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Attn: 49 & 50 owners artboas at 8:55pm 08.28.14 Big Boats 6/1035 For those of you who haven't had the pleasure of doing so, changing the engine water pump impeller o
Mariner Main Sheet Rigging Photos hfngotsail at 7:46pm 08.28.14 Ask An Oday Owner 8/5573 Does anybody have any photos of the main sheet for a Mariner, particularly the end of boom block, mi
Charter Sailing School agprice22 at 7:12pm 08.28.14 Ask All Sailors 13/2087 Anyone have experience with sailing schools for earning the charter license? My wife and I are looki
main sheet track kennya at 6:35pm 08.28.14 Mid-Size Boats 0/631 I have a 1986 28.5 and need some improvements to the track and gear and need source on make and wher
Help routing an HDMI cable (1) jonelli at 4:56pm 08.28.14 Catalina 30 3/886 I need to get an HDMI cable through the port cabinet to the area behind the forward port seat cushio
Seized Farymann Bloggster at 4:54pm 08.28.14 Cal 2/1572 We were rebuilding the top end on my old Farymann A30. took the head and cylinder off and had to lea
Wheel Brake origin? B473 at 4:41pm 08.28.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 2/815 The Wheel Brake on my boat is a compression disc fitted to the starboard helm. It is a very simple d
Heat Exchanger Westerbeke 10-2 in O'Day 272 (3) cbourne200 at 4:24pm 08.28.14 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1267 When I bought this boat in Dec 2011, I was told the 10-2 had recently been overhauled. Although the
Interior Teak Finish HMT2 at 4:11pm 08.28.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1456 I am refinishing my Nav table. It is a teak veneer. It had some kind of a hard finish. Either a varn
genoa replacement anthony at 2:45pm 08.28.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 8/1294 Hi All When that hurricane blew up the east coast of Canada, even though I thought I had the genny
Boat In Question joker460 at 2:26pm 08.28.14 Ask All Sailors 6/1568 I have very little to go on because the sailboat was leaving through our channel in Lake Ontario.
81 hunter30 water pump jeffreymckenna at 1:23pm 08.28.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 4/761 Help!! I just finished refurbishing a 81 hunter 30. Every works well except i have no water pressu
Hunter 23' Rudder Coming Apart carboman at 1:10pm 08.28.14 Smaller Boats 12/2161 Looks like the gel coat/first layer of fiber glass is starting to separate from the core. I took it
Advise on autopilot? Stan Linado at 12:29pm 08.28.14 Ask A Catalina Owner 3/1072 Am finally at a point that I can get an autopilot so that solo sailing will not be quite so frantic.
Catalina 25 structural question (2) scurvydogtoo at 11:54am 08.28.14 Smaller Boats 4/2600 I just purchased a 1980 Catalina 25. There are two areas under the port side settee (forward seat)
New owner of Pearson 34-2 Outeast at 9:43am 08.28.14 Pearson 13/8624 My wife and I are new owners of a 1990 Pearson 34-2. We've spent the first 45 days cleaning the inte
Moving on up! mrudman850 at 9:37am 08.28.14 Catalina 22 1/638 After our first year on a mooring with our Buccaneer 180, we've discovered we don't like being the s
Locating and Securing the new water tanks... (6) Sumner at 8:23am 08.28.14 Ask All Sailors 1/874 In an earlier post ..... http://forums.macgregor.sailboatowners.com/showthread.php?t=165463 .... I
Captain Tolley's Panta Rei at 7:43am 08.28.14 Bigger Boats 2/1211 Andrew/ Agprice22 recommendation for acrylic sealers reminded me of another great product for ageing
29.5 flatten main sail carothersjw at 7:04am 08.28.14 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/767 substantial draft in main. would like to be able to flatten main. outhaul alright tight. bo

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Spinnaker sailing (1) fred1diver at 9:22am 06.26.23 217276 Last evenings trial
OGO Desiccant Install and Experience TomY at 9:22am 06.26.23 "4 days, 3 guys sailing in the South Puget Sound. Heavy rain and high humidity. Didn't go as well as
Lazy Jack Separators Hayden Watson at 8:57am 06.26.23 Where do the Jack lines go when you roll up the pack like that? Do you loosen them and draw them
Trailer Capacity Estimates? rgranger at 8:53am 06.26.23 Nice find! CONGRATS!:clap:
Trailer Capacity Estimates? (1) SantaCruzin at 8:49am 06.26.23 Not that any of you were on the edge of your seats on this one, but I figured I'd close the loop her
Volvo MD22L-B fuel dripping from air intake Rich Stidger at 8:46am 06.26.23 UPDATE: After a 4 hour run yesterday, there was a small pool of fuel under the bottom edge of the be
Spinnaker sailing BarryL at 8:44am 06.26.23 Hi, If you only have two people, flying the sail in even a moderate breeze will be a challenge. Do
Lazy Jack Separators arcadiahunter28 at 8:23am 06.26.23 The answer to "How do you create a bigger gap between the two sides to allow for more room for the
Lazy Jack Separators (5) Hayden Watson at 8:05am 06.26.23 Where do the Jack lines go when you roll up the pack like that? Do you loosen them and draw them
Some KIB well spent tkwhalen at 7:53am 06.26.23 Don't get me wrong I've thought seriously about changing mine to something as pretty as yours for al
A story of the engine that could.... Then didn't Hayden Watson at 7:46am 06.26.23 Throughout my career as a mechanic I have often prayed for the stretch powers of Mr. Fantastic. I
Hunter 326 - Yanmar Engine Vibration - New mounts and maybe more?? Ralph Johnstone at 7:24am 06.26.23 I adjusted the mounts to accommodate, aligned coupler to .010" and bolted it back together. So I
OGO Desiccant Install and Experience sesmith at 7:14am 06.26.23 My method for the coir. Yes, prepare it first. I break off chunks by splitting the brick with a sc
Spinnaker sailing jssailem at 7:05am 06.26.23 So basically more time to think about getting excited. I would raise and lower the sail in the early
Spinnaker sailing fred1diver at 6:52am 06.26.23 A traditional symmetrical spinnaker with pole. The winds are too high this morning and the forecast
Hunter 326 - Yanmar Engine Vibration - New mounts and maybe more?? kappykaplan at 6:45am 06.26.23 Oh - I can't seem to find the post with the link to all the Hunter 326 manuals! https://hunter.sai
What battery size and type? isaksp00 at 6:29am 06.26.23 We had no dock power on the lake for my H23 that had a single battery for running lights, radio, a f
Spinnaker sailing Sandy Stone at 6:26am 06.26.23 Expected wind strength? Makes a difference.
Spinnaker sailing JBP-PA at 5:23am 06.26.23 You can do it. Don't be in a hurry, stop and think about each step. You will get some things wrong,
Hunter 326 - Yanmar Engine Vibration - New mounts and maybe more?? Breezy1 at 5:15am 06.26.23 Well.....It's been a while but I have had good results. To summarize - the prop and shaft were all g

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