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lifting mac25 off trailer for bottom painting jonjbfx at 2:44pm 06.08.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 24/5662 OK my first post I am sure of many. I have 79 Mac Venture that has never seen salt. I am on Southe
Beneteau 432 - 1988 Issues - Know anyone? cappat at 1:19pm 06.08.15 Ask All Sailors 2/1209 Hello everyone - I have a 1988 Beneteau 432. There does not seem to be much info out there from ow
Trolling motor and charging Syversens at 12:19pm 06.08.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1060 Hey all, last weekend the mrs and I went on a nice sail without the kids. We did a nice row along th
Any Idea Who Made This Furler (1) ramblinrod at 12:13pm 06.08.15 Ask All Sailors 15/1629 This furler (see photo) has a lunchy drum bearing. Attempting to determine manufacturer, to see i
Engine Instrument Panel Gauge Covers/Panel Replacement (1) dtmarker at 11:56am 06.08.15 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/1633 88824We have a Perkins diesel on our 1996 Oceanis 281. We need to replace the instrument gauge cover
Keel paint coming off..... davidlneely at 11:55am 06.08.15 Big Boats 3/997 I have a 2005 Hunter 41 and had my bottom painted about 7 months ago. I had it dove to change the z
De-Laminating Wall Covering in Head (1) salemsailor at 11:32am 06.08.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 1/591 Hi All! Apologies if this has been covered somewhere. I didn't read all of the 500+ posts. Have
add a manual bilge pump to legend 37.5 ben solomon at 11:02am 06.08.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/912 Hello all. I have a 1990 37.5 Legend and I want to add a fixed manual bilge pump. I can't figure o
options to attach main sheet block to deck Winnebago at 10:47am 06.08.15 Seafarer 0/2100 Hi, I have a Seafarer 22 that had a damaged traveller that I took off. The original drawings of
hjwjhasjhaw Attached Document -- PLEASE DELETE Phil Herring at 10:19am 06.08.15 Ask All Sailors 4/637 It appears that an email has been sent to some of you with the subject "hjwjhasjhaw Attached Documen
Junk in the Trunk? 31seahorse at 9:57am 06.08.15 Forum Help (Site Talk) 4/4089 Hello All, I just received a strange email that would appear to have come from this sailboatowners s
Looking for a piece of rub rail Jeff222 at 9:49am 06.08.15 Ask An Oday Owner 2/569 Does anyone have a leftover piece of the white trim that the rub rail mates into? I need a piece ab
Gel Charge/float tweak wmj at 9:37am 06.08.15 Musings With Maine Sail 2/1442 Maine, I have two group 24 West Marine gel as my house bank with a smaller battery on Xantrex ech
Propeller choice for Pearson 26 and 9.8 Tohatsu 1972p26 at 9:32am 06.08.15 Engines and Propulsion 7/3454 Hi, I am new to this list and 2 years into owning a sailboat. I just replaced the 1972 Chrysler 2 s
Spinnaker Question Rleiby at 9:17am 06.08.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/965 1993 Hunter 30T with Fractional head sail. Inquiring if most Fractional head sail Hunter boat owner
Oceanair hatch covers (1) jwieneck at 9:02am 06.08.15 Big Boats 0/697 I have a 2005 Hunter 41 DS. In the aft bedroom there is a hatch over the bed that opens into the co
EV-100 autopilot on a 26M leevin100 at 8:58am 06.08.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1633 I have a Mac 26M and just installed a Raymarine EV-100 wheel autopilot. Do you have a similar bo
New Sail Hitting Backstay kiteflyer at 8:44am 06.08.15 Mid-Size Boats 5/2081 I decided to replace my original 1991 Hunter 28 main sail with a new Doyle. The different shape of
Any idea what this gizmo is???? (2) sailbad_the_sinner at 7:56am 06.08.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 7/1101 Well, I am a seasoned power-boater and reasonably good sailor, so I thought I had a pretty good grip
Catawba Island / Port Clinton Rigger Recommendations Tomgrandy at 7:41am 06.08.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1354 I purchased a 1980 Hunter recently that the previous owner rigged up in a rather odd fashion. Am

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Honda BF2 outboard fuel problem (4) Hayden Watson at 9:38pm 07.10.23 Did I mention that this is an ancient Honda (prior to 1998 when I purchased Papillon.) One of the r
Sea Hood Core Deterioration BigEasy at 9:00pm 07.10.23 The cover is curved; you do NOT want to use Coosa since it will be impossible Any of the foams wil
Starting battery Stu Jackson at 8:55pm 07.10.23 it is cheaper and faster for the boatbuilder to install an engine with just one large DC wire that
Sea Hood Core Deterioration thinwater at 8:08pm 07.10.23 The cover is curved; you do NOT want to use Coosa since it will be impossible to get it to conform w
Catalina Metal Plaque (1) tailboom at 8:08pm 07.10.23 Here is mine. Mounted on the stern as you state.
Sea Hood Core Deterioration dlochner at 8:04pm 07.10.23 Sounds like a good plan. You might consider making it solid fiberglass around the cowl vent. or a
Need a Gudgeon for my 1980 Macgregor Venture 22' sailboat Sal10419 at 8:02pm 07.10.23 Hi rgranger, Thank you very much for your reply. I will call the guys at Rudder Craft tomorrow. Sin
Need a Gudgeon for my 1980 Macgregor Venture 22' sailboat Sal10419 at 8:02pm 07.10.23 I think I found yours... or at least something that will work. Call these guys and see if they wil
Starting battery dlochner at 8:01pm 07.10.23 Still trying to figure where my alternator plugs into the circuit. To be followed Unless a prior
Perkins 20 Engine Elissatoo at 7:48pm 07.10.23 Thank you for your help. This will come in handy.
Santana 21 design info needed rebel4443 at 7:45pm 07.10.23 This is the attachment point for the boom that I have. I looked at the head of my mast and it is the
Starting battery fred1diver at 7:44pm 07.10.23 Ok, so I just finished installing my ACR but the schematic I followed does not use the 1-2-both swit
Catalina 310 Lightning Protection SJN at 7:42pm 07.10.23 And perhaps I may sometime type lightning correctly!
Santana 21 design info needed (1) rebel4443 at 7:42pm 07.10.23 217728
Catalina 310 Lightning Protection SJN at 7:40pm 07.10.23 Hello. The Factory manual for my boat, hull 260 provides a great deal of information about lighting
Santana 21 design info needed rebel4443 at 7:40pm 07.10.23 Thanks. I have the rudder measurements now but the picture helps. I still don't have the boom measu
423 aft shower head question (1) Richard McDonald at 7:33pm 07.10.23 On our 2006 423 with the 2 state room setup, the aft head shower head is situated on the left side a
Lake boat vs Florida boat aging question dLj at 7:30pm 07.10.23 As a completely unscientific response, based exclusively on limited experience, the difference betwe
DIY tiller tamer fails ('68 Javelin) Philly2DC2LBI at 7:08pm 07.10.23
Starting battery jaysweet at 7:08pm 07.10.23 Similar to Greg I installed two Duracell 230AH batteries in 2018 at a cost of $115 each for my hous

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