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mac 25 keel lifting cable bolt size ? whudatt at 2:28pm 07.08.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 6/546 Hello folks, can someone please tell me the cable lifting bolt size for the mac 25 ? Not the pIvot
Original Sales Price of Hunter 26, 260 & 270 rs1sensen at 1:45pm 07.08.22 Smaller Boats 4/572 I'm just curious if there are any original owners or @Crazy Dave Condon who can share what the origi
Hatch, Hunter 45 CC (1) Jeff Jellick at 1:13pm 07.08.22 Big Boats 3/484 One of the Hatch handles that secures the port hatch on our Hunter 45 CC has come off. This has happ
45DS mainsail furling seanmadian at 11:17am 07.08.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 25/1990 Hello all -- Searched for related threads but found none (?!). Please cross-post if you have resourc
Autopilot Direct Drive on H34 WasabiRush at 9:52am 07.08.22 Big Boats 13/927 I have an '86 H34 with the sometimes infamous ST4000+ computer and helm wheel drive. It worked fine
Single Handing vs apparent wind and trim patagoniadave at 9:23am 07.08.22 Ask All Sailors 32/1685 This is a question for the experienced singlehanders. Do you find it more efficient to steer to the
What Changes are happening in Your neighborhood? (1) Maine Sail at 9:12am 07.08.22 Sails Call Lounge 47/2565 As everyone well knows the real estate market is insane. We live in a small seaside neighborhood ab
Garmin GPSMAP 942 MFD Routing to Raymarine Auto Pilot? [SOLVED] (1) CowboyWay at 9:08am 07.08.22 Ask All Sailors 10/1793 I'm curious if anyone knows the trick to get a Raymarine autopilot ACU-100/P70s to receive Garmin ne
Sailing from Potts Harbor to Ports Harbor (approx. 160 nm) on the 1975 30 ' Albin Ballad Samura Sailer at 8:56am 07.08.22 Ask All Sailors 31/1412 I'm helping my friend who just purchased a 30' Albin ballad sailboat sail with him to his house in P
chainplates hunter 460 juan rius at 7:29am 07.08.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/241 hi i am desperate cant find 1/2 inch steel plate to replace my chainplates any help please all the w
Window thickness on a Hunter 335 Glenn5ft19 at 7:20am 07.08.22 Ask A Hunter Owner 3/278
Marinized VW Rabbit engine covepiper at 7:10am 07.08.22 Ask All Sailors 2/265 Hi all, We are trying to track down a starter for about a 1983/84 marinized VW Rabbit diesel. The or
can you swap a yanmar 2gmf 13hp for a yanmar 2gm20? limbojimbo87 at 7:02am 07.08.22 Engines and Propulsion 1/378 a buddy and i recently took on a free sailboat restoration project and it looks like the previous ow
GPS antenna location on Hunter 45 DS Boby_Hunter33 at 7:57pm 07.07.22 Big Boats 7/622 Hi All, There is an seatalk gps antenna connected to the cockpit MFD (which is the master), can some
Help! Murgatroid at 7:15pm 07.07.22 Ask All Sailors 18/1379 I've bent my mast and live in the middle of Indiana. What do I do?
C310 Wheel removal to service the engine control box? CowboyWay at 7:00pm 07.07.22 Catalina 310 6/969 Couple of related things... I can't tell if my buzzer, engine sensors or wiring is at fault, but whe
Yanmar Raw Water Pump Rebuild (5) sailcapt340 at 3:22pm 07.07.22 Ask All Sailors 15/931 Has anyone rebuilt their Raw Water Pump? My 2000 Yanmar 3GM30F Engine needs a new Raw Water Pump. I
companionway gasket drbaer at 1:37pm 07.07.22 Big Boats 1/301 need a new gasket for my sliding companionway hatch for 1993 Hunter 37.5
Shackle at base of retractable main LynnM at 12:43pm 07.07.22 Ask A Beneteau Owner 3/590 Is there supposed to be a shackle at the bottom of the sail? What does it attach to? Also---what Fr
bulkhead angle for a new compass brockangelo at 12:29pm 07.07.22 Catalina 22 15/1255 I'm looking at adding a depth finder and a bulkhead mounted compass. Does anyone know what the bulkh

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Engine fire Ralph Johnstone at 8:57am 04.26.24 take my word - no one here can lend an educated guess. And that pretty much sums up the entire si
Access to windlass (1) JoeWhite at 8:45am 04.26.24 224409 I located this c310 anchor locker with no access port.
Access to windlass JoeWhite at 8:39am 04.26.24 Yes. Thanks for the photo. It makes sense. I am not sure why an access port is needed on the top. I
store mast diagonal on h260? and mast down lessens pull on anchor 80%? Davenport at 8:34am 04.26.24 There seems to be an interesting fear by people of having mast down. But on my old Macgregor 26c
New Bow Roller for H41AC (2) Rich Stidger at 8:20am 04.26.24 I use the yellow rollers, but the center hole is smaller than the bow roller holes. I machined a bu
Engine fire kloudie1 at 7:58am 04.26.24 Third picture from the left; That green copper really suggests a chafe that let seawater in under th
Anyone installed a Balmar Serpentine belt kit on their Universal M25? Hayden Watson at 7:34am 04.26.24 John Stevens is flat out Lying to you. He, Electromaax has the worst reputation in the industry and
Keep those fire extinguishers up to date! FastOlson at 7:26am 04.26.24 I just had our refillable extinguishers ( two 5# and two 2.5#) re-certified by a local extinguisher
New Bow Roller for H41AC (1) ice breaker at 7:20am 04.26.24 Another solution that I have used are the clear yellow boat trailer rollers. Works great and cost
Gooseneck Pin Crazy Dave Condon at 7:16am 04.26.24
Correct size packing for stuffing box? jdrutten at 7:12am 04.26.24 Don't forget to check your manual which likely has the packing size specified. However, I've hear
Anyone installed a Balmar Serpentine belt kit on their Universal M25? Maine Sail at 7:00am 04.26.24 balmar knowingly is making as selling serpentine belt kits that do not fit. I found another suppli
hull port (windows) leaking Project_Mayhem at 6:33am 04.26.24 You'll have a hard time getting butyl to compress to the correct thickness. This might lead to a ben
Water in Bilge of Oday 23 Project_Mayhem at 6:22am 04.26.24 Make sure a previous owner didn't try to screw a bilge pump or anything else into the bilge
Keep those fire extinguishers up to date! Tally Ho at 6:03am 04.26.24
West Marine CPP Ablative Antifouling Paint - Opinions? jviss at 5:59am 04.26.24 Thanks for all the helpful replies! Gee, I was hoping I'd get two seasons out of it, as I did with
Keep those fire extinguishers up to date! dlochner at 5:26am 04.26.24 I cannot find a stamped date on the bottle. Where would it be located. Mine are Kidde brand from WM
Water in Bilge of Oday 23 CaptainCr3ative at 5:15am 04.26.24
Keep those fire extinguishers up to date! twodzusfittings at 5:13am 04.26.24 whereupon they found expired extinguishers I cannot find a stamped date on the bottle. Where would
Keep those fire extinguishers up to date! Terry Cox at 4:26am 04.26.24 Anecdotal reply...fellow skipper was stopped for a random CG inspection whereupon they found expired

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