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What an eye opener dale4643 at 9:17am 03.08.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 13/2266 Not a question here, just food for thought. I dropped of my main at Kerr Sailmakers to have 1 reefin
New Owner......Harpoon 5.2 D B at 9:06am 03.08.15 Trailer Sailors 2/2456 Found One! Harpoons are rare on the West Coast and I've been looking for one for almost a year. I
New to Hunter 23- Any advice on supply retailers? Monoceros2 at 8:01am 03.08.15 Smaller Boats 8/1429 All- We just picked up our 1985 Hunter 23 yesterday. While we have previously only owned 1 othe
Oracle Team USA- America's Cup Ron20324 at 7:50am 03.08.15 Ask All Sailors 3/1223 Sad news in this morning's paper: The boat was being prepped to move to Bermuda for the Americas' Cu
New Engine Lizzies Teau at 7:00am 03.08.15 Engines and Propulsion 7/2454 We have a 1982 "First 38" and we need to replace our engine. Does anyone have any suggestions. Che
Coming to Oceanside Looking for day charter Izzy at 6:37am 03.08.15 Destinations 8/3110 Guys, Can someone recommend a day charter. I really need a reasonable price.
Dock stick storage Cowpokee at 7:22pm 03.07.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1242 Looking for ideas on how to store my dock stick in an easily accessible place. I saw a mod I like t
new trailer mr_mark at 6:10pm 03.07.15 Parts Search 1/891 I need another trailer for my 26x. The original is getting too rusted. Any suggestions?
Servicing Jib Winches on Hunter 40.5- HELP smokey73 at 6:08pm 03.07.15 Big Boats 8/1217 My Jib winches are in desperate need of servicing. The grease is more like glue and varnish than gr
Universal coolant pump odd failure Skipper at 3:55pm 03.07.15 Ask All Sailors 13/2852 Been running the m-18 for 4 years. Never a single issue. 1984 motor, original. 1200 hours approx.
Are the interior wooden walls structural? Ok to remove them? (1) Gillingham at 3:16pm 03.07.15 Catalina 22 21/7252 We have a Catalina 22, an early model with an interior as shown below. We would like to remove the
? s gear & threads MS River to FL Keys and Great Loop jmczzz at 1:56pm 03.07.15 Catalina 22 3/741 Hey, I thought I would ask opinion should I start a new thread focused on this cruise from MS to the
Quick question! (1) T_Cat at 12:51pm 03.07.15 Catalina 22 2/607 Is this a stock forward hatch for a 1987 New Design? I though they were smoked plastic? Thanks Ru
Anybody tried dry ice? willsnow at 11:22am 03.07.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 10/1784 I've got a 100qt cooler and I'm planning on dividing it into compartments using cutting boards: some
reefing mainsail v22 (1) ustxvetnavy at 10:58am 03.07.15 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/564 my reefing design ok ? any thoughts
Arch Traveler System Sky Cruiser at 10:08am 03.07.15 Ask A Hunter Owner 16/6924 Hello Hunters, I'm not an owner, but just joined a membership club that shares a 2006 H-36. I don'
how to lesson Pat at 10:01am 03.07.15 Ask All Sailors 4/1618 Several years ago we used polyglow on our O'day 272 LE with the grey hull. Looked really good for a
Tomorrow is the day! T_Cat at 9:30am 03.07.15 Catalina 22 6/724 Well with a bit of luck tomorrow will be boat buying day! As I don't wish to jinx myself, I will no
Fuel consumption rate Gabrielwes at 9:20am 03.07.15 Big Boats 11/10858 I have a C-390 and I want to know my GPH. Does anyone use a standard rate or can someone forward the
Rasied backsplash with ceramic tile (1) pmirenda at 8:40am 03.07.15 Catalina 30 5/1476 I raised the backsplash then used ceramic tile on the backsplash in my Catalina 30 MKIII

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Hunter Legend 40.5, 1983 (4) obxjeff at 3:24pm 08.22.23 Are you referring to an Edson radial steering system? Here is a photo of my 91 43' lift the rudder
Stowing Winch Handles jviss at 3:18pm 08.22.23 Not a fan of the vinyl holders. Bunch of holes in the boat, and they get dirty looking quickly. F
Winchbit driver jviss at 3:16pm 08.22.23
Stowing Winch Handles Siamese at 3:02pm 08.22.23 Not a fan of the vinyl holders. Bunch of holes in the boat, and they get dirty looking quickly. F
Winchbit driver Hayden Watson at 2:51pm 08.22.23
Winchbit driver jviss at 2:21pm 08.22.23 One of these days... A super DIY project would be to convert a manual winch to electric using a sta
Winchbit driver Ward H at 2:03pm 08.22.23 Just ordered the WinchBit driver. When it comes in I'll run over to Harbor Freight and pick up the d
Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? jviss at 1:55pm 08.22.23 Fortunately, on our Garhauer recirculating ball bearings, they use all Delrin and Torlon which are
Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? Hayden Watson at 1:52pm 08.22.23 Elizabeth forwarded my email to Mark who replied that I needed the MT-2 upgrade. Looks like you al
Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? Hayden Watson at 1:49pm 08.22.23 As an aside, I hate these designs with loose ball bearings. :) My winch handle grips are apparent
Stowing Winch Handles jviss at 1:43pm 08.22.23 That odd. I wonder if we are looking at the same product. Here's that link again: https://www.orga
Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? Ward H at 1:43pm 08.22.23 Wow, that is a different response than I have ever gotten form Garhauer but I always dealt with Gui
Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? JRacer at 1:41pm 08.22.23 Allways fun to toss a few of those ball bearings into the main on the boat next to you at the mark.
Stowing Winch Handles stickinthemud57 at 1:40pm 08.22.23
Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? jviss at 1:27pm 08.22.23 As an aside, I hate these designs with loose ball bearings. :) My winch handle grips are apparentl
CL14 Dinghy Deparlocean at 1:12pm 08.22.23 Why don't you wash the joints by spraying with commercial cleaner, rinse with garden hose pressure,
CL14 Dinghy Fuzzy_logic at 1:10pm 08.22.23 Filleting the joint and glassing over it may also be a solution.
CL14 Dinghy Fuzzy_logic at 1:08pm 08.22.23 I was considering this. West systems has quite a reputation. I Will look further into it. Now I am d
Traveler Upgrade form 4-1 to 6-1? Hayden Watson at 1:03pm 08.22.23 Are they steel or Delrin? For Delrin that's actually not a bad price. For steel should be about 1
CL14 Dinghy Deparlocean at 1:02pm 08.22.23 The West System by Gougeon Brothers is the one I have been using for the past 30 years and it makes

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