At my request, I asked for color coordination for halyard and sheet lines for the hunter water balla
Line identification Hello Below at 9:30am 10.02.23 @Hayden Watson, there are a gazillion rope manufacturers out there and they all seem to change their
Line identification Apex at 9:21am 10.02.23 Single braid COULD BE samson Dura-Plex. https://samsonrope.com/utility/dura-plex---coated https://sa
missing panel Sailor Sue at 8:33am 10.02.23 Hi 1987 40 ft. Hunter legend on the inner ceiling molded on it seem to be missing something on the
Air is not welcome here! Project_Mayhem at 8:11am 10.02.23 I picked up some cheap in line filters to use as a sight glass. Looks like there's a ton of air in t
Anchor/Rode Benny17441 at 6:31am 10.02.23 My experience over the year with fluke anchors is that they do not reset well and quickly enough .
Line identification Hayden Watson at 6:27am 10.02.23 That polyplus sure looks like my line but the Yale site says, "Always manufactured with a single red

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