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Clear lake, Texas offer Bob135711 at 4:25pm 04.25.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/626 I am back down here in the Clear lake, Texas area finishing off some final testing for the new job.
Catalina 400 drain holes between stringers RonWG at 4:07pm 04.25.15 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1645 Cleaning areas I don't see any way for water to drain I have hull 037 new to me even the area under
Chart Viewer for PC (using NOAA RNC Charts) c130king at 3:56pm 04.25.15 Catalina 310 10/3535 Does anyone have any links to download a navigation program to a PC that can open downloaded RNC cha
LEWMAR 65st electric disassembly (1) capta at 2:04pm 04.25.15 Ask All Sailors 1/642 I cannot find any comprehensive instructions for dismantling, cleaning and reassembly of the Lewmar
Batteries..help 26c Leatherneck at 12:00pm 04.25.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/1272 I just bought two new batteries. Ones in boat when I bought it were dead. I installed first one unde
Re-caulking /sealing campanion hatch cover Sandy Feet at 10:45am 04.25.15 Big Boats 2/1013 The sealant that is in the joint between the top of the house and the fiberglass cover that covers t
Additional Fresh Water (3) mfarinas at 8:17am 04.25.15 Catalina 310 6/1470 One item of concern as we departed on an extended cruise in southwest Florida, was the ability to ca
O'day 222 mercury outboard todd brown at 8:09am 04.25.15 Ask An Oday Owner 3/753 Launched the boat on Saturday. Out board seemed sluggish. Finally made it out to a place on lake to
Sealant for Keel to Stub Mackaroni at 6:16am 04.25.15 Musings With Maine Sail 9/3625 I have read probably hundreds of posts now on the best sealant to use between the keel and stub join
O'Day 23 keel ewait at 6:11am 04.25.15 Ask An Oday Owner 1/796 Can someone tell me the width of the O'Day 23 shoall keel
Shake and Break, part 5 Skip Gundlach at 4:41am 04.25.15 Ask All Sailors 0/587 Shake and Break, part 5 - Saturday, April 19, 2015 When we left you on Wednesday, we were wonderi
Flexible solar All U Get at 4:02am 04.25.15 Ask All Sailors 6/1214 Hi all, I just read an interesting article on flexible panels and thought I would share the info.
Support the boat with no keel Mackaroni at 8:28pm 04.24.15 Ask All Sailors 3/1030 I have to drop my keel to inspect it and possibly repair it on an O'Day 302. If I have to repair it
A "what's it worth" question- Edson pedestal. Roadking Larry at 8:27pm 04.24.15 Ask All Sailors 5/1142 Not looking to sell anything here but I have an Edson pedestal set up that I took of of my Macgregor
simrad ap russell talisman at 7:45pm 04.24.15 Catalina 310 0/751 has any one had any luck with a simrad wheel piolit cant find parts spent hours trying to recalibra
Mast doesn't swivel in a 10 knot bream reach leevin100 at 6:22pm 04.24.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/792 Mast doesn't swivel in a 10 knot wind I 'test drove' a 2010 MacGregor 26M in 10 knot winds and noti
Universal 5411 (M15) 2 cyl diesel parts RBilly at 5:53pm 04.24.15 Bigger Boats 4/2555 I have an '83 O'day 28 on Georgian Bay in Canada with the 5411 (M15) (Kubota) engine. I went to Kubo
Marine Head Maintance seadaddler at 4:31pm 04.24.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/675 I have a Raritan Sea Era electric head and up until a few weeks ago always used fresh water flushing
Need windlass type/brand for 356 Jimongee at 4:11pm 04.24.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 10/2712 If there are any sailors with a 356 that is equipped with an electric windlass it would be so helpfu
Macerator Pump simply installed (3) Regular Guy at 3:46pm 04.24.15 Smaller Boats 23/7979 This may be interesting for some of you. I have an 13 Gallon holding tank on my H260 and it doesn't

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Newbie Question RE: Winterizing Universal M25 XPB dlochner at 7:09am 11.05.23 No need to spray WD 40 especially because it evaporates quickly. I don't see any need for spraying a
26 vs 260 weight? kappykaplan at 7:03am 11.05.23 Wikipedia shows the Hunter 26 at 4600 lbs displacement and the Hunter 260 at 5000 lbs. SailboatData
26 vs 260 weight? kappykaplan at 7:00am 11.05.23 Also, does anyone know the weight of a standard Hunter trailer for these boats? 1320 lbs
26 vs 260 weight? Crazy Dave Condon at 6:58am 11.05.23 @massnspace Hulls and decks are the same except for several changes that do not account an increa
New winterizing mod - done! Don S/V ILLusion at 6:06am 11.05.23 I winterized Tally Ho the afternoon I hauled out, in about 1 hour. - I already drained the water t
does h260 have steam light? Crazy Dave Condon at 5:43am 11.05.23 Both @Davidasailor26 and @Rick Webb are correct. First, use a tester too to see if you are getting
Interior Wood Gene Neill at 5:35am 11.05.23 Curious if stopping at treating with teak oil is enough for interior wood ...? Sorry, I didn't an
Interior Wood (1) Gene Neill at 5:29am 11.05.23 This is Cetol "marine" (which is a color, not a characteristic).
replacement for Kenyon Marine alcohol stove in h260? JBP-PA at 5:25am 11.05.23 Ive never used cans of alcohol before. There's a Kenyon ElectricAlcohol dual burner, can't tell if
Beneteau 323 Toilet and Holding Tank Question NYSail at 5:25am 11.05.23 Its one of the things on my boat that Beneteau did very well.... afforded me the ability to make bot
Remove Prop dlochner at 5:16am 11.05.23 I do have Something on the prop shaft flange that takes up some of the vibration from between the s
Beneteau 321 on the hard AlexisSTEPHB321 at 4:54am 11.05.23 Thank you every one, my keel happens to be like a skeg of fin with a small torpedo bulb shap at the
New winterizing mod - done! sailme88 at 4:54am 11.05.23 Adding antifreeze to the tank by just flushing it down the toilet does NOT winterize a sea water t
Beneteau 323 Toilet and Holding Tank Question Arthur K at 4:53am 11.05.23
Remove Prop SirMichael at 4:53am 11.05.23 Thanks for the suggestions everyone, I guess the first thing that I will try is heating up with map
Anchor Locker/Bilge Water NYSail at 4:50am 11.05.23
Beneteau 321 on the hard Davidasailor26 at 4:49am 11.05.23 :plus: for not having the weight of boat and keel on the cradle or jackstands. Having the keel jus
Beneteau 321 on the hard Don S/V ILLusion at 4:41am 11.05.23 I think the consensus here is that the boat should rest with its weight entirely on the keel. The
Beneteau 323 Toilet and Holding Tank Question (1) NYSail at 4:37am 11.05.23 Peggie - I did purchase a copy of your book and did send an email to Ward Richardson at Beneteau p
Beneteau 321 on the hard shemandr at 4:37am 11.05.23 I think the consensus here is that the boat should rest with its weight entirely on the keel. The j

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