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Suggestions on How to Keep Barnacles off Prop (1) tim61 at 2:30pm 12.21.14 Ask All Sailors 12/4856 Trying to avoid this next season? I have been told you can first epoxy the prop and then put anti-f
Central Jersey owners andrzejewa at 1:34pm 12.21.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/798 I'm new too sailing and on the market to buy Macgregor 26M. Spent a lot of time online already, but
Port Light Rebedding (1) Wayne6034 at 1:04pm 12.21.14 Big Boats 2/1190 A couple months ago we developed a leak in the fixed port over the nav station in our 1997 h340. I h
272 LE Replacement of Opening Ports DeltaBreeze at 9:48am 12.21.14 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1050 Hi All, While removing the hull liner on my 272 LE, I found I could not get the opening ports to rel
272 LE Hull Liner & Interior Ideas DeltaBreeze at 9:38am 12.21.14 Ask An Oday Owner 8/4306 Hi All, I have gutted my 272 LE due to much of the wood having rotted and the hull liner was stained
Size of radial drive wheel for tiller to wheel conversion LawyerBob at 8:14am 12.21.14 Ask All Sailors 7/3280 I'm Assembling the parts for a tiller to wheel conversion on my islander 28. I've found everything
Fridge & Electrical Outlets Celmi at 8:09am 12.21.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 13/3623 Wife and I new to site ' sailing. Got a 2003 Oceanis 311 last week. Connected to marina. Yesterday
Hunter 170 Repair (2) omarhunter at 7:32am 12.21.14 Day Sailers 3/5924 Hello, I am looking to purchase a Hunter 170 that has cracks in the deck, I have attached two pictu
Wind speed and direction Chris115 at 3:12am 12.21.14 Ask All Sailors 11/3100 I recently came across the new SailTimer wind instrument and the related app, and am interested in h
Rusted swing keel Frednick at 1:11am 12.21.14 Catalina 22 3/981 Hello again, someone helped me about my keel, but I can't find him/her again. I think is was somet
Marelon vs Banjo brand fittings and valves? centerline at 8:15pm 12.20.14 Ask All Sailors 3/2964 Marelon is a trademark name of glass reinforced polypropylene fittings.... Banjo is also a brand
Wetted surface area Jdaniel343 at 6:14pm 12.20.14 Mid-Size Boats 1/2428 Does anyone know the wetted surface area of 1977 Catalina 27 TM? Thanks
want to sail again Misses Tippi at 4:58pm 12.20.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 12/2270 We need to contact some sailors in the Biloxi MS area. We have a 26M, the entire mast system fell an
Valve from holding tank in oceanis 343 (1) oyvst@statoil.com at 1:18pm 12.20.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 11/6493 Need at new valve from my holding tank in my Beneteau Oceanis 343 from 2006, part number 10 on the a
What if I did this? (1) lee ward at 12:28pm 12.20.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 7/1851 Painting the M's stripes, should I do it? The raccoon stripes are buggin me. I think this is an upd
Where does your SBO username come from??? (1) Jackdaw at 11:31am 12.20.14 Ask All Sailors 195/26633 Some people here use their legal names, but most of us use an 'nom du guarre' than has particular me
Inverter / Battery Charger Jeff Jellick at 10:52am 12.20.14 Big Boats 11/3731 I have a 2006 Hunter 45 CC with a Xantrex Freedom 25 Charger / Inverter. When running the Inverter,
New gas tank? azsailing at 9:32am 12.20.14 Engines and Propulsion 6/2010 Hi All, The boat I just bought came with a 5 gallon tank full of old gas, which looks to me to be fo
Attention PNW Cruisers Hello Below at 8:45am 12.20.14 Ask All Sailors 3/1689 Xmas Present - 2015 Waggoner Cruising Guide - FREE 2nd year in a row that this has been offered.
Hey Mackaroni - 302 Hull/deck joint (2) the_alpine at 8:41am 12.20.14 Bigger Boats 2/962 Have you inspected the hull to deck joint on your 302? I noticed some water staining on the trim in

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I've raised Macgregor 26c mast just by hand, why need gin pole for smaller Hunter 23 or 26? isaksp00 at 5:10am 09.21.23 The 23 mast is actually kind of heavy and long. There's no way I think any one person (well, maybe T
Raymarine ST60 Wind Instrument P12nash at 4:49am 09.21.23 I had a similar issue and it turned out to be a poorly terminated connection on a wire that connecte
HELP.....Steering System Maintenance H 29.5 (1) Bentsailor at 4:44am 09.21.23 Thanks for the reply to my question re Edson steering System Maintenance. I have been checking all
260 Autopilot via Emergency Steering Bracket? sailme88 at 4:44am 09.21.23 Before we had an autopilot I'd use the wheel lock. It worked well.. Would hold the base course long
260 Autopilot via Emergency Steering Bracket? (1) Ward H at 4:27am 09.21.23 I'm often finding myself sailing solo and trying to multitask, hoist sails, install fenders etc. M
Raymarine ST60 Wind Instrument John6212 at 3:17am 09.21.23 Does the display indicate the wind speed? If so the display is most likely putting out the 8v need
HELP.....Steering System Maintenance H 29.5 jssailem at 1:54am 09.21.23 Did you get a manual of your boat? Hunter was good about creating complete manuals. Take a look at
HELP.....Steering System Maintenance H 29.5 (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:56pm 09.20.23 Anybody out there with experience on disassembly and maintenance of this system?? Sorry, but you'
Alternator output to..... (1) Ralph Johnstone at 10:16pm 09.20.23 This is why I was hoping to locate a diagram for the Hunter. Don't waste your time looking for a
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment (1) Alan Gomes at 8:46pm 09.20.23 I use a bulb between the primary and secondary filter in the engine compartment. It's been there fo
Cal 25 MKII question jssailem at 8:15pm 09.20.23 When I bought my Cal I discovered this site on the boat brand. https://richardanderson.net/wordpress
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment jssailem at 7:59pm 09.20.23 @TimFromLI Your system works for you. Not sure if the bulb fails there would be just a few drops of
Collision follow-up jssailem at 7:44pm 09.20.23 While sailing I was struck by a fishing boat. Wrote about the experience here in SBO back in 2016. I
Priming fuel bulb inside engine compartment TimFromLI at 7:32pm 09.20.23 I use a bulb between the primary and secondary filter in the engine compartment. It's been there for
RaceQs Question TimFromLI at 7:07pm 09.20.23 I have given up on Race Qs No matter what I do, it only records about 30 seconds of the race. I tri
Collision follow-up dlochner at 7:06pm 09.20.23 Always call your insurance company and get the contact info for the boat, at least the registration/
2003 Catalina 36 MK11 moisture in the stringers dlochner at 7:04pm 09.20.23 What is in the core of the stringers, wood or foam? The strength of the stringer is in the fibergla
Legend Mast Tuning - pumping, new rigging (2) SV Maverick at 6:52pm 09.20.23 Planning on another 300-400W flex cells on bimini and separate MPPT controller for a total of 800W f
Swing Keel locking bolt glassed over. Ryan61065 at 6:28pm 09.20.23 Mac 25 owner here -- I've been sailing my swing keel boat since 1985 and have never needed to lock
Hunter 23 wing keel mast raising system isaksp00 at 6:20pm 09.20.23 I used a home made system but not A frame. Kind of complicated, but used an aluminum tube gin pole.

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