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LOA w/ Trailer? PdxSailor at 9:46am 08.28.12 Ask A Macgregor Owner 2/1077 Hello, I'm wondering what the overall, tip-to-tip, length is of a MacGregor 26x on a factory trailer
Looking for Javelin Mast cgcomers at 9:17am 08.28.12 Day Sailers 1/1236 I recently broke the mast on my Oday Javelin. Looking for any used masts or advice on how to find on
Solenoid Problem, Battery Combiner SEMPERAVANTI41 at 9:02am 08.28.12 Ask All Sailors 6/2254 On my 2007 41DS I am not getting any charging to the house batteries from the Hitachi 80 Amp alterna
Reefing h260 Lucky Day at 8:48am 08.28.12 Smaller Boats 9/2298 We have not reefed our h260 yet and all the rigging is new, we have installed the Rams head on the g
info on a 1990 35 ft bkafer at 8:30am 08.28.12 Ask A Catalina Owner 6/1508 I will be driving about 10 hours to look at a 1990 catalina 35 ft besides the usual things to check
What gas can I get in Morocco? hoges in wa at 8:07am 08.28.12 Ask All Sailors 1/972 Hi. We are currently in Cadiz about to head over to Tangier. We would like to know if anyone can t
Cracking Sounds From Cockpit - Should I Be Worried? GorillaToast at 8:05am 08.28.12 Catalina 22 5/1351 In winds over 7-8 knots, I hear cracking sounds coming from the front of my cockpit whenever I get h
6.8 Exciter Help Trlaketige at 7:59am 08.28.12 S2 5/1683 Ahoy, Boys and Girls. I am a longtime S2 6.8 owner that ran into some bad weather. We recently had
Transom hung vs well hung outboards c_witch at 6:32am 08.28.12 Trailer Sailors 21/17275 Hiee all, Recently I've been mussing with the idea of getting rid of the transom bracket for the
Acsalts acsalearntosail at 6:19am 08.28.12 Ask An Oday Owner 5/1272 Hey, folks, I have two issues. Looks like the first may have created the second. What is the appro
Perkins fuel injector All U Get at 5:31am 08.28.12 Ask All Sailors 0/755 Hi all, I'm looking for a used fuel injector for my Perkins 4.236 engine. My purpose would be to us
78 O'Day 23 Deck repainting Jclark29 at 5:23am 08.28.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1042 I am curious if any has had experience remaining the deck of their boat? I am planning to repaint mi
When to fly the Genoa and when not to - 78 O'Day 23 Jclark29 at 5:21am 08.28.12 Ask An Oday Owner 2/1037 Hi everyone, Curious when is the correct wind conditions to fly my Genoa and when are the correct c
Electrical problem (1) AlexLopez at 5:11am 08.28.12 Ask All Sailors 3/1175 After finding that our batteries had prematurely died we started the process of trying to determine
Selling Private Ducati at 3:44am 08.28.12 Ask All Sailors 15/3067 How difficult is it to sell your boat without a broker and how might I go about it ie. websites etc?
Looking for a Hunter friend in St. Pete DempSea at 10:06pm 08.27.12 Ask A Hunter Owner 2/1010 I live in Little Rock, AR. I own a Hunter 306. Sept 4 I arrive in St. Pete to participate in a surve
Engine Overheating-still not cool (4) Andy1237 at 9:27pm 08.27.12 Engines and Propulsion 14/3689 I thought I had found the culprit of my overheating blues. I can run all day at 2500rpms but over 2
Catalina 30 Engine ID primetime at 9:20pm 08.27.12 Engines and Propulsion 6/2992 Hi- I purchased a 1980 tall rig Catalina 30 this season which currently has a Universal diesel. My
C 25 Trailer Specs IslandDreamer at 7:59pm 08.27.12 Smaller Boats 2/1827 Purchased a 1983 C25 without a trailer earlier this year. We are going to pull it out of the water l
Fuel filter Norm1946 at 7:35pm 08.27.12 Mid-Size Boats 11/5022 I have a question. I am getting ready to replace the fuel filters on my Yanmar 2GM20F diesel engine.

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I Know Age is just a number but at 75 am I just dreaming ? Leeward Rail at 9:02am 01.16.23 Pilothouse Motor sailer used with wife, and then sailing with other crew if you wish ? Some nice sha
Jibing The Mainsail fred1diver at 8:51am 01.16.23 Ok, this is new to me, how do you rig a preventer? what is needed?
I Know Age is just a number but at 75 am I just dreaming ? Hello Below at 8:46am 01.16.23 So basically I am asking , Does it make sense too get a sail too operate like power boat ? A coupl
I Know Age is just a number but at 75 am I just dreaming ? Don S/V ILLusion at 8:39am 01.16.23 No. Coastal Florida depth is shallow. Get used to going aground if you want to boat in coastal areas
Occaisional Head Smell 2 OLD PIRATES at 8:35am 01.16.23 I've notice a number of members here who have replaced the breather hose. What size is it. ID & OD
Iron in saildrive oil Egovos at 8:27am 01.16.23 Thank you all very helpful
Iron in saildrive oil Ted at 8:00am 01.16.23 When I have my oil analyzed, the lab sends me a detailed report explaining every item that they test
Iron in saildrive oil Egovos at 7:47am 01.16.23
Busted Mast sbrogden at 7:46am 01.16.23 I've settled on putting in a 1-1/2 inch platform under the mast bracket. There is enough adjustment
Iron in saildrive oil kloudie1 at 7:46am 01.16.23 Could mean that the oil has not been changed since new . That would not be unusual for a gearbox "br
Jibing The Mainsail Kings Gambit at 7:38am 01.16.23
Question about main panel breakers jssailem at 7:12am 01.16.23 That makes total sense. Been there did that.
Replaced Motor Mounts Tally Ho at 7:01am 01.16.23 Replaced the motor mounts on my 23 yr old 410. Purchased Ellebogen mounts which were a direct repla
H41DS what length exhaust? dkinzer at 6:54am 01.16.23 I did end up using a Centek 1200199 180 bend (which I bought on eBay) rather than trying to wrestle*
Missing boom Project_Mayhem at 6:45am 01.16.23 My Starwind had a bolt rope in the bottom of the sail. You'll get better sail shape by going to a lo
Question about main panel breakers Dave Groshong at 6:20am 01.16.23 You can bend them with pliers according to a Hunter electrical engineer
H41DS what length exhaust? Dave Groshong at 6:19am 01.16.23 The BuildList says 18ft
Funny Friday!!! shemandr at 5:37am 01.16.23 Cringe worthy!
Need a new boom for Hunter 336 Crazy Dave Condon at 5:24am 01.16.23 Mast Mfg probably different. Long story but a few of us know. Suggest waiting two weeks till you
Copper Antifouling/ablative coatings - how to? RussellBeckner at 5:22am 01.16.23 @Ralph Johnstone, Good input... I am going to order one kit which should be more than enough for tou

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