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Need help with fiberglass/epoxy repairs Piotr at 3:38pm 11.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 29/8207 So my 12-year-old son got the sailing bug. So he wants an Optimist for his B-Day. Wisely, I told him
Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind (3) Roger Long at 2:57pm 11.11.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 25/11529 I anchored in Poquoson and went below to get a break from the sun and wind and check emai after a 48
engine over revs at idle RAD at 2:30pm 11.11.12 Ask All Sailors 9/2652 I have a Westerbeke W30 and over the summer while cruising it would race up for 10 seconds and go ba
Pop Top Bushings? RonRock at 1:57pm 11.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 4/1041 I want to replace the bushings on the pivot tubes that the Pop Top uses as legs. My original is simp
Winter Cover for my V25 RonRock at 1:44pm 11.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2119 Well it is time for me to admit that winter is fast on it's way to Iowa. I won't be sailing my boat
Bad Luck Bay? Roger Long at 1:32pm 11.11.12 Roger Long - Cruising on Strider 4/2056 If you read the final update to my last post, you know that I finally met up with the group of boats
packing gland Boatsail1 at 12:27pm 11.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 4/1558 My packing gland appears to be water cooled. I see a drip once I shut the engine off. Am I correct
Asymetrical Spinnaker Furler Nodak7 at 11:07am 11.11.12 Big Boats 2/1178 Been looking into a Asymmetrical Spinnaker Furler System and I was wondering if anyone has had any e
We Were wrong, the "S" in 26S Stands 4 "Super Sport" MacNCheese at 10:40am 11.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 11/2384 Turns out we were all wrong and the "S" stands for "Super Sport" as you can can see from this ad: ht
"GIT" Rot for Bilge Bed Piratenorm at 10:17am 11.11.12 Catalina 30 10/3797 I know this is going to create controversy, but here goes anyway. In my 1983 Catalina 30 Mk 1 I have
TP 52 with a tiller? Stretch at 9:56am 11.11.12 Racing 4/28879 This video always gets me charged up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYKTXsRLY9Y'feature=fvwrel Any
3GM30F Injector Questions (4) Stretch at 9:42am 11.11.12 Engines and Propulsion 4/3577 The engine is a 1991 model that had 960 hours on it in 19 yrs. I put 300 on in 2 seasons and it was
P26 Rudder tube question (1) drumbeater at 9:18am 11.11.12 Pearson 5/3190 I'm not sure what its supposed to look like. I dropped the rudder today and the bottom bushing is in
Bird Poop everywhere! Bad Obsession at 8:57am 11.11.12 Ask All Sailors 39/10407 Does anyone have any solution for keeping birds off of docks and boats? The problem that I, and a
Bulkhead fuel filter O'Day 272 with Westerbaeke ten-2 diesel cbourne200 at 6:45am 11.11.12 Ask An Oday Owner 7/2981 Last time out wind was a little brisk, so bounced around on some waves. Have had boat less than a ye
Leaky oil manifold Universal M25 Sefuller at 6:16am 11.11.12 Musings With Maine Sail 8/8483 I replaced my oil pressure switch last year and redid all the connections on the oil manifold on our
Splash..Oh no!!! ranchu56 at 6:07am 11.11.12 Big Boats 4/1167 My steering wheel retaining nut is now resting on the bottom of Narragansett Bay here in Rhode Islan
Gas tank Leaking seadaddler at 6:07am 11.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/832 I hae 2 outboard gas tanks not leaking from the tank but both pickup parts that the hose hooks up to
Dunedin City Marina seadaddler at 5:29am 11.11.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 0/741 We are at the Dunedin city Marina,Fl and what a great marina to stay at and so much to do in town,we
Is this a MacGregor Cabin table? (3) MacNCheese at 5:05am 11.11.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 9/1682 Found this in my boat and was curious if it came with the boat? If so, where does it mount? As

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Warped Rudder sbrogden at 6:38am 01.03.23 It's sunshine that causes the damage. If it lives in your shop when not in use and there are no win
Any sailor peppers out there? Scott T-Bird at 6:37am 01.03.23
Warped Rudder JBP-PA at 6:36am 01.03.23 It's sunshine that causes the damage. If it lives in your shop when not in use and there are no wind
Y-33 Midstay mermike at 6:34am 01.03.23 Welcome to SBO! You didn't mention whether you have the tall rig or not. It may make a difference.
B & G Zeus 3 intermittently powering down Scott T-Bird at 6:24am 01.03.23 Hey, Power TO the Zeus should be provided on the dedicated power port. The Zeus does not get power
1984 C22. Questions and best websites Salty Jack at 6:17am 01.03.23 Thanks so much. Hope I can strike a fair deal for seller and me in Saturday. All the best! Jack
New sailing toy for Christmas shemandr at 5:17am 01.03.23 I have one. It's at home where I refer to it to plan surf fishing sorties.
CDI FF2 (1) patbratton at 4:03am 01.03.23 Works like a charm. No issues. My daughter loves it.
Pricing on older Catalina 1984 27 in decent upkeep and shape ? jssailem at 3:13am 01.03.23 Here is a fresh water boat. https://www.yachtworld.com/yacht/1985-catalina-27-tall-rig-8305985 one y
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting Ralph Johnstone at 10:34pm 01.02.23 The magic number for gasoline is 14.7:1 but I bet you knew that. Still see it on the inside of my
Original cabin heat/air system for 2007 Hunter 45cc? (1) Bogart at 10:16pm 01.02.23 We own a 2007 Hunter 45CC, which we bought in 2016. It has two reverse cycle units installed, one ab
New sailing toy for Christmas dLj at 9:17pm 01.02.23 Now at a glance you will be able to see how many hours before you get off the sand bar you ran upon
1984 C22. Questions and best websites bramwell at 9:16pm 01.02.23 I have an 84 C22. If your boat has the one step, cast aluminum ladder, I recommend replacing it unl
Any sailor peppers out there? dLj at 9:14pm 01.02.23 The Ulysses option.... it actually no longer exists. Sadly. Look at what covid did. I know a guy tha
New sailing toy for Christmas Rich Stidger at 8:33pm 01.02.23 Now at a glance you will be able to see how many hours before you get off the sand bar you ran upon.
Any sailor peppers out there? stickinthemud57 at 8:24pm 01.02.23 The movie "WaterWorld" come to mind See my "critique" four posts before yours...
Any sailor peppers out there? Captain Larry-DH at 8:04pm 01.02.23
Any sailor peppers out there? shemandr at 7:48pm 01.02.23
Yanmar 2GMF cold starting SycloneDriver at 7:44pm 01.02.23 The following is from a Google search. The stoichometric air/fuel ratio for diesel is about 14.6:1 v
LiFePO4 Charging in cold weather Captain Larry-DH at 7:43pm 01.02.23 The decimal point is really important. .5c is 50% of the battery capacity, 5c is 500% of battery ca

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