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Foresail furler home made question (1) Slavik at 12:34pm 10.18.22 Ask A Macgregor Owner 5/1310 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 4/1068 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 3/880 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 5/921 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 14/1010 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 8/1716 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 11/1206 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 4/867 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 6/1511 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 2/763 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 12/1138 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 14/3519 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 8/1014 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 6/1586 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 13/1262 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 22/2215
engine: belt too much slack and water drop (1) xavpil at 8:57am 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 25/1740
Diesel tank gauge not working (2) xavpil at 8:41am 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 14/1193
J 24 winter storage papa_goat at 8:11am 10.16.22 Ask All Sailors 3/757 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 6/1029 Looking for set of used sails for 1988 Catalina 22 WK . Helping a friend get his boat in the water.

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Galley . . . comforts of home? dLj at 10:50am 12.30.24 They do like their cuppa tea! :beer: Indeed! He got me hooked! Tea and dark chocolate at the eveni
Oldest Boat to Buy marcham at 10:47am 12.30.24 Liability insurance or hull insurance? You need a liability policy for most marinas but hull insuran
Propane locker replacement Robert Strickland at 10:26am 12.30.24 Could you take it out and put a layer of glass on the outside to reinforce and seal it? If it sa
Differing shroud tensions affect sail? dlochner at 10:26am 12.30.24 Is this a wood mast? Forward swept spreaders seems unusual. Typically, masts should have some rake
Propane locker replacement nramsey at 10:12am 12.30.24 Could you take it out and put a layer of glass on the outside to reinforce and seal it?
Oldest Boat to Buy JBP-PA at 9:51am 12.30.24 Perhaps avoid these. https://www.oldest.org/structures/oldest-boats
Galley . . . comforts of home? kappykaplan at 9:12am 12.30.24 traveling with an Irishman that had to have tea 5 or 6 times a day They do like their cuppa tea! :
Differing shroud tensions affect sail? BAD ORCA at 8:59am 12.30.24 Yes. Forward lowers are typically tighter than the aft lowers. The forward act to induce prebend in
Oldest Boat to Buy dlochner at 8:59am 12.30.24 Looking at 35'-41' Morgan Morgans have a reputation as a solidly built boat. If/when you make an
Oldest Boat to Buy Don S/V ILLusion at 8:58am 12.30.24 Looking at 35'-41' Morgan My suggestion is to not rely on the good intentioned responses you recei
Oldest Boat to Buy warren5421 at 8:53am 12.30.24 Looking at 35'-41' Morgan
Another chainplate question Project_Mayhem at 8:36am 12.30.24 Full threaded bolts can result in elongated holes. The threads act like teeth on a saw blade. Your r
Oldest Boat to Buy dLj at 8:36am 12.30.24 Another complicating part that makes it hard to answer is what size boat are you looking to buy? Sma
Galley . . . comforts of home? degas at 8:34am 12.30.24 I've used dutch ovens to bake bread, but mainly on open fires - I'd like to learn how to do it on a
Another chainplate question Robert Strickland at 8:25am 12.30.24 @Robert Strickland @Project_Mayhem @jssailem et al., appreciate all the input. You all have convin
Fraudulent Website Warning Project_Mayhem at 8:24am 12.30.24 He's gotten good at designing and deploying websites quickly!
Very hard to turn wheel steering on a 1987 Pearson 27 cpntodd at 8:08am 12.30.24 Did you ever get this resolved? I had the same problem on my 1988 P27. I even bought new cable runs
Galley . . . comforts of home? jssailem at 7:57am 12.30.24 Will that "warm up" the boat cabin (especially during the cold night)?? I think more importantly i
Seeking adaptor for connecting German pressure regulator GOK to USA propane tank (3) JohnK Austin TX at 7:54am 12.30.24 The simplest way is to buy a new regulator for the US standard tanks. Seemingly so but the boat al
Galley . . . comforts of home? dLj at 7:54am 12.30.24 I usually go through 2x20 pounders per season but we cruise for three or four months per year. At

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