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Foresail furler home made question (1) Slavik at 12:34pm 10.18.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1114 Got a sailboat. It has a furler that's home made. The pink line was wrapped around the drum a few
Took out our new to us 1976 MacGregor Venture 222 formerly of BudGates (7) Slavik at 12:25pm 10.18.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/937 After driving the boat from Riverside, CA on very rotten tires 9 hours, we made it to Phoenix. The
Cockpit drain hole sticking up, incomplete draining. Solution? (1) Slavik at 11:59am 10.18.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 3/787 Have a 1976 MacGregor Venture 222 w a cockpit drain hole that is horizontal and near the keel winch
standing rigging juan rius at 10:35am 10.18.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 5/793 hi i just took down my mast to replace rigging and i found something i do not like , the spreader ha
New electrical panel Cederholm at 7:25am 10.18.22 Ask All Sailors 14/836 Hi all, I'm refitting a 1980 Catalina 30 and want to upgrade the electrical panel. With one breaker
Twin coil water heater Bob S at 5:28pm 10.17.22 Marine Plumbing and Sanitation 8/1529 Vetus water heater WHT025 is a duel coil 6.6 gal water heater sold in Europe. Are there any twin coi
How many impellers? (1) flightlead404 at 3:34pm 10.17.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 11/994 I had some slightly reduced cooling the other weekend, thought I'd investigate. I've owned the boat
23.5 interior/navigation light bulbs (1) Orbweaver at 8:02am 10.17.22 Smaller Boats 4/835 I want to replace all my bulbs with LEDs, but I'm not sure what type of bulb this is. I tried search
Sink in C&C 30 MK I? ManuKai at 5:30am 10.17.22 C&C 6/1299 The sink in my 1982 C'C 30 has a hole. I told my mate that scrubbing the rust so aggressively was a
Where is the Mac 25 cored? "Crackling" sound in the cabin benches? HeelBoy at 4:58am 10.17.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/679 Well, the decks and soles and cockpit etc were all great, It was stored in a pole barn out of the el
Passage 456 saloon upgrades (6) discovery at 8:59pm 10.16.22 Big Boats 12/1008 Posting the latest upgrade I made on my 2002 passage 456 Discovery..we've been cruising full time si
Raytheon Autohelm ST4000 Overhaul (4) Ralph Johnstone at 8:44pm 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 14/2562 Has anyone experienced the endless amusement of working on the drive head of their Raymarine Autohe
Opinions on Rigamanti anchor chain discovery at 5:20pm 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 8/860 Need to replace 200 feet of G4 high test chain...Looking at Rigamanti chainfg in Italy...anyone have
Anyone re-rig OUTHAUL using low friction rings? Apex at 1:01pm 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 6/1311 I am in process of rigging a new outhaul. C'C30mkII. I searched this forum, and googles but found
Electric motor for Highfield dinghy nitrogenase at 12:00pm 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 13/1091 After a full season taking our dog to shore for a pee on our stand-up paddleboard, I am planning ahe
Emergency engine shut off? (1) xavpil at 9:04am 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 22/1770
engine: belt too much slack and water drop (1) xavpil at 8:57am 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 25/1499
Diesel tank gauge not working (2) xavpil at 8:41am 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 14/1000
J 24 winter storage papa_goat at 8:11am 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 3/605 Has anyone come up with a solution to keep water out a J24 during winter storage with the mast up?
Sails gt Ken at 7:41am 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 6/891 Looking for set of used sails for 1988 Catalina 22 WK . Helping a friend get his boat in the water.

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engine alarm won't shut off Davidasailor26 at 4:15pm 08.21.24 The function of the oil pressure switch on the engine to shut down the engine if you lose oil press
Head occasionally bubbles and won't flush when stuck with a #2 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 3:56pm 08.21.24
Faucet replacement HELP jssailem at 3:53pm 08.21.24 That sounds like a win, no matter how ugly. :biggrin:
hunter Tank monitor kappykaplan at 3:36pm 08.21.24 samjlord, the OP hasn't been seen since he made that post. Welcome to the forum! :beer:
engine alarm won't shut off Toby1979 at 3:36pm 08.21.24 holding the pre-heat button by-passes the oil pressure switch on the engine until the oil pressure i
Add vented loop for water in bowl or flush to dry? Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 3:19pm 08.21.24 [QUOTE="TonyDz, post: 1824602, member: 142721" Apparently Marine Elegance has the ability to hold wa
Head occasionally bubbles and won't flush when stuck with a #2 Peggie Hall HeadMistress at 3:14pm 08.21.24 It's time you had a chat with Raritan tech support...and I'm gonna send you to my go-to-tech, Mac Mc
Geology in the San Juans shemandr at 3:11pm 08.21.24 I think I've posted this before but there's a book "Clean Sweet Wind" (Douglas C. Pyle - Dewey dec
hunter Tank monitor samjlord at 3:02pm 08.21.24 Hi Enrique, Were you ever able to solve your problem? I'm facing similar issues. Sam
Geology in the San Juans capta at 2:34pm 08.21.24 Sailing the islands of the Caribbean has made me wish I knew much more about geology. There are a l
engine alarm won't shut off capta at 2:31pm 08.21.24 2001 Beneteau 473 with a Westerbeke 71C-four installed Engine starts normally but the oil Pressure
Megayacht Bayesian sank acudavid at 1:43pm 08.21.24 Wow! After surviving incidents in the surf, I never turn my back or take the ocean for granted. We
Faucet replacement HELP (1) smokey73 at 1:33pm 08.21.24 You can also drill several holes on the nut to "crack" it. On the thick part of the nut use a smal
2005 Hunter 33 - Shore Power Breaker DmacSails at 12:42pm 08.21.24
2005 Hunter 33 - Shore Power Breaker Scott B at 12:33pm 08.21.24 Upper left as you're facing aft, in the wooden panel that separates the holding tank area and the a
Hunter 40.5 diesel heater kappykaplan at 12:23pm 08.21.24 KarlP, the OP hasn't been seen since 05 Nov 2018. :beer:
2005 Hunter 33 - Shore Power Breaker DmacSails at 12:20pm 08.21.24 If you remove the small wood access panel in the bulkhead in aft cabin, it's right behind the readin
Megayacht Bayesian sank Dalliance at 12:16pm 08.21.24 There have been a few You-Tube videos that speculate the design of the boat may have contributed to
Megayacht Bayesian sank BigEasy at 12:11pm 08.21.24 So did people seek shelter? I'm not sure what constitutes shelter on Key West. Surprisingly,
Head occasionally bubbles and won't flush when stuck with a #2 Hayden Watson at 11:58am 08.21.24 Have you tried a pump rebuild kit? My LH acted that way and it was because of a bad piston seal. I

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