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Taking boat off the salt water? Macboy at 1:28am 08.10.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1244 Dad and I are about to purchase a new to us 26S and we've narrowed it down to three - one off fresh
Deodorizing unpainted fiberglass repawn at 10:27pm 08.09.14 Ask An Oday Owner 2/865 Hi again, Today I had the joy of pulling of the rotting vberth plywood on my O'day 22. Under the
Anyone have any experience wIth raymarine wheel pilot on the Pilotocopilot at 8:56pm 08.09.14 The Cherubini Hunters 11/1887 Anyone have any experience wIth raymarine wheelpilot on a 37 I recently had water ingress in the co
Winter Project or ... (1) rpwillia at 5:51pm 08.09.14 Catalina 310 7/1301 Had a friend help my tune my rig today. All went well until I looked at the port shroud and the brac
Any diesel guru's out there? Have a question kito at 4:44pm 08.09.14 Ask All Sailors 14/2078 Decided to fire up the diesel on my project boat (Yanmar ysm12). I drained all the old fuel, changed
New Mac25 owner/novice w/a few questions. scubaanddreams at 3:37pm 08.09.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/1126 Hello, Brand new to the board , and recently purchased a new to me Macgregor 25. It has it's usu
New halyards from this site (1) carboman at 3:21pm 08.09.14 Smaller Boats 3/782 Just received new main and jib halyards from this site's store. Look great!
Sort of sailing related allen-deckard at 2:05pm 08.09.14 Catalina 22 7/1245 ok I admit this isn't really all the sailing related but I did get their by sailing :naughty: Me
anchor roller iwindance at 1:53pm 08.09.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 8/1965 I have a single anchor roller and want to have a dual anchor roller so I can carry two anchors forwa
injector replacement cjfj at 12:40pm 08.09.14 Engines and Propulsion 3/1542 I'm reinstalling the injectors on a yanmar 3gmf and cant get the precombustion chambers out to repla
Bow Pulpit Seat (5) LiveAloha at 12:07pm 08.09.14 Big Boats 7/10929 Been wanting a bow pulpit seat for some time now. Finally found one that allows access to the anchor
Venture 17 project boat bls50 at 10:36am 08.09.14 Ask A Macgregor Owner 1/777 I learned to sail 30 yrs ago, consisted of 4 lessons in a Sweet Sixteen, and have only sailed a coup
Yanmar 3YM20 and Hunter 31 Winterize Jerry21707 at 10:27am 08.09.14 Mid-Size Boats 6/5825 I recently purchased a 2007 Hunter 31. I am not familiar with diesel engines or larger boat systems
repair Raymarine MFD (3) Bob 04 H260 at 9:15am 08.09.14 Ask All Sailors 0/843 I have a Ray C120w where the rubber membrane behind the malfunction knob has deteriorated. Ray says
I don't own it but sure looks good. Christian Sailing at 8:49am 08.09.14 Morgan 6/2149 Any thoughts on this particular model? We're still searching for a larger boat but can't get too fa
Halyard replacement BobM at 7:51am 08.09.14 S2 8/2174 Can anyone confirm is the sheaves on the 9.2 are rope friendly? Currently mine are of the wire/rope
Engine Panel Re-wire FredV at 7:47am 08.09.14 The Cherubini Hunters 2/734
Tips on loosening screw (1) carlager at 6:29am 08.09.14 Engines and Propulsion 9/2004 I need to remove the cover on the hand cranck shaft on our Yanmar 3gm30f The 2 screws on the cover
Battery questions John_F at 6:27am 08.09.14 Ask All Sailors 10/1807 A couple questions: 1. Our current house battery is a lead-acid, which is under the aft bunk. We
Beneteau 331 Microwave henryD at 6:23am 08.09.14 Ask A Beneteau Owner 1/1273 Has anyone installed a M/W on a 331 that did not originally have one? If so, how do you remove the

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Replace section of G4 anchor chain (2) Ralph Johnstone at 9:01am 08.29.23 With everyone so concerned about the addition of a weaker connecting link to a chain rode, has anyon
Winchbit driver stageboss at 8:57am 08.29.23
How do I describe this or better yet find one? Barnacle Bill at 8:49am 08.29.23 Bimini is spelled as seen and not Binimi or Bimi, FYI ;-). Hard to tell which of the various parts
A C27 Question Barnacle Bill at 8:43am 08.29.23 They are cheek blocks mounted on a track which enables them to be positioned at the desired location
Catalina 30 vs O'Day 25 Project_Mayhem at 8:35am 08.29.23 I've opted to take a step back since this thread had a surprising number of responses and some amazi
Gulf Storm Potential (1) JamesG161 at 8:19am 08.29.23 Hurricane Idalia will be a Major Storm.
Wooden block under mast step. morbidfollower at 8:09am 08.29.23 Its possible that they replaced the mast with a new design mast which is a little shorter to compens
Lubricating sail slugs and mast tracks Justin_NSA at 7:59am 08.29.23 It's a wax. You're likely to make it worse as wax traps dirt. Great for zippers though. We use Zippy
Wooden block under mast step. Jacktar at 7:35am 08.29.23 Measure your lower shrouds length and compare to lengths listed for replacements by catalina direct
Possible Air leak in M25 fuel line? (1) jviss at 7:30am 08.29.23 A temporary test. Not a regular arrangement. Would permit water to enter the tank. Not a good pract
Catalina 30 vs O'Day 25 Steve L22188 at 7:19am 08.29.23 Go for it! Went from my first boat - an O'Day 240 (24') for 10-12 years to an O'Day 302 (30'). At
Gonna pull the boat... SkookumZac at 6:58am 08.29.23 Better safe than sorry. What Marina are you in? I'm not terribly worried about the wind, but if th
Gonna pull the boat... (1) Will Gilmore at 6:51am 08.29.23 Not going to take any chances. Later today, I'm putting the boat on the trailer. Tuck her into a s
SANTANA 23? JBP-PA at 6:16am 08.29.23 That link to Practical sailor led to a lockup of my computer!!!! I have a message from "Apple Supp
SANTANA 23? shemandr at 5:46am 08.29.23 Don't know about tanks but it looks like a fun little rocket ship! The Santana line is known for go
Replace section of G4 anchor chain dLj at 5:40am 08.29.23 Electrolysis not withstanding, I'd go with a SS connecting link.. The weak link ( pun intended) are
Replace section of G4 anchor chain Captain Larry-DH at 5:27am 08.29.23 There are connection links. You'd have to check the specs to see how much strength they are rated
Replace section of G4 anchor chain sailme88 at 5:13am 08.29.23 Electrolysis not withstanding, I'd go with a SS connecting link.. The weak link ( pun intended) are
Replace section of G4 anchor chain CrispyCringle at 4:54am 08.29.23 I was researching the possibility of adding chain and getting rid of my chain/rope rode setup. Good
A C27 Question jssailem at 4:50am 08.29.23 :plus:What Scott said. :biggrin: Once set they do not need to be adjusted. But it would allow for s

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