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Sail questions woodzy at 3:34pm 08.12.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1104 Having the Sweet Sandy Ann in a Oceanside guest slip for the last 11 days and being able to sail her
Boom kicker instalation Waldo King at 3:28pm 08.12.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/616 I bought a boom kicker for my 170. One end of the kicker needs to go in the mast slot, but the vang
MacGregor Mast Plate Ewolf at 3:21pm 08.12.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/2025 I'm looking at a MacGregor 26S, 1992. Adjacent to the plate of which the mast sits, perhaps part of
water leak vbunce at 2:41pm 08.12.15 Pearson 4/1345 looking to buy 1992 pearson 34-2 the boat is in vary good shape, but it is leaking water from the ma
SS Tubing Solar Panel Clamp Recomendations? McIntoshUSA at 2:17pm 08.12.15 Ask All Sailors 9/5214 Does anyone have a good recommendation on clamps to use to mount solar panels to 1" SS tubing. I hav
Bottom painting on a trailer (1) Seahorse24 at 1:09pm 08.12.15 Trailer Sailors 8/2159 We discovered the stub keel could support the whole boat. We removed the twelve foot long bunks on b
Supply Source for 10 MM Polyester Yacht Braid Marc14857 at 12:51pm 08.12.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 6/800 I believe that the in mast furling line on my H 44 and probably many of your boats was originally si
hunter 380 stiff steering Helmut at 12:33pm 08.12.15 Big Boats 7/2127 I have a 2000 model Hunter 380 and find that the steering is very stiff. Any suggestions/advice/reme
canvas work in kemah peaceofmind at 12:14pm 08.12.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1557 Does anyone know of a good canvas shop in kemah? I need a bimini extension made and need to discuss
Adding a panel to a Hobie 16 jib Daveinet at 10:45am 08.12.15 Sail Trim with Don Guillette 1/1748 There is a new set of Hobie 16 sails for sale on Ebay. The Hobie 16 main is commonly used on my RL24
Jabsco contact email address?? holdech at 9:52am 08.12.15 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/5582 I thought it might be worth a try contacting Jabsco. I replaced the entire pump assembly a little ov
converting ice box to frig jotruk at 9:29am 08.12.15 The Cherubini Hunters 8/2957 I know that this topic has been beat to death but I was unable to find what a good thickness of insu
Interior wood refinishing Don Lucas at 9:25am 08.12.15 Ask All Sailors 14/4058 I'm going to need to do interior wood refinishing soon. Besides the standard vanish what have others
Macgregor 26S Boom needed Eddiefuego at 9:13am 08.12.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/560 Greetings, I tweaked my boom on my Mac 26S. I've searched the sites that I know and have not fo
Water holding tanks Hunter 34 Ilanortho at 9:08am 08.12.15 Big Boats 7/1662 Hi;I'm trying to figure out the plumbing for water holding tanks. There is a valve adjacent to the p
antenna mount ??? deltaten at 8:31am 08.12.15 Ask All Sailors 4/968 Any (electronic/RF) reason I shouldn't/ can't mount small VHF whip on there outboard end of a spread
boom tent? Hobopacket at 5:55am 08.12.15 Catalina 22 6/2304 What are people doing for a boom tent to cover there pop up when anchor and it's raining? I forsee i
New H 23.5 Karyon at 5:47am 08.12.15 Smaller Boats 4/814 Well after a 10 year sailing hiatus, we decided to get a sailboat again. after scouring the internet
376 water under engine Michel16055 at 4:59am 08.12.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/1444 Hi, I've narrowed my search for a new boat to the Hunter 376 The boat I'm looking at is in excellent
Jabco 36600 fresh water pump burnswelds at 4:03am 08.12.15 Catalina 30 1/606 My fresh water pump switch failed on my accumlator pump. Any ideas where i can get a new pressure sw

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Pearson Ensign a good first boat (given context in the post)? shemandr at 4:43am 08.02.23 The Ensign sails surprisingly well. It is forgiving - a sailing school on Block Island used them as
Fuel Tank, fixing the wood box that holds in place sailme88 at 3:44am 08.02.23 Sorry, my bad.. The owner who bought the boat from me was shown the repair. To date (8yrs later)
Pearson Ensign a good first boat (given context in the post)? FastOlson at 11:10pm 08.01.23 For the use and service you need, better find a well maintained later model Catalina 25, or somethin
Weird electrical issue FastOlson at 11:05pm 08.01.23 We recently installed a new forced air diesel furnace. I did not want the work/expense of installing
Pearson Ensign a good first boat (given context in the post)? (4) jssailem at 10:28pm 08.01.23
40 Autopilot Linear drive Mounting Location nramsey at 9:41pm 08.01.23 I think that, with a little thought, they could have installed it without notching the propane locke
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't jssailem at 9:40pm 08.01.23
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't (2) Khaos13 at 8:38pm 08.01.23 Wow, I'm way late on this thread but I found it while researching my own issues. I have a CD 30 with
Pearson Ensign a good first boat (given context in the post)? rgranger at 7:24pm 08.01.23
Weird electrical issue burns3c at 7:18pm 08.01.23 I like the idea of the auxiliary tank. So maybe I can get a 2 gallon day tank, figure out a spot for
Alder Barbour Refrigeration ScottFreeRick at 6:33pm 08.01.23 David , your description is very similar to what I am seeing on my boat. The unit is able to cool p
Weird electrical issue Davidasailor26 at 6:18pm 08.01.23 I wonder if the 1-2 amps is an average, but the momentary load each time the coil starts drawing is
Weird electrical issue Michael Davis at 6:06pm 08.01.23
Furling main, halyard replacement Hunter 33 2006 Tomek at 6:06pm 08.01.23 Thank you kbgunn, I will check if any of the lines you suggested are available here in Canada.
Hunter 18.5 Forestay Connection patbratton at 6:01pm 08.01.23 If you are freaking out over this you need to relax. Perhaps there are drawings in the owner's manu
Lazy jack rigging question Justin_NSA at 5:59pm 08.01.23 Take a look at Sail Care's Sail Cradle. Sounds like what you want to do https://sailcare.com/sail-cr
Ran air into my water pump jviss at 5:33pm 08.01.23 This happens often on my boat. It happens on mine because the outlet side of the pump gets filled w
Furling main, halyard replacement Hunter 33 2006 (2) kbgunn at 5:28pm 08.01.23 The manual for our boat specifies a dyneema core with a polyester cover. A polyester double braid wo
Ignition Issue, Need Help/Advice Bents at 5:21pm 08.01.23 Thank you for the replies everyone!! Upon further inspection I'm definitely going to replace the wh
Weird electrical issue jssailem at 5:08pm 08.01.23 Here is the website link I found the manual. Diesel-Heater-Manual.pdf

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