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suspending 26S Bob Meyer at 4:48am 10.05.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/853 I've just purchased a '92 Mac26S, a freshwater boat from Georgia, sight unseen. I understand (from
Keel trouble 84 macgregor 25 Starwind at 11:05pm 10.04.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 36/10074 Greetings. I have just purchased my first boat, a macgregor 25 out of alametos bay in long beach. Ev
New way of cruising?????? (1) Delezynski at 7:21pm 10.04.14 Ask All Sailors 20/2854 Man in floating bubble rescued in Atlantic Ocean. See it at; http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nat
Westerbeke 10-2 overheating (long post) cbourne200 at 3:59pm 10.04.14 Ask All Sailors 5/2002 1987 O'Day 272 with Westerbeke 10-2 is overheating. Purchased about 3 yrs ago from PO who had suppos
mooring buoy on the chesapeake bay jtuner119 at 3:42pm 10.04.14 Ask All Sailors 9/7145 i want to place a mooring buoy around annapolis area. preferably south of annapolis but i have no id
A/C Water Strainer (3) KZW at 3:35pm 10.04.14 Catalina 310 4/1588 Water Strainer Does anyone know of a source for the water strainer shown in the pictures? The str
Control Cable Lubrication LakeOntario270 at 3:17pm 10.04.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 2/1010 I have a 1996 Westerbeke that has 3 control cables. A throttle cable, a shut off cable, and a trans
Yanmar 2GM20F Mixing Elbow jrezab at 2:36pm 10.04.14 Ask All Sailors 5/2318 I am replacing the Mixing Elbow on my 1986 Pearson 303. There is a stainless steel connecting piece
Wind Instrument display not reading doctorbill at 2:14pm 10.04.14 Ask All Sailors 7/2207 My Raymarine ST60+ Wind display is not pointing to the wind although it is displaying wind speed. I
Replacing teak simonphillips at 1:12pm 10.04.14 Catalina 30 9/1885 Hi, been lurking on the site for a long time and picked up lots of useful hints and information. Now
Electrical Systems/Battery SG (1) jrevkin at 12:13pm 10.04.14 Engines and Propulsion 4/1317 I'm surprised there is no electrical systems forum, so I'll post here. I have 2 battery banks. One
Hot side of exhaust of an Atomic 4 DougBaker at 11:09am 10.04.14 Catalina 30 2/1023 Looking for feedback. Just rebuilt the hot side of the exhaust and ended up with water trying to bub
Mac25 leak Jack Bernard at 8:20am 10.04.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1306 I am somewhat new to my 1984 MacGregor 25. I have a leak. It may be the pivot bolt and am planning
Why pull boat in winter versus leave in water ? Delawaredave at 7:25am 10.04.14 Ask All Sailors 55/20171 Newbie. 27 footer. Bohemia River, Chesapeake Bay, MD. Seems most people in our marina pull boat
Engine coolant NYSail at 6:43am 10.04.14 Ask All Sailors 12/2209 Hello all...... I will be changing my engine coolant this winter and was wondering about different b
Winterizing with In-Mast Furling kenvail at 5:03am 10.04.14 Big Boats 17/5054 I'm approaching my first northeast winter with my new-to-me 2006 Hunter 38. It has a huge mainsail a
HIgh Tide Roger Long at 4:19am 10.04.14 Roger Long - The further adventures of Strider 2/2731 It was a wild and loud night here listening to a combination of astronomical and wind driven high ti
PHRF rating adjustments Ted at 8:41pm 10.03.14 Ask All Sailors 11/4312 Assume for a moment that a sailboat was designed for a specific geographical area taking into consid
Victron 600s negative voltage reading (2) rexabbot at 8:08pm 10.03.14 Musings With Maine Sail 8/7724 I have had my Victron 600s for a couple years in my motor and it has worked fine. Today I moved it
advice needed,Dock side tension for larger/oversize shrouds Water Bill at 6:20pm 10.03.14 The Cherubini Hunters 14/2635 we replaced our 9/32nds uppers, headstay, backstay and 1/4 lowers and cutter/inner forestay with 5/3

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Water Tank Capacity on 2007 44DS Sol Cazador at 2:18pm 09.11.23 Hi, I am not sure the previous post went through. I have a 2008 45DS which is the same hull and I b
Looking for new sails?? LakeShark at 2:17pm 09.11.23 @C_Level Ulman makes a good sail for sure. I would call the loft in San Diego on Shelter Island.
Manufacturer's Sail LOGO FastOlson at 2:01pm 09.11.23 I have found that he major sail lofts will include your class logo at no or minimal cost. They will
Hunter 320 Steering Issue (2) Ralph Johnstone at 1:42pm 09.11.23 Having to lift the bolt will be tough but like I said, going to try some PB blaster You MAY be ab
NMEA2000 Micro-C Connector Prices rgranger at 1:41pm 09.11.23 Have you never seen a Micro-C connector? :) Now I have...;)
NMEA2000 Micro-C Connector Prices (1) jviss at 1:40pm 09.11.23 For @rgranger :
Dickinson Newport P12000 install in 2004 Hunter 44DS rgranger at 1:40pm 09.11.23 I don't know your installation, but I think the idea of the gap is to get cooling air around the ch
NMEA2000 Micro-C Connector Prices jviss at 1:38pm 09.11.23 :worthless: ;) Have you never seen a Micro-C connector? :)
NMEA2000 Micro-C Connector Prices rgranger at 1:36pm 09.11.23 :worthless: ;)
Dickinson Newport P12000 install in 2004 Hunter 44DS ggrizzard at 1:35pm 09.11.23 I don't know your installation, but I think the idea of the gap is to get cooling air around the chi
two ply silocone used to place cabin panels - where to buy? rgranger at 1:34pm 09.11.23 i'm guessing that they used this stuff to hold it in place while they screwed them in. Could be
1 mile from inlet and 3 knots of drift VS 8 miles from inlet and no drift though has worse bottom fouling. rgranger at 1:31pm 09.11.23 If you are living on board, can you dive (snorkle) on your boat more regularly? That would negate s
Manufacturer's Sail LOGO Roland5048 at 1:24pm 09.11.23 Doyle made me a new main about 4yrs ago. Logo and a number were extra.
Fuel Tank Replacement mikeracca at 1:08pm 09.11.23 They seem to be the only source I have been able to find. My question is, with their tanks, how do I
Mast up winter storage dlochner at 1:01pm 09.11.23 How exposed to the winds of Lake Erie? Here on the shores of Lake Ontario I would not leave the mast
Hunter 320 Steering Issue Kevy at 12:53pm 09.11.23 Damn Ralph, nice write up. I'll get down to the boat hopefully on Tuesday and give all of this a tr
1990 C&C 30 MkII halyard replacement, ISSUES! Leeward Rail at 12:43pm 09.11.23 1/2" / 10mm Dyneema is too fat to fit thru the same space. In assume you mean 3/8" / 10mm ? 1/2"
Screw Terminals and Ferrules jviss at 12:31pm 09.11.23 Yea, I think they're a bit obscure. I was aware of them, but hadn't thought about them until I saw
Fuel Tank Replacement dmax at 12:27pm 09.11.23 I replaced mine with one of these, happy with it: https://www.moellermarine.com/product-category/fue
Screw Terminals and Ferrules jviss at 12:25pm 09.11.23 Can you help me out, where is referenced post by Scott? New Electronics Networking Help

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