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experimenting with panoramic cam photos of the interior... (3) centerline at 9:03pm 11.10.14 Ask All Sailors 9/1501 I have often wondered how they take the wide angle view photos of the insides of a boat or motorhome
Motor Replacement... DannySonja at 8:31pm 11.10.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 20/3528 I have just bought a Macgregor 26D. It has a 9.9HP 1989 Suzuki on it. The previous owner told me t
Mac 26X Stern Tower papamills at 8:08pm 11.10.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/2217 My back stay limits moving my Bimini to Aft. Thinking about adding an arch tower behind seat in mo
Cal 28 CorJen517 at 6:53pm 11.10.14 Cal 0/1086 Greetings, My wife and I just purchased a 1964 Cal 28 for a very good price. Boat seems study so f
Re-blacking self-tailers IH82BL8 at 5:44pm 11.10.14 Ask All Sailors 7/1080 I'm dissembling, cleaning and lubing two self-tailing Lewmar winches. While I have them apart, is t
Propeller Replacement - Should I? salt water sailor at 5:21pm 11.10.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/1281 My question has two parts. My 78 Hunter 30 is grossly under powered with a Yanmar YSB 12 hp which dr
handheld marine gps pupluv at 5:08pm 11.10.14 Ask All Sailors 22/4747 Garmin GPS 72H Bundle Handheld GPS Receiver Wal-Mart is selling this for $127, which seems very r
hunter 290 windlass fkudrna at 4:17pm 11.10.14 Mid-Size Boats 3/1323 I have a 2001 290, that came without a winlass. I am trying to install a lewmar v700, and would like
Introduction: Bought a 1974 O'Day 23 Convertible (1) sreidvt at 3:45pm 11.10.14 Day Sailers 8/5477 Hello All, Have been working my way through many pages of old forum posts and am looking forward
Do you Dress Ship? (2) Brian D at 3:06pm 11.10.14 Ask All Sailors 8/1552 If you do, post you photos of your ship all decked out.
fresh water tank Cat 30 Bill Hauskins at 2:10pm 11.10.14 Catalina 30 13/2649 Need to install fresh water tank on 79 cat 30 hull 999. There was no tank when I purchased boat. Any
Best sealant option for underwater lights Rick at 1:59pm 11.10.14 Ask All Sailors 2/985 Hi gang. Gonna haul the boat and h get her bottom painted. Also, I am going to install some seabla
Looking for C18 owners capnron209 at 1:49pm 11.10.14 Smaller Boats 6/2254 Looking for Capri/Catalina 18 owners to start our own forum. If interested, let me know. Good sail
Electrical problem Scosta at 1:38pm 11.10.14 Big Boats 18/2459 I have a reverse polarity light that comes on when I switch the battery switch to battery #2. Insta
Leaking Lewmar port windows Glenn Withrow at 1:15pm 11.10.14 Mid-Size Boats 2/2133 I have applied vaseline and tightened all the screws. Still leaks. Can I replace the rubber gaskets
Fenders chicagodave at 1:01pm 11.10.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1786 Just purchased a 423 Couple of Questions: 1. Where is the best place to store the fenders? Starboard
Plastic cover at the top of mast support/keel cable tube bobherk at 1:01pm 11.10.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 0/817 Hi, I have a '97 26X and would like to remove the black plastic covers at the top of the mast suppor
IPad Air 2 IOS 8.1 Login Jerry Clark H356 SV Persi at 12:10pm 11.10.14 Forum Help (Site Talk) 11/8261 I got a new IPad Air 2 with IOS8.1 and it brought in my previous app. It apparently garbled the log
MacGregor 21 keel cable replacement LadyLu9911 at 11:58am 11.10.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/1549 I need to replace the keel cable and would like to know if there is a replacement part available and
Broken keel eye Myhunter216 at 10:34am 11.10.14 Smaller Boats 11/2079 Please help, I had my cable replaced on my hunter 216 03. When the keel was pulled up the eye of k

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Help with Low Oil Pressure troubleshoot Ralph Johnstone at 7:41am 07.31.23 The engine is a 2000 model and it has 135 hours, give or take a few hours. Just a curiosity here,
Solar water heat exchanger (1) JamesG161 at 7:40am 07.31.23 If you read the first sentence of my first post you would probably be able to figure that out. H
Rear Traveler Cam Cleat pcharn01 at 7:39am 07.31.23
Hunter 23.5 topping lift rigging. isaksp00 at 7:28am 07.31.23 Agree, if I had the bucks I'd install one.
Help with Low Oil Pressure troubleshoot Afraal at 7:09am 07.31.23 Thank you @Ralph Johnstone . The engine is a 2000 model and it has 135 hours, give or take a few hou
I need a Marine Surveyor High Current at 7:04am 07.31.23 Dexter Holaday did an excellent job for me a few months ago. I felt like I was paying for an educat
Hunter 290 or 306 in Bahamas Sailgunner at 7:04am 07.31.23 IMO the boats a little small for the Bahamas. For reason previously stated and its a little small fo
Fuel Tank, fixing the wood box that holds in place Riga at 6:36am 07.31.23
Wrapping my boat question xavpil at 6:29am 07.31.23 we're in Amelia Island, FL company is Design-it Wraps Thanks!
Rear Traveler Cam Cleat kloudie1 at 6:09am 07.31.23 Kick-up rudder?
Fuel Tank, fixing the wood box that holds in place sailme88 at 6:00am 07.31.23 My O'28 tank box started to fail. Did a wrap around the vertical sides with biaxial fiberglass. Too
Catalina 30 push-button start mystery barnstormer at 5:59am 07.31.23 I have had no start issues on and off for 3 years on my 1987 TRBS M25. I read on this forum by mains
Lewmar V700 Windlass Fred at 5:57am 07.31.23 Maxwell makes there VW10 series windlass that is a vertical windlass without the chain pipe so that
Wrapping my boat question Wsailing1 at 5:28am 07.31.23 we're in Amelia Island, FL company is Design-it Wraps
Alberg 22 - possible to launch / retrieve solo? Morgan donor at 4:50am 07.31.23 Go to a keel boat regatta (Star/J-22/24) and watch how fast keel boats on a trailer can be launched.
Catalina 30 push-button start mystery shemandr at 4:06am 07.31.23 I got a little lost in the details but this sounds like the classic wiring harness problem. There'v
Solar water heat exchanger gettinthere at 3:53am 07.31.23 Then why not Google: solar hot water system Lots of information there for what you want. Why do
Sailing in higher winds. shemandr at 3:50am 07.31.23 On masthead rigs the backstay adjuster can add tension to the forestay - It won't move the mast head
Sailing in higher winds. Davidasailor26 at 3:23am 07.31.23 +1 for everything Stu said. Generally a reefed main has a much more efficient shape and is better f
Hunter 290 or 306 in Bahamas rgranger at 2:46am 07.31.23

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